00:00:00:00	00:04:48:00	OH 7 TO 0 IS ADJOURNED OH AND
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00:08:23:00	00:08:24:00	AT THIS TIME I ASK MY
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00:08:38:00	00:08:38:00	MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL
00:08:38:00	00:08:39:00	THE ROLL TO ASCERTAIN THE
00:08:39:00	00:08:41:00	PRESENCE OF A QUORUM?
00:08:41:00	00:08:45:00	COUNCILOR BREADON
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00:08:46:00	00:08:53:00	COUNCIL DURKAN COUNCILOR TANYA
00:08:53:00	00:08:53:00	FERNANDEZ ANDERSON.
00:08:53:00	00:08:56:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
00:08:56:00	00:08:57:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
00:08:57:00	00:09:01:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE HERE.
00:09:01:00	00:09:01:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
00:09:01:00	00:09:04:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
00:09:04:00	00:09:05:00	COUNCILOR PAT BROWN.
00:09:05:00	00:09:08:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA.
00:09:08:00	00:09:08:00	COUNCILOR WEBER.
00:09:08:00	00:09:11:00	COUNCILOR.
00:09:11:00	00:09:14:00	ONE, TWO THREE, FOUR FIVE, SIX,
00:09:14:00	00:09:15:00	SEVEN.
00:09:15:00	00:09:15:00	THANK YOU.
00:09:15:00	00:09:16:00	I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK
00:09:16:00	00:09:17:00	THAT A PERFORMANCE PRESENT AND
00:09:17:00	00:09:18:00	I WANT TO THANK OUR DIRECTOR
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00:09:22:00	00:09:25:00	ACTING IN THE ABSENCE
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00:09:29:00	00:09:30:00	YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SAY HAPPY
00:09:30:00	00:09:31:00	FATHER'S DAY SO I KNOW IT'S
00:09:31:00	00:09:33:00	BELATED BUT JUST WANT TO WISH
00:09:33:00	00:09:34:00	ALL THE FATHERS IN THE HOUSE A
00:09:34:00	00:09:36:00	VERY HAPPY FATHER'S DAY AND NOW
00:09:36:00	00:09:37:00	IT IS MY PLEASURE.
00:09:37:00	00:09:38:00	WE ARE MOVING ON TO THIS WEEK'S
00:09:38:00	00:09:38:00	CLERGY INVITED BY
00:09:38:00	00:09:38:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
00:09:38:00	00:09:41:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE
00:09:41:00	00:09:42:00	FLOOR AND AFTERWARDS WE WILL
00:09:42:00	00:09:44:00	RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
00:09:44:00	00:09:45:00	ALSO DARCY FOR THE RECORD
00:09:45:00	00:09:48:00	REFLECT THAT COUNCILOR WEBER IS
00:09:48:00	00:09:51:00	NOW PRESIDENT WITHOUT
00:09:51:00	00:09:54:00	COMMISSIONER WITH GOOD
00:09:54:00	00:09:59:00	AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
00:09:59:00	00:10:00:00	I AM PROUD TO INVITE BACK
00:10:00:00	00:10:03:00	FATHER CURRY.
00:10:03:00	00:10:04:00	MANY OF YOU KNOW HIM BUT I WILL
00:10:04:00	00:10:07:00	GIVE HIS DUE INTRODUCTION HERE.
00:10:07:00	00:10:08:00	FATHER CURRY SERVES AS THE
00:10:08:00	00:10:09:00	ASSISTANT CHAPLAIN FOR THE
00:10:09:00	00:10:12:00	BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT AND
00:10:12:00	00:10:12:00	PASTORS SEVERAL DORCHESTER IN
00:10:12:00	00:10:15:00	ROXBURY PARISHES INCLUDING ST
00:10:15:00	00:10:16:00	PETER'S HOLY FAMILY AND ST
00:10:16:00	00:10:19:00	PATRICK'S.
00:10:19:00	00:10:19:00	OFFERING SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP
00:10:19:00	00:10:23:00	AND SUPPORT ACROSS THESE
00:10:23:00	00:10:23:00	VIBRANT COMMUNITIES.
00:10:23:00	00:10:27:00	HE'S DEEPLY COMMITTED TO PEACE
00:10:27:00	00:10:27:00	BUILDING AT THE GRASSROOTS
00:10:27:00	00:10:27:00	LEVEL.
00:10:27:00	00:10:31:00	FATHER CURRY FOUNDED AND
00:10:31:00	00:10:31:00	CONTINUES TO LEAD WEEKLY
00:10:31:00	00:10:34:00	FLASHLIGHT WALKS AND SAFETY
00:10:34:00	00:10:35:00	WALKS IN THE BOWDEN GENEVA
00:10:35:00	00:10:36:00	SECTION OF DORCHESTER WHERE
00:10:36:00	00:10:39:00	DOZENS OF RESIDENTS, CLERGY,
00:10:39:00	00:10:39:00	POLICE OFFICERS CARRY
00:10:39:00	00:10:43:00	FLASHLIGHTS AND CHANT LIGHT UP
00:10:43:00	00:10:44:00	THE STREETS LIGHT UP THE NIGHT
00:10:44:00	00:10:47:00	AS THEY WALK, PRAY, CONNECT TO
00:10:47:00	00:10:48:00	DOOR TO DOOR AND IT'S AN
00:10:48:00	00:10:50:00	INSPIRING SYMBOL OF SOLIDARITY
00:10:50:00	00:10:51:00	IN NEIGHBORHOODS AFFECTED BY
00:10:51:00	00:10:54:00	VIOLENCE.
00:10:54:00	00:10:55:00	THESE WALKS AREN'T JUST
00:10:55:00	00:10:57:00	CEREMONIAL THEY PROVIDE REAL
00:10:57:00	00:10:58:00	HUMAN CONNECTION.
00:10:58:00	00:10:58:00	NEIGHBORS MEET POLICE AND
00:10:58:00	00:11:02:00	CLERGY IN A RELAXED SETTING
00:11:02:00	00:11:03:00	WHERE THEY CAN SPEAK UP ABOUT
00:11:03:00	00:11:06:00	LOCAL CONCERNS AND FEEL SEEN
00:11:06:00	00:11:06:00	AND HEARD.
00:11:06:00	00:11:07:00	A PRACTICE PRAISED BY CARDINAL
00:11:07:00	00:11:10:00	O'MALLEY AND FORMER MAYOR WALSH
00:11:10:00	00:11:11:00	AND NOW CARRIED BY WEEKLY BY
00:11:11:00	00:11:14:00	FAR THE CARI AND VOLUNTEER.
00:11:14:00	00:11:15:00	SO THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING
00:11:15:00	00:11:15:00	THAT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
00:11:15:00	00:11:17:00	ADDITIONALLY, FOLLOWING A
00:11:17:00	00:11:21:00	DISTURBING INCIDENT BACK IN
00:11:21:00	00:11:21:00	2020 WHEN THE STATUE OF THE
00:11:21:00	00:11:25:00	BLESSED VIRGIN MARY OUTSIDE ST
00:11:25:00	00:11:25:00	PETER'S WAS SET ON FIRE, FATHER
00:11:25:00	00:11:28:00	CURRY RESPONDED NOT WITH
00:11:28:00	00:11:29:00	CONDEMNATION BUT WITH
00:11:29:00	00:11:32:00	COMPASSION ORGANIZING A VIGIL
00:11:32:00	00:11:33:00	TO PRAY, CLEAN THE STATUE AND
00:11:33:00	00:11:36:00	EXTEND FORGIVENESS TO THE
00:11:36:00	00:11:36:00	INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBLE.
00:11:36:00	00:11:40:00	COMBINED WITH HIS ONGOING
00:11:40:00	00:11:41:00	CHAPLAINCY TWO FIRST RESPONDERS
00:11:41:00	00:11:44:00	DURING CRISES.
00:11:44:00	00:11:45:00	FATHER CURRY BRINGS TO OUR
00:11:45:00	00:11:48:00	GATHERING THIS THIS AFTERNOON A
00:11:48:00	00:11:48:00	POWERFUL MODEL OF FAITH AND
00:11:48:00	00:11:51:00	ACTION GROUNDED IN PRAYER,
00:11:51:00	00:11:52:00	COMPASSION AND COMMUNITY UNITY.
00:11:52:00	00:11:55:00	AND THANK YOU FATHER CURRY FOR
00:11:55:00	00:11:56:00	ALWAYS JUST BEING A PHONE CALL
00:11:56:00	00:11:59:00	AWAY TO ME KNOWING THAT YOU ARE
00:11:59:00	00:11:59:00	A SPIRITUAL LEADER ACROSS THE
00:11:59:00	00:12:00:00	CITY HELPING SO MANY.
00:12:00:00	00:12:04:00	SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, YOU CAN
00:12:04:00	00:12:04:00	OPEN UP SOME PRAYER.
00:12:04:00	00:12:05:00	THANK YOU.
00:12:05:00	00:12:07:00	THANK YOU, SIR.
00:12:07:00	00:12:08:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR
00:12:08:00	00:12:10:00	THE INVITATION.
00:12:10:00	00:12:11:00	IT'S ALWAYS AN HONOR TO BE WITH
00:12:11:00	00:12:12:00	THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND
00:12:12:00	00:12:15:00	COUNCILORS AND TO JOIN YOU IN
00:12:15:00	00:12:18:00	YOUR NOBLE WORK IS SO CRITICAL
00:12:18:00	00:12:22:00	FOR THE LIFE OF OUR CITY.
00:12:22:00	00:12:26:00	SO WE ASK GOD'S BLESSING NOW WE
00:12:26:00	00:12:27:00	CALL OUT TO THE GOD OF ALL
00:12:27:00	00:12:33:00	NATIONS LIVING GOD.
00:12:33:00	00:12:33:00	OUR WORLD IS TROUBLED.
00:12:33:00	00:12:39:00	OUR NATION IS TROUBLED SO MUCH
00:12:39:00	00:12:44:00	UNCERTAINTY AND ANXIETY, PAIN
00:12:44:00	00:12:48:00	AND LOSS HURT, FRUSTRATION WE
00:12:48:00	00:12:52:00	FEEL IT ALL.
00:12:52:00	00:12:58:00	IT IS A HEAVY BURDEN IN TIMES
00:12:58:00	00:13:05:00	LIKE WE ARE EXPERIENCING WE
00:13:05:00	00:13:06:00	TURN TO YOU GOD OF ALL PEOPLE
00:13:06:00	00:13:10:00	OF ALL NATIONS AND YOU TURN US
00:13:10:00	00:13:13:00	TO LOOK TO THOSE IN OUR
00:13:13:00	00:13:17:00	COMMUNITIES WHO ARE BEACONS
00:13:17:00	00:13:20:00	OF HOPE A BEACON OF LIGHT
00:13:20:00	00:13:24:00	BEACONS OF STRENGTH.
00:13:24:00	00:13:31:00	WE PRAY LORD, THAT THIS CITY
00:13:31:00	00:13:35:00	COUNCIL ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY
00:13:35:00	00:13:35:00	WE HOLD SO DEAR AND REALLY ON
00:13:35:00	00:13:38:00	BEHALF OF ALL YOUR PEOPLE THAT
00:13:38:00	00:13:42:00	THIS CITY COUNCIL WILL BE
00:13:42:00	00:13:46:00	INDEED ALL OF THAT THAT PEOPLE
00:13:46:00	00:13:50:00	CAN LOOK TO IT AND FIND IN EACH
00:13:50:00	00:13:54:00	MEMBER YOU REACHING OUT,
00:13:54:00	00:13:58:00	LEADING AND GUIDING AND THEN
00:13:58:00	00:14:02:00	PROVIDING THE APPROPRIATE THE
00:14:02:00	00:14:05:00	NECESSARY LEADERSHIP WHICH EACH
00:14:05:00	00:14:06:00	ONE OF THEM DEAR LORD WE KNOW
00:14:06:00	00:14:09:00	IN THEIR OWN WAY DESIRES TO
00:14:09:00	00:14:13:00	GIVE ON BEHALF OF YOUR PEOPLE
00:14:13:00	00:14:16:00	THIS CITY.
00:14:16:00	00:14:20:00	WITH THIS IN MIND LORD LET LET
00:14:20:00	00:14:20:00	US NOT ONLY THIS MEETING BUT
00:14:20:00	00:14:24:00	ALL OF THE DELIBERATIONS, ALL
00:14:24:00	00:14:25:00	OF THEIR WORK AND I ASK THAT
00:14:25:00	00:14:28:00	YOU DO SO IN THE CHRISTIAN
00:14:28:00	00:14:32:00	TRADITION THE WORDS OF SAINT
00:14:32:00	00:14:33:00	PAUL THAT HE GAVE TO THE CITY
00:14:33:00	00:14:36:00	OF PHILIP BY YOU MADE THESE
00:14:36:00	00:14:39:00	WORDS ALWAYS REMAIN IN THE
00:14:39:00	00:14:42:00	HEARTS AND MINDS OF SOULS.
00:14:42:00	00:14:46:00	THE VOICES OF THIS COUNCIL FOR
00:14:46:00	00:14:49:00	THEY OFFER SUCH WISDOM.
00:14:49:00	00:14:50:00	SO TO YOU DEAR SISTERS AND
00:14:50:00	00:14:53:00	BROTHERS WHAT PAUL SAID TO
00:14:53:00	00:14:57:00	PHILIP BY FINALLY WHATEVER IS
00:14:57:00	00:15:01:00	TRUE, WHATEVER IS HONORABLE,
00:15:01:00	00:15:05:00	WHATEVER IS JUST WHATEVER IS
00:15:05:00	00:15:09:00	PURE, WHATEVER IS LOVELY,
00:15:09:00	00:15:13:00	WHATEVER IS GRACIOUS IF THERE
00:15:13:00	00:15:13:00	IS ANY EXCELLENCE AND IF THERE
00:15:13:00	00:15:16:00	IS ANYTHING WORTHY OF PRAISE,
00:15:16:00	00:15:23:00	THINK ABOUT THESE THINGS IN
00:15:23:00	00:15:26:00	THIS PRAYER AND ALL THE PRAYERS
00:15:26:00	00:15:30:00	OF OUR HEARTS OUR PRAYER FOR
00:15:30:00	00:15:31:00	OUR MAYOR, FOR ALL OF OUR
00:15:31:00	00:15:33:00	ELECTED OFFICIALS, FOR THOSE
00:15:33:00	00:15:37:00	WHO WORK ON BEHALF OF THE
00:15:37:00	00:15:38:00	PEOPLE OF THIS CITY,
00:15:38:00	00:15:42:00	PARTICULARLY OUR FIRST
00:15:42:00	00:15:42:00	RESPONDERS.
00:15:42:00	00:15:46:00	MAY WE KNOW YOUR BLESSING TO
00:15:46:00	00:15:50:00	COVER US IN THE HOLY SPIRIT?
00:15:50:00	00:15:51:00	WE PRAY NOW YOUR HOLY NAME BE
00:15:51:00	00:15:54:00	WITH US FOREVER ENDEAVOR AMEN.
00:15:54:00	00:15:57:00	AMEN.
00:15:57:00	00:15:58:00	WE WILL NOT RECITE THE PLEDGE
00:15:58:00	00:16:01:00	OF ALLEGIANCE.
00:16:01:00	00:16:01:00	PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
00:16:01:00	00:16:05:00	OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
00:16:05:00	00:16:06:00	AND DURING A PUBLIC VOTE WHICH
00:16:06:00	00:16:09:00	IS WHY UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE
00:16:09:00	00:16:12:00	WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR
00:16:12:00	00:16:23:00	ALL PEOPLE.
00:16:23:00	00:16:27:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH, FATHER
00:16:27:00	00:16:27:00	CURRY.
00:16:27:00	00:16:28:00	IT IS ALWAYS A BLESSING FOR US
00:16:28:00	00:16:29:00	TO HAVE YOU HERE IN CHAMBERS.
00:16:29:00	00:16:31:00	SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR
00:16:31:00	00:16:31:00	OUR CITY.
00:16:31:00	00:16:35:00	APPRECIATE WE ARE NOW ON TO
00:16:35:00	00:16:35:00	PRESENTATIONS.
00:16:35:00	00:16:39:00	WE HAVE PRESENTATIONS FROM
00:16:39:00	00:16:39:00	COUNCILOR RIPON AND
00:16:39:00	00:16:39:00	COUNCIL WEBER AND
00:16:39:00	00:16:42:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDO ANDERSON.
00:16:42:00	00:16:45:00	I, I AM ASKING ALL OF MY
00:16:45:00	00:16:46:00	COLLEAGUES TO KEEP THAT WHO ARE
00:16:46:00	00:16:46:00	DOING PRESENTATIONS TO KEEP
00:16:46:00	00:16:50:00	THEM VERY BRIEF PURSUANT TO THE
00:16:50:00	00:16:51:00	RULE SO THAT WE CAN GET THROUGH
00:16:51:00	00:16:51:00	THEM.
00:16:51:00	00:16:54:00	I KNOW THERE ARE TWO AND A LOT
00:16:54:00	00:16:54:00	OF COUNCILOR FOR AN INDIGENOUS
00:16:54:00	00:16:56:00	AND B ONE FOR HER STAFF SO
00:16:56:00	00:16:57:00	KASRA THEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR
00:16:57:00	00:17:14:00	AND 5 MINUTES HERE TO SEND IT.
00:17:14:00	00:17:17:00	GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
00:17:17:00	00:17:18:00	TODAY MY OFFICE HAD THE
00:17:18:00	00:17:22:00	PLEASURE OF BRINGING IN ONE
00:17:22:00	00:17:22:00	OF THE STUDENTS FROM OUR
00:17:22:00	00:17:25:00	DISTRICT OF BHATIA WHO IS AN
00:17:25:00	00:17:26:00	UPRISING FIFTH GRADER OVER AT
00:17:26:00	00:17:29:00	THE SUMMER SCHOOL AND WE DID A
00:17:29:00	00:17:32:00	CITY COUNCILOR FOR THE DAY SO
00:17:32:00	00:17:33:00	THE REASON WHY WE WANTED TO DO
00:17:33:00	00:17:34:00	THIS IS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE
00:17:34:00	00:17:37:00	TEACHING THE NEXT GENERATION
00:17:37:00	00:17:37:00	OF LEADERS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO
00:17:37:00	00:17:38:00	WORK IN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT,
00:17:38:00	00:17:40:00	WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A CITY
00:17:40:00	00:17:41:00	COUNCILOR, WHAT IT MEANS TO
00:17:41:00	00:17:42:00	ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES BUT
00:17:42:00	00:17:42:00	MOST IMPORTANTLY TO UNDERSTAND
00:17:42:00	00:17:45:00	THAT EVEN AT A YOUNG AGE THAT
00:17:45:00	00:17:45:00	THEY THAT THEIR VOICE MATTERS
00:17:45:00	00:17:48:00	AND THAT THEY VERY MUCH HAVE A
00:17:48:00	00:17:49:00	SAY IN THE FUTURE OF THIS CITY.
00:17:49:00	00:17:51:00	SO THAT'S WHY MY OFFICE WAS
00:17:51:00	00:17:52:00	ABLE TO WE ARE DOING THIS AND
00:17:52:00	00:17:53:00	WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO
00:17:53:00	00:17:55:00	THIS AND I INVITE MY CITY
00:17:55:00	00:17:56:00	COUNCILORS COLLEAGUES TO ALSO
00:17:56:00	00:17:59:00	DO SOMETHING SIMILAR FOR YOUR
00:17:59:00	00:18:00:00	YOUTH IN YOUR AREAS AND I HAVE
00:18:00:00	00:18:01:00	A SPECIAL RECOGNITION HERE FOR
00:18:01:00	00:18:05:00	YOU CITY COUNCILOR HERE IT'S AN
00:18:05:00	00:18:07:00	OFFICIAL RESOLUTION FROM THE
00:18:07:00	00:18:08:00	CITY COUNCIL WHICH IS BEING
00:18:08:00	00:18:11:00	RESOLVED THAT THE BOSTON CITY
00:18:11:00	00:18:12:00	COUNCIL EXTEND ITS GRATITUDE TO
00:18:12:00	00:18:15:00	BOTH AARON SIEGEL IN
00:18:15:00	00:18:16:00	RECOGNITION OF BEING A
00:18:16:00	00:18:16:00	COUNCILOR FOR A DAY.
00:18:16:00	00:18:19:00	WE WISH YOU MUCH SUCCESS AND A
00:18:19:00	00:18:19:00	BRIGHT FUTURE.
00:18:19:00	00:18:27:00	CONGRATULATIONS PICTURE.
00:18:27:00	00:18:30:00	CAN I INVITE MY
00:18:30:00	00:18:31:00	COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FOR A QUICK
00:18:31:00	00:18:59:00	PICTURE PLEASE?
00:18:59:00	00:19:02:00	THANK YOU.
00:19:02:00	00:19:04:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR.
00:19:04:00	00:19:13:00	YES, THANK YOU.
00:19:13:00	00:19:13:00	COUNCILOR PEN THANK YOU,
00:19:13:00	00:19:16:00	COUNCILOR BATYA AND
00:19:16:00	00:19:17:00	COUNCILOR BEN FOR MODELING
00:19:17:00	00:19:20:00	BREVITY.
00:19:20:00	00:19:20:00	NEXT WE HAVE COUNCILOR WEBER.
00:19:20:00	00:19:33:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR IN 5 MINUTES
00:19:33:00	00:19:33:00	.
00:19:33:00	00:19:33:00	THANK YOU.
00:19:33:00	00:19:34:00	I WOULD THANK YOU, MADAM
00:19:34:00	00:19:37:00	PRESIDENT.
00:19:37:00	00:19:38:00	I'D LIKE TO ASK THE MEMBERS
00:19:38:00	00:19:39:00	OF THE HIGH SCORE TASK FORCE TO
00:19:39:00	00:19:52:00	COME UP AND JOIN ME.
00:19:52:00	00:19:52:00	SO FOR THE OTHER DISTRICT
00:19:52:00	00:19:55:00	COUNCILORS AND I WAS TELLING
00:19:55:00	00:19:56:00	THE HIGH SCORE TASK FORCE
00:19:56:00	00:19:59:00	EARLIER, YOU KNOW, I THINK AS A
00:19:59:00	00:19:59:00	DISTRICT COUNCILOR SOMETIMES
00:19:59:00	00:20:00:00	YOU HAVE A BIT OF FOMO.
00:20:00:00	00:20:03:00	YOU SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN
00:20:03:00	00:20:04:00	OTHER DISTRICTS, YOU KNOW AND
00:20:04:00	00:20:07:00	YOU WANT THAT TO BE HAPPENING
00:20:07:00	00:20:07:00	IN YOUR DISTRICT.
00:20:07:00	00:20:08:00	WE DON'T GET TO DEAL WITH
00:20:08:00	00:20:11:00	UNIVERSITIES IN DISTRICT SIX OR
00:20:11:00	00:20:12:00	YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE A
00:20:12:00	00:20:15:00	STANDALONE SENIOR CENTER THAT'S
00:20:15:00	00:20:15:00	BUILT LIKE IN EAST BOSTON OR
00:20:15:00	00:20:16:00	GROVE HALL.
00:20:16:00	00:20:19:00	YOU KNOW, BUT ONE OF THE GREAT
00:20:19:00	00:20:21:00	THINGS WE HAVE IN DISTRICT SIX
00:20:21:00	00:20:21:00	AND ALL OF YOU SHOULD BE
00:20:21:00	00:20:22:00	JEALOUS IS WE HAVE THE HIGH
00:20:22:00	00:20:27:00	SQUARE TASK FORCE RIGHT.
00:20:27:00	00:20:30:00	AND JUST YOU KNOW THAT
00:20:30:00	00:20:30:00	MENTORING KIDS MAKING BRINGING
00:20:30:00	00:20:34:00	THEM INTO THE PUBLIC SPACE,
00:20:34:00	00:20:37:00	ADVOCATING FOR THEM AND THE
00:20:37:00	00:20:38:00	COMMUNITY IT'S JUST IT'S AN
00:20:38:00	00:20:41:00	INCREDIBLE THING TO WATCH AND I
00:20:41:00	00:20:42:00	KNOW THIS CITY IS A BETTER
00:20:42:00	00:20:45:00	PLACE FOR ALL THE WORK DONE BY
00:20:45:00	00:20:46:00	THE HIGH SCHOOL TASK FORCE.
00:20:46:00	00:20:48:00	MY OFFICE HAS BENEFITED MELISSA
00:20:48:00	00:20:49:00	BELTRAN IS MY DIRECTOR
00:20:49:00	00:20:50:00	OF CONSTITUENT SERVICES WAS A
00:20:50:00	00:20:53:00	YOU KNOW, A YOUTH AT HIGH
00:20:53:00	00:20:54:00	SQUARE TASK FORCE AND YOU KNOW,
00:20:54:00	00:20:57:00	JUST JUST A COUPLE OF THE
00:20:57:00	00:21:00:00	THINGS THAT THEY'VE DONE.
00:21:00:00	00:21:01:00	YOU KNOW, WE WERE TALKING
00:21:01:00	00:21:04:00	EARLIER WHEN THE THE OWNERS
00:21:04:00	00:21:05:00	OF TD GARDEN WANTED TO BUILD
00:21:05:00	00:21:08:00	THAT A STATE REP
00:21:08:00	00:21:12:00	KEVIN FITZGERALD HAD THEM AGREE
00:21:12:00	00:21:16:00	TO A COMMUNITY BENEFIT OF DOING
00:21:16:00	00:21:16:00	FUNDRAISERS FOR YOUTH AND THAT
00:21:16:00	00:21:20:00	WAS IN THE MID NINETIES IN THE
00:21:20:00	00:21:20:00	MID 20 TENS HEIGHTS WHERE TASK
00:21:20:00	00:21:24:00	FORCE HIGHLIGHTED THAT THEY HAD
00:21:24:00	00:21:27:00	NOT DONE THOSE FUNDRAISERS AND
00:21:27:00	00:21:28:00	THAT THEY NEEDED TO DO THEM
00:21:28:00	00:21:28:00	THAT THAT THOSE FUNDRAISERS ARE
00:21:28:00	00:21:31:00	BEING DONE NOW BUT IF IT WASN'T
00:21:31:00	00:21:32:00	FOR THE WORK OF THE HIGH COURT
00:21:32:00	00:21:33:00	TASK FORCE WE WOULDN'T HAVE YOU
00:21:33:00	00:21:35:00	KNOW HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
00:21:35:00	00:21:35:00	OF DOLLARS COMING IN TO BENEFIT
00:21:35:00	00:21:38:00	OUR YOUTH PURSUANT TO A
00:21:38:00	00:21:38:00	COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT
00:21:38:00	00:21:41:00	REACHED IN THE 1990S.
00:21:41:00	00:21:42:00	AND ANOTHER THING THAT HIGH
00:21:42:00	00:21:45:00	SCHOOL TASK FORCE HAS WORKED ON
00:21:45:00	00:21:45:00	YEAH AND YOU PROBABLY READ
00:21:45:00	00:21:48:00	ABOUT THIS OVER THE LAST COUPLE
00:21:48:00	00:21:49:00	OF YEARS IS STOP AND SHOP THE
00:21:49:00	00:21:52:00	THE THE KIDS STANDING BEHIND
00:21:52:00	00:21:56:00	ME YOUR KIDS TO ME I KNOW YOUR
00:21:56:00	00:21:59:00	ADULTS YOU LOOK LIKE ADULTS BUT
00:21:59:00	00:22:00:00	YOU WENT DOWN TO STOP AND SHOP
00:22:00:00	00:22:03:00	IN JACKSON SQUARE AND DID
00:22:03:00	00:22:07:00	SURVEYS OF PRICES OF GOODS
00:22:07:00	00:22:08:00	COMPARED TO THE PRICES OF THE
00:22:08:00	00:22:11:00	SAME GOODS IN DEDHAM THEY WERE
00:22:11:00	00:22:11:00	ABOUT 20% HIGHER IN JACKSON
00:22:11:00	00:22:15:00	SQUARE AND THAT'S DESPITE THE
00:22:15:00	00:22:16:00	FACT THAT THE MEDIAN INCOME IS
00:22:16:00	00:22:18:00	ABOUT FOUR TIMES LOWER IN
00:22:18:00	00:22:19:00	JACKSON SQUARE THAN IT IS IN
00:22:19:00	00:22:19:00	DEDHAM.
00:22:19:00	00:22:20:00	THEY REACHED OUT TO STOP AND
00:22:20:00	00:22:22:00	SHOP AND SAID WHAT IS GOING ON
00:22:22:00	00:22:23:00	WITH THIS?
00:22:23:00	00:22:25:00	WE'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IT.
00:22:25:00	00:22:29:00	THEY YOU KNOW, THEY GOT THE
00:22:29:00	00:22:30:00	LEGAL EQUIVALENT EQUIVALENT
00:22:30:00	00:22:30:00	OF THE MIDDLE FINGER
00:22:30:00	00:22:34:00	ESSENTIALLY AND THEY DID THAT
00:22:34:00	00:22:37:00	BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP THEM.
00:22:37:00	00:22:38:00	THEY ADVOCATED AND THEY GOT
00:22:38:00	00:22:41:00	SOMEONE ON THEIR SIDE YOU KNOW,
00:22:41:00	00:22:42:00	SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN WHO
00:22:42:00	00:22:46:00	JOINED WITH OUR OTHER LEADERS,
00:22:46:00	00:22:47:00	SENATOR MARKEY AND
00:22:47:00	00:22:50:00	CONGRESSWOMAN PRESSLEY TO REACH
00:22:50:00	00:22:51:00	OUT TO STOP AND SHOP ALL OF A
00:22:51:00	00:22:53:00	SUDDEN STOP AND SHOP STARTED
00:22:53:00	00:22:54:00	PAYING ATTENTION AND THEY
00:22:54:00	00:22:57:00	RESPONDED AND DUE TO THEIR
00:22:57:00	00:22:58:00	ADVOCACY AT HIGH SQUARE TASK
00:22:58:00	00:23:01:00	FORCE THEY DID REDUCE THE
00:23:01:00	00:23:01:00	PRICES OF THOSE GOODS AT THE
00:23:01:00	00:23:04:00	START AND SHOP IN JACKSON
00:23:04:00	00:23:04:00	SQUARE.
00:23:04:00	00:23:08:00	SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:23:08:00	00:23:09:00	BUT THAT'S NOT ENOUGH.
00:23:09:00	00:23:12:00	THEY FOUND THAT THE PRICES AT
00:23:12:00	00:23:13:00	AT SUPERMARKETS IN OTHER LOW
00:23:13:00	00:23:16:00	INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS IN BOSTON
00:23:16:00	00:23:17:00	ARE STILL HIGHER AND AT THOSE
00:23:17:00	00:23:20:00	PREVIOUS LEVELS AS THEY WERE IN
00:23:20:00	00:23:21:00	JACKSON SQUARE OR PINE GROVE
00:23:21:00	00:23:27:00	HALL, MISSION HILL SOUTH BAY.
00:23:27:00	00:23:28:00	YES AND THEY'RE PUSHING ON STOP
00:23:28:00	00:23:31:00	AND SHOP TO LOWER THOSE PRICES
00:23:31:00	00:23:35:00	AND MEET WITH ME WITH THEM AND
00:23:35:00	00:23:35:00	EXPLAIN WHY THOSE ARE THE WAY
00:23:35:00	00:23:38:00	THEY ARE.
00:23:38:00	00:23:39:00	AND SO YOU KNOW, IT'S THAT KIND
00:23:39:00	00:23:43:00	OF ADVOCACY THAT I THINK IS NOT
00:23:43:00	00:23:43:00	ONLY GREAT IT SORT OF EMBODIES
00:23:43:00	00:23:47:00	THE SPIRIT OF JAMAICA PLAIN AND
00:23:47:00	00:23:50:00	HYDE SQUARE AND WHY WE LOVE
00:23:50:00	00:23:50:00	HAVING THEM HERE.
00:23:50:00	00:23:53:00	SO I I'M JUST I'M JOINED TODAY
00:23:53:00	00:23:54:00	AND DANNY VARGAS IS HERE RIGHT
00:23:54:00	00:23:58:00	BEHIND ME IS THAT TALL DRINK
00:23:58:00	00:24:01:00	OF WATER HERE.
00:24:01:00	00:24:05:00	EMMANUEL VARGAS IS HERE AND
00:24:05:00	00:24:05:00	EUNICE YO-YO IS ALSO HERE.
00:24:05:00	00:24:09:00	WE WERE GOING TO BE JOINED BY
00:24:09:00	00:24:10:00	DEREK MEDINA WHO DID A LOT
00:24:10:00	00:24:12:00	OF WORK BUT HE'S NOT HERE TODAY
00:24:12:00	00:24:12:00	.
00:24:12:00	00:24:13:00	IF YOU WANT TO LOOK THERE'S A
00:24:13:00	00:24:16:00	PBS NEWSHOUR STORY ABOUT THEIR
00:24:16:00	00:24:17:00	AMAZING WORK ON THE STOP AND
00:24:17:00	00:24:20:00	SHOP CASE AND I HIGHLY
00:24:20:00	00:24:20:00	RECOMMEND YOU LOOK AT IT.
00:24:20:00	00:24:24:00	I HAVE A RESOLUTION HERE FROM
00:24:24:00	00:24:24:00	THE CITY COUNCIL.
00:24:24:00	00:24:25:00	IT'S FOR THE HEIGHTS SQUARE
00:24:25:00	00:24:27:00	TASK FORCE IN RECOGNITION
00:24:27:00	00:24:27:00	OF THEIR WORK UNCOVERING
00:24:27:00	00:24:28:00	PRICING DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN
00:24:28:00	00:24:31:00	STOP AND SHOP STOP AND SHOPS
00:24:31:00	00:24:32:00	ACROSS THE GREATER BOSTON AREA.
00:24:32:00	00:24:35:00	I JUST IT'S SUCH IT'S SUCH A
00:24:35:00	00:24:36:00	PLEASURE TO WORK WITH THEM AND
00:24:36:00	00:24:37:00	WORKING WITH THEM ON THE
00:24:37:00	00:24:39:00	REDESIGN OF MOZART PARK AND
00:24:39:00	00:24:39:00	IT'S GREAT TO SEE IT'S
00:24:39:00	00:24:42:00	INSPIRING FOR ME TO WATCH THEIR
00:24:42:00	00:24:43:00	HARD WORK AND DEDICATION AND
00:24:43:00	00:24:46:00	WHATEVER I CAN DO TO HELP THEM
00:24:46:00	00:24:47:00	ACCOMPLISH THEIR THEIR GOALS.
00:24:47:00	00:24:50:00	I'M HAPPY TO DO IT.
00:24:50:00	00:24:51:00	I KNOW DANNY HAS SOME WORDS TO
00:24:51:00	00:24:53:00	SAY AND SO I'M GOING TO YIELD
00:24:53:00	00:24:53:00	TO MY TOWN.
00:24:53:00	00:25:00:00	THANK YOU TO GREETINGS AND
00:25:00:00	00:25:04:00	SALUTATIONS.
00:25:04:00	00:25:05:00	THANK YOU ALL FOR INVITING US
00:25:05:00	00:25:05:00	HERE TODAY, ESPECIALLY OUR
00:25:05:00	00:25:08:00	DISTRICT COUNCIL HERE.
00:25:08:00	00:25:09:00	BAND MEMBER MY NAME IS DANNY
00:25:09:00	00:25:09:00	VARGAS.
00:25:09:00	00:25:12:00	I'M 20 YEARS OLD AND LIVE IN
00:25:12:00	00:25:12:00	THE MILITARY.
00:25:12:00	00:25:13:00	SEE HERE THE APARTMENT IS IN
00:25:13:00	00:25:13:00	THE JAMAICAN PLAIN NEIGHBORHOOD
00:25:13:00	00:25:17:00	OF JAMAICA PLAIN.
00:25:17:00	00:25:18:00	I SPENT 17 YEARS IN THE
00:25:18:00	00:25:19:00	NEIGHBORHOOD LIVING BEHIND THE
00:25:19:00	00:25:21:00	STOP AND SHOP GROCERY STORE NOW
00:25:21:00	00:25:22:00	I WAS BETWEEN THE AGES OF SIX
00:25:22:00	00:25:22:00	AND 14.
00:25:22:00	00:25:25:00	I WENT TO THE HENNIGAN SCHOOL
00:25:25:00	00:25:28:00	AND IN 2018 I HAD A FIELD TRIP
00:25:28:00	00:25:29:00	THAT LED ME TO HEIGHTS CORTEZ
00:25:29:00	00:25:32:00	FIRST AS A 14 YEAR OLD I WAS AN
00:25:32:00	00:25:33:00	IMPRESSIONABLE TEENAGER AND
00:25:33:00	00:25:35:00	SEEING THIS PLACE WAS TRULY AN
00:25:35:00	00:25:36:00	EYE OPENING EXPERIENCE.
00:25:36:00	00:25:38:00	I ENDED UP SPENDING GRADES 8 TO
00:25:38:00	00:25:39:00	12 WHERE I LEARNED PERCUSSION
00:25:39:00	00:25:43:00	SKILLS PLAYED AFRO-LATIN MUSIC
00:25:43:00	00:25:43:00	AND GOT EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT.
00:25:43:00	00:25:47:00	I ALSO FOUND MYSELF ADVOCATING
00:25:47:00	00:25:47:00	FOR THE COMMUNITY IN MANY
00:25:47:00	00:25:48:00	DIFFERENT WAYS WHETHER IT BE
00:25:48:00	00:25:50:00	WRITING LETTERS, PUBLIC
00:25:50:00	00:25:51:00	SPEAKING OR STARTING CAMPAIGNS
00:25:51:00	00:25:59:00	SUCH AS THIS ONE IN EARLY 2023
00:25:59:00	00:25:59:00	THE YOUTH THE HIGHEST GRADE
00:25:59:00	00:26:00:00	TASK FORCE STUMBLED UPON AN
00:26:00:00	00:26:02:00	ARTICLE THAT STATED THAT
00:26:02:00	00:26:03:00	GROCERY STORES WERE CHARGING
00:26:03:00	00:26:04:00	HIGHER PRICES IN LOWER INCOME
00:26:04:00	00:26:05:00	NEIGHBORHOODS AND THAT IN
00:26:05:00	00:26:09:00	HIGHER INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS.
00:26:09:00	00:26:10:00	WITH THIS INFORMATION THE YOUTH
00:26:10:00	00:26:10:00	WENT TO INVESTIGATE AND SEE
00:26:10:00	00:26:13:00	WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS TRUE.
00:26:13:00	00:26:14:00	WE CREATED A LIST OF ABOUT 20
00:26:14:00	00:26:17:00	COMMON ITEMS THAT ARE FOUND IN
00:26:17:00	00:26:17:00	TYPICAL FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS AFTER
00:26:17:00	00:26:21:00	GENERATING THIS LIST WE WENT TO
00:26:21:00	00:26:23:00	TWO STOP AND SHOP LOCATIONS ONE
00:26:23:00	00:26:24:00	ON THE BORDER OF JAMAICA
00:26:24:00	00:26:26:00	COMPLETE IN ROXBURY AND ANOTHER
00:26:26:00	00:26:27:00	ONE IN DEDHAM AFTER BUYING THE
00:26:27:00	00:26:29:00	SAME EXACT NUMBER OF ITEMS, WE
00:26:29:00	00:26:32:00	FOUND THAT THE PRICES IN JP
00:26:32:00	00:26:33:00	WERE 18% HIGHER THAN THAT IN
00:26:33:00	00:26:37:00	DURHAM WE ASKED THE COMPANY FOR
00:26:37:00	00:26:38:00	A MEETING BUT THEY SAY THEY
00:26:38:00	00:26:41:00	DIDN'T HAVE TIME SO WE RELEASED
00:26:41:00	00:26:42:00	RESEARCH TO THE MEDIA IN THE
00:26:42:00	00:26:43:00	SUMMER OF 2023 FOR MANY WEEKS
00:26:43:00	00:26:47:00	MYSELF AND THE OTHER YOU FOUND
00:26:47:00	00:26:48:00	OURSELVES IN THE NEWSPAPERS
00:26:48:00	00:26:51:00	DOING LIVE TV RADIO SHOWS AND
00:26:51:00	00:26:52:00	FILM CREWS WERE CONSTANTLY
00:26:52:00	00:26:54:00	COMING TO OUR BUILDING THE
00:26:54:00	00:26:55:00	BOSTON GLOBE NAME OUR
00:26:55:00	00:26:56:00	ORGANIZING TEAM HAS RUN OUR
00:26:56:00	00:27:04:00	BOSTONIANS OF THE YEAR AFTER
00:27:04:00	00:27:08:00	LOTS OF PUBLIC PRESSURE STOP
00:27:08:00	00:27:08:00	AND SHOP LEADERSHIP AGREED TO
00:27:08:00	00:27:09:00	MEET WITH US BUT THEY WOULD NOT
00:27:09:00	00:27:12:00	AGREE TO LOWER THEIR PRICES IN
00:27:12:00	00:27:13:00	LOWER INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS.
00:27:13:00	00:27:14:00	AT THAT POINT WE RECEIVED
00:27:14:00	00:27:16:00	SUPPORT FROM SENATOR ELIZABETH
00:27:16:00	00:27:19:00	WARREN, SENATOR EDWARD MARKEY
00:27:19:00	00:27:20:00	AND CONGRESSWOMAN ENID PRESSLEY
00:27:20:00	00:27:21:00	WHO WROTE A LETTER TO THE
00:27:21:00	00:27:23:00	SUPERMARKET CHAIN DEMANDING
00:27:23:00	00:27:24:00	THAT THEY MAKE THEIR PRICING
00:27:24:00	00:27:24:00	MORE EQUITABLE.
00:27:24:00	00:27:28:00	SUBBAN AND TRUMP THEN ANNOUNCED
00:27:28:00	00:27:29:00	THAT THEY WOULD BE LOWERING
00:27:29:00	00:27:29:00	THEIR PRICES THROUGHOUT NEW
00:27:29:00	00:27:30:00	ENGLAND IN THE STATE OF NEW
00:27:30:00	00:27:31:00	YORK BUT THAT MASSACHUSETTS
00:27:31:00	00:27:34:00	WOULD BE LESS SO WE KEPT THE
00:27:34:00	00:27:38:00	PRESSURE ON RECENTLY STOPPING
00:27:38:00	00:27:39:00	SHOP DID START LOWERING THE
00:27:39:00	00:27:39:00	PRICES AT SOME STORES IN
00:27:39:00	00:27:42:00	MASSACHUSETTS AND FINALLY THERE
00:27:42:00	00:27:43:00	IS EQUITY BETWEEN THE JACKSON
00:27:43:00	00:27:45:00	SQUARE STORE AND THE ONE IN
00:27:45:00	00:27:46:00	DEDHAM.
00:27:46:00	00:27:46:00	WE ESTIMATE THAT JACKSON SQUARE
00:27:46:00	00:27:49:00	AND FAMILIES WILL SAVE
00:27:49:00	00:27:50:00	THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS PER YEAR
00:27:50:00	00:27:53:00	WITH THE NEW LOWER PRICES DUE
00:27:53:00	00:27:53:00	TO ONGOING RESEARCH.
00:27:53:00	00:27:56:00	WE HAVE ALSO FOUND THAT OTHER
00:27:56:00	00:27:57:00	LOCATIONS IN LOW INCOME
00:27:57:00	00:27:57:00	NEIGHBORHOODS SUCH AS GROVE
00:27:57:00	00:28:00:00	HALL, SOUTH BAY AND MISSION
00:28:00:00	00:28:01:00	HILL STILL HAVE HIGHER PRICES.
00:28:01:00	00:28:04:00	SO WE VOWED TO CONTINUE THIS
00:28:04:00	00:28:04:00	CAMPAIGN UNTIL THERE IS MORE
00:28:04:00	00:28:07:00	EQUITY.
00:28:07:00	00:28:08:00	WITH ME TODAY ARE TWO OTHER
00:28:08:00	00:28:08:00	PILLARS OF THIS YOUTH LED
00:28:08:00	00:28:11:00	CAMPAIGN EUNICE YOYO WHO IS
00:28:11:00	00:28:12:00	GOING TO HOWARD UNIVERSITY IN
00:28:12:00	00:28:16:00	SEPTEMBER AND EMMANUEL WHO
00:28:16:00	00:28:17:00	ATTENDS TO ONE DIAMOND THANK
00:28:17:00	00:28:18:00	YOU ALL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
00:28:18:00	00:28:21:00	ADDRESS THE BOSTON CITY
00:28:21:00	00:28:21:00	COUNCIL.
00:28:21:00	00:28:25:00	THANKS TO BEN WEBER, JULIA
00:28:25:00	00:28:26:00	MEJIA, HENRY SANTANA AND LUCY
00:28:26:00	00:28:28:00	LOUIJEUNE FOR YOUR SUPPORT
00:28:28:00	00:28:34:00	ALONG THE WAY.
00:28:34:00	00:28:42:00	THANK YOU.
00:28:42:00	00:28:43:00	THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:28:43:00	00:28:44:00	AND ALSO I MEAN I JUST I THINK
00:28:44:00	00:28:46:00	WE ALSO HAVE WORKED VERY
00:28:46:00	00:28:47:00	CLOSELY WITH OUR STATE REPS IN
00:28:47:00	00:28:50:00	MONTANA WHO SOMEONE FROM SAM'S
00:28:50:00	00:28:50:00	OFFICE IS HERE AND STATE
00:28:50:00	00:28:53:00	SENATOR LIZ MIRANDA WHO'S HERE
00:28:53:00	00:28:57:00	TODAY ALSO I JUST I CAN'T SAY
00:28:57:00	00:29:01:00	ENOUGH ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL TASK
00:29:01:00	00:29:01:00	FORCE AND HOW GREAT IT'S BEEN
00:29:01:00	00:29:02:00	TO WORK WITH THEM SO I JUST
00:29:02:00	00:29:05:00	THOUGHT I'D LIKE TO ASK KEN
00:29:05:00	00:29:08:00	TANG VIC AND ANYONE ELSE FROM
00:29:08:00	00:29:09:00	HIGH SCHOOL TASK FORCE AND MY
00:29:09:00	00:29:09:00	COLLEAGUES TO COME UP HERE FOR
00:29:09:00	00:29:10:00	A PHOTO.
00:29:10:00	00:29:18:00	THANK YOU AND STATE REP LIZ
00:29:18:00	00:29:23:00	MIRANDA SOUTHERN STATE THE
00:29:23:00	00:29:25:00	STATE SENATOR MY APOLOGIES.
00:29:25:00	00:29:29:00	YEAH.
00:29:29:00	00:29:31:00	SO PROUD OF YOU AND SOMEBODY ON
00:29:31:00	00:29:36:00	THE MOST COME ON UP.
00:29:36:00	00:29:39:00	THIS IS ALL ABOUT YOUR SUBJECT
00:29:39:00	00:29:39:00	.
00:29:39:00	00:29:39:00	OH, DON'T BE SHY.
00:29:39:00	00:29:42:00	COME ON UP.
00:29:42:00	00:29:43:00	ALL RIGHT, YOU MIGHT WANT TO
00:29:43:00	00:29:44:00	GET BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE
00:29:44:00	00:29:47:00	YOU HAVE A WINDOW.
00:29:47:00	00:29:47:00	OKAY?
00:29:47:00	00:29:47:00	I DON'T SEE ANYONE.
00:29:47:00	00:29:53:00	YEAH, I'LL JUST ADD THIS.
00:29:53:00	00:29:57:00	YEAH.
00:29:57:00	00:29:57:00	AWESOME.
00:29:57:00	00:30:04:00	OH, GOOD.
00:30:04:00	00:30:21:00	YEAH, THAT'S GOOD LUCK WITH
00:30:21:00	00:30:22:00	THAT.
00:30:22:00	00:30:29:00	YOU KNOW I REPRESENT YOU BUT MY
00:30:29:00	00:30:30:00	HUSBAND IS ON THE BOARD, SO
00:30:30:00	00:30:43:00	YEAH, I THINK YOU GUYS
00:30:43:00	00:30:46:00	CONGRATULATIONS VERY
00:30:46:00	00:30:47:00	CONGRATULATIONS, EVERYONE.
00:30:47:00	00:30:47:00	WE LOVE THE HIGH SQUARE TASK
00:30:47:00	00:30:50:00	FORCE IN HERE.
00:30:50:00	00:30:50:00	THANK YOU.
00:30:50:00	00:30:51:00	TO EMMANUEL, TO DANNY, TO
00:30:51:00	00:30:54:00	EUNICE AND WE JUST CAN'T WAIT
00:30:54:00	00:30:55:00	FOR THE WORK THAT YOU WILL DO.
00:30:55:00	00:30:57:00	WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU A DAY
00:30:57:00	00:30:58:00	IN THESE SEATS HELPING TO LEAD
00:30:58:00	00:30:58:00	OUR CITY.
00:30:58:00	00:31:01:00	SO AND THANK YOU TO
00:31:01:00	00:31:02:00	COUNCILOR WEBER FOR INTRODUCING
00:31:02:00	00:31:02:00	AND WELCOMING SENATOR MIRANDA
00:31:02:00	00:31:02:00	INTO THE CHAMBERS.
00:31:02:00	00:31:05:00	MY FIRST BOSS.
00:31:05:00	00:31:06:00	AND SO IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU
00:31:06:00	00:31:06:00	HERE IN CHAMBERS.
00:31:06:00	00:31:09:00	YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS GOT TO TELL
00:31:09:00	00:31:10:00	PEOPLE YOU'RE MY YOUTH LEADER.
00:31:10:00	00:31:11:00	WHEN I WAS A YOUTH THAT WAS
00:31:11:00	00:31:12:00	SENATOR MIRANDA.
00:31:12:00	00:31:13:00	OKAY.
00:31:13:00	00:31:13:00	WE WILL BE MOVING ON TO OUR
00:31:13:00	00:31:14:00	FINAL PRESENTATION WHICH WILL
00:31:14:00	00:31:17:00	BE COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON
00:31:17:00	00:31:19:00	FOR HER STAFF COUNCILOR, YOU
00:31:19:00	00:31:29:00	HAD THE FLOOR IN 5 MINUTES.
00:31:29:00	00:31:33:00	GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
00:31:33:00	00:31:34:00	I'D LIKE TO ACTUALLY CALL MY
00:31:34:00	00:31:40:00	STAFF ON TO DOWN TO THE PODIUM
00:31:40:00	00:31:41:00	.
00:31:41:00	00:31:45:00	ERIC YOUNG AKA BAILEY VINES,
00:31:45:00	00:32:03:00	REGGIE STEWART AND ANGIE BRUTUS
00:32:03:00	00:32:03:00	.
00:32:03:00	00:32:15:00	OKAY COME ON TO THE PRINTING
00:32:15:00	00:32:15:00	PRESS.
00:32:15:00	00:32:15:00	THANK YOU.
00:32:15:00	00:32:18:00	THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT
00:32:18:00	00:32:18:00	LOUIJEUNE FOR ACCOMMODATING US.
00:32:18:00	00:32:22:00	I KNOW THAT THE THE RULE SAYS
00:32:22:00	00:32:23:00	TO PRESENTATIONS BUT YOU WERE
00:32:23:00	00:32:25:00	ALLOWED TO THIRD, WE APPRECIATE
00:32:25:00	00:32:25:00	IT.
00:32:25:00	00:32:26:00	I WANTED TO TAKE THE TIME TODAY
00:32:26:00	00:32:33:00	TO AND THANK YOU IS NOT JUST
00:32:33:00	00:32:33:00	DOESN'T SUFFICE OR DOESN'T FEEL
00:32:33:00	00:32:37:00	LIKE THE RIGHT WORDS FOR MY
00:32:37:00	00:32:40:00	STAFF TODAY YOU GET INTO THIS
00:32:40:00	00:32:44:00	JOB AND THERE'S NOT MUCH
00:32:44:00	00:32:45:00	THERE'S NOT A YOU KNOW SOME
00:32:45:00	00:32:48:00	SORT OF TRAINING OR HANDBOOK
00:32:48:00	00:32:52:00	THAT YOU COME IN WITH TO GUIDE
00:32:52:00	00:32:56:00	YOU IN DOING THIS WORK YOU TRY
00:32:56:00	00:32:56:00	TO FIND THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO
00:32:56:00	00:32:56:00	FIT.
00:32:56:00	00:32:59:00	I KNOW THAT IN MY OFFICE WE HAD
00:32:59:00	00:33:00:00	A PROGRAM WHERE WE HIRED A
00:33:00:00	00:33:03:00	WHOLE BUNCH OF INTERNS BECAUSE
00:33:03:00	00:33:04:00	WE WANTED TO GIVE INTERNATIONAL
00:33:04:00	00:33:08:00	STUDENTS OPPORTUNITIES AND THEN
00:33:08:00	00:33:08:00	LITTLE BY LITTLE YOU START
00:33:08:00	00:33:11:00	LEARNING ABOUT THE RIGHT
00:33:11:00	00:33:11:00	POSITIONS AND THE ROLE AND
00:33:11:00	00:33:12:00	EXACTLY THE TYPE
00:33:12:00	00:33:15:00	OF PERSONALITIES AND SKILLS
00:33:15:00	00:33:18:00	THAT YOU NEED AND I KNOW THAT I
00:33:18:00	00:33:19:00	SPEAK FOR MY COLLEAGUES AS
00:33:19:00	00:33:19:00	WELL.
00:33:19:00	00:33:22:00	IT'S A TOUGH JOB TO FILL
00:33:22:00	00:33:23:00	POSITIONS WITH PEOPLE THAT YOU
00:33:23:00	00:33:26:00	KNOW, ONE YOU CAN TRUST TWO
00:33:26:00	00:33:28:00	THAT WILL NOT SAY NO TO THE JOB
00:33:28:00	00:33:31:00	AND THREE THAT WILL SHOW UP AND
00:33:31:00	00:33:34:00	CONTINUOUSLY DO THE WORK
00:33:34:00	00:33:38:00	NONSTOP WITHOUT COMPLAINING.
00:33:38:00	00:33:39:00	AND MY STAFF HAS A SAYING IN
00:33:39:00	00:33:41:00	THE OFFICE THAT IF YOU'VE AFTER
00:33:41:00	00:33:42:00	WORKING FOR ME THAT CAN LAST
00:33:42:00	00:33:45:00	ANYWHERE.
00:33:45:00	00:33:46:00	I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.
00:33:46:00	00:33:47:00	I THINK IT MEANS THAT THEY LOVE
00:33:47:00	00:33:49:00	ME BUT I THINK WITH ALL OF THE
00:33:49:00	00:33:53:00	WORK THAT WE DID WHEN WE CAME
00:33:53:00	00:33:54:00	IN TO DISTRICT SEVEN WE LOOKED
00:33:54:00	00:33:57:00	AT THE WORK AND WE WANTED TO
00:33:57:00	00:34:00:00	TIE IT DIRECTLY TO THE DATA.
00:34:00:00	00:34:01:00	WE WANTED TO THE POLICIES TO BE
00:34:01:00	00:34:05:00	BEST PRACTICE INFORMED AND WE
00:34:05:00	00:34:05:00	WANTED TO IT TO BE DATA
00:34:05:00	00:34:08:00	INFORMED AND SO WE WENT TO
00:34:08:00	00:34:09:00	WORK, WE COLLABORATED WITH
00:34:09:00	00:34:12:00	UNIVERSITIES AND COMMUNITY.
00:34:12:00	00:34:12:00	WE CREATED AN ADVISORY
00:34:12:00	00:34:16:00	COUNCIL AND BUILD PARTNERSHIP
00:34:16:00	00:34:16:00	FROM GROUND UP AND WE LISTENED
00:34:16:00	00:34:20:00	AND WE ALLOWED THE PEOPLE TO
00:34:20:00	00:34:23:00	HAVE THE POWER AND TO LEAD US
00:34:23:00	00:34:24:00	THE PEOPLE STANDING BEHIND
00:34:24:00	00:34:27:00	MEJIA ERIC YOUNGER BAILEY VINES
00:34:27:00	00:34:33:00	WHO JUST ARE TRYING TO READY
00:34:33:00	00:34:37:00	STEWARD AND ANDREW BRUTUS YEAH
00:34:37:00	00:34:41:00	RACI FOR MY LITTLE AFRICAN
00:34:41:00	00:34:48:00	SISTER I FOR SO MANY FOR A
00:34:48:00	00:34:52:00	COUPLE OF YEARS NOW HAVE BEEN
00:34:52:00	00:34:52:00	COMPLETELY IMPRESSED BY YOUR
00:34:52:00	00:34:56:00	TENACITY BY YOUR ABILITY TO BE
00:34:56:00	00:34:56:00	PATIENT, BY YOUR
00:34:56:00	00:34:59:00	PROFESSIONALISM AND BY YOUR
00:34:59:00	00:35:00:00	SWIFT ABILITY TO COME UP WITH
00:35:00:00	00:35:04:00	ANSWERS FOR ME AND I THANK YOU
00:35:04:00	00:35:11:00	AND I LOVE YOU, BAILEY YOU
00:35:11:00	00:35:11:00	JOINED THE TEAM AND I REMEMBER
00:35:11:00	00:35:15:00	OUR INTERVIEW WHEN YOU FIRST
00:35:15:00	00:35:16:00	SAID I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY THE
00:35:16:00	00:35:19:00	TYPE OF WORK YOU ARE DOING.
00:35:19:00	00:35:20:00	I LOVE WHAT YOU STAND FOR AND I
00:35:20:00	00:35:23:00	WANT TO BE HERE WITH YOU TO
00:35:23:00	00:35:23:00	HELP YOU.
00:35:23:00	00:35:24:00	I TOOK THAT TO HEART.
00:35:24:00	00:35:27:00	I DIDN'T KNOW THE EXACT EXTENT
00:35:27:00	00:35:30:00	THAT YOU WOULD TAKE THAT TO AND
00:35:30:00	00:35:30:00	YOU DID.
00:35:30:00	00:35:31:00	YOU HAD MY BACK.
00:35:31:00	00:35:34:00	YOU WERE THERE.
00:35:34:00	00:35:35:00	YOU WORKED TIRELESSLY AND YOU
00:35:35:00	00:35:38:00	SHOWED ME SO MUCH LOVE AND I
00:35:38:00	00:35:39:00	ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOUR
00:35:39:00	00:35:42:00	CREATIVITY, YOUR INTELLIGENCE
00:35:42:00	00:35:42:00	AND YOUR HARD WORK.
00:35:42:00	00:35:43:00	THANK YOU.
00:35:43:00	00:35:46:00	AND I LOVE YOU, REGGIE.
00:35:46:00	00:35:46:00	WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR A
00:35:46:00	00:35:50:00	FEW YEARS BUT YOU YOU JOINED A
00:35:50:00	00:35:53:00	STAFF HERE AT THE NEWCOMER AND
00:35:53:00	00:35:54:00	BUT WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER A
00:35:54:00	00:35:56:00	LONG TIME AND YOU'VE
00:35:56:00	00:35:57:00	VOLUNTEERED TO WORK WITH THE
00:35:57:00	00:35:58:00	ADVISORY COUNCIL AND DOING SOME
00:35:58:00	00:36:01:00	POLICY RESEARCH ON THE GROUND
00:36:01:00	00:36:02:00	IN DISTRICT SEVEN.
00:36:02:00	00:36:05:00	ABSOLUTELY BLOWN AWAY BY YOUR
00:36:05:00	00:36:09:00	ABILITY TO CONNECT THE DOTS
00:36:09:00	00:36:10:00	WITH POLICY AND HOW YOU'VE HUNG
00:36:10:00	00:36:14:00	IN THERE WITH US AND NO MATTER
00:36:14:00	00:36:14:00	WHAT NEVER COMPLAIN.
00:36:14:00	00:36:15:00	THAT'S NOT MY JOB.
00:36:15:00	00:36:17:00	YOU NEVER SAID A THING AND YOU
00:36:17:00	00:36:17:00	JUST KEPT WORKING AND THAT
00:36:17:00	00:36:18:00	SPEAKS FOR ALL OF YOU AND I
00:36:18:00	00:36:18:00	LOVE YOU TOO.
00:36:18:00	00:36:23:00	THANK YOU, ANGIE.
00:36:23:00	00:36:26:00	MY CHIEF OF STAFF SORRY BAYLEYS
00:36:26:00	00:36:27:00	MY DIRECTOR OF MARKETING REGGIE
00:36:27:00	00:36:30:00	POLICY AND COMMUNITY AND ANGIE
00:36:30:00	00:36:36:00	COME COME ON I'LL BITE.
00:36:36:00	00:36:37:00	TRACY IS DIRECTOR
00:36:37:00	00:36:37:00	OF CONSTITUENT SERVICE.
00:36:37:00	00:36:40:00	THANK YOU AS ALWAYS.
00:36:40:00	00:36:41:00	YOUR CHIEF WILL ALWAYS KEEP YOU
00:36:41:00	00:36:44:00	ON YOUR TOES.
00:36:44:00	00:36:47:00	ANGIE BRUTUS WHO WE HAVE GONE
00:36:47:00	00:36:54:00	THROUGH SO MUCH AND YOU HAVE
00:36:54:00	00:36:55:00	SHOWN ME WHAT IT MEANS TO
00:36:55:00	00:36:58:00	EVOLVE IN THIS WORK BUT YOU'VE
00:36:58:00	00:36:59:00	SHOWN ME WHAT IT MEANS TO LOVE
00:36:59:00	00:37:00:00	SOMEONE UNCONDITIONALLY AND
00:37:00:00	00:37:02:00	YOU'VE DONE THAT FOR ME.
00:37:02:00	00:37:03:00	YOU WORK FAST, YOU HANDLE
00:37:03:00	00:37:07:00	EVERYTHING AND IF THERE'S A GAP
00:37:07:00	00:37:10:00	YOU FILL IT AND YOU DESERVE ALL
00:37:10:00	00:37:10:00	THE BEST.
00:37:10:00	00:37:17:00	AND I HOPE YOU I THANK YOU
00:37:17:00	00:37:20:00	EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU YOU
00:37:20:00	00:37:21:00	HUNG IN THERE.
00:37:21:00	00:37:24:00	EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THE CLIMATE
00:37:24:00	00:37:25:00	GOT TOUGH AND YOU KEPT YOUR
00:37:25:00	00:37:29:00	HEAD UP HIGH.
00:37:29:00	00:37:29:00	YOU WERE PROFESSIONAL.
00:37:29:00	00:37:32:00	YOU WERE KIND INTELLIGENT AND
00:37:32:00	00:37:35:00	YOU DID THE WORK FOR DISTRICT
00:37:35:00	00:37:36:00	SEVEN AND I THANK YOU FROM THE
00:37:36:00	00:37:36:00	BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
00:37:36:00	00:37:39:00	PLEASE HELP ME TO CONGRATULATE
00:37:39:00	00:37:40:00	MY STAFF AND COME TO THE
00:37:40:00	00:37:53:00	CONCLUSION MAY I ASK MY
00:37:53:00	00:37:57:00	COLLEAGUES TO AND THEY'RE ALL
00:37:57:00	00:37:57:00	SHY.
00:37:57:00	00:37:58:00	I'M THE ONE WITH THE MOUTH BUT
00:37:58:00	00:38:00:00	WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING
00:38:00:00	00:38:00:00	?
00:38:00:00	00:38:01:00	IT'S OPEN NOW.
00:38:01:00	00:38:04:00	OKAY.
00:38:04:00	00:38:04:00	I LIKE TO INVITE MY COLLEAGUES
00:38:04:00	00:38:05:00	TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH US IF
00:38:05:00	00:38:05:00	THAT'S OKAY.
00:38:05:00	00:38:08:00	THANK YOU.
00:38:08:00	00:38:09:00	WELL, WE'LL GET A
00:38:09:00	00:38:12:00	COFFEE STARTED BY COMPUTER
00:38:12:00	00:38:12:00	HERE.
00:38:12:00	00:38:12:00	CAN I GET YOU?
00:38:12:00	00:38:15:00	CAN I GIVE THE MIDDLE READY TO
00:38:15:00	00:38:16:00	GET OVER THERE BECAUSE YOU'RE
00:38:16:00	00:38:44:00	SO TALL.
00:38:44:00	00:38:47:00	THANK YOU.
00:38:47:00	00:38:54:00	EVERYONE THINKS THAT HUGE.
00:38:54:00	00:39:16:00	THANK YOU.
00:39:16:00	00:39:16:00	THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR
00:39:16:00	00:39:19:00	THEIR BREVITY IN THEIR
00:39:19:00	00:39:19:00	PRESENTATIONS.
00:39:19:00	00:39:19:00	OKAY.
00:39:19:00	00:39:23:00	AND ALLOW US TO GET TO THE
00:39:23:00	00:39:23:00	DOCKET.
00:39:23:00	00:39:24:00	SO MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
00:39:24:00	00:39:27:00	AMEND THE MADAM CLERK MADAM
00:39:27:00	00:39:30:00	CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE AMEND
00:39:30:00	00:39:31:00	THE ATTENDANCE TO REFLECT THAT
00:39:31:00	00:39:34:00	COUNSELOR'S FOOTAGE?
00:39:34:00	00:39:38:00	ANDERSON FITZGERALD AND GRAYDON
00:39:38:00	00:39:42:00	ARE PRESENT AND NOW WITH US AND
00:39:42:00	00:39:43:00	MEJIA AND HERE ARE NOT PRESENT
00:39:43:00	00:39:45:00	IN WITH US.
00:39:45:00	00:39:46:00	OKAY WE ARE NOW ON TO THE FIRST
00:39:46:00	00:39:47:00	ORDER OF BUSINESS WHICH IS THE
00:39:47:00	00:39:49:00	APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM
00:39:49:00	00:39:50:00	THE MEETING OF JUNE 11, 2025.
00:39:50:00	00:39:53:00	ALL IN FAVOR SAY I HI ALL
00:39:53:00	00:39:54:00	OPPOSING THE AYES HAVE IT THE
00:39:54:00	00:39:56:00	MINUTES OF THE JUNE 11TH
00:39:56:00	00:39:56:00	MEETING ARE APPROVED.
00:39:56:00	00:40:00:00	WE'RE NOW ON TO COMMUNICATIONS
00:40:00:00	00:40:00:00	FROM OUR HONOR THE MAYOR.
00:40:00:00	00:40:01:00	MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
00:40:01:00	00:40:05:00	READ THIS NUMBER 125621257
00:40:05:00	00:40:06:00	ADOPTED 1256 MESSAGE IN ORDER
00:40:06:00	00:40:09:00	FOR YOUR APPROVAL AN ORDER TO
00:40:09:00	00:40:11:00	REDUCE THE F Y 25 APPROPRIATION
00:40:11:00	00:40:12:00	FOR THE RESOLVE OF COLLECTIVE
00:40:12:00	00:40:18:00	BARGAINING BY $747,842 TO
00:40:18:00	00:40:19:00	PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE BOSTON
00:40:19:00	00:40:22:00	PUBLIC LIBRARY DEPARTMENT FOR
00:40:22:00	00:40:26:00	THE FBI 25 INCREASES CONTAIN
00:40:26:00	00:40:26:00	WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE
00:40:26:00	00:40:27:00	BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN
00:40:27:00	00:40:29:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON AND ATTORNEY
00:40:29:00	00:40:30:00	LOCAL 1526 FILED IN THE OFFICE
00:40:30:00	00:40:36:00	OF THE CITY CLERK ON JUNE 22,
00:40:36:00	00:40:40:00	2025 AND 1257 ON THE DOCKET
00:40:40:00	00:40:41:00	1257 MESSAGE ON ORDER FOR THE
00:40:41:00	00:40:44:00	SUPPLEMENT SUPPLEMENTAL
00:40:44:00	00:40:44:00	APPROPRIATION ORDER FOR THE
00:40:44:00	00:40:48:00	BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE
00:40:48:00	00:40:53:00	FBI 25 IN THE AMOUNT
00:40:53:00	00:40:54:00	OF $747,842 TO COVER THE FBI 25
00:40:54:00	00:40:58:00	COST ITEM CONTAINED WITHIN THE
00:40:58:00	00:40:58:00	COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
00:40:58:00	00:40:59:00	BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND
00:40:59:00	00:41:02:00	ASK ME LOCAL 1526 THE TERMS
00:41:02:00	00:41:05:00	OF THE CONTRACT ARE
00:41:05:00	00:41:08:00	OCTOBER FOUR, 2023 TO SEPTEMBER
00:41:08:00	00:41:14:00	30TH 2026 AND OCTOBER 1ST 2026
00:41:14:00	00:41:14:00	TO SEPTEMBER 30TH 2027.
00:41:14:00	00:41:15:00	THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE
00:41:15:00	00:41:18:00	CONTRACT INCLUDE WAGE INCREASE
00:41:18:00	00:41:19:00	OF 2% TO BE GIVEN IN OCTOBER OF
00:41:19:00	00:41:21:00	EACH FISCAL YEAR OF THE
00:41:21:00	00:41:24:00	CONTRACT TERMS AND FLAT AMOUNT
00:41:24:00	00:41:27:00	OF 500 250 801 75 TO BE ADDED
00:41:27:00	00:41:31:00	TO THE ANNUAL SALARY IN JANUARY
00:41:31:00	00:41:31:00	OF EACH FISCAL YEAR.
00:41:31:00	00:41:35:00	THE AGREEMENT ALSO INCLUDE THE
00:41:35:00	00:41:35:00	ADDITIONAL OF PREPAID LEGAL
00:41:35:00	00:41:38:00	BENEFIT AS WELL AS CHANGES TO
00:41:38:00	00:41:39:00	SUN OVERTIME FOR CERTAIN
00:41:39:00	00:41:42:00	POSITIONS.
00:41:42:00	00:41:45:00	THANK YOU DOCKETS NUMBER 1256
00:41:45:00	00:41:46:00	AND 1257 IT WILL BE REFERRED TO
00:41:46:00	00:41:49:00	THE COMMITTEE ON AND MEANS.
00:41:49:00	00:41:50:00	MADAM CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE READ
00:41:50:00	00:41:55:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1258 DOCKET 1258
00:41:55:00	00:41:55:00	MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING
00:41:55:00	00:41:59:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT
00:41:59:00	00:42:01:00	AND EXPAND A GRANT NOT TO
00:42:01:00	00:42:04:00	EXCEED 1,000,107 $72,000 FROM
00:42:04:00	00:42:05:00	THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY
00:42:05:00	00:42:08:00	MANAGEMENT AGENCY, FEMA
00:42:08:00	00:42:12:00	BUILDING RESISTANCE AND
00:42:12:00	00:42:12:00	INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNITIES
00:42:12:00	00:42:12:00	PROGRAM.
00:42:12:00	00:42:16:00	THE GRANT IS AWARDED TO THE
00:42:16:00	00:42:17:00	CITY OF BOSTON TO THE PARKS AND
00:42:17:00	00:42:20:00	RECREATION DEPARTMENT FOR
00:42:20:00	00:42:20:00	RENOVATION TO THE PARK LOCATED
00:42:20:00	00:42:24:00	IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF BOSTON.
00:42:24:00	00:42:24:00	THANK YOU.
00:42:24:00	00:42:26:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1258 WILL BE
00:42:26:00	00:42:27:00	REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
00:42:27:00	00:42:27:00	ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
00:42:27:00	00:42:30:00	RESILIENCE AND PARKS.
00:42:30:00	00:42:31:00	MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE
00:42:31:00	00:42:33:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER 1259 DOCKET
00:42:33:00	00:42:33:00	NUMBER 1259 MESSAGE AN ORDER
00:42:33:00	00:42:37:00	AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON
00:42:37:00	00:42:40:00	TO ACCEPT AN EXPANDED AMOUNT
00:42:40:00	00:42:40:00	OF $450,000 IN THE FORM OF A
00:42:40:00	00:42:44:00	GRANT THE CUMMINS FOUNDATION TO
00:42:44:00	00:42:44:00	BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE
00:42:44:00	00:42:48:00	OF HUMAN SERVICES.
00:42:48:00	00:42:48:00	THE GRANT WOULD SUPPORT
00:42:48:00	00:42:51:00	VIOLENCE PREVENTION INCLUDING
00:42:51:00	00:42:52:00	EVENTS, COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND
00:42:52:00	00:42:56:00	ENGAGEMENT AND EFFORT TO CITIES
00:42:56:00	00:42:56:00	SUMMER SAFETY PLAN AND PLAN TO
00:42:56:00	00:42:59:00	END VIOLENCE.
00:42:59:00	00:42:59:00	THANK YOU.
00:42:59:00	00:43:02:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1259 WILL BE
00:43:02:00	00:43:03:00	REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
00:43:03:00	00:43:04:00	PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL
00:43:04:00	00:43:06:00	JUSTICE.
00:43:06:00	00:43:06:00	MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
00:43:06:00	00:43:09:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER 1260 DOCKET
00:43:09:00	00:43:10:00	NUMBER 1260 MESSAGE AN ORDER
00:43:10:00	00:43:12:00	AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON
00:43:12:00	00:43:18:00	TO STEP AND EXPAND AMOUNT
00:43:18:00	00:43:19:00	OF $344,335 IN THE FORM OF A
00:43:19:00	00:43:22:00	GRANT FOR THE FEDERAL FBI 26
00:43:22:00	00:43:23:00	SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM
00:43:23:00	00:43:27:00	AWARDED BY MIAMI COP TO BE
00:43:27:00	00:43:29:00	ADMINISTERED BY THE EIGHT
00:43:29:00	00:43:30:00	STRONG COMMISSION TO GRANT
00:43:30:00	00:43:30:00	WOULD FUND ADMINISTRATION
00:43:30:00	00:43:33:00	OF SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM
00:43:33:00	00:43:33:00	INCLUDING REIMBURSEMENT FOR
00:43:33:00	00:43:37:00	TRAVEL AND MEALS PLUS STIPEND
00:43:37:00	00:43:37:00	FOR VOLUNTEERS WHO PROVIDE
00:43:37:00	00:43:42:00	COMPANIONSHIP TO HOMEBOUND AND
00:43:42:00	00:43:42:00	FREE SENIORS.
00:43:42:00	00:43:42:00	THANK YOU.
00:43:42:00	00:43:44:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CAPTAIN
00:43:44:00	00:43:45:00	MURPHY ON THE FLOOR.
00:43:45:00	00:43:45:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
00:43:45:00	00:43:48:00	AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE
00:43:48:00	00:43:49:00	ON STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND
00:43:49:00	00:43:52:00	COMMUNITIES I RISE TODAY IN
00:43:52:00	00:43:52:00	FULL SUPPORT OF DOCKET 1260
00:43:52:00	00:43:56:00	WHICH WOULD AUTHORIZE THE CITY
00:43:56:00	00:43:59:00	OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND
00:43:59:00	00:44:02:00	$344,335 THROUGH THE FBI 26
00:44:02:00	00:44:03:00	SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM
00:44:03:00	00:44:06:00	AWARDED BY AMERICORPS AND IS
00:44:06:00	00:44:07:00	ADMINISTERED THROUGH OUR AGE
00:44:07:00	00:44:07:00	STRONG COMMISSION.
00:44:07:00	00:44:10:00	THIS GRANT DIRECTLY SUPPORTS
00:44:10:00	00:44:11:00	OLDER ADULTS IN BOSTON,
00:44:11:00	00:44:11:00	ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE
00:44:11:00	00:44:15:00	HOMEBOUND OR ISOLATED.
00:44:15:00	00:44:15:00	IT HELPS FUND VOLUNTEER
00:44:15:00	00:44:18:00	STIPENDS ALONG WITH MEAL AND
00:44:18:00	00:44:19:00	TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT FOR THOSE
00:44:19:00	00:44:22:00	WHO GENEROUSLY OFFERED THEIR
00:44:22:00	00:44:23:00	TIME TO PROVIDE COMPANIONSHIP,
00:44:23:00	00:44:26:00	SUPPORT AND CARE JUST FOR SOME
00:44:26:00	00:44:27:00	OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE
00:44:27:00	00:44:27:00	NEIGHBORS.
00:44:27:00	00:44:30:00	TO ME THIS IS ABOUT DIGNITY AND
00:44:30:00	00:44:31:00	COMMUNITY AND ENSURING THAT OUR
00:44:31:00	00:44:34:00	SENIORS ARE NEVER LEFT BEHIND.
00:44:34:00	00:44:35:00	I KNOW THAT THIS GRANT HAS COME
00:44:35:00	00:44:38:00	BEFORE US BEFORE AND STRONG HAS
00:44:38:00	00:44:38:00	COME IN FRONT OF THIS BODY AND
00:44:38:00	00:44:39:00	HAS EXPLAINED MORE.
00:44:39:00	00:44:42:00	I'M NOT IF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE
00:44:42:00	00:44:42:00	ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON THIS
00:44:42:00	00:44:45:00	GRANT BUT I AM ASKING TO
00:44:45:00	00:44:46:00	SUSPEND AND PASS TODAY AND GET
00:44:46:00	00:44:48:00	THIS MONEY TO OUR EIGHT STRONG
00:44:48:00	00:44:49:00	COMMISSION AND OUR SENIORS.
00:44:49:00	00:44:52:00	THANK YOU.
00:44:52:00	00:44:53:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
00:44:53:00	00:44:54:00	I WANT TO THIS IS A VERY
00:44:54:00	00:44:55:00	IMPORTANT GRANT AND IT'S ONE
00:44:55:00	00:44:55:00	THAT WE SEE EVERY YEAR SO I
00:44:55:00	00:44:58:00	THANK YOU FOR PUTTING FORWARD
00:44:58:00	00:44:59:00	NO HEARING NECESSARY AS BEST
00:44:59:00	00:44:59:00	SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE IN IT.
00:44:59:00	00:45:00:00	WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON
00:45:00:00	00:45:02:00	THIS MATTER?
00:45:02:00	00:45:03:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CATCHER
00:45:03:00	00:45:03:00	FLYNN.
00:45:03:00	00:45:03:00	THANK YOU.
00:45:03:00	00:45:06:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
00:45:06:00	00:45:07:00	I ALSO KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF A
00:45:07:00	00:45:10:00	STRONG AND THE INCREDIBLE WORK
00:45:10:00	00:45:10:00	THEY DO ACROSS THE
00:45:10:00	00:45:11:00	NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE CITY
00:45:11:00	00:45:14:00	OF BOSTON.
00:45:14:00	00:45:15:00	I WENT TO AN EVENT WITH THEM ON
00:45:15:00	00:45:18:00	FRIDAY AND THEY WERE TALKING TO
00:45:18:00	00:45:21:00	SENIORS ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND
00:45:21:00	00:45:21:00	MEMORY RELATED ISSUES.
00:45:21:00	00:45:22:00	SO I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M IN
00:45:22:00	00:45:25:00	SUPPORT OF THIS PLAN BECAUSE I
00:45:25:00	00:45:28:00	ALSO KNOW THAT WE TRADITIONALLY
00:45:28:00	00:45:29:00	GET THIS GRANT AS WELL AND IT
00:45:29:00	00:45:30:00	DOES PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN
00:45:30:00	00:45:33:00	THE LIVES OF OUR SENIORS
00:45:33:00	00:45:34:00	THROUGHOUT BOSTON.
00:45:34:00	00:45:34:00	TAKE THEM OUT.
00:45:34:00	00:45:35:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN, AND
00:45:35:00	00:45:37:00	THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE
00:45:37:00	00:45:38:00	SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE AND NO
00:45:38:00	00:45:38:00	HEARING ON THIS DOCKET.
00:45:38:00	00:45:41:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY SEEKS
00:45:41:00	00:45:41:00	SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE
00:45:41:00	00:45:44:00	OF DOCKET NUMBER 1 TO 6 ZERO.
00:45:44:00	00:45:45:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.
00:45:45:00	00:45:48:00	I ALSO SAY NAY.
00:45:48:00	00:45:49:00	THE AYES HAVE IT IS NOT GOING
00:45:49:00	00:45:49:00	AS PAST.
00:45:49:00	00:45:50:00	MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE
00:45:50:00	00:45:52:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER 1261 DOCKET
00:45:52:00	00:45:53:00	NUMBER 1261 MESSAGE AN ORDER
00:45:53:00	00:45:56:00	AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON
00:45:56:00	00:46:01:00	TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT
00:46:01:00	00:46:02:00	OF $251,145 IN THE FORM OF A
00:46:02:00	00:46:03:00	GRANT FOR THE MAYOR'S INNOCENT
00:46:03:00	00:46:06:00	AND CONVICTION INTEGRITY
00:46:06:00	00:46:06:00	COLLABORATION GRANT AWARDED BY
00:46:06:00	00:46:09:00	THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
00:46:09:00	00:46:10:00	OF JUSTICE PASSED THROUGH THE
00:46:10:00	00:46:13:00	COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC
00:46:13:00	00:46:14:00	COUNCILOR SERVICE TO BE
00:46:14:00	00:46:14:00	ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE
00:46:14:00	00:46:17:00	DEPARTMENT.
00:46:17:00	00:46:18:00	THE GROUND WOULD FUND THE PPD
00:46:18:00	00:46:20:00	CRIME LAB STAFF TIME FOR THE
00:46:20:00	00:46:21:00	MASSACHUSETTS INNOCENT AND
00:46:21:00	00:46:24:00	CONVICTION INTEGRITY
00:46:24:00	00:46:24:00	COLLABORATION PROJECT.
00:46:24:00	00:46:29:00	THANK YOU DOCKET NUMBER 1 TO 6
00:46:29:00	00:46:30:00	ONE WILL BE REFERRED TO THE
00:46:30:00	00:46:30:00	COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND
00:46:30:00	00:46:32:00	CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
00:46:32:00	00:46:33:00	MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
00:46:33:00	00:46:35:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER 1262 DOCKET
00:46:35:00	00:46:36:00	NUMBER 1262 MESSAGE AN ORDER
00:46:36:00	00:46:39:00	AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON
00:46:39:00	00:46:41:00	TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT
00:46:41:00	00:46:42:00	OF $150,000 IN THE FORM OF A
00:46:42:00	00:46:45:00	GRANT FOR THE BOSTON FAMILY
00:46:45:00	00:46:46:00	DATE GRANT AWARDED BY THE
00:46:46:00	00:46:49:00	BOSTON FOUNDATION TO BE
00:46:49:00	00:46:49:00	ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE
00:46:49:00	00:46:50:00	OF ARTS AND CULTURE.
00:46:50:00	00:46:53:00	THE GRANT WOULD FUND THE BOSTON
00:46:53:00	00:46:56:00	FAMILY DAY PROGRAM FROM 2025 TO
00:46:56:00	00:46:59:00	2 22,026 PROVIDED BY THE JAMES
00:46:59:00	00:47:00:00	UNCOUPLING DE SLOAN FOUNDATION.
00:47:00:00	00:47:03:00	THANK YOU.
00:47:03:00	00:47:04:00	THIS DOCKET NUMBER 1262 WILL BE
00:47:04:00	00:47:07:00	REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
00:47:07:00	00:47:07:00	ARTS, CULTURE, TOURISM AND
00:47:07:00	00:47:08:00	SPECIAL EVENTS.
00:47:08:00	00:47:10:00	MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE
00:47:10:00	00:47:11:00	REDACT NUMBER 1263 DOCKET
00:47:11:00	00:47:13:00	NUMBER 1263 MESSAGE AN ORDER
00:47:13:00	00:47:14:00	AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON
00:47:14:00	00:47:20:00	TO ACCEPT AN EXPANDED AMOUNT
00:47:20:00	00:47:21:00	OF $36,500 IN THE FORM OF A
00:47:21:00	00:47:24:00	GRANT FOR THE QUANTICO HERITAGE
00:47:24:00	00:47:24:00	DONATION AWARDED BY THE
00:47:24:00	00:47:25:00	CHRONICLE HERITAGE TO BE
00:47:25:00	00:47:28:00	ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE
00:47:28:00	00:47:29:00	OF HISTORICAL PREVENTION.
00:47:29:00	00:47:29:00	THE GRANT WOULD FUND PAYROLL
00:47:29:00	00:47:33:00	EXPENSES.
00:47:33:00	00:47:33:00	THANK YOU.
00:47:33:00	00:47:34:00	THE CHAIR.
00:47:34:00	00:47:34:00	AND I JUST CONSIDER GIVING YOU
00:47:34:00	00:47:34:00	THE FLOOR.
00:47:34:00	00:47:36:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:47:36:00	00:47:36:00	CHRONICLE HERITAGE IS A
00:47:36:00	00:47:37:00	MASSACHUSETTS ARCHEOLOGY
00:47:37:00	00:47:39:00	ARCHEOLOGY FIRM THAT WAS
00:47:39:00	00:47:40:00	RECENTLY PURCHASED AND CLOSED
00:47:40:00	00:47:43:00	SUBSEQUENTLY THE COMPANY SOUGHT
00:47:43:00	00:47:43:00	PERMANENT RELOCATION
00:47:43:00	00:47:44:00	OF HUNDREDS OF BOXES CONTAINING
00:47:44:00	00:47:47:00	MASSACHUSETTS ARTIFACTS TO
00:47:47:00	00:47:47:00	APPROPRIATE STORAGE FACILITIES.
00:47:47:00	00:47:51:00	THE STATE WHICH OVERSEES THE
00:47:51:00	00:47:51:00	ARCHEOLOGICAL ARCHEOLOGICAL
00:47:51:00	00:47:55:00	CURATION DESIGNATED THE CITY'S
00:47:55:00	00:47:55:00	REPOSITORY MANAGED BY THE
00:47:55:00	00:47:56:00	CITY'S ARCHEOLOGY TEAM AS THE
00:47:56:00	00:47:59:00	FINAL DESTINATION FOR ALL 36
00:47:59:00	00:47:59:00	BOXES FOR BOXES FROM THE BOSTON
00:47:59:00	00:48:02:00	COLLECTION TO SUPPORT THIS
00:48:02:00	00:48:03:00	TRANSFER CHRONICLE HERITAGE
00:48:03:00	00:48:09:00	PROVIDED A DONATION $36,500
00:48:09:00	00:48:09:00	EQUIVALENT TO $500 PER BOX TO
00:48:09:00	00:48:10:00	SUPPORT THE PROCESSING
00:48:10:00	00:48:12:00	MAINTENANCE AND STORAGE
00:48:12:00	00:48:13:00	OF THESE MATERIALS.
00:48:13:00	00:48:13:00	I ASKED MY COLLEAGUES TO
00:48:13:00	00:48:17:00	SUSPEND AND PASS THIS DOCKET.
00:48:17:00	00:48:17:00	THANK YOU.
00:48:17:00	00:48:18:00	COUNSELOR DURKIN SEEKS
00:48:18:00	00:48:22:00	SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE WHAT I
00:48:22:00	00:48:22:00	WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS
00:48:22:00	00:48:23:00	MATTER SO THE ACCOUNTS THAT
00:48:23:00	00:48:24:00	THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND ON THE
00:48:24:00	00:48:25:00	PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1263
00:48:25:00	00:48:29:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I, I ALL
00:48:29:00	00:48:29:00	THE POLLS SAY NAY.
00:48:29:00	00:48:29:00	THE AYES HAVE IT.
00:48:29:00	00:48:30:00	THIS DOCKET IS PASSED.
00:48:30:00	00:48:32:00	MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
00:48:32:00	00:48:34:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER NUMBERS ONE,
00:48:34:00	00:48:35:00	264 AND 1265.
00:48:35:00	00:48:38:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1264 MESSAGE AN
00:48:38:00	00:48:39:00	ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY
00:48:39:00	00:48:42:00	OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND
00:48:42:00	00:48:47:00	THE AMOUNT OF $34,349.60 IN THE
00:48:47:00	00:48:48:00	FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE QUARRY
00:48:48:00	00:48:51:00	AND REGIONAL PLANNING GRANT
00:48:51:00	00:48:52:00	AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES
00:48:52:00	00:48:55:00	DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PASS
00:48:55:00	00:48:55:00	THROUGH THE MASS HIGHER
00:48:55:00	00:48:56:00	DEPARTMENT OF CAREER SERVICES
00:48:56:00	00:48:59:00	TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE
00:48:59:00	00:48:59:00	OFFICE OF WORKFORCE
00:48:59:00	00:48:59:00	DEVELOPMENT.
00:48:59:00	00:49:02:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND REGIONAL
00:49:02:00	00:49:03:00	PLANNING EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THE
00:49:03:00	00:49:06:00	CREATION OF REGIONAL PIPELINE
00:49:06:00	00:49:07:00	PROGRAMING FOR HIGH DEMAND
00:49:07:00	00:49:11:00	INDUSTRIES AND OCCUPATIONAL
00:49:11:00	00:49:11:00	ALIGNMENT WITH REGIONAL
00:49:11:00	00:49:14:00	PLANNING PRIORITIES.
00:49:14:00	00:49:17:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1265 MESSAGE AN
00:49:17:00	00:49:17:00	ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY
00:49:17:00	00:49:21:00	OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND
00:49:21:00	00:49:25:00	THE AMOUNT OF $12,869 AND 80
00:49:25:00	00:49:26:00	$0.01 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT
00:49:26:00	00:49:29:00	FOR THE WI0A YOUTH ADMINISTERED
00:49:29:00	00:49:30:00	NATION GRANT AWARDED BY THE
00:49:30:00	00:49:33:00	UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
00:49:33:00	00:49:34:00	OF LABOR PASS THROUGH THE MASS
00:49:34:00	00:49:36:00	HIRED DEPARTMENT OF CAREER
00:49:36:00	00:49:37:00	SERVICES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY
00:49:37:00	00:49:37:00	THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE
00:49:37:00	00:49:41:00	DEVELOPMENT.
00:49:41:00	00:49:41:00	THE GRANT WOULD FUND
00:49:41:00	00:49:44:00	ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS ASSOCIATED
00:49:44:00	00:49:45:00	WITH PROVIDING A COMPREHENSIVE
00:49:45:00	00:49:48:00	YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM THAT
00:49:48:00	00:49:51:00	SAYS ELIGIBLE YOUTH AGE 14 TO
00:49:51:00	00:49:51:00	24 WHO FACE BARRIERS TO
00:49:51:00	00:49:52:00	EDUCATION, TRAINING AND
00:49:52:00	00:49:55:00	EMPLOYMENT.
00:49:55:00	00:49:58:00	THANK YOU DOCKETS NUMBER
00:49:58:00	00:49:58:00	126421265 WILL BE REFERRED TO
00:49:58:00	00:49:59:00	THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR
00:49:59:00	00:49:59:00	WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC
00:49:59:00	00:50:01:00	DEVELOPMENT.
00:50:01:00	00:50:02:00	WE'RE NOW ON TO REPORTS
00:50:02:00	00:50:03:00	OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS.
00:50:03:00	00:50:06:00	MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
00:50:06:00	00:50:11:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER
00:50:11:00	00:50:11:00	126621273.126 THIS
00:50:11:00	00:50:12:00	COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM
00:50:12:00	00:50:15:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT BOOTSIE
00:50:15:00	00:50:16:00	LOUIJEUNE REGARDING CITY
00:50:16:00	00:50:18:00	COUNCIL RULE FIVE DOCKET 1267
00:50:18:00	00:50:22:00	NO THIS WAS RECEIVED FROM
00:50:22:00	00:50:22:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON
00:50:22:00	00:50:23:00	REGARDING HER RESIGNATION FROM
00:50:23:00	00:50:26:00	THE BOSTON CITY
00:50:26:00	00:50:26:00	COUNCIL EFFECTIVE FRIDAY, JULY
00:50:26:00	00:50:31:00	FOUR, 2025 DOCKET 1268
00:50:31:00	00:50:32:00	COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM
00:50:32:00	00:50:33:00	COUNCILOR FRIEND REGARDING THE
00:50:33:00	00:50:36:00	POLICY INSTITUTE LEADERS REPORT
00:50:36:00	00:50:39:00	ON DOWNTOWN OFFICE VACANCIES
00:50:39:00	00:50:39:00	DOCKET 1269 COMMUNICATION WAS
00:50:39:00	00:50:44:00	RECEIVED FROM COUNCILOR FRIEND
00:50:44:00	00:50:44:00	REGARDING BOSTON FISH BEER
00:50:44:00	00:50:48:00	DOCKET 1270 COMMUNICATION WAS
00:50:48:00	00:50:51:00	RECEIVED FROM COUNCILOR FLYNN
00:50:51:00	00:50:52:00	REGARDING ESTABLISHING A BLUE
00:50:52:00	00:50:55:00	RIBBON COMMISSION DOCKET 1 TO 7
00:50:55:00	00:50:56:00	ONE COUNCIL COMMUNICATION WAS
00:50:56:00	00:50:59:00	RECEIVED COUNCILOR FRIEND TO
00:50:59:00	00:50:59:00	CHIEF PLANNING CARRIERS SHARE
00:50:59:00	00:51:08:00	REGARDING DOWNTOWN
00:51:08:00	00:51:08:00	2712721273.1272 COMMUNICATION
00:51:08:00	00:51:09:00	WAS RECEIVED FROM
00:51:09:00	00:51:12:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON
00:51:12:00	00:51:13:00	REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT
00:51:13:00	00:51:16:00	OF CENTRALIZING ACCOUNTABILITY
00:51:16:00	00:51:17:00	EQUITY DRIVEN DASHBOARD ACROSS
00:51:17:00	00:51:21:00	KEY CITY DEPARTMENT DOCKET 1273
00:51:21:00	00:51:24:00	COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM
00:51:24:00	00:51:24:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY AND FLYNN
00:51:24:00	00:51:27:00	REGARDING DOCKET 1101 ORDER FOR
00:51:27:00	00:51:31:00	A HEARING TO REVIEW THE HIRING
00:51:31:00	00:51:31:00	TRAINING AND COMPLIANCE
00:51:31:00	00:51:32:00	CERTIFICATION OF THE BP AS
00:51:32:00	00:51:36:00	BUSTER THIS THANK YOU.
00:51:36:00	00:51:37:00	THESE DOCKETS WILL BE PLACED ON
00:51:37:00	00:51:38:00	FILE.
00:51:38:00	00:51:39:00	I AM ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO
00:51:39:00	00:51:40:00	NOT SPEAK ON COMMUNICATIONS
00:51:40:00	00:51:43:00	BECAUSE WE HAVE A LENGTHY
00:51:43:00	00:51:43:00	AGENDA TODAY AND IT'S ALSO NOT
00:51:43:00	00:51:47:00	NORMAL TO SPEAK ON
00:51:47:00	00:51:47:00	COMMUNICATIONS.
00:51:47:00	00:51:48:00	I HAVE A COMMUNICATION THAT I
00:51:48:00	00:51:51:00	AM NOT SPEAKING ON BUT IF MY
00:51:51:00	00:51:51:00	COLLEAGUES FEEL THE URGENT NEED
00:51:51:00	00:51:54:00	TO SPEAK ON A COMMUNICATION YOU
00:51:54:00	00:51:55:00	HAVE 2 MINUTES TO SPEAK ON ANY
00:51:55:00	00:51:56:00	COMMUNICATION THAT IS ON THE
00:51:56:00	00:51:56:00	DOCKET.
00:51:56:00	00:51:59:00	2 MINUTES TOTAL THE JARGON AS
00:51:59:00	00:51:59:00	IT COMES ROUGHLY NEAR THE
00:51:59:00	00:52:00:00	FLOOR.
00:52:00:00	00:52:02:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
00:52:02:00	00:52:03:00	MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK
00:52:03:00	00:52:09:00	ON DOCKET 1268.
00:52:09:00	00:52:10:00	YOU HAVE 2 MINUTES TO DO SO AND
00:52:10:00	00:52:10:00	THAT AND THAT INCLUDES ANY
00:52:10:00	00:52:13:00	OTHER COMMUNICATION.
00:52:13:00	00:52:14:00	SO 2 MINUTES.
00:52:14:00	00:52:14:00	OH, JUST 2 MINUTES.
00:52:14:00	00:52:14:00	YES.
00:52:14:00	00:52:16:00	EVERYTHING AND EVERYTHING.
00:52:16:00	00:52:20:00	I SUBMITTED THIS JOINT REPORT
00:52:20:00	00:52:21:00	FROM THE TUFTS UNIVERSITY AND
00:52:21:00	00:52:24:00	BOSTON POLICY INSTITUTE THAT
00:52:24:00	00:52:24:00	ESTIMATES FALLING COMMERCIAL
00:52:24:00	00:52:28:00	PROPERTY TAXES VALUES MAY CAUSE
00:52:28:00	00:52:31:00	OF REVENUE SHORTFALL OF 1.7
00:52:31:00	00:52:35:00	BILLION AND CITY REVENUE OVER
00:52:35:00	00:52:35:00	THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
00:52:35:00	00:52:36:00	OBVIOUSLY A RELEVANT TOPIC
00:52:36:00	00:52:39:00	OF DISCUSSION FOR OUR CITY
00:52:39:00	00:52:40:00	BUDGET AND CONCERNS ON TAXES IN
00:52:40:00	00:52:44:00	RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.
00:52:44:00	00:52:44:00	IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS WITH
00:52:44:00	00:52:45:00	FALLING COMMERCIAL PROPERTY
00:52:45:00	00:52:47:00	VALUES MORE THAN 70% DEPENDANCE
00:52:47:00	00:52:51:00	ON PROPERTY TAX AND OVER 50%
00:52:51:00	00:52:51:00	OF ALL LAND ABSORBED BY OUR
00:52:51:00	00:52:55:00	LARGE NONPROFITS WE CAN NO
00:52:55:00	00:52:55:00	LONGER.
00:52:55:00	00:52:58:00	WE HAVE WE HAVE LONG TERM
00:52:58:00	00:52:59:00	FISCAL CONCERNS IN OUR CITY.
00:52:59:00	00:53:01:00	AS I HAVE DISCUSSED.
00:53:01:00	00:53:02:00	OUR TAX STRUCTURE HAS HELPED US
00:53:02:00	00:53:05:00	WEATHER STORMS LIKE THE GREAT
00:53:05:00	00:53:05:00	RECESSION BUT IT MAKES US
00:53:05:00	00:53:06:00	PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO THIS
00:53:06:00	00:53:09:00	NEW DYNAMIC.
00:53:09:00	00:53:10:00	MADAM CHAIR, I'M NOT GOING TO
00:53:10:00	00:53:15:00	SPEAK ON 1 TO 6 NINE ON DOCKET
00:53:15:00	00:53:15:00	1270.
00:53:15:00	00:53:18:00	I'D LIKE TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES
00:53:18:00	00:53:18:00	FOR SUPPORTING MY RESOLUTION
00:53:18:00	00:53:19:00	FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW TO
00:53:19:00	00:53:22:00	ESTABLISH A BLUE RIBBON
00:53:22:00	00:53:22:00	COMMISSION ON THE TOPIC
00:53:22:00	00:53:26:00	OF OFFICE VACANCIES IN CITY
00:53:26:00	00:53:26:00	REVENUE.
00:53:26:00	00:53:29:00	THIS WAS SUPPORTED 12 211
00:53:29:00	00:53:29:00	ABSTAINED.
00:53:29:00	00:53:33:00	I FORWARDED THIS RESOLUTION IN
00:53:33:00	00:53:34:00	A LETTER TO CHIEF SHINE.
00:53:34:00	00:53:35:00	ON THIS ISSUE I HAVE SPOKEN TO
00:53:35:00	00:53:37:00	HIS PRESS PRESIDENT PREDECESSOR
00:53:37:00	00:53:41:00	CHIEF ARTHUR JAMISON'S MANY
00:53:41:00	00:53:41:00	TIMES ON THIS.
00:53:41:00	00:53:42:00	I SPENT THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS
00:53:42:00	00:53:45:00	ADVOCATING FOR OUR CITY TO LEAD
00:53:45:00	00:53:45:00	BY EXAMPLE MORE IN-PERSON
00:53:45:00	00:53:49:00	OFFICE WORK BRINGING CITY
00:53:49:00	00:53:49:00	BOARDS BACK TO CITY HALL.
00:53:49:00	00:53:50:00	I'M SORRY.
00:53:50:00	00:53:50:00	I'M SORRY.
00:53:50:00	00:53:58:00	I JUST I'M TROUBLE HEARING THE
00:53:58:00	00:54:04:00	CHAIR RECOGNIZED COUNCIL.
00:54:04:00	00:54:04:00	I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
00:54:04:00	00:54:06:00	PLANNING DEPARTMENT THE VALUE
00:54:06:00	00:54:09:00	OF DOING SO BRINGING BRINGING
00:54:09:00	00:54:10:00	BACK A HYBRID OPTION.
00:54:10:00	00:54:14:00	CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS ACROSS
00:54:14:00	00:54:17:00	BOSTON HAVE DONE SO FOR YEARS
00:54:17:00	00:54:18:00	AND JUNE 2025 IT IS LONG PAST
00:54:18:00	00:54:20:00	TIME THAT WE BRING THAT FOOT
00:54:20:00	00:54:21:00	TRAFFIC BACK, SUPPORT OUR SMALL
00:54:21:00	00:54:24:00	BUSINESSES AND DO OUR PART TO
00:54:24:00	00:54:24:00	RECREATE A BUSTLING DOWNTOWN
00:54:24:00	00:54:28:00	BOSTON AND TO SUPPORT OUR.
00:54:28:00	00:54:32:00	MADAM CHAIR, MAY I CONTINUE?
00:54:32:00	00:54:33:00	WE HAVE 50 MORE SECONDS.
00:54:33:00	00:54:35:00	THERE WAS A DISRUPTION HERE 15
00:54:35:00	00:54:37:00	ON DOCKET 1271.
00:54:37:00	00:54:38:00	I WILL ALSO WROTE TO CHIEF
00:54:38:00	00:54:42:00	SCHON AFTER I RECEIVED NEARLY
00:54:42:00	00:54:42:00	200 LETTERS IN OPPOSITION FROM
00:54:42:00	00:54:43:00	NEIGHBORS AND CONSTITUENTS.
00:54:43:00	00:54:46:00	THIS IS ABOUT PLAN DOWNTOWN.
00:54:46:00	00:54:47:00	IN SHORT, CITY RESIDENTS AND
00:54:47:00	00:54:49:00	MEMBERS OF THE PLANNED DOWNTOWN
00:54:49:00	00:54:50:00	ADVISORY GROUP EXPRESSED
00:54:50:00	00:54:53:00	FRUSTRATION THAT THE LATEST
00:54:53:00	00:54:54:00	AMENDMENT TO ALLOW 700 FOOT
00:54:54:00	00:54:57:00	TOWERS CLOSE TO BOSTON COMMON
00:54:57:00	00:54:57:00	PUBLIC GARDEN WAS A LARGE
00:54:57:00	00:55:01:00	DEPARTURE FROM PREVIOUS PLANS.
00:55:01:00	00:55:01:00	OKAY.
00:55:01:00	00:55:01:00	THANK YOU, KANSAS.
00:55:01:00	00:55:02:00	THANK YOU.
00:55:02:00	00:55:04:00	ALL RIGHT.
00:55:04:00	00:55:04:00	THOSE DOCKETS.
00:55:04:00	00:55:08:00	DOCKETS NUMBERS 1 TO 6 SIX AND
00:55:08:00	00:55:11:00	DOCKETS TO THE DOCKET NUMBER 1
00:55:11:00	00:55:11:00	TO 7 THREE WILL BE PLACED ON
00:55:11:00	00:55:12:00	FILE.
00:55:12:00	00:55:15:00	MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE
00:55:15:00	00:55:15:00	READ?
00:55:15:00	00:55:15:00	MADAM CLERK, I APOLOGIZE.
00:55:15:00	00:55:16:00	COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET
00:55:16:00	00:55:19:00	NUMBER 1 TO 7 FOR DOCKET NUMBER
00:55:19:00	00:55:21:00	1 TO 7 FOUR COMMUNICATION WAS
00:55:21:00	00:55:25:00	RECEIVED FROM ANITA TAVARES,
00:55:25:00	00:55:25:00	CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS
00:55:25:00	00:55:28:00	REGARDING THE CITIZEN PETITION
00:55:28:00	00:55:28:00	TO ESTABLISH AN INDEPENDENT
00:55:28:00	00:55:32:00	MUNICIPAL INSPECTOR GENERAL.
00:55:32:00	00:55:33:00	THANK YOU.
00:55:33:00	00:55:33:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1 TO 7 FOUR WILL
00:55:33:00	00:55:34:00	BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
00:55:34:00	00:55:36:00	GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS.
00:55:36:00	00:55:36:00	MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
00:55:36:00	00:55:37:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER 1275?
00:55:37:00	00:55:39:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1275
00:55:39:00	00:55:43:00	COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM
00:55:43:00	00:55:43:00	THE CITY CLERK TRANSMITTING A
00:55:43:00	00:55:44:00	COMMUNICATION FROM THE BOSTON
00:55:44:00	00:55:47:00	LANDMARKS COMMISSION FOR THE
00:55:47:00	00:55:48:00	CITY COUNCIL ACTION ON THE
00:55:48:00	00:55:51:00	DESIGNATION OF THE OLD SOUTH
00:55:51:00	00:55:51:00	MEDIAN HOUSE 310 WASHINGTON
00:55:51:00	00:55:54:00	STREET BOSTON MASS.
00:55:54:00	00:55:55:00	AS A LANDMARK IN EFFECT AFTER
00:55:55:00	00:55:58:00	JULY 22, 2025 IF NOT ACTED
00:55:58:00	00:55:58:00	UPON.
00:55:58:00	00:55:59:00	THANK YOU.
00:55:59:00	00:56:02:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
00:56:02:00	00:56:02:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN YOU HAVE THE
00:56:02:00	00:56:03:00	FLOOR.
00:56:03:00	00:56:03:00	THANK YOU.
00:56:03:00	00:56:03:00	AS THE CHAIR OF PLANNING
00:56:03:00	00:56:05:00	DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORT
00:56:05:00	00:56:06:00	NATION I AM IN STRONG SUPPORT
00:56:06:00	00:56:06:00	OF THE BOSTON LANDMARKS
00:56:06:00	00:56:09:00	COMMISSION'S UNANIMOUS DECISION
00:56:09:00	00:56:10:00	TO DESIGNATE THE OLD SOUTH
00:56:10:00	00:56:12:00	MEETING HOUSE AT 310 WASHINGTON
00:56:12:00	00:56:13:00	STREET AS AN OFFICIAL BOSTON
00:56:13:00	00:56:13:00	LANDMARK.
00:56:13:00	00:56:16:00	THE OLD SOUTH MEETING HOUSE
00:56:16:00	00:56:16:00	STANDS AS A SYMBOL OF AMERICAN
00:56:16:00	00:56:17:00	DEMOCRACY AND A CORNERSTONE
00:56:17:00	00:56:21:00	OF REVOLUTION OUR HISTORY.
00:56:21:00	00:56:23:00	BUILT IN 1720 SORRY BUILT IN
00:56:23:00	00:56:24:00	1729 IT SERVED AS A GATHERING
00:56:24:00	00:56:25:00	PLACE FOR SOME OF THE MOST
00:56:25:00	00:56:27:00	PIVOTAL EVENTS LEADING UP TO
00:56:27:00	00:56:28:00	THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
00:56:28:00	00:56:29:00	IT WAS A STAGING GROUND FOR THE
00:56:29:00	00:56:31:00	BOSTON TEA PARTY ON DECEMBER
00:56:31:00	00:56:34:00	16, 1773 WHERE 5000 CITIZENS
00:56:34:00	00:56:35:00	ASSEMBLED TO PROTEST BRITISH
00:56:35:00	00:56:38:00	TAXATION AND WHERE BOSTONIANS
00:56:38:00	00:56:39:00	RALLIED IN RESPONSE TO THE
00:56:39:00	00:56:42:00	BOSTON MASSACRE.
00:56:42:00	00:56:42:00	DURING THE BRITISH OCCUPATION
00:56:42:00	00:56:45:00	OCCUPATION IN 1770 WHEN THE
00:56:45:00	00:56:46:00	BRITISH OCCUPIED BOSTON DURING
00:56:46:00	00:56:51:00	THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION FROM
00:56:51:00	00:56:52:00	1775 TO 1776 THEY GOT TO THE
00:56:52:00	00:56:53:00	INTERIOR OF THE OF THE MEETING
00:56:53:00	00:56:56:00	HOUSE A SYMBOL OF THE
00:56:56:00	00:56:56:00	DESECRATION OF A SITE THAT HAD
00:56:56:00	00:56:59:00	COME TO REPRESENT DEMOCRATIC
00:56:59:00	00:57:00:00	IDEALS RESTORED IN 1782.
00:57:00:00	00:57:03:00	THE BUILDING WENT ON TO SERVE
00:57:03:00	00:57:04:00	AS A GATHERING PLACE FOR
00:57:04:00	00:57:05:00	ABOLITIONIST SUFFRAGISTS AND
00:57:05:00	00:57:07:00	ACTIVISTS IN THE STRUGGLES FOR
00:57:07:00	00:57:08:00	CIVIL RIGHTS AND RACIAL EQUITY.
00:57:08:00	00:57:11:00	THESE LAYERS OF HISTORY ARE
00:57:11:00	00:57:12:00	CEMENTED IN THE MEETING HOUSE'S
00:57:12:00	00:57:12:00	LEGACY.
00:57:12:00	00:57:15:00	FREE SPEECH AT ASSEMBLY
00:57:15:00	00:57:15:00	THROUGHOUT OUR NATION'S PAST
00:57:15:00	00:57:16:00	THE BUILDING ALSO PLAYS A
00:57:16:00	00:57:19:00	SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE
00:57:19:00	00:57:20:00	EVERYDAY LIVES OF THE COLONIAL
00:57:20:00	00:57:23:00	RESIDENTS AFRICAN AMERICAN POET
00:57:23:00	00:57:23:00	AND ACTIVIST PHILLIS WHEATLEY
00:57:23:00	00:57:24:00	WAS BAPTIZED THERE AND MARRIED
00:57:24:00	00:57:27:00	THERE.
00:57:27:00	00:57:27:00	OTHER NOTABLE MEMBERS INCLUDE
00:57:27:00	00:57:30:00	SAM ADAMS, JAMES OTIS, WILLIAM
00:57:30:00	00:57:31:00	DAWES AND BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
00:57:31:00	00:57:32:00	BEYOND ITS NATIONAL AND
00:57:32:00	00:57:34:00	HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE AS A
00:57:34:00	00:57:35:00	BEACON OF LIBERTY, DEMOCRACY
00:57:35:00	00:57:38:00	AND AMERICAN IDEALS, THE OLD
00:57:38:00	00:57:38:00	SOUTH MEETINGHOUSE IS ONE
00:57:38:00	00:57:41:00	OF THE LAST REMAINING EXAMPLES
00:57:41:00	00:57:42:00	OF GEORGIAN DESIGN FUZED WITH
00:57:42:00	00:57:45:00	TRADITIONAL NEW ENGLAND
00:57:45:00	00:57:45:00	ARCHITECTURE.
00:57:45:00	00:57:46:00	IT WAS CONSTRUCTED BY JOSHUA
00:57:46:00	00:57:49:00	BLANCHARD WHO LATER BUILT
00:57:49:00	00:57:49:00	FANEUIL HALL.
00:57:49:00	00:57:50:00	I BELIEVE THAT BOSTONIANS MUST
00:57:50:00	00:57:54:00	CONTINUE TO GROW AND EVOLVE TO
00:57:54:00	00:57:55:00	MEET THE NEEDS OF FUTURE
00:57:55:00	00:57:57:00	GENERATIONS BUT THAT VISION
00:57:57:00	00:57:58:00	MEANS NOTHING IF WE DON'T WORK
00:57:58:00	00:58:01:00	JUST AS HARD TO PRESERVE PLACES
00:58:01:00	00:58:02:00	OF IMMEASURABLE HISTORIC VALUE.
00:58:02:00	00:58:03:00	I'M ENCOURAGED TO SEE THAT THIS
00:58:03:00	00:58:06:00	COMMITMENT REFLECTED IN THE NEW
00:58:06:00	00:58:06:00	ZONING PLAN FOR DOWNTOWN AND IN
00:58:06:00	00:58:09:00	THE DESIGNATION OF THIS
00:58:09:00	00:58:09:00	LANDMARK TODAY.
00:58:09:00	00:58:12:00	AS ALWAYS, IT IS ALWAYS ONE
00:58:12:00	00:58:13:00	OF THE GREATEST HONORS AS THE
00:58:13:00	00:58:13:00	CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE TO SHOP
00:58:13:00	00:58:16:00	IN SHEPPARD LANDMARK
00:58:16:00	00:58:16:00	DESIGNATIONS BEFORE THIS BODY.
00:58:16:00	00:58:20:00	I APPLAUD THE BOSTON LANDMARKS
00:58:20:00	00:58:21:00	COMMISSION FOR THE UNANIMOUS
00:58:21:00	00:58:21:00	VOTE AND THE MAYOR FOR
00:58:21:00	00:58:24:00	APPROVING THIS TODAY URGE MY
00:58:24:00	00:58:25:00	COLLEAGUES TO DO THE SAME.
00:58:25:00	00:58:28:00	THANK YOU SO OKAY.
00:58:28:00	00:58:32:00	THE JUDGE AGONIZES POINT
00:58:32:00	00:58:32:00	OF ORDER.
00:58:32:00	00:58:33:00	WHAT IS YOUR POINT?
00:58:33:00	00:58:34:00	IS IT A POINT OF ORDER OR A
00:58:34:00	00:58:35:00	POINT OF INFORMATION TO GET TO
00:58:35:00	00:58:35:00	THE QUESTION?
00:58:35:00	00:58:36:00	MY QUESTION IS WHY I'M.
00:58:36:00	00:58:39:00	WHEN WE DID TIME COUNCIL I DID
00:58:39:00	00:58:40:00	AND TIMING AND TIMING.
00:58:40:00	00:58:43:00	SO IN ADDITION TO THIS I'M
00:58:43:00	00:58:43:00	TIMING I'M NOT SURE THIS IS
00:58:43:00	00:58:44:00	TIME BUT I'M TIMING.
00:58:44:00	00:58:46:00	YEAH BUT I'M TIMING I HAVE IT
00:58:46:00	00:58:46:00	ON MY CLOCK.
00:58:46:00	00:58:47:00	THANK YOU.
00:58:47:00	00:58:49:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
00:58:49:00	00:58:52:00	COUNCILOR MCGINLEY ON THE FLOOR
00:58:52:00	00:58:52:00	.
00:58:52:00	00:58:53:00	ACTUALLY, I HAVE A QUICK
00:58:53:00	00:58:53:00	QUESTION.
00:58:53:00	00:58:57:00	I REALIZE THAT THERE WAS A
00:58:57:00	00:58:57:00	COMMUNICATION THAT WAS SENT TO
00:58:57:00	00:58:58:00	COMMITTEE.
00:58:58:00	00:59:02:00	OH, WE ARE WE ARE CURRENTLY ON
00:59:02:00	00:59:02:00	DOCKET 1275.
00:59:02:00	00:59:03:00	IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION AFTER WE
00:59:03:00	00:59:04:00	I WILL TAKE YOUR QUESTION
00:59:04:00	00:59:05:00	MOTION TO BE ON AFTER WE'RE
00:59:05:00	00:59:05:00	DONE.
00:59:05:00	00:59:06:00	WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A
00:59:06:00	00:59:09:00	DOCKET SO ONCE WE'RE DONE WITH
00:59:09:00	00:59:13:00	THIS DOCKET I CALIBRATING IS
00:59:13:00	00:59:13:00	THIS ON DOCKET NUMBER 1275.
00:59:13:00	00:59:14:00	OKAY.
00:59:14:00	00:59:15:00	THE GOING AND DO BECAUSE WE'RE
00:59:15:00	00:59:15:00	WAITING ON FLOOR.
00:59:15:00	00:59:16:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND
00:59:16:00	00:59:17:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR DURKAN FOR
00:59:17:00	00:59:18:00	THIS.
00:59:18:00	00:59:19:00	I AM STANDING IN SUPPORT
00:59:19:00	00:59:19:00	OF THIS.
00:59:19:00	00:59:22:00	I THINK IT'S CRAZY.
00:59:22:00	00:59:23:00	WHY IS THE OLD SOUTH
00:59:23:00	00:59:23:00	MEETINGHOUSE?
00:59:23:00	00:59:26:00	WHY HASN'T IT'S BEEN DESIGNATED
00:59:26:00	00:59:26:00	A BOSTON LANDMARK?
00:59:26:00	00:59:29:00	HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO.
00:59:29:00	00:59:33:00	I REALLY FEEL THAT BOSTON IS
00:59:33:00	00:59:34:00	THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE AMERICAN
00:59:34:00	00:59:34:00	REVOLUTION.
00:59:34:00	00:59:37:00	WE HAVE SO MANY HISTORIC
00:59:37:00	00:59:38:00	BUILDINGS THAT DO NOT HAVE A
00:59:38:00	00:59:41:00	LANDMARK DESIGNATION AND I
00:59:41:00	00:59:44:00	REALLY HOPE THAT WE CAN
00:59:44:00	00:59:47:00	ADEQUATELY SUPPORT OUR
00:59:47:00	00:59:48:00	LANDMARKS COMMISSION TO DO THE
00:59:48:00	00:59:49:00	WORK AND DOING THE STUDIES AND
00:59:49:00	00:59:52:00	MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR
00:59:52:00	00:59:56:00	HISTORIC LANDMARKS ACROSS THE
00:59:56:00	00:59:59:00	CITY NOT JUST IN TIME ARE
00:59:59:00	00:59:59:00	RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR HISTORIC
00:59:59:00	01:00:03:00	VALUE IN IN OUR HISTORY AS WE
01:00:03:00	01:00:06:00	COME UP TO CELEBRATING THE
01:00:06:00	01:00:06:00	20/250 ANNIVERSARY OF THIS
01:00:06:00	01:00:06:00	COUNTRY.
01:00:06:00	01:00:10:00	SO THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN
01:00:10:00	01:00:11:00	AND I WILL BE VOTING IN SUPPORT
01:00:11:00	01:00:11:00	OF THIS.
01:00:11:00	01:00:11:00	THANK YOU.
01:00:11:00	01:00:14:00	OKAY, THANK YOU.
01:00:14:00	01:00:15:00	SO THIS IS A TOPIC THAT WE'LL
01:00:15:00	01:00:15:00	BE VOTING ON.
01:00:15:00	01:00:16:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
01:00:16:00	01:00:21:00	ON THIS MATTER?
01:00:21:00	01:00:21:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN'S YOU SPEAK ON
01:00:21:00	01:00:22:00	THE RULES AND PART OF DOCKET
01:00:22:00	01:00:24:00	NUMBER 1275 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
01:00:24:00	01:00:24:00	SAY I.
01:00:24:00	01:00:24:00	I WILL SAY NO.
01:00:24:00	01:00:28:00	THE AYES IT.
01:00:28:00	01:00:28:00	THIS BILL IS PASSED.
01:00:28:00	01:00:28:00	OKAY.
01:00:28:00	01:00:29:00	COMES TO MEJIA YOU I SENT
01:00:29:00	01:00:31:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1274 TO COMMITTEE
01:00:31:00	01:00:34:00	YOU WOULD LIKE SOMETHING A
01:00:34:00	01:00:35:00	MOTION I CAN UTILIZE MY MIGHT
01:00:35:00	01:00:38:00	PLEASE UTILIZE MY VOICE YES
01:00:38:00	01:00:41:00	THANK YOU I I NEED SOME
01:00:41:00	01:00:45:00	FLAHERTY REGARDING THE THE THE
01:00:45:00	01:00:48:00	DESIRE TO PUT SOMETHING INTO
01:00:48:00	01:00:52:00	COMMITTEE WHEN THE DISCUSSION
01:00:52:00	01:00:53:00	WAS THAT WE WERE GOING TO BRING
01:00:53:00	01:00:54:00	IT ON TO THE FLOOR FOR A
01:00:54:00	01:00:56:00	SUSPEND AND PASS.
01:00:56:00	01:00:57:00	THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT OVER THE
01:00:57:00	01:01:01:00	LAST MONTH AND A HALF I HAVE
01:01:01:00	01:01:01:00	BEEN WORKING ON ALONGSIDE
01:01:01:00	01:01:04:00	CITIZENS TO RESTORE TRUST IN
01:01:04:00	01:01:07:00	GOVERNMENT AND DEMOCRACY AND
01:01:07:00	01:01:08:00	TRANSPARENCY AND I HAVE DONE MY
01:01:08:00	01:01:12:00	DUE DILIGENCE TO GET IT TO THE
01:01:12:00	01:01:15:00	FLOOR INCLUDING WORKING WITH
01:01:15:00	01:01:19:00	CITIZENS TO REDO THE PROCESS
01:01:19:00	01:01:22:00	AND NOW I AM UNDERSTANDING THAT
01:01:22:00	01:01:26:00	MY COMMUNICATION WAS SENT TO
01:01:26:00	01:01:27:00	COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER WHAT
01:01:27:00	01:01:27:00	EXPECTED.
01:01:27:00	01:01:30:00	OKAY SO WITH THAT SO THAT'S
01:01:30:00	01:01:31:00	WHAT I JUST NEED TO I'M HAPPY
01:01:31:00	01:01:34:00	TO EXPLAIN SO I HAVE IN MY
01:01:34:00	01:01:34:00	NOTES AND THE NOTES THAT WE
01:01:34:00	01:01:35:00	PREPARED WHEN WE PRIOR TO THIS
01:01:35:00	01:01:37:00	MEETING THAT DOCKET NUMBER 1 TO
01:01:37:00	01:01:38:00	7 FOR A COMMUNICATION FOR THE
01:01:38:00	01:01:40:00	ADMINISTRATION IS TO BE TO
01:01:40:00	01:01:40:00	COMMITTEE.
01:01:40:00	01:01:41:00	MY UNDERSTANDING THAT'S WHAT I
01:01:41:00	01:01:41:00	HAVE.
01:01:41:00	01:01:42:00	THAT'S JUST WHAT I HAVE.
01:01:42:00	01:01:46:00	I DIDN'T SAY I DID NOT HAVE ANY
01:01:46:00	01:01:46:00	COMMUNICATIONS FROM YOU
01:01:46:00	01:01:47:00	OTHERWISE BUT YOU ARE SEEKING
01:01:47:00	01:01:48:00	SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
01:01:48:00	01:01:49:00	I AM SPEAKING YOU WHAT?
01:01:49:00	01:01:50:00	I THINK THEY'RE PLEASED WITH
01:01:50:00	01:01:52:00	THE CHAIR WHICH THE DISCUSSION
01:01:52:00	01:01:53:00	AND THIS IS WHY TRANSPARENCY IS
01:01:53:00	01:01:56:00	SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHAT I
01:01:56:00	01:01:57:00	UNDERSTAND HERE THE WAY THAT WE
01:01:57:00	01:02:00:00	MOVE IN THIS COUNCIL IS REALLY
01:02:00:00	01:02:00:00	INTERESTING AND I'M THE
01:02:00:00	01:02:04:00	OFFICIAL TRANSLATOR BECAUSE I
01:02:04:00	01:02:04:00	WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW WHO'S
01:02:04:00	01:02:05:00	PAYING ATTENTION ABOUT HOW WE
01:02:05:00	01:02:07:00	WORK OR DON'T WORK TOGETHER,
01:02:07:00	01:02:11:00	WHO HAS A BODY AND THE FACT
01:02:11:00	01:02:11:00	THAT WE DISCUSSED RIGHT THIS IS
01:02:11:00	01:02:15:00	NOW BEEN ALMOST WHAT FOUR
01:02:15:00	01:02:19:00	MEETINGS IN IN PROGRESS AND
01:02:19:00	01:02:19:00	CITIZENS HAVE DONE EVERYTHING
01:02:19:00	01:02:23:00	IN THEIR POWER TO GET THIS TO A
01:02:23:00	01:02:23:00	PLACE WHERE WE CAN DO A
01:02:23:00	01:02:26:00	SUSPENDED PASS.
01:02:26:00	01:02:26:00	RIGHT?
01:02:26:00	01:02:27:00	I OFFERED EVEN HOSTING A
01:02:27:00	01:02:27:00	HEARING.
01:02:27:00	01:02:28:00	I'VE DONE EVERYTHING IN MY
01:02:28:00	01:02:30:00	POWER AND NOW TODAY IS REALLY
01:02:30:00	01:02:33:00	THE LAST DAY THAT TECHNICALLY
01:02:33:00	01:02:34:00	WE HAVE TO GET THIS TO THE
01:02:34:00	01:02:37:00	MAYOR FOR CONSIDERATION.
01:02:37:00	01:02:38:00	AND WE'RE GOING TO DO ANOTHER
01:02:38:00	01:02:38:00	DELAY TACTIC.
01:02:38:00	01:02:42:00	SO I'M ASKING THE CHAIR TO
01:02:42:00	01:02:45:00	HONOR THE CONVERSATION THAT WE
01:02:45:00	01:02:46:00	HAD AND IN THE INTEREST
01:02:46:00	01:02:49:00	OF MAKING SURE THAT WE SHOW UP
01:02:49:00	01:02:50:00	FOR EACH OTHER THE WAY THAT
01:02:50:00	01:02:53:00	WE'RE SUPPOSED TO.
01:02:53:00	01:02:54:00	OUT OF RESPECT FOR OUR WORKING
01:02:54:00	01:02:57:00	RELATIONSHIP, I AM GOING TO YOU
01:02:57:00	01:02:58:00	TO HONOR WHAT WE DISCUSSED.
01:02:58:00	01:03:00:00	SO PUT THE QUESTION HERE FOR A
01:03:00:00	01:03:01:00	VOTE AND IF MY COLLEAGUES DO
01:03:01:00	01:03:04:00	NOT BELIEVE IN DEMOCRACY THEY
01:03:04:00	01:03:05:00	CAN PUT ON THE RECORD THAT THEY
01:03:05:00	01:03:06:00	DO NOT WANT TO GIVE THE
01:03:06:00	01:03:08:00	CITIZENS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT
01:03:08:00	01:03:09:00	THIS QUESTION ON THE BALLOT.
01:03:09:00	01:03:11:00	BUT I WANT THAT VOTE TO BE
01:03:11:00	01:03:12:00	TAKEN PUBLICLY TODAY BECAUSE
01:03:12:00	01:03:13:00	THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS
01:03:13:00	01:03:15:00	LIKE AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO
01:03:15:00	01:03:16:00	OBJECT TO IT BECAUSE I'VE
01:03:16:00	01:03:19:00	ALREADY DISCUSSED THIS IN FULL
01:03:19:00	01:03:19:00	DETAIL AND IF IT GETS OBJECTED
01:03:19:00	01:03:22:00	IT IS BECAUSE WE ARE NOT
01:03:22:00	01:03:23:00	WILLING TO LET DEMOCRACY PLAY
01:03:23:00	01:03:24:00	OUT AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS
01:03:24:00	01:03:27:00	LIKE RIGHT.
01:03:27:00	01:03:27:00	AND THEN I BECOME THE CRAZY
01:03:27:00	01:03:30:00	WOMAN WHO IS SPEAKING OUT
01:03:30:00	01:03:31:00	OF TURN OR UTILIZING MY PASSION
01:03:31:00	01:03:34:00	TO SPEAK SO FREELY IN THIS
01:03:34:00	01:03:34:00	CHAMBER.
01:03:34:00	01:03:35:00	BUT WHAT YOU ALL DO EVERY DAY
01:03:35:00	01:03:38:00	IS TRY TO MINIMIZE OUR VOICES
01:03:38:00	01:03:42:00	AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
01:03:42:00	01:03:43:00	US TO PUT THIS PARTICULAR
01:03:43:00	01:03:46:00	CITIZEN'S PETITION WHICH IS A
01:03:46:00	01:03:50:00	CITIZEN'S PETITION THAT WAS
01:03:50:00	01:03:55:00	SIGNED TWO TIMES BECAUSE THE
01:03:55:00	01:03:55:00	FIRST TIME ALLEGEDLY THERE WAS
01:03:55:00	01:03:58:00	SOME QUESTIONS AND THEN WORKED
01:03:58:00	01:03:59:00	ON GETTING THE QUESTION TO A
01:03:59:00	01:04:00:00	PLACE THAT YOU ALL COULD FEEL
01:04:00:00	01:04:02:00	COMFORTABLE WITH.
01:04:02:00	01:04:03:00	AND THEN I HAD TO ASK THOSE
01:04:03:00	01:04:06:00	SAME CITIZENS TO GET SIGNATURES
01:04:06:00	01:04:06:00	.
01:04:06:00	01:04:07:00	AGAIN, WE ARE MAKING PEOPLE
01:04:07:00	01:04:10:00	WORK MORE THAN WHAT THEY HAVE
01:04:10:00	01:04:11:00	TO JUST TO UTILIZE THEIR VOICE
01:04:11:00	01:04:14:00	SO NEED BEFORE COUNCILOR DURKAN
01:04:14:00	01:04:17:00	TRIED TO SHUT DOWN THIS
01:04:17:00	01:04:18:00	CONVERSATION BECAUSE I KNOW
01:04:18:00	01:04:18:00	THAT'S USUALLY WHAT HAPPENS
01:04:18:00	01:04:21:00	HERE I NEED RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
01:04:21:00	01:04:24:00	RIGHT NOW AND I DO NOT BELIEVE
01:04:24:00	01:04:25:00	IT IS FAIR IN THE INTEREST
01:04:25:00	01:04:29:00	OF DEMOCRACY TO ALLOW THIS TO
01:04:29:00	01:04:30:00	GO INTO COMMITTEE WHEN THERE IS
01:04:30:00	01:04:32:00	A TIMELINE TICKING BY AUGUST
01:04:32:00	01:04:36:00	THE EIGHT AUGUST THIS SPEAKS I
01:04:36:00	01:04:37:00	BELIEVE IT IS THE NEXT TIME IT
01:04:37:00	01:04:40:00	IS A DEADLINE AND THEN WHAT YOU
01:04:40:00	01:04:41:00	ARE GOING TO DO IS PUT THE
01:04:41:00	01:04:44:00	BURDEN ON COMMUNITY TO GATHER
01:04:44:00	01:04:47:00	THOUSANDS OF SIGNATURES WHEN
01:04:47:00	01:04:52:00	ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS PUT THIS
01:04:52:00	01:04:52:00	ON THE FLOOR AND SEND IT OVER
01:04:52:00	01:04:55:00	TO THE MAYOR FOR APPROVAL.
01:04:55:00	01:04:56:00	WE CANNOT ALLOW THE CITIZENS TO
01:04:56:00	01:04:59:00	CARRY THE BRUNT OF THE BURDEN
01:04:59:00	01:05:00:00	OF MAKING THIS HAPPEN WHEN WE
01:05:00:00	01:05:03:00	AS A BODY HERE CAN TAKE A STAND
01:05:03:00	01:05:07:00	AND DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR THE
01:05:07:00	01:05:07:00	PEOPLE.
01:05:07:00	01:05:08:00	SO I AM NOT NO, THERE IS NO
01:05:08:00	01:05:11:00	STOPPING HERE.
01:05:11:00	01:05:12:00	THANK YOU BECAUSE FOR ME AND MY
01:05:12:00	01:05:14:00	DAUGHTER I KNOW BUT IT IS A
01:05:14:00	01:05:14:00	COMMUNICATION AND WHAT IT IS
01:05:14:00	01:05:15:00	COMMUNICATION IS NOT EVEN YOUR
01:05:15:00	01:05:17:00	COMMUNICATION WHICH IS THE
01:05:17:00	01:05:18:00	ISSUE.
01:05:18:00	01:05:18:00	IT IS NOT YOUR COMMUNICATION.
01:05:18:00	01:05:22:00	SO FOR EXAMPLE WHEN THERE WAS A
01:05:22:00	01:05:22:00	COMMUNICATION THAT WAS FROM FOR
01:05:22:00	01:05:26:00	COUNCIL IT WAS FOR I PUT IT ON
01:05:26:00	01:05:26:00	MY NOTES IT'S HERE IT'S TO GO
01:05:26:00	01:05:27:00	TO PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND
01:05:27:00	01:05:29:00	TRANSPORTATION THAT IS CASTRO
01:05:29:00	01:05:29:00	DURKIN'S COMMITTEE.
01:05:29:00	01:05:30:00	SHE PUT HER LIGHT ON.
01:05:30:00	01:05:31:00	SHE SPOKE ON THE MATTER SO I
01:05:31:00	01:05:34:00	SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE BECAUSE
01:05:34:00	01:05:35:00	IT'S A DOCKET THAT IS GOING TO
01:05:35:00	01:05:37:00	HER RIGHT RIGHT SO THIS IS NOT
01:05:37:00	01:05:38:00	A COMMUNICATION FROM YOU SO
01:05:38:00	01:05:38:00	PROCEED PROCEDURALLY AND FOR
01:05:38:00	01:05:41:00	THE SAKE OF TRANSPARENCY SO
01:05:41:00	01:05:41:00	PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT IS
01:05:41:00	01:05:41:00	HAPPENING.
01:05:41:00	01:05:44:00	YES IT IS NOT A COMMUNICATION
01:05:44:00	01:05:45:00	FROM YOU.
01:05:45:00	01:05:45:00	YES.
01:05:45:00	01:05:48:00	YOU DO NOT CONTROL THE DOCKET
01:05:48:00	01:05:48:00	YET.
01:05:48:00	01:05:49:00	CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE CAN
01:05:49:00	01:05:49:00	SPEAK TO IT.
01:05:49:00	01:05:50:00	YES.
01:05:50:00	01:05:53:00	AND I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE ASKING
01:05:53:00	01:05:53:00	FOR A SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE.
01:05:53:00	01:05:54:00	I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S IN
01:05:54:00	01:05:54:00	COMMITTEE.
01:05:54:00	01:05:56:00	YOU'RE ASKING FOR SUSPENSION.
01:05:56:00	01:05:58:00	BUT I KNOW AND I SAID HERE THAT
01:05:58:00	01:05:58:00	I SENT TO YOU
01:05:58:00	01:06:00:00	COUNCILOR PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE
01:06:00:00	01:06:02:00	FOUR WEEKS AGO WHEN THIS FIRST
01:06:02:00	01:06:03:00	CAME TO BE RIGHT AND I ASKED
01:06:03:00	01:06:07:00	WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN DO A
01:06:07:00	01:06:08:00	SUSPENDING PASS AND BECAUSE IT
01:06:08:00	01:06:11:00	WAS A LATE FILE SO THIS IS NOT
01:06:11:00	01:06:11:00	NEW I KNOW BUT WHAT HISTORICAL
01:06:11:00	01:06:14:00	CONVERSATION THAT HAS GONE
01:06:14:00	01:06:15:00	THROUGH MANY ITERATIONS BECAUSE
01:06:15:00	01:06:18:00	HERE IN THIS CHAMBER WHAT
01:06:18:00	01:06:21:00	PEOPLE WANT IS FOR US TO HAVE
01:06:21:00	01:06:22:00	TRANSPARENCY AND WHAT
01:06:22:00	01:06:22:00	TRANSPARENCY LOOKS LIKE IS
01:06:22:00	01:06:25:00	HAVING THIS PUBLIC DISCOURSE
01:06:25:00	01:06:26:00	AND THIS DISCOMFORT.
01:06:26:00	01:06:29:00	BUT WHAT I AM NOT GOING TO DO
01:06:29:00	01:06:30:00	PROCEDURALLY OR WHATEVER IT IS
01:06:30:00	01:06:33:00	IS ALLOW A SITUATION TO
01:06:33:00	01:06:37:00	CONTINUE TO BE KICKED DOWN THE
01:06:37:00	01:06:37:00	THE STREET BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT
01:06:37:00	01:06:41:00	READY TO TAKE ON RESPONSIBILITY
01:06:41:00	01:06:41:00	FOR WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO
01:06:41:00	01:06:42:00	DEMONSTRATE TO THE CITIZENS
01:06:42:00	01:06:46:00	THAT WE REPRESENT THAT YOU WANT
01:06:46:00	01:06:46:00	THEM TO HAVE A VOICE.
01:06:46:00	01:06:47:00	OKAY, COUNCILOR MEJIA.
01:06:47:00	01:06:47:00	THANK YOU.
01:06:47:00	01:06:47:00	I UNDERSTAND.
01:06:47:00	01:06:49:00	SO COUNCILOR MEJIA WE KNOW THE
01:06:49:00	01:06:50:00	DOCKET WAS PLACED INTO
01:06:50:00	01:06:53:00	COMMITTEE BECAUSE IT IS NOT
01:06:53:00	01:06:53:00	YOUR DOCKET IS ACTUALLY A
01:06:53:00	01:06:57:00	DOCKET OF THE ADMINISTRATION.
01:06:57:00	01:06:57:00	RIGHT.
01:06:57:00	01:06:57:00	THAT AND NORMALLY DOCKETS ARE
01:06:57:00	01:07:00:00	BOUND TO STAND APART AND
01:07:00:00	01:07:01:00	COMMUNICATIONS ARE PLACED ON
01:07:01:00	01:07:01:00	FILE YET RARELY DISCUSSED
01:07:01:00	01:07:04:00	RARELY TALKED ABOUT YET OR THE
01:07:04:00	01:07:08:00	COMMITTEE CHAIR CAN STAND UP
01:07:08:00	01:07:08:00	AND ASK FOR SUSPENSION AND
01:07:08:00	01:07:09:00	PASSAGE OR SOMETIMES SOMEONE
01:07:09:00	01:07:12:00	WILL SPEAK ON A COMMUNICATION
01:07:12:00	01:07:13:00	AND ASK THAT IT BE SAID TO SO I
01:07:13:00	01:07:17:00	HAD I HERE COMES FROM HERE I
01:07:17:00	01:07:17:00	UNDERSTAND I UNDERSTAND THE
01:07:17:00	01:07:19:00	CHAIR ASKED THE CHAIR I HAVE
01:07:19:00	01:07:23:00	WRITTEN COMMUNICATION THAT THE
01:07:23:00	01:07:24:00	CHAIR SAID THAT WE WERE GOING
01:07:24:00	01:07:27:00	TO DO A SUSPEND AND PASS AND SO
01:07:27:00	01:07:30:00	IN THE INTEREST RIGHT OKAY
01:07:30:00	01:07:31:00	BECAUSE ARE BEING TRANSPARENT
01:07:31:00	01:07:34:00	BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS IS
01:07:34:00	01:07:35:00	THAT PEOPLE SAY ONE THING AND
01:07:35:00	01:07:38:00	DO THE OTHER AND THAT'S
01:07:38:00	01:07:38:00	BASICALLY BECAUSE WE YES
01:07:38:00	01:07:39:00	CUSTOMER TO THE CHAIR CAN SPEAK
01:07:39:00	01:07:41:00	ON THIS AS THIS IS A DOCKET
01:07:41:00	01:07:42:00	THAT WOULD GO TO HER TO HER
01:07:42:00	01:07:42:00	COMMITTEE.
01:07:42:00	01:07:45:00	YOU CAN SEEK SUSPENSION AND
01:07:45:00	01:07:46:00	PASSAGE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO
01:07:46:00	01:07:50:00	THAT BUT THIS DOCKET WOULD GO
01:07:50:00	01:07:51:00	TO HER COMMITTEE.
01:07:51:00	01:07:51:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:07:51:00	01:07:51:00	COUNCILOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA.
01:07:51:00	01:07:53:00	I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY SO YOU
01:07:53:00	01:07:54:00	CAN YOU CAN SEEK SUSPENSION
01:07:54:00	01:07:57:00	OF PASSAGE IF YOU WANT AND
01:07:57:00	01:07:57:00	THAT'S THE COMMUNICATION THAT
01:07:57:00	01:07:58:00	THAT I ATTEND TO YOU.
01:07:58:00	01:07:59:00	SO JUST JUST SO FOLKS
01:07:59:00	01:08:01:00	UNDERSTAND AGAIN, THIS IS
01:08:01:00	01:08:01:00	SOMETHING THAT IS COMMUNICATED
01:08:01:00	01:08:02:00	THROUGH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
01:08:02:00	01:08:06:00	ALTHOUGH THE EFFORT WAS AND TO
01:08:06:00	01:08:06:00	PAINT THE FULL PICTURE.
01:08:06:00	01:08:07:00	SO IN THE PAST THIS COUNCIL HAS
01:08:07:00	01:08:09:00	CONSIDERED NONBINDING CITIZEN
01:08:09:00	01:08:10:00	PETITIONS LIKE THIS BEFORE.
01:08:10:00	01:08:14:00	SO THE EVERSOURCE SUBSTATION IN
01:08:14:00	01:08:15:00	EAST BOSTON BACK IN 2021, THE
01:08:15:00	01:08:17:00	CITY THE CITY CHARTER AMENDMENT
01:08:17:00	01:08:18:00	WE'VE WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE SO
01:08:18:00	01:08:18:00	THERE IS PRECEDENT.
01:08:18:00	01:08:22:00	THERE'S A PROVISION I THINK
01:08:22:00	01:08:23:00	IT'S A CITY CHARTER WHERE TEN
01:08:23:00	01:08:26:00	CITIZENS CAN PETITION TO TO PUT
01:08:26:00	01:08:26:00	SOMETHING ON THE BALLOT.
01:08:26:00	01:08:27:00	I THINK NUBIAN SQUARE WE'VE
01:08:27:00	01:08:29:00	ALSO DONE THIS.
01:08:29:00	01:08:31:00	AND SO IT IS THE IT IS MY
01:08:31:00	01:08:33:00	COUNCIL COLLEAGUE'S PREROGATIVE
01:08:33:00	01:08:34:00	TO PRODUCE THIS ALTHOUGH I HAVE
01:08:34:00	01:08:38:00	SAID IN THE PAST I THINK IT IS
01:08:38:00	01:08:38:00	DUPLICATIVE.
01:08:38:00	01:08:39:00	THERE IS SOMETHING THAT THAT WE
01:08:39:00	01:08:41:00	ARE DOING RIGHT NOW WHICH IS
01:08:41:00	01:08:42:00	THE PETITION IN MY COMMITTEE
01:08:42:00	01:08:46:00	WHICH IS SEEKING TO EXPAND AND
01:08:46:00	01:08:49:00	ENUMERATE THE POWERS OF WHAT I
01:08:49:00	01:08:49:00	THINK FOR ALL INTENTS AND
01:08:49:00	01:08:50:00	PURPOSES IS ALREADY OUR
01:08:50:00	01:08:53:00	INSPECTOR GENERAL.
01:08:53:00	01:08:54:00	BUT IT IS ANOTHER NAME, IT IS
01:08:54:00	01:08:54:00	THE FINANCE COMMISSION.
01:08:54:00	01:08:57:00	AND SO I SAID THIS ALREADY TO
01:08:57:00	01:08:57:00	IT TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE.
01:08:57:00	01:08:58:00	I DO NOT I THINK IT IS
01:08:58:00	01:09:00:00	DUPLICATIVE ALTHOUGH IT DOESN'T
01:09:00:00	01:09:01:00	SUBTRACT TO WHAT WE'RE DOING IT
01:09:01:00	01:09:01:00	IT ADDS ON TO IT.
01:09:01:00	01:09:04:00	SHE THIS IS THIS IS HER
01:09:04:00	01:09:04:00	INITIATIVE.
01:09:04:00	01:09:05:00	I CAN LET HER SPEAK TO WHY SHE
01:09:05:00	01:09:06:00	WANTS TO DO THIS IN ADDITION TO
01:09:06:00	01:09:08:00	THE HOMER PETITION.
01:09:08:00	01:09:09:00	IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I AM
01:09:09:00	01:09:09:00	SEEKING SUSPENSION ON PASSAGE
01:09:09:00	01:09:10:00	ON.
01:09:10:00	01:09:12:00	I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT I
01:09:12:00	01:09:12:00	DID SAY THAT YOU CAN SUSPEND
01:09:12:00	01:09:15:00	AND PASS IT IF YOU'D LIKE TO.
01:09:15:00	01:09:16:00	SO I MEAN I'VE SAID BEFORE AND
01:09:16:00	01:09:19:00	I'VE EXPRESSED IT TO OTHERS
01:09:19:00	01:09:20:00	THAT THERE IS A PROCESS IN
01:09:20:00	01:09:23:00	WHICH CITIZENS CAN DO THIS AND
01:09:23:00	01:09:23:00	WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE AND SO I
01:09:23:00	01:09:24:00	DON'T NECESSARILY FEEL LIKE IT
01:09:24:00	01:09:27:00	IS EGREGIOUS TO TO PUSH FORWARD
01:09:27:00	01:09:30:00	A NON-BINDING RESOLUTION
01:09:30:00	01:09:31:00	BECAUSE IT IS NON-BINDING.
01:09:31:00	01:09:31:00	WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE.
01:09:31:00	01:09:34:00	BUT I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY
01:09:34:00	01:09:34:00	THAT.
01:09:34:00	01:09:34:00	THANK YOU.
01:09:34:00	01:09:35:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MEJIA.
01:09:35:00	01:09:37:00	ONE MORE MINUTE ON THIS
01:09:37:00	01:09:38:00	COMMUNICATION AND THEN THAT'S
01:09:38:00	01:09:40:00	IT AND I WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR
01:09:40:00	01:09:41:00	THOSE WHO ARE TUNING IN FOR MY
01:09:41:00	01:09:44:00	ENERGY.
01:09:44:00	01:09:45:00	I GET VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT
01:09:45:00	01:09:45:00	THINGS THAT I DEEPLY CARE ABOUT
01:09:45:00	01:09:47:00	SO I HOPE I'M NOT SCARING
01:09:47:00	01:09:48:00	EVERYBODY WHO IS HERE.
01:09:48:00	01:09:49:00	I JUST SPEAK FROM MY HEART AND
01:09:49:00	01:09:53:00	I DO SO WITH A LOT OF URGENCY
01:09:53:00	01:09:54:00	BECAUSE IT IS JUST ONE OF THOSE
01:09:54:00	01:09:55:00	THINGS THAT I THINK IT'S
01:09:55:00	01:09:55:00	IMPORTANT FOR ME TO JUST SHOW
01:09:55:00	01:09:57:00	UP AS I AM.
01:09:57:00	01:09:58:00	I WILL JUST SAY THIS RIGHT IS
01:09:58:00	01:10:02:00	THAT WE WORKED ON A COMMITTEE
01:10:02:00	01:10:02:00	REPORT AND WE WERE GOING TO
01:10:02:00	01:10:05:00	BRING THE QUESTION UP FOR A
01:10:05:00	01:10:05:00	VOTE.
01:10:05:00	01:10:06:00	IT WAS A COMMITTEE REPORT THAT
01:10:06:00	01:10:09:00	THE CHAIR WORKED ON THE TACTIC
01:10:09:00	01:10:12:00	AND THE UNDERSTANDING JUST FOR
01:10:12:00	01:10:13:00	THAT EVERYONE IS CLEAR OF IS
01:10:13:00	01:10:16:00	THAT IT IS AN ORGANIZED TACTIC.
01:10:16:00	01:10:20:00	IT IS AN ORGANIZING TOOL AS
01:10:20:00	01:10:21:00	WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THE HOME
01:10:21:00	01:10:24:00	LAW PETITION WE ARE ALSO
01:10:24:00	01:10:25:00	WORKING ON GETTING THIS ON THE
01:10:25:00	01:10:25:00	BALLOT BECAUSE WHAT WE WANT TO
01:10:25:00	01:10:28:00	DO IS WHEN WE SEND IT OVER TO
01:10:28:00	01:10:31:00	THE STATE HOUSE THAT IT DOESN'T
01:10:31:00	01:10:32:00	DIE THERE BECAUSE OFTENTIMES
01:10:32:00	01:10:35:00	EVERYTHING THAT WE SEND THERE
01:10:35:00	01:10:35:00	DIES.
01:10:35:00	01:10:38:00	IF WE HAVE A HOME, IF WE HAVE
01:10:38:00	01:10:39:00	THIS CITIZEN'S PETITION AND AS
01:10:39:00	01:10:43:00	WE KNOW IT'S NON-BINDING SO YOU
01:10:43:00	01:10:43:00	DON'T EVEN HAVE TO AGREE WITH
01:10:43:00	01:10:44:00	THE QUESTION IT IS A
01:10:44:00	01:10:47:00	NON-BINDING.
01:10:47:00	01:10:48:00	IT IS IT IS DEMONSTRATING TO
01:10:48:00	01:10:51:00	THE STATE HOUSE RIGHT THAT THE
01:10:51:00	01:10:52:00	WILL OF THE VOTERS ARE
01:10:52:00	01:10:55:00	INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING THE
01:10:55:00	01:10:56:00	HOME LAW PETITION THAT
01:10:56:00	01:10:59:00	COUNCILOR COLLETTE AND I HAVE
01:10:59:00	01:10:59:00	BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE PAST
01:10:59:00	01:11:00:00	TWO YEARS.
01:11:00:00	01:11:02:00	IT IS A MATTER OF TRANSPARENCY
01:11:02:00	01:11:06:00	AND CREATING MORE OVERSIGHT
01:11:06:00	01:11:07:00	HERE AND I'M JUST ASKING MY
01:11:07:00	01:11:09:00	COLLEAGUES TO ALLOW THIS TO
01:11:09:00	01:11:10:00	MANIFEST BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE
01:11:10:00	01:11:14:00	WHO ARE LOOKING TO US TO
01:11:14:00	01:11:17:00	UTILIZE THIS BODY TO STAND UP
01:11:17:00	01:11:18:00	AND GIVE PEOPLE A VOICE IN THE
01:11:18:00	01:11:22:00	DECISIONS THAT THE CITY IS
01:11:22:00	01:11:25:00	MAKING AND I'M ALL I'M DOING IS
01:11:25:00	01:11:25:00	ASKING YOU ALL TO SUPPORT THIS
01:11:25:00	01:11:28:00	VOTE.
01:11:28:00	01:11:29:00	AND NOW THAT THE CHAIR IS
01:11:29:00	01:11:32:00	SAYING THAT SHE'LL JUST ALLOW
01:11:32:00	01:11:33:00	ME TO ASK FOR IT, I HOPE I
01:11:33:00	01:11:34:00	ENTER THE CHAMBER THINKING THAT
01:11:34:00	01:11:37:00	IT WAS A WILLING MISS ON YOUR
01:11:37:00	01:11:38:00	BEHALF BECAUSE WE WORKED ON A
01:11:38:00	01:11:38:00	COMMITTEE REPORT TOGETHER.
01:11:38:00	01:11:41:00	WE ADOPTED THE QUESTION I EVEN
01:11:41:00	01:11:44:00	CHANGE ALONGSIDE WITH YOU THE
01:11:44:00	01:11:45:00	QUESTION TO MEET THE NEEDS
01:11:45:00	01:11:45:00	OF YOUR WHAT YOU WERE ASKING
01:11:45:00	01:11:48:00	FOR AND SO LIKE I'M TRYING MY
01:11:48:00	01:11:49:00	HARDEST GUYS YOU DON'T KNOW HOW
01:11:49:00	01:11:52:00	DIFFICULT IT IS TO BE IN THIS
01:11:52:00	01:11:53:00	CHAMBER AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
01:11:53:00	01:11:57:00	YEAH, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN AND
01:11:57:00	01:11:57:00	I DO TO ALLOW FOR DISCUSSION
01:11:57:00	01:11:58:00	HERE BECAUSE THERE IS YOU ARE
01:11:58:00	01:12:00:00	TENDING TO SUSPENSION AND
01:12:00:00	01:12:00:00	PASSAGE.
01:12:00:00	01:12:00:00	IT'S VERY DIFFERENT.
01:12:00:00	01:12:00:00	SO OKAY.
01:12:00:00	01:12:03:00	CATHERINE COLETTA BRIEFLY 30
01:12:03:00	01:12:03:00	SECONDS.
01:12:03:00	01:12:07:00	THIS IS ULTIMATELY ULTIMATELY
01:12:07:00	01:12:10:00	THIS IS THIS IS YOUR THIS IS
01:12:10:00	01:12:11:00	YOUR INITIATIVE, RIGHT?
01:12:11:00	01:12:11:00	THIS IS COMING FROM YOU.
01:12:11:00	01:12:14:00	THIS IS COMING FROM YOUR OFFICE
01:12:14:00	01:12:15:00	WHILE I AM THE CHAIR AND I
01:12:15:00	01:12:16:00	APPRECIATE OUR PARTNERSHIP AND
01:12:16:00	01:12:18:00	I'M VERY I AM VERY EXCITED
01:12:18:00	01:12:19:00	ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE ARE
01:12:19:00	01:12:22:00	DOING IN THE IN THE GOVERNMENT
01:12:22:00	01:12:22:00	OPERATIONS COMMITTEE TO EXPAND
01:12:22:00	01:12:25:00	THE FINANCE COMMISSION AND TO
01:12:25:00	01:12:26:00	ENUMERATE THEIR POWERS THAT IT
01:12:26:00	01:12:28:00	WAS CREATED IN 1907.
01:12:28:00	01:12:32:00	AND SO WE ARE TRYING TO DO OUR
01:12:32:00	01:12:32:00	BEST TO MIRROR AND MATCH THE
01:12:32:00	01:12:33:00	RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE STATE
01:12:33:00	01:12:36:00	INSPECTOR GENERAL TO ENSURE
01:12:36:00	01:12:37:00	THAT THAT OFFICE OR THE THE
01:12:37:00	01:12:40:00	FINANCE COMMISSION IS WELL
01:12:40:00	01:12:41:00	EQUIPPED TO DO THE JOB THAT
01:12:41:00	01:12:44:00	IT'S SUPPOSED TO DO.
01:12:44:00	01:12:45:00	AND SO I'M REALLY HOPING TO
01:12:45:00	01:12:47:00	HAVE THAT PROCESS CONTINUE AND
01:12:47:00	01:12:48:00	I WANT THAT THE RESULT IN THE
01:12:48:00	01:12:52:00	LEGISLATION TO TRULY BE
01:12:52:00	01:12:53:00	EFFECTIVE AND TO BE DURABLE AND
01:12:53:00	01:12:55:00	TO BE ROOTED IN REALITIES THAT
01:12:55:00	01:12:56:00	THE CITY AND OUR RESIDENTS
01:12:56:00	01:12:56:00	DESERVE.
01:12:56:00	01:13:00:00	AND SO ULTIMATELY WHEN IT COMES
01:13:00:00	01:13:01:00	TO THIS TO THIS BALLOT OR THIS
01:13:01:00	01:13:01:00	BALLOT INITIATIVE, THE
01:13:01:00	01:13:04:00	NON-BINDING INITIATIVE I THINK
01:13:04:00	01:13:08:00	BECAUSE OF THE BROAD
01:13:08:00	01:13:08:00	IMPLICATIONS I DO BELIEVE THAT
01:13:08:00	01:13:11:00	AND WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM OTHER
01:13:11:00	01:13:12:00	COLLEAGUES THEY MIGHT WANT TO
01:13:12:00	01:13:15:00	REVIEW IT AND SEE HOW IT'S
01:13:15:00	01:13:16:00	GOING TO FULLY IMPACT ALTHOUGH
01:13:16:00	01:13:17:00	IT IS A NON-BINDING OPINION I'M
01:13:17:00	01:13:19:00	JUST LETTING FOLKS KNOW.
01:13:19:00	01:13:19:00	BUT ULTIMATELY THIS IS YOUR
01:13:19:00	01:13:23:00	INITIATIVE AND I DO YOU KNOW I
01:13:23:00	01:13:24:00	AM VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT
01:13:24:00	01:13:25:00	WE'VE ALREADY DONE THROUGH THE
01:13:25:00	01:13:28:00	COMPETITION AND I'M GOING TO DO
01:13:28:00	01:13:28:00	MY BEST TO PUSH THAT FORWARD
01:13:28:00	01:13:29:00	AND MAKE SURE THAT THANK YOU
01:13:29:00	01:13:31:00	COUNT HOUSE AND CAN ACTUALLY
01:13:31:00	01:13:32:00	RESPOND TO THAT AND I HOPE THAT
01:13:32:00	01:13:37:00	THEY PASS IT EXPEDITIOUSLY
01:13:37:00	01:13:38:00	BECAUSE IT'S NECESSARY.
01:13:38:00	01:13:38:00	THANK YOU.
01:13:38:00	01:13:39:00	THAT'S GOOD IT'S ABOUT THE
01:13:39:00	01:13:39:00	JACKET IS KIND OF DARK AND YOU
01:13:39:00	01:13:40:00	HAVE THE FLOOR SO I BELIEVE THE
01:13:40:00	01:13:40:00	MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TO
01:13:40:00	01:13:42:00	RECONSIDER AND JUST I I'M HAPPY
01:13:42:00	01:13:46:00	TO BE VOTING ON ON THAT BUT I
01:13:46:00	01:13:50:00	WILL BE OBJECTING TO A VOTE
01:13:50:00	01:13:50:00	TODAY.
01:13:50:00	01:13:51:00	SO I LIKE BECAUSE IT WAS SO
01:13:51:00	01:13:54:00	QUICK THE THE DOCKET WAS IN A
01:13:54:00	01:13:55:00	MOTION TO CONSIDER HER
01:13:55:00	01:13:55:00	SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE IS ON
01:13:55:00	01:13:57:00	THE FLOOR.
01:13:57:00	01:13:58:00	SO YOU'RE OBJECTING TO THE
01:13:58:00	01:13:58:00	SUSPENSION OF PASSAGE.
01:13:58:00	01:13:58:00	OKAY.
01:13:58:00	01:14:01:00	SO COUNCILOR DURKIN IS
01:14:01:00	01:14:01:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN IS OBJECTING
01:14:01:00	01:14:04:00	TO THE SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE
01:14:04:00	01:14:09:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1274 IS IN THE
01:14:09:00	01:14:09:00	GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
01:14:09:00	01:14:09:00	COMMITTEE.
01:14:09:00	01:14:12:00	HER LIGHT WAS ON MR MADAM CLERK
01:14:12:00	01:14:13:00	CAN YOU PLEASE WE ARE NOW ON TO
01:14:13:00	01:14:14:00	REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
01:14:14:00	01:14:15:00	MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
01:14:15:00	01:14:19:00	READ DOCKETS NUMBER 0648 AND
01:14:19:00	01:14:22:00	0720 DOCKET 0648 THE COMMITTEE
01:14:22:00	01:14:22:00	ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND
01:14:22:00	01:14:26:00	TRANSPORTATION TO WHICH WAS
01:14:26:00	01:14:26:00	REFERRED TO ON MARCH 12, 2025
01:14:26:00	01:14:29:00	DOCKET NUMBERS 0648 MESSAGE IN
01:14:29:00	01:14:33:00	ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL AN
01:14:33:00	01:14:34:00	ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY
01:14:34:00	01:14:36:00	OF BOSTON STREET CABINET TO
01:14:36:00	01:14:37:00	ENTER INTO A CONTRACT FOR A
01:14:37:00	01:14:40:00	PERIOD OF UP TO TEN YEARS FOR
01:14:40:00	01:14:40:00	THE SERVICE OF AN OPERATOR FOR
01:14:40:00	01:14:43:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON PUBLIC
01:14:43:00	01:14:44:00	BIKESHARE PROGRAM BLUE BAGS THE
01:14:44:00	01:14:48:00	CONTRACT TERM WOULD BEGIN IN
01:14:48:00	01:14:50:00	2026 TO CITY COUNCILS
01:14:50:00	01:14:51:00	PERMISSION TO ENTER INTO A
01:14:51:00	01:14:52:00	CONTRACT OF THIS TYPE FOR A
01:14:52:00	01:14:55:00	PERIOD OF MORE THAN THREE YEARS
01:14:55:00	01:14:58:00	AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 12
01:14:58:00	01:14:59:00	OF CHAPTER 30 B OF THE GENERAL
01:14:59:00	01:14:59:00	LAWS.
01:14:59:00	01:15:02:00	SUBMITTED A REPORT RECOMMENDED
01:15:02:00	01:15:05:00	DISORDER OR TO PASS DOCKET
01:15:05:00	01:15:06:00	NUMBER 07202 COMMITTEE ON
01:15:06:00	01:15:10:00	PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND
01:15:10:00	01:15:10:00	TRANSPORTATION TO WHICH WAS
01:15:10:00	01:15:14:00	REFERRED TO ON AUGUST SECOND
01:15:14:00	01:15:14:00	2025.
01:15:14:00	01:15:17:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0720 MESSAGE ON
01:15:17:00	01:15:17:00	ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY
01:15:17:00	01:15:21:00	OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND
01:15:21:00	01:15:23:00	THE AMOUNT OF $9 MILLION IN THE
01:15:23:00	01:15:24:00	FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE SAFETY
01:15:24:00	01:15:27:00	STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL GRANT
01:15:27:00	01:15:28:00	PROGRAMS AWARDED BY THE UNITED
01:15:28:00	01:15:30:00	STATES DEPARTMENT
01:15:30:00	01:15:31:00	OF TRANSPORTATION TO BE
01:15:31:00	01:15:31:00	ADMINISTERED BY THE
01:15:31:00	01:15:35:00	TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
01:15:35:00	01:15:35:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND SAFETY
01:15:35:00	01:15:40:00	DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION AND
01:15:40:00	01:15:40:00	INTERSECTION TO EMPLOY LOW COST
01:15:40:00	01:15:44:00	HIGH IMPACT STRATEGIES TO A
01:15:44:00	01:15:45:00	SAFE AND EQUITY LANE FOR
01:15:45:00	01:15:48:00	COMPLETE STREET THE PRINCIPAL
01:15:48:00	01:15:51:00	SAFETY ISSUES ADDRESSED AS IN
01:15:51:00	01:15:52:00	PARTIES ROAD CRASHES AS WELL AS
01:15:52:00	01:15:56:00	VISIBLE ISSUES SUPPORT A REPORT
01:15:56:00	01:15:57:00	THAT THE ORDER OUGHT TO PASS.
01:15:57:00	01:15:58:00	THANK YOU THE CHAIR AND IS KIND
01:15:58:00	01:15:59:00	OF A DIG IN THE CHAIR
01:15:59:00	01:16:00:00	OF PLANNING DEVELOPMENT IN
01:16:00:00	01:16:00:00	TRANSPORTATION YOU HAVE THE
01:16:00:00	01:16:00:00	FLOOR.
01:16:00:00	01:16:02:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:16:02:00	01:16:05:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON WEDNESDAY
01:16:05:00	01:16:06:00	JUNE 18TH I HOSTED A HEARING IN
01:16:06:00	01:16:07:00	THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT
01:16:07:00	01:16:09:00	OF TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
01:16:09:00	01:16:09:00	COVERING TWO DOCKETS ESSENTIAL
01:16:09:00	01:16:10:00	TO THE CONTINUED SAFETY,
01:16:10:00	01:16:13:00	ACCESSIBILITY AND SUSTAINABLE
01:16:13:00	01:16:14:00	OF OUR TRANSPORTATION NETWORK.
01:16:14:00	01:16:14:00	I WAS JOINED BY COUNCILORS GLEN
01:16:14:00	01:16:17:00	MURPHY AND WEBER TO HEAR
01:16:17:00	01:16:18:00	TESTIMONY FROM KEN FOLTZ, THE
01:16:18:00	01:16:18:00	DIRECTOR OF BLUE BIKES AND
01:16:18:00	01:16:21:00	LYDIA HOUSLEY, THE CAPITAL
01:16:21:00	01:16:21:00	PROJECTS DESIGN DIRECTOR FROM
01:16:21:00	01:16:22:00	THE STREETS CABINET.
01:16:22:00	01:16:25:00	THE FIRST DOCKET OH SIX FORCE
01:16:25:00	01:16:26:00	EIGHT SUPPORTS BOSTON'S
01:16:26:00	01:16:28:00	INVESTMENT AND RENEWED
01:16:28:00	01:16:29:00	COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC BY THE
01:16:29:00	01:16:32:00	PUBLIC BIKE SHARE SYSTEM THAT
01:16:32:00	01:16:32:00	WE HAVE BLUE BIKES.
01:16:32:00	01:16:33:00	IT ASKS OF THIS COUNCIL TO
01:16:33:00	01:16:36:00	APPROVE THE ADMINISTRATION TO
01:16:36:00	01:16:37:00	ENTER INTO A NEW TEN YEAR
01:16:37:00	01:16:38:00	AGREEMENT FOR THE SERVICES
01:16:38:00	01:16:41:00	OF THE OPERATOR FOR BLUE BIKES.
01:16:41:00	01:16:41:00	IN 2016 THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZED
01:16:41:00	01:16:45:00	A SIMILAR AGREEMENT AND THE
01:16:45:00	01:16:45:00	LENGTH UNCERTAINTY OF THE LAST
01:16:45:00	01:16:46:00	AGREEMENT HELPED SPUR THE
01:16:46:00	01:16:48:00	SUCCESS OF BLUE BIKES WHICH WE
01:16:48:00	01:16:48:00	ALL ENJOY TODAY.
01:16:48:00	01:16:51:00	DIRECTOR FULTZ UNDERSCORED THE
01:16:51:00	01:16:52:00	IMPORTANCE OF LONG TERM
01:16:52:00	01:16:54:00	PARTNERSHIP CONTRACTS WITH
01:16:54:00	01:16:55:00	THIRD PARTY OPERATORS AS IT IS
01:16:55:00	01:16:58:00	IMPORTANT TO THE STABILITY AND
01:16:58:00	01:16:58:00	FURTHERS INVESTMENT INTO THE
01:16:58:00	01:16:59:00	NETWORK.
01:16:59:00	01:17:01:00	AS DISTRICT EIGHT CITY
01:17:01:00	01:17:02:00	COUNCILOR I CAN SPEAK DIRECTLY
01:17:02:00	01:17:04:00	TO THE IMPACT THAT THE PROGRAM
01:17:04:00	01:17:05:00	HAS HAD ON MY DISTRICT.
01:17:05:00	01:17:06:00	I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT OF THE
01:17:06:00	01:17:08:00	TOP TEN BLUE BIKE STATIONS IN
01:17:08:00	01:17:08:00	THE ENTIRE SYSTEM.
01:17:08:00	01:17:11:00	ALL OF THE BOSTON BASED ONES
01:17:11:00	01:17:12:00	ARE LOCATED IN MY DISTRICT.
01:17:12:00	01:17:12:00	CONSTITUENTS AND RESIDENTS
01:17:12:00	01:17:16:00	OF BOSTON RELY ON RELIABLE AND
01:17:16:00	01:17:17:00	EXPANSIVE BLUE BIKE SYSTEM FOR
01:17:17:00	01:17:17:00	THEIR DAILY NEEDS THROUGHOUT
01:17:17:00	01:17:20:00	THE YEAR AS WE CONTINUE TO PUSH
01:17:20:00	01:17:20:00	FORWARD A MORE EQUITABLE AND
01:17:20:00	01:17:21:00	CLIMATE RESILIENT
01:17:21:00	01:17:23:00	TRANSPORTATION FUTURE.
01:17:23:00	01:17:24:00	I THINK THIS MAKES A LOT
01:17:24:00	01:17:24:00	OF SENSE.
01:17:24:00	01:17:27:00	IT IS.
01:17:27:00	01:17:28:00	WE DO NEED AUTHORIZATION IN
01:17:28:00	01:17:31:00	ORDER TO.
01:17:31:00	01:17:35:00	WE ARE IN A REGIONAL SYSTEM
01:17:35:00	01:17:39:00	THAT WE WHEN WE JOINED INTO
01:17:39:00	01:17:40:00	THESE CONTRACTS WE GO IN WITH
01:17:40:00	01:17:40:00	OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS
01:17:40:00	01:17:42:00	INCLUDING CAMBRIDGE AND
01:17:42:00	01:17:43:00	SOMERVILLE.
01:17:43:00	01:17:47:00	SO IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE GET
01:17:47:00	01:17:49:00	THIS PASSED TODAY IN THE SECOND
01:17:49:00	01:17:50:00	DOCKET OF 720 AUTHORIZES THE
01:17:50:00	01:17:52:00	CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND
01:17:52:00	01:17:53:00	EXPAND $9 MILLION IN U.S.
01:17:53:00	01:17:53:00	TRANSPORTATION.
01:17:53:00	01:17:56:00	I IN FROM THE FROM YOU FROM THE
01:17:56:00	01:18:00:00	UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
01:18:00:00	01:18:00:00	OF TRANSPORTATION SAFE STREETS
01:18:00:00	01:18:04:00	AND ROADS FOR ALL GRANT.
01:18:04:00	01:18:05:00	THESE FUNDS WILL ALLOW BTI TO
01:18:05:00	01:18:05:00	IMPLEMENT LOW COST HIGH IMPACT
01:18:05:00	01:18:08:00	IMPROVEMENTS AT KEY
01:18:08:00	01:18:08:00	INTERSECTIONS THE INTERSECTIONS
01:18:08:00	01:18:09:00	OF BLUE ANDREW SQUARE AND SOUTH
01:18:09:00	01:18:11:00	BOSTON, SARATOGA AND BENNINGTON
01:18:11:00	01:18:12:00	STREET IN EAST BOSTON, BLUE
01:18:12:00	01:18:15:00	HILL AVENUE AND AMERICAN LEGION
01:18:15:00	01:18:16:00	HIGHWAY BLUE HILL AVENUE AND
01:18:16:00	01:18:19:00	COLUMBIA ROAD WASHINGTON STREET
01:18:19:00	01:18:20:00	AND KNEELAND STREET AND
01:18:20:00	01:18:20:00	CHINATOWN.
01:18:20:00	01:18:20:00	TREMONT STREET AND WASHINGTON
01:18:20:00	01:18:23:00	STREET IN A THEATER DISTRICT
01:18:23:00	01:18:24:00	SEAVER STREET AND WALNUT STREET
01:18:24:00	01:18:26:00	IN EGGLESTON SQUARE BRANT
01:18:26:00	01:18:27:00	STREET AND WAINWRIGHT STREET IN
01:18:27:00	01:18:30:00	DORCHESTER.
01:18:30:00	01:18:31:00	AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE
01:18:31:00	01:18:32:00	I'D LIKE THE I MY
01:18:32:00	01:18:33:00	RECOMMENDATION AS TO THE FULL
01:18:33:00	01:18:34:00	COUNCIL IS THAT THESE TWO
01:18:34:00	01:18:35:00	MATTERS OUGHT TO PASS.
01:18:35:00	01:18:35:00	THANK YOU.
01:18:35:00	01:18:38:00	THANK YOU.
01:18:38:00	01:18:38:00	OKAY.
01:18:38:00	01:18:39:00	WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON
01:18:39:00	01:18:41:00	EITHER THESE DOCKETS?
01:18:41:00	01:18:41:00	OKAY.
01:18:41:00	01:18:42:00	THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON
01:18:42:00	01:18:45:00	PLANNING DEVELOPMENT.
01:18:45:00	01:18:45:00	OH, OKAY.
01:18:45:00	01:18:46:00	THANK YOU.
01:18:46:00	01:18:49:00	AND JUST FOR AWARENESS ONLY THE
01:18:49:00	01:18:50:00	CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS DURING
01:18:50:00	01:18:50:00	COUNCIL MEETINGS CAN SPEAK ON
01:18:50:00	01:18:53:00	MATTERS.
01:18:53:00	01:18:53:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:18:53:00	01:18:54:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
01:18:54:00	01:19:00:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:19:00:00	01:19:03:00	ON DOCKET 0648.
01:19:03:00	01:19:07:00	I'M OPPOSED TO THIS DOCKET ON A
01:19:07:00	01:19:07:00	COUPLE ON A COUPLE OF ISSUES OR
01:19:07:00	01:19:07:00	REASONS.
01:19:07:00	01:19:10:00	THE TEN YEAR CONTRACT WITH THE
01:19:10:00	01:19:11:00	OPERATOR.
01:19:11:00	01:19:14:00	I DON'T SUPPORT THAT.
01:19:14:00	01:19:15:00	I THINK THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON
01:19:15:00	01:19:18:00	AND CITY OFFICIALS NEED TO
01:19:18:00	01:19:18:00	FOCUS ON THE CONTRACT,
01:19:18:00	01:19:22:00	UNDERSTAND THE CONTRACT.
01:19:22:00	01:19:25:00	HAVING A CONTRACT WITH THE
01:19:25:00	01:19:26:00	OUTSIDE GROUP FOR TEN YEARS IN
01:19:26:00	01:19:29:00	MY OPINION IS EXCESSIVE.
01:19:29:00	01:19:30:00	THERE WAS ONLY A HANDFUL
01:19:30:00	01:19:33:00	OF CITY COUNCIL AT THIS MEETING
01:19:33:00	01:19:34:00	AND IT'S GOING TO HAVE A MAJOR
01:19:34:00	01:19:37:00	IMPACT ON EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD
01:19:37:00	01:19:37:00	OF THE CITY.
01:19:37:00	01:19:40:00	I DO THINK THERE'S FURTHER
01:19:40:00	01:19:41:00	THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR FURTHER
01:19:41:00	01:19:41:00	DISCUSSION.
01:19:41:00	01:19:45:00	I ALSO DON'T THINK IT'S THE
01:19:45:00	01:19:46:00	APPROPRIATE TIME AFTER THE CITY
01:19:46:00	01:19:49:00	ADMINISTRATION HAS COMMITTED TO
01:19:49:00	01:19:49:00	REVIEWING ITS BIKE
01:19:49:00	01:19:53:00	INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK AND THE
01:19:53:00	01:19:53:00	IMPACT ON HIGH TRAFFIC ROADS
01:19:53:00	01:19:57:00	AND SMALL BUSINESSES.
01:19:57:00	01:19:58:00	I THINK WE NEED TO GIVE THE
01:19:58:00	01:19:58:00	CITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLETE
01:19:58:00	01:20:01:00	THAT STUDY BEFORE WE ENTER INTO
01:20:01:00	01:20:01:00	A TEN YEAR CONTRACT.
01:20:01:00	01:20:05:00	I WOULD ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES
01:20:05:00	01:20:08:00	TO PUSH BACK A LITTLE BIT AND
01:20:08:00	01:20:09:00	VOTE NO BECAUSE IN THE INTEREST
01:20:09:00	01:20:12:00	OF THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON I
01:20:12:00	01:20:12:00	DON'T THINK THIS IS A GOOD DEAL
01:20:12:00	01:20:13:00	FOR THE RESIDENTS.
01:20:13:00	01:20:16:00	I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD DEAL
01:20:16:00	01:20:16:00	FOR THE TAXPAYERS.
01:20:16:00	01:20:17:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:20:17:00	01:20:17:00	THE CHAIR.
01:20:17:00	01:20:18:00	CAN I JUST CATCH A BREAK ANY
01:20:18:00	01:20:19:00	OF THE FLOOR?
01:20:19:00	01:20:20:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:20:20:00	01:20:23:00	I WILL BE SUPPORTING THESE AT
01:20:23:00	01:20:24:00	LEAST BOTH THESE DOCKETS.
01:20:24:00	01:20:26:00	THE BLUE BRITE PROGRAM IS PART
01:20:26:00	01:20:27:00	OF THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT
01:20:27:00	01:20:30:00	WE OFTEN NEGOTIATE WITH
01:20:30:00	01:20:31:00	DEVELOPERS WHEN THEY ADD A LOT
01:20:31:00	01:20:35:00	OF RESIDENT RESIDENTIAL HOUSING
01:20:35:00	01:20:35:00	TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
01:20:35:00	01:20:38:00	MANY OF THESE THESE
01:20:38:00	01:20:39:00	DEVELOPMENTS HAVE VERY LITTLE
01:20:39:00	01:20:43:00	OR NO PARKING AND THE FOLKS WHO
01:20:43:00	01:20:43:00	LIVE IN THEM DON'T HAVE DON'T
01:20:43:00	01:20:47:00	HAVE CARS SO THEY RELY ON IF
01:20:47:00	01:20:51:00	THEY'RE CLOSE TO A LOT OF IT IS
01:20:51:00	01:20:51:00	TRANSIT A TRANSIT ORIENTED
01:20:51:00	01:20:51:00	DEVELOPMENT.
01:20:51:00	01:20:54:00	SO WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE TO
01:20:54:00	01:20:57:00	THE TRAIN STOP OR THE T BUT
01:20:57:00	01:20:58:00	ALSO THESE THESE BLUE BACK
01:20:58:00	01:21:01:00	EXACTLY ARE VERY VERY IMPORTANT
01:21:01:00	01:21:01:00	IN THE LAST MILE CONNECTIONS.
01:21:01:00	01:21:05:00	THIS MORNING I WAS AT AN EVENT
01:21:05:00	01:21:06:00	IN DOWNTOWN ALLSTON ALLSTON
01:21:06:00	01:21:08:00	YARDS NEAR THE BOSTON LANDING.
01:21:08:00	01:21:12:00	MY CHIEF OF STAFF WAS ABLE TO
01:21:12:00	01:21:13:00	GET DOWN THERE ON A BLUE BIKE
01:21:13:00	01:21:16:00	FROM A COUPLE OF MILES AWAY IN
01:21:16:00	01:21:16:00	A TIMELY WAY AND THEN WE WERE
01:21:16:00	01:21:17:00	ABLE TO CARPOOL INTO TOWN.
01:21:17:00	01:21:19:00	THESE THESE THESE INVESTMENTS
01:21:19:00	01:21:20:00	ARE ARE ARE REALLY, REALLY
01:21:20:00	01:21:24:00	ESSENTIAL FOR OUR DISTRICT AND
01:21:24:00	01:21:24:00	ALLSTON BRIGHTON DISTRICT NINE
01:21:24:00	01:21:27:00	AND I WILL BE VOTING IN SUPPORT
01:21:27:00	01:21:28:00	OF BOTH THESE DOCKETS.
01:21:28:00	01:21:28:00	THANK YOU.
01:21:28:00	01:21:28:00	THANK YOU.
01:21:28:00	01:21:31:00	IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
01:21:31:00	01:21:31:00	ON THIS MATTER?
01:21:31:00	01:21:34:00	OKAY, WE'LL TAKE EACH DOCKET
01:21:34:00	01:21:35:00	ONE BY ONE.
01:21:35:00	01:21:35:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN SEEKS
01:21:35:00	01:21:38:00	SUSPENSION OF PASSAGE
01:21:38:00	01:21:39:00	SUSPENSION AND SEEKS PASSAGE
01:21:39:00	01:21:42:00	OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT SO
01:21:42:00	01:21:44:00	SEEKS PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER
01:21:44:00	01:21:45:00	0641 MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU
01:21:45:00	01:21:45:00	PLEASE CONDUCT THE ROLL CALL
01:21:45:00	01:21:48:00	VOTE COUNCILOR BREADON.
01:21:48:00	01:21:52:00	YES.
01:21:52:00	01:21:53:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE IS ABOUT OUR
01:21:53:00	01:21:55:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN.
01:21:55:00	01:21:56:00	COUNCILOR FOR DUNDAS ANDERSON.
01:21:56:00	01:21:59:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
01:21:59:00	01:22:01:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
01:22:01:00	01:22:05:00	WHAT?
01:22:05:00	01:22:06:00	660640, SORRY.
01:22:06:00	01:22:08:00	0648.
01:22:08:00	01:22:09:00	YES.
01:22:09:00	01:22:12:00	IS THERE SUPPORT?
01:22:12:00	01:22:12:00	NO.
01:22:12:00	01:22:14:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD?
01:22:14:00	01:22:15:00	NO.
01:22:15:00	01:22:19:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN NEVER CALLED
01:22:19:00	01:22:23:00	FOR ME BEFORE.
01:22:23:00	01:22:23:00	I HOPE YOU DO IT JUST BECAUSE
01:22:23:00	01:22:26:00	OTHER PEOPLE VOTED LINE ZERO
01:22:26:00	01:22:27:00	SIX.
01:22:27:00	01:22:31:00	I WILL DO IS DID AND IT DOES
01:22:31:00	01:22:32:00	DID I DIDN'T MY COLLEAGUES WHO
01:22:32:00	01:22:33:00	VOTED PRIOR TO THE ELECTION
01:22:33:00	01:22:34:00	THAT THEY'RE VOTING ON 0648 THE
01:22:34:00	01:22:38:00	COMMITTEE THE DOCKET ON CITY
01:22:38:00	01:22:39:00	OF BOSTON STREETS CABINET TO
01:22:39:00	01:22:39:00	ENTER INTO A CONTRACT FOR A
01:22:39:00	01:22:44:00	PERIOD OF UP TO TEN YEARS FOR
01:22:44:00	01:22:44:00	THE BLUE BIKES PROGRAM.
01:22:44:00	01:22:45:00	I BELIEVE COUNCILOR BREADON
01:22:45:00	01:22:45:00	COUCH CAUSE THAT IS THE PART
01:22:45:00	01:22:46:00	THAT COUNCILOR DURKAN
01:22:46:00	01:22:46:00	UNDERSTOOD.
01:22:46:00	01:22:49:00	COSMOS GERALD YOUR VOTE IS A NO
01:22:49:00	01:22:49:00	COUNCIL.
01:22:49:00	01:22:49:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
01:22:49:00	01:22:53:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
01:22:53:00	01:22:56:00	COUNCILOR I'M HERE.
01:22:56:00	01:22:57:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY NOW
01:22:57:00	01:23:00:00	COUNCILOR PEPEN.
01:23:00:00	01:23:04:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA.
01:23:04:00	01:23:05:00	COUNCILOR WEBER.
01:23:05:00	01:23:11:00	COUNCILOR WE'RE OUT TO A 20
01:23:11:00	01:23:11:00	456, SEVEN EIGHT AND UP.
01:23:11:00	01:23:12:00	THANK YOU.
01:23:12:00	01:23:14:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0648 HAS PASSED.
01:23:14:00	01:23:17:00	APOLOGIES IF I SAID SOMETHING
01:23:17:00	01:23:17:00	DIFFERENT.
01:23:17:00	01:23:20:00	DUCK AT NUMBER 0648 HAS PASSED
01:23:20:00	01:23:20:00	.
01:23:20:00	01:23:21:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN SEEKS PASSAGE
01:23:21:00	01:23:24:00	OF DOCKET NUMBER 0720 ALL THOSE
01:23:24:00	01:23:25:00	IN FAVOR SAY I I.
01:23:25:00	01:23:28:00	ALL THOSE OPPOSING THE AYES
01:23:28:00	01:23:29:00	HAVE IT.
01:23:29:00	01:23:29:00	THIS DOCKET IS PASSED.
01:23:29:00	01:23:31:00	MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
01:23:31:00	01:23:35:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER 1133.
01:23:35:00	01:23:35:00	DOCKET 1133.
01:23:35:00	01:23:39:00	THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY
01:23:39:00	01:23:40:00	AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE TO WHICH
01:23:40:00	01:23:43:00	WAS REFERRED TO ON JUNE FOUR,
01:23:43:00	01:23:43:00	2025.
01:23:43:00	01:23:46:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1133 MESSAGE ON
01:23:46:00	01:23:47:00	ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY
01:23:47:00	01:23:49:00	OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND
01:23:49:00	01:23:52:00	THE AMOUNT OF $550,000 IN THE
01:23:52:00	01:23:56:00	FORM OF A GRANT AWARDED BY THE
01:23:56:00	01:23:57:00	CUMMINS FOUNDATION.
01:23:57:00	01:23:58:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND THE CITY
01:23:58:00	01:24:00:00	OF BOSTON VIOLENT PREVENTION
01:24:00:00	01:24:00:00	WORK INCLUDING ACTIVATION AND
01:24:00:00	01:24:03:00	EVENTS, COMMUNITY OUTREACH
01:24:03:00	01:24:04:00	BLOCK PARTIES AND THE YOUTH
01:24:04:00	01:24:07:00	OPTION UNLIMITED PROGRAM AND
01:24:07:00	01:24:10:00	THE OTHER EFFECTS ON CONSISTENT
01:24:10:00	01:24:11:00	WITH THE CITY'S SUMMER SAFETY
01:24:11:00	01:24:11:00	PLAN AND PLAN TO END VIOLENCE
01:24:11:00	01:24:16:00	SUBMIT A REPORT RECOMMENDING
01:24:16:00	01:24:16:00	THE ORDER OF THE PASS.
01:24:16:00	01:24:16:00	THANK YOU.
01:24:16:00	01:24:19:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR
01:24:19:00	01:24:19:00	OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC
01:24:19:00	01:24:20:00	SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
01:24:20:00	01:24:20:00	COUNCIL SANTANA.
01:24:20:00	01:24:25:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:24:25:00	01:24:25:00	GREAT.
01:24:25:00	01:24:25:00	THANK YOU.
01:24:25:00	01:24:29:00	I AM LOOKING FOR A SUSPENSION
01:24:29:00	01:24:29:00	OF PASSION AND PASSAGE OF.
01:24:29:00	01:24:30:00	I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO
01:24:30:00	01:24:33:00	SUSPEND JUST PASSAGE AND
01:24:33:00	01:24:36:00	PASSAGE OF THIS OF OF THIS AND
01:24:36:00	01:24:37:00	OBVIOUSLY AS THE CHAIR
01:24:37:00	01:24:37:00	OF PUBLIC SAFETY IN CRIMINAL
01:24:37:00	01:24:39:00	JUSTICE, THESE ARE FUNDING A
01:24:39:00	01:24:40:00	LOT OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT
01:24:40:00	01:24:40:00	ARE VERY IMPORTANT ESPECIALLY
01:24:40:00	01:24:43:00	WHEN IT COMES TO INVOLVING OUR
01:24:43:00	01:24:46:00	FAMILIES AND INVOLVING OUR
01:24:46:00	01:24:47:00	YOUTH, PARTICULARLY WITH BLOCK
01:24:47:00	01:24:47:00	PARTIES.
01:24:47:00	01:24:51:00	SO I AM LOOKING FOR PASSAGE
01:24:51:00	01:24:51:00	OF THIS AND I HOPE MY
01:24:51:00	01:24:52:00	COLLEAGUES CAN JOIN ME.
01:24:52:00	01:24:52:00	THANK YOU.
01:24:52:00	01:24:52:00	THANK YOU.
01:24:52:00	01:24:54:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:24:54:00	01:24:55:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR.
01:24:55:00	01:24:58:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:24:58:00	01:24:58:00	AND THANK YOU,
01:24:58:00	01:24:59:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR THE
01:24:59:00	01:25:01:00	HEARING WE HAD ON THIS.
01:25:01:00	01:25:02:00	THIS GRANT, AS WE KNOW IS GOING
01:25:02:00	01:25:05:00	TO AUTHORIZE THE DONATION FROM
01:25:05:00	01:25:08:00	THE CUMMINGS FOUNDATION FOR
01:25:08:00	01:25:08:00	$550,000 TO FUND VIOLENT
01:25:08:00	01:25:12:00	PREVENTION EFFORTS THIS SUMMER
01:25:12:00	01:25:12:00	FOR BLOCK PARTIES, COMMUNITY
01:25:12:00	01:25:13:00	OUTREACH, YOUTH OPTIONS
01:25:13:00	01:25:16:00	UNLIMITED AND OTHER PROGRAMS.
01:25:16:00	01:25:18:00	IT BUILDS ON THE CITY'S $1
01:25:18:00	01:25:19:00	MILLION COMMITMENT THAT THE
01:25:19:00	01:25:19:00	CUMMINGS FOUNDATION ALREADY
01:25:19:00	01:25:22:00	ANNOUNCED LAST MONTH WHICH I
01:25:22:00	01:25:23:00	HIGHLIGHTED WHEN I WAS PRESENT
01:25:23:00	01:25:26:00	AT THE SUMMER SAFETY PRESS
01:25:26:00	01:25:26:00	CONFERENCE IN DORCHESTER.
01:25:26:00	01:25:29:00	IT'S RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE
01:25:29:00	01:25:30:00	OF MEANINGFUL YOUTH PROGRAMS.
01:25:30:00	01:25:33:00	BOSTON AFTER DARK IN VILLAGE BY
01:25:33:00	01:25:33:00	NEIGHBORHOOD ACTIVATIONS.
01:25:33:00	01:25:37:00	ACCEPTING THIS GRANT ALLOWS US
01:25:37:00	01:25:38:00	TO SCALE WHAT WORKS THE PUBLIC
01:25:38:00	01:25:38:00	HEALTH ROOTED APPROACH TO
01:25:38:00	01:25:41:00	VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND CASE
01:25:41:00	01:25:42:00	MANAGEMENT FOR YOUTH AND TRUST
01:25:42:00	01:25:45:00	BUILDING COMMUNITY EVENTS
01:25:45:00	01:25:46:00	PROGRAMS LIKE YOU AND CITY WIDE
01:25:46:00	01:25:49:00	BLOCK PARTIES GIVE COMMUNITY
01:25:49:00	01:25:50:00	MEMBERS PRACTICAL ON THE GROUND
01:25:50:00	01:25:50:00	SUPPORT FOSTERING THE SENSE
01:25:50:00	01:25:53:00	OF BELONGING THAT UNDERLINES
01:25:53:00	01:25:54:00	TRUE SAFETY.
01:25:54:00	01:25:55:00	I'M PLEASED TO SUPPORT THIS
01:25:55:00	01:25:59:00	ORDER AND HOPE THAT MY
01:25:59:00	01:25:59:00	COLLEAGUES ALSO DO.
01:25:59:00	01:25:59:00	THANK YOU.
01:25:59:00	01:25:59:00	THANK YOU.
01:25:59:00	01:26:00:00	THE CHAIR.
01:26:00:00	01:26:01:00	AND AS IS CONTEMPLATED ON THE
01:26:01:00	01:26:01:00	FLOOR.
01:26:01:00	01:26:02:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
01:26:02:00	01:26:05:00	I ALSO RISE TO SUPPORT THIS AND
01:26:05:00	01:26:05:00	WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CHAIR
01:26:05:00	01:26:09:00	OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE WORK
01:26:09:00	01:26:09:00	HE'S DONE ON THIS ON THIS
01:26:09:00	01:26:12:00	DOCKET THAT OTHER DOCKETS AS
01:26:12:00	01:26:12:00	WELL.
01:26:12:00	01:26:12:00	VERY PROFESSIONAL.
01:26:12:00	01:26:13:00	BUT I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
01:26:13:00	01:26:16:00	THE INCREDIBLE ROLE THE BOSTON
01:26:16:00	01:26:17:00	POLICE PLAY IN OUR COMMUNITIES
01:26:17:00	01:26:20:00	EVERY DAY COMMUNITY POLICING
01:26:20:00	01:26:20:00	WORKS.
01:26:20:00	01:26:23:00	IT'S ABOUT WORKING TOGETHER,
01:26:23:00	01:26:23:00	SUPPORTING POLICE, SUPPORTING
01:26:23:00	01:26:23:00	RESIDENTS.
01:26:23:00	01:26:27:00	THE POLICE ARE PART OF THE
01:26:27:00	01:26:28:00	SOLUTION.
01:26:28:00	01:26:28:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:26:28:00	01:26:28:00	THANK YOU.
01:26:28:00	01:26:29:00	AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY
01:26:29:00	01:26:31:00	COLLEAGUES THANK YOU, COUNSELOR
01:26:31:00	01:26:32:00	SANTANA FOR YOUR WORK HERE AND
01:26:32:00	01:26:33:00	ALSO TO THANK THE CUMMINGS
01:26:33:00	01:26:34:00	FOUNDATION.
01:26:34:00	01:26:35:00	IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR
01:26:35:00	01:26:36:00	PHILANTHROPY TO BE INVOLVED IN
01:26:36:00	01:26:39:00	HELPING US ADDRESS ISSUES
01:26:39:00	01:26:39:00	OF YOUTH VIOLENCE IN OUR CITY.
01:26:39:00	01:26:40:00	AND SO THE MORE THE MORE
01:26:40:00	01:26:42:00	FOUNDATIONS ARE INVESTING US,
01:26:42:00	01:26:43:00	THE BETTER OFF OUR ENTIRE CITY
01:26:43:00	01:26:43:00	IS.
01:26:43:00	01:26:44:00	JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
01:26:44:00	01:26:46:00	UPLIFT AND THANK CUMMINGS
01:26:46:00	01:26:47:00	FOUNDATION FOR INVESTING IN OUR
01:26:47:00	01:26:47:00	CITY COUNCIL.
01:26:47:00	01:26:50:00	SANTANA, THE CHAIR, THE
01:26:50:00	01:26:51:00	COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND
01:26:51:00	01:26:51:00	CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN THE
01:26:51:00	01:26:53:00	SENTENCE OF THE COMMITTEE
01:26:53:00	01:26:54:00	REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET
01:26:54:00	01:26:54:00	NUMBER 1133.
01:26:54:00	01:26:59:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL
01:26:59:00	01:26:59:00	OPPOSING.
01:26:59:00	01:26:59:00	THE AYES HAVE IT.
01:26:59:00	01:27:02:00	THIS DOCKET IS PASSED.
01:27:02:00	01:27:02:00	WE ARE NOW ON TWO MOTIONS,
01:27:02:00	01:27:03:00	ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS.
01:27:03:00	01:27:05:00	A REMINDER TO MY COLLEAGUES
01:27:05:00	01:27:06:00	PURSUANT TO RULE 46 IS THAT
01:27:06:00	01:27:09:00	LEAD SPONSORS WILL HAVE 3
01:27:09:00	01:27:10:00	MINUTES TO SPEAK ON A DOCKET
01:27:10:00	01:27:13:00	AND CO-SPONSORS OR OTHER
01:27:13:00	01:27:13:00	COUNCILORS WILL HAVE 2 MINUTES
01:27:13:00	01:27:14:00	TO SPEAK ON A DOCKET.
01:27:14:00	01:27:15:00	MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
01:27:15:00	01:27:17:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER 1 TO 7 SIX
01:27:17:00	01:27:20:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1276
01:27:20:00	01:27:21:00	COUNCIL ALLUSION OR FOR THE
01:27:21:00	01:27:23:00	FOLLOWING OR AN ORDINANCE TO
01:27:23:00	01:27:24:00	PRIORITIZE SURPLUS MUNICIPAL
01:27:24:00	01:27:27:00	PROPERTIES AS AFFORDABLE
01:27:27:00	01:27:27:00	HOUSING.
01:27:27:00	01:27:28:00	THANK YOU.
01:27:28:00	01:27:31:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:27:31:00	01:27:32:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE
01:27:32:00	01:27:32:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT YOU GOT THE
01:27:32:00	01:27:32:00	FLOOR.
01:27:32:00	01:27:35:00	THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
01:27:35:00	01:27:36:00	I FIRST LIKE TO ADD
01:27:36:00	01:27:37:00	COUNCILOR PENN AS AN ORIGINAL
01:27:37:00	01:27:40:00	CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR PEPPER AND
01:27:40:00	01:27:41:00	SO ADDED AS ORIGINAL
01:27:41:00	01:27:41:00	CO-SPONSOR.
01:27:41:00	01:27:43:00	THANK YOU AND I SEEK TO SUSPEND
01:27:43:00	01:27:43:00	THE RULES TO ADD YOURSELF
01:27:43:00	01:27:44:00	COUNCIL ORAL IS THE THIRD
01:27:44:00	01:27:47:00	ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.
01:27:47:00	01:27:48:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE SEE
01:27:48:00	01:27:48:00	SUSPENSION OF THE RULES TO ADD
01:27:48:00	01:27:51:00	THE OTHER ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR
01:27:51:00	01:27:52:00	SEE AND HEAR NO OBJECTION I'M
01:27:52:00	01:27:52:00	SO ADDED COUNCIL PRESIDENT YOU
01:27:52:00	01:27:53:00	HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:27:53:00	01:27:55:00	THANK YOU MR CHAIR AND I AM
01:27:55:00	01:27:55:00	REALLY EXCITED TO INTRODUCE
01:27:55:00	01:27:56:00	THIS ORDINANCE AFTER WE HELD A
01:27:56:00	01:27:59:00	HEARING ON THIS ISSUE LAST YEAR
01:27:59:00	01:28:03:00	THAT WAS SUPPORTED BY A LOT
01:28:03:00	01:28:03:00	OF COMMITTEE ADVOCATES ON THE
01:28:03:00	01:28:04:00	ISSUES OF HOUSING.
01:28:04:00	01:28:06:00	I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE THIS
01:28:06:00	01:28:06:00	ORDINANCE AFTER WORKING
01:28:06:00	01:28:07:00	ALONGSIDE THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
01:28:07:00	01:28:10:00	OF HOUSING ON THIS ISSUE.
01:28:10:00	01:28:11:00	BOSTON CONTINUES TO FACE A
01:28:11:00	01:28:11:00	SERIOUS HOUSING AFFORDABILITY
01:28:11:00	01:28:14:00	CRISIS IMPACTING COUNTLESS
01:28:14:00	01:28:14:00	RESIDENTS.
01:28:14:00	01:28:15:00	WE ALL KNOW WE GET THE CALLS
01:28:15:00	01:28:15:00	EVERY SINGLE DAY AND AT THE
01:28:15:00	01:28:17:00	SAME TIME WE SEE MUNICIPAL
01:28:17:00	01:28:18:00	PROPERTIES, OLD SCHOOLS, PUBLIC
01:28:18:00	01:28:18:00	SAFETY FACILITIES,
01:28:18:00	01:28:21:00	ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDINGS COMING
01:28:21:00	01:28:22:00	OFFLINE FOR THEIR INTENDED
01:28:22:00	01:28:25:00	PURPOSE OFTEN LYING VACANT,
01:28:25:00	01:28:25:00	UNDERUTILIZED OR BEING SOLD
01:28:25:00	01:28:26:00	WITHOUT CLEAR COMMUNITY
01:28:26:00	01:28:26:00	BENEFITS.
01:28:26:00	01:28:29:00	THIS ORDINANCE AIMS TO CREATE A
01:28:29:00	01:28:29:00	PROCESS TO ADDRESS THESE
01:28:29:00	01:28:30:00	CHALLENGES BY ESTABLISHING A
01:28:30:00	01:28:33:00	CLEAR TRANSPARENT AND
01:28:33:00	01:28:33:00	ACCOUNTABLE PROCESS TO
01:28:33:00	01:28:34:00	PRIORITIZE SURPLUS CITY OWNED
01:28:34:00	01:28:36:00	PROPERTIES FOR AFFORDABLE
01:28:36:00	01:28:36:00	HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
01:28:36:00	01:28:37:00	THIS PROCESS INFORMALLY AND
01:28:37:00	01:28:40:00	INCONSISTENTLY USED TODAY BUT
01:28:40:00	01:28:41:00	BY FORMALLY CODIFYING THIS
01:28:41:00	01:28:42:00	APPROACH WE ENSURE THAT OUR
01:28:42:00	01:28:44:00	CITY'S VALUABLE RESOURCES
01:28:44:00	01:28:45:00	DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTE TO CREATING
01:28:45:00	01:28:45:00	STABLE, AFFORDABLE HOMES FOR
01:28:45:00	01:28:48:00	BOSTON RESIDENTS.
01:28:48:00	01:28:49:00	UNDER THIS ORDINANCE, SURPLUS
01:28:49:00	01:28:49:00	PROPERTIES WILL UNDERGO A
01:28:49:00	01:28:52:00	FEASIBILITY EVALUATION BY THE
01:28:52:00	01:28:53:00	MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING.
01:28:53:00	01:28:54:00	I CONSIDER A MAYOR'S OFFICE
01:28:54:00	01:28:56:00	OF HOUSING RIGHT OF FIRST
01:28:56:00	01:28:57:00	REFUSAL TO DETERMINE THEIR
01:28:57:00	01:29:00:00	SUITABILITY FOR AFFORDABILITY
01:29:00:00	01:29:00:00	FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
01:29:00:00	01:29:01:00	PROPERTIES FOUND VIABLE FOR
01:29:01:00	01:29:02:00	THIS CRITICAL NEED WILL BE
01:29:02:00	01:29:05:00	PRIORITIZED FOR SUCH IF IT'S
01:29:05:00	01:29:05:00	DEEMED INFEASIBLE FOR WHATEVER
01:29:05:00	01:29:09:00	REASON BUT BECAUSE THEY ONLY DO
01:29:09:00	01:29:09:00	THE SPECIFIC THEY HAVE TO
01:29:09:00	01:29:10:00	SPECIFY WHAT THOSE CONSTRAINTS
01:29:10:00	01:29:12:00	ARE CLEAR DOCUMENTATION AND
01:29:12:00	01:29:12:00	TRANSPARENCY WILL GUIDE
01:29:12:00	01:29:13:00	ALTERNATIVE DECISIONS ENSURING
01:29:13:00	01:29:16:00	ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGHOUT THE
01:29:16:00	01:29:16:00	PROCESS AND IT'S ALSO NOT
01:29:16:00	01:29:19:00	SAYING THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING
01:29:19:00	01:29:20:00	MUST BE THE ONLY USE BUT MUST
01:29:20:00	01:29:21:00	BE ONE OF THE USES.
01:29:21:00	01:29:23:00	THIS ORDINANCE ARE ONLY A
01:29:23:00	01:29:24:00	LIFESTYLE BROADER HOUSING GOALS
01:29:24:00	01:29:24:00	BUT ALSO MAXIMIZES PUBLIC
01:29:24:00	01:29:26:00	ASSETS TO BENEFIT OUR
01:29:26:00	01:29:27:00	COMMUNITIES AND STRENGTHEN OUR
01:29:27:00	01:29:27:00	NEIGHBORHOODS.
01:29:27:00	01:29:28:00	I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN
01:29:28:00	01:29:30:00	ME IN SUPPORTING THIS IMPORTANT
01:29:30:00	01:29:31:00	MEASURE AND LOOK FORWARD TO
01:29:31:00	01:29:32:00	WORKING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION
01:29:32:00	01:29:34:00	TO ENSURE BOSTON IS USING ALL
01:29:34:00	01:29:35:00	THE TOOLS IN OUR TOOLBOX TO
01:29:35:00	01:29:38:00	CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
01:29:38:00	01:29:39:00	WE A LOT OF US HIGH PARK
01:29:39:00	01:29:39:00	RESIDENT A LOT OF US ARE
01:29:39:00	01:29:40:00	CHAMPIONS OF WHAT HAPPENED AT
01:29:40:00	01:29:42:00	THE PRIDE IN HYDE PARK WHERE
01:29:42:00	01:29:43:00	THAT WAS A FORMER SCHOOL.
01:29:43:00	01:29:45:00	IT WAS THE ROGER SCHOOL SCHOOL
01:29:45:00	01:29:46:00	THAT MY MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT MY
01:29:46:00	01:29:47:00	OLDER SISTER AND YOUNGER SISTER
01:29:47:00	01:29:49:00	WENT TO THAT'S LAID DORMANT FOR
01:29:49:00	01:29:50:00	WAY TOO LONG BEFORE IT BECAME
01:29:50:00	01:29:50:00	AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
01:29:50:00	01:29:53:00	SO THIS IS ABOUT MAKING SURE
01:29:53:00	01:29:54:00	THAT WE HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE
01:29:54:00	01:29:54:00	THAT WE ARE SPEEDING UP THE USE
01:29:54:00	01:29:57:00	OF OUR ASSETS FOR AFFORDABLE
01:29:57:00	01:29:57:00	HOUSING.
01:29:57:00	01:29:58:00	AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE
01:29:58:00	01:29:58:00	WHO ATTENDED THE HEARING.
01:29:58:00	01:30:01:00	I WANT TO THINK PEOPLE LIKE
01:30:01:00	01:30:02:00	RICHARD GIORDANO DA DA SHEILA
01:30:02:00	01:30:05:00	VEGAS MAN, ALL THE PEOPLE WHO
01:30:05:00	01:30:06:00	CONTRIBUTED TO THIS HEARING SO
01:30:06:00	01:30:08:00	THAT WE COULD GET TO THIS POINT
01:30:08:00	01:30:09:00	HERE OF HAVING THIS ORDINANCE
01:30:09:00	01:30:10:00	AND BEING ABLE TO WORK ON IT
01:30:10:00	01:30:12:00	AND PASS IT TO CODIFY WHAT OUR
01:30:12:00	01:30:13:00	VALUES ARE.
01:30:13:00	01:30:13:00	THANK YOU, MR CHAIRMAN.
01:30:13:00	01:30:13:00	THANK YOU.
01:30:13:00	01:30:16:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:30:16:00	01:30:17:00	COUNCILOR PEPEN.
01:30:17:00	01:30:17:00	COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:30:17:00	01:30:18:00	THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
01:30:18:00	01:30:20:00	AND THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT
01:30:20:00	01:30:21:00	, FOR OUT OF ME AS A CO-SPONSOR
01:30:21:00	01:30:21:00	TO THIS ORDINANCE.
01:30:21:00	01:30:22:00	I'M VERY PROUD AND EXCITED TO
01:30:22:00	01:30:24:00	SUPPORT THIS ORDINANCE AND URGE
01:30:24:00	01:30:25:00	MY COLLEAGUES TO DO SO AS WELL.
01:30:25:00	01:30:27:00	I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST
01:30:27:00	01:30:28:00	HURDLES IN PROVIDING HOUSING IS
01:30:28:00	01:30:28:00	FINDING WAYS TO INCENTIVIZE
01:30:28:00	01:30:31:00	PRIVATE DEVELOPERS TO BUILD
01:30:31:00	01:30:31:00	MORE INCOME RESTRICTED UNITS
01:30:31:00	01:30:32:00	AND THIS ORDINANCE GIVES THE
01:30:32:00	01:30:35:00	CITY THE ABILITY TO LEVERAGE
01:30:35:00	01:30:35:00	THE PROPERTIES WE CONTROL FOR
01:30:35:00	01:30:38:00	AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
01:30:38:00	01:30:39:00	MADAM PRESIDENT MENTIONED WE
01:30:39:00	01:30:41:00	HAVE A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THIS IN
01:30:41:00	01:30:41:00	DISTRICT FIVE.
01:30:41:00	01:30:42:00	THE PRIDE WHICH WAS CONVERTED
01:30:42:00	01:30:45:00	TO THE WHICH CONVERTED THE OLD
01:30:45:00	01:30:45:00	WILLIAM BARTON ROGERS SCHOOL.
01:30:45:00	01:30:46:00	IT'S BEEN ALL AFFORDABLE
01:30:46:00	01:30:49:00	HOUSING FOR SENIORS.
01:30:49:00	01:30:50:00	NOT TO MENTION WE ALSO HAVE
01:30:50:00	01:30:54:00	SOME OTHER UPCOMING EMPTY CITY
01:30:54:00	01:30:54:00	OWNED BUILDINGS INDUSTRY FIVE
01:30:54:00	01:30:55:00	OVER ONE RAISING THEM.
01:30:55:00	01:30:57:00	THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY
01:30:57:00	01:30:58:00	FOR THIS IN MY DISTRICT AND I
01:30:58:00	01:30:58:00	KNOW THERE'S A LOT
01:30:58:00	01:30:58:00	OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIS
01:30:58:00	01:30:59:00	ACROSS THE CITY.
01:30:59:00	01:31:01:00	AND AS A CITY WE NEED TO TAKE
01:31:01:00	01:31:02:00	ADVANTAGE OF WHENEVER THAT
01:31:02:00	01:31:02:00	BECOMES AVAILABLE.
01:31:02:00	01:31:05:00	AND I THINK THIS ORDINANCE IS A
01:31:05:00	01:31:05:00	GREAT IDEA AND I WELCOME ALL MY
01:31:05:00	01:31:06:00	COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT.
01:31:06:00	01:31:06:00	THANK YOU.
01:31:06:00	01:31:08:00	THANK YOU.
01:31:08:00	01:31:09:00	I JUST WANT TO THANK MADAM
01:31:09:00	01:31:10:00	PRESIDENT FOR CONTINUE THIS
01:31:10:00	01:31:12:00	CONVERSATION ALSO TO
01:31:12:00	01:31:13:00	COUNCILOR PEPEN ON YOUR
01:31:13:00	01:31:13:00	LEADERSHIP FOR BRINGING THIS
01:31:13:00	01:31:14:00	FORWARD.
01:31:14:00	01:31:16:00	AND I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE
01:31:16:00	01:31:16:00	PRIORITIZING SURPLUS MUNICIPAL
01:31:16:00	01:31:19:00	PROPERTY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
01:31:19:00	01:31:20:00	IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE MOST
01:31:20:00	01:31:23:00	COST EFFECTIVE WAYS IN ORDER TO
01:31:23:00	01:31:23:00	GET AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
01:31:23:00	01:31:24:00	YOU KNOW, I'M A BIG ADVOCATE
01:31:24:00	01:31:27:00	ADVOCATE FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP SO
01:31:27:00	01:31:28:00	AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP INTO
01:31:28:00	01:31:31:00	OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
01:31:31:00	01:31:32:00	AND THIS ORDINANCE ENSURES ON
01:31:32:00	01:31:32:00	LAND IS USED TO SERVE THE
01:31:32:00	01:31:35:00	PUBLIC GOOD AND WE SHOW IT
01:31:35:00	01:31:36:00	ALIGNS WITH OUR AFFIRMATIVELY
01:31:36:00	01:31:38:00	FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING GOALS.
01:31:38:00	01:31:39:00	SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS
01:31:39:00	01:31:40:00	CONVERSATION AND LOOKING TO TO
01:31:40:00	01:31:43:00	MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN GET
01:31:43:00	01:31:43:00	THIS ACROSS TO CONTINUE TO
01:31:43:00	01:31:46:00	BRING MORE HOUSING, MORE
01:31:46:00	01:31:47:00	AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO THE CITY.
01:31:47:00	01:31:48:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:31:48:00	01:31:51:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
01:31:51:00	01:31:52:00	COUNCILOR GET THE FLOOR.
01:31:52:00	01:31:52:00	THANK YOU.
01:31:52:00	01:31:55:00	PRIORITIZING SURPLUS MUNICIPAL
01:31:55:00	01:31:55:00	PROPERTY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
01:31:55:00	01:31:58:00	ESPECIALLY AT A TIME WHEN
01:31:58:00	01:31:59:00	SELLING OFF PUBLIC ASSETS
01:31:59:00	01:32:01:00	SHOULD NOT BE AN OPTION.
01:32:01:00	01:32:02:00	TOO OFTEN CITY OWNED BUILDINGS
01:32:02:00	01:32:05:00	SIT UNUSED OR ARE DISPOSED
01:32:05:00	01:32:06:00	OF WITHOUT COMMUNITY INPUT OR
01:32:06:00	01:32:06:00	MAXIMUM PUBLIC BENEFIT.
01:32:06:00	01:32:10:00	WE'VE SEEN THESE SPACES REMAIN
01:32:10:00	01:32:13:00	VACANT, BECOME BLIGHTED OR BE
01:32:13:00	01:32:13:00	REPURPOSED WITHOUT TRANSPARENT
01:32:13:00	01:32:13:00	EVALUATION.
01:32:13:00	01:32:17:00	WITH BOSTON HEADING INTO
01:32:17:00	01:32:17:00	FINANCIALLY CHALLENGING TIMES
01:32:17:00	01:32:21:00	IT'S VITAL THAT WE TAKE A
01:32:21:00	01:32:21:00	DIFFERENT PATH, REPURPOSE THESE
01:32:21:00	01:32:24:00	ASSETS RATHER THAN SELL THEM
01:32:24:00	01:32:25:00	REQUIRING FEASIBILITY STUDIES,
01:32:25:00	01:32:28:00	PUBLIC REPORTING AND
01:32:28:00	01:32:29:00	AFFORDABILITY FIRST
01:32:29:00	01:32:32:00	DESIGNATIONS ALIGN PERFECTLY
01:32:32:00	01:32:33:00	WITH MY LONG STANDING ADVOCACY
01:32:33:00	01:32:36:00	FOR SMART EQUITABLE USE
01:32:36:00	01:32:36:00	OF PUBLIC LAND.
01:32:36:00	01:32:37:00	THIS ORDINANCE SENDS A CLEAR
01:32:37:00	01:32:40:00	MESSAGE THAT OUR MUNICIPAL
01:32:40:00	01:32:40:00	ASSETS SHOULD SERVE LASTING
01:32:40:00	01:32:43:00	COMMUNITY VALUE EVEN IN TOUGH
01:32:43:00	01:32:44:00	FISCAL TIMES.
01:32:44:00	01:32:44:00	THANK YOU.
01:32:44:00	01:32:44:00	THANK YOU.
01:32:44:00	01:32:48:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:32:48:00	01:32:49:00	COUNCILOR BRAEDEN COUNCILOR TO
01:32:49:00	01:32:49:00	THE FLOOR.
01:32:49:00	01:32:49:00	THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
01:32:49:00	01:32:52:00	I STAND IN SUPPORT OF THIS AND
01:32:52:00	01:32:53:00	CONGRATULATIONS TO THE
01:32:53:00	01:32:55:00	FILMMAKERS FOR THIS VERY
01:32:55:00	01:32:55:00	IMPORTANT INITIATIVE.
01:32:55:00	01:32:58:00	AS THE CHAIR OF THE HOUSING
01:32:58:00	01:32:59:00	COMMITTEE, I REALLY DO FEEL
01:32:59:00	01:33:02:00	THAT WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE ALL
01:33:02:00	01:33:02:00	OF OUR SURPLUS MUNICIPAL
01:33:02:00	01:33:06:00	PROPERTIES FOR AFFORDABLE
01:33:06:00	01:33:06:00	HOUSING.
01:33:06:00	01:33:07:00	BUT THE OTHER THE OTHER BIG
01:33:07:00	01:33:10:00	NEED WE HAVE IN TERMS ALSO IN
01:33:10:00	01:33:11:00	TERMS OF JUST USING MUNICIPAL
01:33:11:00	01:33:14:00	PROPERTIES IF THEY ARE NOT
01:33:14:00	01:33:14:00	NECESSARILY SUITABLE FOR
01:33:14:00	01:33:14:00	HOUSING.
01:33:14:00	01:33:15:00	THERE ARE OTHER GOOD PUBLIC
01:33:15:00	01:33:18:00	GOODS THAT WE CAN USE THOSE
01:33:18:00	01:33:19:00	BUILDINGS FOR AS WELL NOT JUST
01:33:19:00	01:33:19:00	HOUSING.
01:33:19:00	01:33:22:00	WE SHOULDN'T JUST WRITE IT OFF
01:33:22:00	01:33:22:00	CHILD CARE NONPROFIT SPACES OUR
01:33:22:00	01:33:25:00	NONPROFITS ARE BEING FORCED OUT
01:33:25:00	01:33:26:00	OF THE CITY BECAUSE OF HIGH
01:33:26:00	01:33:29:00	RENTALS AT THIS POINT.
01:33:29:00	01:33:30:00	FOOD ACCESS THERE'S LOTS
01:33:30:00	01:33:33:00	OF OTHER PUBLIC NEEDS THAT IN
01:33:33:00	01:33:34:00	THE EVENT OF A BUILDING NOT
01:33:34:00	01:33:34:00	BEING SUITABLE FOR HOUSING THAT
01:33:34:00	01:33:37:00	WE SHOULD ALSO CONSIDER OTHER
01:33:37:00	01:33:37:00	USES THAT MAY BE FOR THE PUBLIC
01:33:37:00	01:33:38:00	GOOD.
01:33:38:00	01:33:38:00	THANK YOU.
01:33:38:00	01:33:40:00	THANK YOU.
01:33:40:00	01:33:41:00	IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
01:33:41:00	01:33:44:00	ON THIS MATTER WITH ANYONE ELSE
01:33:44:00	01:33:49:00	LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?
01:33:49:00	01:33:49:00	MADAM CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE ADD
01:33:49:00	01:33:50:00	COUNCILOR BREADON CASCADE AS A
01:33:50:00	01:33:51:00	PARTNER?
01:33:51:00	01:33:52:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN
01:33:52:00	01:33:52:00	COUNCILOR FINANCE ANDERSON
01:33:52:00	01:33:57:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCIL WEBER
01:33:57:00	01:33:58:00	THANK YOU DUNCAN NUMBER 1276
01:33:58:00	01:33:59:00	WILL BE REFERRED TO THE
01:33:59:00	01:34:02:00	COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT
01:34:02:00	01:34:02:00	OPERATIONS.
01:34:02:00	01:34:05:00	MADAM CLERK, PLEASE READ DOCKET
01:34:05:00	01:34:08:00	NUMBER 1 TO 7 SEVEN DOCKET
01:34:08:00	01:34:08:00	NUMBER 1277.
01:34:08:00	01:34:09:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE OFFER THE
01:34:09:00	01:34:12:00	FOLLOWING PETITION FOR A
01:34:12:00	01:34:13:00	SPECIAL LAW REGARDING RELATIVE
01:34:13:00	01:34:15:00	TO CITY OF BOSTON CERTIFIED
01:34:15:00	01:34:19:00	EMERGENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
01:34:19:00	01:34:19:00	THANK YOU.
01:34:19:00	01:34:20:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:34:20:00	01:34:20:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE
01:34:20:00	01:34:20:00	COUNCIL.
01:34:20:00	01:34:22:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:34:22:00	01:34:23:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:34:23:00	01:34:26:00	MR CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO ADD
01:34:26:00	01:34:27:00	YOURSELF AS AN ORIGINAL
01:34:27:00	01:34:27:00	CO-SPONSOR.
01:34:27:00	01:34:28:00	I AM SO ADDED AS THE ORIGINAL
01:34:28:00	01:34:31:00	CO-SPONSOR YOU OF THE FLOOR.
01:34:31:00	01:34:32:00	THANK YOU.
01:34:32:00	01:34:33:00	I AM PRESENTING TO TERM A
01:34:33:00	01:34:34:00	PETITION THAT SEEKS TO FIX WHAT
01:34:34:00	01:34:35:00	I BELIEVE TO BE AN OVERSIGHT IN
01:34:35:00	01:34:37:00	OUR CLASSIFICATION OF 911
01:34:37:00	01:34:37:00	DISPATCHER.
01:34:37:00	01:34:37:00	OUR CITY'S EMERGENCY
01:34:37:00	01:34:38:00	DISPATCHERS PLAY AN
01:34:38:00	01:34:41:00	INDISPENSABLE ROLE IN OUR
01:34:41:00	01:34:41:00	PUBLIC SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE
01:34:41:00	01:34:42:00	MANAGING EMERGENCY
01:34:42:00	01:34:45:00	COMMUNICATIONS, OFFERING
01:34:45:00	01:34:45:00	CRITICAL MEDICAL GUIDANCE AND
01:34:45:00	01:34:46:00	SERVING AS A PRIMARY POINT
01:34:46:00	01:34:49:00	OF CONTACT DURING THE INITIAL
01:34:49:00	01:34:49:00	CRISIS.
01:34:49:00	01:34:50:00	YET DESPITE THE HIGH STAKES
01:34:50:00	01:34:52:00	STRESS AND PRESSURE INHERENT IN
01:34:52:00	01:34:53:00	THEIR IN THE IN THEIR ROLES,
01:34:53:00	01:34:54:00	THESE DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS
01:34:54:00	01:34:56:00	ARE CURRENTLY MISCLASSIFIED AS
01:34:56:00	01:34:57:00	CLERICAL WORKERS UNDER STATE
01:34:57:00	01:34:57:00	AND FEDERAL SYSTEMS.
01:34:57:00	01:35:01:00	AND I WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT
01:35:01:00	01:35:01:00	OUT TO THOMAS MCKEEVER AND THE
01:35:01:00	01:35:04:00	FOLKS OVER AND FORMERLY TONY.
01:35:04:00	01:35:05:00	HE WAS IT WAS NOW WITH THE AIR
01:35:05:00	01:35:07:00	BUT OF LOCAL 888 SEIU LOCAL 888
01:35:07:00	01:35:11:00	AND THE COALITION OF UNIONS WHO
01:35:11:00	01:35:11:00	ARE SUPPORTING THIS MEASURE.
01:35:11:00	01:35:12:00	THEIR CURRENT CLASSIFICATION
01:35:12:00	01:35:15:00	FAILS TO RECOGNIZE THE
01:35:15:00	01:35:15:00	COMPLEXITY, STRESS AND
01:35:15:00	01:35:18:00	ESSENTIAL FIRST RESPONDER
01:35:18:00	01:35:18:00	NATURE OF THEIR WORK, LEAVING
01:35:18:00	01:35:19:00	THEM EXCLUDED FROM IMPORTANT
01:35:19:00	01:35:21:00	BENEFITS AND RECOGNITION
01:35:21:00	01:35:22:00	AFFORDED TO OTHER FIRST
01:35:22:00	01:35:22:00	RESPONDERS.
01:35:22:00	01:35:25:00	WE I BELIEVE A FEW YEARS AGO
01:35:25:00	01:35:26:00	RECOGNIZE THEM AS IMPORTANT
01:35:26:00	01:35:27:00	FIRST RESPONDERS HERE IN OUR
01:35:27:00	01:35:28:00	CITY.
01:35:28:00	01:35:29:00	ACCORDING TO A 2020 REPORT FROM
01:35:29:00	01:35:32:00	THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
01:35:32:00	01:35:35:00	OF STATE 911 ADMINISTRATORS,
01:35:35:00	01:35:35:00	82% OF DISPATCHERS REPORTED
01:35:35:00	01:35:36:00	THEIR FACILITIES WERE
01:35:36:00	01:35:36:00	UNDERSTAFFED.
01:35:36:00	01:35:42:00	75% REPORTED STAFF BURNOUT AND
01:35:42:00	01:35:42:00	56% REPORTED WORK RELATED
01:35:42:00	01:35:43:00	ANXIETY IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS.
01:35:43:00	01:35:46:00	I KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON
01:35:46:00	01:35:46:00	THAT HEARS FROM OUR RESIDENTS
01:35:46:00	01:35:48:00	CONSTITUENTS WHO CAN'T TAKE
01:35:48:00	01:35:49:00	TIME OFF FOR A GRADUATION OR
01:35:49:00	01:35:50:00	THEIR BIRTHDAY OR SOMEONE
01:35:50:00	01:35:53:00	ELSE'S BIRTHDAY BECAUSE OF THE
01:35:53:00	01:35:56:00	UNDERSTAFFING IN THE AMONG OUR
01:35:56:00	01:35:57:00	911 DISPATCHER.
01:35:57:00	01:35:57:00	THIS HOMER PETITION SEEKS SEEKS
01:35:57:00	01:36:00:00	TO PROPERLY CLASSIFIED THESE
01:36:00:00	01:36:00:00	EMPLOYEES TO ALIGN THEIR
01:36:00:00	01:36:01:00	OFFICIAL STATUS WITH THE
01:36:01:00	01:36:02:00	EXTENSIVE TRAINING AND CRITICAL
01:36:02:00	01:36:05:00	RESPONSIBILITY THESE THEIR
01:36:05:00	01:36:05:00	ROLES REQUIRE.
01:36:05:00	01:36:06:00	IT GIVES THEM THE RESPECT AND
01:36:06:00	01:36:08:00	BENEFITS THEY'RE CHALLENGING
01:36:08:00	01:36:09:00	AND VITAL WORK DESERVES.
01:36:09:00	01:36:12:00	TO.
01:36:12:00	01:36:13:00	THEY DESERVE AND IT KEEPS OUR
01:36:13:00	01:36:13:00	COMMUNITY SAFE.
01:36:13:00	01:36:17:00	I URGE YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS
01:36:17:00	01:36:17:00	NECESSARY STEP IN ENSURING THAT
01:36:17:00	01:36:18:00	OUR EMERGENCY
01:36:18:00	01:36:18:00	TELECOMMUNICATIONS RECEIVE THE
01:36:18:00	01:36:21:00	RECOGNITION, DIGNITY AND
01:36:21:00	01:36:21:00	BENEFITS THEY THEY RIGHTLY AND
01:36:21:00	01:36:25:00	RICHLY DESERVE.
01:36:25:00	01:36:26:00	I KNOW MANY OF US HAVE BEEN AND
01:36:26:00	01:36:28:00	VISITED THE NINE OF DISPATCHERS
01:36:28:00	01:36:28:00	FACILITIES AND KNOW JUST HOW
01:36:28:00	01:36:31:00	HARD THEY WORK AND HOW MUCH
01:36:31:00	01:36:32:00	THEY WORK UNDER DURESS.
01:36:32:00	01:36:32:00	AND SO I HOPE TO HAVE MY
01:36:32:00	01:36:35:00	COLLEAGUES SUPPORT IN THIS AND
01:36:35:00	01:36:36:00	I THANK THE UNIONS WHO HAVE
01:36:36:00	01:36:36:00	BROUGHT THIS BOARD TO MY
01:36:36:00	01:36:37:00	ATTENTION.
01:36:37:00	01:36:39:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR CHAIR.
01:36:39:00	01:36:40:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:36:40:00	01:36:41:00	AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS
01:36:41:00	01:36:43:00	FORWARD.
01:36:43:00	01:36:44:00	I ALSO THANK YOU TO THE UNION
01:36:44:00	01:36:45:00	FOR THEIR ADVOCACY AND WE KNOW
01:36:45:00	01:36:47:00	HOW IMPORTANT ON 911
01:36:47:00	01:36:47:00	DISPATCHERS ARE.
01:36:47:00	01:36:48:00	YOU DON'T NEED TO BE IN PATROL
01:36:48:00	01:36:51:00	TO BE A FRONTLINE WORKER AND WE
01:36:51:00	01:36:51:00	NEED THE FIRST VOICE SOMEONE
01:36:51:00	01:36:54:00	HERE IN A TIME OF NEED.
01:36:54:00	01:36:54:00	YOU ARE ESSENTIAL.
01:36:54:00	01:36:55:00	THE LAW SAYS THESE WORKERS ARE
01:36:55:00	01:36:58:00	CLERICAL.
01:36:58:00	01:36:59:00	I SAY THAT THEY'RE NOT
01:36:59:00	01:36:59:00	CLERICAL.
01:36:59:00	01:36:59:00	THEY ARE CRITICAL.
01:36:59:00	01:37:00:00	SO LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING
01:37:00:00	01:37:02:00	THIS PASSED AND LOOKING FORWARD
01:37:02:00	01:37:02:00	TO WORKING WITH YOU.
01:37:02:00	01:37:06:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE.
01:37:06:00	01:37:06:00	WE DO HAVE LIGHT.
01:37:06:00	01:37:07:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:37:07:00	01:37:07:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCIL.
01:37:07:00	01:37:09:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:37:09:00	01:37:10:00	THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR
01:37:10:00	01:37:13:00	BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
01:37:13:00	01:37:14:00	I RISE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF THIS
01:37:14:00	01:37:17:00	HOMER PETITION WHICH SEEKS TO
01:37:17:00	01:37:19:00	RECLASSIFIED BOSTON CERTIFIED
01:37:19:00	01:37:20:00	911 DISPATCHER AS OUR EMERGENCY
01:37:20:00	01:37:24:00	TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
01:37:24:00	01:37:25:00	I'VE LONG ADVOCATED FOR THE
01:37:25:00	01:37:28:00	RECOGNITION, SUPPORT AND
01:37:28:00	01:37:28:00	COMPENSATION FOR THESE
01:37:28:00	01:37:31:00	PROFESSIONALS DESERVE.
01:37:31:00	01:37:32:00	THIS LEGISLATION IS NOT JUST
01:37:32:00	01:37:35:00	SYMBOLIC IT'S STRUCTURAL.
01:37:35:00	01:37:36:00	IT WILL FINALLY ALIGN THEIR
01:37:36:00	01:37:36:00	CLASSIFICATION WITH THE COMPLEX
01:37:36:00	01:37:39:00	HIGH STAKES AND LIFESAVING WORK
01:37:39:00	01:37:40:00	THEY PERFORM EVERY SINGLE DAY.
01:37:40:00	01:37:43:00	DISPATCHERS ARE OFTEN THE FIRST
01:37:43:00	01:37:44:00	VOICE ON THE LINE DURING
01:37:44:00	01:37:47:00	SOMEONE'S WORST MOMENT WHETHER
01:37:47:00	01:37:48:00	IT'S A MEDICAL EMERGENCY OR A
01:37:48:00	01:37:51:00	VIOLENT SITUATION OR A MENTAL
01:37:51:00	01:37:51:00	HEALTH CRISIS.
01:37:51:00	01:37:54:00	THEY DE-ESCALATE, GATHER
01:37:54:00	01:37:55:00	CRITICAL INFORMATION, DISPATCH
01:37:55:00	01:37:56:00	APPROPRIATE HELP AND IN MANY
01:37:56:00	01:37:59:00	CASES PROVIDE LIFESAVING
01:37:59:00	01:38:01:00	INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FIRST
01:38:01:00	01:38:02:00	RESPONDERS EVEN ARRIVE.
01:38:02:00	01:38:02:00	DESPITE THIS, THEY'VE BEEN
01:38:02:00	01:38:05:00	WRONGLY CATEGORIZED AS CLERICAL
01:38:05:00	01:38:05:00	WORKERS LEAVING THEM EXCLUDED
01:38:05:00	01:38:09:00	FROM THE BENEFITS AND
01:38:09:00	01:38:09:00	PROTECTIONS AFFORDED TO OTHER
01:38:09:00	01:38:09:00	PEOPLE.
01:38:09:00	01:38:12:00	PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL.
01:38:12:00	01:38:13:00	AND THAT MUST CHANGE.
01:38:13:00	01:38:17:00	MY TEAM AND I HAVE VISITED ON
01:38:17:00	01:38:17:00	MORE THAN ONE OCCASION THE 911
01:38:17:00	01:38:21:00	DISPATCH CENTER AT THE BOSTON
01:38:21:00	01:38:21:00	POLICE HEADQUARTERS AND WE'VE
01:38:21:00	01:38:22:00	WITNESSED FIRSTHAND THE
01:38:22:00	01:38:24:00	INTENSITY OF THEIR WORK, THE
01:38:24:00	01:38:25:00	PROFESSIONALISM THEY BRING TO
01:38:25:00	01:38:28:00	EVERY CALL AND THE EMOTIONAL
01:38:28:00	01:38:29:00	TOLL THAT COMES WITH THIS ROLE.
01:38:29:00	01:38:32:00	WE'LL BE VISITING AGAIN IN THE
01:38:32:00	01:38:33:00	COMING DAYS AS WE CONTINUE TO
01:38:33:00	01:38:35:00	ADVOCATE FOR THE DIGNITY, FAIR
01:38:35:00	01:38:36:00	COMPENSATION AND SCHEDULING
01:38:36:00	01:38:36:00	PROTECTIONS THEY HAVE LONG
01:38:36:00	01:38:39:00	DESERVED.
01:38:39:00	01:38:40:00	THIS HOME RULE PETITION IS AN
01:38:40:00	01:38:42:00	ESSENTIAL STEP TOWARDS JUSTICE
01:38:42:00	01:38:43:00	FOR BOSTON'S EMERGENCY
01:38:43:00	01:38:43:00	TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND I KNOW
01:38:43:00	01:38:46:00	THAT MY COLLEAGUES HOPEFULLY
01:38:46:00	01:38:47:00	WILL SUPPORT THIS AS WE GO
01:38:47:00	01:38:47:00	FORWARD.
01:38:47:00	01:38:50:00	AND I DO JUST WANT TO UPLIFT
01:38:50:00	01:38:53:00	THAT EVEN THOUGH 311 IS A
01:38:53:00	01:38:53:00	WONDERFUL SYSTEM TO CALL IN
01:38:53:00	01:38:57:00	POTHOLES AND OTHER ISSUES
01:38:57:00	01:38:57:00	ACROSS THE CITY.
01:38:57:00	01:38:58:00	I HEAR IT TIME AND TIME AGAIN
01:38:58:00	01:39:01:00	FROM POLICE CAPTAINS AND JUST
01:39:01:00	01:39:01:00	COMMUNITY LEADERS AND THE
01:39:01:00	01:39:04:00	POLICE ACROSS THE CITY.
01:39:04:00	01:39:04:00	CALL 911.
01:39:04:00	01:39:05:00	DON'T EVER QUESTION IT.
01:39:05:00	01:39:08:00	THEY ARE GETTING A LOT
01:39:08:00	01:39:08:00	OF CONCERN THAT RESIDENTS DON'T
01:39:08:00	01:39:12:00	KNOW WHEN THEY SHOULD CALL.
01:39:12:00	01:39:13:00	SO PLEASE KNOW, DON'T EVER
01:39:13:00	01:39:13:00	QUESTION IT.
01:39:13:00	01:39:15:00	THEY'LL TELL YOU IF YOU DIDN'T
01:39:15:00	01:39:16:00	CALL FOR THE RIGHT REASON BUT
01:39:16:00	01:39:17:00	DON'T WASTE ANY TIME IF YOU
01:39:17:00	01:39:17:00	NEED THEM THEY'RE THERE TO
01:39:17:00	01:39:20:00	ANSWER THE CALL.
01:39:20:00	01:39:21:00	THANK YOU.
01:39:21:00	01:39:21:00	THANK YOU.
01:39:21:00	01:39:21:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:39:21:00	01:39:22:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL.
01:39:22:00	01:39:23:00	THE OTHER FLOOR.
01:39:23:00	01:39:24:00	THANK YOU.
01:39:24:00	01:39:24:00	THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
01:39:24:00	01:39:27:00	I ALSO RISE TO SUPPORT THIS
01:39:27:00	01:39:31:00	HOME RULE PETITION OPPORTUNITY
01:39:31:00	01:39:31:00	.
01:39:31:00	01:39:34:00	I KNOW THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT
01:39:34:00	01:39:34:00	THE 911 OPERATORS DO EVERY DAY.
01:39:34:00	01:39:38:00	I HAVE VISITED THEM MANY TIMES.
01:39:38:00	01:39:41:00	I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE LOCAL 888
01:39:41:00	01:39:41:00	AND THE WORKERS THERE BUT I
01:39:41:00	01:39:42:00	ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE A FORMER
01:39:42:00	01:39:44:00	COLLEAGUE THAT PROBABLY DID
01:39:44:00	01:39:45:00	MORE ON THIS ISSUE THAN ANYONE
01:39:45:00	01:39:47:00	AND THAT'S
01:39:47:00	01:39:47:00	COUNCILOR MICHAEL FLAHERTY
01:39:47:00	01:39:51:00	OF REAL CHAMPION OF THE 911
01:39:51:00	01:39:51:00	OPERATOR.
01:39:51:00	01:39:55:00	EVEN THOUGH WHAT WE'RE DOING
01:39:55:00	01:39:55:00	MAY IMPACT CONTRACTS, MAY
01:39:55:00	01:39:59:00	IMPACT OTHER ISSUES, THIS IS
01:39:59:00	01:39:59:00	IMPORTANT.
01:39:59:00	01:40:00:00	THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET
01:40:00:00	01:40:03:00	INVOLVED IN THIS ISSUE AND TO
01:40:03:00	01:40:03:00	FIGHT FOR THESE WORKERS.
01:40:03:00	01:40:06:00	THEY CAME TO OUR COLLEAGUES TO
01:40:06:00	01:40:07:00	FIGHT FOR BETTER WORK
01:40:07:00	01:40:11:00	CONDITIONS, BETTER WAGES AND
01:40:11:00	01:40:12:00	THAT'S OUR JOB AS CITY
01:40:12:00	01:40:14:00	COUNCIL IS TO ADVOCATE FOR
01:40:14:00	01:40:14:00	THEM.
01:40:14:00	01:40:17:00	YES, IT MIGHT IMPACT CONTRACTS
01:40:17:00	01:40:22:00	THAT MIGHT HAVE TO BE REVISITED
01:40:22:00	01:40:22:00	AT SOME TIME TO INCLUDE THESE.
01:40:22:00	01:40:25:00	BUT I THINK WHAT IS BEING
01:40:25:00	01:40:26:00	PROPOSED IS EXCELLENT AND IT'S
01:40:26:00	01:40:29:00	WELL WORTH IT AND THIS IS THE
01:40:29:00	01:40:30:00	BODY THAT ADDRESSES THESE TYPES
01:40:30:00	01:40:33:00	OF ISSUES AND STANDS WITH OUR
01:40:33:00	01:40:33:00	CITY WORKERS EVEN DURING
01:40:33:00	01:40:37:00	DIFFICULT CHALLENGES THAT THEY
01:40:37:00	01:40:37:00	FACE ESPECIALLY DURING
01:40:37:00	01:40:41:00	DIFFICULT CHALLENGES THEY FACE.
01:40:41:00	01:40:41:00	THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
01:40:41:00	01:40:41:00	THANK YOU.
01:40:41:00	01:40:46:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:40:46:00	01:40:47:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE
01:40:47:00	01:40:47:00	COUNCILOR TO THE FLOOR.
01:40:47:00	01:40:48:00	OH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY
01:40:48:00	01:40:48:00	CASUALLY FINE.
01:40:48:00	01:40:49:00	THANK YOU FOR THAT AND I'D LOVE
01:40:49:00	01:40:49:00	TO ADD YOU AS A THIRD
01:40:49:00	01:40:50:00	CO-SPONSOR OR CO-SPONSOR IF
01:40:50:00	01:40:50:00	YOU'D LIKE.
01:40:50:00	01:40:52:00	COUNCIL COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU
01:40:52:00	01:40:53:00	HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:40:53:00	01:40:57:00	THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
01:40:57:00	01:40:57:00	THANK YOU.
01:40:57:00	01:40:57:00	THANK YOU.
01:40:57:00	01:41:00:00	COUNCILOR, I'D LIKE THE
01:41:00:00	01:41:01:00	SUSPENSION OF THE RULES
01:41:01:00	01:41:03:00	EXPLAINED AS A THIRD ORIGINAL
01:41:03:00	01:41:04:00	CO-SPONSOR ON THIS FORMAL
01:41:04:00	01:41:04:00	PETITION.
01:41:04:00	01:41:05:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE SEE
01:41:05:00	01:41:08:00	SUSPENSION OF THE RULES TO ADD
01:41:08:00	01:41:08:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN AS ORIGINAL
01:41:08:00	01:41:09:00	CO-SPONSOR SEEING HEARING NO
01:41:09:00	01:41:11:00	OBJECTION.
01:41:11:00	01:41:12:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN SO ADDED IS
01:41:12:00	01:41:13:00	ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON
01:41:13:00	01:41:15:00	THIS MATTER?
01:41:15:00	01:41:15:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
01:41:15:00	01:41:16:00	THEIR NAME?
01:41:16:00	01:41:19:00	MADAM CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE ADD
01:41:19:00	01:41:19:00	COUNCILOR BRADING HAS DECLARED
01:41:19:00	01:41:22:00	AS A PARTY COUNCILOR DURKAN
01:41:22:00	01:41:22:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR.
01:41:22:00	01:41:23:00	COUNCILOR I'M HERE.
01:41:23:00	01:41:23:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
01:41:23:00	01:41:26:00	COUNCILOR PEPEN.
01:41:26:00	01:41:26:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA.
01:41:26:00	01:41:27:00	COUNCILOR WEBER THANK YOU,
01:41:27:00	01:41:27:00	DOCTOR.
01:41:27:00	01:41:29:00	NUMBER 1277 WILL BE REFERRED TO
01:41:29:00	01:41:29:00	THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT
01:41:29:00	01:41:33:00	OPERATING.
01:41:33:00	01:41:34:00	MAN OF CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE
01:41:34:00	01:41:36:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER 1278 DOCKET
01:41:36:00	01:41:36:00	NUMBER 1278.
01:41:36:00	01:41:39:00	COUNCILOR MAY HERE OFFER THE
01:41:39:00	01:41:40:00	FOLLOWING PETITION FOR A
01:41:40:00	01:41:43:00	SPECIAL LAW REGARDING AN ACT
01:41:43:00	01:41:44:00	DIRECTING THE CITY OF BOSTON
01:41:44:00	01:41:47:00	POLICE DEPARTMENT TO WAIVE THE
01:41:47:00	01:41:47:00	MAXIMUM AGE REQUIREMENT FOR
01:41:47:00	01:41:52:00	POLICE OFFICER FOR ALEX DE
01:41:52:00	01:41:52:00	RODRIGUEZ.
01:41:52:00	01:41:52:00	THANK YOU, THE CHAIR AND THIS
01:41:52:00	01:41:53:00	IS COME MEJIA YOU HAVE THE
01:41:53:00	01:41:53:00	FLOOR.
01:41:53:00	01:41:55:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:41:55:00	01:41:55:00	I JUST WANT TO THANK MY
01:41:55:00	01:41:58:00	COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR INDULGENCE
01:41:58:00	01:41:58:00	.
01:41:58:00	01:41:59:00	AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO NAME A
01:41:59:00	01:42:03:00	FEW THINGS BEFORE I DIVE INTO
01:42:03:00	01:42:04:00	THIS IS THAT I JUST WANT A NAME
01:42:04:00	01:42:07:00	FOR THE RECORD FOR THOSE WHO
01:42:07:00	01:42:07:00	ARE TUNING IN AND FOLLOWING US
01:42:07:00	01:42:10:00	IS THAT, YOU KNOW, BEING IN
01:42:10:00	01:42:10:00	THIS CHAMBER REQUIRES A LOT
01:42:10:00	01:42:11:00	OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND
01:42:11:00	01:42:14:00	SOMETIMES WE GET SO PASSIONATE
01:42:14:00	01:42:18:00	THAT WE YOU KNOW, FORGET THAT
01:42:18:00	01:42:18:00	WE ARE IN UNDER THESE
01:42:18:00	01:42:19:00	CONSTRUCTS.
01:42:19:00	01:42:21:00	SO I JUST WANT TO JUST THANK MY
01:42:21:00	01:42:22:00	COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR PATIENCE
01:42:22:00	01:42:25:00	AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO NAME
01:42:25:00	01:42:28:00	HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO ALLOW
01:42:28:00	01:42:29:00	PEOPLE TO BE THEIR FULL SELVES
01:42:29:00	01:42:33:00	IN ANY SPACE THAT THEY WALK
01:42:33:00	01:42:33:00	INTO BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN A
01:42:33:00	01:42:36:00	JOURNEY JUST TO BE IN HERE SO I
01:42:36:00	01:42:37:00	JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR
01:42:37:00	01:42:38:00	YOUR INDULGENCE IN ALLOWING
01:42:38:00	01:42:41:00	PEOPLE TO BE WHO THEY ARE
01:42:41:00	01:42:41:00	BECAUSE WE ALL REPRESENT
01:42:41:00	01:42:44:00	DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEOPLE AND
01:42:44:00	01:42:44:00	THIS IS WHAT YOU GET.
01:42:44:00	01:42:48:00	SO THANK YOU SO TODAY I RISE TO
01:42:48:00	01:42:49:00	FILE A HOME RUN PETITION ON
01:42:49:00	01:42:51:00	BEHALF OF ALEX J RODRIGUEZ, A
01:42:51:00	01:42:52:00	DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANT
01:42:52:00	01:42:55:00	CURRENTLY SERVING AS SERGEANT
01:42:55:00	01:42:55:00	WITH THE BOSTON HOUSING
01:42:55:00	01:42:56:00	AUTHORITY POLICE DEPARTMENT.
01:42:56:00	01:42:59:00	MR RODRIGUEZ IS 42 YEARS OLD
01:42:59:00	01:43:02:00	AND HAS BEEN A COMMITTED TO
01:43:02:00	01:43:05:00	PUBLIC SAFETY SINCE JOINING THE
01:43:05:00	01:43:05:00	DEPARTMENT IN 2022.
01:43:05:00	01:43:09:00	HE HAS TAKEN THE CIVIL SERVICE
01:43:09:00	01:43:10:00	EXAM AND NOW SEEKS TO CONTINUE
01:43:10:00	01:43:10:00	SERVING THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON AS
01:43:10:00	01:43:13:00	A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON POLICE
01:43:13:00	01:43:13:00	DEPARTMENT.
01:43:13:00	01:43:14:00	THIS HOME OR PETITION WILL
01:43:14:00	01:43:18:00	WAIVE THE MAXIMUM AGE
01:43:18:00	01:43:18:00	REQUIREMENT FOR MR RODRIGUEZ'S
01:43:18:00	01:43:21:00	APPOINTMENT ALLOWING HIS NAME
01:43:21:00	01:43:21:00	TO BE CERTIFIED FOR
01:43:21:00	01:43:22:00	CONSIDERATION PROVIDED HE MEETS
01:43:22:00	01:43:26:00	ALL QUALIFICATIONS GIVEN HIS
01:43:26:00	01:43:29:00	LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE, ADVANCED
01:43:29:00	01:43:29:00	TRAINING AND CLEAR DEDICATION
01:43:29:00	01:43:33:00	TO PUBLIC SERVICE, I BELIEVE
01:43:33:00	01:43:34:00	MR RODRIGUEZ DESERVES A FAIR
01:43:34:00	01:43:36:00	OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE HIS
01:43:36:00	01:43:37:00	CAREER IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
01:43:37:00	01:43:38:00	WITHIN THE BOSTON POLICE
01:43:38:00	01:43:41:00	DEPARTMENT.
01:43:41:00	01:43:42:00	WE ARE LOOKING TO SUSPEND AND
01:43:42:00	01:43:44:00	PASS AS WE'VE DONE WITH OTHERS
01:43:44:00	01:43:45:00	TO THIS HOME OR PETITION TODAY
01:43:45:00	01:43:48:00	SO THAT HE MOVE IT SWIFTLY
01:43:48:00	01:43:49:00	THROUGH THE STATE LEGISLATOR
01:43:49:00	01:43:52:00	AND SUPPORT MR RODRIGUEZ AND
01:43:52:00	01:43:53:00	CONTINUING HIS SERVICE TO THE
01:43:53:00	01:43:55:00	CITY OF BOSTON.
01:43:55:00	01:43:56:00	I RESPECTFULLY URGE MY
01:43:56:00	01:43:59:00	COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR SUPPORT
01:43:59:00	01:43:59:00	AND THANK YOU IN ADVANCE.
01:43:59:00	01:44:00:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR MEJIA IS
01:44:00:00	01:44:03:00	ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON
01:44:03:00	01:44:03:00	THIS MATTER?
01:44:03:00	01:44:04:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
01:44:04:00	01:44:08:00	THEIR NAME?
01:44:08:00	01:44:09:00	MADAM CLERK PLEASE.
01:44:09:00	01:44:09:00	THAT COUNCIL WAS GRAYDON
01:44:09:00	01:44:10:00	COLETTE ZAPATA FERNANDO
01:44:10:00	01:44:11:00	ANDERSON FITZGERALD FLYNN
01:44:11:00	01:44:15:00	MURPHY SABINE WEBER PLEASE ADD
01:44:15:00	01:44:15:00	THE CHAIR CASTRO MEJIA
01:44:15:00	01:44:18:00	SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND
01:44:18:00	01:44:23:00	PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1 TO 7
01:44:23:00	01:44:24:00	EIGHT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I
01:44:24:00	01:44:27:00	KNOW ALL THOSE OPPOSED NAY.
01:44:27:00	01:44:27:00	MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
01:44:27:00	01:44:34:00	CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE, CALL
01:44:34:00	01:44:34:00	VOTE ON DOCKET 1278
01:44:34:00	01:44:38:00	COUNCILOR BREADON YES,
01:44:38:00	01:44:41:00	COUNCILOR LOOK AT US ABOUT
01:44:41:00	01:44:42:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN.
01:44:42:00	01:44:42:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON
01:44:42:00	01:44:45:00	YES.
01:44:45:00	01:44:45:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
01:44:45:00	01:44:49:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.
01:44:49:00	01:44:49:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
01:44:49:00	01:44:52:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES.
01:44:52:00	01:44:53:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR PAT
01:44:53:00	01:44:57:00	BROWN COUNCILOR SANTANA
01:44:57:00	01:44:57:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES
01:44:57:00	01:45:04:00	COUNCILOR WE'RE OUT WE WENT ON
01:45:04:00	01:45:07:00	56789 1011 AND OF THEM THANK
01:45:07:00	01:45:07:00	YOU.
01:45:07:00	01:45:09:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1278 HAS PASSED
01:45:09:00	01:45:13:00	AND HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
01:45:13:00	01:45:13:00	MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE
01:45:13:00	01:45:19:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER 1279 DOCKET
01:45:19:00	01:45:23:00	1279 COUNCILOR PAT BROWN OFFER
01:45:23:00	01:45:23:00	THE FOLLOWING PETITION FOR A
01:45:23:00	01:45:26:00	SPECIAL LAW REGARDING AN ACT
01:45:26:00	01:45:27:00	DIRECTING THE CITY OF BOSTON
01:45:27:00	01:45:28:00	POLICE DEPARTMENT TO WAIVE THE
01:45:28:00	01:45:31:00	MAXIMUM AGE REQUIREMENT FOR
01:45:31:00	01:45:34:00	POLICE OFFICER LOUIS CABRAL
01:45:34:00	01:45:35:00	THANK YOU.
01:45:35:00	01:45:35:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:45:35:00	01:45:36:00	COUNCILOR PEPEN, YOU HAVE THE
01:45:36:00	01:45:36:00	FLOOR.
01:45:36:00	01:45:38:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:45:38:00	01:45:39:00	TODAY I PETITION TO WAIVE THE
01:45:39:00	01:45:40:00	MAXIMUM AGE REQUIREMENT FOR
01:45:40:00	01:45:43:00	POLICE FOR LUIS CABRAL.
01:45:43:00	01:45:44:00	LUIS COMES OUT AS A 41 YEAR OLD
01:45:44:00	01:45:47:00	RESIDENT IN REGIONAL HIGH PARK
01:45:47:00	01:45:47:00	BORN IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
01:45:47:00	01:45:50:00	AND RAISED IN BOSTON.
01:45:50:00	01:45:50:00	HE HAS SPENT THE LAST 15 YEARS
01:45:50:00	01:45:51:00	DEDICATED TO BETTERING THE
01:45:51:00	01:45:53:00	LIVES OF FAMILIES ACROSS THE
01:45:53:00	01:45:54:00	CITY.
01:45:54:00	01:45:54:00	HE'S THE HIGH SCHOOL DIRECTOR
01:45:54:00	01:45:56:00	AT THE BREAKTHROUGH GREATER
01:45:56:00	01:45:57:00	BOSTON AND WAS AN ASSOCIATE
01:45:57:00	01:45:58:00	DIRECTOR AT WENTWORTH INSTITUTE
01:45:58:00	01:46:00:00	OF TECHNOLOGY.
01:46:00:00	01:46:01:00	LUIS CABRAL HAS ALWAYS HAD A
01:46:01:00	01:46:02:00	DREAM OF BECOMING A POLICE
01:46:02:00	01:46:05:00	OFFICER AFTER SEEING HIS FATHER
01:46:05:00	01:46:05:00	BECOME ONE IN THE DOMINICAN
01:46:05:00	01:46:06:00	REPUBLIC.
01:46:06:00	01:46:08:00	HE RECENTLY PASSED THE CIVIL
01:46:08:00	01:46:09:00	SERVICE EXAM AND IS READY FOR
01:46:09:00	01:46:12:00	THE NEXT STEP.
01:46:12:00	01:46:12:00	HIS WORK HAS HELPED HIM TO
01:46:12:00	01:46:13:00	DEVELOP INTERPERSONAL SKILLS
01:46:13:00	01:46:16:00	THE ABILITY TO CONNECT WITH
01:46:16:00	01:46:16:00	PEOPLE IN A COMMUNITY CENTER
01:46:16:00	01:46:20:00	MINDSET WHICH WILL MAKE HIM AN
01:46:20:00	01:46:20:00	OUTSTANDING POLICE OFFICER IN
01:46:20:00	01:46:21:00	OUR CITY.
01:46:21:00	01:46:23:00	THIS AGE WAIVER WILL ALLOW HIM
01:46:23:00	01:46:24:00	TO SERVE AND BETTER THIS CITY
01:46:24:00	01:46:24:00	WHILE PURSUING HIS DREAMS.
01:46:24:00	01:46:28:00	I'M ASKING TODAY FOR A
01:46:28:00	01:46:28:00	SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE.
01:46:28:00	01:46:28:00	THANK YOU.
01:46:28:00	01:46:29:00	THANK YOU.
01:46:29:00	01:46:29:00	COUNCILMAN PENN, SEEK
01:46:29:00	01:46:31:00	SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE
01:46:31:00	01:46:32:00	OF DOCKET NUMBER 1279.
01:46:32:00	01:46:35:00	MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
01:46:35:00	01:46:36:00	CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL
01:46:36:00	01:46:40:00	CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 1279.
01:46:40:00	01:46:40:00	COUNCILOR BREADON?
01:46:40:00	01:46:43:00	YES.
01:46:43:00	01:46:43:00	COUNCILOR COLLADO ZAPATA.
01:46:43:00	01:46:43:00	YES.
01:46:43:00	01:46:46:00	CONSOLIDATING
01:46:46:00	01:46:46:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON.
01:46:46:00	01:46:50:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
01:46:50:00	01:46:50:00	YES.
01:46:50:00	01:46:50:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
01:46:50:00	01:46:51:00	YES.
01:46:51:00	01:46:53:00	COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE.
01:46:53:00	01:46:54:00	YES.
01:46:54:00	01:46:54:00	COUNCILOR MEJIA.
01:46:54:00	01:46:57:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
01:46:57:00	01:46:58:00	COUNCILOR PEPEN.
01:46:58:00	01:47:02:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA.
01:47:02:00	01:47:02:00	COUNCILOR WEBER.
01:47:02:00	01:47:02:00	YES.
01:47:02:00	01:47:08:00	COUNCILOR OH 220 456, 1111.
01:47:08:00	01:47:08:00	IT'S TEN.
01:47:08:00	01:47:12:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ
01:47:12:00	01:47:12:00	ACCIDENTALLY SPOKE FOR
01:47:12:00	01:47:12:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN.
01:47:12:00	01:47:13:00	SO IT'S ONLY TEN.
01:47:13:00	01:47:15:00	THERE'S NO VOTE FOR
01:47:15:00	01:47:15:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN.
01:47:15:00	01:47:16:00	OKAY.
01:47:16:00	01:47:16:00	OKAY.
01:47:16:00	01:47:16:00	OKAY.
01:47:16:00	01:47:19:00	SO TEN VOTES IN THE
01:47:19:00	01:47:19:00	AFFIRMATIVE.
01:47:19:00	01:47:20:00	THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED AND HAS
01:47:20:00	01:47:22:00	BEEN ADOPTED.
01:47:22:00	01:47:23:00	MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
01:47:23:00	01:47:29:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER 1280 ADOPTED
01:47:29:00	01:47:29:00	128 SO COUNCILOR FLYNN OFFER
01:47:29:00	01:47:32:00	THE PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW
01:47:32:00	01:47:36:00	REGARDING ART DIRECTED ON THE
01:47:36:00	01:47:36:00	CITY OF BOSTON POLICE
01:47:36:00	01:47:39:00	DEPARTMENT TO WAIVE THE MAXIMUM
01:47:39:00	01:47:40:00	AGE REQUIREMENT FOR ANGEL G
01:47:40:00	01:47:40:00	RIVERA.
01:47:40:00	01:47:43:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:47:43:00	01:47:43:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
01:47:43:00	01:47:44:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE
01:47:44:00	01:47:44:00	FLOOR.
01:47:44:00	01:47:46:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:47:46:00	01:47:47:00	ANGEL RIVERA IS A 41 YEAR OLD
01:47:47:00	01:47:50:00	RESIDENT OF BOSTON.
01:47:50:00	01:47:51:00	HE HAS LIVED IN THE CITY WITH
01:47:51:00	01:47:53:00	HIS FAMILY SINCE 2011.
01:47:53:00	01:47:54:00	HE MOVED TO MASSACHUSETTS
01:47:54:00	01:47:58:00	OF PUERTO RICO THEN LATER
01:47:58:00	01:47:58:00	RELOCATED TO DORCHESTER BEFORE
01:47:58:00	01:48:02:00	SETTLING THE SOUTH END.
01:48:02:00	01:48:03:00	AT THIS TIME ANGEL NEEDS AN AGE
01:48:03:00	01:48:05:00	WAIVER TO JOIN THE FORCE AT THE
01:48:05:00	01:48:06:00	BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT IS A
01:48:06:00	01:48:09:00	U.S. CITIZEN IS ALWAYS WANTED
01:48:09:00	01:48:10:00	SO HIS DREAM OF SERVING AS A
01:48:10:00	01:48:10:00	POLICE OFFICER.
01:48:10:00	01:48:13:00	HE TOOK THE CIVIL SERVICE EXAM
01:48:13:00	01:48:16:00	MULTIPLE TIMES BUT WAS NOT
01:48:16:00	01:48:17:00	CONTACTED OR SELECTED.
01:48:17:00	01:48:17:00	SINCE BEING A RESIDENT IN
01:48:17:00	01:48:21:00	BOSTON, RIVERA HAS WORKED FOR
01:48:21:00	01:48:21:00	EIGHT YEARS AS A SECURITY
01:48:21:00	01:48:25:00	OFFICER IN FIRST RESPONDER WITH
01:48:25:00	01:48:28:00	FIDELITY INVESTMENTS MANAGING
01:48:28:00	01:48:28:00	AND REVIEWING CAMERAS AROUND
01:48:28:00	01:48:29:00	THE SOUTH BOSTON WATERFRONT
01:48:29:00	01:48:32:00	DOWNTOWN AREA.
01:48:32:00	01:48:33:00	TAKING EMERGENCY CALL
01:48:33:00	01:48:36:00	DISPATCHERS AND WORKING WITH
01:48:36:00	01:48:36:00	BOSTON EMS DURING ONSITE
01:48:36:00	01:48:37:00	EMERGENCIES MAINTAINING KEY
01:48:37:00	01:48:40:00	BOXES OPERATING FIRE PANELS,
01:48:40:00	01:48:43:00	ENSURING PUBLIC SAFETY FROM
01:48:43:00	01:48:44:00	2019 TO THE PRESENT.
01:48:44:00	01:48:48:00	RIVERA WORKS AS AN EMPTY AND
01:48:48:00	01:48:49:00	BEATER BUS OPERATOR BUS
01:48:49:00	01:48:52:00	OPERATIONS INSPECTOR AND ON BUS
01:48:52:00	01:48:52:00	MAINTENANCE AND CODING ENSURING
01:48:52:00	01:48:55:00	PASSENGER SAFETY THROUGH
01:48:55:00	01:48:56:00	CONDUCTING ROUTINE VEHICLE
01:48:56:00	01:48:59:00	INSPECTIONS SAFELY OPERATING A
01:48:59:00	01:49:00:00	BUS WITHOUT ACCIDENT, ENSURING
01:49:00:00	01:49:03:00	BUS OPERATORS ARE FIT FOR DUTY,
01:49:03:00	01:49:04:00	MAINTAINING CLOSE COMMUNICATION
01:49:04:00	01:49:12:00	WITH META POLICE AS WELL.
01:49:12:00	01:49:17:00	RIVERA IS ALSO FLUENT IN
01:49:17:00	01:49:20:00	SPANISH AND IN THE COMMUNITY.
01:49:20:00	01:49:21:00	RIVERA SERVES AS A CHAPERON FOR
01:49:21:00	01:49:24:00	THE HURLEY SCHOOL TO AID AND IS
01:49:24:00	01:49:25:00	ACTIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
01:49:25:00	01:49:25:00	CLEANUPS.
01:49:25:00	01:49:28:00	HE IS AN EXPERIENCED AND HARD
01:49:28:00	01:49:28:00	WORKING CANDIDATE WHO IS
01:49:28:00	01:49:31:00	CAPABLE OF WORKING LAW
01:49:31:00	01:49:32:00	ENFORCEMENT.
01:49:32:00	01:49:32:00	I WOULD LIKE TO RESPECTFULLY
01:49:32:00	01:49:35:00	ASK US TO SUSPEND AND PASS ON
01:49:35:00	01:49:36:00	THIS HONORABLE PETITION.
01:49:36:00	01:49:36:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:49:36:00	01:49:39:00	THANK YOU.
01:49:39:00	01:49:40:00	IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
01:49:40:00	01:49:40:00	ON THIS MATTER?
01:49:40:00	01:49:44:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
01:49:44:00	01:49:44:00	THEIR NAME?
01:49:44:00	01:49:44:00	MADAM CLERK, PLEASE.
01:49:44:00	01:49:45:00	I CAN JUST BRAEDON COLETTE
01:49:45:00	01:49:47:00	ZAPATA.
01:49:47:00	01:49:48:00	FERNANDA ANDERSON FITZGERALD
01:49:48:00	01:49:51:00	HERE AT BEN WEBER WORLD.
01:49:51:00	01:49:52:00	PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR COUCH
01:49:52:00	01:49:54:00	OFTEN SEAT SUSPENSION OF THE
01:49:54:00	01:49:57:00	RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET
01:49:57:00	01:49:57:00	NUMBER 1280.
01:49:57:00	01:49:58:00	MADAM COURT, COULD YOU PLEASE
01:49:58:00	01:50:03:00	CONDUCT A ROLL COVER ROLL CALL
01:50:03:00	01:50:04:00	ON DOCKET 1280.
01:50:04:00	01:50:08:00	COUNCILOR OPERATOR.
01:50:08:00	01:50:11:00	YES, COUNCILOR THAT IS A POWER
01:50:11:00	01:50:12:00	COMES BY DURKIN
01:50:12:00	01:50:14:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON
01:50:14:00	01:50:14:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
01:50:14:00	01:50:15:00	YES.
01:50:15:00	01:50:19:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
01:50:19:00	01:50:19:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
01:50:19:00	01:50:22:00	COUNCILOR LET MEJIA OUTSIDE
01:50:22:00	01:50:23:00	MURPHY.
01:50:23:00	01:50:26:00	COUNCILOR OPEN
01:50:26:00	01:50:26:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA.
01:50:26:00	01:50:33:00	COUNSELOR WEBER ON SEVERAL TEN
01:50:33:00	01:50:33:00	.
01:50:33:00	01:50:37:00	THANK YOU.
01:50:37:00	01:50:38:00	THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED AND BEEN
01:50:38:00	01:50:38:00	ADOPTED.
01:50:38:00	01:50:41:00	MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
01:50:41:00	01:50:46:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER 1 TO 8 ONE
01:50:46:00	01:50:47:00	DOCKET 1281.
01:50:47:00	01:50:47:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN OFFER THE
01:50:47:00	01:50:50:00	FOLLOWING ORDER FOR YOU HERE
01:50:50:00	01:50:51:00	AND TO DISCUSS THE COMMUNITY
01:50:51:00	01:50:54:00	PROCESS TO DESIGNATE THE BOSTON
01:50:54:00	01:50:55:00	FISH PIER AS A LANDMARK.
01:50:55:00	01:50:55:00	THANK YOU.
01:50:55:00	01:50:58:00	THE CHALLENGE IS
01:50:58:00	01:50:58:00	COUNCILOR COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU
01:50:58:00	01:50:59:00	HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:50:59:00	01:50:59:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:50:59:00	01:51:01:00	RECENTLY THE CITY OF BOSTON
01:51:01:00	01:51:01:00	STARTED A PROCESS
01:51:01:00	01:51:02:00	OF DESIGNATING THE BOSTON FISH
01:51:02:00	01:51:05:00	PIER AS A BOSTON LANDMARK.
01:51:05:00	01:51:06:00	THIS PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO
01:51:06:00	01:51:09:00	APPEAR ON THE BOSTON LANDMARKS
01:51:09:00	01:51:10:00	COMMISSION AGENDA IN JULY
01:51:10:00	01:51:13:00	WITHOUT ANY COMMUNITY PROCESS
01:51:13:00	01:51:14:00	OR NOTIFICATION TO THE
01:51:14:00	01:51:14:00	NEIGHBORS.
01:51:14:00	01:51:17:00	VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS AND THE
01:51:17:00	01:51:20:00	LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS AS WELL
01:51:20:00	01:51:21:00	.
01:51:21:00	01:51:21:00	NONE OF THE SURROUNDING
01:51:21:00	01:51:22:00	BUSINESSES, RESIDENTS AND THE
01:51:22:00	01:51:25:00	LOCAL OFFICIALS WERE MADE AWARE
01:51:25:00	01:51:25:00	OF THIS PROPOSAL.
01:51:25:00	01:51:28:00	MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT HAS COME
01:51:28:00	01:51:29:00	TO THE PUBLIC'S ATTENTION THAT
01:51:29:00	01:51:30:00	THE CITY IS ACTING ON A
01:51:30:00	01:51:32:00	PETITION FILED IN 1995 MORE
01:51:32:00	01:51:35:00	THAN 30 YEARS AGO.
01:51:35:00	01:51:36:00	THE SOUTH BOSTON WATERFRONT WAS
01:51:36:00	01:51:38:00	A VERY DIFFERENT PLACE 30 YEARS
01:51:38:00	01:51:38:00	AGO.
01:51:38:00	01:51:39:00	VOID OF ALMOST ALL OF THE
01:51:39:00	01:51:42:00	BUILDINGS THE RESIDENTS, THE
01:51:42:00	01:51:43:00	VISITORS, MANY OF THE BUILDINGS
01:51:43:00	01:51:46:00	WE SEE AMONG SEAPORT BOULEVARD
01:51:46:00	01:51:46:00	TODAY WERE ONLY CONSTRUCTED
01:51:46:00	01:51:47:00	OVER THE LAST DECADE.
01:51:47:00	01:51:50:00	I KNOW THIS AREA WELL.
01:51:50:00	01:51:53:00	I WORK THERE AT ANTHONY'S PIER
01:51:53:00	01:51:54:00	FOUR AND HIGH SCHOOL.
01:51:54:00	01:51:57:00	I WAS THE PUPIL THE BOY IN 2017
01:51:57:00	01:52:01:00	2017 THAT WAS A SUCCESSFUL
01:52:01:00	01:52:02:00	EFFORT TO PLACE THE BOSTON FISH
01:52:02:00	01:52:03:00	PIER SITE ON THE NATIONAL
01:52:03:00	01:52:05:00	REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES.
01:52:05:00	01:52:09:00	IN ADDITION, THIS IS A STATUS
01:52:09:00	01:52:09:00	THAT OWNED AND OPERATED
01:52:09:00	01:52:13:00	EFFECTIVELY BY MASSPORT.
01:52:13:00	01:52:13:00	THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.
01:52:13:00	01:52:17:00	IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE SHOULD
01:52:17:00	01:52:18:00	NOT ENGAGE IN THIS PROCESS
01:52:18:00	01:52:20:00	WITHOUT COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
01:52:20:00	01:52:24:00	RESIDENTS DESERVE TO HEAR ABOUT
01:52:24:00	01:52:25:00	WHAT IMPACT PLACING THIS ON A
01:52:25:00	01:52:28:00	HISTORIC LANDMARK WOULD HAVE.
01:52:28:00	01:52:32:00	MOREOVER, MARINE INDUSTRIAL
01:52:32:00	01:52:33:00	USES PROVIDE THOUSANDS OF JOBS
01:52:33:00	01:52:36:00	IN THE PORT OF BOSTON.
01:52:36:00	01:52:36:00	PROTECTING THESE JOBS IS
01:52:36:00	01:52:39:00	CRITICAL AND IN ORDER TO KEEP
01:52:39:00	01:52:40:00	LOW FOR TENANTS, BUILDING
01:52:40:00	01:52:43:00	OWNERS MAY NEED TO BE FLEXIBLE
01:52:43:00	01:52:43:00	WITH THEIR SPACES TO SUPPORT
01:52:43:00	01:52:47:00	THESE SEAFOOD BUSINESSES.
01:52:47:00	01:52:47:00	MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT WORK
01:52:47:00	01:52:48:00	THERE ARE IMMIGRANTS.
01:52:48:00	01:52:51:00	THEY WORK HARD.
01:52:51:00	01:52:51:00	THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A
01:52:51:00	01:52:52:00	COLLEGE DEGREE.
01:52:52:00	01:52:54:00	BUT WHAT THEY DO IS THEY
01:52:54:00	01:52:55:00	PROVIDE CRITICAL ROLE TO
01:52:55:00	01:52:58:00	BOSTON'S ECONOMY AND TO NEW
01:52:58:00	01:52:59:00	ENGLAND'S ECONOMY AS WELL.
01:52:59:00	01:53:03:00	SOME OF THEM WORK TEN, 12, 14
01:53:03:00	01:53:04:00	HOURS A DAY TO SUPPORT THEIR
01:53:04:00	01:53:07:00	FAMILIES.
01:53:07:00	01:53:07:00	DESIGNATING A HISTORIC LANDMARK
01:53:07:00	01:53:10:00	REQUIRES THOUGHTFUL
01:53:10:00	01:53:11:00	CONSIDERATION AND DEBATE.
01:53:11:00	01:53:14:00	IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS WE KEEP
01:53:14:00	01:53:15:00	COMING BACK TO THE SAME ISSUE.
01:53:15:00	01:53:16:00	RESIDENTS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD
01:53:16:00	01:53:19:00	DESERVING A VOICE IN WHAT TAKES
01:53:19:00	01:53:20:00	PLACE THEIR NEIGHBORS AND A
01:53:20:00	01:53:23:00	COMMUNITY THEY ARE ELECTED
01:53:23:00	01:53:23:00	OFFICIALS.
01:53:23:00	01:53:25:00	THE IMPACTED BUSINESSES
01:53:25:00	01:53:26:00	STAKEHOLDERS DESERVE A THOROUGH
01:53:26:00	01:53:29:00	PUBLIC PROCESS WHEN IT COMES TO
01:53:29:00	01:53:30:00	MATTERS BEFORE OUR VARIOUS CITY
01:53:30:00	01:53:33:00	BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
01:53:33:00	01:53:34:00	THIS HAS NOT TAKEN PLACE YET.
01:53:34:00	01:53:37:00	IT CAN'T GO BEFORE A VOTE
01:53:37:00	01:53:37:00	WITHOUT ANY PUBLIC INPUT.
01:53:37:00	01:53:41:00	RESIDENTS DESERVE TO HAVE A
01:53:41:00	01:53:41:00	VOICE.
01:53:41:00	01:53:42:00	I WOULD ASK THE CITY NOT TO
01:53:42:00	01:53:44:00	PLACE THIS ON THE AGENDA BUT TO
01:53:44:00	01:53:45:00	HAVE A THOROUGH COMMUNITY
01:53:45:00	01:53:49:00	PROCESS.
01:53:49:00	01:53:49:00	IT IT'S MASSPORT THE LAND IT'S
01:53:49:00	01:53:52:00	NOT CITY OF BOSTON LAND.
01:53:52:00	01:53:53:00	WE NEED TO SUPPORT THE CURRENT
01:53:53:00	01:53:56:00	BUSINESSES THAT THERE 99%
01:53:56:00	01:53:59:00	OF THEM ARE FISH RELATED FISH
01:53:59:00	01:53:59:00	PROCESSING BUSINESSES.
01:53:59:00	01:54:00:00	THEY NEED OUR SUPPORT.
01:54:00:00	01:54:04:00	THEY DON'T NEED THE CITY
01:54:04:00	01:54:05:00	OF BOSTON PUTTING HURDLES IN
01:54:05:00	01:54:05:00	THEIR WAY.
01:54:05:00	01:54:05:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:54:05:00	01:54:08:00	THANK YOU.
01:54:08:00	01:54:09:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN, IS ANYONE ELSE
01:54:09:00	01:54:11:00	LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER
01:54:11:00	01:54:11:00	?
01:54:11:00	01:54:12:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
01:54:12:00	01:54:15:00	THEIR NAME?
01:54:15:00	01:54:15:00	MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS
01:54:15:00	01:54:19:00	COLETTE AS A PARTNER FOR THE
01:54:19:00	01:54:19:00	ENGINEERS IN FITZGERALD
01:54:19:00	01:54:19:00	MCGUIRE.
01:54:19:00	01:54:27:00	MURPHY THEN WORLD PLEASE ADD
01:54:27:00	01:54:27:00	COUNCILOR BREADON.
01:54:27:00	01:54:27:00	YES.
01:54:27:00	01:54:31:00	I HAVE A QUESTION.
01:54:31:00	01:54:32:00	THAT'S COUNCILOR BREADON TO
01:54:32:00	01:54:33:00	CHAIR.
01:54:33:00	01:54:36:00	YOU MAY ASK THE QUESTION.
01:54:36:00	01:54:37:00	YEAH.
01:54:37:00	01:54:37:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN, I JUST WAS
01:54:37:00	01:54:40:00	WONDERING IF THE FISH PIER IS
01:54:40:00	01:54:44:00	ALREADY ON THE NATIONAL FOR
01:54:44:00	01:54:47:00	HISTORIC LANDMARKS.
01:54:47:00	01:54:51:00	HOW HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THE
01:54:51:00	01:54:55:00	PROCESS OF DESIGNATING IT A
01:54:55:00	01:54:56:00	BOSTON LANDMARK LIKE A LOCAL
01:54:56:00	01:54:56:00	LANDMARK?
01:54:56:00	01:55:00:00	IT SEEMS ALREADY IT IS ALREADY
01:55:00:00	01:55:03:00	RECOGNIZED AS A HISTORIC
01:55:03:00	01:55:03:00	LANDMARK.
01:55:03:00	01:55:04:00	SO I JUST WANTED SOME
01:55:04:00	01:55:04:00	CLARIFICATION.
01:55:04:00	01:55:04:00	THANK YOU.
01:55:04:00	01:55:07:00	THANK YOU.
01:55:07:00	01:55:08:00	CAPTAIN FLYNN, IF YOU'D LIKE TO
01:55:08:00	01:55:08:00	RESPOND TO THE CHAIR, YOU MAY
01:55:08:00	01:55:11:00	WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
01:55:11:00	01:55:11:00	COUNCIL BRIGHTON.
01:55:11:00	01:55:12:00	VERY GOOD QUESTION.
01:55:12:00	01:55:14:00	YES, IT IS ON THE NATIONAL
01:55:14:00	01:55:14:00	HISTORIC LANDMARK.
01:55:14:00	01:55:15:00	IT'S DESIGNATED A NATIONAL
01:55:15:00	01:55:18:00	HISTORIC LANDMARK.
01:55:18:00	01:55:19:00	ADDITIONALLY, AS I MENTIONED,
01:55:19:00	01:55:22:00	IT'S MANAGED AND OWNED BY
01:55:22:00	01:55:25:00	MASSPORT, WHICH IS A STATE
01:55:25:00	01:55:26:00	AGENCY.
01:55:26:00	01:55:30:00	THERE'S REALLY NO ROLE THAT THE
01:55:30:00	01:55:30:00	THAT THE CITY OF BOSTON NEEDS
01:55:30:00	01:55:33:00	TO PLAY AS IT RELATES TO
01:55:33:00	01:55:34:00	HISTORIC LANDMARK.
01:55:34:00	01:55:34:00	THAT HISTORIC LANDMARK IS
01:55:34:00	01:55:38:00	ALREADY THERE AND IT'S THERE
01:55:38:00	01:55:38:00	FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
01:55:38:00	01:55:42:00	I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY TO
01:55:42:00	01:55:45:00	HAVE THE CITY GOVERNMENT ALSO
01:55:45:00	01:55:46:00	PLACE IT ON A HISTORIC LANDMARK
01:55:46:00	01:55:49:00	AS WELL.
01:55:49:00	01:55:49:00	BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU,
01:55:49:00	01:55:50:00	CASTLE BRIGHTON FOR ASKING THAT
01:55:50:00	01:55:52:00	IMPORTANT QUESTION.
01:55:52:00	01:55:53:00	THANK YOU.
01:55:53:00	01:55:53:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:55:53:00	01:55:54:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR.
01:55:54:00	01:55:55:00	THANK YOU.
01:55:55:00	01:55:56:00	I JUST WANTED TO RISE AFTER
01:55:56:00	01:55:57:00	COUNCILOR BRAYTON ASSET
01:55:57:00	01:56:00:00	QUESTION TO JUST I'M NOT SURE
01:56:00:00	01:56:01:00	IF EVERYONE KNOWS BUT WE VOTED
01:56:01:00	01:56:03:00	EARLIER ON THE OLD SALT MEETING
01:56:03:00	01:56:04:00	HOUSE CHURCH AND THAT IS ALSO
01:56:04:00	01:56:04:00	ALREADY ON THE NATIONAL
01:56:04:00	01:56:07:00	HISTORICAL THANK YOU.
01:56:07:00	01:56:08:00	OKAY.
01:56:08:00	01:56:08:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
01:56:08:00	01:56:09:00	ON THIS MATTER?
01:56:09:00	01:56:12:00	OKAY.
01:56:12:00	01:56:13:00	I THINK WE'RE READY THAT.
01:56:13:00	01:56:13:00	OKAY.
01:56:13:00	01:56:13:00	THANK YOU.
01:56:13:00	01:56:14:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1 TO 8 ONE WILL
01:56:14:00	01:56:15:00	BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
01:56:15:00	01:56:18:00	PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND
01:56:18:00	01:56:18:00	TRANSPORTATION.
01:56:18:00	01:56:21:00	OKAY, WE ARE ONTO DOCKET NUMBER
01:56:21:00	01:56:22:00	1282.
01:56:22:00	01:56:23:00	I'M NOT SURE IF THAT WILL TRY
01:56:23:00	01:56:25:00	TO WORK ON IT.
01:56:25:00	01:56:26:00	TRY TO WORK ON THAT.
01:56:26:00	01:56:29:00	I AS I SAID, I ALSO ALWAYS HAVE
01:56:29:00	01:56:29:00	MY TIMER GOING SO JUST SPONSORS
01:56:29:00	01:56:31:00	YOU HAVE 3 MINUTES I IT USUALLY
01:56:31:00	01:56:32:00	DOESN'T MAKE NOISE BUT I WILL I
01:56:32:00	01:56:36:00	WILL I WILL RIGHT NOW TRY TO
01:56:36:00	01:56:37:00	MAKE IT SO THAT FOLKS KNOW WHEN
01:56:37:00	01:56:39:00	THEIR TIME IS UP AND IF IT'S
01:56:39:00	01:56:40:00	NOT WORKING THEN I WILL I WILL
01:56:40:00	01:56:40:00	STATE THAT.
01:56:40:00	01:56:43:00	OKAY.
01:56:43:00	01:56:44:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:56:44:00	01:56:44:00	COUNCILOR TEN OH BEFORE THAT
01:56:44:00	01:56:45:00	MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
01:56:45:00	01:56:49:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER 1 TO 8 TO
01:56:49:00	01:56:50:00	DOCKET NUMBER 128 TO
01:56:50:00	01:56:50:00	COUNCIL ARE PREPARED AND
01:56:50:00	01:56:52:00	LOUIJEUNE OFFER THE FOLLOWING
01:56:52:00	01:56:53:00	ORDER FOR YOU HERE IN REGARDING
01:56:53:00	01:56:56:00	THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL EXAM
01:56:56:00	01:56:57:00	SCHOOL ADMISSIONS POLICY AND
01:56:57:00	01:57:01:00	PROPOSED CHANGES.
01:57:01:00	01:57:01:00	THANK YOU THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:57:01:00	01:57:02:00	COME FROM A PEN HAS A PEN YOU
01:57:02:00	01:57:04:00	HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:57:04:00	01:57:04:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND
01:57:04:00	01:57:05:00	THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
01:57:05:00	01:57:07:00	OF CO-SPONSOR ON THIS IMPORTANT
01:57:07:00	01:57:08:00	HEARING ORDER LAST WEEK ON
01:57:08:00	01:57:11:00	TUESDAY EVENING WE HEARD AT THE
01:57:11:00	01:57:12:00	BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF THE
01:57:12:00	01:57:14:00	FINDINGS OF THE FIVE YEAR PLAN
01:57:14:00	01:57:14:00	OF THE NEW ADMISSIONS POLICY
01:57:14:00	01:57:17:00	THAT WAS PUT INTO PLACE AND
01:57:17:00	01:57:18:00	THEY WERE PRESENTED OF THE
01:57:18:00	01:57:18:00	OUTCOMES.
01:57:18:00	01:57:21:00	I'M A PROUD GRADUATE OF THE
01:57:21:00	01:57:22:00	JOHN O'BRIEN OF THE ONE OF THE
01:57:22:00	01:57:23:00	BOSTON EXAM SCHOOLS AND I
01:57:23:00	01:57:25:00	PERSONALLY KNOW HOW THE
01:57:25:00	01:57:25:00	EXAMPLES CAN BENEFIT STUDENTS.
01:57:25:00	01:57:29:00	I WANT TO HOLD A HEARING TO
01:57:29:00	01:57:30:00	DISCUSS THE CHANGES OF THE
01:57:30:00	01:57:32:00	ADMISSION POLICY OF THE
01:57:32:00	01:57:32:00	PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS BUT ALSO
01:57:32:00	01:57:33:00	OF THAT BEFORE WE SHOULD WORK
01:57:33:00	01:57:36:00	TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY STUDENT
01:57:36:00	01:57:37:00	IN BOSTON HAS THE OPPORTUNITY
01:57:37:00	01:57:39:00	TO RECEIVE AN OUTSTANDING
01:57:39:00	01:57:40:00	EDUCATION BUT ALSO TAKE IT IN
01:57:40:00	01:57:43:00	MIND THAT THOSE POLICIES THAT
01:57:43:00	01:57:44:00	WERE INSTALLED THAT WERE PUT IN
01:57:44:00	01:57:46:00	PLACE FIVE YEARS AGO THEY WERE
01:57:46:00	01:57:47:00	PUT OUT THERE FOR A REASON.
01:57:47:00	01:57:49:00	THEY WERE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY
01:57:49:00	01:57:50:00	FOR STUDENTS IN CERTAIN PARTS
01:57:50:00	01:57:53:00	OF THE CITY THAT MAY NOT HAVE
01:57:53:00	01:57:54:00	THE RIGHT RESOURCES.
01:57:54:00	01:57:54:00	THE PARENTS AREN'T ABLE TO GIVE
01:57:54:00	01:57:55:00	THEM THE SAME TYPE OF SUPPORT
01:57:55:00	01:57:58:00	OR THE SCHOOL DOESN'T HAVE THE
01:57:58:00	01:57:58:00	TYPE OF FUNDING TO MAKE SURE
01:57:58:00	01:58:00:00	THAT THEY HAD THE SAME SHOT
01:58:00:00	01:58:01:00	GETTING INTO AN EXAM SCHOOL
01:58:01:00	01:58:01:00	COMPARED TO OTHER SCHOOLS.
01:58:01:00	01:58:03:00	SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
01:58:03:00	01:58:05:00	ARE NOT TAKING A STEP BACK
01:58:05:00	01:58:05:00	INEQUITY WHILE ALSO
01:58:05:00	01:58:08:00	ACKNOWLEDGING THAT SOME OTHER
01:58:08:00	01:58:09:00	PARENTS SOME OF THEIR STUDENTS
01:58:09:00	01:58:12:00	WERE GETTING THE HIGH SCORES TO
01:58:12:00	01:58:13:00	BE ABLE TO GET INTO THE EXAM
01:58:13:00	01:58:13:00	SCHOOL BUT WE'RE NOT GETTING
01:58:13:00	01:58:13:00	ADMITTED.
01:58:13:00	01:58:16:00	SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
01:58:16:00	01:58:17:00	ARE TAKING ALL OF THESE
01:58:17:00	01:58:17:00	PERSPECTIVES INTO CONSIDERATION
01:58:17:00	01:58:20:00	WHILE ENSURING THAT EQUITY IS
01:58:20:00	01:58:20:00	AT THE FOREFRONT OF ALL OF THIS
01:58:20:00	01:58:21:00	SO THAT STUDENTS WHO ONCE GOT A
01:58:21:00	01:58:23:00	SHOT ARE NOT NOW BEING TAKEN
01:58:23:00	01:58:23:00	AWAY.
01:58:23:00	01:58:24:00	THAT OPPORTUNITY AND AGAIN AS
01:58:24:00	01:58:27:00	AN EXAM SCHOOL ALUMNI OF THE
01:58:27:00	01:58:30:00	JOHN O'BRIEN I KNOW HOW ONE THE
01:58:30:00	01:58:30:00	FOUR EXAM SCHOOLS ARE.
01:58:30:00	01:58:33:00	BUT I WANT TO ALSO MENTION IN
01:58:33:00	01:58:34:00	THIS CONVERSATION THAT WE ALSO
01:58:34:00	01:58:37:00	NEED TO PUT EMPHASIS ON ALL OUR
01:58:37:00	01:58:38:00	OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS TO MAKE SURE
01:58:38:00	01:58:38:00	THAT EVERY SINGLE HIGH SCHOOL
01:58:38:00	01:58:39:00	IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IS
01:58:39:00	01:58:41:00	GETTING THE SAME TYPE ATTENTION
01:58:41:00	01:58:41:00	THAT THERE ISN'T JUST THREE
01:58:41:00	01:58:42:00	AMAZING HIGH SCHOOL IN THE CITY
01:58:42:00	01:58:45:00	OF BOSTON THERE COULD BE MANY
01:58:45:00	01:58:45:00	MORE OF THEM AND I THINK THAT
01:58:45:00	01:58:48:00	IF ONE WE ARE ABLE TO ACHIEVE
01:58:48:00	01:58:49:00	THAT WE WON'T BE ABLE WE WON'T
01:58:49:00	01:58:50:00	EVEN HAVE TO HAVE THIS
01:58:50:00	01:58:50:00	CONVERSATION BECAUSE ALL THE
01:58:50:00	01:58:53:00	SCHOOLS SHOULD BE AT THE LEVEL
01:58:53:00	01:58:53:00	OF AN EXAM SCHOOL.
01:58:53:00	01:58:53:00	SO THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT,
01:58:53:00	01:58:54:00	FOR JOINING ON.
01:58:54:00	01:58:56:00	LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS
01:58:56:00	01:58:56:00	HEARING.
01:58:56:00	01:58:59:00	THANK YOU FOR YOUR PEP AND I
01:58:59:00	01:59:00:00	WILL JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR
01:59:00:00	01:59:03:00	HAVING ME AS ORIGINAL
01:59:03:00	01:59:03:00	CO-SPONSOR.
01:59:03:00	01:59:04:00	I THINK THIS IS A REALLY
01:59:04:00	01:59:04:00	IMPORTANT CONVERSATION LAST
01:59:04:00	01:59:07:00	NIGHT I WAS IN CHARLESTOWN WITH
01:59:07:00	01:59:11:00	PATRICK ZAPATA AND SOMEONE WAS
01:59:11:00	01:59:11:00	A FELLOW GRADUATE OF BOSTON
01:59:11:00	01:59:13:00	SCHOOL IS JUST UPLIFTING HOW
01:59:13:00	01:59:14:00	ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT HE
01:59:14:00	01:59:17:00	GOT FROM THE SCHOOL WAS
01:59:17:00	01:59:17:00	INTRODUCTION TO PEOPLE WHO LIVE
01:59:17:00	01:59:18:00	IN OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT YOU
01:59:18:00	01:59:21:00	PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE
01:59:21:00	01:59:21:00	RECEIVED OTHERWISE.
01:59:21:00	01:59:22:00	AND SO I WANT TO UPLIFT THAT AS
01:59:22:00	01:59:24:00	A GRADUATE.
01:59:24:00	01:59:26:00	ME THAT IS ALSO MY TRUTH THAT A
01:59:26:00	01:59:29:00	LOT I WOULD HAVE PROBABLY AS A
01:59:29:00	01:59:30:00	GIRL WHO GREW UP IN MATTAPAN
01:59:30:00	01:59:31:00	AND HYDE PARK PROBABLY WOULD
01:59:31:00	01:59:32:00	NEVER HAVE MET OR REALLY
01:59:32:00	01:59:33:00	INTERACT WITH PEOPLE FROM ALL
01:59:33:00	01:59:36:00	OVER THE CITY HAD IT NOT BEEN
01:59:36:00	01:59:36:00	FOR MY TIME AT BOSTON SCHOOL.
01:59:36:00	01:59:37:00	IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE
01:59:37:00	01:59:39:00	SCHOOLS THAT ARE CITY TRULY
01:59:39:00	01:59:40:00	CITY WIDE AND IT'S IMPORTANT
01:59:40:00	01:59:41:00	THAT WE HAVE REPRESENTATION
01:59:41:00	01:59:43:00	FROM ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
01:59:43:00	01:59:44:00	I KNOW THAT THESE ARE DIFFICULT
01:59:44:00	01:59:46:00	CONVERSATIONS TO HAVE ABOUT
01:59:46:00	01:59:47:00	ADMISSIONS.
01:59:47:00	01:59:48:00	I THINK THAT WE DO HAVE GREAT
01:59:48:00	01:59:49:00	SCHOOLS OUTSIDE OF THE THREE
01:59:49:00	01:59:50:00	HIGH SCHOOLS, THE EXAM SCHOOLS
01:59:50:00	01:59:53:00	AND THERE'S A LOT OF MORE WORK
01:59:53:00	01:59:54:00	FOR US TO DO TO MAKE ALL OUR
01:59:54:00	01:59:54:00	SCHOOLS REALLY GREAT SO IT
01:59:54:00	01:59:57:00	DOESN'T FEEL LIKE THIS
01:59:57:00	01:59:57:00	COMPETITION ALL THE TIME.
01:59:57:00	01:59:58:00	SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS TO
01:59:58:00	02:00:01:00	THIS HEARING ORDER AND THANK
02:00:01:00	02:00:01:00	YOU FOR ADDING ME AS AN
02:00:01:00	02:00:02:00	ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.
02:00:02:00	02:00:06:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES
02:00:06:00	02:00:06:00	AGAIN.
02:00:06:00	02:00:06:00	MADAM PRESIDENT, I FORGOT MY
02:00:06:00	02:00:09:00	MATCH UP ON THE RULES IN THAT
02:00:09:00	02:00:10:00	COUNCIL WHEREAS OF THE THIRD
02:00:10:00	02:00:10:00	ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR THANK YOU
02:00:10:00	02:00:13:00	COUNCILOR PAPANDREOU SUSPEND
02:00:13:00	02:00:14:00	THE RULES OF WEB AS A THIRD
02:00:14:00	02:00:14:00	ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.
02:00:14:00	02:00:15:00	SEEING IN HERE I'M SEEING AND
02:00:15:00	02:00:17:00	HEARING OBJECTIONS
02:00:17:00	02:00:17:00	COUNCIL MEMBERS SO ADDED
02:00:17:00	02:00:18:00	COUNCIL MEMBER YOU HAVE THE
02:00:18:00	02:00:20:00	FLOOR.
02:00:20:00	02:00:21:00	THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK
02:00:21:00	02:00:24:00	YOU TO COUNCILOR PEPEN AND
02:00:24:00	02:00:25:00	MADAM PRESIDENT FOR FILING
02:00:25:00	02:00:25:00	THIS.
02:00:25:00	02:00:28:00	AS A PARENT OF A 13 YEAR OLD
02:00:28:00	02:00:29:00	STUDENT AT THE CURLY AND NOW A
02:00:29:00	02:00:33:00	PLAY I'VE I'VE READ IN THIS
02:00:33:00	02:00:33:00	YEAR TO YEAR CHANGE IN THE
02:00:33:00	02:00:36:00	SYSTEM.
02:00:36:00	02:00:36:00	YOU KNOW FIRST THERE WOULD HAVE
02:00:36:00	02:00:37:00	BEEN TEN BONUS POINTS THEN
02:00:37:00	02:00:41:00	WHICH SHE THE SIXTH GRADE YET
02:00:41:00	02:00:43:00	SHE GOT TO THE NEXT YEAR HER
02:00:43:00	02:00:43:00	GROUP GOT THREE.
02:00:43:00	02:00:46:00	NOW IT LOOKS LIKE ZERO AND YOU
02:00:46:00	02:00:49:00	KNOW I DO AGREE WITH THE BOSTON
02:00:49:00	02:00:50:00	GLOBE'S EDITORIAL TODAY THAT
02:00:50:00	02:00:53:00	YOU THIS YEAR TO YEAR CHANGES
02:00:53:00	02:00:57:00	IS IS REALLY HURTING FAMILIES
02:00:57:00	02:00:57:00	THERE'S IT'S REALLY HARD TO
02:00:57:00	02:01:00:00	PLAN.
02:01:00:00	02:01:01:00	IT MAKES IT SEEM LIKE, YOU
02:01:01:00	02:01:02:00	KNOW, THE SYSTEM EACH YEAR IS
02:01:02:00	02:01:04:00	JUST GOING TO RESPOND WHOEVER'S
02:01:04:00	02:01:05:00	LOUDEST AND MAKE A CHANGE TO
02:01:05:00	02:01:08:00	APPEASE THOSE PEOPLE THEN THE
02:01:08:00	02:01:08:00	NEXT YEAR IT'S LIKE A SEESAW.
02:01:08:00	02:01:11:00	SO YOU KNOW, I THINK WE NEED A
02:01:11:00	02:01:14:00	SORT OF CONCRETE WAY FORWARD.
02:01:14:00	02:01:15:00	YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THE
02:01:15:00	02:01:19:00	CHANGES HAVE MADE A POSITIVE
02:01:19:00	02:01:20:00	DIFFERENCE IN THE MAKE UP
02:01:20:00	02:01:21:00	OF OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE EXAM
02:01:21:00	02:01:23:00	SCHOOLS TO GIVE A FAIR SHOT TO
02:01:23:00	02:01:24:00	PEOPLE FROM ALL ACROSS THE
02:01:24:00	02:01:24:00	CITY.
02:01:24:00	02:01:28:00	I JUST HOPE WE CAN WORK ON A
02:01:28:00	02:01:28:00	SYSTEM THAT IS GOING TO
02:01:28:00	02:01:31:00	CONTINUE TO MAKE OUR SCHOOLS
02:01:31:00	02:01:32:00	MORE EQUITABLE AND OVERALL MAKE
02:01:32:00	02:01:34:00	OUR SYSTEM STRONGER.
02:01:34:00	02:01:35:00	THANK YOU.
02:01:35:00	02:01:38:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER, THE
02:01:38:00	02:01:39:00	CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONCILOR MEJIA
02:01:39:00	02:01:39:00	HERE.
02:01:39:00	02:01:42:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:01:42:00	02:01:43:00	AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES
02:01:43:00	02:01:46:00	FOR FILING THIS HEARING ORDER
02:01:46:00	02:01:46:00	AS SOON AS THE NEWS DROPPED.
02:01:46:00	02:01:50:00	I GOT A CALL FROM ALL THE
02:01:50:00	02:01:50:00	ADVOCATES WHO WORKED REALLY
02:01:50:00	02:01:54:00	HARD ON ESTABLISHING A MORE
02:01:54:00	02:01:54:00	EQUITABLE PRACTICE.
02:01:54:00	02:01:58:00	I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT
02:01:58:00	02:01:58:00	TO THE NAACP LAWYERS FOR CIVIL
02:01:58:00	02:02:01:00	RIGHTS AND ALL OF THE GROUPS
02:02:01:00	02:02:01:00	THAT WORKED ON MAINTAINING OR
02:02:01:00	02:02:05:00	TRYING TO PUSH FOR EQUITY
02:02:05:00	02:02:06:00	UNLIKE YOU KNOW, OTHERS I, YOU
02:02:06:00	02:02:09:00	KNOW, WENT TO THE WHITE HAS THE
02:02:09:00	02:02:09:00	HIGH WHO WAS CALLED DUMB
02:02:09:00	02:02:12:00	CHESTER WHEN I WAS THERE AND I
02:02:12:00	02:02:13:00	ALWAYS HAD A CHIP ON MY
02:02:13:00	02:02:13:00	SHOULDER WHEN IT CAME TO THE
02:02:13:00	02:02:14:00	EXAM SCHOOLS BECAUSE I KNOW
02:02:14:00	02:02:16:00	THAT THERE ALWAYS THIS THOSE
02:02:16:00	02:02:17:00	WHO HAVE AND THOSE WHO HAVE NOT
02:02:17:00	02:02:20:00	AND THOSE WHO HAVE NOT HAD TO
02:02:20:00	02:02:20:00	NAVIGATE SPACES AND PLACES AND
02:02:20:00	02:02:21:00	KNOW HOW TO SHOW UP AND BE
02:02:21:00	02:02:24:00	SUPER DUPER PROFESSIONAL AND
02:02:24:00	02:02:25:00	WHILE WE ARE STILL TRYING TO
02:02:25:00	02:02:28:00	LEARN HOW TO SHOW UP IN SPACES
02:02:28:00	02:02:29:00	AND PLACES SO I KNOW THE
02:02:29:00	02:02:32:00	DIFFERENCE THAT HAVING ACCESS
02:02:32:00	02:02:32:00	TO A QUALITY EDUCATION CAN HAVE
02:02:32:00	02:02:35:00	IN YOUR CAREER AND SO I KNOW
02:02:35:00	02:02:36:00	HOW IMPORTANT THESE EXAM
02:02:36:00	02:02:37:00	SCHOOLS ARE TO THE ENTIRE CITY
02:02:37:00	02:02:40:00	OF BOSTON AND I KNOW THAT THERE
02:02:40:00	02:02:43:00	IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US HERE
02:02:43:00	02:02:44:00	ON THE CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE
02:02:44:00	02:02:45:00	SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO CENTER
02:02:45:00	02:02:48:00	EQUITY, THAT WE CONTINUE TO
02:02:48:00	02:02:48:00	CENTER THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO
02:02:48:00	02:02:51:00	PROBABLY WILL NEVER AN
02:02:51:00	02:02:52:00	OPPORTUNITY TO BE TAUGHT
02:02:52:00	02:02:55:00	TUTORING SO THAT THEY CAN
02:02:55:00	02:02:56:00	QUALIFY TO GET INTO THESE
02:02:56:00	02:02:56:00	SCHOOLS.
02:02:56:00	02:02:56:00	RIGHT.
02:02:56:00	02:02:59:00	I THINK ABOUT MY DAUGHTER AND I
02:02:59:00	02:03:00:00	OFTEN SAY THIS IS THAT YOU
02:03:00:00	02:03:04:00	KNOW, SHE GOT I GOT A CALL
02:03:04:00	02:03:07:00	BECAUSE I WASN'T ONE OF THOSE
02:03:07:00	02:03:09:00	PARENTS HAD APPLIED SHE WAS ONE
02:03:09:00	02:03:10:00	OF THOSE KIDS THAT GOT IN AND
02:03:10:00	02:03:12:00	THEY'RE CALLED THE ZIP
02:03:12:00	02:03:16:00	CODE KIDS AND I DIDN'T WANT HER
02:03:16:00	02:03:17:00	TO ENTER INTO AN EXAM SCHOOL
02:03:17:00	02:03:20:00	AND I GOT A CALL WHILE SHE WAS
02:03:20:00	02:03:21:00	IN THE CAR WITH ME FROM BEEPS
02:03:21:00	02:03:24:00	SAYING HEY YOU HAVEN'T PICKED A
02:03:24:00	02:03:24:00	SCHOOL AND YOUR DAUGHTER
02:03:24:00	02:03:25:00	QUALIFIES BECAUSE SHE HAS THESE
02:03:25:00	02:03:28:00	POINTS AND SHE HAS THESE GRADES
02:03:28:00	02:03:28:00	AND IT WAS A PUBLIC
02:03:28:00	02:03:31:00	CONVERSATION HAD IN FRONT
02:03:31:00	02:03:32:00	OF HER AND SHE SAID MOM, JUST
02:03:32:00	02:03:35:00	GIVE ME A CHANCE AND I DIDN'T
02:03:35:00	02:03:36:00	WANT TO HAVE HER ENTER THAT
02:03:36:00	02:03:40:00	SYSTEM ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT'S
02:03:40:00	02:03:40:00	A SYSTEM THAT I FOUGHT HARD
02:03:40:00	02:03:43:00	AGAINST BECAUSE WE SHOULD BE
02:03:43:00	02:03:44:00	SUPPORTING ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS.
02:03:44:00	02:03:45:00	WE SPEND SO MUCH TIME TALKING
02:03:45:00	02:03:47:00	ABOUT EXAM SCHOOLS AND LOOK AT
02:03:47:00	02:03:48:00	MADISON PARK BUT THAT'S A
02:03:48:00	02:03:48:00	DIFFERENT STORY.
02:03:48:00	02:03:50:00	ALL OF THIS TO SAY IS THAT HER
02:03:50:00	02:03:54:00	FIRST YEAR AT AT HER SCHOOL SHE
02:03:54:00	02:03:55:00	WANTED TO GET THE HONOR ROLL
02:03:55:00	02:03:55:00	BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T WANT PEOPLE
02:03:55:00	02:03:58:00	TO THINK THAT SHE WAS ONE
02:03:58:00	02:03:59:00	OF THOSE KIDS AND THE FACT THAT
02:03:59:00	02:04:01:00	MY DAUGHTER HAD TO WORK HARD
02:04:01:00	02:04:02:00	JUST TO DEMONSTRATE THAT I WAS
02:04:02:00	02:04:05:00	SO PROUD OF HER THAT SHE TOOK
02:04:05:00	02:04:05:00	THAT INITIATIVE TO DO THAT.
02:04:05:00	02:04:08:00	BUT IT ALSO BROKE MY HEART TO
02:04:08:00	02:04:09:00	KNOW THAT THERE'S SO MANY
02:04:09:00	02:04:10:00	PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT JUST
02:04:10:00	02:04:12:00	BECAUSE SHE GOT THERE THROUGH
02:04:12:00	02:04:16:00	THAT PROCESS THAT SHE DOESN'T
02:04:16:00	02:04:17:00	DESERVE TO BE THERE AND SHE
02:04:17:00	02:04:20:00	CONTINUES TO WORK HARD TO
02:04:20:00	02:04:20:00	DEMONSTRATE THAT SHE BELONGS.
02:04:20:00	02:04:21:00	BUT THE FACT THAT WE'RE HAVING
02:04:21:00	02:04:23:00	THIS CONVERSATION WHEN THERE'S
02:04:23:00	02:04:24:00	SO MANY ISSUES AROUND OTHER
02:04:24:00	02:04:27:00	EQUITY ISSUES THAT DEAL WITH
02:04:27:00	02:04:28:00	OUR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, I'M
02:04:28:00	02:04:29:00	SADDENED TO KNOW THAT THIS IS
02:04:29:00	02:04:31:00	HOW WE'RE UTILIZING OUR TIME.
02:04:31:00	02:04:32:00	BUT I'M HAPPY TO KNOW THAT
02:04:32:00	02:04:35:00	WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A
02:04:35:00	02:04:35:00	DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.
02:04:35:00	02:04:35:00	THANK YOU.
02:04:35:00	02:04:38:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
02:04:38:00	02:04:38:00	MURPHY.
02:04:38:00	02:04:39:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:04:39:00	02:04:40:00	THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO THE
02:04:40:00	02:04:42:00	MAKERS FOR THIS.
02:04:42:00	02:04:43:00	I STRONGLY SUPPORT HAVING A
02:04:43:00	02:04:46:00	HEARING TO DISCUSS THE BOSTON
02:04:46:00	02:04:46:00	PUBLIC SCHOOLS EXAM POLICY
02:04:46:00	02:04:50:00	MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE VOICES
02:04:50:00	02:04:51:00	ARE HEARD, THE FACTS ARE LAID
02:04:51:00	02:04:53:00	OUT AND WE CAN THOUGHTFULLY
02:04:53:00	02:04:53:00	ADDRESS THE RECENT CHANGES IT
02:04:53:00	02:04:57:00	WAS MENTIONED IN MANY ARTICLES
02:04:57:00	02:04:58:00	HAVE BEEN WRITTEN THAT AS THESE
02:04:58:00	02:05:00:00	CHANGES HAPPEN IT'S WREAKING
02:05:00:00	02:05:01:00	HAVOC ON SO MANY FAMILIES AND
02:05:01:00	02:05:02:00	IT'S BEEN FLIP FLOPPING BACK
02:05:02:00	02:05:04:00	AND FORTH.
02:05:04:00	02:05:06:00	SO I DO THINK IT'S TIME THAT WE
02:05:06:00	02:05:06:00	ON THE COUNCIL HOLD A HEARING
02:05:06:00	02:05:08:00	AND THEN REALLY PUT PRESSURE ON
02:05:08:00	02:05:09:00	THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND THE
02:05:09:00	02:05:13:00	SCHOOL DEPARTMENT TO STICK TO A
02:05:13:00	02:05:14:00	PLAN THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE
02:05:14:00	02:05:16:00	THIS HEARING WILL ENSURE OUR
02:05:16:00	02:05:17:00	DECISIONS ARE BASED ON A
02:05:17:00	02:05:17:00	COMPLETE AND BALANCED
02:05:17:00	02:05:20:00	UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPACT ON
02:05:20:00	02:05:21:00	STUDENTS ACROSS BOSTON AND I'M
02:05:21:00	02:05:23:00	LOOKING FORWARD TO MAKE SURE
02:05:23:00	02:05:24:00	THAT WE'RE HEARING FROM
02:05:24:00	02:05:25:00	FAMILIES THAT HAVE BOTH BEEN
02:05:25:00	02:05:28:00	POSITIVELY IMPACTED IN THE PAST
02:05:28:00	02:05:29:00	HAVE BEEN NEGATIVELY IMPACTED
02:05:29:00	02:05:32:00	AND WHAT THEY THINK THESE
02:05:32:00	02:05:32:00	CHANGES GOING FORWARD FOR MANY
02:05:32:00	02:05:36:00	PARENTS BECAUSE THIS WAS THEIR
02:05:36:00	02:05:36:00	TICKET TO A GOOD HIGH SCHOOL
02:05:36:00	02:05:37:00	KNOWING THAT SO MANY OF OUR
02:05:37:00	02:05:39:00	OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS ARE
02:05:39:00	02:05:40:00	UNDERPERFORMING THAT YOU KNOW,
02:05:40:00	02:05:43:00	THEY'VE INVESTED SO MUCH TIME
02:05:43:00	02:05:46:00	INTO STUDYING THE PROCESS AND
02:05:46:00	02:05:47:00	I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING
02:05:47:00	02:05:48:00	FROM THEM ALSO BECAUSE THEY
02:05:48:00	02:05:50:00	WILL BRING A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE
02:05:50:00	02:05:51:00	THAT I KNOW MANY OF US HAVE NOT
02:05:51:00	02:05:54:00	INVESTED YET IN THAT TIME
02:05:54:00	02:05:55:00	OF STUDYING THE CHANGES TO THIS
02:05:55:00	02:05:55:00	PROCESS.
02:05:55:00	02:05:58:00	IT'S COMPLICATED IN THE SCHOOL
02:05:58:00	02:05:58:00	DEPARTMENT HAS SAID FOR THE
02:05:58:00	02:05:59:00	PAST FIVE YEARS MANY TIMES
02:05:59:00	02:06:02:00	THEY'RE NOT EVEN SURE THE
02:06:02:00	02:06:02:00	SYSTEM HAS JUST CRASHED SEVERAL
02:06:02:00	02:06:03:00	TIMES BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A
02:06:03:00	02:06:06:00	COMPLICATED WAY.
02:06:06:00	02:06:06:00	THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO, YOU
02:06:06:00	02:06:07:00	KNOW, ADMIT STUDENTS GOING
02:06:07:00	02:06:10:00	FORWARD SO LOOKING FORWARD TO
02:06:10:00	02:06:11:00	THE HEARING.
02:06:11:00	02:06:11:00	THANK YOU.
02:06:11:00	02:06:12:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:06:12:00	02:06:14:00	COUNCIL MAJORITY ON THE FLOOR.
02:06:14:00	02:06:14:00	THANK YOU.
02:06:14:00	02:06:16:00	MADAM PRESIDENT, HAVING
02:06:16:00	02:06:17:00	ATTENDED TWO OF THE EXAM
02:06:17:00	02:06:17:00	SCHOOLS MYSELF, YOU KNOW, I
02:06:17:00	02:06:21:00	HAVE VERY STRONG FEELINGS ON
02:06:21:00	02:06:21:00	THIS.
02:06:21:00	02:06:22:00	THANK YOU TO THE MEDIA FOR
02:06:22:00	02:06:22:00	PROPOSING THIS.
02:06:22:00	02:06:24:00	I THINK IT'S A VERY, VERY
02:06:24:00	02:06:24:00	IMPORTANT CONVERSATION FOR
02:06:24:00	02:06:28:00	FAMILIES IN BOSTON TO HAVE A
02:06:28:00	02:06:28:00	LOT OF IT HINGES ON WHETHER
02:06:28:00	02:06:32:00	THEY STAY IN THIS CITY OR NOT.
02:06:32:00	02:06:32:00	BUT I WAS THINKING ABOUT
02:06:32:00	02:06:33:00	COUNCILMAN HIS WORDS ABOUT
02:06:33:00	02:06:36:00	HAVING A CHANCE, SOMEONE GIVING
02:06:36:00	02:06:36:00	A CHANCE.
02:06:36:00	02:06:37:00	I KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME
02:06:37:00	02:06:38:00	NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAD ZERO
02:06:38:00	02:06:38:00	CHANCE OF GETTING INTO THIS
02:06:38:00	02:06:38:00	EXAM SCHOOL.
02:06:38:00	02:06:43:00	SO I DO THINK THE PROPOSALS A
02:06:43:00	02:06:43:00	WAY START TO LEAD CHANGES.
02:06:43:00	02:06:44:00	I KNOW THIS PARTS OF MY
02:06:44:00	02:06:46:00	CONSTITUENCY AND OTHER AREAS
02:06:46:00	02:06:47:00	THAT THOSE KIDS THAT DID NOT
02:06:47:00	02:06:47:00	HAVE A STATISTICAL CHANCE
02:06:47:00	02:06:50:00	OF GET IN WILL WILL NOW HAVE A
02:06:50:00	02:06:50:00	SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCE.
02:06:50:00	02:06:54:00	AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
02:06:54:00	02:06:54:00	CONTINUING TO IMPROVE THAT
02:06:54:00	02:06:54:00	PROCESS.
02:06:54:00	02:06:55:00	THANK YOU.
02:06:55:00	02:06:55:00	THANK YOU.
02:06:55:00	02:06:55:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:06:55:00	02:06:57:00	COUNCILOR COE.
02:06:57:00	02:06:58:00	THAT IS A PATH TO THE FLOOR.
02:06:58:00	02:06:59:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:06:59:00	02:07:01:00	I'M PROUD BEING A GRADUATE AND
02:07:01:00	02:07:02:00	I'M A STRONG BELIEVER IN WHAT
02:07:02:00	02:07:04:00	PUBLIC EDUCATION CAN FOR FOR
02:07:04:00	02:07:05:00	ANY CHILD AND I REMAIN HOPEFUL
02:07:05:00	02:07:08:00	THAT THIS EVOLVING POLICY CAN
02:07:08:00	02:07:09:00	PROMOTE A DEEPER EQUITY
02:07:09:00	02:07:13:00	OPPORTUNITY AND EXCELLENCE FOR
02:07:13:00	02:07:13:00	EVERY STUDENT THERE.
02:07:13:00	02:07:16:00	THERE HAS BEEN DISCUSSIONS MY
02:07:16:00	02:07:17:00	DISTRICT ABOUT HIGH ACHIEVING
02:07:17:00	02:07:17:00	STUDENTS THAT WERE
02:07:17:00	02:07:21:00	INADVERTENTLY DISADVANTAGED AND
02:07:21:00	02:07:22:00	SO I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE RECENT
02:07:22:00	02:07:25:00	CHANGES IT RELATES TO THE TIERS
02:07:25:00	02:07:26:00	AND AND I DO LOOK FORWARD TO
02:07:26:00	02:07:29:00	THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
02:07:29:00	02:07:29:00	PROCESS.
02:07:29:00	02:07:29:00	WE ALL CAN AGREE THAT THE
02:07:29:00	02:07:32:00	ORIGINAL WAY IN WHICH STUDENTS
02:07:32:00	02:07:33:00	GOT INTO AN EXAM SCHOOL, THE
02:07:33:00	02:07:34:00	WAY IN WHICH I GOT INTO THE
02:07:34:00	02:07:36:00	EXAM SCHOOL WAS INEQUITABLE.
02:07:36:00	02:07:36:00	MY PARENTS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
02:07:36:00	02:07:40:00	TO GET ME INTO A TUTORING CLASS
02:07:40:00	02:07:40:00	ON SATURDAYS AND I WON'T NAME
02:07:40:00	02:07:44:00	HER BUT THERE WAS A STAFFER
02:07:44:00	02:07:45:00	THAT WORKED HERE THAT WAS A
02:07:45:00	02:07:45:00	CHIEF OF STAFF FOR A FORMER
02:07:45:00	02:07:47:00	CITY COUNCILOR THAT SAID THAT
02:07:47:00	02:07:48:00	IF IT WAS NOT FOR HER TEACHER
02:07:48:00	02:07:51:00	AT THE TIME SHE WOULD NOT HAVE
02:07:51:00	02:07:51:00	EVEN KNOWN TO TAKE THE TEST.
02:07:51:00	02:07:55:00	THE AT THE TIME AND SO WE CAN
02:07:55:00	02:07:55:00	ALL AGREE THAT THE SYSTEM
02:07:55:00	02:07:58:00	NEEDED TO CHANGE AND I REALLY
02:07:58:00	02:08:02:00	APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT DPS
02:08:02:00	02:08:02:00	SUPERINTENDENT SKIPPER AND
02:08:02:00	02:08:03:00	MAYOR WU ARE LISTENING THAT
02:08:03:00	02:08:06:00	THEY THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT
02:08:06:00	02:08:07:00	THERE IS A NEED FOR THIS WHILE
02:08:07:00	02:08:08:00	TRYING TO TO PLAN FOR THE
02:08:08:00	02:08:10:00	INCLUSION OF ALL KIDS IN ALL
02:08:10:00	02:08:10:00	NEIGHBORHOODS.
02:08:10:00	02:08:11:00	SO I DO LOOK FORWARD TO THE
02:08:11:00	02:08:12:00	COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS
02:08:12:00	02:08:13:00	AND REALLY ENCOURAGE ALL
02:08:13:00	02:08:17:00	PARENTS TO GET INVOLVED AND
02:08:17:00	02:08:17:00	HAVE THEIR VOICES BE HEARD.
02:08:17:00	02:08:18:00	BUT I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO
02:08:18:00	02:08:18:00	THIS HEARING.
02:08:18:00	02:08:19:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PLAYING
02:08:19:00	02:08:19:00	SPORTS.
02:08:19:00	02:08:21:00	THANK YOU.
02:08:21:00	02:08:22:00	THANK YOU.
02:08:22:00	02:08:22:00	THE ORGANIZERS
02:08:22:00	02:08:23:00	COUNCIL COUNCILOR ALCANTARA
02:08:23:00	02:08:24:00	GANSLER THANK YOU, MADAM
02:08:24:00	02:08:25:00	PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO
02:08:25:00	02:08:25:00	COUNCILOR PEPEN AND
02:08:25:00	02:08:28:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR BRINGING
02:08:28:00	02:08:29:00	THIS FORWARD AND LEAD YOU'RE
02:08:29:00	02:08:29:00	LEADING ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE
02:08:29:00	02:08:32:00	WE'VE BEEN MAKING TWEAKS ALONG
02:08:32:00	02:08:34:00	THE WAY BUT AT SOME POINT WE
02:08:34:00	02:08:35:00	NEED TO LET THE 2021 CHANGES
02:08:35:00	02:08:35:00	PLAY OUT.
02:08:35:00	02:08:37:00	THE FIRST SEVENTH GRADER
02:08:37:00	02:08:38:00	ADMITTED UNDER THE SYSTEM
02:08:38:00	02:08:41:00	HASN'T EVEN GRADUATED YET.
02:08:41:00	02:08:42:00	SO BEFORE WE OVERHAUL THE
02:08:42:00	02:08:45:00	ENTIRE FRAMEWORK AGAIN WE NEED
02:08:45:00	02:08:46:00	TO ASK WHAT ARE WE LOOKING TO
02:08:46:00	02:08:46:00	SOLVE?
02:08:46:00	02:08:47:00	SO THERE IS NO SPEAKING AMONG
02:08:47:00	02:08:49:00	MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
02:08:49:00	02:08:49:00	THAT IS THE FIRST WARNING.
02:08:49:00	02:08:50:00	THERE IS NO SPEAKING AMONG
02:08:50:00	02:08:53:00	MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
02:08:53:00	02:08:54:00	COUNCIL WHERE YOU HAVE THE
02:08:54:00	02:08:54:00	FLOOR.
02:08:54:00	02:08:57:00	THE ORIGINAL POLICY WASN'T
02:08:57:00	02:08:57:00	PERFECT BUT IT WAS INTENTIONAL.
02:08:57:00	02:09:00:00	IT WAS ROOTED IN VALUES
02:09:00:00	02:09:01:00	OF EQUITY AND FAIRNESS AND
02:09:01:00	02:09:01:00	AIMED AT EXPANDING OPPORTUNITY
02:09:01:00	02:09:05:00	AND EXAM SCHOOL CLASSES TODAY
02:09:05:00	02:09:05:00	ARE MORE REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR
02:09:05:00	02:09:08:00	CITY THAN THEY HAVE BEEN IN
02:09:08:00	02:09:08:00	DECADES.
02:09:08:00	02:09:09:00	NOW SOME OF THESE PROPOSALS
02:09:09:00	02:09:12:00	ALSO SHIFT US AWAY FROM THAT
02:09:12:00	02:09:12:00	ORIGINAL VISION.
02:09:12:00	02:09:13:00	THEY RISK PULLING US BACK TO A
02:09:13:00	02:09:15:00	SYSTEM THAT WORKED BETTER FOR
02:09:15:00	02:09:15:00	FAMILIES WITH MORE RESOURCES.
02:09:15:00	02:09:19:00	WE SHOULD BE REVERSE
02:09:19:00	02:09:19:00	ENGINEERING THIS POLICY FROM
02:09:19:00	02:09:20:00	THE OUTCOMES WE ACTUALLY WANT
02:09:20:00	02:09:23:00	NOT JUST TWEAKING INPUTS TO
02:09:23:00	02:09:24:00	APPEASE SHORT TERM PRESSURE.
02:09:24:00	02:09:27:00	ARE WE BUILDING REAL PATHWAYS
02:09:27:00	02:09:27:00	FOR STUDENTS WHO WOULDN'T
02:09:27:00	02:09:27:00	OTHERWISE HAVE THEM?
02:09:27:00	02:09:30:00	OR ARE WE JUST MOVING
02:09:30:00	02:09:30:00	GOALPOSTS?
02:09:30:00	02:09:31:00	WE DON'T HAVE TO LOOK AT THE
02:09:31:00	02:09:31:00	SCOREBOARD.
02:09:31:00	02:09:34:00	AT THE SAME TIME WE NEED TO
02:09:34:00	02:09:35:00	INVEST IN OUR OPEN ENROLLMENT
02:09:35:00	02:09:36:00	UPPER SCHOOLS THE ONES THAT
02:09:36:00	02:09:39:00	HAVE HISTORICALLY BECAUSE WHERE
02:09:39:00	02:09:40:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR A COUNCIL OR
02:09:40:00	02:09:42:00	A COUNCIL WHERE YOU HAVE THE
02:09:42:00	02:09:45:00	FLOOR THANK YOU SHOULDN'T BE.
02:09:45:00	02:09:46:00	IF YOU COULD PLEASE CONTINUE IT
02:09:46:00	02:09:47:00	SHOULDN'T BE CANCELED OR OUT.
02:09:47:00	02:09:49:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:09:49:00	02:09:50:00	IT SHOULDN'T BE EXAMS, SCHOOLS
02:09:50:00	02:09:50:00	OR BARS.
02:09:50:00	02:09:52:00	AND IF WE ARE IMPLEMENTING
02:09:52:00	02:09:53:00	INCLUSION IN THE DISTRICT THEN
02:09:53:00	02:09:53:00	MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS STUDENTS
02:09:53:00	02:09:57:00	WITH DISABILITIES AND STUDENTS
02:09:57:00	02:09:57:00	FROM EVERYWHERE EVERY
02:09:57:00	02:09:58:00	NEIGHBORHOOD TO SEE THEMSELVES
02:09:58:00	02:10:01:00	REFLECTED ACROSS THE WHOLE
02:10:01:00	02:10:04:00	SYSTEM INCLUDING BELLS, BALLET
02:10:04:00	02:10:04:00	AND THE ANDY O'BRIEN.
02:10:04:00	02:10:05:00	I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A
02:10:05:00	02:10:08:00	CONVERSATION ROOTED IN WHAT'S
02:10:08:00	02:10:08:00	BEST FOR THE STUDENTS.
02:10:08:00	02:10:09:00	THANK YOU.
02:10:09:00	02:10:09:00	THANK YOU.
02:10:09:00	02:10:10:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:10:10:00	02:10:12:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN.
02:10:12:00	02:10:12:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:10:12:00	02:10:13:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:10:13:00	02:10:14:00	AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PEPEN
02:10:14:00	02:10:16:00	FOR INTRODUCING THIS CITY
02:10:16:00	02:10:16:00	COUNCILOR FOR DISTRICT EIGHT.
02:10:16:00	02:10:19:00	I'M PROUD TO REPRESENT BOSTON
02:10:19:00	02:10:20:00	LATIN SCHOOL AND MY DISTRICT AS
02:10:20:00	02:10:20:00	ONE OF THE THREE EXAM SCHOOLS
02:10:20:00	02:10:23:00	AND A VITAL PART OF THE
02:10:23:00	02:10:24:00	EXCELLENCE AND OPPORTUNITY THAT
02:10:24:00	02:10:24:00	DEFINE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
02:10:24:00	02:10:27:00	EXAMS SCHOOLS OFFER
02:10:27:00	02:10:28:00	TRANSFORMATIVE EDUCATIONAL
02:10:28:00	02:10:31:00	EXPERIENCES AND OPEN DOORS TO
02:10:31:00	02:10:31:00	COLLEGE AND CAREER PATHWAYS
02:10:31:00	02:10:32:00	THAT PROFOUNDLY SHAPE THE
02:10:32:00	02:10:35:00	FUTURES OF BOSTON STUDENTS.
02:10:35:00	02:10:36:00	IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO
02:10:36:00	02:10:36:00	ENSURE THAT THESE OPPORTUNITIES
02:10:36:00	02:10:39:00	ARE EQUITABLE AND THAT EVERY
02:10:39:00	02:10:39:00	STUDENT HAS A FAIR AND
02:10:39:00	02:10:40:00	MEANINGFUL CHANCE TO ACCESS
02:10:40:00	02:10:40:00	THEM.
02:10:40:00	02:10:43:00	IN 2021 THE CITY ADOPTED A
02:10:43:00	02:10:46:00	REVISED EXAM SCHOOL ADMISSIONS
02:10:46:00	02:10:47:00	POLICY WITH A CLEAR AND
02:10:47:00	02:10:49:00	IMPORTANT MISSION AND THAT
02:10:49:00	02:10:50:00	MISSION WAS EXPANDING ACCESS,
02:10:50:00	02:10:54:00	MAINTAINING ACADEMIC RIGOR AND
02:10:54:00	02:10:55:00	ENSURING THAT THE STUDENT BODY
02:10:55:00	02:10:56:00	BETTER REFLECTS THE RACIAL
02:10:56:00	02:10:58:00	SOCIOECONOMIC AND GEOGRAPHIC
02:10:58:00	02:10:59:00	DIVERSITY OF OUR CITY.
02:10:59:00	02:11:02:00	AND IT'S FAIR TO CONTINUE TO
02:11:02:00	02:11:02:00	EVALUATE AND MAKE SURE THAT
02:11:02:00	02:11:06:00	THIS POLICY FITS ALL OF THOSE
02:11:06:00	02:11:06:00	CHECKBOXES.
02:11:06:00	02:11:07:00	WHILE THE EXAM SCHOOL
02:11:07:00	02:11:09:00	INVITATIONS HAVE BECOME MORE
02:11:09:00	02:11:10:00	REFLECTIVE OF THE CITY'S
02:11:10:00	02:11:13:00	DIVERSITY, THE CURRENT POLICY
02:11:13:00	02:11:13:00	HAS ALSO RESULTED IN
02:11:13:00	02:11:13:00	SIGNIFICANT DISPARITIES.
02:11:13:00	02:11:16:00	DISPARITIES IN ADMISSION RATES
02:11:16:00	02:11:17:00	ACROSS NEIGHBORHOODS IN
02:11:17:00	02:11:17:00	PRACTICE, STUDENTS LIVING IN
02:11:17:00	02:11:21:00	NEIGHBORHOODS CLASSIFIED AS
02:11:21:00	02:11:21:00	HIGHER SOCIO ECONOMIC TIER NEED
02:11:21:00	02:11:24:00	TO GAIN SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER
02:11:24:00	02:11:27:00	SCORES SOMETIMES BY MORE THAN
02:11:27:00	02:11:27:00	25% TO GAIN ADMISSION.
02:11:27:00	02:11:28:00	IN CERTAIN CASES STUDENTS HAVE
02:11:28:00	02:11:31:00	NEEDED A MINIMUM SCORE ABOVE
02:11:31:00	02:11:31:00	100 POINTS.
02:11:31:00	02:11:34:00	THAT'S DEFINITELY HAPPENED IN
02:11:34:00	02:11:35:00	DISTRICT EIGHT.
02:11:35:00	02:11:37:00	THAT TO ME CANNOT BE EQUITABLE
02:11:37:00	02:11:38:00	BECAUSE ONE STUDENT FROM BEACON
02:11:38:00	02:11:42:00	HILL BEING ABLE TO GET IN TO BE
02:11:42:00	02:11:43:00	CLASS EVERY YEAR.
02:11:43:00	02:11:45:00	IT THAT CAN'T.
02:11:45:00	02:11:46:00	IT CAN'T BE EQUITABLE TO NEED
02:11:46:00	02:11:49:00	OVER 100 ON A TEST.
02:11:49:00	02:11:52:00	THAT BEING SAID HAVING MET WITH
02:11:52:00	02:11:56:00	THE HEAD OF SCHOOL AT PULSE
02:11:56:00	02:11:57:00	THERE THERE IS THIS DISCUSSION
02:11:57:00	02:12:00:00	ABOUT WHAT EXAM SCHOOLS ARE FOR
02:12:00:00	02:12:00:00	.
02:12:00:00	02:12:01:00	IS IT TO GET A STUDENT FROM
02:12:01:00	02:12:02:00	HERE TO HERE OR IS IT TO GET A
02:12:02:00	02:12:04:00	STUDENT FROM HERE TO HERE?
02:12:04:00	02:12:04:00	AND I THINK THAT'S THE
02:12:04:00	02:12:07:00	CONVERSATION THAT WE NEED TO
02:12:07:00	02:12:07:00	HAVE.
02:12:07:00	02:12:08:00	I THINK IN SOME WAYS THIS
02:12:08:00	02:12:11:00	POLICY HAS BEEN EXTREMELY
02:12:11:00	02:12:14:00	SUCCESSFUL IN OTHER WAYS.
02:12:14:00	02:12:18:00	IT HAS MEANT THAT STUDENTS IN
02:12:18:00	02:12:18:00	THAT PARENTS ARE LITERALLY
02:12:18:00	02:12:19:00	MOVING TO OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS
02:12:19:00	02:12:22:00	TO GIVE THEIR STUDENTS A CHANCE
02:12:22:00	02:12:26:00	OF ACCESS TO A SCHOOL THAT
02:12:26:00	02:12:27:00	THEIR OTHER STUDENTS AND THEIR
02:12:27:00	02:12:27:00	FAMILY HAVE GONE TO.
02:12:27:00	02:12:30:00	SO IT'S WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE
02:12:30:00	02:12:31:00	THIS CONVERSATION.
02:12:31:00	02:12:32:00	I THINK THIS WE ARE IN AN
02:12:32:00	02:12:34:00	IMPORTANT MOMENT IN OUR CITY
02:12:34:00	02:12:37:00	AND I THINK AND I KNOW THAT MY
02:12:37:00	02:12:38:00	STATEMENT, YOU KNOW, MIGHT BE
02:12:38:00	02:12:41:00	DESCRIBED AS NOTHING BURGER BUT
02:12:41:00	02:12:42:00	THE THE ACTUAL THE CONVERSATION
02:12:42:00	02:12:45:00	ABOUT THAT WE NEED TO HAVE IS
02:12:45:00	02:12:46:00	NOT NOTHING BURGER IT'S ABOUT
02:12:46:00	02:12:49:00	INDIVIDUAL FAMILIES.
02:12:49:00	02:12:49:00	THANK YOU.
02:12:49:00	02:12:53:00	AND AND I'LL JUST SAY THAT I'M
02:12:53:00	02:12:53:00	SORRY I'LL END WITH THIS.
02:12:53:00	02:12:56:00	I HAVE NAVIGATED THIS PROCESS
02:12:56:00	02:12:57:00	WITH FAMILIES AND THEIR
02:12:57:00	02:13:00:00	FRUSTRATION IS COMPLETELY
02:13:00:00	02:13:01:00	VALID.
02:13:01:00	02:13:01:00	THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE
02:13:01:00	02:13:04:00	CHANGES THAT ARE MADE WERE
02:13:04:00	02:13:04:00	WRONG.
02:13:04:00	02:13:05:00	THAT MEANS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE
02:13:05:00	02:13:05:00	A CONVERSATION ABOUT THEM.
02:13:05:00	02:13:06:00	THANK YOU.
02:13:06:00	02:13:08:00	CONSIDER THE CHAIR.
02:13:08:00	02:13:09:00	CAN I JUST CONCENTRATE ON YOU?
02:13:09:00	02:13:09:00	THE FLOOR.
02:13:09:00	02:13:11:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:13:11:00	02:13:12:00	I COME FROM A PLACE WHERE WE
02:13:12:00	02:13:15:00	HAD A SELECTION AT 11 TO CREAM
02:13:15:00	02:13:16:00	OFF THE KIDS THAT WOULD PASS
02:13:16:00	02:13:19:00	THE ADMISSION TO THE EXAM
02:13:19:00	02:13:22:00	SCHOOLS AND GO OFF.
02:13:22:00	02:13:24:00	I HAD A I HAD A PRIMARY SCHOOL
02:13:24:00	02:13:26:00	TEACHER WAS IDEOLOGICALLY
02:13:26:00	02:13:27:00	OPPOSED TO THE WHOLE CONCEPT SO
02:13:27:00	02:13:28:00	WE DIDN'T GET PREPARED FOR THE
02:13:28:00	02:13:30:00	TEST AND WE ALL FLUNKED IT.
02:13:30:00	02:13:31:00	AND WHEN WE WENT DOWN THE
02:13:31:00	02:13:32:00	STREET TO A COMPREHENSIVE FULLY
02:13:32:00	02:13:35:00	COMPREHENSIVE ADMISSION OPEN
02:13:35:00	02:13:36:00	ADMISSION HIGH SCHOOL DOWN THE
02:13:36:00	02:13:36:00	STREET I KNOW WE COME FROM
02:13:36:00	02:13:38:00	ANOTHER COUNTRY.
02:13:38:00	02:13:39:00	IT MAY NOT BE THAT RELEVANT BUT
02:13:39:00	02:13:42:00	I DO I DO HAVE THAT BIAS WHEN
02:13:42:00	02:13:43:00	IT COMES TO THINKING ABOUT EXAM
02:13:43:00	02:13:43:00	SCHOOLS.
02:13:43:00	02:13:46:00	MY TWO BROTHER MY BROTHER AND
02:13:46:00	02:13:46:00	SISTER DID NOT HAVE THAT
02:13:46:00	02:13:49:00	EXPERIENCE.
02:13:49:00	02:13:50:00	THEY GOT EXTRA TUTORING, THEY
02:13:50:00	02:13:53:00	PASSED THE TEST AND THEY WENT
02:13:53:00	02:13:54:00	20 MILES TO GET UP IN THE
02:13:54:00	02:13:54:00	MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO GO 20
02:13:54:00	02:13:56:00	MILES DOWN THE ROAD TO AN EXAM
02:13:56:00	02:13:56:00	SCHOOL.
02:13:56:00	02:14:00:00	SO I REALLY THINK THAT THE
02:14:00:00	02:14:00:00	THING THAT PARENTS ARE LOOKING
02:14:00:00	02:14:01:00	FOR IS A PREDICTABLE PATHWAY
02:14:01:00	02:14:04:00	THROUGH PBIS.
02:14:04:00	02:14:05:00	THEY WANT A PATHWAY WHERE IF
02:14:05:00	02:14:06:00	THEIR STUDENTS ARE WORKING HARD
02:14:06:00	02:14:08:00	IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT THEY
02:14:08:00	02:14:09:00	HAVE A PATHWAY THAT THEY CAN
02:14:09:00	02:14:12:00	PASS PASS AN EXAM AND IF THEY
02:14:12:00	02:14:16:00	CHOOSE TO GO TO ONE OF THE EXAM
02:14:16:00	02:14:16:00	SCHOOLS BUT ALSO THEY SHOULD
02:14:16:00	02:14:19:00	HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE
02:14:19:00	02:14:19:00	GOING TO ONE OF THE GENERAL
02:14:19:00	02:14:20:00	ADMISSION COMPREHENSIVE HIGH
02:14:20:00	02:14:23:00	SCHOOLS AND WE SHOULD IT
02:14:23:00	02:14:23:00	SHOULDN'T BE A LOTTERY.
02:14:23:00	02:14:27:00	IT SHOULDN'T BE A JUST A GAME
02:14:27:00	02:14:27:00	OF CHANCE.
02:14:27:00	02:14:30:00	WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT ALL
02:14:30:00	02:14:31:00	OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS OFFER
02:14:31:00	02:14:34:00	CURRICULUM AND CAREER PATHWAYS
02:14:34:00	02:14:35:00	THAT OFFER CHOICES FOR OUR
02:14:35:00	02:14:35:00	STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES
02:14:35:00	02:14:38:00	ACROSS THE CITY.
02:14:38:00	02:14:39:00	NOT EVERY STUDENT IS IS IS IS
02:14:39:00	02:14:42:00	GOING TO WANT TO GO TO AN EXAM
02:14:42:00	02:14:46:00	SCHOOL AND I FEEL THAT AS WE
02:14:46:00	02:14:49:00	BUILD OUT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE
02:14:49:00	02:14:50:00	I'M VERY PROUD OF THE THE
02:14:50:00	02:14:50:00	IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE SEEING
02:14:50:00	02:14:54:00	IT AT BRIGHTON HIGH SCHOOL AT
02:14:54:00	02:14:57:00	THE MOMENT AND I KNOW EAST EAST
02:14:57:00	02:14:57:00	BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL IS DOING
02:14:57:00	02:15:01:00	INCREDIBLE WORK AS WELL.
02:15:01:00	02:15:02:00	SO I WANT PARENTS TO FEEL THAT
02:15:02:00	02:15:04:00	IT'S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD
02:15:04:00	02:15:05:00	IF THEIR KID DOESN'T GET INTO
02:15:05:00	02:15:06:00	AN EXAM SCHOOL THAT THERE ARE
02:15:06:00	02:15:08:00	OTHER PATHWAYS THAT WILL LEAD
02:15:08:00	02:15:09:00	THEM INTO A SATISFYING,
02:15:09:00	02:15:12:00	PRODUCTIVE AND SUCCESSFUL LIFE
02:15:12:00	02:15:13:00	IN THE FUTURE.
02:15:13:00	02:15:16:00	SO I REALLY WELCOME THIS
02:15:16:00	02:15:17:00	CONVERSATION AND I HOPE THAT WE
02:15:17:00	02:15:21:00	CAN OFFER OUR PARENTS
02:15:21:00	02:15:21:00	PREDICTABLE PATHWAYS DROOPS
02:15:21:00	02:15:24:00	THAT'S WHERE THE STRESS COMES
02:15:24:00	02:15:25:00	FROM AND THE AND THE SENSE
02:15:25:00	02:15:29:00	OF UNFAIRNESS WHEN STUDENTS
02:15:29:00	02:15:30:00	WORK REALLY HARD AND THEY DON'T
02:15:30:00	02:15:30:00	MAKE IT.
02:15:30:00	02:15:30:00	THANK YOU.
02:15:30:00	02:15:31:00	THANK YOU CAN CELEBRATE IN THE
02:15:31:00	02:15:33:00	CHAIR AND COUNCILMAN ANDREW
02:15:33:00	02:15:33:00	ANDERSON THANK YOU, MADAM
02:15:33:00	02:15:35:00	PRESIDENT.
02:15:35:00	02:15:36:00	THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN FOR
02:15:36:00	02:15:36:00	FILING THIS.
02:15:36:00	02:15:40:00	I ALSO GRADUATED FROM THE JOHN
02:15:40:00	02:15:40:00	O'BRIEN SCHOOL.
02:15:40:00	02:15:43:00	WHAT'S INTERESTING HERE IS
02:15:43:00	02:15:43:00	THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF US
02:15:43:00	02:15:44:00	WILL SORT OF, YOU KNOW, JUGGLE
02:15:44:00	02:15:48:00	WORDS AND OR GOGGLE WORDS AND
02:15:48:00	02:15:50:00	THEN SPIRITS IT OUT IN
02:15:50:00	02:15:51:00	ACCORDANCE TO I GUESS PEOPLE
02:15:51:00	02:15:54:00	THAT THEY REPRESENT IN THEIR
02:15:54:00	02:15:54:00	DISTRICT.
02:15:54:00	02:15:59:00	AND IT'S NOT WRONG THAT SOMEONE
02:15:59:00	02:15:59:00	OF AFFLUENT ME OF AN AFFLUENT
02:15:59:00	02:16:02:00	COMMUNITY OR BACKGROUND
02:16:02:00	02:16:02:00	ADVOCATES FOR THEIR CHILD TO
02:16:02:00	02:16:05:00	GET INTO AN EXAM SCHOOL AND
02:16:05:00	02:16:06:00	THEN SAYS YOU KNOW, WE WANT THE
02:16:06:00	02:16:07:00	BEST FOR OUR CHILD.
02:16:07:00	02:16:10:00	EVERY PARENT WANTS WHAT'S BEST
02:16:10:00	02:16:10:00	FOR THEIR CHILD.
02:16:10:00	02:16:13:00	THE ISSUE HERE IS SORT
02:16:13:00	02:16:14:00	OF EDUCATION, GENTRIFICATION,
02:16:14:00	02:16:14:00	IF YOU WILL.
02:16:14:00	02:16:17:00	EACH TIME THERE IS AN
02:16:17:00	02:16:18:00	OPPORTUNITY AND WE BUILD EQUITY
02:16:18:00	02:16:21:00	AND THEN SYSTEMICALLY AND THEN
02:16:21:00	02:16:21:00	THE OTHER SIDE MEANING THE
02:16:21:00	02:16:24:00	AFFLUENT COMMUNITY THAT ARE
02:16:24:00	02:16:25:00	SLOWLY CREEPING IN WILL SAY
02:16:25:00	02:16:25:00	WHAT ABOUT ME?
02:16:25:00	02:16:28:00	POOR ME, I DON'T WANT TO PAY
02:16:28:00	02:16:29:00	THAT YOU KNOW, PRIVATE SCHOOL
02:16:29:00	02:16:29:00	OR WHATEVER.
02:16:29:00	02:16:32:00	AND SO IT'S IT'S A SAD STATE
02:16:32:00	02:16:33:00	OBVIOUSLY IN MY COLLEAGUES HAVE
02:16:33:00	02:16:36:00	STATED THIS WHERE YOU KNOW THE
02:16:36:00	02:16:40:00	BOSTON IS FIGHTING SORT OF FOR
02:16:40:00	02:16:40:00	WHATEVER IS LEFT OR THE FEW
02:16:40:00	02:16:43:00	EXAM SCHOOLS THAT EXIST THAT
02:16:43:00	02:16:47:00	ARE PRODUCING ACADEMIC SELLERS
02:16:47:00	02:16:47:00	.
02:16:47:00	02:16:51:00	HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, I'D SAY YOU
02:16:51:00	02:16:52:00	KNOW, TO TO THE FOLKS THAT HAVE
02:16:52:00	02:16:55:00	MORE OPPORTUNITY OR ABILITIES
02:16:55:00	02:16:56:00	TO PAY FOR TUTORS WHICH I HAD A
02:16:56:00	02:16:58:00	TUTOR WHEN I WAS A KID BUT YOU
02:16:58:00	02:16:59:00	KNOW, THERE ARE FAMILIES THAT
02:16:59:00	02:17:03:00	CAN'T EVEN DO THAT AND THE KIDS
02:17:03:00	02:17:03:00	ARE PERFORMING ENOUGH TO GET TO
02:17:03:00	02:17:03:00	THIS EXAM SCHOOL.
02:17:03:00	02:17:06:00	AND THEN YOU LOOK AT THE SORT
02:17:06:00	02:17:07:00	OF THE ZIP CODES WHEN YOU SAY,
02:17:07:00	02:17:08:00	YOU KNOW, BASED ON EQUITY OR
02:17:08:00	02:17:11:00	RACIAL EQUITY, THIS IS WHAT WE
02:17:11:00	02:17:11:00	NEED TO DO OUT OF SETTING THE
02:17:11:00	02:17:14:00	CONVERSATION BECOMES OH IS IT
02:17:14:00	02:17:14:00	ALSO EQUITABLE IF AFFLUENT
02:17:14:00	02:17:17:00	WHITE COMMUNITIES DON'T GET
02:17:17:00	02:17:18:00	INTO THESE SCHOOLS?
02:17:18:00	02:17:18:00	WHAT A WEIRD CONVERSATION
02:17:18:00	02:17:21:00	ANYWAY.
02:17:21:00	02:17:22:00	AT THE END OF THE DAY CAN WE
02:17:22:00	02:17:23:00	JUST GET BACK TO WHAT'S
02:17:23:00	02:17:26:00	PRACTICAL, WHAT'S REASONABLE?
02:17:26:00	02:17:27:00	CAN WE NOT MAKE UP EXCUSES
02:17:27:00	02:17:29:00	BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO SUPPORT
02:17:29:00	02:17:30:00	RICH FOLKS THAT HAS TO PAY FOR
02:17:30:00	02:17:30:00	YOUR CAMPAIGN.
02:17:30:00	02:17:33:00	THANK YOU.
02:17:33:00	02:17:34:00	BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
02:17:34:00	02:17:37:00	ON THIS MATTER?
02:17:37:00	02:17:38:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
02:17:38:00	02:17:38:00	THEIR NAME?
02:17:38:00	02:17:41:00	MADAM CLERK, PLEASE.
02:17:41:00	02:17:42:00	THAT WAS BREADON ZAPATA
02:17:42:00	02:17:44:00	FITZGERALD, MARIA MURPHY,
02:17:44:00	02:17:49:00	DURKIN, FERNANDA ANDERSON,
02:17:49:00	02:17:49:00	SANTANA, WEBER WUERL THERE'S
02:17:49:00	02:17:53:00	DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1 TO 8 TO
02:17:53:00	02:17:53:00	BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
02:17:53:00	02:17:53:00	EDUCATION.
02:17:53:00	02:17:56:00	MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
02:17:56:00	02:18:02:00	REDACT NUMBER 1283 OR FIVE HERE
02:18:02:00	02:18:06:00	HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE OR
02:18:06:00	02:18:06:00	UNIVERSITIES STARTED LIKE
02:18:06:00	02:18:07:00	CAMPUS TO BOSTON.
02:18:07:00	02:18:07:00	THANK YOU.
02:18:07:00	02:18:10:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:18:10:00	02:18:11:00	COUNCILOR ARE OUTCOMES ARE YOU
02:18:11:00	02:18:11:00	ON THE FLOOR?
02:18:11:00	02:18:11:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:18:11:00	02:18:13:00	I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO
02:18:13:00	02:18:13:00	SUBSTITUTE JUST THE DOCKET WITH
02:18:13:00	02:18:17:00	SOME MINOR LANGUAGE TWEAKS SET
02:18:17:00	02:18:20:00	IN MOTION TO SECOND AND ALL IN
02:18:20:00	02:18:21:00	FAVOR SAY I I ALL OPPOSING
02:18:21:00	02:18:23:00	SIDES OF IT MOTION SUBSTITUTION
02:18:23:00	02:18:24:00	SUBSTITUTES ALLOWED DOES
02:18:24:00	02:18:25:00	EVERYONE HAVE THE NEW DOCKET IN
02:18:25:00	02:18:26:00	FRONT OF THEM?
02:18:26:00	02:18:27:00	YES.
02:18:27:00	02:18:31:00	OKAY.
02:18:31:00	02:18:32:00	BECAUSE WE'RE ALL YOU HAVE THE
02:18:32:00	02:18:33:00	FLOOR I LIKE TO ADD
02:18:33:00	02:18:34:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AS
02:18:34:00	02:18:35:00	ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR I AM SO
02:18:35:00	02:18:36:00	ADDED COUNCIL ARE YOU ON THE
02:18:36:00	02:18:38:00	FLOOR BOSTON IS KNOWN AROUND
02:18:38:00	02:18:39:00	THE WORLD AS A COLLEGE TOWN BUT
02:18:39:00	02:18:42:00	WE DO NOT HAVE A SINGLE HPC YOU
02:18:42:00	02:18:43:00	THAT'S A GAP WE CAN NO LONGER
02:18:43:00	02:18:46:00	AFFORD TO IGNORE HPC USE
02:18:46:00	02:18:49:00	PUNCHED WELL ABOVE THEIR WEIGHT
02:18:49:00	02:18:50:00	BUT THEY MAKE UP JUST 3% OF US
02:18:50:00	02:18:53:00	COLLEGES THEY PRODUCE 40%
02:18:53:00	02:18:56:00	OF ALL BLACK ENGINEERS 40%
02:18:56:00	02:18:58:00	OF ALL BLACK MEMBERS
02:18:58:00	02:18:59:00	OF CONGRESS, 50% OF ALL BLACK
02:18:59:00	02:19:02:00	LAWYERS AND DOCTORS AND 70%
02:19:02:00	02:19:06:00	OF BLACK DENTISTS HPC USE ALSO
02:19:06:00	02:19:06:00	GRADUATE A HIGHER PERCENTAGE
02:19:06:00	02:19:10:00	OF LOW INCOME FIRST GENERATION
02:19:10:00	02:19:10:00	BLACK STUDENTS IN PREDOMINANTLY
02:19:10:00	02:19:14:00	WHITE INSTITUTIONS.
02:19:14:00	02:19:15:00	THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN
02:19:15:00	02:19:15:00	REPRESENTATION IS MATCH WITH
02:19:15:00	02:19:18:00	INVESTMENT AND IF WE'RE SERIOUS
02:19:18:00	02:19:18:00	ABOUT BUILDING A DIVERSE
02:19:18:00	02:19:22:00	WORKFORCE HERE IN BOSTON IN
02:19:22:00	02:19:23:00	TECH, HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION,
02:19:23:00	02:19:26:00	GOVERNMENT HERE WE NEED TO BE
02:19:26:00	02:19:26:00	JUST AS SERIOUS ABOUT THE
02:19:26:00	02:19:29:00	PIPELINES THAT PEOPLE GET HERE
02:19:29:00	02:19:30:00	.
02:19:30:00	02:19:30:00	THAT WORK DOESN'T JUST START IN
02:19:30:00	02:19:33:00	COLLEGE IT STARTS MUCH EARLIER
02:19:33:00	02:19:34:00	RESEARCH SHOWS THAT HAVING JUST
02:19:34:00	02:19:36:00	ONE BLACK TEACHER BETWEEN
02:19:36:00	02:19:37:00	KINDERGARTEN AND THIRD GRADE
02:19:37:00	02:19:37:00	INCREASES THE CHANCES OF A
02:19:37:00	02:19:41:00	BLACK STUDENT GRADUATING HIGH
02:19:41:00	02:19:41:00	SCHOOL AND ENROLLING IN
02:19:41:00	02:19:41:00	COLLEGE.
02:19:41:00	02:19:45:00	THAT'S WHY BUILDING A CRADLE TO
02:19:45:00	02:19:45:00	CAREER PIPELINE THAT TRULY
02:19:45:00	02:19:48:00	WORKS FOR STUDENTS OF COLOR
02:19:48:00	02:19:49:00	MEANS STARTING EARLY AND
02:19:49:00	02:19:52:00	STAYING CONSISTENT A STRONG
02:19:52:00	02:19:52:00	PARTNERSHIP WITH HBCU STARTING
02:19:52:00	02:19:55:00	IN EARLY CHILDHOOD THROUGH
02:19:55:00	02:19:56:00	TEACHER DEVELOPMENT AND AND
02:19:56:00	02:19:59:00	INTO COLLEGE PATHWAYS CAN BE A
02:19:59:00	02:19:59:00	REAL GAME CHANGER.
02:19:59:00	02:20:00:00	THIS THIS IS ABOUT EDUCATION
02:20:00:00	02:20:03:00	AND ECONOMIC MOBILITY.
02:20:03:00	02:20:07:00	I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE RCC
02:20:07:00	02:20:08:00	ROXBURY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOR
02:20:08:00	02:20:09:00	THE WORK THEY HAVE DONE AS A
02:20:09:00	02:20:11:00	PRIMA DONNA LEAD BLACK
02:20:11:00	02:20:11:00	INSTITUTION RCC HAS BEEN
02:20:11:00	02:20:15:00	SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS WITH
02:20:15:00	02:20:15:00	INTENTION AND HEART FOR
02:20:15:00	02:20:15:00	DECADES.
02:20:15:00	02:20:19:00	WE'VE ALSO SEEN EFFORTS TO
02:20:19:00	02:20:20:00	BRING A FORMAL HBCU PRESENCE TO
02:20:20:00	02:20:23:00	BOSTON LIKE THE PENNZOIL LOUIS
02:20:23:00	02:20:23:00	PROPOSAL IN 2023 AND IT'S TIME
02:20:23:00	02:20:27:00	TO RESTART THAT CONVERSATION
02:20:27:00	02:20:27:00	AND WITH REAL SUPPORT AND CLEAR
02:20:27:00	02:20:27:00	DIRECTION.
02:20:27:00	02:20:31:00	I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT
02:20:31:00	02:20:31:00	OUT TO ORGANIZATIONS LIKE
02:20:31:00	02:20:34:00	BUILDING BRIDGES TO EDUCATION
02:20:34:00	02:20:35:00	THE BOSTON HBCU ALUMNI NETWORK,
02:20:35:00	02:20:38:00	MY BROTHER'S KEEPER, CHIEF
02:20:38:00	02:20:39:00	MCCARTHY AT BPC WITH THE
02:20:39:00	02:20:42:00	STUDENT SUPPORT DEPARTMENT
02:20:42:00	02:20:42:00	BLACK MALE ADVANCEMENT AND
02:20:42:00	02:20:45:00	JOURNEY TO HBCU HAVE ALREADY
02:20:45:00	02:20:46:00	BEEN DOING THE WORK ORGANIZING
02:20:46:00	02:20:49:00	COLLEGE TOURS, BUILDING
02:20:49:00	02:20:49:00	NETWORKS AND OPENING DOORS.
02:20:49:00	02:20:50:00	THIS HEARING IS ABOUT HELPING
02:20:50:00	02:20:53:00	THEM TAKE THAT CONVERSATION AND
02:20:53:00	02:20:54:00	THOSE EFFORTS TO THE NEXT
02:20:54:00	02:20:54:00	LEVEL.
02:20:54:00	02:20:57:00	I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS
02:20:57:00	02:20:57:00	CONVERSATION AND THE WORK
02:20:57:00	02:20:57:00	AHEAD.
02:20:57:00	02:20:57:00	THANK YOU.
02:20:57:00	02:20:58:00	THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
02:20:58:00	02:21:00:00	AND THANK YOU FOR ADDING ME AS
02:21:00:00	02:21:01:00	A CO-SPONSOR HERE.
02:21:01:00	02:21:05:00	THERE'S NOTHING LIKE THE JOY I
02:21:05:00	02:21:05:00	SEE ON YOUNG KIDS FACE,
02:21:05:00	02:21:06:00	ESPECIALLY OUR YOUNG BLACK KIDS
02:21:06:00	02:21:08:00	HERE WHEN THEY TELL ME THEY'RE
02:21:08:00	02:21:09:00	GOING ON A TOUR TO VISIT AN
02:21:09:00	02:21:09:00	HBCU.
02:21:09:00	02:21:12:00	I AS EUNICE WHO WAS HERE FROM
02:21:12:00	02:21:13:00	THE HYDE SQUARE TASK FORCE IS
02:21:13:00	02:21:16:00	AFTER YOU HOWARD UNIVERSITY
02:21:16:00	02:21:19:00	DOWN IN D.C. AND IT'S A GREAT
02:21:19:00	02:21:20:00	POINT OF PRIDE FOR HER AND SO I
02:21:20:00	02:21:20:00	LOOK FORWARD TO THIS
02:21:20:00	02:21:22:00	CONVERSATION.
02:21:22:00	02:21:23:00	I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND
02:21:23:00	02:21:24:00	BOSTON HAS BEEN THE BEDROCK AND
02:21:24:00	02:21:27:00	HAS BEEN THE HOME FOR SO MUCH
02:21:27:00	02:21:27:00	IN PUBLIC EDUCATION THAT THIS
02:21:27:00	02:21:30:00	IS A GREAT THIS IS A GREAT
02:21:30:00	02:21:31:00	CONVERSATION FOR US TO HAVE.
02:21:31:00	02:21:32:00	I ALSO I THINK THE CHAIR I
02:21:32:00	02:21:34:00	THINK BECAUSE WE'RE ALL DID
02:21:34:00	02:21:35:00	THIS BUT ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE
02:21:35:00	02:21:35:00	DO HAVE ROXBURY COMMUNITY
02:21:35:00	02:21:38:00	COLLEGE WHICH IS CONSIDERED PBI
02:21:38:00	02:21:38:00	A PREDOMINATELY BLACK
02:21:38:00	02:21:42:00	INSTITUTION THAT IS ALSO WORTHY
02:21:42:00	02:21:42:00	OF OUR SUPPORT AND OUR
02:21:42:00	02:21:43:00	RESOURCES IN SO MANY DIFFERENT
02:21:43:00	02:21:43:00	WAYS.
02:21:43:00	02:21:46:00	SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
02:21:46:00	02:21:46:00	CONTINUE TO UPLIFT RCC AS WE
02:21:46:00	02:21:49:00	HAVE THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT
02:21:49:00	02:21:50:00	IS POSSIBLE IN TERMS
02:21:50:00	02:21:53:00	OF BRINGING HBCU SATELLITE
02:21:53:00	02:21:54:00	CAMPUS TO THE CITY OF BOSTON.
02:21:54:00	02:21:54:00	SO THANK YOU.
02:21:54:00	02:21:57:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
02:21:57:00	02:21:58:00	FOR AND ENGINEERS AND YOU HAVE
02:21:58:00	02:21:59:00	THE FLOOR THANKS BETTER
02:21:59:00	02:22:01:00	PRESIDENT THANK YOU
02:22:01:00	02:22:02:00	COUNCILOR WELL THIS WAS
02:22:02:00	02:22:05:00	ACTUALLY MY IDEA EMPOWERING
02:22:05:00	02:22:08:00	KIDDING FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO
02:22:08:00	02:22:09:00	DON'T KNOW, I REALLY REALLY
02:22:09:00	02:22:14:00	LOVE COUNCILOR ROLES AND A LOT
02:22:14:00	02:22:14:00	OF TIMES ALIGNED WITH KINDS
02:22:14:00	02:22:15:00	OF OPINIONS LOOK AT THIS SPACE
02:22:15:00	02:22:16:00	BECAUSE OF OPINIONS OF IDEAS
02:22:16:00	02:22:20:00	AND JOKE ABOUT THEM BEING MY
02:22:20:00	02:22:20:00	IDEAS.
02:22:20:00	02:22:21:00	I REALLY THINK THIS IS AN
02:22:21:00	02:22:24:00	AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT
02:22:24:00	02:22:28:00	A WHOLE A FULL ANALYSIS
02:22:28:00	02:22:28:00	OF COUNSELORS, EDUCATION
02:22:28:00	02:22:32:00	FILINGS, ANY POLICIES THAT YOU
02:22:32:00	02:22:36:00	FILED ON EDUCATION AND YOU SORT
02:22:36:00	02:22:36:00	OF ANALYSIS TO CONSOLIDATE
02:22:36:00	02:22:40:00	IDEAS WITH THE CRADLES TO
02:22:40:00	02:22:44:00	CAREERS YOU'VE DONE DATA YOU'VE
02:22:44:00	02:22:48:00	LOOKED AT CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
02:22:48:00	02:22:51:00	FOR OUR YOUTH THROUGH HIGH
02:22:51:00	02:22:51:00	SCHOOL ESPECIALLY AT RISK YOUNG
02:22:51:00	02:22:52:00	BLACK BOYS.
02:22:52:00	02:22:55:00	YOU'VE ALSO LOOKED AT
02:22:55:00	02:22:56:00	PROGRAMMATIC AND YOU'VE I'VE
02:22:56:00	02:22:59:00	SEEN YOU HIRE INTERNS THROUGH
02:22:59:00	02:23:00:00	SUCCESSFULLY IN YOUR OFFICE AND
02:23:00:00	02:23:03:00	THEN THERE'S A BUNCH OF AMAZING
02:23:03:00	02:23:03:00	IDEAS.
02:23:03:00	02:23:04:00	I KNOW THAT COUNCILOR S.A. HAS
02:23:04:00	02:23:06:00	ALSO WORKED ON EDUCATION
02:23:06:00	02:23:10:00	COUNCILOR ME HERE BEING A HUGE
02:23:10:00	02:23:11:00	EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT MEANS TO
02:23:11:00	02:23:14:00	FIGHT FOR EDUCATION.
02:23:14:00	02:23:14:00	I'VE SEEN COUNSELOR MURPHY DO
02:23:14:00	02:23:15:00	THAT AS WELL AND I THINK, YOU
02:23:15:00	02:23:17:00	KNOW, JUST CONSOLIDATING THESE
02:23:17:00	02:23:18:00	IDEAS AND LOOKING AT ARE WE YOU
02:23:18:00	02:23:19:00	KNOW, JOB PROGRAMS, ARE WE
02:23:19:00	02:23:21:00	LOOKING AT CYF AND BRINGING
02:23:21:00	02:23:22:00	THEM AS PARTNERS WITH THIS WITH
02:23:22:00	02:23:26:00	YOUR IDEA DO WE MOVE BCI OFF TO
02:23:26:00	02:23:30:00	EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES OR DO
02:23:30:00	02:23:31:00	SCHOOLS GO INTO BE THIS WAY
02:23:31:00	02:23:32:00	OF BUILDINGS?
02:23:32:00	02:23:33:00	IT JUST SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE ALL
02:23:33:00	02:23:34:00	OF THESE SORT OF REDUNDANCY IN
02:23:34:00	02:23:37:00	BOSTON AND LACK OF COORDINATION
02:23:37:00	02:23:42:00	AND SO I, I LOOK FORWARD TO
02:23:42:00	02:23:43:00	OBSERVING AND WATCHING YOUR
02:23:43:00	02:23:46:00	SUCCESS WITH THIS IDEA AND
02:23:46:00	02:23:46:00	HOPEFULLY YOU WILL HAVE IT.
02:23:46:00	02:23:49:00	THANK YOU.
02:23:49:00	02:23:50:00	THANK YOU.
02:23:50:00	02:23:51:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
02:23:51:00	02:23:51:00	ON THIS MATTER?
02:23:51:00	02:23:53:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTEXT
02:23:53:00	02:23:53:00	NINE TIMES WHEN ON THE FLOOR.
02:23:53:00	02:23:54:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND I
02:23:54:00	02:23:57:00	SUPPORT THIS PROPOSAL.
02:23:57:00	02:23:57:00	I THINK IT'S LONG OVERDUE.
02:23:57:00	02:24:00:00	BOSTON DOES HAVE A HISTORIC
02:24:00:00	02:24:01:00	BLACK COLLEGE IN THE CITY.
02:24:01:00	02:24:04:00	I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT I KNOW
02:24:04:00	02:24:07:00	IT HAS BEEN MENTIONED BUT
02:24:07:00	02:24:08:00	BUNKER HILL COMMUNITY COLLEGE,
02:24:08:00	02:24:11:00	ROXBURY COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUT I
02:24:11:00	02:24:12:00	ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT
02:24:12:00	02:24:12:00	ANOTHER COLLEGE IN MY OPINION
02:24:12:00	02:24:16:00	THAT DOES A WONDERFUL JOB IS
02:24:16:00	02:24:16:00	CALLED THE URBAN COLLEGE RATE
02:24:16:00	02:24:19:00	IN MY DISTRICT IN CHINATOWN AND
02:24:19:00	02:24:20:00	I THINK 90% OF THE STUDENT BODY
02:24:20:00	02:24:22:00	IS WOMEN OF COLOR AND THEY
02:24:22:00	02:24:26:00	FOCUSED MOSTLY ON SECONDARY
02:24:26:00	02:24:30:00	EDUCATION PROGRAM AND WITH THAT
02:24:30:00	02:24:33:00	DEGREE THEY HAVE A REAL GOOD
02:24:33:00	02:24:34:00	OPPORTUNITY TO GET INTO THE
02:24:34:00	02:24:37:00	SYSTEM AS A AS AS A TEACHER'S
02:24:37:00	02:24:38:00	ASSISTANT.
02:24:38:00	02:24:41:00	I THINK.
02:24:41:00	02:24:41:00	BUT URBAN COLLEGE DOES
02:24:41:00	02:24:44:00	TREMENDOUS WORK AS WELL AND
02:24:44:00	02:24:45:00	LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
02:24:45:00	02:24:45:00	DISCUSSION AND TO SUPPORTING
02:24:45:00	02:24:49:00	THE PROPOSAL BY
02:24:49:00	02:24:50:00	COUNCIL OVERALL.
02:24:50:00	02:24:50:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:24:50:00	02:24:51:00	THANK YOU.
02:24:51:00	02:24:51:00	THE CHAIR.
02:24:51:00	02:24:52:00	AND I JUST KIND OF OPENING UP
02:24:52:00	02:24:53:00	THE FLOOR.
02:24:53:00	02:24:53:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:24:53:00	02:24:56:00	I JUST WANTED TO THANK
02:24:56:00	02:24:57:00	COUNCILMAN RALPH FOR BRINGING
02:24:57:00	02:24:57:00	THIS TO THE CHAMBER TODAY.
02:24:57:00	02:24:58:00	I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA AND
02:24:58:00	02:25:00:00	SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD REALLY
02:25:00:00	02:25:03:00	BE WORKING ON BECAUSE ABOUT TWO
02:25:03:00	02:25:04:00	WEEKS AGO I WAS HELPING OUT
02:25:04:00	02:25:07:00	WITH A CAREER DAY OVER AT THE
02:25:07:00	02:25:08:00	YOUNG MAN WITH A PLAN IN CLEARY
02:25:08:00	02:25:10:00	SQUARE IN HYDE PARK AND THAT IS
02:25:10:00	02:25:11:00	AN ORGANIZATION THAT HELPS
02:25:11:00	02:25:14:00	MENTOR PUSH FOR CAREER TRAINING
02:25:14:00	02:25:15:00	AND FINANCIAL LITERACY COURSES
02:25:15:00	02:25:18:00	FOR YOUNG BLACK AND LATINO MEN.
02:25:18:00	02:25:21:00	IN MY AREA OF BOSTON.
02:25:21:00	02:25:22:00	AND WHEN I WAS SPEAKING TO SOME
02:25:22:00	02:25:25:00	OF THE SENIORS OR JUNIORS
02:25:25:00	02:25:26:00	OF THAT ORGANIZATION OF THAT
02:25:26:00	02:25:29:00	PROGRAM, THEY EXPRESSED SO MUCH
02:25:29:00	02:25:29:00	EXCITEMENT ABOUT POTENTIALLY
02:25:29:00	02:25:33:00	TOURING AN HBCU AND WHAT I
02:25:33:00	02:25:34:00	REALIZE IS THAT THEY'RE ALSO
02:25:34:00	02:25:37:00	FAR AWAY FROM BOSTON AND IT
02:25:37:00	02:25:39:00	WOULD BE AMAZING TO BE ABLE TO
02:25:39:00	02:25:40:00	ONE DAY IN THIS COLLEGE TOWN
02:25:40:00	02:25:43:00	LIKE WE ARE KNOWN TO HAVE AN
02:25:43:00	02:25:44:00	HBCU HERE WHERE THOSE THOSE
02:25:44:00	02:25:47:00	BLACK AND LATINO MEN THAT
02:25:47:00	02:25:50:00	IDENTIFY AS BLACK CAN CALL AN
02:25:50:00	02:25:51:00	HBCU HOME HERE IN BOSTON AND
02:25:51:00	02:25:52:00	NOT HAVE TO TRAVEL WAY SO FAR
02:25:52:00	02:25:55:00	AWAY SO I AM FULLY SUPPORT
02:25:55:00	02:25:55:00	OF THIS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
02:25:55:00	02:25:56:00	SUPPORTING YOU IN WHATEVER YOU
02:25:56:00	02:25:59:00	WANT TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THIS.
02:25:59:00	02:25:59:00	THANK YOU.
02:25:59:00	02:25:59:00	THANK YOU.
02:25:59:00	02:26:00:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:26:00:00	02:26:01:00	COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE
02:26:01:00	02:26:02:00	FLOOR.
02:26:02:00	02:26:02:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:26:02:00	02:26:03:00	AND I WANT TO THANK MY
02:26:03:00	02:26:06:00	COLLEAGUE FOR BRINGING THIS TO
02:26:06:00	02:26:06:00	THE FLOOR.
02:26:06:00	02:26:06:00	MY DAUGHTER IS HALF
02:26:06:00	02:26:09:00	AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND HALF
02:26:09:00	02:26:09:00	DOMINICAN SO I'M HOPING THAT
02:26:09:00	02:26:10:00	YOU CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN BEFORE
02:26:10:00	02:26:13:00	SHE GOES OFF TO COLLEGE SO I
02:26:13:00	02:26:13:00	CAN KEEP HER HERE WHERE I HOPE
02:26:13:00	02:26:14:00	SHE BELONGS.
02:26:14:00	02:26:16:00	SO REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO
02:26:16:00	02:26:17:00	WORKING ALONGSIDE YOU TO
02:26:17:00	02:26:20:00	SHEPHERD THIS THROUGH THE
02:26:20:00	02:26:20:00	PROCESS.
02:26:20:00	02:26:20:00	AND YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY
02:26:20:00	02:26:21:00	INTERESTING THAT JUST
02:26:21:00	02:26:24:00	PREVIOUSLY WE WERE TALKING
02:26:24:00	02:26:25:00	ABOUT EXAM SCHOOLS AND WHEN WE
02:26:25:00	02:26:26:00	THINK ABOUT EQUITY WE'RE ALWAYS
02:26:26:00	02:26:28:00	THINKING ABOUT THOSE WHO HAVE
02:26:28:00	02:26:29:00	AND THOSE WHO HAVE NOT AND
02:26:29:00	02:26:31:00	OFTENTIMES OUR PEOPLE NEED TO
02:26:31:00	02:26:32:00	GO REALLY FAR AWAY JUST TO BE
02:26:32:00	02:26:33:00	ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS, JUST TO BE
02:26:33:00	02:26:35:00	ABLE TO BE SEEN AND BE
02:26:35:00	02:26:36:00	AFFIRMED.
02:26:36:00	02:26:36:00	RIGHT.
02:26:36:00	02:26:37:00	SO I THINK THAT THIS IS REALLY
02:26:37:00	02:26:40:00	IN LINE WITH THE CONVERSATION
02:26:40:00	02:26:41:00	AROUND EQUITY AND RACIAL
02:26:41:00	02:26:44:00	JUSTICE.
02:26:44:00	02:26:44:00	RIGHT.
02:26:44:00	02:26:44:00	I THINK IT'S REALLY EASY FOR
02:26:44:00	02:26:45:00	PEOPLE TO SIT IN THEIR SPACES
02:26:45:00	02:26:48:00	OF COMFORT.
02:26:48:00	02:26:48:00	I MEAN I THINK IT'S REALLY
02:26:48:00	02:26:49:00	DIFFICULT WHEN YOU ARE A FULLY
02:26:49:00	02:26:52:00	EXPRESSED INDIVIDUAL YOU WANT
02:26:52:00	02:26:52:00	TO GO TO WHERE YOU ARE
02:26:52:00	02:26:53:00	CELEBRATED AND I THINK
02:26:53:00	02:26:56:00	OFTENTIMES HISTORICALLY BLACK
02:26:56:00	02:26:59:00	COLLEGES EMBRACED ALL OF US IN
02:26:59:00	02:27:00:00	ALL OF OUR ROUGH EDGES AND
02:27:00:00	02:27:01:00	ALLOW US TO BE FULLY EXPRESS
02:27:01:00	02:27:04:00	WITHOUT HARMING US.
02:27:04:00	02:27:04:00	SO I THINK THAT THERE'S
02:27:04:00	02:27:07:00	SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL ABOUT BEING
02:27:07:00	02:27:07:00	IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS
02:27:07:00	02:27:11:00	ALLOWS YOU TO BE WHO YOU ARE NO
02:27:11:00	02:27:11:00	MATTER WHERE YOU ARE.
02:27:11:00	02:27:14:00	AND I THINK THAT IN THE SPIRIT
02:27:14:00	02:27:15:00	OF MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR
02:27:15:00	02:27:18:00	CHILDREN FEEL SEEN AND AFFIRMED
02:27:18:00	02:27:19:00	, I THINK THAT HAVING A
02:27:19:00	02:27:19:00	HISTORICAL BLACK COLLEGE HERE
02:27:19:00	02:27:22:00	IN THE CITY OF BOSTON
02:27:22:00	02:27:22:00	CONSIDERING OUR RACIAL HISTORY
02:27:22:00	02:27:26:00	HERE WOULD BE SUCH A GREAT WAY
02:27:26:00	02:27:27:00	FOR US TO SAY THAT WE ARE HERE
02:27:27:00	02:27:30:00	READY, WILLING AND ABLE TO
02:27:30:00	02:27:33:00	ALLOW BLACK PEOPLE TO REALLY
02:27:33:00	02:27:33:00	BE.
02:27:33:00	02:27:33:00	THANK YOU.
02:27:33:00	02:27:34:00	THANK YOU.
02:27:34:00	02:27:37:00	IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
02:27:37:00	02:27:38:00	ON THIS MATTER?
02:27:38:00	02:27:39:00	WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
02:27:39:00	02:27:39:00	THEIR NAME?
02:27:39:00	02:27:41:00	MADAM PERQUISITE COUNCILORS
02:27:41:00	02:27:42:00	GRAYDON CARTER ZAPATA DURKAN
02:27:42:00	02:27:44:00	FERNANDO ANDERSON FITZGERALD
02:27:44:00	02:27:45:00	FLYNN.
02:27:45:00	02:27:45:00	MARIA MURPHY.
02:27:45:00	02:27:48:00	FABIEN SANTANA WEBER THIS
02:27:48:00	02:27:52:00	DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1283 WILL
02:27:52:00	02:27:53:00	BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
02:27:53:00	02:27:53:00	EDUCATION.
02:27:53:00	02:27:54:00	MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
02:27:54:00	02:27:56:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER 1284.
02:27:56:00	02:27:59:00	DOCKET NUMBER 128 FOR
02:27:59:00	02:28:00:00	COUNCILOR FRIEND OFFER THE
02:28:00:00	02:28:02:00	FOLLOWING ORDER FRASIER TO
02:28:02:00	02:28:02:00	DISCUSS THE BOSTON FIRE
02:28:02:00	02:28:06:00	DEPARTMENT HIRING PROCESS AND
02:28:06:00	02:28:06:00	PRACTICES.
02:28:06:00	02:28:07:00	THANK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:28:07:00	02:28:07:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
02:28:07:00	02:28:09:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:28:09:00	02:28:10:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:28:10:00	02:28:13:00	FOR OVER A CENTURY THE HIRING
02:28:13:00	02:28:13:00	PROCESS FOR FIREFIGHTERS IN THE
02:28:13:00	02:28:16:00	CITY OF BOSTON HAS BEEN
02:28:16:00	02:28:17:00	GOVERNED BY CIVIL SERVICE LAW.
02:28:17:00	02:28:20:00	CHAPTER 31 OF MASS GENERAL LAWS
02:28:20:00	02:28:21:00	ENSURES THAT APPOINTMENTS ARE
02:28:21:00	02:28:23:00	GUIDED BY BASIC MERIT
02:28:23:00	02:28:24:00	PRINCIPLES.
02:28:24:00	02:28:27:00	THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT
02:28:27:00	02:28:28:00	EXPANDS ITS AUTHORITY TO HIRE
02:28:28:00	02:28:31:00	NEW RECRUITS TO A HYBRID
02:28:31:00	02:28:32:00	APPROACH OUTSIDE THE
02:28:32:00	02:28:35:00	TRADITIONAL CIVIL SERVICE
02:28:35:00	02:28:35:00	PROCESS.
02:28:35:00	02:28:36:00	THAT IS A CONSIDERATION THAT'S
02:28:36:00	02:28:39:00	CURRENTLY TAKING PLACE.
02:28:39:00	02:28:39:00	AS WE ALL KNOW, FIREFIGHTERS
02:28:39:00	02:28:43:00	MUST PASS AN EXAMINATION AND
02:28:43:00	02:28:44:00	SATISFY RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS
02:28:44:00	02:28:46:00	COMPLETE A BACKGROUND
02:28:46:00	02:28:47:00	INVESTIGATION, GRADUATE FROM
02:28:47:00	02:28:50:00	BOTH PHYSICALLY AND INTO
02:28:50:00	02:28:51:00	INTELLECTUALLY DEMANDING FIRE
02:28:51:00	02:28:54:00	ACADEMY MASS STATE LAW HAS
02:28:54:00	02:28:55:00	PROVIDED A VETERANS PREFERENCE
02:28:55:00	02:28:57:00	FOR APPOINTMENT TO CIVIL
02:28:57:00	02:29:00:00	SERVICE POSITIONS SINCE THE
02:29:00:00	02:29:00:00	19TH CENTURY.
02:29:00:00	02:29:01:00	FOR US FOR VETERANS OF THE
02:29:01:00	02:29:04:00	CIVIL WAR, THE CURRENT
02:29:04:00	02:29:08:00	STATUTORY PREFERENCE DATES BACK
02:29:08:00	02:29:08:00	TO 1896.
02:29:08:00	02:29:11:00	IT HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO
02:29:11:00	02:29:11:00	ENCOMPASS VETERANS
02:29:11:00	02:29:15:00	OF SUBSEQUENT WARS.
02:29:15:00	02:29:15:00	THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES
02:29:15:00	02:29:19:00	IS PROBABLY THE MOST DIVERSE
02:29:19:00	02:29:22:00	ORGANIZATION IN THE WORLD.
02:29:22:00	02:29:23:00	IN 2021 THE STATE IN THE CITY
02:29:23:00	02:29:26:00	ENACTED ENACTED A CADET PROGRAM
02:29:26:00	02:29:27:00	THAT ALLOWS THE BOSTON FIRE
02:29:27:00	02:29:30:00	DEPARTMENT TO RECRUIT WITHOUT
02:29:30:00	02:29:30:00	GOING THROUGH THE CIVIL SERVICE
02:29:30:00	02:29:33:00	HIRING PROCESS FOR UP TO ONE
02:29:33:00	02:29:34:00	THIRD OF NEW HIRES PROVIDED
02:29:34:00	02:29:37:00	THAT THEY COULD HAVE COMPLETED
02:29:37:00	02:29:38:00	A TWO YEAR PROGRAM ALSO PASSES
02:29:38:00	02:29:41:00	THE CIVIL SERVICE EXAM IN 2024.
02:29:41:00	02:29:45:00	NOW STATE LEGISLATURE ENACT THE
02:29:45:00	02:29:48:00	LEGISLATION TO ALLOW CITIES
02:29:48:00	02:29:49:00	ACROSS ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH
02:29:49:00	02:29:52:00	TO HIRE UP TO 50% OF PUBLIC
02:29:52:00	02:29:55:00	SAFETY HIRES ENTIRELY OUTSIDE
02:29:55:00	02:29:56:00	OF THE TRADITIONAL CIVIL
02:29:56:00	02:29:59:00	SERVICE PROCESS.
02:29:59:00	02:29:59:00	IT HAS IMPACTED THE HIRING
02:29:59:00	02:30:02:00	OF VETERANS SINCE SERVICE
02:30:02:00	02:30:02:00	CONNECTED VETERANS.
02:30:02:00	02:30:06:00	I SHOULD I SHOULD POINT OUT IT
02:30:06:00	02:30:07:00	IS CRITICAL THAT OUR
02:30:07:00	02:30:10:00	FIREFIGHTERS WHO ARE IN CHARGE
02:30:10:00	02:30:11:00	OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY ARE
02:30:11:00	02:30:14:00	QUALIFIED AND MEET FIRE
02:30:14:00	02:30:14:00	DEPARTMENT TRAINING STANDARDS.
02:30:14:00	02:30:17:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON MUST ENSURE
02:30:17:00	02:30:18:00	FAIR HIRING PRACTICES BASED ON
02:30:18:00	02:30:21:00	STANDARD MERIT PRINCIPLES AND
02:30:21:00	02:30:22:00	MANY OF YOU KNOW I STRONGLY
02:30:22:00	02:30:25:00	SUPPORT GIVING OUR VETERANS AND
02:30:25:00	02:30:29:00	SERVICE CONNECTED VETERANS AN
02:30:29:00	02:30:29:00	OPPORTUNITY TO BE DEDICATED
02:30:29:00	02:30:33:00	CITY EMPLOYEES.
02:30:33:00	02:30:34:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:30:34:00	02:30:34:00	THANK YOU.
02:30:34:00	02:30:35:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:30:35:00	02:30:35:00	COUNCILOR MEJIA FROM HERE.
02:30:35:00	02:30:38:00	YES, SIR.
02:30:38:00	02:30:39:00	IT'S A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
02:30:39:00	02:30:42:00	I KNOW WE HAVE A HEARING ORDER
02:30:42:00	02:30:43:00	TITLED THE HIRING FIRING AND
02:30:43:00	02:30:47:00	PROMOTION OF PRACTICES
02:30:47:00	02:30:47:00	OF SPEEDY.
02:30:47:00	02:30:50:00	YOU KNOW ALL CITY EMPLOYEES.
02:30:50:00	02:30:51:00	AND I'M JUST CURIOUS IF YOU
02:30:51:00	02:30:52:00	COULD JUST PROVIDE SOME INSIGHT
02:30:52:00	02:30:54:00	AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THAT IS
02:30:54:00	02:30:55:00	SOMETHING THAT COUNCILOR FLYNN
02:30:55:00	02:30:58:00	LIKE POTENTIALLY WORKS IN
02:30:58:00	02:30:59:00	COLLABORATION OR YOU THINK IT
02:30:59:00	02:31:02:00	TO BE SOMETHING TOTALLY
02:31:02:00	02:31:02:00	SEPARATE?
02:31:02:00	02:31:05:00	I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR AND
02:31:05:00	02:31:06:00	UNDERSTAND HOW I CAN BE HELPFUL
02:31:06:00	02:31:10:00	IN THE HIRING BOOKING SITUATION
02:31:10:00	02:31:13:00	BECAUSE IT IS A OPEN HEARING
02:31:13:00	02:31:17:00	ORDER AND WE HAVE A LOT
02:31:17:00	02:31:18:00	OF ISSUES THAT PERTAIN TO
02:31:18:00	02:31:21:00	HIRING, FIRING AND PROMOTIONAL
02:31:21:00	02:31:21:00	PRACTICES OF ALL OF OUR CITY
02:31:21:00	02:31:21:00	EMPLOYEES.
02:31:21:00	02:31:25:00	AND I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THIS IS
02:31:25:00	02:31:26:00	SOMETHING SEPARATE.
02:31:26:00	02:31:29:00	SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO PERHAPS
02:31:29:00	02:31:29:00	SECOND AND HOLD THE HEARINGS
02:31:29:00	02:31:32:00	TOGETHER IF IF MADAM PRESIDENT,
02:31:32:00	02:31:36:00	IF YOU BELIEVE THAT THAT IS A
02:31:36:00	02:31:37:00	GOOD RECOMMENDATION IF MY
02:31:37:00	02:31:39:00	COLLEAGUE CONSIDERS THAT TO BE
02:31:39:00	02:31:40:00	I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO
02:31:40:00	02:31:43:00	CONSIDER THAT UNDER HIS
02:31:43:00	02:31:43:00	OBVIOUSLY APPROVAL.
02:31:43:00	02:31:44:00	THANK YOU.
02:31:44:00	02:31:49:00	I FLAGGING A POTENTIAL RULE I
02:31:49:00	02:31:50:00	APPLIED THE POTENTIAL RULE 15
02:31:50:00	02:31:51:00	ISSUE MA'AM, THIS WAS NOT
02:31:51:00	02:31:51:00	FLAGGED FOR ME AS A RULE 15
02:31:51:00	02:31:52:00	ISSUE.
02:31:52:00	02:31:55:00	IT'S USUALLY DONE VIA THE
02:31:55:00	02:31:55:00	CLERK'S OFFICE THAT PROVIDES IT
02:31:55:00	02:31:56:00	AS A RULE 15 ISSUE.
02:31:56:00	02:31:59:00	I DON'T YOU KNOW, THERE HAVE
02:31:59:00	02:32:00:00	BEEN A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES
02:32:00:00	02:32:02:00	WHERE I'VE ALLOWED FOR AND IT
02:32:02:00	02:32:03:00	WOULD HAVE BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY
02:32:03:00	02:32:07:00	IF WE HAD SPOKEN BEFORE GIVEN
02:32:07:00	02:32:07:00	THAT IT'S ON THE ARE YOU ASKING
02:32:07:00	02:32:11:00	ME TO OR WELL I DON'T WANT TO
02:32:11:00	02:32:12:00	RULE 50 I, I AM REALLY TRYING
02:32:12:00	02:32:14:00	NOT TO LOOK AT THAT THERE'S NO
02:32:14:00	02:32:15:00	NEED TO CREATE ANY MORE CHAOS
02:32:15:00	02:32:18:00	SO NO NEED TO DO THE RULE 15
02:32:18:00	02:32:19:00	BUT I JUST WANTED TO JUST KNOW
02:32:19:00	02:32:22:00	THAT THERE ALREADY IS A HEARING
02:32:22:00	02:32:23:00	ORDER THAT IS ACTIVE THAT
02:32:23:00	02:32:25:00	PERTAINS TO HIRING, FIRING AND
02:32:25:00	02:32:26:00	PROMOTIONAL PRACTICES OF OUR
02:32:26:00	02:32:29:00	CITY EMPLOYEES AND WE'VE
02:32:29:00	02:32:33:00	ALREADY HOSTED HEARINGS AS IT
02:32:33:00	02:32:33:00	RELATES TO THAT.
02:32:33:00	02:32:36:00	SO I WANT TO BE HELPFUL IN
02:32:36:00	02:32:37:00	TRYING TO CONSOLIDATE THE
02:32:37:00	02:32:37:00	AMOUNT OF HEARING ORDERS THAT
02:32:37:00	02:32:41:00	WE HAVE AND I APPRECIATE THAT I
02:32:41:00	02:32:42:00	JUST WANT TO OFFER THAT THIS IS
02:32:42:00	02:32:44:00	SOMETHING THAT OF COUNCILOR
02:32:44:00	02:32:45:00	FLYNN IS KNOW OPEN TO THAT I'M
02:32:45:00	02:32:48:00	WILLING TO HOST IT UNDER MY
02:32:48:00	02:32:49:00	COMMITTEE IF YOU IF YOU BELIEVE
02:32:49:00	02:32:52:00	THAT IS HELPFUL JUST BECAUSE I
02:32:52:00	02:32:56:00	WANT TO BE HELPFUL.
02:32:56:00	02:32:56:00	OKAY.
02:32:56:00	02:32:56:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR COUNSELOR
02:32:56:00	02:32:57:00	FLYNN, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO
02:32:57:00	02:32:59:00	WITHDRAW YOUR HEARING ORDER AND
02:32:59:00	02:33:00:00	WORK ON THE HEARING ORDER THAT
02:33:00:00	02:33:01:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HAS ALREADY
02:33:01:00	02:33:03:00	FILED?
02:33:03:00	02:33:04:00	MADAM CHAIR, I WOULD I WOULD
02:33:04:00	02:33:08:00	WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO
02:33:08:00	02:33:08:00	WORK WITH COUNCILOR ME HERE.
02:33:08:00	02:33:11:00	I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR
02:33:11:00	02:33:11:00	COUNCILOR HERE.
02:33:11:00	02:33:15:00	COULD IT BE ADDED WITH HER TO
02:33:15:00	02:33:15:00	THE AS A SEPARATE DOCKET BUT
02:33:15:00	02:33:18:00	ALSO CONTINUE THE SAME UPCOMING
02:33:18:00	02:33:18:00	HEARING?
02:33:18:00	02:33:22:00	I WOULD I WOULD WELCOME THAT.
02:33:22:00	02:33:23:00	I THINK IT IS SOMEWHAT DISTINCT
02:33:23:00	02:33:25:00	AND SEPARATE BUT I WOULD
02:33:25:00	02:33:26:00	WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE
02:33:26:00	02:33:30:00	IT ALONG INTO HER CONVERSATION
02:33:30:00	02:33:31:00	WHEN THE NEXT HEARING IS
02:33:31:00	02:33:35:00	SCHEDULED TO ADDRESS AND MAYBE
02:33:35:00	02:33:36:00	WE COULD HAVE ONE LARGER
02:33:36:00	02:33:38:00	DISCUSSION AS TO IF THAT MAKES
02:33:38:00	02:33:38:00	SENSE.
02:33:38:00	02:33:38:00	OKAY.
02:33:38:00	02:33:39:00	THANK YOU.
02:33:39:00	02:33:42:00	AND JUST TO CLARIFY,
02:33:42:00	02:33:43:00	COUNCILMAN, HERE IS THE PRIOR
02:33:43:00	02:33:43:00	DOCKET IN YOUR COMMITTEE, THE
02:33:43:00	02:33:46:00	POST AUDIT COMMITTEE.
02:33:46:00	02:33:46:00	OKAY.
02:33:46:00	02:33:47:00	SO THAT'S WHAT I WILL DO
02:33:47:00	02:33:47:00	BECAUSE THE CLERK'S OFFICE DID
02:33:47:00	02:33:47:00	NOT BUY THIS.
02:33:47:00	02:33:49:00	THE CLERK ALSO IS NOT HERE.
02:33:49:00	02:33:50:00	THIS DOCKET WILL BE PLACED IN
02:33:50:00	02:33:53:00	YOUR COMMITTEE SUCH THAT AND
02:33:53:00	02:33:54:00	THEN YOU WILL DECIDE HOW TO
02:33:54:00	02:33:54:00	MANAGE THE DOCKET.
02:33:54:00	02:33:54:00	THANK YOU.
02:33:54:00	02:33:57:00	THANK YOU.
02:33:57:00	02:33:58:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
02:33:58:00	02:33:58:00	ON THIS MATTER?
02:33:58:00	02:33:59:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:33:59:00	02:34:00:00	COUNCILOR WHEREBY
02:34:00:00	02:34:02:00	COUNCILOR WOULD BE ON THE FLOOR
02:34:02:00	02:34:03:00	.
02:34:03:00	02:34:03:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:34:03:00	02:34:07:00	I JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT,
02:34:07:00	02:34:08:00	YOU KNOW, WHILE WE'VE SEEN YOU
02:34:08:00	02:34:11:00	KNOW, HIRING IN THE POLICE
02:34:11:00	02:34:11:00	DEPARTMENT OVER THE LAST COUPLE
02:34:11:00	02:34:15:00	OF DECADES HAS RESULTED IN LESS
02:34:15:00	02:34:16:00	OF THE PATROL OFFICERS IN A IN
02:34:16:00	02:34:18:00	A WORKFORCE THAT REFLECTS OUR
02:34:18:00	02:34:22:00	COMMUNITY, THE YOU KNOW, THE
02:34:22:00	02:34:23:00	FACT IS THAT THE FIRE
02:34:23:00	02:34:25:00	DEPARTMENT THEY'VE ROUTINELY
02:34:25:00	02:34:26:00	FELL VERY SHORT OF SORT
02:34:26:00	02:34:30:00	OF NUMBERS ON DIVERSITY THAT WE
02:34:30:00	02:34:30:00	WOULD CONSIDER REFLECTIVE
02:34:30:00	02:34:31:00	OF OUR COMMUNITY I THINK.
02:34:31:00	02:34:33:00	SO LESS THAN 30%
02:34:33:00	02:34:37:00	OF FIREFIGHTERS ARE BLACK OR
02:34:37:00	02:34:37:00	LATINO AND WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT
02:34:37:00	02:34:41:00	THE REASON FOR THAT IS THE
02:34:41:00	02:34:41:00	VETERANS PREFERENCE AND THAT
02:34:41:00	02:34:45:00	THEY WERE TRYING TO WE THEY
02:34:45:00	02:34:46:00	WERE LOOKING AT THE HYBRID
02:34:46:00	02:34:48:00	MODEL TO CREATE MORE DIVERSITY
02:34:48:00	02:34:49:00	AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
02:34:49:00	02:34:50:00	I WANT TO READ ANYTHING INTO
02:34:50:00	02:34:52:00	THIS HEARING OR I'M JUST HOPING
02:34:52:00	02:34:53:00	THAT THE HEARING THAT WE
02:34:53:00	02:34:56:00	CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR WAYS
02:34:56:00	02:35:00:00	THAT ARE GOING TO MAKE OUR FIRE
02:35:00:00	02:35:00:00	DEPARTMENT DIVERSE AND THAT
02:35:00:00	02:35:01:00	WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO YOU
02:35:01:00	02:35:04:00	KNOW, TURN DOWN THE HYBRID
02:35:04:00	02:35:11:00	OPTION BECAUSE IT WOULD RESULT
02:35:11:00	02:35:11:00	IN FEWER VETERANS BEING HIRED.
02:35:11:00	02:35:12:00	THANK YOU.
02:35:12:00	02:35:12:00	THANK YOU.
02:35:12:00	02:35:15:00	WEBER THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:35:15:00	02:35:16:00	COUNCILOR BRADING HAS AGREED
02:35:16:00	02:35:16:00	AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:35:16:00	02:35:18:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:35:18:00	02:35:19:00	AND I, I THINK I'M PROBABLY
02:35:19:00	02:35:19:00	GOING TO ECHO THE COMMENTS
02:35:19:00	02:35:22:00	OF OUR COLLEAGUE
02:35:22:00	02:35:23:00	COUNCILOR WEBER.
02:35:23:00	02:35:26:00	I WAS A STRONG SUPPORTER OF THE
02:35:26:00	02:35:27:00	FIRE DEPARTMENT CADET PROGRAM
02:35:27:00	02:35:30:00	AND I REALLY FEEL THAT THE
02:35:30:00	02:35:31:00	MOTIVATION FOR ESTABLISHING THE
02:35:31:00	02:35:34:00	CADET PROGRAM WAS TO TRY AND
02:35:34:00	02:35:35:00	DIVERSIFY OUR WORKFORCE IN THE
02:35:35:00	02:35:38:00	FIRE DEPARTMENT.
02:35:38:00	02:35:41:00	AND YOU KNOW, I THINK PART
02:35:41:00	02:35:42:00	OF THE CONVERSATION IS LOOKING
02:35:42:00	02:35:42:00	AT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE
02:35:42:00	02:35:45:00	CADET PROGRAM AND DIVERSIFYING
02:35:45:00	02:35:46:00	THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WHEN WE
02:35:46:00	02:35:49:00	HAVE THIS HEARING.
02:35:49:00	02:35:50:00	YOU KNOW, THE THE CADET MAY
02:35:50:00	02:35:53:00	RECEIVE PREFERENCE ON A LIST
02:35:53:00	02:35:53:00	OF ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES
02:35:53:00	02:35:56:00	APPOINTED TO AN ACADEMY CLASS
02:35:56:00	02:35:57:00	IF THEY MEET THE REQUIREMENTS
02:35:57:00	02:36:00:00	COMPLETION OF TWO YEARS JUST
02:36:00:00	02:36:02:00	PAST IT, COMPLETION OF TWO
02:36:02:00	02:36:02:00	YEARS WITHOUT INTERRUPTION
02:36:02:00	02:36:05:00	PASSING THE CIVIL SERVICE
02:36:05:00	02:36:05:00	FIREFIGHTER EXAM PASSING THE
02:36:05:00	02:36:09:00	INTERNAL EXAMS INCLUDED BUT NOT
02:36:09:00	02:36:10:00	LIMITED TO CPR EMS TRAINING,
02:36:10:00	02:36:13:00	EMT TRAINING FIREFIGHTER ONE
02:36:13:00	02:36:16:00	TRAINING AND A STANDARD
02:36:16:00	02:36:17:00	OF FITNESS THROUGHOUT THE
02:36:17:00	02:36:20:00	SCHEDULED EVALUATIONS I THINK
02:36:20:00	02:36:21:00	IS MAYBE BE A TIMELY MOMENT AT
02:36:21:00	02:36:22:00	THIS TIME.
02:36:22:00	02:36:24:00	WE'VE HAD THE CADET PROGRAM FOR
02:36:24:00	02:36:25:00	A FEW YEARS, A TIMELY MOMENT TO
02:36:25:00	02:36:28:00	SORT OF EVALUATE THE WHOLE THE
02:36:28:00	02:36:29:00	WHOLE LANDSCAPE AND SEE IF WE
02:36:29:00	02:36:31:00	ARE MEETING THOSE AND THOSE
02:36:31:00	02:36:32:00	THOSE GOALS THAT WE HAD TO
02:36:32:00	02:36:35:00	DIVERSIFY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
02:36:35:00	02:36:36:00	NOT ONLY IN TERMS
02:36:36:00	02:36:39:00	OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM
02:36:39:00	02:36:39:00	DIFFERENT ETHNIC AND LINGUISTIC
02:36:39:00	02:36:43:00	GROUPS BUT ALSO MORE WOMEN IN
02:36:43:00	02:36:43:00	THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
02:36:43:00	02:36:44:00	SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THE
02:36:44:00	02:36:48:00	CONVERSATION AND IN THIS
02:36:48:00	02:36:48:00	HEARING I THINK EXACERBATED THE
02:36:48:00	02:36:49:00	JARGON AS IS COMFORTABLE ON THE
02:36:49:00	02:36:51:00	FLOOR.
02:36:51:00	02:36:51:00	YEAH.
02:36:51:00	02:36:51:00	THANK YOU.
02:36:51:00	02:36:52:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:36:52:00	02:36:54:00	I ALSO SUPPORT SUPPORT
02:36:54:00	02:36:55:00	DIVERSITY IN THE FIRE
02:36:55:00	02:36:59:00	DEPARTMENT BUT I'M BEGINNING TO
02:36:59:00	02:36:59:00	SENSE THAT THERE'S THERE'S
02:36:59:00	02:37:02:00	PUSHBACK FROM AT LEAST TWO
02:37:02:00	02:37:03:00	OF MY COLLEAGUES ON GIVING A
02:37:03:00	02:37:05:00	FAIR OPPORTUNITY FOR SERVICE
02:37:05:00	02:37:09:00	CONNECTED VETERANS USUALLY WE
02:37:09:00	02:37:10:00	HAVE THAT DISCUSSION IN THE IN
02:37:10:00	02:37:13:00	THE HEARING ITSELF BUT MY
02:37:13:00	02:37:13:00	COLLEAGUES FOR SOME REASON WANT
02:37:13:00	02:37:16:00	TO MAKE IT A STATEMENT ABOUT
02:37:16:00	02:37:17:00	SERVICE CONNECTED VETERANS AT
02:37:17:00	02:37:20:00	THIS TIME.
02:37:20:00	02:37:20:00	I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S
02:37:20:00	02:37:21:00	INAPPROPRIATE.
02:37:21:00	02:37:24:00	I THINK THAT SHOULD TAKE PLACE
02:37:24:00	02:37:25:00	DURING THE TRAINING THE HEARING
02:37:25:00	02:37:28:00	ITSELF AND I'M DISAPPOINTED
02:37:28:00	02:37:29:00	THAT THE DISCUSSION NOW IS
02:37:29:00	02:37:32:00	REALLY HOW DO WE WEAKEN CIVIL
02:37:32:00	02:37:33:00	SERVICE AND TAKE MORE SLOTS
02:37:33:00	02:37:36:00	AWAY FROM SERVICE CONNECTED
02:37:36:00	02:37:36:00	VETERANS?
02:37:36:00	02:37:37:00	I'M DISAPPOINTED.
02:37:37:00	02:37:37:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:37:37:00	02:37:40:00	THANK YOU.
02:37:40:00	02:37:41:00	IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
02:37:41:00	02:37:41:00	ON THIS MATTER?
02:37:41:00	02:37:42:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
02:37:42:00	02:37:46:00	THEIR NAME MADAM CLERK BECAUSE
02:37:46:00	02:37:47:00	THAT COUNTS AS BRAYDEN COLETTE
02:37:47:00	02:37:48:00	AS A PARTNER DURKIN FINNEY.
02:37:48:00	02:37:48:00	ANDREW ANDERSON FITZGERALD.
02:37:48:00	02:37:49:00	MIA MURPHY.
02:37:49:00	02:37:51:00	PIPPIN SANTANA.
02:37:51:00	02:37:52:00	WEBER WUERL PLEASE ADD THE
02:37:52:00	02:37:54:00	CHAIR THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER
02:37:54:00	02:37:55:00	1 TO 8 FOUR WILL BE REFERRED TO
02:37:55:00	02:37:57:00	THE COMMITTEE ON POST AUDIT
02:37:57:00	02:37:58:00	GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY,
02:37:58:00	02:37:58:00	TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY.
02:37:58:00	02:38:02:00	MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
02:38:02:00	02:38:05:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER 1285 DOCKET
02:38:05:00	02:38:05:00	NUMBER 1285.
02:38:05:00	02:38:08:00	COUNCILOR CARRUTHERS THE POWER
02:38:08:00	02:38:09:00	OF THE FOREIGN OFF ORDER FOR A
02:38:09:00	02:38:12:00	HEARING REGARDING REVIVING THE
02:38:12:00	02:38:12:00	RED SHIRT PROGRAM.
02:38:12:00	02:38:12:00	THANK YOU.
02:38:12:00	02:38:16:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:38:16:00	02:38:17:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTY
02:38:17:00	02:38:17:00	OF THE FLOOR.
02:38:17:00	02:38:17:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:38:17:00	02:38:20:00	I'D LIKE TO ADD
02:38:20:00	02:38:20:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AS AN
02:38:20:00	02:38:21:00	ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR OF HYDRO
02:38:21:00	02:38:21:00	TWO.
02:38:21:00	02:38:25:00	SO ADDED COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A
02:38:25:00	02:38:25:00	PARTY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:38:25:00	02:38:26:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
02:38:26:00	02:38:26:00	IN THE 1990S, MAYOR MENINO
02:38:26:00	02:38:27:00	CREATED THE 1994 SUMMER
02:38:27:00	02:38:27:00	OF OPPORTUNITY WHICH IS
02:38:27:00	02:38:31:00	INFORMALLY KNOWN AS THE RED
02:38:31:00	02:38:31:00	SHIRT PROGRAM WHICH HIRED 1000
02:38:31:00	02:38:34:00	YOUTH TO ASSIST WITH BASIC
02:38:34:00	02:38:35:00	MUNICIPAL TASKS SO EMPTYING
02:38:35:00	02:38:38:00	TRASH BARRELS BEING HOKIES FOR
02:38:38:00	02:38:38:00	THE DAY REPORTING CRACKS IN THE
02:38:38:00	02:38:41:00	SIDEWALKS AND JUST ASSISTING
02:38:41:00	02:38:42:00	WITH ALL OF THE NUTS AND BOLTS
02:38:42:00	02:38:43:00	WORK THAT IS SO VITAL AND
02:38:43:00	02:38:45:00	IMPORTANT TO MAKING SURE THAT
02:38:45:00	02:38:45:00	OUR CITY SHINES BRIGHT.
02:38:45:00	02:38:49:00	A REVIVED AND REFORMED RED
02:38:49:00	02:38:50:00	SHIRT PROGRAM IS SOMETHING THAT
02:38:50:00	02:38:51:00	I EXPLORED ORIGINALLY AS A
02:38:51:00	02:38:54:00	BUDGET AMENDMENT PROPOSAL FOR
02:38:54:00	02:38:57:00	THIS YEAR ALTHOUGH IT DOES IT
02:38:57:00	02:38:58:00	SEEMS AS THOUGH THERE IS A
02:38:58:00	02:39:01:00	NECESSITY TO HAVE BROAD
02:39:01:00	02:39:01:00	CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT TO
02:39:01:00	02:39:05:00	REALLY DISCUSS THE IMPLICATION
02:39:05:00	02:39:05:00	OF A BUDGET ALLOCATION AND
02:39:05:00	02:39:06:00	UNDERSTAND WHO THE SUPERVISORS
02:39:06:00	02:39:09:00	ARE, HOW TO MANAGE THE PROGRAM
02:39:09:00	02:39:10:00	JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS
02:39:10:00	02:39:10:00	SUCCESSFUL.
02:39:10:00	02:39:13:00	WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE FACT
02:39:13:00	02:39:14:00	THAT THERE ARE VACANCIES WITHIN
02:39:14:00	02:39:17:00	OUR PUBLIC FACING DEPARTMENTS
02:39:17:00	02:39:17:00	WHERE SOME OF THE WORK IF THEY
02:39:17:00	02:39:21:00	DID HAVE EXPANDED STAFF
02:39:21:00	02:39:21:00	CAPACITY A LOT OF THE WORK
02:39:21:00	02:39:24:00	COULD GET DONE QUICKLY.
02:39:24:00	02:39:25:00	AND WE ALSO TALK ABOUT YOUTH
02:39:25:00	02:39:29:00	JOBS AND TRYING TO RECRUIT AND
02:39:29:00	02:39:32:00	RETAIN TALENT HERE IN THE CITY
02:39:32:00	02:39:33:00	OF BOSTON AND THIS IS DIGNIFIED
02:39:33:00	02:39:36:00	WORK AND IT IS IMPORTANT WORK
02:39:36:00	02:39:37:00	AND THAT IS WHY I THINK A
02:39:37:00	02:39:40:00	REVIVED PROGRAM COULD HELP WITH
02:39:40:00	02:39:41:00	THE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
02:39:41:00	02:39:44:00	AND BOLSTER THE
02:39:44:00	02:39:44:00	INTERDEPARTMENTAL RESPONSE
02:39:44:00	02:39:48:00	CAPACITY AND OVERALL IMPROVE
02:39:48:00	02:39:48:00	OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
02:39:48:00	02:39:49:00	AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
02:39:49:00	02:39:49:00	THIS.
02:39:49:00	02:39:52:00	IT WILL TAKE MULTIPLE
02:39:52:00	02:39:53:00	CONVERSATIONS TO GET THIS UP
02:39:53:00	02:39:54:00	OFF THE GROUND BUT I'M VERY
02:39:54:00	02:39:56:00	EXCITED I WAS NOT A RED SHIRT
02:39:56:00	02:39:56:00	PROGRAM ALUMNI BUT THERE ARE
02:39:56:00	02:40:00:00	MANY WHO YOU KNOW AND THAT YOU
02:40:00:00	02:40:00:00	WORK WITH EVERY SINGLE DAY IN
02:40:00:00	02:40:01:00	THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
02:40:01:00	02:40:03:00	TRANSPORTATION EVEN YOUR
02:40:03:00	02:40:04:00	COLLEAGUES THAT WERE PART
02:40:04:00	02:40:04:00	OF THE PROGRAM I CAN SPEAK TO
02:40:04:00	02:40:07:00	IT BUT I DO THINK THAT THIS IS
02:40:07:00	02:40:07:00	SOMETHING THAT WE COULD BUILD
02:40:07:00	02:40:10:00	UP TO FOR NEXT BUDGET.
02:40:10:00	02:40:11:00	AND SO I'M STARTING THE
02:40:11:00	02:40:11:00	CONVERSATION AS QUICKLY AS I
02:40:11:00	02:40:14:00	CAN AND INDICATING THAT IT IS A
02:40:14:00	02:40:15:00	PRIORITY AND SOMETHING THAT I
02:40:15:00	02:40:15:00	AM HOPEFUL WILL HAVE BUY IN
02:40:15:00	02:40:18:00	FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
02:40:18:00	02:40:19:00	FLOOR.
02:40:19:00	02:40:19:00	THANK YOU.
02:40:19:00	02:40:20:00	THANK YOU COMES CARLO ZAPATA.
02:40:20:00	02:40:22:00	I WAS NOT A RED SHIRT BUT MY
02:40:22:00	02:40:23:00	SISTER WAS A RED SHIRT SO VERY
02:40:23:00	02:40:23:00	MUCH REMEMBER THE RED SHIRT
02:40:23:00	02:40:26:00	PROGRAM THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:40:26:00	02:40:26:00	WITH GERALD?
02:40:26:00	02:40:27:00	DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR?
02:40:27:00	02:40:29:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:40:29:00	02:40:29:00	THE NINETIES WERE GREAT, RIGHT?
02:40:29:00	02:40:33:00	THEY REALLY WERE A GOOD TIME AS
02:40:33:00	02:40:33:00	A RED SHIRT ALUM.
02:40:33:00	02:40:37:00	ACTUALLY I WORKED BOTH AT THE
02:40:37:00	02:40:37:00	HEADQUARTER DOWN AT THE REGGIE
02:40:37:00	02:40:37:00	LEWIS CENTER.
02:40:37:00	02:40:40:00	IT WAS OUT AT THE TIME THEY'RE
02:40:40:00	02:40:41:00	DOING PAYROLL AND SUCH BUT IT
02:40:41:00	02:40:44:00	WAS ALSO A CREW SUPERVISOR AT
02:40:44:00	02:40:44:00	THE HIGH PARK MUNI WALKING
02:40:44:00	02:40:48:00	AROUND TRUMAN PARKWAY ALL THAT
02:40:48:00	02:40:49:00	SEPARATE CLEAN IT UP EVERYTHING
02:40:49:00	02:40:52:00	AND REALLY YOU THE BEAUTY
02:40:52:00	02:40:53:00	OF THIS THIS PROGRAM OR THE
02:40:53:00	02:40:55:00	BEAUTY OF WHAT IT WAS IS ONE
02:40:55:00	02:40:55:00	YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO TAKE AN EXAM
02:40:55:00	02:40:58:00	TO GET INTO IT.
02:40:58:00	02:40:59:00	OKAY AND SECONDLY IT WAS FOR IT
02:40:59:00	02:41:01:00	WAS FOR ALL CITY KIDS.
02:41:01:00	02:41:02:00	SECONDLY, IT KEPT KIDS GETTING
02:41:02:00	02:41:05:00	A WAGE AT LEAST EARNING MONEY,
02:41:05:00	02:41:06:00	BEING ABLE TO WHATEVER THEY
02:41:06:00	02:41:07:00	WANTED TO DO HAVE THEIR THEIR
02:41:07:00	02:41:09:00	GOAL SET OUT FOR THE SUMMER.
02:41:09:00	02:41:10:00	I WANT TO MAKE X AMOUNT
02:41:10:00	02:41:10:00	OF DOLLARS TO BUY THOSE
02:41:10:00	02:41:12:00	SNEAKERS OR BUY WHATEVER IT IS,
02:41:12:00	02:41:13:00	PUT IT TOWARDS A CAR HOWEVER
02:41:13:00	02:41:16:00	THEY WERE DOING IT BUT IT ALSO
02:41:16:00	02:41:17:00	GOT YOU INVOLVED IN GIVING BACK
02:41:17:00	02:41:17:00	TO YOUR COMMUNITY RIGHT WHERE
02:41:17:00	02:41:20:00	YOU PHYSICALLY WENT OUT AND YOU
02:41:20:00	02:41:21:00	WERE THE ONES THAT PICKED UP
02:41:21:00	02:41:22:00	THE TRASH OFF THE SIDE OF THE
02:41:22:00	02:41:25:00	ROAD, SCRUBBED DOWN GRAFFITI DO
02:41:25:00	02:41:25:00	WHATEVER YOU LEARNED HOW TO YOU
02:41:25:00	02:41:28:00	IF YOU WERE IN POWER CRUEL YOU
02:41:28:00	02:41:29:00	POWER CREW YOU HAD THE POWER
02:41:29:00	02:41:29:00	TOOLS.
02:41:29:00	02:41:31:00	IF YOU WERE ON TRASH CREW YOU
02:41:31:00	02:41:32:00	WENT AROUND AND PICKED UP THE
02:41:32:00	02:41:33:00	TRASH BAGS AND CARS AS YOU GOT
02:41:33:00	02:41:33:00	OLDER.
02:41:33:00	02:41:35:00	SO THERE WAS ALSO EVOLUTION
02:41:35:00	02:41:36:00	OF BEING ABLE TO START AT THE
02:41:36:00	02:41:39:00	BOTTOM AND REALLY EARNING YOUR
02:41:39:00	02:41:39:00	KEEP AND WORKING YOUR WAY UP
02:41:39:00	02:41:42:00	AND PREPARING YOU FOR REAL LIFE
02:41:42:00	02:41:43:00	OF HOW YOU HAVE TO KIND
02:41:43:00	02:41:43:00	OF SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO START
02:41:43:00	02:41:46:00	AT THE BOTTOM AND WORK YOUR WAY
02:41:46:00	02:41:47:00	UP AND AT THE END OF THAT WHEN
02:41:47:00	02:41:48:00	YOU ARE ON TOP YOU ACTUALLY
02:41:48:00	02:41:50:00	APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT'S
02:41:50:00	02:41:51:00	BEEN DONE AND IT STAYS WITH YOU
02:41:51:00	02:41:53:00	AS YOU GO FORWARD.
02:41:53:00	02:41:54:00	I STILL WILL WALK AROUND AND
02:41:54:00	02:41:55:00	PICK UP LITTER OFF THE GROUND
02:41:55:00	02:41:57:00	WHETHER IT'S THE DUKAKIS IN
02:41:57:00	02:41:58:00	ME OR IT'S JUST FROM RED SHIRTS
02:41:58:00	02:41:58:00	I DON'T KNOW.
02:41:58:00	02:42:01:00	BUT THE IDEA IS THAT STAYS WITH
02:42:01:00	02:42:02:00	YOU AS YOU GROW.
02:42:02:00	02:42:04:00	AND SO I THINK IF WE GET THESE
02:42:04:00	02:42:05:00	KIDS TO BE ACTIVE DURING THE
02:42:05:00	02:42:08:00	SUMMER, GET ON A JOB WHERE
02:42:08:00	02:42:09:00	THEIR THEIR TIME IS TAKEN UP
02:42:09:00	02:42:12:00	AND AND ALLOW THEM TO GET SOME
02:42:12:00	02:42:12:00	SOME SKILLS AND JUST
02:42:12:00	02:42:13:00	UNDERSTANDING OF HARD WORK AND
02:42:13:00	02:42:16:00	TO GET A MONETARY REWARD FOR
02:42:16:00	02:42:17:00	THAT IT'S GREAT PREPARATION FOR
02:42:17:00	02:42:18:00	THE FUTURE I THINK COUNSELOR
02:42:18:00	02:42:20:00	COLLETTE IS A PARTNER FOR
02:42:20:00	02:42:21:00	ALLOWING ME AS A LOVE TO TO BE
02:42:21:00	02:42:23:00	A CO-SPONSOR ON THIS AND I
02:42:23:00	02:42:24:00	THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT,
02:42:24:00	02:42:25:00	GREAT IDEA FOR THE CITY
02:42:25:00	02:42:28:00	OF BOSTON TO BRING IT BACK.
02:42:28:00	02:42:28:00	THANK YOU TO CHERISH AND I JUST
02:42:28:00	02:42:29:00	CAN'T CELEBRATE ANY OF THE
02:42:29:00	02:42:31:00	FLOOR.
02:42:31:00	02:42:31:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
02:42:31:00	02:42:32:00	I WAS NOT A RED SHIRT.
02:42:32:00	02:42:34:00	I DON'T THINK I WAS HERE IN
02:42:34:00	02:42:34:00	1994.
02:42:34:00	02:42:38:00	I MISSED IT.
02:42:38:00	02:42:41:00	THANK YOU, COUNSELOR COLLETTE
02:42:41:00	02:42:42:00	AS A PARTNER FOR THIS I HEAR
02:42:42:00	02:42:45:00	WHEN I'M TALKING TO PEOPLE
02:42:45:00	02:42:45:00	ABOUT HOW THEY HAD THE RED
02:42:45:00	02:42:46:00	SHIRT PROGRAM WAY BACK WHEN AND
02:42:46:00	02:42:49:00	HOW IT WAS SUCH A FORMATIVE
02:42:49:00	02:42:49:00	EXPERIENCE AND HOW MANY OF OUR
02:42:49:00	02:42:53:00	CITY WORKERS ACTUALLY STARTED
02:42:53:00	02:42:53:00	OFF IN THE RED SHIRT PROGRAM.
02:42:53:00	02:42:54:00	SO I THINK YOU KNOW, WE REALLY
02:42:54:00	02:42:57:00	NEED TO SORT OF CULTIVATE A
02:42:57:00	02:43:00:00	PIPELINE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO
02:43:00:00	02:43:01:00	COME INTO PUBLIC SERVICE AND
02:43:01:00	02:43:05:00	BECOME CITY WORKERS AND AND YOU
02:43:05:00	02:43:09:00	KNOW, I THINK IT'S IT'S A WAY
02:43:09:00	02:43:09:00	TO BRING BRING YOUNG PEOPLE
02:43:09:00	02:43:13:00	INTO CITY WORK AND LEARN GOOD
02:43:13:00	02:43:16:00	SKILLS AND ALSO GET GET THEM
02:43:16:00	02:43:19:00	INTERESTED IN WHAT WHAT WHAT A
02:43:19:00	02:43:20:00	CAREER IN IN PUBLIC SERVICE AND
02:43:20:00	02:43:23:00	WORKING FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON
02:43:23:00	02:43:24:00	MIGHT LOOK LIKE AND THERE'S SO
02:43:24:00	02:43:26:00	MANY DIFFERENT AREAS AND SO
02:43:26:00	02:43:27:00	MANY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT
02:43:27:00	02:43:27:00	THEY COULD HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE
02:43:27:00	02:43:30:00	SO I'M WHOLEHEARTEDLY IN
02:43:30:00	02:43:31:00	SUPPORT OF THIS.
02:43:31:00	02:43:31:00	I THINK WE'LL START SCHEMING
02:43:31:00	02:43:34:00	HOW WE MIGHT FUND IT AND LOOK
02:43:34:00	02:43:35:00	AT NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET BUT I'M
02:43:35:00	02:43:37:00	VERY, VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT
02:43:37:00	02:43:38:00	BRINGING THIS PROGRAM BACK.
02:43:38:00	02:43:38:00	THANK YOU.
02:43:38:00	02:43:39:00	THANK YOU.
02:43:39:00	02:43:41:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:43:41:00	02:43:42:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE
02:43:42:00	02:43:42:00	FLOOR.
02:43:42:00	02:43:45:00	THANK YOU AND THANK YOU
02:43:45:00	02:43:46:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE ZAPATA FOR
02:43:46:00	02:43:46:00	BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
02:43:46:00	02:43:49:00	I KNOW JOHN, YOU SAY THAT THE
02:43:49:00	02:43:49:00	NINETIES WERE GREAT BUT IT WAS
02:43:49:00	02:43:50:00	THE EIGHTIES THAT WERE GREAT
02:43:50:00	02:43:53:00	AND IT WAS I THINK IT WAS YOUR
02:43:53:00	02:43:54:00	FATHER'S FIRST YEAR
02:43:54:00	02:43:56:00	COUNCIL FLYNN WHERE I WAS A
02:43:56:00	02:43:59:00	JUNIOR CUSTODIAN BACK IN 1984
02:43:59:00	02:44:00:00	BEFORE THE RED SHIRTS WERE
02:44:00:00	02:44:00:00	INTRODUCED.
02:44:00:00	02:44:04:00	BUT TIM SMITH UP AND RETIREMENT
02:44:04:00	02:44:04:00	HELPED ME REMEMBER WHICH DATES
02:44:04:00	02:44:07:00	BECAUSE IT DOES COUNT TOWARDS
02:44:07:00	02:44:08:00	YOUR RETIREMENT TOO SO I DO
02:44:08:00	02:44:09:00	KNOW IT'S BEEN SAID FROM OTHER
02:44:09:00	02:44:11:00	COLLEAGUES HERE THAT WHEN WE
02:44:11:00	02:44:12:00	TALK TO CITY WORKERS ACROSS THE
02:44:12:00	02:44:16:00	CITY WHO ARE NOW, YOU KNOW, 20,
02:44:16:00	02:44:16:00	30 YEARS INTO THEIR CAREER THAT
02:44:16:00	02:44:19:00	THEY STARTED OUT SOMEWHERE LIKE
02:44:19:00	02:44:20:00	WHAT GOT THEM THROUGH THE DOOR
02:44:20:00	02:44:20:00	CITY HALL.
02:44:20:00	02:44:23:00	SO I THINK IT'S GREAT TO ON
02:44:23:00	02:44:23:00	THAT AND NOT REPLACING
02:44:23:00	02:44:27:00	OBVIOUSLY OUR YOUTH SUMMER JOBS
02:44:27:00	02:44:27:00	AND ALL OF THE ADVOCACY AND
02:44:27:00	02:44:28:00	WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING TO MAKE
02:44:28:00	02:44:31:00	SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, NONPROFITS
02:44:31:00	02:44:32:00	AND CITY DEPARTMENTS OPEN UP
02:44:32:00	02:44:35:00	THEIR DOORS LIKE MY OFFICE DOES
02:44:35:00	02:44:35:00	FOR YOUTH EMPLOYMENT.
02:44:35:00	02:44:38:00	BUT THIS IS A DIFFERENT PATH TO
02:44:38:00	02:44:39:00	OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR KIDS.
02:44:39:00	02:44:40:00	SO ANY WAY WE CAN EXPAND ON
02:44:40:00	02:44:43:00	THAT IT'S IMPORTANT.
02:44:43:00	02:44:43:00	SO THANK YOU.
02:44:43:00	02:44:44:00	THANK YOU.
02:44:44:00	02:44:45:00	THE CHAIR AGAIN IT IS
02:44:45:00	02:44:46:00	COUNCILOR PEPEN AND YOU HAVE
02:44:46:00	02:44:47:00	THE FLOOR.
02:44:47:00	02:44:47:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:44:47:00	02:44:50:00	AND YOU KNOW I HEARD THE NINE
02:44:50:00	02:44:50:00	THESE WERE GOOD AND
02:44:50:00	02:44:50:00	UNFORTUNATE.
02:44:50:00	02:44:53:00	I WAS BORN IN 96 SO I COULDN'T
02:44:53:00	02:44:55:00	BE SORRY IF IT'S HAD TO PUT NO,
02:44:55:00	02:44:59:00	BUT SERIOUSLY I THINK THAT THIS
02:44:59:00	02:45:00:00	IS A GREAT IDEA CAUSE I'VE
02:45:00:00	02:45:03:00	HEARD THIS MULTIPLE TIMES WHAT
02:45:03:00	02:45:04:00	COMES OUT OF COUNCIL FITZGERALD
02:45:04:00	02:45:05:00	ABOUT THE RED PROGRAM AND HOW
02:45:05:00	02:45:07:00	SUCCESSFUL WHAT AND I THINK
02:45:07:00	02:45:08:00	IT'S VERY FITTING THAT WE'RE
02:45:08:00	02:45:09:00	SPEAKING ABOUT IT THE DAY THAT
02:45:09:00	02:45:11:00	I HAVE A CITY A CITY
02:45:11:00	02:45:12:00	COUNCIL FOR THE DAY CITY
02:45:12:00	02:45:15:00	COUNCILOR BARTON OVER THERE IN
02:45:15:00	02:45:16:00	THE BACK FROM AND OF TEACHING
02:45:16:00	02:45:16:00	THEM FROM A VERY YOUNG AGE THE
02:45:16:00	02:45:18:00	VALUE OF GIVING BACK TO THEIR
02:45:18:00	02:45:18:00	CITY.
02:45:18:00	02:45:19:00	AND THAT'S WHY ACTUALLY A YEAR
02:45:19:00	02:45:22:00	AGO MY OFFICE STARTED THE
02:45:22:00	02:45:23:00	DISTRICT FIVE YOUTH COUNCIL TO
02:45:23:00	02:45:24:00	TEACH THEM JUST THAT WHAT IT
02:45:24:00	02:45:27:00	MEANT TO TAKE A SIMPLE JOB
02:45:27:00	02:45:27:00	OF CLEANING UP THEIR
02:45:27:00	02:45:28:00	NEIGHBORHOOD, OF SPEAKING OUT
02:45:28:00	02:45:30:00	FOR WHAT THINGS NEED TO BE
02:45:30:00	02:45:31:00	IMPROVED OF TEACHING THEM HOW
02:45:31:00	02:45:32:00	TO USE THAT 311 HAVE TO SUBMIT
02:45:32:00	02:45:34:00	SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO GET
02:45:34:00	02:45:35:00	FIXED AND ACTUALLY GET THE JOB
02:45:35:00	02:45:37:00	DONE AND TEACH THEM THAT THEY
02:45:37:00	02:45:38:00	HAVE A VOICE.
02:45:38:00	02:45:39:00	SO I AM VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT
02:45:39:00	02:45:42:00	OF THIS.
02:45:42:00	02:45:42:00	I WOULD LOVE TO BRING THIS BACK
02:45:42:00	02:45:43:00	IN AND SUPPORT YOU.
02:45:43:00	02:45:43:00	COUNCIL AND
02:45:43:00	02:45:45:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD TO MAKE
02:45:45:00	02:45:45:00	THIS HAPPEN.
02:45:45:00	02:45:46:00	THANK YOU.
02:45:46:00	02:45:46:00	THANK YOU.
02:45:46:00	02:45:47:00	IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
02:45:47:00	02:45:49:00	ON THIS BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO
02:45:49:00	02:45:50:00	ADD THEIR NAME?
02:45:50:00	02:45:53:00	MADAM CLERK PLEASE THAT
02:45:53:00	02:45:53:00	COUNCILORS BRAYDEN DURKIN FLYNN
02:45:53:00	02:45:57:00	TAPPAN SANTANA WEBER WUERL
02:45:57:00	02:46:00:00	PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR THIS
02:46:00:00	02:46:03:00	DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1285 WILL
02:46:03:00	02:46:04:00	BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
02:46:04:00	02:46:04:00	LABOR AND WORKFORCE AND
02:46:04:00	02:46:07:00	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
02:46:07:00	02:46:07:00	MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
02:46:07:00	02:46:09:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER 1286 DOCKET
02:46:09:00	02:46:09:00	NUMBER 1286
02:46:09:00	02:46:13:00	COUNCIL OF COUNCILOR A FRIEND
02:46:13:00	02:46:13:00	THE FOLLOWING ORDER REQUESTING
02:46:13:00	02:46:17:00	CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER
02:46:17:00	02:46:18:00	SECTION 17 F REGARDING
02:46:18:00	02:46:22:00	ASSESSMENT OF COMMERCIAL IN THE
02:46:22:00	02:46:22:00	CITY OF BOSTON.
02:46:22:00	02:46:22:00	THANK YOU.
02:46:22:00	02:46:23:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:46:23:00	02:46:23:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU HAVE THE
02:46:23:00	02:46:24:00	FLOOR.
02:46:24:00	02:46:25:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:46:25:00	02:46:28:00	I FILED A 17 F TO OBTAIN
02:46:28:00	02:46:28:00	INFORMATION RELATING TO
02:46:28:00	02:46:32:00	ASSESSING PRACTICES IN THE CITY
02:46:32:00	02:46:32:00	OF BOSTON AS IT RELATES TO THE
02:46:32:00	02:46:35:00	ASSESSMENT OF COMMERCIAL OFFICE
02:46:35:00	02:46:35:00	TOWERS.
02:46:35:00	02:46:36:00	THANK YOU.
02:46:36:00	02:46:39:00	THANK YOU.
02:46:39:00	02:46:39:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN SEEKS
02:46:39:00	02:46:40:00	SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND
02:46:40:00	02:46:43:00	ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 287.
02:46:43:00	02:46:44:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL
02:46:44:00	02:46:47:00	OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE IT.
02:46:47:00	02:46:48:00	THIS DOCKET HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
02:46:48:00	02:46:49:00	MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE RE
02:46:49:00	02:46:56:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1288 DOCKET
02:46:56:00	02:46:57:00	NUMBER 1288 COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ
02:46:57:00	02:47:00:00	ANDERSON OF THE FOLLOWING
02:47:00:00	02:47:00:00	RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT THE RIGHT
02:47:00:00	02:47:02:00	OF PARENTS TO BRING IN FUNDS TO
02:47:02:00	02:47:18:00	WORK UH OC WE WILL BE COMING TO
02:47:18:00	02:47:21:00	OKAY WE WILL SKIP HER DOCKET
02:47:21:00	02:47:25:00	AND WE WILL MOVE DOCKET NUMBER
02:47:25:00	02:47:26:00	1296 MADAM CLERK COULD YOU
02:47:26:00	02:47:29:00	PLEASE BE TALKING NUMBER 1296
02:47:29:00	02:47:31:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1296
02:47:31:00	02:47:32:00	COUNCILOR ARE MURPHY AND FLYNN
02:47:32:00	02:47:35:00	OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION
02:47:35:00	02:47:35:00	TO CALL FOR AN INDEPENDENT
02:47:35:00	02:47:38:00	INVESTIGATION AND TO CITY HALL
02:47:38:00	02:47:39:00	TERMINATION RETALIATION AND
02:47:39:00	02:47:44:00	CLAIMS AND SUPERVISORY CONDUCT.
02:47:44:00	02:47:44:00	THANK YOU.
02:47:44:00	02:47:45:00	THE CHAIR AND IS
02:47:45:00	02:47:45:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY
02:47:45:00	02:47:46:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR.
02:47:46:00	02:47:46:00	THANK YOU.
02:47:46:00	02:47:50:00	MADAM PRESIDENT, THIS IS THE
02:47:50:00	02:47:53:00	SORT OF MAKING SURE I HAVE THE
02:47:53:00	02:47:53:00	RIGHT ONE.
02:47:53:00	02:47:54:00	SO THIS IS THE RESOLUTION THAT
02:47:54:00	02:47:57:00	I FILED AS A COUNCIL FLYNN AND
02:47:57:00	02:47:58:00	I DID TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN IT WAS
02:47:58:00	02:47:58:00	BLOCKED.
02:47:58:00	02:48:01:00	SO JUST REFILE IT AND HOPING TO
02:48:01:00	02:48:04:00	TALK ABOUT THE NEED FOR AN
02:48:04:00	02:48:04:00	INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO
02:48:04:00	02:48:07:00	SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS
02:48:07:00	02:48:08:00	OF RETALIATION AND MISCONDUCT
02:48:08:00	02:48:08:00	AT CITY HALL.
02:48:08:00	02:48:08:00	YOU YEAH.
02:48:08:00	02:48:12:00	LIKE I SAID, IT WAS BLOCKED
02:48:12:00	02:48:13:00	BEFORE WE HAD DEBATE LAST TIME
02:48:13:00	02:48:16:00	SO HOPING FOR SOME DEBATE AND A
02:48:16:00	02:48:20:00	VOTE TODAY ESPECIALLY ON A
02:48:20:00	02:48:20:00	COUNCIL.
02:48:20:00	02:48:20:00	I THINK IT WAS DISAPPOINTING
02:48:20:00	02:48:23:00	MOSTLY FOR ME THAT THIS WAS A
02:48:23:00	02:48:24:00	SILENCE FROM OTHERS ESPECIALLY
02:48:24:00	02:48:27:00	ON A COUNCIL WITH THE HISTORIC
02:48:27:00	02:48:27:00	MAJORITY OF WOMEN WHEN YOUNG
02:48:27:00	02:48:28:00	WOMEN WHEN A YOUNG WOMAN COMES
02:48:28:00	02:48:31:00	FORWARD WITH SERIOUS CLAIMS WE
02:48:31:00	02:48:32:00	SHOULD BE THE FIRST TO DEMAND
02:48:32:00	02:48:35:00	ANSWERS INSTEAD I BELIEVE SOME
02:48:35:00	02:48:35:00	OF US CHOSE TO LOOK AWAY AND
02:48:35:00	02:48:38:00	NOT TAKE A HARD VOTE.
02:48:38:00	02:48:39:00	TOO OFTEN THOSE WHO DON'T WANT
02:48:39:00	02:48:40:00	TO TAKE HARD VOTES DISMISS
02:48:40:00	02:48:42:00	EFFORTS LIKE THIS AS POLITICAL
02:48:42:00	02:48:43:00	GAMES.
02:48:43:00	02:48:44:00	THIS IS NOT JUST LAZY IN MY
02:48:44:00	02:48:46:00	OPINION IT'S A WAY TO AVOID
02:48:46:00	02:48:47:00	ACCOUNTABILITY AND SHIFT BLAME.
02:48:47:00	02:48:50:00	I'M NOT HERE TO PROTECT POWER.
02:48:50:00	02:48:51:00	I'M HERE TO SPEAK THE TRUTH AND
02:48:51:00	02:48:53:00	TO STAND UP FOR WHAT'S RIGHT IF
02:48:53:00	02:48:54:00	THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE I
02:48:54:00	02:48:57:00	BELIEVE THAT THIS INDEPENDENT
02:48:57:00	02:48:57:00	INVESTIGATION SOMETHING THAT WE
02:48:57:00	02:49:00:00	AS A CITY HIRE OUTSIDE AGENCIES
02:49:00:00	02:49:01:00	AND DO INDEPENDENT
02:49:01:00	02:49:04:00	INVESTIGATIONS WHEN NECESSARY
02:49:04:00	02:49:04:00	OFTEN.
02:49:04:00	02:49:05:00	SO I HOPE THAT WE CAN MOVE
02:49:05:00	02:49:09:00	FORWARD AND SEND A MESSAGE THAT
02:49:09:00	02:49:09:00	THIS COUNCIL WOULD LIKE SOME
02:49:09:00	02:49:09:00	ANSWERS.
02:49:09:00	02:49:10:00	THANK YOU.
02:49:10:00	02:49:10:00	THANK YOU.
02:49:10:00	02:49:11:00	THE GOING TO THIS CONTRACT LADY
02:49:11:00	02:49:15:00	OF THE FLOOR.
02:49:15:00	02:49:16:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:49:16:00	02:49:16:00	I KNOW THIS IS A DIFFICULT
02:49:16:00	02:49:18:00	CONVERSATION.
02:49:18:00	02:49:19:00	HOWEVER WE DON'T GET TO PICK
02:49:19:00	02:49:23:00	AND CHOOSE WHEN IT COMES TO
02:49:23:00	02:49:23:00	WHAT ISSUES WE WANT TO FOCUS
02:49:23:00	02:49:24:00	ON.
02:49:24:00	02:49:26:00	NOW IS THE TIME FOR ETHICAL
02:49:26:00	02:49:26:00	LEADERSHIP, TRANSPARENCY,
02:49:26:00	02:49:30:00	ACCOUNTABILITY AND HONESTY NOT
02:49:30:00	02:49:30:00	ONLY AT THE BOSTON CITY
02:49:30:00	02:49:33:00	COUNCIL BUT THROUGHOUT THE
02:49:33:00	02:49:33:00	THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY
02:49:33:00	02:49:34:00	OF BOSTON ADMINISTRATION
02:49:34:00	02:49:38:00	INTEGRA WE MUST ALWAYS BE A TOP
02:49:38:00	02:49:38:00	PRIORITY IN CITY GOVERNMENT.
02:49:38:00	02:49:38:00	THANK YOU.
02:49:38:00	02:49:41:00	THANK YOU.
02:49:41:00	02:49:41:00	OKAY.
02:49:41:00	02:49:45:00	AND SO AT THE LAST MEETING
02:49:45:00	02:49:46:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN NEAR THE
02:49:46:00	02:49:46:00	FLOOR.
02:49:46:00	02:49:46:00	YEAH.
02:49:46:00	02:49:49:00	AND I THINK I WAS GOING TO SAY
02:49:49:00	02:49:50:00	SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU ARE GOING
02:49:50:00	02:49:51:00	TO SAY CHAIR I'M NOT SURE I
02:49:51:00	02:49:53:00	WANT TO PUT WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH
02:49:53:00	02:49:54:00	BUT I THINK WE HAVE TALKED
02:49:54:00	02:49:56:00	ABOUT RULE FIVE.
02:49:56:00	02:49:57:00	WE'VE TALKED ABOUT 17 G OF THE
02:49:57:00	02:50:00:00	CITY CHARTER.
02:50:00:00	02:50:01:00	SO WHILE WE DON'T GET TO DECIDE
02:50:01:00	02:50:04:00	WHAT HARD DECISIONS WE TALK
02:50:04:00	02:50:07:00	ABOUT, THE CITY CHARTER DOES
02:50:07:00	02:50:08:00	AND THIS IS A PERSONAL MATTER
02:50:08:00	02:50:09:00	IT INCLUDES INDIVIDUAL NAMES
02:50:09:00	02:50:11:00	OF INDIVIDUAL PAST CITY
02:50:11:00	02:50:11:00	EMPLOYEES.
02:50:11:00	02:50:14:00	SO I WILL BE OBJECTING TO A
02:50:14:00	02:50:17:00	VOTE TODAY.
02:50:17:00	02:50:21:00	OKAY.
02:50:21:00	02:50:25:00	THIS DOCKET OKAY, I'M GOING TO
02:50:25:00	02:50:28:00	SEND THIS DOCKET TO COMMITTEE
02:50:28:00	02:50:29:00	AND THIS DOCKET WILL BE BECAUSE
02:50:29:00	02:50:32:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN OBJECTED THERE
02:50:32:00	02:50:33:00	IS NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON
02:50:33:00	02:50:33:00	THIS DOCKET.
02:50:33:00	02:50:34:00	IT IS SENT TO COMMITTEE.
02:50:34:00	02:50:37:00	IT ISN'T A COUNCILOR.
02:50:37:00	02:50:38:00	IT IS SENT TO THE COMMITTEE ON
02:50:38:00	02:50:40:00	LABOR WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC
02:50:40:00	02:50:40:00	DEVELOPMENT.
02:50:40:00	02:50:41:00	THERE IS NO MORE DISCUSSION.
02:50:41:00	02:50:43:00	IT IS SENT TO COMMITTEE.
02:50:43:00	02:50:44:00	IT IS NOT WHAT I INTENDED TO
02:50:44:00	02:50:44:00	DO.
02:50:44:00	02:50:47:00	I HAVE THE RULE FIVE MEMO.
02:50:47:00	02:50:50:00	I HOPE EVERYONE READS IT.
02:50:50:00	02:50:50:00	INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEE MATTERS
02:50:50:00	02:50:54:00	BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL WE'VE
02:50:54:00	02:50:54:00	HAD THEM.
02:50:54:00	02:50:55:00	WE WILL THEY WILL BE IN THE
02:50:55:00	02:50:59:00	FUTURE SENT TO THE COMMITTEE ON
02:50:59:00	02:51:01:00	THE WHOLE AND THEY WILL THE
02:51:01:00	02:51:04:00	CHAIR WHAT IS YOUR POINT
02:51:04:00	02:51:08:00	OF ORDER COUNCIL WHETHER MY
02:51:08:00	02:51:09:00	POINT OF ORDER IS THE CHAIR
02:51:09:00	02:51:12:00	OF THE COMMITTEE IS JUST IF IF
02:51:12:00	02:51:15:00	WE'RE NOT JUST A BIT BASED ON
02:51:15:00	02:51:16:00	THE RULE FIVE INTERPRETATION IF
02:51:16:00	02:51:17:00	WE DON'T HAVE SORT
02:51:17:00	02:51:20:00	OF JURISDICTION OR WHATEVER THE
02:51:20:00	02:51:23:00	WORD IS OVER THIS ISSUE WHAT
02:51:23:00	02:51:24:00	WHAT IS MY COMMITTEE SUPPOSED
02:51:24:00	02:51:27:00	TO DO WITH THIS?
02:51:27:00	02:51:28:00	SO I'M NOT GOING TO SCHEDULE A
02:51:28:00	02:51:31:00	HEARING ON SOMETHING THAT WE
02:51:31:00	02:51:31:00	DON'T HAVE JURISDICTION TO HEAR
02:51:31:00	02:51:35:00	SO I WE CAN HAVE THAT
02:51:35:00	02:51:38:00	DISCUSSION AT A LATER POINT IN
02:51:38:00	02:51:39:00	THE PUBLIC DEBATE ABOUT IT.
02:51:39:00	02:51:42:00	BUT I THANK YOU.
02:51:42:00	02:51:42:00	THANK YOU.
02:51:42:00	02:51:43:00	THANK YOU.
02:51:43:00	02:51:46:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:51:46:00	02:51:46:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY AND I WILL I
02:51:46:00	02:51:47:00	WILL BACK IT NO NEED FOR A
02:51:47:00	02:51:50:00	POINT OF ORDER.
02:51:50:00	02:51:50:00	I WILL ALSO RECOGNIZE YOU
02:51:50:00	02:51:50:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
02:51:50:00	02:51:51:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:51:51:00	02:51:53:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY WELL FIRST
02:51:53:00	02:51:54:00	AFTER HEARING THAT I WOULD LIKE
02:51:54:00	02:51:57:00	TO ASK THAT IT GET MOVED AT
02:51:57:00	02:51:57:00	LEAST TO YOUR COMMITTEE OF THE
02:51:57:00	02:52:00:00	WHOLE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE
02:52:00:00	02:52:01:00	THAT WE DO HAVE A HEARING ON
02:52:01:00	02:52:01:00	IT.
02:52:01:00	02:52:02:00	AND I ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR RECENT
02:52:02:00	02:52:05:00	COMMUNIQUE IN CLARIFYING THE
02:52:05:00	02:52:05:00	APPLICATION OF RULE FIVE
02:52:05:00	02:52:08:00	PARTICULARLY CONCERNING
02:52:08:00	02:52:08:00	INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYMENT MATTERS.
02:52:08:00	02:52:12:00	WHILE I RESPECT THE INTENT TO
02:52:12:00	02:52:12:00	MAINTAIN THE COUNCIL'S FOCUS ON
02:52:12:00	02:52:13:00	LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS I MUST
02:52:13:00	02:52:16:00	EXPRESS CONCERN OVER THE
02:52:16:00	02:52:17:00	SELECTIVE APPLICATION I BELIEVE
02:52:17:00	02:52:20:00	OF THIS RULE.
02:52:20:00	02:52:20:00	HISTORICALLY THE COUNCIL HAS
02:52:20:00	02:52:23:00	ENGAGED IN MATTERS BEYOND ITS
02:52:23:00	02:52:24:00	DIRECT JURISDICTION INCLUDING
02:52:24:00	02:52:24:00	RESOLUTIONS IN HOME RULE
02:52:24:00	02:52:28:00	PETITIONS RELATED TO INDIVIDUAL
02:52:28:00	02:52:28:00	EMPLOYMENT ISSUES.
02:52:28:00	02:52:32:00	FOR INSTANCE, WE'VE PASSED
02:52:32:00	02:52:32:00	RESOLUTIONS SUPPORTING FEDERAL
02:52:32:00	02:52:36:00	LEGISLATION ON VETERANS MENTAL
02:52:36:00	02:52:36:00	HEALTH IN REAFFIRMING THE TRUST
02:52:36:00	02:52:39:00	ACT WHICH WHILE COMMENDABLE DO
02:52:39:00	02:52:40:00	NOT FALL WITHIN OUR LEGISLATIVE
02:52:40:00	02:52:40:00	PURVIEW.
02:52:40:00	02:52:43:00	ADDITIONALLY, WE WE'VE
02:52:43:00	02:52:44:00	CONSIDERED HOME RULE PETITIONS
02:52:44:00	02:52:45:00	SUCH AS THOSE REQUESTING AGE
02:52:45:00	02:52:47:00	WAIVERS POLICE OFFICERS WE DID
02:52:47:00	02:52:48:00	SEVERAL TODAY WHICH DIRECTLY
02:52:48:00	02:52:51:00	PERTAIN TO INDIVIDUAL
02:52:51:00	02:52:51:00	EMPLOYMENT DECISIONS THE
02:52:51:00	02:52:55:00	INCONSISTENCY AND IMPLY RULE
02:52:55:00	02:52:55:00	FIVE RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
02:52:55:00	02:52:59:00	CRITERIA USED TO DETERMINE WHAT
02:52:59:00	02:52:59:00	IS DEEMED APPROPRIATE FOR
02:52:59:00	02:53:00:00	COUNCIL CONSIDERATION IF
02:53:00:00	02:53:03:00	INDIVIDUAL FULL EMPLOYMENT
02:53:03:00	02:53:04:00	MATTERS ARE TO BE EXCLUDED FROM
02:53:04:00	02:53:04:00	OUR AGENDA.
02:53:04:00	02:53:07:00	THIS STANDARD SHOULD BE
02:53:07:00	02:53:07:00	UNIFORMLY APPLIED ACROSS ALL
02:53:07:00	02:53:11:00	FILINGS IRRESPECTIVE THEIR
02:53:11:00	02:53:11:00	ALIGNMENT WITH THE
02:53:11:00	02:53:12:00	ADMINISTRATIVE INTEREST.
02:53:12:00	02:53:15:00	FURTHERMORE, I WOULD LIKE TO
02:53:15:00	02:53:16:00	REMIND THAT I HAVE PREVIOUSLY
02:53:16:00	02:53:18:00	FILED I KNOW I SAY THIS EVERY
02:53:18:00	02:53:21:00	WEEK HEARING ORDER 0616 TO
02:53:21:00	02:53:22:00	DISCUSS AND ESTABLISH
02:53:22:00	02:53:25:00	GUIDELINES SO WE AS A BODY CAN
02:53:25:00	02:53:25:00	WORK COLLABORATIVELY AND SPEAK
02:53:25:00	02:53:29:00	THROUGH WHAT IT MEANS TO FILE
02:53:29:00	02:53:29:00	AND ADOPT COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS.
02:53:29:00	02:53:32:00	THIS MATTER CONTINUES REMAIN
02:53:32:00	02:53:32:00	PENDING.
02:53:32:00	02:53:33:00	HOPING EVEN THOUGH I HAVE BEEN
02:53:33:00	02:53:36:00	TALKING TO YOUR OFFICE THAT IT
02:53:36:00	02:53:37:00	HAPPENS SOONER THAN NOT WE HAVE
02:53:37:00	02:53:38:00	SO MANY OPENINGS ON THE
02:53:38:00	02:53:41:00	SCHEDULE AS PEOPLE CAN SEE WHEN
02:53:41:00	02:53:41:00	WE SHARE OUT OUR COUNCIL WEEKLY
02:53:41:00	02:53:44:00	CALENDAR.
02:53:44:00	02:53:45:00	IN CONCLUSION, I URGE THE
02:53:45:00	02:53:47:00	COUNCIL TO APPLY RULE FIVE
02:53:47:00	02:53:48:00	EQUITABLY AND TO ENGAGE IN A
02:53:48:00	02:53:49:00	COMPREHENSIVE DISCUSSION ABOUT
02:53:49:00	02:53:51:00	THE SCOPE OF OUR LEGISLATIVE
02:53:51:00	02:53:51:00	ACTIVITIES SELECTIVE
02:53:51:00	02:53:55:00	ENFORCEMENT OF THIS RULE
02:53:55:00	02:53:55:00	UNDERMINES THE COUNCIL'S
02:53:55:00	02:53:55:00	CREDIBILITY AND THE PUBLIC'S
02:53:55:00	02:53:58:00	TRUST IN OUR DECISION MAKING.
02:53:58:00	02:53:59:00	AND I JUST WANT TO SAY I DON'T
02:53:59:00	02:54:02:00	KNOW WHY SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST
02:54:02:00	02:54:03:00	SO AFRAID TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS
02:54:03:00	02:54:06:00	AND ARE SO WILLING TO SHUT DOWN
02:54:06:00	02:54:06:00	DISCUSSIONS.
02:54:06:00	02:54:07:00	THIS WEDNESDAY MEETING LIKE
02:54:07:00	02:54:10:00	I'VE BEFORE WE ONLY HAVE 32
02:54:10:00	02:54:10:00	OF THEM.
02:54:10:00	02:54:13:00	THAT MEANS IS FIVE MONTHS OUT
02:54:13:00	02:54:13:00	OF THE YEAR WE DON'T MEET ON A
02:54:13:00	02:54:14:00	WEDNESDAY.
02:54:14:00	02:54:17:00	WE'RE HERE TO BRING FORTH
02:54:17:00	02:54:17:00	BUSINESS OF THE COUNCIL THAT I
02:54:17:00	02:54:20:00	THINK IS IMPORTANT THAT WE DO
02:54:20:00	02:54:21:00	AND TO SHUT DOWN BEFORE
02:54:21:00	02:54:21:00	CONVERSATION HAPPENS.
02:54:21:00	02:54:23:00	SO I DO APPRECIATE GETTING THE
02:54:23:00	02:54:24:00	OPPORTUNITY BUT HEARING THAT
02:54:24:00	02:54:27:00	THE COMMITTEE IT WENT INTO I
02:54:27:00	02:54:27:00	KNOW THAT I HAVE MANY HEARINGS
02:54:27:00	02:54:28:00	THAT ARE DYING IN COMMITTEE BUT
02:54:28:00	02:54:31:00	THE CHAIRS HAVE NOT SAID THAT
02:54:31:00	02:54:32:00	THEY'RE ACTIVELY NOT TRYING TO
02:54:32:00	02:54:35:00	SCHEDULE THEM IN THIS CASE.
02:54:35:00	02:54:35:00	SOMETHING'S BEEN PLACED IN A
02:54:35:00	02:54:38:00	COMMITTEE WHERE WE'VE BEEN TOLD
02:54:38:00	02:54:39:00	ON THE RECORD THAT THEY WILL
02:54:39:00	02:54:39:00	NOT HOLD A HEARING.
02:54:39:00	02:54:43:00	SO I HOPE THAT WE DO THAT
02:54:43:00	02:54:43:00	BEFORE THIS MEETING ENDS.
02:54:43:00	02:54:44:00	THANK YOU.
02:54:44:00	02:54:44:00	THANK YOU.
02:54:44:00	02:54:45:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY, THE CHAIR
02:54:45:00	02:54:46:00	RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN.
02:54:46:00	02:54:47:00	THANK YOU.
02:54:47:00	02:54:47:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:54:47:00	02:54:50:00	AND I ACTUALLY WANT TO SAY
02:54:50:00	02:54:51:00	THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR WEBER.
02:54:51:00	02:54:53:00	AT LEAST YOU'RE BEING HONEST
02:54:53:00	02:54:54:00	THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE
02:54:54:00	02:54:54:00	THE HEARING.
02:54:54:00	02:54:57:00	I RESPECT THAT.
02:54:57:00	02:54:58:00	I DON'T I DON'T AGREE WITH IT
02:54:58:00	02:55:02:00	BUT I RESPECT YOUR HONESTY THAT
02:55:02:00	02:55:02:00	YOU'RE COMING OUT AND SAYING
02:55:02:00	02:55:05:00	NO, I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE A
02:55:05:00	02:55:05:00	HEARING ON IT.
02:55:05:00	02:55:09:00	BUT MADAM MADAME CHAIR, IF WE
02:55:09:00	02:55:09:00	HAVE A IMPORTANT MATTER THAT WE
02:55:09:00	02:55:13:00	WANT TO DISCUSS AND WE HAVE A
02:55:13:00	02:55:14:00	COMMITTEE CHAIR THAT JUST SAYS
02:55:14:00	02:55:17:00	I DON'T AGREE WITH YOU, I'M NOT
02:55:17:00	02:55:18:00	GOING TO HOLD A HEARING THAT
02:55:18:00	02:55:21:00	MEANS THE VOICES OF OUR
02:55:21:00	02:55:21:00	CONSTITUENTS ARE NOT BEING
02:55:21:00	02:55:21:00	HEARD.
02:55:21:00	02:55:24:00	IT'S IT'S NOT FAIR.
02:55:24:00	02:55:31:00	RULE FIVE IS NOT RESPECTED AND
02:55:31:00	02:55:34:00	NOT NOT RESPECTED AND IN
02:55:34:00	02:55:35:00	ENSURING EVERYBODY PLAYS BY THE
02:55:35:00	02:55:38:00	SAME RULES IT'S AND SOMETIMES
02:55:38:00	02:55:42:00	RULE FIVE WILL IMPACT AND
02:55:42:00	02:55:45:00	SUPPORT ONE CONSTITUENT ONE
02:55:45:00	02:55:46:00	COUNCIL OVER ANOTHER BASED ON
02:55:46:00	02:55:49:00	WHO THAT CITY COUNCIL IS.
02:55:49:00	02:55:52:00	IT'S A REAL UNFAIR PROCESS.
02:55:52:00	02:55:53:00	IT'S AN UNFAIR SET UP AND IF
02:55:53:00	02:55:56:00	YOU HAVE A HEARING ORDER THAT
02:55:56:00	02:56:00:00	YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT, THAT'S
02:56:00:00	02:56:00:00	THAT'S WHAT A CITY THAT'S WHAT
02:56:00:00	02:56:01:00	A CHAIR WILL DO.
02:56:01:00	02:56:04:00	THEY'LL JUST KEEP IT IN
02:56:04:00	02:56:04:00	COMMITTEE AND NOT HAVE A
02:56:04:00	02:56:08:00	DISCUSSION FOREVER.
02:56:08:00	02:56:08:00	THERE'S A LOT OF MINE THAT'S
02:56:08:00	02:56:09:00	JUST SITTING AND WAITING AND I
02:56:09:00	02:56:11:00	KNOW THEY WON'T HAVE A HEARING
02:56:11:00	02:56:12:00	ON IT.
02:56:12:00	02:56:12:00	COUNCIL WEPA JUST CAME OUT AND
02:56:12:00	02:56:16:00	SAID WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A
02:56:16:00	02:56:17:00	HEARING ON IT EVEN IF IT IS IN
02:56:17:00	02:56:17:00	MY COMMITTEE.
02:56:17:00	02:56:19:00	BUT THAT'S THE THAT'S THE
02:56:19:00	02:56:20:00	THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS
02:56:20:00	02:56:23:00	BODY.
02:56:23:00	02:56:24:00	IT'S JUST THE UNPROFESSIONAL
02:56:24:00	02:56:27:00	NATURE OF OUR COLLEAGUES
02:56:27:00	02:56:28:00	BECAUSE THEY DON'T AGREE WITH
02:56:28:00	02:56:28:00	THE PARTICULAR SUBJECT THAT
02:56:28:00	02:56:31:00	THEY JUST WANT THEY WANT TO
02:56:31:00	02:56:34:00	DISCUSS TO DISCUSS THE SUBJECT
02:56:34:00	02:56:35:00	AT HAND.
02:56:35:00	02:56:35:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:56:35:00	02:56:36:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU
02:56:36:00	02:56:38:00	HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:56:38:00	02:56:39:00	YOU'VE ALREADY SPOKEN.
02:56:39:00	02:56:39:00	KEEP IT VERY BRIEF.
02:56:39:00	02:56:42:00	YEAH, JUST I MEAN I KNOW
02:56:42:00	02:56:42:00	HEARINGS LANGUISH IN MY
02:56:42:00	02:56:42:00	COMMITTEE.
02:56:42:00	02:56:45:00	THERE'S A BASICALLY THERE'S AN
02:56:45:00	02:56:46:00	OPINION AND IT'S AT THE
02:56:46:00	02:56:49:00	DISCRETION OF THE
02:56:49:00	02:56:49:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT THAT RULE
02:56:49:00	02:56:52:00	FIVE DOES NOT YOU KNOW, BECAUSE
02:56:52:00	02:56:55:00	OF THE INTERPRETATION OF RULE
02:56:55:00	02:56:55:00	FIVE IT'S JUST NOT ALLOW US TO
02:56:55:00	02:56:56:00	HAVE A HEARING ON THIS ISSUE.
02:56:56:00	02:56:59:00	I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN
02:56:59:00	02:57:02:00	RESPONSE ON IT EXPLAINING WHY I
02:57:02:00	02:57:03:00	WOULD NOT VIOLATE RULE FIVE IN
02:57:03:00	02:57:06:00	MY COMMITTEE.
02:57:06:00	02:57:07:00	IT'S IT'S NOT IT'S IT'S NOT
02:57:07:00	02:57:10:00	ABOUT THE SUBJECT MATTER.
02:57:10:00	02:57:10:00	WE'RE FOLLOWING THE RULES HERE
02:57:10:00	02:57:14:00	AND YOU KNOW I'LL I'LL LEAVE IT
02:57:14:00	02:57:15:00	AT THAT THINK COME TO ME YOU
02:57:15:00	02:57:18:00	CAN SPEAK THEN THAT'S IT
02:57:18:00	02:57:18:00	BECAUSE IT'S BEEN OBJECTED TO I
02:57:18:00	02:57:19:00	ALLOWED FOR THE CONVERSATIONS
02:57:19:00	02:57:21:00	THAT PEOPLE WHO GET THEIR
02:57:21:00	02:57:22:00	THOUGHTS ON THE FLOOR
02:57:22:00	02:57:22:00	COUNCIL ME HERE YOU HAVE THE
02:57:22:00	02:57:23:00	FLOOR YEAH SO YOU KNOW ME I
02:57:23:00	02:57:25:00	ALWAYS WANT TO TAKE THE
02:57:25:00	02:57:25:00	OPPORTUNITY TO USE MY MIKE
02:57:25:00	02:57:29:00	WHENEVER I FEEL THE NEED TO SAY
02:57:29:00	02:57:30:00	SOMETHING BUT IT IS REALLY
02:57:30:00	02:57:33:00	INTERESTING THAT THIS ITERATION
02:57:33:00	02:57:33:00	OF THE BODY REALLY UTILIZES THE
02:57:33:00	02:57:36:00	RULES TO I DON'T REALLY CARE
02:57:36:00	02:57:37:00	ABOUT THE SPECIFICS OF THIS
02:57:37:00	02:57:40:00	SITUATION THAT WE'RE DEBATING
02:57:40:00	02:57:40:00	RIGHT NOW BUT I KNOW THAT JUST
02:57:40:00	02:57:44:00	TODAY MY SITUATION THAT I WAS
02:57:44:00	02:57:45:00	TRYING TO BRING HERE GOT KILLED
02:57:45:00	02:57:47:00	BY RULES AND I JUST FEEL LIKE
02:57:47:00	02:57:48:00	WE'RE USING THE MASTER'S TOOLS
02:57:48:00	02:57:51:00	TO KEEP, YOU KNOW, DOING THINGS
02:57:51:00	02:57:55:00	THAT SOMETIMES YOU KNOW, MAKE
02:57:55:00	02:57:59:00	IT MAKES ME QUESTION WHETHER OR
02:57:59:00	02:57:59:00	NOT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY
02:57:59:00	02:58:03:00	UTILIZING OUR VOICES AND SO I
02:58:03:00	02:58:03:00	THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A
02:58:03:00	02:58:04:00	CONVERSATION AGAIN.
02:58:04:00	02:58:07:00	PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE ABOUT THIS
02:58:07:00	02:58:08:00	SORT OF STUFF LIKE THERE NEEDS
02:58:08:00	02:58:11:00	TO BE A LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY.
02:58:11:00	02:58:12:00	THERE IS LIKE SOME PEOPLE HOLD
02:58:12:00	02:58:15:00	HEARINGS, SOME PEOPLE DON'T.
02:58:15:00	02:58:16:00	SOME THINGS GO INTO COMMITTEE,
02:58:16:00	02:58:19:00	SOME THINGS GET OBJECTED.
02:58:19:00	02:58:19:00	WE'RE NOW ALMOST SIX MONTHS
02:58:19:00	02:58:20:00	LEFT UNTIL THIS TERM AND I FEEL
02:58:20:00	02:58:23:00	LIKE I'M STILL TRYING TO FIGURE
02:58:23:00	02:58:24:00	OUT AND KEEP IT HAVE A CLEAR
02:58:24:00	02:58:27:00	UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS A
02:58:27:00	02:58:27:00	NORM.
02:58:27:00	02:58:28:00	WE NEED TO HAVE A STANDARD THAT
02:58:28:00	02:58:31:00	WE'RE NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT
02:58:31:00	02:58:32:00	PERSONAL MATTERS AND THEN THAT
02:58:32:00	02:58:34:00	THAT'S IT SO THAT WE DON'T HOST
02:58:34:00	02:58:34:00	OR FILE HEARINGS OR RESOLUTIONS
02:58:34:00	02:58:38:00	AROUND THOSE THINGS WE NEED A
02:58:38:00	02:58:39:00	STANDARD THAT WE CAN ALL BE
02:58:39:00	02:58:42:00	HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO BECAUSE
02:58:42:00	02:58:42:00	OTHERWISE WE'RE GOING TO KEEP
02:58:42:00	02:58:45:00	OURSELVES HAVING THE SAME
02:58:45:00	02:58:46:00	CONVERSATION AND THE ONLY THING
02:58:46:00	02:58:49:00	THAT CHANGES IS THE NAME OF THE
02:58:49:00	02:58:50:00	TITLE OF A HEARING ORDER OR A
02:58:50:00	02:58:50:00	RESOLUTION.
02:58:50:00	02:58:53:00	LET'S JUST HAVE A STANDARD AND
02:58:53:00	02:58:54:00	LET YOU KNOW THE PRESIDENT
02:58:54:00	02:58:57:00	YOU'RE THE BOSS OF THIS BODY.
02:58:57:00	02:58:57:00	YEAH.
02:58:57:00	02:58:58:00	PUT US IN CHECK AND KEEP US
02:58:58:00	02:58:58:00	THERE.
02:58:58:00	02:58:59:00	THANK YOU.
02:58:59:00	02:59:01:00	THANK YOU.
02:59:01:00	02:59:02:00	SO I HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE TO
02:59:02:00	02:59:02:00	SPEAK AFTER SUBJECTED TO.
02:59:02:00	02:59:03:00	I WON'T DO THAT AGAIN.
02:59:03:00	02:59:05:00	COMES FROM HERE.
02:59:05:00	02:59:06:00	YOU ARE ACTUALLY THE ONE OF THE
02:59:06:00	02:59:06:00	REASONS I AUTHORED THE RULE
02:59:06:00	02:59:08:00	FIVE MEMO BECAUSE YOU'VE MADE
02:59:08:00	02:59:09:00	THE SAME STATEMENT AT THE LAST
02:59:09:00	02:59:10:00	MEETING ASKING FOR FLAHERTY ON
02:59:10:00	02:59:13:00	PERSONNEL MATTERS.
02:59:13:00	02:59:13:00	THERE HAVE NOW BEEN FOUR
02:59:13:00	02:59:14:00	INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEE MATTERS IN
02:59:14:00	02:59:16:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON BEFORE THIS
02:59:16:00	02:59:16:00	BODY.
02:59:16:00	02:59:17:00	I'VE AGREED WITH SOME OF THEM
02:59:17:00	02:59:19:00	BUT HAVEN'T HAD ENOUGH
02:59:19:00	02:59:20:00	INFORMATION ON THE OTHERS AND
02:59:20:00	02:59:24:00	IT HAS CAUSED THIS BODY SOME
02:59:24:00	02:59:24:00	ANXIETY, SOME UNCERTAINTY AND
02:59:24:00	02:59:27:00	BECAUSE OF THAT I WROTE THE
02:59:27:00	02:59:28:00	RULE FIVE MEMO TO VERY CLEARLY
02:59:28:00	02:59:29:00	STATE WHAT IS ALSO IN THE
02:59:29:00	02:59:30:00	CHARTER THAT GOING FORWARD
02:59:30:00	02:59:31:00	INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEE MATTERS
02:59:31:00	02:59:34:00	WITH RESPECT TO THE CITY
02:59:34:00	02:59:34:00	OF BOSTON THAT THE CITY
02:59:34:00	02:59:35:00	OF COUNCIL THAT THEY WILL BE
02:59:35:00	02:59:38:00	DEEMED OUT OF ORDER AND WILL BE
02:59:38:00	02:59:38:00	REFERRED TO COMMITTEE
02:59:38:00	02:59:41:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN BEFORE I HAD
02:59:41:00	02:59:42:00	THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT
02:59:42:00	02:59:42:00	OBJECTED TO THIS MATTER.
02:59:42:00	02:59:45:00	IT WAS SENT TO THE COMMITTEE
02:59:45:00	02:59:47:00	THAT HAD THERE NOT BE A RULE
02:59:47:00	02:59:48:00	FIVE NOT EXISTED HAD I NOT
02:59:48:00	02:59:48:00	DRAFTED THIS MEMO AS A
02:59:48:00	02:59:51:00	PRESIDING OFFICER OFFERING MY
02:59:51:00	02:59:52:00	INTERPRETATION OF RULE FIVE
02:59:52:00	02:59:55:00	ALONGSIDE COUNCILOR HERE AND IN
02:59:55:00	02:59:55:00	AND IN TALKING TO MY COLLEAGUES
02:59:55:00	02:59:56:00	THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT.
02:59:56:00	02:59:59:00	BUT GOING FORWARD RULE FIVE
02:59:59:00	03:00:00:00	WILL BE THE BLOCK.
03:00:00:00	03:00:02:00	IT DOESN'T THERE'S THERE'S NO
03:00:02:00	03:00:03:00	OTHER NEED FOR AN OBJECTION ON
03:00:03:00	03:00:06:00	AN INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEE MATTER.
03:00:06:00	03:00:07:00	RIGHT.
03:00:07:00	03:00:07:00	AND IT'S VERY DIFFERENT FROM
03:00:07:00	03:00:10:00	WHERE WE HAVE DIRECT AUTHORITY
03:00:10:00	03:00:10:00	AS MEMBERS OF THIS BODY.
03:00:10:00	03:00:11:00	RIGHT.
03:00:11:00	03:00:14:00	THERE'S LAW SPECIFICALLY
03:00:14:00	03:00:15:00	AUTHORIZING US TO WORK ON THE
03:00:15:00	03:00:15:00	HORMEL PETITIONS, THE AGE
03:00:15:00	03:00:18:00	WAIVERS WITH THE HORMEL
03:00:18:00	03:00:19:00	PETITION THAT I OFFER TODAY
03:00:19:00	03:00:19:00	REGARDING CHANGING THE
03:00:19:00	03:00:22:00	CLASSIFICATION OF OUR 911
03:00:22:00	03:00:23:00	EMERGENCY OPERATORS WHERE
03:00:23:00	03:00:26:00	THERE'S SPECIFIC JURISDICTION
03:00:26:00	03:00:27:00	ABOUT OUR WORK.
03:00:27:00	03:00:28:00	WE WILL CONTINUE ON THAT ON
03:00:28:00	03:00:30:00	INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEE MATTERS
03:00:30:00	03:00:31:00	THAT HAVE BROUGHT CONFUSION TO
03:00:31:00	03:00:34:00	THIS BODY THAT HAS LED TO LONG
03:00:34:00	03:00:34:00	CONVERSATIONS.
03:00:34:00	03:00:35:00	DO I AGREE?
03:00:35:00	03:00:35:00	DON'T I AGREE?
03:00:35:00	03:00:35:00	WHERE'S THE UNION?
03:00:35:00	03:00:37:00	WHERE'S THIS HAVE I TALKED TO
03:00:37:00	03:00:38:00	THE INDIVIDUAL?
03:00:38:00	03:00:38:00	THOSE WILL NO LONGER BE GOING
03:00:38:00	03:00:41:00	FORWARD DUE TO MY ROLE FIVE
03:00:41:00	03:00:42:00	MEMO I'VE OFFERED YOU THE
03:00:42:00	03:00:42:00	FLAHERTY THAT YOU ASKED FOR
03:00:42:00	03:00:43:00	LAST WEEK AND THAT OTHERS HAVE
03:00:43:00	03:00:45:00	ASKED FOR AS A PRESIDING
03:00:45:00	03:00:46:00	OFFICER PURSUANT TO RULE FIVE
03:00:46:00	03:00:50:00	THIS DOCKET WAS OBJECTED TO
03:00:50:00	03:00:50:00	SENT TO THE COMMITTEE IT WOULD
03:00:50:00	03:00:54:00	OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN RULE FIVE
03:00:54:00	03:00:54:00	CONSIDERED DEEMED OUT OF ORDER
03:00:54:00	03:00:57:00	AND THAT WAS WHAT WILL HAPPEN
03:00:57:00	03:00:58:00	ON ANY INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEE
03:00:58:00	03:01:01:00	MATTER WITH RESPECT TO THE CITY
03:01:01:00	03:01:02:00	OF BOSTON THAT IS NOT IN A
03:01:02:00	03:01:02:00	WAIVER PETITION THAT IS ALL
03:01:02:00	03:01:06:00	LAID OUT CLEARLY MY RULE FIVE
03:01:06:00	03:01:06:00	MEMO THANK YOU CALLS FROM HERE
03:01:06:00	03:01:09:00	THAT DUCK WAS OBJECTED TO AND
03:01:09:00	03:01:09:00	SENT TO COMMITTEE.
03:01:09:00	03:01:13:00	WE ARE MOVING ON BACK TO THE
03:01:13:00	03:01:14:00	DOCKETS FILED BY COUNCILOR FOR
03:01:14:00	03:01:14:00	AN ANDERSON.
03:01:14:00	03:01:16:00	MADAM CLERK, IF YOU COULD
03:01:16:00	03:01:19:00	PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1288
03:01:19:00	03:01:20:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1288
03:01:20:00	03:01:23:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON
03:01:23:00	03:01:24:00	OFFER THE FORUM RESOLUTION TO
03:01:24:00	03:01:28:00	SUPPORT THE RIGHT OF PARENTS TO
03:01:28:00	03:01:28:00	BRING THEIR SON TO WORK.
03:01:28:00	03:01:29:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:01:29:00	03:01:30:00	COUNTERFEIT ENGINEERS AND YOU
03:01:30:00	03:01:34:00	HAVE THE FLOOR.
03:01:34:00	03:01:34:00	THANK YOU.
03:01:34:00	03:01:35:00	MADAM PRESIDENT, ON A LIGHTER
03:01:35:00	03:01:38:00	NOTE, I THINK BEFORE I START
03:01:38:00	03:01:42:00	SHOUT OUT TO 25 AND HERALD AND
03:01:42:00	03:01:45:00	CHANNEL FIVE DON'T MISCONSTRUE
03:01:45:00	03:01:46:00	MY WORDS.
03:01:46:00	03:01:47:00	JUST GO BACK TO THE VIDEO AT
03:01:47:00	03:01:47:00	HOME.
03:01:47:00	03:01:49:00	IT'S ON YOUTUBE.
03:01:49:00	03:01:50:00	WATCH THE ACTUAL THING I'M
03:01:50:00	03:01:53:00	SAYING MY GOODNESS THIS IS NOT
03:01:53:00	03:01:57:00	ABOUT THIS IS ACTUALLY AN
03:01:57:00	03:01:58:00	INCENTIVE I THINK OR NOT AN
03:01:58:00	03:02:00:00	INCENTIVE BUT MOTIVATION FROM
03:02:00:00	03:02:01:00	OUR MAYOR.
03:02:01:00	03:02:04:00	I THINK THIS IS NOT PETTY.
03:02:04:00	03:02:05:00	THIS IS NOT SAYING, YOU KNOW,
03:02:05:00	03:02:06:00	OH MY GOD, SHE DOES IT SO WE
03:02:06:00	03:02:06:00	SHOULD DO IT.
03:02:06:00	03:02:08:00	IT'S NOT LIKE THAT.
03:02:08:00	03:02:09:00	IT'S MORE LIKE WHAT SHE'S
03:02:09:00	03:02:09:00	DOING.
03:02:09:00	03:02:10:00	SHE HAS A RIGHT TO AND SHE
03:02:10:00	03:02:12:00	SHOULD SHE SHOULD BRING HER
03:02:12:00	03:02:16:00	BABY WHEN THE PARENTS BRING
03:02:16:00	03:02:16:00	THEIR CHILDREN OR HAVE THEIR
03:02:16:00	03:02:19:00	CHILDREN WITH THEM PRIOR TO SIX
03:02:19:00	03:02:20:00	MONTHS IT ACTUALLY OFFERS FOR
03:02:20:00	03:02:23:00	AN OPPORTUNITY TO BOND AND
03:02:23:00	03:02:23:00	CHILDREN.
03:02:23:00	03:02:24:00	THERE'S A LOT OF RESEARCH ON
03:02:24:00	03:02:27:00	THIS IN TERMS OF CHILDREN'S
03:02:27:00	03:02:27:00	DEVELOPMENT SELF-ESTEEM AS WELL
03:02:27:00	03:02:31:00	AS THEIR OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM
03:02:31:00	03:02:34:00	BUILDING STRONGER.
03:02:34:00	03:02:35:00	SO I'M SUGGESTING THIS
03:02:35:00	03:02:38:00	RESOLUTION TO GO IN SUPPORT I
03:02:38:00	03:02:38:00	THINK THERE IS A DOUBLE
03:02:38:00	03:02:38:00	STANDARD HERE.
03:02:38:00	03:02:39:00	I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IF OUR
03:02:39:00	03:02:42:00	MAYOR WAS A BLACK WOMAN IT
03:02:42:00	03:02:43:00	WOULD LOOK A LOT DIFFERENT IF
03:02:43:00	03:02:44:00	SHE WAS CARRYING HER BABY
03:02:44:00	03:02:46:00	AROUND TO WORK.
03:02:46:00	03:02:47:00	AND I THINK WE SHOULD SET
03:02:47:00	03:02:50:00	PRECEDENTS ALTHOUGH SHE'S A
03:02:50:00	03:02:50:00	WOMAN OF COLOR, IT IS DIFFERENT
03:02:50:00	03:02:51:00	FOR HER.
03:02:51:00	03:02:54:00	SHE IS MORE PASSABLE IN THIS IN
03:02:54:00	03:02:54:00	THIS SITUATION.
03:02:54:00	03:02:55:00	SHE CAN BRING HER BABY TO WORK
03:02:55:00	03:02:57:00	AND EVERYONE IS LIKE THAT'S
03:02:57:00	03:02:58:00	GREAT, THAT'S AWESOME.
03:02:58:00	03:02:59:00	BUT A LOT OF CONSTITUENTS
03:02:59:00	03:03:02:00	ESPECIALLY BLACK WOMEN WHO HAVE
03:03:02:00	03:03:02:00	MORE OR LESS OPPORTUNITIES
03:03:02:00	03:03:06:00	FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS AND
03:03:06:00	03:03:06:00	DIFFERENT DIFFICULTIES AT HOME
03:03:06:00	03:03:09:00	ILLUSTRATES FLEXIBILITY WOULD
03:03:09:00	03:03:10:00	LOVE TO BRING THEIR BABIES TO
03:03:10:00	03:03:10:00	WORK.
03:03:10:00	03:03:13:00	SO WHY LOOK FOR SAFE
03:03:13:00	03:03:13:00	ENVIRONMENTS IN THE CITY
03:03:13:00	03:03:17:00	DEPARTMENTS AND ASK OUR MAYOR
03:03:17:00	03:03:20:00	TO ALLOW BLACK AND EVERY WOMAN
03:03:20:00	03:03:20:00	MAN WHITE?
03:03:20:00	03:03:21:00	I DON'T CARE EVERY BACKGROUND
03:03:21:00	03:03:24:00	YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO BRING
03:03:24:00	03:03:25:00	YOUR CHILD IF IT'S SAFE, IF IT
03:03:25:00	03:03:27:00	DOESN'T CAUSE DISRUPTION TO
03:03:27:00	03:03:27:00	WORK.
03:03:27:00	03:03:28:00	SO I'M ASKING TODAY FOR
03:03:28:00	03:03:31:00	SUSPENSION AND PASS AND FOR MY
03:03:31:00	03:03:32:00	COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT
03:03:32:00	03:03:35:00	THAT PARENTS OF CHILDREN FOR
03:03:35:00	03:03:36:00	EXAMPLE OF COUNCIL WELL I WOULD
03:03:36:00	03:03:36:00	HAVE LOVE TO SEE YOUR BABY NEXT
03:03:36:00	03:03:39:00	TO YOU AS LONG HE WASN'T LIKE
03:03:39:00	03:03:39:00	CRYING OR WHATEVER I WOULD HAVE
03:03:39:00	03:03:39:00	BABYSAT.
03:03:39:00	03:03:42:00	WE COULD HAVE HELPED YOU OUT
03:03:42:00	03:03:42:00	WHATEVER WAY.
03:03:42:00	03:03:46:00	BUT EITHER WAY I DO.
03:03:46:00	03:03:46:00	I'M NOT I'M BEING VERY SERIOUS.
03:03:46:00	03:03:47:00	I DON'T THIS IS NOT TO BE TAKEN
03:03:47:00	03:03:50:00	AS A JOB AS SOME SORT OF, YOU
03:03:50:00	03:03:51:00	KNOW, BACKLASH OR PETTY
03:03:51:00	03:03:54:00	WHATEVER.
03:03:54:00	03:03:55:00	I THINK THAT MAYOR WAS DOING
03:03:55:00	03:03:55:00	THE RIGHT THING.
03:03:55:00	03:03:57:00	I THINK THAT SHE HAVING HER
03:03:57:00	03:03:58:00	BABY WITH HER IS TOTALLY OKAY.
03:03:58:00	03:04:00:00	I THINK WE SHOULD SUPPORT THAT
03:04:00:00	03:04:01:00	.
03:04:01:00	03:04:01:00	I THINK WE SHOULD REMOVE THE
03:04:01:00	03:04:02:00	DOUBLE STANDARD AND I THINK
03:04:02:00	03:04:05:00	THAT WE KNOW THAT AGAIN, BLACK
03:04:05:00	03:04:06:00	WOMEN HAVE EXPERIENCED A LOT
03:04:06:00	03:04:08:00	OF DISCRIMINATION AND
03:04:08:00	03:04:09:00	DIFFICULTIES GETTING FIRED WHEN
03:04:09:00	03:04:10:00	THEY CAN'T FIND CHILDCARE AND
03:04:10:00	03:04:13:00	WE SHOULD EXTEND THAT TO THE
03:04:13:00	03:04:13:00	CITY, TO EVERYONE, EVERY PARENT
03:04:13:00	03:04:17:00	IF IT'S FEASIBLE IF THE
03:04:17:00	03:04:17:00	ENVIRONMENT IS SAFE.
03:04:17:00	03:04:17:00	THANK YOU.
03:04:17:00	03:04:18:00	THANK YOU.
03:04:18:00	03:04:20:00	IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
03:04:20:00	03:04:20:00	ON THIS MATTER?
03:04:20:00	03:04:21:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
03:04:21:00	03:04:21:00	THEIR NAME?
03:04:21:00	03:04:25:00	OH, I'M SORRY I DIDN'T SEE THE
03:04:25:00	03:04:25:00	LIKE THE JARGON IS JUST KIND
03:04:25:00	03:04:26:00	OF OFFLINE BECAUSE WHEN YOU ON
03:04:26:00	03:04:26:00	THE FLOOR.
03:04:26:00	03:04:28:00	YEAH.
03:04:28:00	03:04:28:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
03:04:28:00	03:04:29:00	MAY I ASK A QUESTION?
03:04:29:00	03:04:32:00	I GUESS THE CHAIR WE JUST HAD A
03:04:32:00	03:04:33:00	AND I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING
03:04:33:00	03:04:35:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON
03:04:35:00	03:04:35:00	MENTIONED.
03:04:35:00	03:04:39:00	WE JUST HAD A LONG CONVERSATION
03:04:39:00	03:04:44:00	ABOUT THE WHAT WERE WHAT WERE
03:04:44:00	03:04:44:00	WHAT RESOLUTIONS WERE
03:04:44:00	03:04:44:00	SUPPORTING AND WHAT IMPACT
03:04:44:00	03:04:47:00	WOULD IT HAVE ON PERSONAL
03:04:47:00	03:04:48:00	MATTERS WHAT WHAT IMPACT WOULD
03:04:48:00	03:04:51:00	IT HAVE ON CIVIL SERVICE?
03:04:51:00	03:04:52:00	WHAT IMPACT WOULD IT HAVE ON A
03:04:52:00	03:04:55:00	CITY CONTRACT?
03:04:55:00	03:04:56:00	WHAT IMPACT WOULD IT HAVE ON
03:04:56:00	03:04:59:00	WORKPLACE PRACTICES AND
03:04:59:00	03:04:59:00	PROCEDURES?
03:04:59:00	03:05:00:00	I DON'T KNOW.
03:05:00:00	03:05:02:00	I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS
03:05:02:00	03:05:03:00	BUT WE HAD A LONG DISCUSSION ON
03:05:03:00	03:05:06:00	IT FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES SAYING
03:05:06:00	03:05:06:00	WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET INVOLVED
03:05:06:00	03:05:08:00	IN THOSE PARTICULAR ISSUES.
03:05:08:00	03:05:14:00	I, I DON'T I DON'T AGREE WITH
03:05:14:00	03:05:14:00	THAT.
03:05:14:00	03:05:15:00	BUT THAT WAS THAT'S WHAT WE ALL
03:05:15:00	03:05:17:00	KIND OF AGREED ON.
03:05:17:00	03:05:18:00	BUT NOW WE'RE HAVING THE SAME
03:05:18:00	03:05:21:00	CONVERSATION AND AGAIN I
03:05:21:00	03:05:22:00	RESPECT I RESPECT WHAT
03:05:22:00	03:05:24:00	COUNCIL FERNANDEZ INNOCENT IS
03:05:24:00	03:05:28:00	PROPOSING BUT HOW WE
03:05:28:00	03:05:31:00	CONTRADICTING OURSELF JUST 15
03:05:31:00	03:05:32:00	MINUTES AGO WITH OUR PREVIOUS
03:05:32:00	03:05:36:00	DISCUSSION THAT'S THAT'S MY
03:05:36:00	03:05:36:00	THAT'S MY ONLY QUESTION THEN
03:05:36:00	03:05:37:00	BECOMES WHEN WE ARE NOT
03:05:37:00	03:05:39:00	CONTRADICTING OURSELVES THIS IS
03:05:39:00	03:05:40:00	NOT ABOUT AN INDIVIDUAL
03:05:40:00	03:05:43:00	EMPLOYEE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:05:43:00	03:05:43:00	OKAY THANK YOU.
03:05:43:00	03:05:46:00	I WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
03:05:46:00	03:05:50:00	THEIR NAME?
03:05:50:00	03:05:50:00	MADAM COUNCILOR FINANCIAL
03:05:50:00	03:05:54:00	INNOCENCE EXPANSION THE RULES
03:05:54:00	03:05:55:00	IMPACT OF AN ADOPTION OF DOCKET
03:05:55:00	03:05:56:00	NUMBER 1288 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
03:05:56:00	03:05:57:00	SAY I AM MADAM CLERK AS YOU
03:05:57:00	03:06:00:00	PLEASE DO I WILL CONDUCT A ROLL
03:06:00:00	03:06:01:00	CALL VOTE COUNCILOR BREADON.
03:06:01:00	03:06:05:00	YES, COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A
03:06:05:00	03:06:07:00	PART OF COUNCIL DURKAN
03:06:07:00	03:06:08:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ I
03:06:08:00	03:06:15:00	UNDERSTAND COUNCILOR FITZGERALD
03:06:15:00	03:06:15:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN
03:06:15:00	03:06:19:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
03:06:19:00	03:06:23:00	COUNCILOR MY HERE WE SEE
03:06:23:00	03:06:24:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY I WAS A BIT
03:06:24:00	03:06:26:00	THEN.
03:06:26:00	03:06:30:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.
03:06:30:00	03:06:32:00	COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCIL WE'RE
03:06:32:00	03:06:39:00	ALL SO 29.
03:06:39:00	03:06:39:00	THANK YOU.
03:06:39:00	03:06:40:00	THIS RESOLUTION HAS BEEN
03:06:40:00	03:06:42:00	ADOPTED MADAM, COULD YOU PLEASE
03:06:42:00	03:06:49:00	BE DOCKING NUMBER 1289 DOCKET
03:06:49:00	03:06:49:00	NUMBER 1289 COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ
03:06:49:00	03:06:52:00	ANDERSON OFFER THE FOLLOWING
03:06:52:00	03:06:53:00	RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE
03:06:53:00	03:06:57:00	FIRST EDITION OF DISTRICT SEVEN
03:06:57:00	03:06:58:00	WORKBOOK THANK THE CHAIR AND
03:06:58:00	03:06:59:00	THIS IS KIND OF AN
03:06:59:00	03:06:59:00	INTERVENTION.
03:06:59:00	03:06:59:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
03:06:59:00	03:07:00:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:07:00:00	03:07:03:00	AGAIN ON ANOTHER LIGHT NOTE
03:07:03:00	03:07:04:00	TODAY WE WOULD LIKE I WOULD
03:07:04:00	03:07:07:00	LIKE FOR YOU TO JOIN ME IN WITH
03:07:07:00	03:07:11:00	HONOR TO TO HONOR THE LAUNCH
03:07:11:00	03:07:13:00	OF INAUGURAL DISTRICT SEVEN
03:07:13:00	03:07:14:00	WORKBOOK THE FIRST OF ITS KIND
03:07:14:00	03:07:16:00	BLUEPRINT OF FOUR COMMUNITY LED
03:07:16:00	03:07:19:00	GOVERNANCE BORN FROM YEARS
03:07:19:00	03:07:20:00	OF GOVERNORS ORGANIZING AND
03:07:20:00	03:07:20:00	RELENTLESS CALLS AND
03:07:20:00	03:07:24:00	ACCOUNTABILITY.
03:07:24:00	03:07:25:00	THIS TOOL PUTS POWER IN THE
03:07:25:00	03:07:28:00	HANDS OF THE PEOPLE IT TRACKS
03:07:28:00	03:07:31:00	BUDGET, BUDGET JUSTICE
03:07:31:00	03:07:32:00	DELIVERABLES AND YOU ARE ABLE
03:07:32:00	03:07:35:00	TO MONITOR THE BUDGET.
03:07:35:00	03:07:36:00	IT HAS METRICS WHERE YOU CAN
03:07:36:00	03:07:39:00	MEASURE POLITICS POLICIES
03:07:39:00	03:07:43:00	RATHER IT ALSO OFFERS YOU
03:07:43:00	03:07:43:00	STATISTICS.
03:07:43:00	03:07:46:00	IT TELLS YOU ALL ABOUT DISTRICT
03:07:46:00	03:07:49:00	SEVEN I DO HAVE THE WORKBOOK
03:07:49:00	03:07:50:00	HERE BUT OBVIOUSLY IT'S A
03:07:50:00	03:07:53:00	DIGITAL DOCUMENT AND SO YEAH, I
03:07:53:00	03:07:54:00	DON'T THINK WE HAVE TIME TO
03:07:54:00	03:07:57:00	PASS IT AROUND BUT I WELCOME
03:07:57:00	03:08:00:00	YOU TO SKIM THROUGH IT OR ON
03:08:00:00	03:08:01:00	SATURDAY WE'LL BE LAUNCHING IT
03:08:01:00	03:08:05:00	SO YOU ARE ABLE TO ACTUALLY THE
03:08:05:00	03:08:06:00	DIGITAL AND USE IT.
03:08:06:00	03:08:07:00	HOPEFULLY IT SETS PRECEDENCE
03:08:07:00	03:08:09:00	FOR MY DISTRICT COLLEAGUES
03:08:09:00	03:08:13:00	COUNCILORS WHO CAN ACTUALLY
03:08:13:00	03:08:13:00	CREATE ONE FOR THEIR DISTRICTS
03:08:13:00	03:08:13:00	AS WELL.
03:08:13:00	03:08:17:00	IT GOES AGAIN THIS IS NOT SORT
03:08:17:00	03:08:21:00	OF LIKE JUST A HANDBOOK OR THE
03:08:21:00	03:08:22:00	THING THAT YOU GO TO AND JUST
03:08:22:00	03:08:24:00	SKIM THROUGH PAGES.
03:08:24:00	03:08:25:00	YOU CAN ACTUALLY HAVE TOOLS AND
03:08:25:00	03:08:26:00	TEMPLATES AND WORKSHEETS IN
03:08:26:00	03:08:29:00	HERE TO ACTUALLY EDUCATE AND
03:08:29:00	03:08:32:00	SUPPORT CONSTITUENTS BUT ALSO
03:08:32:00	03:08:33:00	IT IS MY BATON FOR THE NEXT
03:08:33:00	03:08:33:00	COUNCILOR.
03:08:33:00	03:08:37:00	I HAD ORIGINALLY STATED THAT
03:08:37:00	03:08:39:00	THERE IS TOO MUCH TURNOVER IN
03:08:39:00	03:08:40:00	DISTRICT SEVEN AND DISTRICT
03:08:40:00	03:08:40:00	SEVEN CONSTITUENTS DESERVE TO
03:08:40:00	03:08:43:00	BUILD CONTINUITY AND HAVE A
03:08:43:00	03:08:44:00	TOOL WHERE THEY CAN CONTINUE TO
03:08:44:00	03:08:50:00	BUILD ON SO YOU WILL SEE THAT
03:08:50:00	03:08:51:00	OFFER MY VISION THE TRANSITION
03:08:51:00	03:08:53:00	PLAN ABOUT SEVEN THE HISTORY
03:08:53:00	03:08:54:00	CURRENT STATISTICS MAPS FROM
03:08:54:00	03:08:57:00	ELECTED OFFICIALS AND
03:08:57:00	03:08:57:00	OPPORTUNITY FOR CHANGE.
03:08:57:00	03:09:01:00	IT WILL GO THROUGH ALL OF YOUR
03:09:01:00	03:09:04:00	HOURS ACTION RESEARCH AND DATA
03:09:04:00	03:09:05:00	SCIENCE PROJECTS THAT WE DID IN
03:09:05:00	03:09:05:00	DISTRICT SEVEN.
03:09:05:00	03:09:09:00	AGAIN, GOING ACROSS ALL THE
03:09:09:00	03:09:09:00	PILLARS EDUCATION, HOUSING,
03:09:09:00	03:09:13:00	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SO
03:09:13:00	03:09:13:00	FORTH.
03:09:13:00	03:09:14:00	THEN WHEN YOU GET TO ORGANIZING
03:09:14:00	03:09:17:00	FOR ACTION IT WILL GET INTO
03:09:17:00	03:09:17:00	CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND HOW TO
03:09:17:00	03:09:20:00	ACTUALLY GET RESULTS.
03:09:20:00	03:09:21:00	IT WILL TEACH YOU ABOUT
03:09:21:00	03:09:23:00	LOBBYING AND ADVOCACY VOTING
03:09:23:00	03:09:24:00	EVENT PLANNING IN SUSTAINING
03:09:24:00	03:09:24:00	THE WORK.
03:09:24:00	03:09:27:00	YOU WILL FIND THAT SUSTAINING
03:09:27:00	03:09:28:00	THE WORK MOVING FORWARD WILL
03:09:28:00	03:09:31:00	OFFER YOU THOSE METRICS THAT I
03:09:31:00	03:09:32:00	MENTIONED ON D SEVEN POLICIES
03:09:32:00	03:09:34:00	EVERYTHING THAT CASSIE ANDERSON
03:09:34:00	03:09:35:00	HAS PASSED, WHAT THE
03:09:35:00	03:09:38:00	CONSTITUENTS EXPRESS IN TERMS
03:09:38:00	03:09:38:00	OF BUILDING CONTINUITY ON
03:09:38:00	03:09:42:00	BUDGET PREPARATION, EDUCATION
03:09:42:00	03:09:43:00	ENGAGEMENT AND DELIVERABLES,
03:09:43:00	03:09:43:00	BUDGET MONITORING, PROJECT
03:09:43:00	03:09:47:00	SUSTAINABILITY AND OF COURSE
03:09:47:00	03:09:47:00	ELECTED OFFICIALS.
03:09:47:00	03:09:50:00	CONSTITUENTS PERFORMANCE REVIEW
03:09:50:00	03:09:50:00	.
03:09:50:00	03:09:51:00	WE ACTUALLY DID SOME DATA
03:09:51:00	03:09:53:00	SCIENCE IN MARCH AND WE DID
03:09:53:00	03:09:54:00	CHARTS AND GRAPHS ON YOU THE
03:09:54:00	03:09:58:00	ELECTED OFFICIALS.
03:09:58:00	03:09:59:00	HOW HAVE YOU VOTED YOUR RECORDS
03:09:59:00	03:10:01:00	IN ALIGNMENT WITH DISTRICT
03:10:01:00	03:10:02:00	SEVEN AND IT'S ALL RIGHT IN
03:10:02:00	03:10:04:00	THERE ONE FOR THE MAYOR, ONE
03:10:04:00	03:10:05:00	FOR THE COUNCILORS AS WELL AS
03:10:05:00	03:10:07:00	CITY RESOURCES DISTRICT SEVEN
03:10:07:00	03:10:08:00	RESOURCES INTO THE APPENDIX AND
03:10:08:00	03:10:12:00	FINALLY YOUR GLOSSARY, YOUR
03:10:12:00	03:10:12:00	GOVERNMENT TERMINOLOGIES AND
03:10:12:00	03:10:16:00	EVERYTHING ABOUT DISTRICT SEVEN
03:10:16:00	03:10:18:00	RIGHT HERE IN ONE WORKBOOK AND
03:10:18:00	03:10:19:00	I HOPE THAT THIS IS THE 2025
03:10:19:00	03:10:23:00	EDITION AND I PRAY AND HOPE AND
03:10:23:00	03:10:24:00	WISH THE BEST OF LUCK TO THE
03:10:24:00	03:10:26:00	NEXT COUNCILOR AND HOPEFULLY
03:10:26:00	03:10:27:00	THAT THEY WILL PROPEL THIS
03:10:27:00	03:10:27:00	PRACTICE.
03:10:27:00	03:10:28:00	I AM ASKING FOR SUSPENSION AND
03:10:28:00	03:10:31:00	PASS TO SUPPORT THIS.
03:10:31:00	03:10:31:00	THANK YOU.
03:10:31:00	03:10:32:00	THANK YOU.
03:10:32:00	03:10:32:00	THE CHAIR ORGANIZERS COUNTER
03:10:32:00	03:10:33:00	MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
03:10:33:00	03:10:34:00	HEY, THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT
03:10:34:00	03:10:38:00	AND I THANK YOU TO
03:10:38:00	03:10:38:00	COUNCILOR ANDERSON.
03:10:38:00	03:10:42:00	YEAH, I THINK THAT YOU HAVE
03:10:42:00	03:10:45:00	OUTDONE YOURSELF AND EVERYONE
03:10:45:00	03:10:46:00	ELSE HERE ON THE CITY
03:10:46:00	03:10:46:00	COUNCIL WHEN IT COMES TO
03:10:46:00	03:10:49:00	CREATING REAL MEANINGFUL
03:10:49:00	03:10:50:00	ENGAGEMENT FOR REAL EVERYDAY
03:10:50:00	03:10:53:00	DECISIONS BECAUSE YOU MOVE LOCK
03:10:53:00	03:10:57:00	IN STEP WITH YOUR ADVISORY
03:10:57:00	03:10:57:00	COUNCIL AND EVERY SINGLE THING
03:10:57:00	03:11:01:00	THAT YOU HAVE DONE HAS BEEN FOR
03:11:01:00	03:11:01:00	AND WITH THE PEOPLE THAT YOU
03:11:01:00	03:11:02:00	SERVE.
03:11:02:00	03:11:05:00	AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU
03:11:05:00	03:11:06:00	FOR TAKING THE TIME TO NOT JUST
03:11:06:00	03:11:09:00	DOING THE WORK BUT THEN LEAVING
03:11:09:00	03:11:09:00	A BLUEPRINT BEHIND TO TEACHING
03:11:09:00	03:11:12:00	OTHER PEOPLE HOW TO DO THE WORK
03:11:12:00	03:11:12:00	.
03:11:12:00	03:11:12:00	THAT IS WHAT REAL LEADERSHIP IS
03:11:12:00	03:11:16:00	ALL ABOUT AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
03:11:16:00	03:11:16:00	WE YOU KNOW, THERE'S A SAYING
03:11:16:00	03:11:20:00	WELL WE KNOW BETTER, WE DO
03:11:20:00	03:11:21:00	BETTER AND THE BETTER WE DO THE
03:11:21:00	03:11:25:00	HARDER IT IS FOR THEM TO SHUT
03:11:25:00	03:11:25:00	THIS MIKE DOWN.
03:11:25:00	03:11:28:00	SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW
03:11:28:00	03:11:28:00	MUCH I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING
03:11:28:00	03:11:31:00	THE TIME TO LAY OUT THE
03:11:31:00	03:11:32:00	FOUNDATION FOR A REAL FRAMEWORK
03:11:32:00	03:11:35:00	SO THAT D7 CONTINUES TO THRIVE
03:11:35:00	03:11:38:00	IN WAYS THAT THIS MOMENT IS
03:11:38:00	03:11:39:00	CALLING FOR.
03:11:39:00	03:11:40:00	SO I JUST WANTED TO RISE AND
03:11:40:00	03:11:42:00	SAY THAT I AM THE COLLEAGUE
03:11:42:00	03:11:46:00	THAT HAS THE I WON THE RACE ON
03:11:46:00	03:11:48:00	THE MOST MOST ALIGN WITH THE
03:11:48:00	03:11:49:00	SEVEN AND THE VOTES I WAS
03:11:49:00	03:11:52:00	NUMBER ONE AND ONLY NUMBER TWO
03:11:52:00	03:11:52:00	YOU BECAUSE YOU MISSED THOSE
03:11:52:00	03:11:53:00	FEW DAYS BUT I JUST WANT TO
03:11:53:00	03:11:59:00	KNOW FOR THE RECORD THAT
03:11:59:00	03:12:00:00	COUNCILMAN AT LARGE IS TOTALLY
03:12:00:00	03:12:00:00	ALIGNED WITH THESE SEVEN
03:12:00:00	03:12:03:00	BECAUSE I ALWAYS SHOW UP FOR MY
03:12:03:00	03:12:06:00	PEOPLE AND I'M GOING TO TAKE
03:12:06:00	03:12:07:00	THAT BLUE PRINT THAT YOU HAVE
03:12:07:00	03:12:08:00	CREATED AND AS LONG AS GOD
03:12:08:00	03:12:10:00	GIVES ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO STAY
03:12:10:00	03:12:11:00	IN THE SEAT I AM GOING TO MAKE
03:12:11:00	03:12:14:00	SURE THAT I UPHOLD YOUR VALUES,
03:12:14:00	03:12:17:00	YOUR PRINCIPLES AND THE WAY YOU
03:12:17:00	03:12:17:00	LEAD 4D7 AND I WILL USE THAT
03:12:17:00	03:12:20:00	BLUEPRINT TO HELP THE NEW
03:12:20:00	03:12:21:00	PERSON COME IN AND HOLD THEM TO
03:12:21:00	03:12:24:00	TASK AS YOU HAVE BEEN DOING
03:12:24:00	03:12:27:00	HERE SO THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS
03:12:27:00	03:12:28:00	THAT THAT BOOK IS WHAT WE NEED
03:12:28:00	03:12:31:00	TO DO TO FOLLOW THE RULES AND
03:12:31:00	03:12:32:00	DO THE WORK FOR D SEVEN THE WAY
03:12:32:00	03:12:32:00	THAT YOU HAVE.
03:12:32:00	03:12:33:00	SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
03:12:33:00	03:12:35:00	LEADERSHIP.
03:12:35:00	03:12:35:00	THANK YOU.
03:12:35:00	03:12:36:00	ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON
03:12:36:00	03:12:39:00	THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE
03:12:39:00	03:12:39:00	LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?
03:12:39:00	03:12:45:00	MADAM PRESIDENT WAS BRITAIN
03:12:45:00	03:12:49:00	HERE SANTANA WHOSE OTHER CHAIR
03:12:49:00	03:12:50:00	COUNSELOR FERNANDO ANDERSON
03:12:50:00	03:12:50:00	SEEKS SUSPENSION AS IT WAS AN
03:12:50:00	03:12:52:00	ADOPTION OF DOCKING NUMBER
03:12:52:00	03:12:52:00	1289.
03:12:52:00	03:12:53:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.
03:12:53:00	03:12:56:00	I WILL SAY NAY THAT MADAM CLERK
03:12:56:00	03:12:56:00	COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL
03:12:56:00	03:13:03:00	CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON
03:13:03:00	03:13:03:00	DOCKET 1289.
03:13:03:00	03:13:03:00	COUNCILOR.
03:13:03:00	03:13:08:00	YES, COUNCILOR CARRUTHERS ABOUT
03:13:08:00	03:13:10:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN.
03:13:10:00	03:13:11:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON.
03:13:11:00	03:13:11:00	YES.
03:13:11:00	03:13:14:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
03:13:14:00	03:13:15:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
03:13:15:00	03:13:18:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE?
03:13:18:00	03:13:19:00	YES.
03:13:19:00	03:13:22:00	COUNCILOR MEJIA.
03:13:22:00	03:13:22:00	YES.
03:13:22:00	03:13:22:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
03:13:22:00	03:13:25:00	COUNCILOR PEPEN.
03:13:25:00	03:13:26:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA.
03:13:26:00	03:13:26:00	YES.
03:13:26:00	03:13:30:00	COUNCILOR WEBER.
03:13:30:00	03:13:37:00	COUNCILOR WERE YOU HERE FOR
03:13:37:00	03:13:37:00	VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
03:13:37:00	03:13:40:00	THIS DOCKET HAS NOT BEEN
03:13:40:00	03:13:40:00	ADOPTED.
03:13:40:00	03:13:43:00	MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
03:13:43:00	03:13:44:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER 1290.
03:13:44:00	03:13:47:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1290.
03:13:47:00	03:13:47:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON
03:13:47:00	03:13:51:00	OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION
03:13:51:00	03:13:51:00	URGING STATE AND CITY
03:13:51:00	03:13:55:00	PARTNERSHIP TO BELL HOUSING FOR
03:13:55:00	03:13:55:00	YOUNG ADULTS INCLUDING THOSE
03:13:55:00	03:13:59:00	AGING OUT OF DCF ON COMMUNITY
03:13:59:00	03:14:00:00	COLLEGE CAMPUSES IN BOSTON.
03:14:00:00	03:14:00:00	THANK YOU.
03:14:00:00	03:14:03:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:14:03:00	03:14:04:00	COUNCILMAN ADVANCES AND YOU
03:14:04:00	03:14:06:00	HAVE THE FLOOR.
03:14:06:00	03:14:07:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:14:07:00	03:14:11:00	SO I HAVE MET WITH THE RCC
03:14:11:00	03:14:14:00	PRESIDENT AND OUR CHIEF DILLON
03:14:14:00	03:14:17:00	AND CREATED THE FIRST IDEA IN
03:14:17:00	03:14:18:00	FROM WHAT I HEARD FROM OUR
03:14:18:00	03:14:19:00	CHIEF THE FIRST IDEA
03:14:19:00	03:14:21:00	OF NATIONAL NATIONWIDE TO
03:14:21:00	03:14:22:00	ACTUALLY BUILD DORMITORY
03:14:22:00	03:14:25:00	HOUSING IN IN COLLEGE CAMPUSES
03:14:25:00	03:14:29:00	OR ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES.
03:14:29:00	03:14:30:00	AND CONSIDERING THAT THERE ARE
03:14:30:00	03:14:33:00	CHILDREN IN DCF THAT AGE OUT
03:14:33:00	03:14:36:00	AND RECEIVE SUPPORTS FROM DCF
03:14:36:00	03:14:37:00	AFTER THEY AGE OUT.
03:14:37:00	03:14:41:00	SO BASICALLY WHEN A CHILD IS IN
03:14:41:00	03:14:42:00	DCF AFTER THEY TURN 18 THEY CAN
03:14:42:00	03:14:44:00	FIND THEMSELVES BACK IN.
03:14:44:00	03:14:45:00	AND ONCE THEY DO THAT THEY ARE
03:14:45:00	03:14:48:00	PAID FOR THEIR HOUSING OR
03:14:48:00	03:14:49:00	THEY'RE SUPPORTED WITH HOUSING.
03:14:49:00	03:14:53:00	AND SO THE RCC WANTS TO BUILD
03:14:53:00	03:14:53:00	HOUSING OR DORMITORIES ON
03:14:53:00	03:15:02:00	CAMPUS AND THE SORRY WE HAVE A.
03:15:02:00	03:15:05:00	WE DO THINK WE KNOW WE HAVE A
03:15:05:00	03:15:05:00	COMMON CAUSE WHEN INDIGENOUS
03:15:05:00	03:15:07:00	AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
03:15:07:00	03:15:11:00	AND SO RCC RCC WANTS TO BUILD
03:15:11:00	03:15:15:00	HOUSING ON CAMPUS AND THEN THE
03:15:15:00	03:15:16:00	SHEILA I'M SORRY MAYOR'S OFFICE
03:15:16:00	03:15:19:00	OF HOUSING HAS AGREED THAT THEY
03:15:19:00	03:15:20:00	CAN SUPPORT THIS SO WHY NOT
03:15:20:00	03:15:23:00	PARTNER WITH THE STATE TO BE
03:15:23:00	03:15:23:00	ABLE TO BUILD HOUSING ON RCC
03:15:23:00	03:15:24:00	CAMPUS?
03:15:24:00	03:15:27:00	WHILE CHILDREN CAN OR YOUNG
03:15:27:00	03:15:30:00	ADULTS CAN RECEIVE FREE
03:15:30:00	03:15:31:00	EDUCATION FOR THEIR ASSOCIATE'S
03:15:31:00	03:15:31:00	DEGREE, THEY CAN ALSO RECEIVE
03:15:31:00	03:15:34:00	FREE DORMITORY.
03:15:34:00	03:15:37:00	SINCE DCF OR THE STATE IS
03:15:37:00	03:15:38:00	ALREADY PAYING FOR THEIR
03:15:38:00	03:15:41:00	HOUSING ALREADY THEY COULD JUST
03:15:41:00	03:15:42:00	CREATE THIS PARTNERSHIP.
03:15:42:00	03:15:45:00	SO I KNOW THAT THIS WAS
03:15:45:00	03:15:46:00	SOMETHING THAT THE MAYOR HAD
03:15:46:00	03:15:46:00	MENTIONED.
03:15:46:00	03:15:49:00	HONESTLY THE CITY BUT IT WAS
03:15:49:00	03:15:49:00	AFTER MY CONVERSATION WITH
03:15:49:00	03:15:52:00	SHEILA AND THEN OBVIOUSLY SHE'S
03:15:52:00	03:15:53:00	AGREED THAT THIS WAS A GOOD
03:15:53:00	03:15:55:00	IDEA AND I HOPE THAT THEY CAN
03:15:55:00	03:15:56:00	THE CITY WILL MOVE FORWARD IN
03:15:56:00	03:15:56:00	ADOPTING.
03:15:56:00	03:15:57:00	THANK YOU.
03:15:57:00	03:15:57:00	THANK YOU.
03:15:57:00	03:16:00:00	ASKING FOR A SUSPENSION, PAT.
03:16:00:00	03:16:01:00	THANK YOU.
03:16:01:00	03:16:01:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
03:16:01:00	03:16:02:00	ON THIS MATTER?
03:16:02:00	03:16:04:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
03:16:04:00	03:16:04:00	THEIR NAME?
03:16:04:00	03:16:05:00	OH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:16:05:00	03:16:05:00	COUNCILOR BRADING HAS
03:16:05:00	03:16:07:00	REPEATEDLY HAD THE FLOOR.
03:16:07:00	03:16:08:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
03:16:08:00	03:16:08:00	AND THANK YOU,
03:16:08:00	03:16:09:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDES SANDERSON
03:16:09:00	03:16:11:00	FOR PROPOSING THIS BRING THIS
03:16:11:00	03:16:11:00	FORWARD.
03:16:11:00	03:16:15:00	AT A RECENT WE HAD A VISIT TO
03:16:15:00	03:16:15:00	THE ROXBURY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
03:16:15:00	03:16:19:00	SOME TIME AGO AND THIS ISSUE
03:16:19:00	03:16:20:00	WAS BROUGHT UP IN CONVERSATION.
03:16:20:00	03:16:23:00	I FEEL THAT SO MANY OF OUR
03:16:23:00	03:16:26:00	YOUNG PEOPLE OF AGE OUT OF DC,
03:16:26:00	03:16:27:00	THE DCS THAT THERE IS A VERY
03:16:27:00	03:16:30:00	UNSTABLE HOUSING SITUATION IN
03:16:30:00	03:16:31:00	FRONT OF THEM AND I THINK THIS
03:16:31:00	03:16:34:00	IS A WAY TO SORT OF ADDRESS TWO
03:16:34:00	03:16:34:00	NEEDS AT ONCE.
03:16:34:00	03:16:37:00	THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO SORT
03:16:37:00	03:16:38:00	OF ENCOURAGE THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE
03:16:38:00	03:16:41:00	TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION BUT
03:16:41:00	03:16:42:00	ALSO TO PROVIDE SOME STABLE
03:16:42:00	03:16:43:00	HOUSING IN THE SHORT TERM WHEN
03:16:43:00	03:16:45:00	THEY'RE ACTUALLY UNDERTAKING
03:16:45:00	03:16:46:00	THEIR EDUCATION AND BEING
03:16:46:00	03:16:49:00	BETTER PREPARED TO HAVE
03:16:49:00	03:16:50:00	SUCCESSFUL CAREERS AS THEY GO
03:16:50:00	03:16:52:00	OUT INTO THE WORLD.
03:16:52:00	03:16:53:00	I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLE THAT WE
03:16:53:00	03:16:57:00	EXPECT OUR DCF KIDS AT THE AGE
03:16:57:00	03:17:00:00	OF 18 TO GO OUT AND INTO THE
03:17:00:00	03:17:00:00	WORLD WITHOUT THE WITHOUT
03:17:00:00	03:17:03:00	ADEQUATE SUPPORTS AND
03:17:03:00	03:17:04:00	SCAFFOLDING TO HELP THEM BE
03:17:04:00	03:17:04:00	SUCCESSFUL.
03:17:04:00	03:17:08:00	AND SO MANY OF OUR DCF KIDS END
03:17:08:00	03:17:11:00	UP NOT BEING SUCCESSFUL.
03:17:11:00	03:17:12:00	THEY END UP BEING INCARCERATED.
03:17:12:00	03:17:12:00	THEY END UP GETTING INTO
03:17:12:00	03:17:14:00	TROUBLE.
03:17:14:00	03:17:15:00	AND I THINK THIS IS ONE WAY TO
03:17:15:00	03:17:18:00	HELP ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES AND I
03:17:18:00	03:17:19:00	THINK IT'S WELL WORTH THE
03:17:19:00	03:17:19:00	CONVERSATION.
03:17:19:00	03:17:19:00	THANK YOU.
03:17:19:00	03:17:20:00	THANK YOU.
03:17:20:00	03:17:23:00	THE JARGON AS IT COMES FROM
03:17:23:00	03:17:24:00	HERE COMES FROM HERE ON THE
03:17:24:00	03:17:24:00	FLOOR.
03:17:24:00	03:17:24:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:17:24:00	03:17:26:00	AND I WANT TO THANK MY
03:17:26:00	03:17:27:00	COLLEAGUE FOR BRINGING THIS
03:17:27:00	03:17:30:00	INNOVATIVE IDEA TO THE CHAMBER
03:17:30:00	03:17:30:00	FOR CONSIDERATION.
03:17:30:00	03:17:33:00	AND I THINK THAT
03:17:33:00	03:17:34:00	COUNCILOR ANDERSON AND I WORKED
03:17:34:00	03:17:37:00	WITH THREE LIFE.
03:17:37:00	03:17:37:00	RIGHT.
03:17:37:00	03:17:40:00	THEY WERE FOCUSING MORE ON, YOU
03:17:40:00	03:17:40:00	KNOW, FOSTER CARE AND CREATING
03:17:40:00	03:17:43:00	A COMMUNITY WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE
03:17:43:00	03:17:44:00	WHO ARE AGING OUT OF FOSTER
03:17:44:00	03:17:48:00	CARE, DCF OR EVEN DUIS AT THIS
03:17:48:00	03:17:48:00	POINT.
03:17:48:00	03:17:49:00	SO MANY OF THEM ARE
03:17:49:00	03:17:51:00	UNACCOMPANIED AND WITHOUT
03:17:51:00	03:17:52:00	FAMILY AND SO IT'S HARDER FOR
03:17:52:00	03:17:53:00	THEM TO BE ABLE TO REALLY GET
03:17:53:00	03:17:56:00	THEIR LIFE ON ON TRACK.
03:17:56:00	03:17:59:00	SO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT WAY
03:17:59:00	03:18:00:00	AND A WIN WIN FOR EVERYONE AND
03:18:00:00	03:18:03:00	SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
03:18:03:00	03:18:03:00	SUPPORTING THIS.
03:18:03:00	03:18:06:00	I KNOW IT'S A RESOLUTION.
03:18:06:00	03:18:07:00	AND I THINK THAT THESE
03:18:07:00	03:18:10:00	RESOLUTIONS NEED TO HAVE NOT
03:18:10:00	03:18:14:00	ONLY THE SUPPORT OF THE
03:18:14:00	03:18:14:00	COUNCIL BUT IT'S GOING TO NEED
03:18:14:00	03:18:18:00	SOME CHAMPIONS TO OUT IN THE
03:18:18:00	03:18:19:00	STREETS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
03:18:19:00	03:18:22:00	CITY DELIVERS.
03:18:22:00	03:18:23:00	SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT
03:18:23:00	03:18:24:00	ADVOCACY THAT WILL HAPPEN TO
03:18:24:00	03:18:26:00	CONTINUE THIS WORK BEYOND THIS
03:18:26:00	03:18:27:00	RESOLUTION PASSAGE TODAY.
03:18:27:00	03:18:30:00	THANK YOU.
03:18:30:00	03:18:31:00	THANK YOU.
03:18:31:00	03:18:31:00	IS ANYONE ELSE WILLING TO SPEAK
03:18:31:00	03:18:32:00	ON THIS MATTER?
03:18:32:00	03:18:34:00	WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
03:18:34:00	03:18:34:00	THEIR NAME?
03:18:34:00	03:18:35:00	MADAM CLERK THAT COUNCILORS
03:18:35:00	03:18:37:00	BREADON MARIA SANTANA PLEASE
03:18:37:00	03:18:42:00	ADD THE CHAIR COUNTERPOINT
03:18:42:00	03:18:42:00	ANDREW ANDERSON SEEKS
03:18:42:00	03:18:43:00	SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND
03:18:43:00	03:18:46:00	ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 1290.
03:18:46:00	03:18:47:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
03:18:47:00	03:18:47:00	AYE.
03:18:47:00	03:18:49:00	I SAY NAY.
03:18:49:00	03:18:49:00	THE AYES HAVE IT.
03:18:49:00	03:18:50:00	THIS DOCKET IS PASSED.
03:18:50:00	03:18:52:00	MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
03:18:52:00	03:18:53:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER ONE TO OH
03:18:53:00	03:18:56:00	BEFORE WE DO THAT?
03:18:56:00	03:18:57:00	SO I SO DOCKET I THINK I SHOULD
03:18:57:00	03:19:00:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1287 IT PASSES A
03:19:00:00	03:19:02:00	PRIOR QUESTION SO THIS IS A
03:19:02:00	03:19:03:00	CORRECTION DOCKET NUMBER 1286
03:19:03:00	03:19:06:00	WAS COUNCILOR FLYNN'S SECTION
03:19:06:00	03:19:08:00	17 ORDER THAT DOCKET PASS
03:19:08:00	03:19:09:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1286 DOCKET
03:19:09:00	03:19:11:00	NUMBER 1287 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN
03:19:11:00	03:19:16:00	SO EVERYONE IS CLEAR THE DOCKET
03:19:16:00	03:19:18:00	WHENEVER 1286 PASSED AND
03:19:18:00	03:19:19:00	TALKING ABOUT 1287 WAS
03:19:19:00	03:19:22:00	WITHDRAWN AND SO NOW WE ARE ON
03:19:22:00	03:19:26:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1291 IF YOU HAVE
03:19:26:00	03:19:26:00	THAT READY.
03:19:26:00	03:19:29:00	OKAY.
03:19:29:00	03:19:29:00	THANK YOU.
03:19:29:00	03:19:30:00	MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
03:19:30:00	03:19:31:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER 1291 DOCTOR
03:19:31:00	03:19:32:00	NUMBER 1291 COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ
03:19:32:00	03:19:35:00	ANDERSON OFFER THE FOLLOWING
03:19:35:00	03:19:35:00	RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A
03:19:35:00	03:19:38:00	COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION
03:19:38:00	03:19:39:00	STUDY TO EVALUATE BOSTON
03:19:39:00	03:19:43:00	MULTIMODAL SYSTEM INCLUDING
03:19:43:00	03:19:47:00	PARKING ACCESS EQUITY AND
03:19:47:00	03:19:47:00	INFRASTRUCTURE OUTCOMES.
03:19:47:00	03:19:47:00	THANK YOU.
03:19:47:00	03:19:51:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:19:51:00	03:19:51:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDO ANDERSON.
03:19:51:00	03:19:54:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR HARVEY.
03:19:54:00	03:19:55:00	OH, SORRY.
03:19:55:00	03:19:55:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
03:19:55:00	03:19:58:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:19:58:00	03:19:59:00	I FILED THIS RESOLUTION BECAUSE
03:19:59:00	03:20:02:00	TRANSPORTATION ISN'T JUST ABOUT
03:20:02:00	03:20:02:00	HOW WE MOVE.
03:20:02:00	03:20:05:00	IT'S ABOUT WHO GETS BE LEFT
03:20:05:00	03:20:05:00	BEHIND.
03:20:05:00	03:20:09:00	BOSTON HAS MADE REAL STRIDES IN
03:20:09:00	03:20:09:00	MULTIMODAL TRANSIT BUT THE
03:20:09:00	03:20:13:00	GAINS HAVE BEEN UNEVEN, THE
03:20:13:00	03:20:16:00	DATA INCOMPLETE AND THE IMPACTS
03:20:16:00	03:20:17:00	TOO OFTEN DISCONNECTED FROM THE
03:20:17:00	03:20:17:00	LIVES OF WORKING CLASS
03:20:17:00	03:20:20:00	RESIDENTS.
03:20:20:00	03:20:21:00	WE NEED A COMPREHENSIVE, HONEST
03:20:21:00	03:20:24:00	STUDY THAT DOESN'T JUST CHECK
03:20:24:00	03:20:24:00	THE EQUITY BOX BUT ACTUALLY
03:20:24:00	03:20:28:00	ANSWERS SO UNDERSTANDING HOW DO
03:20:28:00	03:20:31:00	THESE SPEED HUMPS OR BIKE LANES
03:20:31:00	03:20:32:00	OR MIDDLE LANE OR SIDE LANES IS
03:20:32:00	03:20:35:00	IMPACTING NOT JUST OUR
03:20:35:00	03:20:36:00	ENVIRONMENT BUT AS WELL ACROSS
03:20:36:00	03:20:40:00	NEIGHBORHOODS IMPACT
03:20:40:00	03:20:40:00	UNDERSTANDING HOW DORCHESTER
03:20:40:00	03:20:44:00	TRAFFIC OR TRANSPORTATION IS
03:20:44:00	03:20:44:00	IMPACTING ROXBURY OR ROXBURY IS
03:20:44:00	03:20:48:00	IS IMPACTING MATTAPAN AND VICE
03:20:48:00	03:20:48:00	VERSA.
03:20:48:00	03:20:51:00	AND SO FOR A VERY FOR A LONG
03:20:51:00	03:20:52:00	TIME NOW MY CONSTITUENTS HAVE
03:20:52:00	03:20:55:00	BEEN MEETING AND TALKING ABOUT
03:20:55:00	03:20:55:00	THIS ESPECIALLY WITH THE WHITE
03:20:55:00	03:20:59:00	STADIUM COMING IN AND A
03:20:59:00	03:20:59:00	TRANSPORTATION PLAN THAT MOST
03:20:59:00	03:21:02:00	COMMUNITY CONSTITUENTS HAVE
03:21:02:00	03:21:05:00	FELT DISSATISFIED WITH
03:21:05:00	03:21:06:00	UNDERSTANDING ALL OF THESE
03:21:06:00	03:21:10:00	IMPACTS OF AS WELL AS THE
03:21:10:00	03:21:10:00	COMING BLUE HILL AVENUE
03:21:10:00	03:21:11:00	TRANSPORTATION MASTERPLAN
03:21:11:00	03:21:14:00	HOPEFULLY THAT THIS THIS
03:21:14:00	03:21:17:00	RESOLUTION IS JUST A FRIENDLY
03:21:17:00	03:21:18:00	RECOMMENDATION OR SUGGESTION TO
03:21:18:00	03:21:21:00	THE ADMINISTRATION TO SAY LOOK,
03:21:21:00	03:21:22:00	MAYBE YOU SHOULD LOOK AT CROSS
03:21:22:00	03:21:25:00	NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACTS AND DO
03:21:25:00	03:21:26:00	THIS TRANSPORTATION STUDY.
03:21:26:00	03:21:26:00	THANK YOU.
03:21:26:00	03:21:26:00	THANK YOU.
03:21:26:00	03:21:27:00	THE CHAIR WE'RE GOING TO
03:21:27:00	03:21:28:00	DISCUSS FROM HERE YOU'RE ON THE
03:21:28:00	03:21:28:00	FLOOR.
03:21:28:00	03:21:29:00	YES.
03:21:29:00	03:21:30:00	I BELIEVE MY COLLEAGUE FORGOT
03:21:30:00	03:21:32:00	TO ADD ME AS A SECOND
03:21:32:00	03:21:33:00	CO-SPONSORS BUT I WILL GET UP
03:21:33:00	03:21:37:00	IN WHAT COMES WITH AN INTEREST
03:21:37:00	03:21:38:00	AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD
03:21:38:00	03:21:40:00	SOMEONE AS A CO-SPONSOR?
03:21:40:00	03:21:40:00	YES.
03:21:40:00	03:21:41:00	SORRY MADAM PRESIDENT, CAN YOU
03:21:41:00	03:21:44:00	PLEASE ADD MEJIA AS A SECOND
03:21:44:00	03:21:46:00	CALLED COUNTER ME IS THAT A
03:21:46:00	03:21:46:00	SECOND CO-SPONSOR COMES FROM
03:21:46:00	03:21:47:00	HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
03:21:47:00	03:21:47:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND
03:21:47:00	03:21:50:00	THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUE FOR
03:21:50:00	03:21:50:00	ADDING ME.
03:21:50:00	03:21:53:00	I THINK THAT IN THIS MOMENT
03:21:53:00	03:21:54:00	THAT WE ARE OPERATING UNDER
03:21:54:00	03:21:57:00	HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, WE
03:21:57:00	03:22:00:00	HAVE TO BE UNAPOLOGETIC ABOUT
03:22:00:00	03:22:01:00	FIGHTING FOR AND PROVIDING
03:22:01:00	03:22:04:00	SPACE FOR REAL BLACK ECONOMIC
03:22:04:00	03:22:08:00	EMPOWERMENT AND DEVELOPMENT.
03:22:08:00	03:22:12:00	AND SO I REALLY DO WANT TO
03:22:12:00	03:22:16:00	ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILOR ANDERSON
03:22:16:00	03:22:17:00	IN HER WORK EARLY ON AS THE
03:22:17:00	03:22:19:00	CHAIR WAYS AND MEANS CENTERED
03:22:19:00	03:22:23:00	EQUITY IN OUR BUDGET MAKING
03:22:23:00	03:22:24:00	PROCESSES.
03:22:24:00	03:22:25:00	AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
03:22:25:00	03:22:27:00	BEING ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE
03:22:27:00	03:22:27:00	TO DO JUST THAT.
03:22:27:00	03:22:31:00	AND NOW AS WE CONTINUE TO
03:22:31:00	03:22:31:00	NAVIGATE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
03:22:31:00	03:22:34:00	WHITE STADIUM, THE BLUE LAB AND
03:22:34:00	03:22:35:00	ALL OF THESE SITUATIONS, I
03:22:35:00	03:22:38:00	THINK THAT BLACK PEOPLE, LATINO
03:22:38:00	03:22:39:00	PEOPLE, PEOPLE OF LOW INCOME
03:22:39:00	03:22:42:00	AND WHO HAVE LESS ACCESS TO
03:22:42:00	03:22:45:00	THESE POWER BROKERS HERE REALLY
03:22:45:00	03:22:46:00	WANT TO FEEL HEARD AND SEEN.
03:22:46:00	03:22:49:00	AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
03:22:49:00	03:22:49:00	CREATING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US
03:22:49:00	03:22:53:00	TO AS A CITY STAND UP IN
03:22:53:00	03:22:54:00	SOLIDARITY WITH FOLKS WHO WANT
03:22:54:00	03:22:57:00	TO BE SEEN AND HEARD AND
03:22:57:00	03:22:57:00	AFFIRMING AND WANT TO
03:22:57:00	03:23:00:00	UNDERSTAND HOW THE DECISIONS
03:23:00:00	03:23:00:00	THAT WE'RE MAKING AROUND THE
03:23:00:00	03:23:03:00	WAY WE'RE BUILDING OUR STREETS
03:23:03:00	03:23:04:00	AND THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS ON
03:23:04:00	03:23:08:00	OUR ABILITY TO GROW HERE
03:23:08:00	03:23:08:00	ECONOMICALLY.
03:23:08:00	03:23:12:00	AND SO I AM HAPPY AND GRATEFUL
03:23:12:00	03:23:13:00	THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING THIS
03:23:13:00	03:23:16:00	RESOLUTION AND I THINK THAT
03:23:16:00	03:23:16:00	THIS IS PUTTING THIS RESOLUTION
03:23:16:00	03:23:19:00	IS ABOUT PUTTING STRUCTURE
03:23:19:00	03:23:20:00	BEHIND THE PROMISE OF EQUITY
03:23:20:00	03:23:20:00	BECAUSE EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT
03:23:20:00	03:23:24:00	EQUITY AND I THINK THAT WE NOW
03:23:24:00	03:23:24:00	HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO
03:23:24:00	03:23:27:00	SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
03:23:27:00	03:23:27:00	IT'S ABOUT INVESTING IN BLACK
03:23:27:00	03:23:30:00	OWNED BUSINESSES SUPPORTING
03:23:30:00	03:23:31:00	HOME OWNERSHIP AND MAKING SURE
03:23:31:00	03:23:32:00	THAT CITY CONTRACTS ARE
03:23:32:00	03:23:34:00	REACHING BLACK FIRMS AND TRYING
03:23:34:00	03:23:38:00	ITS BEST THAT OUR BUDGET
03:23:38:00	03:23:39:00	ACTUALLY REFLECTS THOSE
03:23:39:00	03:23:42:00	OUTCOMES BECAUSE IF WE'RE NOT
03:23:42:00	03:23:43:00	BUDGETING WITH AN EQUITY IN
03:23:43:00	03:23:43:00	MIND WE'RE JUST REPEATING
03:23:43:00	03:23:46:00	HISTORY.
03:23:46:00	03:23:46:00	THANK YOU.
03:23:46:00	03:23:47:00	THANK YOU.
03:23:47:00	03:23:47:00	IS ANYONE ELSE WILLING TO SPEAK
03:23:47:00	03:23:49:00	ON THIS MATTER?
03:23:49:00	03:23:50:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
03:23:50:00	03:23:53:00	THEIR NAME COUNCILOR WOULD
03:23:53:00	03:23:54:00	ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
03:23:54:00	03:23:56:00	NAME?
03:23:56:00	03:24:01:00	PLEASE ADD MADAM CLERK FEES AND
03:24:01:00	03:24:04:00	CANCEL PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR
03:24:04:00	03:24:05:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDA ANDERSON AND
03:24:05:00	03:24:08:00	MEJIA SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE
03:24:08:00	03:24:09:00	RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET
03:24:09:00	03:24:11:00	NUMBER 1 TO 9 ONE.
03:24:11:00	03:24:12:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL
03:24:12:00	03:24:15:00	OPPOSING THE AYES HAVE IT.
03:24:15:00	03:24:16:00	THIS DOCKET IS PASSED.
03:24:16:00	03:24:19:00	MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
03:24:19:00	03:24:21:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER 1 TO 9 2129
03:24:21:00	03:24:25:00	TO DOCKET NUMBER 129 TO
03:24:25:00	03:24:25:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON
03:24:25:00	03:24:28:00	OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION
03:24:28:00	03:24:29:00	CALLING FOR URGENT STRUCTURAL
03:24:29:00	03:24:32:00	REFORM OF STRENGTHENING BOSTON
03:24:32:00	03:24:33:00	HOUSING PIPELINE AND
03:24:33:00	03:24:36:00	DISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES AND
03:24:36:00	03:24:41:00	AFFORDABILITY FRAMEWORK.
03:24:41:00	03:24:41:00	I-THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:24:41:00	03:24:42:00	COUNCILMAN ADVANTAGE AND THE
03:24:42:00	03:24:43:00	OTHER FLOOR.
03:24:43:00	03:24:44:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
03:24:44:00	03:24:57:00	JUST A SECOND PLEASE.
03:24:57:00	03:25:01:00	I'LL JUST SPEAK FROM THE HEART
03:25:01:00	03:25:01:00	.
03:25:01:00	03:25:05:00	SO MADAM CHAIR, WE KNOW THAT
03:25:05:00	03:25:06:00	HOUSING CRISIS IS A HUGE
03:25:06:00	03:25:09:00	PROBLEM AND AFTER DOING
03:25:09:00	03:25:09:00	EXTENSIVE RESEARCH OVER THE
03:25:09:00	03:25:12:00	YEARS AND LOOKING AT THE
03:25:12:00	03:25:13:00	DIFFERENT FILINGS AND THE ANTI
03:25:13:00	03:25:16:00	DISPLACEMENT PLAN THAT BOSTON
03:25:16:00	03:25:17:00	PUT FORTH, WE HAVE SOME GAPS IN
03:25:17:00	03:25:20:00	THAT PLAN.
03:25:20:00	03:25:24:00	DO WE STILL HAVE A QUORUM?
03:25:24:00	03:25:25:00	OH, YES WE DO.
03:25:25:00	03:25:28:00	BUT PLEASE NO, NONE OF MY
03:25:28:00	03:25:28:00	COLLEAGUES LEAVE AND I WILL
03:25:28:00	03:25:32:00	RECOMMEND THAT MY COLLEAGUES
03:25:32:00	03:25:32:00	RETURN TO CHAMBERS.
03:25:32:00	03:25:33:00	WE HAVE SEVEN WHICH IS A
03:25:33:00	03:25:33:00	QUORUM.
03:25:33:00	03:25:35:00	OKAY.
03:25:35:00	03:25:38:00	AND SO BASICALLY IN THIS
03:25:38:00	03:25:39:00	RECOMMENDATION YOU WILL FIND
03:25:39:00	03:25:43:00	SOME GAPS THAT WERE MISSING
03:25:43:00	03:25:46:00	FROM THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT PLAN
03:25:46:00	03:25:50:00	ESSENTIALLY ESSENTIALLY THE
03:25:50:00	03:25:51:00	RECOMMENDATIONS JUST OFFER MORE
03:25:51:00	03:25:54:00	IN-DEPTH SUPPORTS FOR FUNDS TO
03:25:54:00	03:25:57:00	SUPPORT DEVELOPERS.
03:25:57:00	03:25:58:00	WHAT I FOUND IS THAT MOST
03:25:58:00	03:26:02:00	OF BOSTON HOUSING OR AT LEAST
03:26:02:00	03:26:03:00	WE HAVE ABOUT 6000 ON AVERAGE
03:26:03:00	03:26:05:00	FROM 2023 TO NOW 6000 ON
03:26:05:00	03:26:09:00	AVERAGE HOMELESS PEOPLE AND OR
03:26:09:00	03:26:09:00	UNHOUSED POPULATION.
03:26:09:00	03:26:12:00	AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW
03:26:12:00	03:26:13:00	MANY LICENSES OR PERMITS ARE
03:26:13:00	03:26:16:00	BEING GIVEN BY EPA ON AVERAGE
03:26:16:00	03:26:17:00	IN COMPARISON TO WHAT'S
03:26:17:00	03:26:20:00	ACTUALLY BEEN GIVEN APPROVED IN
03:26:20:00	03:26:20:00	ZBA WHICH MEANS CONSTRUCTION
03:26:20:00	03:26:24:00	PERMITS ACTUALLY BUILD SOME
03:26:24:00	03:26:27:00	OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY HALTED OR
03:26:27:00	03:26:28:00	SORT OF SLOW WALKED BY
03:26:28:00	03:26:31:00	DEVELOPERS BECAUSE THEY'RE
03:26:31:00	03:26:31:00	HAVING ISSUES WITH APPROVALS
03:26:31:00	03:26:34:00	FROM BANKS AND SOME OF THEM IS
03:26:34:00	03:26:35:00	DIRECTLY FROM ZBA ISSUES IN
03:26:35:00	03:26:38:00	TERMS OF SUPPORTING
03:26:38:00	03:26:39:00	DEVELOPMENTS IN BOSTON.
03:26:39:00	03:26:43:00	SO IN THE THE FILE THAT I OR
03:26:43:00	03:26:46:00	THE RESOLUTION YOU WILL SEE
03:26:46:00	03:26:47:00	MORE CONCRETE METRICS TO LOOK
03:26:47:00	03:26:50:00	AT WHY THIS IS HAPPENING AND
03:26:50:00	03:26:56:00	EVEN IF YOU DEVELOP ABOUT SAY I
03:26:56:00	03:26:57:00	THOUGHT 1200 1500 WHICH IS ON
03:26:57:00	03:26:58:00	AVERAGE OF THE PERMITS THAT ARE
03:26:58:00	03:27:01:00	GIVEN OF THE HOUSING 20%
03:27:01:00	03:27:04:00	OF THAT WOULD BE IDP AND EVEN
03:27:04:00	03:27:04:00	IF THOSE NUMBERS THAT BEING
03:27:04:00	03:27:05:00	AFFORDABLE HOUSING OF THAT
03:27:05:00	03:27:07:00	LET'S SAY HALF OF THAT IS
03:27:07:00	03:27:08:00	DEEPLY AFFORDABLE YOU STILL
03:27:08:00	03:27:11:00	WON'T BE ABLE TO BUILD ENOUGH
03:27:11:00	03:27:11:00	HOUSING TO REACH ANY GOAL.
03:27:11:00	03:27:15:00	SO IN ORDER FOR US TO ACTUALLY
03:27:15:00	03:27:16:00	REACH THOSE GOALS ON AVERAGE BY
03:27:16:00	03:27:18:00	2020 2030 YOU HAVE TO BUILD
03:27:18:00	03:27:21:00	ABOUT 30,000 DEEPLY AFFORDABLE
03:27:21:00	03:27:21:00	HOUSING CONSISTENTLY ABOUT YOU
03:27:21:00	03:27:24:00	KNOW, OVER 6000 UNITS PER YEAR
03:27:24:00	03:27:28:00	TO REACH THAT GOAL WHICH WE'LL
03:27:28:00	03:27:28:00	PROBABLY NEVER GET TO.
03:27:28:00	03:27:32:00	BUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OFFER
03:27:32:00	03:27:33:00	SOME METRICS AND SOME REAL
03:27:33:00	03:27:33:00	SOLUTIONS TO WORK WITH CIVIC
03:27:33:00	03:27:36:00	ASSOCIATIONS AND PEOPLE ON THE
03:27:36:00	03:27:37:00	GROUND TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT
03:27:37:00	03:27:39:00	WAYS TO GET TO THE CONSTRUCTION
03:27:39:00	03:27:40:00	PERMIT IN A QUICKER WAY.
03:27:40:00	03:27:43:00	SO I'M JUST ASKING FOR A
03:27:43:00	03:27:44:00	SUSPENSION PASS AGAIN, IT'S A
03:27:44:00	03:27:46:00	FRIENDLY RECOMMENDATION TO ADD
03:27:46:00	03:27:47:00	TO THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT PLAN
03:27:47:00	03:27:48:00	BOSTON'S ANTICIPATION PLAN
03:27:48:00	03:27:50:00	THANK YOU.
03:27:50:00	03:27:50:00	THANK YOU.
03:27:50:00	03:27:51:00	IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
03:27:51:00	03:27:54:00	ON THIS MATTER?
03:27:54:00	03:27:54:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
03:27:54:00	03:27:55:00	THEIR NAME?
03:27:55:00	03:27:57:00	MADAM CLERK, PLEASE ADD
03:27:57:00	03:27:58:00	COUNCILWOMAN HERE THIS DOCKET
03:27:58:00	03:28:02:00	DOCKET NUMBER
03:28:02:00	03:28:02:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDO ANDERSON
03:28:02:00	03:28:03:00	SINCE SUSPENSION OF THE RULES
03:28:03:00	03:28:06:00	AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER
03:28:06:00	03:28:07:00	1292 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I
03:28:07:00	03:28:10:00	I'LL OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE
03:28:10:00	03:28:10:00	IT DISTRICT IS PASSED.
03:28:10:00	03:28:13:00	MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
03:28:13:00	03:28:15:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER 1293 DOCKET
03:28:15:00	03:28:16:00	NUMBER 1293.
03:28:16:00	03:28:19:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON
03:28:19:00	03:28:20:00	OFFERED A FOLLOWING RESOLUTION
03:28:20:00	03:28:23:00	DESIGNATING THE DOWNTOWN RFI
03:28:23:00	03:28:24:00	AREA AS A BOSTON CULTURAL
03:28:24:00	03:28:28:00	DISTRICT LED BY INDUSTRIALS BY
03:28:28:00	03:28:28:00	INDIGENOUS AND BLACK
03:28:28:00	03:28:32:00	COMMUNITIES AS A STEP TOWARDS
03:28:32:00	03:28:32:00	REPARATIONS.
03:28:32:00	03:28:36:00	THANK YOU THAT YOU'RE LOOKING
03:28:36:00	03:28:37:00	AT THIS COUNCIL FOR AN
03:28:37:00	03:28:37:00	ENGINEERING HERE THE FLOOR.
03:28:37:00	03:28:39:00	THANK YOU.
03:28:39:00	03:28:39:00	DOWNTOWN BOSTON SHOULD NOT ONLY
03:28:39:00	03:28:43:00	REFLECT POWER IT MUST REFLECT
03:28:43:00	03:28:43:00	TRUTH.
03:28:43:00	03:28:44:00	THE TRUTH IS IS THAT THE CITY
03:28:44:00	03:28:47:00	WAS BUILT ON LAND STOLEN FROM
03:28:47:00	03:28:48:00	INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND WEALTH
03:28:48:00	03:28:51:00	STOLEN FROM BLACK LABOR.
03:28:51:00	03:28:51:00	YET THE HEART OF BOSTON REMAINS
03:28:51:00	03:28:52:00	ABSENCE OF INDIGENOUS AND BLACK
03:28:52:00	03:28:54:00	LED SPACES THAT HONOR THAT
03:28:54:00	03:28:55:00	LEGACY AND BEGIN TO REPAIR IT.
03:28:55:00	03:28:59:00	THIS RESOLUTION IS A
03:28:59:00	03:29:00:00	DECLARATION THAT OUR DOWNTOWN
03:29:00:00	03:29:02:00	IS NOT JUST ONE FOR BUSINESSES
03:29:02:00	03:29:05:00	FOR BUSINESS BUT ONE FOR
03:29:05:00	03:29:05:00	JUSTICE.
03:29:05:00	03:29:09:00	AND WE HAVE IN AN UNPRECEDENTED
03:29:09:00	03:29:10:00	OPPORTUNITY TO REIMAGINE
03:29:10:00	03:29:13:00	UNDERUTILIZED SPACE AS A
03:29:13:00	03:29:14:00	CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC A SPACE
03:29:14:00	03:29:17:00	CENTER AND DESIGNED BY
03:29:17:00	03:29:18:00	INDIGENOUS AND BLACK
03:29:18:00	03:29:18:00	COMMUNITIES FOR COLLECTIVE
03:29:18:00	03:29:21:00	PROSPERITY.
03:29:21:00	03:29:22:00	LET'S FACE IT.
03:29:22:00	03:29:25:00	MOST OF WHAT CREATES
03:29:25:00	03:29:26:00	ENTERTAINMENT, ARTS AND
03:29:26:00	03:29:26:00	ENTERTAINMENT IN CITY BOSTON.
03:29:26:00	03:29:27:00	IN AMERICA, IN THE WORLD.
03:29:27:00	03:29:29:00	LOOK AT K-POP.
03:29:29:00	03:29:30:00	LOOK ACROSS ANY COUNTRY YOU
03:29:30:00	03:29:33:00	LIKE IS HIP HOP, BLACK ART,
03:29:33:00	03:29:33:00	BLACK BEAUTY AND BLACK CULTURE.
03:29:33:00	03:29:37:00	AND SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
03:29:37:00	03:29:37:00	COOPERATIVE OR COOPERATIVE OR
03:29:37:00	03:29:41:00	OWNERSHIP FARM TO TABLE FOOD
03:29:41:00	03:29:41:00	ECONOMY ECONOMIES ROOTED IN
03:29:41:00	03:29:44:00	BLACK AND INDIGENOUS
03:29:44:00	03:29:45:00	TRADITIONS, CREATIVE SPACES FOR
03:29:45:00	03:29:48:00	ARTISTS AND ENTREPRENEURS AND
03:29:48:00	03:29:49:00	NATIONAL INVITATION TO
03:29:49:00	03:29:49:00	REINTERPRET BOSTON'S
03:29:49:00	03:29:52:00	REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY FROM THE
03:29:52:00	03:29:53:00	PERSPECTIVES THAT HAVE LONG
03:29:53:00	03:29:56:00	BEEN ERASED.
03:29:56:00	03:29:57:00	THIS IS NOT BRANDING EXERCISE.
03:29:57:00	03:29:58:00	THIS IS A STEP TOWARDS
03:29:58:00	03:30:01:00	REPARATIONS IN CITIES LIKE
03:30:01:00	03:30:04:00	TULSA, KANSAS CITY AND CHICAGO
03:30:04:00	03:30:05:00	CAN DO IT.
03:30:05:00	03:30:05:00	SO CAN BOSTON.
03:30:05:00	03:30:08:00	BUT WE MUST DO IT DIFFERENTLY.
03:30:08:00	03:30:09:00	WE MUST DO IT JUSTLY AND WE
03:30:09:00	03:30:12:00	MUST BE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A
03:30:12:00	03:30:12:00	VERY COMMUNITIES WHO NEVER
03:30:12:00	03:30:16:00	MEANT WE'RE MEANT TO SURVIVE
03:30:16:00	03:30:16:00	HERE.
03:30:16:00	03:30:19:00	YET THE SOUL OF THE CITY
03:30:19:00	03:30:19:00	ANYWAY.
03:30:19:00	03:30:22:00	SO LET THIS BE A MOVEMENT WE
03:30:22:00	03:30:23:00	STOP STUDYING EQUITY AND START
03:30:23:00	03:30:23:00	BUILDING IT.
03:30:23:00	03:30:23:00	THANK YOU.
03:30:23:00	03:30:28:00	ALSO ASKING FOR A SUSPENSION
03:30:28:00	03:30:28:00	OF ASKED.
03:30:28:00	03:30:28:00	THANK YOU.
03:30:28:00	03:30:28:00	THANK YOU.
03:30:28:00	03:30:29:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
03:30:29:00	03:30:30:00	MEJIA BECAUSE OF ME ANSWER.
03:30:30:00	03:30:33:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:30:33:00	03:30:34:00	AND I WANT TO THANK MY
03:30:34:00	03:30:35:00	COUNSELOR COLLEAGUE COUNSELOR
03:30:35:00	03:30:38:00	ANDERSON FOR PRESENTING THIS
03:30:38:00	03:30:38:00	RESOLUTION.
03:30:38:00	03:30:41:00	I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST STEPPED
03:30:41:00	03:30:42:00	INTO THIS CHAMBER THERE WAS A
03:30:42:00	03:30:45:00	LOT OF CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING
03:30:45:00	03:30:45:00	AROUND FANEUIL HALL AND
03:30:45:00	03:30:49:00	DOWNTOWN AND BEACON HILL AND
03:30:49:00	03:30:50:00	ALL THE SPACES AND PLACES THAT
03:30:50:00	03:30:53:00	WE NORMALLY DON'T CONGREGATE IN
03:30:53:00	03:30:53:00	.
03:30:53:00	03:30:54:00	AND I FILED A HEARING ORDER
03:30:54:00	03:30:56:00	AROUND MAKING SURE THAT BLACK
03:30:56:00	03:31:01:00	BOSTON BROWN BOSTON WAS ABLE TO
03:31:01:00	03:31:01:00	THRIVE OUTSIDE OF DORCHESTER,
03:31:01:00	03:31:02:00	ROXBURY, MATTAPAN BECAUSE
03:31:02:00	03:31:05:00	THAT'S USUALLY WHERE WE GET
03:31:05:00	03:31:05:00	REGULATED TO.
03:31:05:00	03:31:06:00	AND SO THIS IS REALLY AN
03:31:06:00	03:31:08:00	OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MAKE SURE
03:31:08:00	03:31:09:00	AND SEND THE MESSAGE THAT WE
03:31:09:00	03:31:13:00	CAN THRIVE IN ALL SPACES AND
03:31:13:00	03:31:13:00	PLACES.
03:31:13:00	03:31:16:00	AND SO I WANT TO JUST THANK
03:31:16:00	03:31:16:00	COUNCILOR ANDERSON FOR HER
03:31:16:00	03:31:17:00	LEADERSHIP AND HER PARTNERSHIP
03:31:17:00	03:31:17:00	ALSO ESTABLISHING THE
03:31:17:00	03:31:21:00	REPARATIONS TASK FORCE
03:31:21:00	03:31:21:00	ALONGSIDE COUNCIL MORALE.
03:31:21:00	03:31:24:00	AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW,
03:31:24:00	03:31:28:00	CONSIDERING BOSTON'S HISTORY,
03:31:28:00	03:31:28:00	WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU
03:31:28:00	03:31:31:00	KNOW, REALLY STAND IN THE GAP
03:31:31:00	03:31:32:00	AND CREATE AS MANY
03:31:32:00	03:31:35:00	OPPORTUNITIES FOR BLACK PEOPLE
03:31:35:00	03:31:35:00	IN PARTICULAR TO HAVE ECONOMIC
03:31:35:00	03:31:39:00	PROSPERITY OUTSIDE OF THE
03:31:39:00	03:31:39:00	SPACES AND PLACES THAT WE
03:31:39:00	03:31:40:00	NORMALLY GET REGULATED AND WE
03:31:40:00	03:31:43:00	KNOW THERE'S LOTS OF MONEY
03:31:43:00	03:31:43:00	CIRCULATING DOWNTOWN AND I
03:31:43:00	03:31:44:00	THINK THIS IS REALLY AN
03:31:44:00	03:31:48:00	OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO UPLIFT
03:31:48:00	03:31:48:00	THIS INITIATIVE.
03:31:48:00	03:31:48:00	THANK YOU.
03:31:48:00	03:31:48:00	THANK YOU.
03:31:48:00	03:31:51:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR.
03:31:51:00	03:31:52:00	YOU HAVE A FLOOR.
03:31:52:00	03:31:54:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, AS DOES
03:31:54:00	03:31:55:00	THE DISTRICT CITY COUNCIL THAT
03:31:55:00	03:31:58:00	REPRESENTS MOST OF THE
03:31:58:00	03:31:59:00	DOWNTOWN.
03:31:59:00	03:31:59:00	I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW.
03:31:59:00	03:32:00:00	I KNOW I'M NOT GOING TO GET THE
03:32:00:00	03:32:03:00	ANSWER NOW BUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW
03:32:03:00	03:32:03:00	WHAT IMPACT THIS WOULD HAVE ON
03:32:03:00	03:32:07:00	THE DOWNTOWN AREA, ON THE
03:32:07:00	03:32:07:00	DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES, ON THE
03:32:07:00	03:32:10:00	RESIDENTS, WHAT THE COMMUNITY
03:32:10:00	03:32:13:00	PROCESS WOULD BE.
03:32:13:00	03:32:14:00	I, I BELIEVE IN SOME OF THE
03:32:14:00	03:32:18:00	PROPOSALS THAT SHE HIGHLIGHTED
03:32:18:00	03:32:19:00	COUNCIL FOR AN END IS INNOCENT
03:32:19:00	03:32:21:00	BUT I COULDN'T SUPPORT ALL
03:32:21:00	03:32:22:00	OF IT BECAUSE I JUST DON'T KNOW
03:32:22:00	03:32:23:00	ENOUGH ABOUT IT AND IT'S MY
03:32:23:00	03:32:26:00	DISTRICT.
03:32:26:00	03:32:27:00	I WOULD NEED TO KNOW ALL ABOUT
03:32:27:00	03:32:28:00	IT BEFORE I VOTE IN SUPPORT
03:32:28:00	03:32:28:00	OF IT.
03:32:28:00	03:32:31:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
03:32:31:00	03:32:31:00	THANK YOU.
03:32:31:00	03:32:32:00	THE CHAIR AGAIN IS KIND OF AN
03:32:32:00	03:32:33:00	ADVANTAGE AND YOU HAVE THE
03:32:33:00	03:32:33:00	FLOOR IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND
03:32:33:00	03:32:34:00	TO THE CHAIR TO THE COUNCIL YOU
03:32:34:00	03:32:34:00	MAY.
03:32:34:00	03:32:37:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:32:37:00	03:32:40:00	SO BASICALLY THE RFI IS ALREADY
03:32:40:00	03:32:41:00	OUT.
03:32:41:00	03:32:44:00	MAYOR WU AS ALLOCATED I DON'T
03:32:44:00	03:32:45:00	KNOW IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER THE
03:32:45:00	03:32:46:00	PROCESS WHERE WE WERE USING
03:32:46:00	03:32:49:00	ARPA FUNDS AND COUNCILOR BAKER
03:32:49:00	03:32:52:00	THEN WERE WAS ASKING FOR $5
03:32:52:00	03:32:55:00	MILLION FOR DEVELOPMENT IN
03:32:55:00	03:32:56:00	DORCHESTER FOR USE AND THEN WAS
03:32:56:00	03:33:00:00	IT CALLED SAFE HOUSE WHAT IS IT
03:33:00:00	03:33:00:00	CALLED FIELD HOUSE.
03:33:00:00	03:33:02:00	THANK YOU.
03:33:02:00	03:33:03:00	THE FIELD HOUSE AND THEN BUT
03:33:03:00	03:33:07:00	SOMEHOW THE ADMINISTRATION
03:33:07:00	03:33:07:00	DISAGREED SO THEN THE FUNDS END
03:33:07:00	03:33:11:00	UP GOING TO BUILDING OR
03:33:11:00	03:33:13:00	REVITALIZING DOWNTOWN AND 5
03:33:13:00	03:33:14:00	MILLION OF IT WENT TO THAT AND
03:33:14:00	03:33:17:00	THEN LATER ON WHEN THERE WERE
03:33:17:00	03:33:18:00	MORE FUNDS THAT WERE NOT
03:33:18:00	03:33:19:00	APPROPRIATED, MORE FUNDS WENT
03:33:19:00	03:33:21:00	INTO REVITALIZING DOWNTOWN AND
03:33:21:00	03:33:21:00	SO THE RFP IS ALREADY OUT.
03:33:21:00	03:33:24:00	WHAT I'M SUGGESTING IS TO JUST
03:33:24:00	03:33:25:00	MAKE IT EQUITABLE AND TO MAKE
03:33:25:00	03:33:28:00	IT SPECIFIC BECAUSE WE KNOW WE
03:33:28:00	03:33:29:00	HAVE A PROBLEM WITH RACIAL
03:33:29:00	03:33:29:00	EQUITY IN DOWNTOWN.
03:33:29:00	03:33:32:00	WE KNOW THAT THOSE BUSINESSES
03:33:32:00	03:33:32:00	ARE MAJORITY WHITE, GROTESQUELY
03:33:32:00	03:33:36:00	MAJORITY NON BIPOC AND SO THESE
03:33:36:00	03:33:39:00	ARE FIRES ARE JUST MAKING
03:33:39:00	03:33:39:00	RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY ARE
03:33:39:00	03:33:43:00	SPECIFIC TO BIPOC CULTURE.
03:33:43:00	03:33:43:00	THAT'S ALL.
03:33:43:00	03:33:44:00	AND SO IT'S AN EFFORT TO
03:33:44:00	03:33:44:00	BUILDING EQUITY.
03:33:44:00	03:33:47:00	IT'S NOT REINVENTING THE WHEEL.
03:33:47:00	03:33:48:00	IT'S NOT CREATING SOMETHING
03:33:48:00	03:33:48:00	NEW.
03:33:48:00	03:33:49:00	IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY
03:33:49:00	03:33:51:00	OUT.
03:33:51:00	03:33:52:00	TO MY COLLEAGUE IT'S SOMETHING
03:33:52:00	03:33:55:00	THAT'S ALREADY OUT.
03:33:55:00	03:33:55:00	I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THAT
03:33:55:00	03:33:56:00	THIS IS HAPPENING IN YOUR
03:33:56:00	03:33:59:00	DISTRICT BUT IT'S JUST SAYING
03:33:59:00	03:33:59:00	HEY, BE INCLUSIVE AND GET ONE
03:33:59:00	03:34:00:00	OF THESE.
03:34:00:00	03:34:02:00	SOME OF THESE ARE TO BE MORE
03:34:02:00	03:34:02:00	EQUITABLE.
03:34:02:00	03:34:02:00	THANK YOU.
03:34:02:00	03:34:06:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR.
03:34:06:00	03:34:07:00	FERNANDO ANDERSON.
03:34:07:00	03:34:08:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
03:34:08:00	03:34:08:00	ON THIS MATTER?
03:34:08:00	03:34:10:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
03:34:10:00	03:34:13:00	THEIR NAME?
03:34:13:00	03:34:13:00	MADAM CLERK PLEASE ADD A
03:34:13:00	03:34:17:00	CAPTION HERE PLEASE ADD THE
03:34:17:00	03:34:18:00	CHAIR BECAUSE OF FERNANDO
03:34:18:00	03:34:18:00	ANDERSON'S EXPANSION OF THE
03:34:18:00	03:34:21:00	RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET
03:34:21:00	03:34:21:00	NUMBER 1293 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
03:34:21:00	03:34:23:00	SAY I.
03:34:23:00	03:34:23:00	ALL THOSE OPPOSING A MADAM.
03:34:23:00	03:34:26:00	COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL
03:34:26:00	03:34:32:00	CALL VOTE, CALL VOTE ON DOCKET
03:34:32:00	03:34:33:00	1293 COUNCIL GREATER
03:34:33:00	03:34:36:00	COUNCIL OF COLOR AS A FINAL I'M
03:34:36:00	03:34:36:00	SORRY DUNCAN COUNCIL FERNANDEZ
03:34:36:00	03:34:40:00	ANDERSON.
03:34:40:00	03:34:41:00	YES.
03:34:41:00	03:34:41:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
03:34:41:00	03:34:44:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
03:34:44:00	03:34:48:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
03:34:48:00	03:34:48:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
03:34:48:00	03:34:52:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
03:34:52:00	03:34:56:00	OH, COUNCILOR PEPEN?
03:34:56:00	03:34:57:00	YES.
03:34:57:00	03:35:00:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA WEBER.
03:35:00:00	03:35:00:00	YES.
03:35:00:00	03:35:07:00	COUNCILOR AH YES.
03:35:07:00	03:35:07:00	FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT IN THE
03:35:07:00	03:35:08:00	AFFIRMATIVE.
03:35:08:00	03:35:10:00	OKAY.
03:35:10:00	03:35:11:00	HOW MANY IN THE AFFIRMATIVE?
03:35:11:00	03:35:11:00	EIGHT.
03:35:11:00	03:35:11:00	EIGHT.
03:35:11:00	03:35:11:00	OKAY.
03:35:11:00	03:35:17:00	THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1293
03:35:17:00	03:35:17:00	HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
03:35:17:00	03:35:17:00	APOLOGIES.
03:35:17:00	03:35:18:00	MY APOLOGIES.
03:35:18:00	03:35:18:00	MY SINUSES ARE GIVING ME A RUN
03:35:18:00	03:35:23:00	FOR MY MONEY TODAY.
03:35:23:00	03:35:23:00	OKAY.
03:35:23:00	03:35:24:00	MADAM COURT, COULD YOU PLEASE
03:35:24:00	03:35:28:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER 1294 DOCKET
03:35:28:00	03:35:29:00	NUMBER 1294.
03:35:29:00	03:35:30:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON
03:35:30:00	03:35:31:00	OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION
03:35:31:00	03:35:36:00	CALLING FOR A BLACK ECONOMIC
03:35:36:00	03:35:36:00	DEVELOPMENT PLAN AN EQUITY
03:35:36:00	03:35:40:00	BACKED BUDGET FRAMEWORK TO
03:35:40:00	03:35:40:00	CLOSE BOSTON'S RACIAL WEALTH
03:35:40:00	03:35:41:00	GAP.
03:35:41:00	03:35:42:00	CAN YOU DOUBLE CHECK THE LAST
03:35:42:00	03:35:43:00	VOTE?
03:35:43:00	03:35:49:00	OH, IT'S SEVEN.
03:35:49:00	03:35:50:00	MADAM CLERK, HOW MANY WAS IT IN
03:35:50:00	03:35:53:00	THE AFFIRMATIVE?
03:35:53:00	03:35:53:00	SEVEN.
03:35:53:00	03:35:54:00	HOW MANY IN THE AFFIRMATIVE?
03:35:54:00	03:35:58:00	I HAVE NO, NO, NO.
03:35:58:00	03:36:01:00	MADAM CLERK, I I'M THE
03:36:01:00	03:36:01:00	PRESIDING OFFICER.
03:36:01:00	03:36:02:00	MADAM CLERK, HOW MANY VOTES DO
03:36:02:00	03:36:04:00	WE HAVE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE?
03:36:04:00	03:36:04:00	OH, YES.
03:36:04:00	03:36:08:00	CAN YOU PLEASE SAY THE CAN YOU
03:36:08:00	03:36:09:00	PLEASE SAY THE NAMES IN THE
03:36:09:00	03:36:09:00	AFFIRMATIVE?
03:36:09:00	03:36:10:00	SAY THEM ON THE MIC.
03:36:10:00	03:36:12:00	OH, OKAY.
03:36:12:00	03:36:12:00	I'LL CALL BACK ON THE
03:36:12:00	03:36:16:00	AFFIRMATIVE.
03:36:16:00	03:36:16:00	THAT'S DOCKET NUMBER 1293.
03:36:16:00	03:36:17:00	OKAY.
03:36:17:00	03:36:20:00	RIGHT.
03:36:20:00	03:36:20:00	YEAH.
03:36:20:00	03:36:20:00	SO WHO ARE THEY?
03:36:20:00	03:36:21:00	SS?
03:36:21:00	03:36:24:00	YES, I.
03:36:24:00	03:36:24:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN, WERE YOU
03:36:24:00	03:36:25:00	SURPRISED SHE WAS PRESENT?
03:36:25:00	03:36:28:00	OKAY, SO OKAY SO THEN IS
03:36:28:00	03:36:31:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON
03:36:31:00	03:36:31:00	YES.
03:36:31:00	03:36:36:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
03:36:36:00	03:36:36:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE?
03:36:36:00	03:36:36:00	YES.
03:36:36:00	03:36:37:00	COUNCILOR PEPPERONI AS
03:36:37:00	03:36:39:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.
03:36:39:00	03:36:40:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES AND
03:36:40:00	03:36:42:00	COUNCILOR OUT SO SEVEN VOTES IN
03:36:42:00	03:36:42:00	THE AFFIRMATIVE.
03:36:42:00	03:36:43:00	YOU THE DOCKET IS STILL
03:36:43:00	03:36:43:00	ADOPTED.
03:36:43:00	03:36:45:00	THANK YOU.
03:36:45:00	03:36:46:00	OKAY.
03:36:46:00	03:36:49:00	I UNDERSTAND THAT FOLKS, WHEN
03:36:49:00	03:36:50:00	WHEN I'M READING A DOCKET TO
03:36:50:00	03:36:53:00	TALK ABOUT ANOTHER DOCKET, IT'S
03:36:53:00	03:36:54:00	HARD.
03:36:54:00	03:36:54:00	IT WAS AT THE VERY BEGINNING
03:36:54:00	03:36:55:00	AND NO ONE ELSE HAD SPOKEN.
03:36:55:00	03:36:57:00	SO IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH A
03:36:57:00	03:36:57:00	DOCKET THAT WE'VE ALREADY
03:36:57:00	03:36:58:00	DISCUSSED, PLEASE AT LEAST WAIT
03:36:58:00	03:37:00:00	UNTIL WE'VE COMPLETED THE
03:37:00:00	03:37:01:00	DOCKET THAT IS BEFORE THE BODY.
03:37:01:00	03:37:01:00	OKAY.
03:37:01:00	03:37:04:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES.
03:37:04:00	03:37:05:00	SO JUST TO START OVER MADAM
03:37:05:00	03:37:06:00	QUICK COULD YOU PLEASE READ
03:37:06:00	03:37:07:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1294 DOCTOR
03:37:07:00	03:37:12:00	NUMBER I ALREADY READ THAT IT
03:37:12:00	03:37:12:00	AGAIN READ IT AGAIN JUST
03:37:12:00	03:37:15:00	BECAUSE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1294.
03:37:15:00	03:37:15:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON
03:37:15:00	03:37:19:00	OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION
03:37:19:00	03:37:19:00	CALLING FOR A BLACK ECONOMIC
03:37:19:00	03:37:22:00	DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND EQUITY
03:37:22:00	03:37:23:00	BACK TO BUDGET FRAMEWORK TO
03:37:23:00	03:37:27:00	CLOSE BASED ON RACIAL WEALTH
03:37:27:00	03:37:27:00	GAP.
03:37:27:00	03:37:27:00	THANK YOU.
03:37:27:00	03:37:28:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:37:28:00	03:37:28:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDO ANDERSON.
03:37:28:00	03:37:30:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
03:37:30:00	03:37:31:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:37:31:00	03:37:34:00	SO I FOLLOW THIS RESOLUTION
03:37:34:00	03:37:37:00	BECAUSE THE NUMBERS DON'T LIE
03:37:37:00	03:37:38:00	BUT THEY THEY DO INDICT.
03:37:38:00	03:37:41:00	SO A BLACK FAMILY IN BOSTON HAS
03:37:41:00	03:37:42:00	A MEDIUM NET WORTH OF $8.
03:37:42:00	03:37:45:00	WE'VE HEARD JUST BEFORE THAT IS
03:37:45:00	03:37:49:00	NOT AN ACCIDENT.
03:37:49:00	03:37:49:00	THAT IS A RESULT OF POLICY
03:37:49:00	03:37:53:00	OF EXCLUSION AND CENTURIES
03:37:53:00	03:37:53:00	OF THEFT, DISINVESTMENT AND
03:37:53:00	03:37:57:00	DENIAL AND NO CITY THAT CLAIMS
03:37:57:00	03:37:57:00	TO VALUE EQUITY TO TOLERATE
03:37:57:00	03:38:00:00	THAT TRUTH WITHOUT TAKING
03:38:00:00	03:38:00:00	ACTION.
03:38:00:00	03:38:01:00	THIS RESOLUTION DEMANDS MORE
03:38:01:00	03:38:04:00	THAN LIP SERVICE.
03:38:04:00	03:38:05:00	IT CALLS FOR A BLACK ECONOMIC
03:38:05:00	03:38:07:00	DEVELOPMENT PLAN CRAFTED BY
03:38:07:00	03:38:08:00	BLACK INSTITUTIONS FUNDED
03:38:08:00	03:38:09:00	THROUGH THE CITY BUDGET AND
03:38:09:00	03:38:11:00	TRACKED WITH REAL DATA, REAL
03:38:11:00	03:38:12:00	TARGETS AND REAL
03:38:12:00	03:38:12:00	ACCOUNTABILITY.
03:38:12:00	03:38:16:00	WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR FAVORS IN
03:38:16:00	03:38:16:00	THE BLACK COMMUNITY.
03:38:16:00	03:38:20:00	WE ARE DEMANDING EVERY TURN
03:38:20:00	03:38:23:00	THAT WAS BASICALLY TAKEN THIS
03:38:23:00	03:38:23:00	MEANS LINK LINKING RACIAL
03:38:23:00	03:38:27:00	EQUITY GOALS TO ACTUAL DOLLARS
03:38:27:00	03:38:27:00	IN THE BUDGET.
03:38:27:00	03:38:28:00	IT MEANS INVESTING IN
03:38:28:00	03:38:30:00	HOMEOWNERSHIP COOPERATIVE
03:38:30:00	03:38:31:00	WEALTH, BLACK BUSINESSES,
03:38:31:00	03:38:31:00	EDUCATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
03:38:31:00	03:38:34:00	WITH THE SAME URGENCY THAT
03:38:34:00	03:38:35:00	BUILT THE BACK BAY OR BAILED
03:38:35:00	03:38:38:00	OUT BANKS BOAST.
03:38:38:00	03:38:39:00	BOSTON CANNOT CALL ITSELF
03:38:39:00	03:38:41:00	PROGRESSIVE WHILE BOSTON
03:38:41:00	03:38:42:00	NEIGHBORHOODS ARE STILL
03:38:42:00	03:38:42:00	FIGHTING FOR RUNNING WATER,
03:38:42:00	03:38:46:00	WORKING STREETLIGHTS AND PIECE
03:38:46:00	03:38:46:00	OF ECONOMIC THEY HELPED BUILD.
03:38:46:00	03:38:50:00	THIS IS NOT ABOUT CLOSING A GAP
03:38:50:00	03:38:51:00	IT IS ABOUT ENDING A SYSTEM AND
03:38:51:00	03:38:53:00	WE DON'T REWRITE THE BUDGET
03:38:53:00	03:38:54:00	WITH JUSTICE IN ITS MARGINS.
03:38:54:00	03:38:57:00	WE IF WE DON'T REWRITE THE
03:38:57:00	03:38:58:00	BUDGET WITH JUSTICE IN ITS
03:38:58:00	03:39:01:00	MARGINS WE'RE JUST BALANCING
03:39:01:00	03:39:02:00	BOOKS ON THE BACKS OF THE VERY
03:39:02:00	03:39:05:00	PEOPLE WE ALL MOST.
03:39:05:00	03:39:06:00	SO TODAY LET'S PUT THIS POLICY
03:39:06:00	03:39:09:00	WHERE OUR PROMISES ARE.
03:39:09:00	03:39:12:00	WE SHOULD BUILD BLACK WEALTH
03:39:12:00	03:39:13:00	NOT WITH RHETORIC BUT WITH
03:39:13:00	03:39:13:00	REPARATIVE POWER.
03:39:13:00	03:39:17:00	I'M SEEKING FOR A SUSPENSION
03:39:17:00	03:39:18:00	AND PASS ON THE STEERING AND
03:39:18:00	03:39:21:00	WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF MY
03:39:21:00	03:39:21:00	COLLEAGUES WOULD SUPPORT IT.
03:39:21:00	03:39:22:00	THANK YOU.
03:39:22:00	03:39:22:00	THANK YOU.
03:39:22:00	03:39:23:00	THE CHAIR JUST COMES FROM HERE.
03:39:23:00	03:39:24:00	YOU ON THE FLOOR.
03:39:24:00	03:39:25:00	YOU KNOW I'M TAKING ADVANTAGE
03:39:25:00	03:39:28:00	OF EVERY MOMENT THAT I GOT TO
03:39:28:00	03:39:29:00	SPEAK UP BECAUSE I KNOW AT SOME
03:39:29:00	03:39:31:00	POINT THIS IS NO LONGER GOING
03:39:31:00	03:39:32:00	TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT.
03:39:32:00	03:39:36:00	BUT WHAT I'M HERE IS SO I
03:39:36:00	03:39:39:00	WANTED TO JUST REALLY THANK
03:39:39:00	03:39:43:00	COUNCILOR ANDERSON YET AGAIN I
03:39:43:00	03:39:44:00	THINK FROM THE MOMENT THAT YOU
03:39:44:00	03:39:44:00	STEPPED FOOT INTO THIS CHAMBER
03:39:44:00	03:39:46:00	YOU HAVE BEEN UNAPOLOGETIC
03:39:46:00	03:39:50:00	ABOUT UPLIFTING EQUITY AND ALSO
03:39:50:00	03:39:54:00	CENTERING WHAT REAL WORK LOOKS
03:39:54:00	03:39:55:00	LIKE WHEN WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT
03:39:55:00	03:39:58:00	UPLIFTING AND MOVING BLACK
03:39:58:00	03:40:02:00	PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTY IN REAL
03:40:02:00	03:40:03:00	WAYS, NOT IN HYPOTHETICAL
03:40:03:00	03:40:06:00	ASPIRATIONAL WAYS BUT IN REAL
03:40:06:00	03:40:06:00	CONCRETE.
03:40:06:00	03:40:09:00	HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO
03:40:09:00	03:40:10:00	MAKE IT HAPPEN WAYS.
03:40:10:00	03:40:13:00	AND SO WHILE IT IS A RESOLUTION
03:40:13:00	03:40:14:00	I AM GOING TO ASSUME THAT MY
03:40:14:00	03:40:17:00	COLLEAGUES ARE REALLY GOING TO
03:40:17:00	03:40:18:00	BE AFRAID OF SAYING YES TO THIS
03:40:18:00	03:40:20:00	BECAUSE IT IS A RESOLUTION
03:40:20:00	03:40:21:00	SUPPORTING SOMETHING THAT WE
03:40:21:00	03:40:24:00	ALL SAY WE CARE ABOUT BECAUSE I
03:40:24:00	03:40:25:00	HEARD IT HERE IN THIS CHAMBER
03:40:25:00	03:40:28:00	AND.
03:40:28:00	03:40:29:00	SO BECAUSE WE HEAR THAT I AM
03:40:29:00	03:40:32:00	GOING TO JUST ENCOURAGE MY
03:40:32:00	03:40:33:00	COLLEAGUES TO UNDERSTAND THAT
03:40:33:00	03:40:36:00	THIS IS A MOMENT TO STAND IN
03:40:36:00	03:40:40:00	SOLIDARITY AND TO SUPPORT
03:40:40:00	03:40:40:00	CLOSING THE RACIAL WEALTH GAP
03:40:40:00	03:40:44:00	HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
03:40:44:00	03:40:44:00	THANK YOU.
03:40:44:00	03:40:44:00	THANK YOU.
03:40:44:00	03:40:45:00	IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
03:40:45:00	03:40:47:00	ON THIS MATTER BUT ANYONE ELSE
03:40:47:00	03:40:48:00	LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?
03:40:48:00	03:40:52:00	MADAM CLERK, PLEASE ADD
03:40:52:00	03:40:55:00	COUNCILORS BRAEDON DURKIN,
03:40:55:00	03:40:59:00	MARIA PEPEN, SANTANA WORLD
03:40:59:00	03:41:00:00	PLEASE OTHER CHAIR COVERING
03:41:00:00	03:41:00:00	ANDREA ANDERSON'S EXPANSION
03:41:00:00	03:41:03:00	OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION
03:41:03:00	03:41:04:00	OF DOCKET NUMBER 1 TO 9 FOR ALL
03:41:04:00	03:41:07:00	THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
03:41:07:00	03:41:10:00	ALL THOSE OPPOSED NAY.
03:41:10:00	03:41:11:00	MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
03:41:11:00	03:41:12:00	CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL
03:41:12:00	03:41:18:00	CALL VOTE ON DOCTOR DOCKET 1294
03:41:18:00	03:41:18:00	COUNCIL OPERATOR YES.
03:41:18:00	03:41:19:00	COUNCILOR BREADON YES.
03:41:19:00	03:41:22:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARA
03:41:22:00	03:41:24:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN
03:41:24:00	03:41:25:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.
03:41:25:00	03:41:25:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON
03:41:25:00	03:41:25:00	YES.
03:41:25:00	03:41:28:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON
03:41:28:00	03:41:28:00	YES.
03:41:28:00	03:41:29:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES
03:41:29:00	03:41:32:00	BECAUSE OF ASTURIAS.
03:41:32:00	03:41:33:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR FLYNN
03:41:33:00	03:41:35:00	NO.
03:41:35:00	03:41:36:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
03:41:36:00	03:41:36:00	COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES.
03:41:36:00	03:41:40:00	COUNCILOR MAY HEAR ME COUNCILOR
03:41:40:00	03:41:44:00	MEJIA SEE COUNCILOR MURPHY.
03:41:44:00	03:41:44:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.
03:41:44:00	03:41:47:00	COUNCILOR PAT BAN ON SOME
03:41:47:00	03:41:47:00	BACKGROUND YES.
03:41:47:00	03:41:48:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA
03:41:48:00	03:41:51:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.
03:41:51:00	03:41:55:00	COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCIL WIRRAL
03:41:55:00	03:41:55:00	COUNCILOR WORRELL YES.
03:41:55:00	03:42:03:00	1234569 TEN AND THANK YOU MY TO
03:42:03:00	03:42:09:00	THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1 TO
03:42:09:00	03:42:10:00	9 FOUR HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
03:42:10:00	03:42:13:00	MADAM COURT COULD YOU PLEASE
03:42:13:00	03:42:16:00	READ THE NUMBER 1295 DOCKET
03:42:16:00	03:42:16:00	NUMBER 1295.
03:42:16:00	03:42:17:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON
03:42:17:00	03:42:20:00	OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION
03:42:20:00	03:42:20:00	TO SUPPORT PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING
03:42:20:00	03:42:24:00	OF THE ROLES AND
03:42:24:00	03:42:25:00	RESPONSIBILITIES OF BOSTON CITY
03:42:25:00	03:42:28:00	COUNCIL AND THE CHAIR AND AS
03:42:28:00	03:42:29:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDO ANDERSON
03:42:29:00	03:42:29:00	COUNCILMAN ANDY ANDERSON YOU
03:42:29:00	03:42:30:00	HAVE THE FLOOR AND IT LOOKS
03:42:30:00	03:42:33:00	LIKE THEY'RE ADDING COUNCIL ME
03:42:33:00	03:42:33:00	AS A SECOND ORIGINAL
03:42:33:00	03:42:33:00	CO-SPONSOR.
03:42:33:00	03:42:36:00	YES, MADAM PLEASE ADD
03:42:36:00	03:42:37:00	COUNCILMAN HE A SECOND ORIGINAL
03:42:37:00	03:42:40:00	KASAMA SO ADDED COUNCIL FRIEND
03:42:40:00	03:42:41:00	ANDERSON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
03:42:41:00	03:42:41:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:42:41:00	03:42:45:00	THIS IS AN EXCITING ONE, HUH?
03:42:45:00	03:42:46:00	YOU GUYS GOING TO LEARN WHAT
03:42:46:00	03:42:49:00	RESILIENCY MEANS?
03:42:49:00	03:42:49:00	WATCH AND LEARN.
03:42:49:00	03:42:50:00	STICK AROUND.
03:42:50:00	03:42:56:00	SO THIS IS ACTUALLY THE NOT A
03:42:56:00	03:42:57:00	JOB DESCRIPTION BECAUSE I THINK
03:42:57:00	03:42:58:00	IT SHOULD BE LIKE SOMETHING
03:42:58:00	03:43:01:00	THAT WE ALL SHOULD OR YOU ALL
03:43:01:00	03:43:02:00	SHOULD WORK ON TOGETHER MOVING
03:43:02:00	03:43:02:00	FORWARD.
03:43:02:00	03:43:05:00	BUT I DID THIS FOR MY
03:43:05:00	03:43:05:00	CONSTITUENTS.
03:43:05:00	03:43:06:00	NOTICE THAT EVERYTHING I'M
03:43:06:00	03:43:08:00	FILING TODAY IS ABOUT MY
03:43:08:00	03:43:08:00	CONSTITUENTS.
03:43:08:00	03:43:09:00	IT'S ABOUT TELLING THEM THAT,
03:43:09:00	03:43:12:00	YOU KNOW, PUTTING ON RECORD
03:43:12:00	03:43:13:00	THINGS THAT THEY REPRESENT THE
03:43:13:00	03:43:13:00	THINGS THAT THEY'VE BEEN
03:43:13:00	03:43:16:00	FIGHTING FOR AND MAKING A
03:43:16:00	03:43:16:00	STATEMENT.
03:43:16:00	03:43:19:00	AND SO I WANTED TO LEAVE THE
03:43:19:00	03:43:20:00	COUNCIL WITH INFORMATION ON
03:43:20:00	03:43:24:00	RECORD THAT MY CONSTITUENTS CAN
03:43:24:00	03:43:24:00	USE MOVING FORWARD.
03:43:24:00	03:43:27:00	SO WITH THAT IN MIND WITH MY
03:43:27:00	03:43:28:00	CONSTITUENTS IN HEART, THE
03:43:28:00	03:43:30:00	BOSTON CITY COUNCIL IS ONE
03:43:30:00	03:43:31:00	OF THE MOST MISUNDERSTOOD AND
03:43:31:00	03:43:35:00	MOST CRITICAL JOB JOBS IN OUR
03:43:35:00	03:43:35:00	DEMOCRACY.
03:43:35:00	03:43:38:00	WOULDN'T YOU WOULD YOU AGREE?
03:43:38:00	03:43:39:00	WE ARE NOT CEREMONIAL.
03:43:39:00	03:43:43:00	WE ARE NOT SIDEKICK FOLKS.
03:43:43:00	03:43:44:00	WE ARE LEGISLATORS, BUDGET
03:43:44:00	03:43:46:00	WATCHDOGS AND THE DIRECT LINE
03:43:46:00	03:43:49:00	BETWEEN ABOUT 80,000 MAYBE
03:43:49:00	03:43:52:00	70,000 FOR SOME OF YOU 80,000
03:43:52:00	03:43:52:00	CONSTITUENTS AND FOR AT LARGE
03:43:52:00	03:43:55:00	IS IT'S EVEN MORE.
03:43:55:00	03:43:56:00	RIGHT.
03:43:56:00	03:44:02:00	SO RESIDENTS AND 9 BILLION CITY
03:44:02:00	03:44:02:00	$9 BILLION CITY GOVERNMENT AND
03:44:02:00	03:44:06:00	SO BUT WE WE DOING THIS WORK
03:44:06:00	03:44:06:00	WITHOUT THE BASIC TOOLS OF ANY
03:44:06:00	03:44:09:00	SERIOUS GOVERNING BODY SHOULD
03:44:09:00	03:44:10:00	NO REAL DATA DASHBOARDS NO
03:44:10:00	03:44:14:00	DEDICATED ANALYSIS, NO
03:44:14:00	03:44:14:00	CENTRALIZED SYSTEMS TO TRACK
03:44:14:00	03:44:18:00	THE NEEDS OF THE CITY OF THE
03:44:18:00	03:44:18:00	COMMUNITIES AND HOLD THE
03:44:18:00	03:44:21:00	DEPARTMENTS ACCOUNTABLE.
03:44:21:00	03:44:22:00	SO I'M GOING TO TALK STRAIGHT
03:44:22:00	03:44:22:00	JUST SO THE PEOPLE AT HOME CAN
03:44:22:00	03:44:23:00	UNDERSTAND.
03:44:23:00	03:44:25:00	SO BASICALLY THE JOB IS YOUR
03:44:25:00	03:44:25:00	LEGISLATORS BUT YOU'RE ALSO
03:44:25:00	03:44:29:00	EXPECT TO EXPECT IT TO SHOW UP
03:44:29:00	03:44:29:00	BUT YOU'RE ALSO EXPECTED TO
03:44:29:00	03:44:33:00	MANAGE YOUR OFFICE AND A PART
03:44:33:00	03:44:33:00	OF THAT IS FROM ADVOCATING IS
03:44:33:00	03:44:36:00	LISTENING TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS
03:44:36:00	03:44:36:00	.
03:44:36:00	03:44:40:00	CITY SERVICE COMPLAINTS WHEN
03:44:40:00	03:44:41:00	311 FALLS SHORT YOU'RE EXPECTED
03:44:41:00	03:44:45:00	TO HOLD THE JUDGE TO TO HOLD
03:44:45:00	03:44:48:00	THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH
03:44:48:00	03:44:48:00	ACCOUNTABLE.
03:44:48:00	03:44:49:00	THAT BECOMES REALLY DIFFICULT
03:44:49:00	03:44:52:00	WHEN YOU DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE
03:44:52:00	03:44:53:00	SYSTEMS SOFTWARES OR TRACKERS
03:44:53:00	03:44:56:00	OR ANALYSIS TO UNDERSTAND TO GO
03:44:56:00	03:44:58:00	FROM 311 EVEN IF YOU HAVE THE
03:44:58:00	03:44:59:00	311 DATA.
03:44:59:00	03:45:00:00	BY THE TIME IT GETS TO US IT'S
03:45:00:00	03:45:02:00	BECOME CUMBERSOME FOR THE
03:45:02:00	03:45:02:00	CONSTITUENTS.
03:45:02:00	03:45:04:00	SO NOW THEY'RE COMPLAINING FOR
03:45:04:00	03:45:05:00	THE FOURTH TIME OR MAYBE TO A
03:45:05:00	03:45:08:00	FOURTH PERSON AND BECOMES
03:45:08:00	03:45:08:00	REALLY STRESSFUL.
03:45:08:00	03:45:09:00	SO IF YOU READ THE ACTUAL
03:45:09:00	03:45:12:00	FILING I DON'T THINK THAT MY
03:45:12:00	03:45:13:00	COLLEAGUES WILL HAVE AN ISSUE
03:45:13:00	03:45:16:00	WITH WHAT THE JOB IS.
03:45:16:00	03:45:17:00	I'M SURE THAT THERE IS SO MUCH
03:45:17:00	03:45:20:00	MORE ON HERE THAT YOU COULD YOU
03:45:20:00	03:45:24:00	COULD ADD BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT
03:45:24:00	03:45:25:00	THE JOB ITSELF YOU'LL NOTICE
03:45:25:00	03:45:28:00	THAT WE ACTUALLY NOT ONLY DO
03:45:28:00	03:45:29:00	MUCH MORE BUT WE NEED THE
03:45:29:00	03:45:32:00	SOFTWARE SO WE NEED COMPARATIVE
03:45:32:00	03:45:32:00	ANALYSIS.
03:45:32:00	03:45:35:00	WE NEED A REAL BUDGET TEAM THAT
03:45:35:00	03:45:36:00	DOES A FULL ANALYSIS OF THE
03:45:36:00	03:45:39:00	BUDGET AND YOU NEED ALL
03:45:39:00	03:45:39:00	OF THOSE SUPPORT.
03:45:39:00	03:45:42:00	SO HOPEFULLY MOVING FORWARD THE
03:45:42:00	03:45:42:00	MY CONSTITUENTS CAN ALWAYS
03:45:42:00	03:45:43:00	REFERENCE THIS DOCUMENT AND SAY
03:45:43:00	03:45:47:00	OKAY WOW THIS IS MUCH MORE THAN
03:45:47:00	03:45:50:00	I ANTICIPATED OR I THOUGHT THAT
03:45:50:00	03:45:51:00	THEY DID AND GIVING THEM A
03:45:51:00	03:45:53:00	LITTLE BIT FLAHERTY ON WHAT OUR
03:45:53:00	03:45:53:00	JOB IS.
03:45:53:00	03:45:55:00	SO I WOULD I HOPE THAT YOU CAN
03:45:55:00	03:45:57:00	SUPPORT ME AND SUSPENDING AND
03:45:57:00	03:45:58:00	PASSING THIS RESOLUTION.
03:45:58:00	03:45:58:00	THANK YOU.
03:45:58:00	03:45:58:00	THANK YOU.
03:45:58:00	03:46:01:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES FROM
03:46:01:00	03:46:02:00	HERE AT THE FLOOR.
03:46:02:00	03:46:02:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:46:02:00	03:46:04:00	AND THANK YOU,
03:46:04:00	03:46:05:00	COUNCILOR ANDERSON FOR GIVING
03:46:05:00	03:46:08:00	US A LOVE LETTER AND AND AN
03:46:08:00	03:46:09:00	OUTLINE OF HOW WE SHOULD BE
03:46:09:00	03:46:12:00	PERFORMING OUR DUTIES HERE.
03:46:12:00	03:46:13:00	I HAVE TO SAY THAT WHEN I
03:46:13:00	03:46:15:00	WALKED INTO THIS CHAMBER
03:46:15:00	03:46:16:00	BECAUSE I WAS OUT IN THE
03:46:16:00	03:46:20:00	STREETS FIGHTING FOR THE PEOPLE
03:46:20:00	03:46:21:00	, I WALKED IN HERE NOT KNOWING
03:46:21:00	03:46:24:00	HOW TO SHOW UP AND THERE WAS NO
03:46:24:00	03:46:27:00	REAL CONSTRUCT.
03:46:27:00	03:46:28:00	SO I DIDN'T HAVE FRIENDS WHO
03:46:28:00	03:46:29:00	WORKED IN POLITICS IN THAT KIND
03:46:29:00	03:46:32:00	OF WAY SO I HAD TO LEARN MY JOB
03:46:32:00	03:46:35:00	PUBLICLY DURING COVID AND
03:46:35:00	03:46:36:00	DURING RACIAL AND CIVIL UNREST
03:46:36:00	03:46:39:00	IN A REMOTE SETTING.
03:46:39:00	03:46:42:00	AND SO IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY
03:46:42:00	03:46:43:00	FOR ME TO REDEFINE WHAT A CITY
03:46:43:00	03:46:46:00	COUNCILOR IS AND IT WAS AN
03:46:46:00	03:46:47:00	OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO DECIDE
03:46:47:00	03:46:50:00	FOR MYSELF THE TYPE
03:46:50:00	03:46:50:00	OF LEADERSHIP THAT I WAS GOING
03:46:50:00	03:46:53:00	TO DEMONSTRATE IN THIS BODY
03:46:53:00	03:46:54:00	WHICH IS WHY I THINK RIGHT IN
03:46:54:00	03:46:57:00	THIS MOMENT THAT IT'S NOT JUST
03:46:57:00	03:46:58:00	ABOUT THE VOTES THAT WE TAKE
03:46:58:00	03:46:58:00	HERE IN THE CITY COUNCIL.
03:46:58:00	03:46:59:00	IT'S ALSO ABOUT MAKING SURE
03:46:59:00	03:47:01:00	THAT THE PEOPLE THAT WE
03:47:01:00	03:47:02:00	REPRESENT WE BRING THEIR VOICES
03:47:02:00	03:47:03:00	HERE AND THE VOTES THAT WE TAKE
03:47:03:00	03:47:06:00	REFLECT, THE PEOPLE THAT WE
03:47:06:00	03:47:07:00	SERVE, NOT THE PEOPLE WHO PUT
03:47:07:00	03:47:09:00	US IN THESE SEATS THROUGH
03:47:09:00	03:47:12:00	POLITICAL INTEREST AND OR
03:47:12:00	03:47:12:00	POLITICAL BROKERS.
03:47:12:00	03:47:13:00	AND I THINK THAT THERE IS AN
03:47:13:00	03:47:16:00	OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO RECOGNIZE
03:47:16:00	03:47:17:00	THAT OUR JOB IS TO BE THE
03:47:17:00	03:47:20:00	CHECKS AND BALANCES TO THE
03:47:20:00	03:47:20:00	ADMINISTRATION RIGHT TO BE THE
03:47:20:00	03:47:24:00	ACCOUNTABILITY BODY FOR THE
03:47:24:00	03:47:24:00	ADMINISTRATION REGARDLESS
03:47:24:00	03:47:27:00	OF WHO IT IS, WHICH IS WHY I
03:47:27:00	03:47:28:00	CREATED THE COMMITTEE THAT I
03:47:28:00	03:47:31:00	CHAIR NOW WHICH IS THE
03:47:31:00	03:47:31:00	COMMITTEE ABOUT GOVERNMENT
03:47:31:00	03:47:32:00	ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY
03:47:32:00	03:47:32:00	AND ACCESSIBILITY.
03:47:32:00	03:47:35:00	AND UP UNTIL RECENTLY I WAS
03:47:35:00	03:47:36:00	ABLE TO DO A LOT MORE OF THAT.
03:47:36:00	03:47:39:00	AND SO I THINK THAT WE NOW HAVE
03:47:39:00	03:47:39:00	TO RECOGNIZE THAT PEOPLE ARE
03:47:39:00	03:47:43:00	LOOKING TO US TO DEMONSTRATE
03:47:43:00	03:47:43:00	POSITIVE LEADERSHIP, TO
03:47:43:00	03:47:46:00	DEMONSTRATE REAL LEADERSHIP TO
03:47:46:00	03:47:47:00	DEMONSTRATE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
03:47:47:00	03:47:50:00	TAKE THOSE HARD VOTES IN WAYS
03:47:50:00	03:47:54:00	THAT PUSH US.
03:47:54:00	03:47:55:00	AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE TAKE VOTES
03:47:55:00	03:47:58:00	WE PASSED THE THE ANNUAL BUDGET
03:47:58:00	03:48:01:00	AND THAT BUDGET HAS TO BE A
03:48:01:00	03:48:02:00	REFLECTION OF OUR VALUES AND
03:48:02:00	03:48:03:00	THE VALUES OF THE PEOPLE THAT
03:48:03:00	03:48:06:00	WE SERVE, NOT THE PEOPLE WHO
03:48:06:00	03:48:07:00	ARE IN POSITIONS OF POWER.
03:48:07:00	03:48:08:00	AND I THINK THAT THIS IS REALLY
03:48:08:00	03:48:10:00	A TESTAMENT AND AN OPPORTUNITY
03:48:10:00	03:48:13:00	FOR US TO LEARN HOW TO DO OUR
03:48:13:00	03:48:14:00	JOBS IN THE INTERESTS OF THE
03:48:14:00	03:48:17:00	PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE AND NOT IN
03:48:17:00	03:48:18:00	THE INTEREST OF PROTECTING OUR
03:48:18:00	03:48:18:00	SEATS.
03:48:18:00	03:48:18:00	THANK YOU.
03:48:18:00	03:48:21:00	THANK YOU.
03:48:21:00	03:48:22:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
03:48:22:00	03:48:22:00	ON THIS MATTER?
03:48:22:00	03:48:23:00	WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
03:48:23:00	03:48:24:00	THEIR NAME?
03:48:24:00	03:48:29:00	MADAM CLERK PLEASE ADD
03:48:29:00	03:48:29:00	COUNCILOR PER CENT
03:48:29:00	03:48:30:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA AND WORLD
03:48:30:00	03:48:33:00	COUNCILORS FERNANDO ANDERSON
03:48:33:00	03:48:34:00	AND ME.
03:48:34:00	03:48:34:00	HE HAS EXPANSION OF THE ROLES
03:48:34:00	03:48:37:00	AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER
03:48:37:00	03:48:37:00	1295.
03:48:37:00	03:48:37:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY.
03:48:37:00	03:48:41:00	ALL THOSE OPPOSED NAY.
03:48:41:00	03:48:41:00	THE AYES HAVE IT.
03:48:41:00	03:48:44:00	THIS DOCKET IS PASSED OC.
03:48:44:00	03:48:45:00	MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
03:48:45:00	03:48:49:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER 1297 WE DID
03:48:49:00	03:48:49:00	12961212971297.
03:48:49:00	03:48:52:00	DOCKET 1297.
03:48:52:00	03:48:53:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN OFFERED A
03:48:53:00	03:48:56:00	FORMAL AND A RESOLUTION
03:48:56:00	03:48:57:00	DECLARING THE BOSTON CITY
03:48:57:00	03:48:59:00	COUNCIL'S SUPPORT OF THE
03:48:59:00	03:49:00:00	COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
03:49:00:00	03:49:04:00	SHADOW REGULATIONS AS AFFIRMED
03:49:04:00	03:49:04:00	BY SECTION LAW.
03:49:04:00	03:49:04:00	THANK YOU.
03:49:04:00	03:49:05:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:49:05:00	03:49:07:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN.
03:49:07:00	03:49:08:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN YOU HAVE THE
03:49:08:00	03:49:08:00	FLOOR.
03:49:08:00	03:49:08:00	THANK YOU.
03:49:08:00	03:49:11:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT TODAY I'M
03:49:11:00	03:49:11:00	PROUD TO INTRODUCE A RESOLUTION
03:49:11:00	03:49:12:00	DECLARING THE BOSTON CITY
03:49:12:00	03:49:15:00	COUNCIL'S SUPPORT OF THE
03:49:15:00	03:49:15:00	COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
03:49:15:00	03:49:16:00	SHADOW LAWS AS AFFIRMED BY
03:49:16:00	03:49:19:00	SESSION LAW PASSED AFTER YEARS
03:49:19:00	03:49:19:00	OF ADVOCACY BY RESIDENTS, CIVIC
03:49:19:00	03:49:22:00	ORGANIZATIONS ELECTED LEADERS.
03:49:22:00	03:49:23:00	THESE SHADOW REGULATIONS
03:49:23:00	03:49:24:00	ENSHRINE OUR CITY'S COMMITMENT
03:49:24:00	03:49:27:00	TO PROTECTION AND STEWARDSHIP
03:49:27:00	03:49:27:00	OF BOSTON'S HISTORIC GREEN
03:49:27:00	03:49:29:00	SPACES.
03:49:29:00	03:49:30:00	FOR OVER 30 YEARS THEY'VE
03:49:30:00	03:49:31:00	SERVED AS A BULWARK AGAINST NEW
03:49:31:00	03:49:33:00	DEVELOPMENT FROM CASTING
03:49:33:00	03:49:34:00	SHADOWS DURING DEFINED TIME
03:49:34:00	03:49:34:00	PERIODS.
03:49:34:00	03:49:37:00	UPON THE BOSTON COMMON PUBLIC
03:49:37:00	03:49:38:00	GARDEN AND COPLEY SQUARE PARK
03:49:38:00	03:49:40:00	THESE HISTORIC AND BELOVED
03:49:40:00	03:49:41:00	SPACES ARE CRITICAL PUBLIC
03:49:41:00	03:49:45:00	GOODS THAT PROVIDE INVALUABLE
03:49:45:00	03:49:45:00	SPACES CULTURAL VALUE NATURAL
03:49:45:00	03:49:49:00	LIGHT FOR BOSTON RESIDENTS AND
03:49:49:00	03:49:49:00	VISITORS ALIKE.
03:49:49:00	03:49:50:00	BY CODIFYING PROTECTIONS TO
03:49:50:00	03:49:53:00	PRESERVE THESE OPEN
03:49:53:00	03:49:54:00	ENVIRONMENTS, THIS DEED SHADOW
03:49:54:00	03:49:56:00	LAWS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR CIVIC
03:49:56:00	03:49:57:00	ENJOYMENT AND EQUITABLE ACCESS
03:49:57:00	03:49:58:00	TO NATURE IN OUR CITY.
03:49:58:00	03:50:00:00	AS THE CHAIR OF PLANNING
03:50:00:00	03:50:01:00	DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION
03:50:01:00	03:50:04:00	I FEEL A DEEP COMMITMENT AND
03:50:04:00	03:50:05:00	RESPONSIBILITY TO OVERSEE THE
03:50:05:00	03:50:05:00	BUILT ENVIRONMENT THAT DEFINES
03:50:05:00	03:50:08:00	THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY.
03:50:08:00	03:50:09:00	BOSTON IS CURRENTLY UNDERTAKING
03:50:09:00	03:50:12:00	AN AMBITIOUS ZONING REFORM TO
03:50:12:00	03:50:12:00	ITS URBAN CORE.
03:50:12:00	03:50:16:00	IN FACT THE LAST STATE SHADOW
03:50:16:00	03:50:19:00	LAW IN 2017 DIRECTED THE
03:50:19:00	03:50:19:00	PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO DO JUST
03:50:19:00	03:50:19:00	THAT.
03:50:19:00	03:50:23:00	I QUOTE FROM SECTION EIGHT THE
03:50:23:00	03:50:23:00	BOSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
03:50:23:00	03:50:26:00	AGENCY SHALL CONDUCT A PLANNING
03:50:26:00	03:50:26:00	INITIATIVE FOR THE DOWNTOWN
03:50:26:00	03:50:27:00	AREA OF THE CITY OF BOSTON TO
03:50:27:00	03:50:30:00	EXAMINE THE PRESERVATION
03:50:30:00	03:50:31:00	ENHANCEMENT AND GROWTH OF THE
03:50:31:00	03:50:31:00	DOWNTOWN AREA.
03:50:31:00	03:50:34:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON IN ORDER TO
03:50:34:00	03:50:34:00	BALANCE GROWTH WITH LIVABILITY
03:50:34:00	03:50:37:00	WHILE RESPECTING THE IMPORTANCE
03:50:37:00	03:50:38:00	OF SUNLIGHT, WALKABILITY AND A
03:50:38:00	03:50:41:00	DYNAMIC MIX OF USES THE
03:50:41:00	03:50:41:00	DOWNTOWN REFORMS STEMMING FROM
03:50:41:00	03:50:42:00	ABOVE ENCOURAGE HOUSING AND
03:50:42:00	03:50:45:00	ECONOMIC REINVESTMENT AT A
03:50:45:00	03:50:46:00	PIVOTAL TIME FOR DOWNTOWN
03:50:46:00	03:50:49:00	ALLOWING REVITALIZATION.
03:50:49:00	03:50:50:00	WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO FUND
03:50:50:00	03:50:50:00	CITY SERVICES THAT MAKE BOSTON
03:50:50:00	03:50:54:00	VIBRANT AND LIVE A LIVABLE CITY
03:50:54:00	03:50:54:00	THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE PROUD
03:50:54:00	03:50:54:00	OF.
03:50:54:00	03:50:57:00	I CLEARLY HEAR FROM VOCAL
03:50:57:00	03:50:58:00	MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT
03:50:58:00	03:51:00:00	HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERNS THAT
03:51:00:00	03:51:01:00	THESE NECESSARY DOWNTOWN
03:51:01:00	03:51:01:00	PLANNING REFORMS WILL INTERFERE
03:51:01:00	03:51:05:00	WITH PROTECTIONS ON OUR OPEN
03:51:05:00	03:51:06:00	SPACES OFFERED BY THE STATE
03:51:06:00	03:51:06:00	SHADOW LAWS.
03:51:06:00	03:51:09:00	THERE NO CONFLICT IN THESE
03:51:09:00	03:51:09:00	LAWS.
03:51:09:00	03:51:10:00	IN FACT THE REFORMS PUT FORWARD
03:51:10:00	03:51:12:00	BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT
03:51:12:00	03:51:13:00	EXPLICITLY REFERENCED THE
03:51:13:00	03:51:14:00	SHADOW LAWS TO ENSURE THAT NEW
03:51:14:00	03:51:17:00	DEVELOPMENT WILL COMPLY WITH
03:51:17:00	03:51:17:00	THESE REGULATIONS.
03:51:17:00	03:51:21:00	IF A PROPOSED BUILDING RUNS
03:51:21:00	03:51:21:00	AFOUL OF THE SHADOW LAWS DURING
03:51:21:00	03:51:24:00	ITS SHADOW STUDY ASSESSMENT IT
03:51:24:00	03:51:25:00	WILL NOT BE APPROVED ONLY THE
03:51:25:00	03:51:28:00	MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND STATE
03:51:28:00	03:51:28:00	LEGISLATURE CAN CIRCUMVENT
03:51:28:00	03:51:29:00	THIS.
03:51:29:00	03:51:31:00	THIS HAPPENED IN 2017 WHEN THE
03:51:31:00	03:51:32:00	CITY COUNCIL AND FORMER MAYOR
03:51:32:00	03:51:35:00	MARTY WALSH USED A HOME RULE
03:51:35:00	03:51:36:00	PETITION TO BYPASS STATE SHADOW
03:51:36:00	03:51:38:00	LAWS TO APPROVE THE WINTHROP
03:51:38:00	03:51:39:00	SQUARE TOWER PLAN IN TANDEM
03:51:39:00	03:51:41:00	WITH THE MAYOR.
03:51:41:00	03:51:42:00	THE POWER TO OVERRIDE THE
03:51:42:00	03:51:43:00	SHADOW LAWS RESTS WITH THE CITY
03:51:43:00	03:51:46:00	COUNCIL'S BODY.
03:51:46:00	03:51:47:00	THAT'S WHY I AM INTRODUCING
03:51:47:00	03:51:50:00	THIS RESOLUTION TODAY TO GET US
03:51:50:00	03:51:50:00	ALL ON THE RECORD AFFIRMING
03:51:50:00	03:51:53:00	THAT YOU BELIEVE THAT THE STATE
03:51:53:00	03:51:54:00	LAWS SHOULD NOT BE AMENDED TO
03:51:54:00	03:51:58:00	ALLOW FOR DEVELOPMENTS THAT
03:51:58:00	03:51:58:00	OVERRIDE THESE PROTECTIONS.
03:51:58:00	03:52:01:00	THIS RESOLUTION SHOULD NOT BE A
03:52:01:00	03:52:02:00	VEHICLE TO DRIVE OPPOSITION
03:52:02:00	03:52:04:00	AGAINST DOWNTOWN ZONING REFORM
03:52:04:00	03:52:05:00	REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU'RE
03:52:05:00	03:52:05:00	FOR OR AGAINST IT.
03:52:05:00	03:52:09:00	AFFIRMING OUR COMMITMENT TO
03:52:09:00	03:52:10:00	STATE SHADOW LAWS SHOULD BE A
03:52:10:00	03:52:13:00	SIMPLE CHOICE.
03:52:13:00	03:52:13:00	VOTING YES SIGNALS YOUR SUPPORT
03:52:13:00	03:52:14:00	TO UPHOLD THESE VITAL
03:52:14:00	03:52:16:00	PROTECTIONS FOR OUR CITY'S OPEN
03:52:16:00	03:52:17:00	SPACES AND VOTING NO IS
03:52:17:00	03:52:20:00	COUNTERPRODUCTIVE TO THE
03:52:20:00	03:52:21:00	PRINCIPLES THEY ARE SET TO
03:52:21:00	03:52:21:00	ACCOMPLISH.
03:52:21:00	03:52:22:00	THANK YOU.
03:52:22:00	03:52:22:00	THANK YOU.
03:52:22:00	03:52:24:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:52:24:00	03:52:25:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN TO THE FLOOR.
03:52:25:00	03:52:25:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
03:52:25:00	03:52:27:00	I.
03:52:27:00	03:52:28:00	THERE'S AN ONGOING DEBATE ABOUT
03:52:28:00	03:52:31:00	DOWNTOWN BOSTON IN ZONING AND
03:52:31:00	03:52:32:00	THIS IS ONE OF THE SPECIFIC
03:52:32:00	03:52:35:00	ISSUES THAT IS IS BEING
03:52:35:00	03:52:38:00	DISCUSSED.
03:52:38:00	03:52:39:00	I'VE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS IN
03:52:39:00	03:52:41:00	DOWNTOWN BOSTON THAT I PROUDLY
03:52:41:00	03:52:42:00	REPRESENT I REPRESENT A PORTION
03:52:42:00	03:52:46:00	OF THE BACK BAY AND BEACON HILL
03:52:46:00	03:52:46:00	AS WELL.
03:52:46:00	03:52:47:00	THEY ARE ALSO INTERESTED IN
03:52:47:00	03:52:49:00	THIS ISSUE AND THE DOWNTOWN
03:52:49:00	03:52:50:00	REZONING ISSUE.
03:52:50:00	03:52:54:00	THEY FELT LIKE THEIR VOICES
03:52:54:00	03:52:56:00	WEREN'T HEARD DURING THIS
03:52:56:00	03:53:00:00	PROCESS.
03:53:00:00	03:53:00:00	THEY HAD CONCERNS ABOUT HOUSING
03:53:00:00	03:53:04:00	RELATED ISSUES WHETHER
03:53:04:00	03:53:04:00	AFFORDABLE HOUSING WOULD BE ON
03:53:04:00	03:53:08:00	SITE, WHETHER THE SHADOW STUDY
03:53:08:00	03:53:08:00	WOULD WOULD BE IMPACTED, WHAT
03:53:08:00	03:53:12:00	WOULD WOULD BE PART OF THIS
03:53:12:00	03:53:12:00	PROCESS.
03:53:12:00	03:53:15:00	THEY ALSO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT
03:53:15:00	03:53:16:00	THE THE HEIGHT OF MANY
03:53:16:00	03:53:19:00	BUILDINGS.
03:53:19:00	03:53:20:00	WHAT MY CONSTITUENTS AND OTHER
03:53:20:00	03:53:23:00	BOSTON RESIDENTS HAVE ASKED
03:53:23:00	03:53:24:00	ME THEY ASKED ME SPECIFICALLY
03:53:24:00	03:53:27:00	THEY SAID COUNCILOR FLYNN, WE
03:53:27:00	03:53:31:00	WE DON'T WANT YOU TO VOTE YES,
03:53:31:00	03:53:31:00	VOTE NO ON THIS.
03:53:31:00	03:53:35:00	WE NEED HAVE A DEBATE SO WE CAN
03:53:35:00	03:53:38:00	DISCUSS THIS SUBJECT AND
03:53:38:00	03:53:38:00	RESIDENTS CAN WEIGH IN.
03:53:38:00	03:53:42:00	RESIDENTS FROM DOWNTOWN BOSTON
03:53:42:00	03:53:43:00	WANT TO WEIGH IN FROM THE
03:53:43:00	03:53:43:00	FENWAY.
03:53:43:00	03:53:46:00	THEY WANT TO WEIGH IN FROM BACK
03:53:46:00	03:53:46:00	BAY.
03:53:46:00	03:53:46:00	WANT TO WEIGH IN.
03:53:46:00	03:53:50:00	BEACON HILL.
03:53:50:00	03:53:51:00	DOES THEIR VOICE MATTER?
03:53:51:00	03:53:54:00	IS THEIR OPINION IMPORTANT?
03:53:54:00	03:53:57:00	THEY LIVE THERE.
03:53:57:00	03:53:58:00	THEY'VE BEEN HERE 40, 50 YEARS.
03:53:58:00	03:53:59:00	SHOULD THEY BE PART OF THE
03:53:59:00	03:54:05:00	PROCESS OR SHOULD THE PDA PUSH
03:54:05:00	03:54:05:00	IT THROUGH?
03:54:05:00	03:54:06:00	THAT'S THE QUESTION AND BE
03:54:06:00	03:54:09:00	RUBBERSTAMPED HERE AT THE CITY
03:54:09:00	03:54:09:00	COUNCIL.
03:54:09:00	03:54:10:00	SO I'M GOING TO DO MY DUE
03:54:10:00	03:54:13:00	DILIGENCE AS A AS A DISTRICT
03:54:13:00	03:54:16:00	CITY COUNCIL AND REPRESENTING
03:54:16:00	03:54:16:00	MY CONSTITUENTS OF DOWNTOWN
03:54:16:00	03:54:20:00	BOSTON IN BACK AND BACK BAY
03:54:20:00	03:54:20:00	BEACON HILL I PROUDLY REPRESENT
03:54:20:00	03:54:24:00	AND ASK THIS THAT ASK THAT THIS
03:54:24:00	03:54:24:00	DOCKET GO INTO A HEARING.
03:54:24:00	03:54:28:00	I OBJECT TO A VOTE TODAY.
03:54:28:00	03:54:28:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
03:54:28:00	03:54:32:00	DOCKET DOCKET.
03:54:32:00	03:54:32:00	I DIDN'T ASK.
03:54:32:00	03:54:33:00	OH, OKAY.
03:54:33:00	03:54:35:00	OKAY.
03:54:35:00	03:54:36:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN.
03:54:36:00	03:54:37:00	THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT
03:54:37:00	03:54:39:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN DID NOT ASK
03:54:39:00	03:54:40:00	FOR A SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE SO
03:54:40:00	03:54:41:00	THERE'S NO NEED FOR AN
03:54:41:00	03:54:43:00	OBJECTION.
03:54:43:00	03:54:44:00	THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING
03:54:44:00	03:54:44:00	BECAUSE I DIDN'T HEAR THAT BUT
03:54:44:00	03:54:45:00	THANK YOU.
03:54:45:00	03:54:47:00	YOU DID NOT ASK FOR SUSPENSION
03:54:47:00	03:54:47:00	AND PASSAGE THEREFORE THERE IS
03:54:47:00	03:54:48:00	NOTHING TO OBJECT TO.
03:54:48:00	03:54:51:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:54:51:00	03:54:51:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YOU HAVE
03:54:51:00	03:54:52:00	THE FLOOR.
03:54:52:00	03:54:52:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:54:52:00	03:54:55:00	I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
03:54:55:00	03:54:55:00	SPEAK.
03:54:55:00	03:54:59:00	I ALWAYS LIKE TO OH MY LORD CAN
03:54:59:00	03:55:05:00	YOU ALL JUST THAT CLOCK IS
03:55:05:00	03:55:05:00	LET'S GO.
03:55:05:00	03:55:05:00	OKAY.
03:55:05:00	03:55:06:00	IS IT GOOD?
03:55:06:00	03:55:10:00	NO, IT'S A GOOD NOW I HAVE NO
03:55:10:00	03:55:10:00	IDEA.
03:55:10:00	03:55:11:00	OKAY, LET ME SAY IT'S PROBABLY
03:55:11:00	03:55:13:00	GOOD.
03:55:13:00	03:55:16:00	I'LL I'LL I'LL ADD I'LL ADD 10
03:55:16:00	03:55:16:00	SECONDS AT THE END.
03:55:16:00	03:55:17:00	HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
03:55:17:00	03:55:17:00	I DON'T CARE.
03:55:17:00	03:55:19:00	TODAY'S ANSWER LET MEJIA HAS
03:55:19:00	03:55:19:00	THE OFFICIAL MEETING OF THE
03:55:19:00	03:55:20:00	POLITICS.
03:55:20:00	03:55:23:00	I'LL BE HERE SO I YOU KNOW ME.
03:55:23:00	03:55:26:00	I'M ALWAYS GOING TO STAND UP
03:55:26:00	03:55:27:00	AND ASK QUESTIONS AND I'M JUST
03:55:27:00	03:55:27:00	SO CURIOUS LIKE THIS IS
03:55:27:00	03:55:30:00	SPECIFICALLY JUST FOR THE
03:55:30:00	03:55:31:00	DOWNTOWN AND LIKE THAT ALL THAT
03:55:31:00	03:55:35:00	BECAUSE YOU KNOW ME I'M ALWAYS
03:55:35:00	03:55:35:00	GOING TO FIGHT FOR LIKE WHAT
03:55:35:00	03:55:36:00	HAPPENS TO THE OTHER PARKS WHAT
03:55:36:00	03:55:38:00	HAPPENED TO FRANKLIN PARK?
03:55:38:00	03:55:39:00	WHAT HAPPENS TO LIKE, YOU KNOW,
03:55:39:00	03:55:39:00	MALCOLM X PARK?
03:55:39:00	03:55:42:00	DO THEY GET SHADOW STUDIES?
03:55:42:00	03:55:43:00	DO THEY GET ARE THEY PART
03:55:43:00	03:55:43:00	OF THIS SITUATION?
03:55:43:00	03:55:46:00	THANK YOU.
03:55:46:00	03:55:47:00	IS THAT A QUESTION TO ME?
03:55:47:00	03:55:47:00	YEAH.
03:55:47:00	03:55:50:00	DURKAN I LIKE TO KNOW BUT I
03:55:50:00	03:55:51:00	ALSO KNOW THAT THROUGH THERE
03:55:51:00	03:55:51:00	ARE SHADOW STUDIES THAT ARE
03:55:51:00	03:55:54:00	REQUIRED VIA THE ARTICLE 80
03:55:54:00	03:55:54:00	PROCESS BY COUNCILOR DURKAN.
03:55:54:00	03:55:55:00	IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND TO THE
03:55:55:00	03:55:57:00	CHAIR YOU MAY RESPOND THANK
03:55:57:00	03:55:57:00	YOU.
03:55:57:00	03:56:01:00	SO THIS IS A LOSS SPECIFICALLY
03:56:01:00	03:56:02:00	PROTECTING COPLEY SQUARE PARK,
03:56:02:00	03:56:05:00	THE BOSTON COMMON AND THE
03:56:05:00	03:56:05:00	PUBLIC GARDEN BUT ALSO JUST YOU
03:56:05:00	03:56:08:00	KNOW THE WINTHROP SQUARE
03:56:08:00	03:56:12:00	PROPOSAL THAT THAT WAS THAT THE
03:56:12:00	03:56:13:00	2017 AMENDMENT WAS FOR HALF
03:56:13:00	03:56:16:00	OF THE MONEY WENT TO FAITH
03:56:16:00	03:56:16:00	FRANKLIN PARK AND HALF OF THE
03:56:16:00	03:56:17:00	MONEY WENT TO THE PUBLIC GARDEN
03:56:17:00	03:56:19:00	AND BOSTON COMMON AND I'LL JUST
03:56:19:00	03:56:20:00	SAY THAT PART OF THE REASON I
03:56:20:00	03:56:21:00	AM NOT PUSHING FOR A SUSPENSION
03:56:21:00	03:56:24:00	PASSES TODAY IS THAT I REALIZE
03:56:24:00	03:56:25:00	MY COLLEAGUES ARE NOT AWARE
03:56:25:00	03:56:27:00	EXACTLY OF WHAT THIS LAW DOES
03:56:27:00	03:56:28:00	AND I DO THINK A POLICY
03:56:28:00	03:56:30:00	BRIEFING BEFORE WE PASS THIS IS
03:56:30:00	03:56:34:00	IN ORDER.
03:56:34:00	03:56:34:00	THANK YOU.
03:56:34:00	03:56:35:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN COMES ON HERE.
03:56:35:00	03:56:37:00	DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FROM I DO
03:56:37:00	03:56:37:00	APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUE
03:56:37:00	03:56:38:00	UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ALL WANT
03:56:38:00	03:56:39:00	TO GET ON THE SAME PAGE
03:56:39:00	03:56:41:00	REGARDING THIS SITUATION BUT IT
03:56:41:00	03:56:44:00	DOESN'T IMPACT YOU KNOW,
03:56:44:00	03:56:45:00	DORCHESTER, ROXBURY, MATTAPAN I
03:56:45:00	03:56:46:00	APPRECIATE THE FLAHERTY ON THE
03:56:46:00	03:56:50:00	RESOLUTION AND THE INTENT
03:56:50:00	03:56:50:00	OF THE LAW.
03:56:50:00	03:56:50:00	THANK YOU.
03:56:50:00	03:56:51:00	THANK YOU.
03:56:51:00	03:56:52:00	BECAUSE WE'RE GOING I WANT TO
03:56:52:00	03:56:53:00	INTRODUCE I WANT TO THANK YOU
03:56:53:00	03:56:53:00	FOR INTRODUCING THIS.
03:56:53:00	03:56:54:00	I THINK PART OF THE ISSUE IS
03:56:54:00	03:56:57:00	THAT THE STATE LAW HASN'T
03:56:57:00	03:56:57:00	REALLY BEEN TESTED IN A WAY
03:56:57:00	03:57:01:00	THAT SHOWS THAT WHETHER OR NOT
03:57:01:00	03:57:01:00	THE CITY COUNCIL AFFIRMS IT,
03:57:01:00	03:57:02:00	WHETHER THE MAYOR AFFIRMS IT
03:57:02:00	03:57:04:00	AND THERE'S ALWAYS IN THE HAS
03:57:04:00	03:57:05:00	HAD AS THERE HAS BEEN IN THE
03:57:05:00	03:57:06:00	PAST YOU COULD ALWAYS FILE A
03:57:06:00	03:57:08:00	FORMAL PETITION TO GET AROUND A
03:57:08:00	03:57:12:00	STATE LAW OR TO ASK FOR CHANGES
03:57:12:00	03:57:13:00	AND SO BUT I THINK THAT THE LAW
03:57:13:00	03:57:15:00	AS IT STANDS IS ONE THAT IS
03:57:15:00	03:57:16:00	WORTH TAKING A LOOK AT.
03:57:16:00	03:57:19:00	I THINK PART OF THE ISSUES WE
03:57:19:00	03:57:20:00	DO PEOPLE YOU KNOW, WHAT WILL
03:57:20:00	03:57:22:00	THE CHANGES IN THE PLAN ALLOW
03:57:22:00	03:57:23:00	FOR 8 HOURS OF SUNSHINE FOR
03:57:23:00	03:57:24:00	CERTAIN TREES TO MAKE SURE THAT
03:57:24:00	03:57:26:00	THAT TREES ARE ABLE TO FLOURISH
03:57:26:00	03:57:27:00	AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S AN
03:57:27:00	03:57:28:00	ISSUE WITH THE MIDTOWN CULTURAL
03:57:28:00	03:57:30:00	OVERLAY WHETHER IT ALLOWS FOR
03:57:30:00	03:57:33:00	ITERATIVE ALLOWANCES
03:57:33:00	03:57:34:00	OF SUNLIGHT.
03:57:34:00	03:57:35:00	AND SO I DO THINK THAT A POLICY
03:57:35:00	03:57:38:00	BRIEFING IS IN ORDER.
03:57:38:00	03:57:39:00	I THINK THAT THERE IS NO REASON
03:57:39:00	03:57:39:00	NOT TO SUPPORT THE STATE SHADOW
03:57:39:00	03:57:39:00	LAW.
03:57:39:00	03:57:41:00	I IT PROVIDES THE BARE MINIMUM
03:57:41:00	03:57:42:00	AS WE CONTINUE THE WORK AS A
03:57:42:00	03:57:45:00	CITY AND AS I KNOW THIS IS
03:57:45:00	03:57:46:00	HAPPENING ON THE ADMINISTRATION
03:57:46:00	03:57:47:00	SIDE TO PROVIDE FOR FOR THE
03:57:47:00	03:57:49:00	REGULATIONS REGARDING SHADOW
03:57:49:00	03:57:49:00	STUDIES.
03:57:49:00	03:57:50:00	BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
03:57:50:00	03:57:53:00	OFFERING THIS AND I WANT TO
03:57:53:00	03:57:54:00	THANK YOU FOR OFFERING A POLICY
03:57:54:00	03:57:54:00	BRIEFING SO THAT ALL OUR
03:57:54:00	03:57:56:00	COLLEAGUES CAN GET IT BETTER
03:57:56:00	03:57:57:00	UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE
03:57:57:00	03:57:57:00	SHADOW LAWS ARE, WHAT OTHER
03:57:57:00	03:58:01:00	COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE BEEN
03:58:01:00	03:58:01:00	PROPOSING, WHAT YOU KNOW,
03:58:01:00	03:58:05:00	FRIENDS OF UP OF OF THE PUBLIC
03:58:05:00	03:58:08:00	GARDEN HAVE A SHADOW TOOL THAT
03:58:08:00	03:58:09:00	THEY CAN USE IN ORDER TO REALLY
03:58:09:00	03:58:12:00	MEASURE THE EFFECT A OF OF
03:58:12:00	03:58:12:00	BUILDINGS AND SHADOWS ON OUR
03:58:12:00	03:58:16:00	PUBLIC GREEN SPACES AND I THINK
03:58:16:00	03:58:17:00	THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO
03:58:17:00	03:58:17:00	CONSIDER.
03:58:17:00	03:58:19:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:58:19:00	03:58:20:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN THANK YOU MADAM
03:58:20:00	03:58:24:00	CHAIR, I, I ALSO WANT TO
03:58:24:00	03:58:24:00	HIGHLIGHT THAT MOST OF THE AREA
03:58:24:00	03:58:28:00	THAT THE COUNCIL MENTIONED IS
03:58:28:00	03:58:28:00	IN DISTRICT TWO OR A GOOD
03:58:28:00	03:58:29:00	PORTION OF THE AREA.
03:58:29:00	03:58:34:00	IT'S THERE IS ONE MIKE AND
03:58:34:00	03:58:35:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN HAS IT BUT
03:58:35:00	03:58:36:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN ALSO KEEP IT
03:58:36:00	03:58:36:00	BRIEF BECAUSE YOU'VE ALREADY
03:58:36:00	03:58:38:00	SPOKEN ON THIS MATTER.
03:58:38:00	03:58:38:00	OKAY?
03:58:38:00	03:58:39:00	I WAS I WAS INTERRUPTED.
03:58:39:00	03:58:42:00	YES I KNOW THAT AND I INFORMED
03:58:42:00	03:58:43:00	HER THAT THERE'S ONE MORE
03:58:43:00	03:58:44:00	PERSON WHO HAS A MIC AND THAT
03:58:44:00	03:58:45:00	PERSON IS YOU OKAY, I'M SORRY.
03:58:45:00	03:58:46:00	MY POINT MADAM CHAIR, WAS I
03:58:46:00	03:58:49:00	REPRESENT DISTRICT TWO AND MOST
03:58:49:00	03:58:53:00	OF THE AREA IMPACTED IN THAT IN
03:58:53:00	03:58:53:00	THAT DISCUSSION IS IN DISTRICT
03:58:53:00	03:58:54:00	TWO.
03:58:54:00	03:58:56:00	SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MY
03:58:56:00	03:58:57:00	CONSTITUENTS ARE HEARD AND
03:58:57:00	03:59:01:00	RESPECTED AND THAT THIS BODY IS
03:59:01:00	03:59:01:00	NOT A RUBBER STAMP.
03:59:01:00	03:59:01:00	THANK YOU.
03:59:01:00	03:59:02:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN,
03:59:02:00	03:59:04:00	THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1297
03:59:04:00	03:59:05:00	WILL BE REFERRED TO THE
03:59:05:00	03:59:05:00	COMMITTEE ON PLANNING
03:59:05:00	03:59:08:00	DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION.
03:59:08:00	03:59:09:00	MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
03:59:09:00	03:59:11:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER 1298 NOW
03:59:11:00	03:59:14:00	GOOD NUMBER 1298
03:59:14:00	03:59:14:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON
03:59:14:00	03:59:15:00	OFFERED THE FOLLOWING
03:59:15:00	03:59:18:00	RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND
03:59:18:00	03:59:19:00	CELEBRATE THE INDEPENDENCE
03:59:19:00	03:59:23:00	OF CABO VERDE UNTIL A CLEAR
03:59:23:00	03:59:24:00	JULY IS CABO VERDE AND HERITAGE
03:59:24:00	03:59:24:00	MONTH THANK THE CHAIR
03:59:24:00	03:59:28:00	RECOGNIZES CAPTAIN FOR AN
03:59:28:00	03:59:28:00	INDIGENOUS AND KIND OF AN
03:59:28:00	03:59:30:00	INVITATION YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
03:59:30:00	03:59:31:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:59:31:00	03:59:34:00	I'M SORRY.
03:59:34:00	03:59:37:00	OH, WHAT A RELIEF.
03:59:37:00	03:59:41:00	MAY I ADD COUNCILOR MEJIA AS
03:59:41:00	03:59:42:00	THE SECOND COUNCILOR MEJIA THAT
03:59:42:00	03:59:42:00	IS THE SECOND ORIGINAL
03:59:42:00	03:59:44:00	CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR FOR AN
03:59:44:00	03:59:44:00	JENISON.
03:59:44:00	03:59:45:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
03:59:45:00	03:59:45:00	THANK YOU.
03:59:45:00	03:59:46:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:59:46:00	03:59:51:00	UM, I WILL MISS YOU GUYS.
03:59:51:00	03:59:51:00	I FILED THIS RESOLUTION NOT
03:59:51:00	03:59:55:00	JUST AS A CAPE VERDEAN DAUGHTER
03:59:55:00	03:59:55:00	BUT AS A KEEPER OF MEMORY.
03:59:55:00	03:59:58:00	JULY 5TH IS NOT SIMPLY A DATE
03:59:58:00	03:59:59:00	ON THE CALENDAR.
03:59:59:00	04:00:02:00	IT IS THE ECHO OF CHAINS BEING
04:00:02:00	04:00:02:00	BROKEN.
04:00:02:00	04:00:05:00	IT IS THE VOICE OF AMELIA
04:00:05:00	04:00:06:00	CABRAL SIT STILL RINGING ACROSS
04:00:06:00	04:00:09:00	OCEANS.
04:00:09:00	04:00:10:00	IT IS A QUIET DIGNITY OF A
04:00:10:00	04:00:13:00	PEOPLE WHO AFTER CENTURIES
04:00:13:00	04:00:14:00	OF SLAVERY, EXILE, FAMINE AND
04:00:14:00	04:00:17:00	COLONIAL PLUNDER STOOD UP AND
04:00:17:00	04:00:18:00	SAID WE ARE A NATION.
04:00:18:00	04:00:21:00	THIS RESOLUTION HONORS THAT
04:00:21:00	04:00:22:00	MOMENT BUT IT IS ALSO IT ALSO
04:00:22:00	04:00:25:00	HONORS THAT GENERATION THE
04:00:25:00	04:00:26:00	GENERATIONS THAT CARRIED THAT
04:00:26:00	04:00:29:00	FIRE FORWARD AND THE STREETS
04:00:29:00	04:00:30:00	OF BOSTON, BROCKTON, DORCHESTER
04:00:30:00	04:00:33:00	AND BEYOND OUR PEOPLE BUILT
04:00:33:00	04:00:34:00	SHIPS AND CITIES.
04:00:34:00	04:00:37:00	WE BECAME NURSES, SCHOLARS,
04:00:37:00	04:00:38:00	ARTISTS AND BRIDGE BUILDERS AND
04:00:38:00	04:00:41:00	STILL WE ARE OFTEN MADE
04:00:41:00	04:00:42:00	INVISIBLE IN DATA, IN FUNDING
04:00:42:00	04:00:45:00	AND IN POLICY.
04:00:45:00	04:00:46:00	BUT LET IT BE KNOWN THE CABO
04:00:46:00	04:00:49:00	VERDE IN OR CABO VERDE ARMS
04:00:49:00	04:00:52:00	STORY IS NOT ONE OF ERASURE IT
04:00:52:00	04:00:55:00	IS ONE OF SURVIVAL BRILLIANCE
04:00:55:00	04:00:56:00	AND CONTRIBUTION DECLARING JULY
04:00:56:00	04:01:00:00	AS CABO VERDE AND HERITAGE
04:01:00:00	04:01:00:00	MONTH IS NOT JUST SYMBOLIC IT
04:01:00:00	04:01:04:00	IS A CALL TO ACTION, A CALL TO
04:01:04:00	04:01:04:00	ACKNOWLEDGE OUR HISTORY, UPLIFT
04:01:04:00	04:01:08:00	OUR CULTURE AND REPAIR THE
04:01:08:00	04:01:08:00	HARM.
04:01:08:00	04:01:09:00	IT IS A PROMISE TO OUR
04:01:09:00	04:01:12:00	ANCESTORS AND A PLEDGE TO OUR
04:01:12:00	04:01:16:00	CHILDREN TO SAY YOU BELONG YOU
04:01:16:00	04:01:17:00	MATTER YOU ARE SEEN SO AS WE
04:01:17:00	04:01:20:00	RAISE THE FLAG OVER CITY HALL
04:01:20:00	04:01:21:00	WE RAISE IT IN HONOR
04:01:21:00	04:01:24:00	OF RESISTANCE AND OF THOSE LOST
04:01:24:00	04:01:27:00	AT SEA IN CELEBRATION OF THOSE
04:01:27:00	04:01:28:00	WHO CAME HERE WITH NOTHING BUT
04:01:28:00	04:01:32:00	FAITH AND THE WILD AND THE WILL
04:01:32:00	04:01:35:00	TO BUILD THIS IS OUR TIME, THIS
04:01:35:00	04:01:36:00	IS OUR VOICE AND THIS IS OUR
04:01:36:00	04:01:39:00	HOME AND TYPICALLY MY
04:01:39:00	04:01:46:00	COLLEAGUES MAKE COMMENTS ABOUT
04:01:46:00	04:01:47:00	MY BEING ABOUT ME BEING A
04:01:47:00	04:01:50:00	POLYGLOT BUT I WOULD BE REMISS
04:01:50:00	04:01:55:00	IF I DIDN'T WRITE SO PINEAPPLE
04:01:55:00	04:01:56:00	WAS COVERED WITH THE MIKASA 
04:01:56:00	04:01:59:00	AND SO THE DECLARATIVE
04:01:59:00	04:02:00:00	MANAGEMENT IN THE PRESENCE
04:02:00:00	04:02:02:00	OF THE COMMAND TO DECLARE ZULU
04:02:02:00	04:02:07:00	A COMMON MAN'S DE CULTURAL
04:02:07:00	04:02:10:00	RECAP WHERE BE ME CARMEN
04:02:10:00	04:02:11:00	COVERED YANUKOVICH IMMIGRANTS
04:02:11:00	04:02:12:00	CATCH YOU REALLY COUP DESIGNED
04:02:12:00	04:02:15:00	TO UNSEAT VENUS DE BOSTON AND
04:02:15:00	04:02:16:00	THEN TO REPRESENT THE NORTH THE
04:02:16:00	04:02:19:00	MAGNETIC IMPORT COUP FAMILIA
04:02:19:00	04:02:20:00	WHO ARE FOR YOU DE AMIGOS BUT
04:02:20:00	04:02:23:00	TO DUKE SENECAS UP TO DO
04:02:23:00	04:02:23:00	AGAINST CUBA GIVE MORE TO
04:02:23:00	04:02:25:00	ENTERING OUR DISPUTE WE GUESS
04:02:25:00	04:02:26:00	BECOME MORE FAMILIAR E GAINS IN
04:02:26:00	04:02:29:00	A POLITICAL AGAINST
04:02:29:00	04:02:30:00	PROFESSIONAL TO RECRUIT YOU
04:02:30:00	04:02:30:00	DOWN BUT TO DO SOMETHING DEEPER
04:02:30:00	04:02:34:00	TO TO SORT FOR TO DO TALKING US
04:02:34:00	04:02:34:00	DOWN THE PRECEDING US JOE
04:02:34:00	04:02:38:00	INTEGRATION YELLS DE CORAZON
04:02:38:00	04:02:38:00	AND THE BEATING ALSO AS YOU
04:02:38:00	04:02:41:00	PUTTING YOURS SOME BECAUSE
04:02:41:00	04:02:41:00	OF AMILCAR CABRAL METALLIC
04:02:41:00	04:02:46:00	PANELS THE INTRA LABRUM LUTA
04:02:46:00	04:02:49:00	CONTINUA ECHOES OF LAC IF V A
04:02:49:00	04:02:49:00	BRAZILIAN BUT OUR EPA CONTINUE
04:02:49:00	04:02:53:00	WHAT THE VEHICLE TO RECOVER TO
04:02:53:00	04:02:54:00	BE AN EQUAL PAPER FRAILTY IN
04:02:54:00	04:03:00:00	CABINETRY LONG FOR THE COMIC
04:03:00:00	04:03:01:00	OPERA OUT I SLAMMED THE SAMPLE
04:03:01:00	04:03:03:00	MUNOZ INTELLIGENTLY MPOFU DE
04:03:03:00	04:03:08:00	FORCE MPOFU IS SIMPLY LOOK DOWN
04:03:08:00	04:03:09:00	EXAMPLE TO YOUR CAPTAIN AND GET
04:03:09:00	04:03:12:00	MAD BUT MAKE IT THE MORASS YOU
04:03:12:00	04:03:13:00	REPRESENT THE SONG LENA STAR
04:03:13:00	04:03:17:00	AND LENA SEE THAT YOU BOSTON
04:03:17:00	04:03:18:00	THE IN YOUR BRA AND THE
04:03:18:00	04:03:22:00	RIGOROUSLY GREAT TESTING ASKING
04:03:22:00	04:03:23:00	AS THAT COURT MORE CUOMO
04:03:23:00	04:03:24:00	CONFIDENT TO DENOUNCE THE MAN
04:03:24:00	04:03:25:00	TANYA AUBREY GOD BUT TO DO A
04:03:25:00	04:03:26:00	BOY YOU EVER IN THE BANASZAK
04:03:26:00	04:03:26:00	OBVIOUSLY VIVA AMILCAR CABRAL
04:03:26:00	04:03:27:00	THANK YOU TAKE THE CHAIR AND I
04:03:27:00	04:03:28:00	JUST KINDS OF ME HERE YOU HAVE
04:03:28:00	04:03:29:00	THE FLOOR THANK YOU MADAM
04:03:29:00	04:03:30:00	PRESIDENT AND I ALSO JUST WANT
04:03:30:00	04:03:31:00	TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
04:03:31:00	04:03:32:00	COUNCILOR ELLISON WAS THE FIRST
04:03:32:00	04:03:35:00	CAPABILITY IN TO REPRESENT HERE
04:03:35:00	04:03:35:00	ON THE BOSSIER CITY COUNCIL.
04:03:35:00	04:03:38:00	SO IT'S NOT JUST CELEBRATING
04:03:38:00	04:03:39:00	INDEPENDENCE BUT IT'S ALSO
04:03:39:00	04:03:42:00	ABOUT MAKING HISTORY AND SO I
04:03:42:00	04:03:43:00	JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
04:03:43:00	04:03:45:00	YOU HAVE SET THE PATH HOPEFULLY
04:03:45:00	04:03:46:00	FOR MORE CAPE VERDEANS TO STEP
04:03:46:00	04:03:47:00	INTO THEIR POWER BECAUSE THERE
04:03:47:00	04:03:51:00	ARE LOTS CAPE VERDEANS YOU ARE
04:03:51:00	04:03:51:00	IN BOSTON AND YOU'RE BETTER ACT
04:03:51:00	04:03:53:00	WITH KNOW BECAUSE THEY WILL LET
04:03:53:00	04:03:54:00	YOU KNOW ABOUT THEIR EXISTENCE
04:03:54:00	04:03:57:00	IF YOU DON'T SHOW UP THE WAY
04:03:57:00	04:03:58:00	THAT WE CAN SILENCE ACADEMIA
04:03:58:00	04:03:59:00	CAN WE PLEASE SILENCE ALL
04:03:59:00	04:04:02:00	CELLPHONES?
04:04:02:00	04:04:03:00	THANK YOU FOR HAVING MEJIA YOU
04:04:03:00	04:04:04:00	HAVE THIS WORK AND SO I JUST
04:04:04:00	04:04:05:00	WANT TO I'M JUST PROUD TO STAND
04:04:05:00	04:04:06:00	IN SOLIDARITY WITH CORSO
04:04:06:00	04:04:09:00	ANDERSON AND TO RECOGNIZE CABO
04:04:09:00	04:04:09:00	WHERE IT IS INDEPENDENCE DAY
04:04:09:00	04:04:12:00	AND TO DECLARE JULY AS COUPLE
04:04:12:00	04:04:13:00	BILLION HERITAGE MONTH HERE IN
04:04:13:00	04:04:16:00	BOSTON CAPE VERDE JOURNEY FROM
04:04:16:00	04:04:19:00	THE TRAUMA OF COLONIZATION AND
04:04:19:00	04:04:20:00	THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE
04:04:20:00	04:04:22:00	TO INDEPENDENCE IN 1975 IS A
04:04:22:00	04:04:22:00	TESTAMENT OF RESILIENCE
04:04:22:00	04:04:26:00	RESISTANCE AND PRIDE AND THAT
04:04:26:00	04:04:27:00	SAME SPIRIT LIVES ON IN THE
04:04:27:00	04:04:29:00	CAPE VERDEAN COMMUNITY HERE IN
04:04:29:00	04:04:36:00	BOSTON WHICH HAS CONTRIBUTED TO
04:04:36:00	04:04:40:00	OUR CITY'S CIVIC AND CULTURAL.
04:04:40:00	04:04:41:00	THIS RESOLUTION CALLS TO HONOR
04:04:41:00	04:04:44:00	THAT HISTORY.
04:04:44:00	04:04:45:00	I BELIEVE THE VOICES OF CAPE
04:04:45:00	04:04:48:00	VERDEAN BOSTONIANS AND COMMIT
04:04:48:00	04:04:48:00	TO DISMANTLING THE INEQUITIES
04:04:48:00	04:04:51:00	THAT PERSIST.
04:04:51:00	04:04:52:00	THANK YOU.
04:04:52:00	04:04:52:00	IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
04:04:52:00	04:04:56:00	ON THIS MATTER?
04:04:56:00	04:04:57:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
04:04:57:00	04:04:57:00	THEIR NAME?
04:04:57:00	04:04:58:00	MADAM CLERK PLEASE LET
04:04:58:00	04:04:59:00	COUNCILORS BRAID IN CLOSE TO
04:04:59:00	04:04:59:00	PATA.
04:04:59:00	04:05:02:00	FLYNN MURPHY.
04:05:02:00	04:05:06:00	FITZGERALD PIPPIN SANTANA
04:05:06:00	04:05:07:00	WORLD.
04:05:07:00	04:05:11:00	PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR.
04:05:11:00	04:05:12:00	THIS DOCKET COMES WITH AN END
04:05:12:00	04:05:14:00	ANDERSON AND HE HERE EXPANSION
04:05:14:00	04:05:15:00	OF THE RULES AND ADOPTED THE
04:05:15:00	04:05:17:00	NUMBER OF DOCKET NUMBER 1298
04:05:17:00	04:05:18:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I VOTE.
04:05:18:00	04:05:21:00	MADAM CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE
04:05:21:00	04:05:23:00	CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ON DR.
04:05:23:00	04:05:26:00	NUMBER 12984 WILL CALL ON
04:05:26:00	04:05:29:00	DOCKET 1298 COUNCIL OF BRITAIN
04:05:29:00	04:05:30:00	COUNCIL OF LA RAZA BOROUGH
04:05:30:00	04:05:33:00	COUNCIL BRAITHWAITE AM
04:05:33:00	04:05:36:00	SORRY WANT TO MENTION THESE
04:05:36:00	04:05:41:00	COUNCIL OPERATE ONLY ASK
04:05:41:00	04:05:42:00	COUNCIL COLLIDE AS A PART
04:05:42:00	04:05:44:00	OF COUNCIL AS A CLOSE MATTER
04:05:44:00	04:05:45:00	YES COUNCIL DURKAN
04:05:45:00	04:05:48:00	COUNCIL FERNANDEZ ANDERSON
04:05:48:00	04:05:49:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ UNDERSIGNED
04:05:49:00	04:05:52:00	YES COUNCIL OFFICE JARA YES.
04:05:52:00	04:05:53:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
04:05:53:00	04:05:56:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL FOR TEN
04:05:56:00	04:05:56:00	YEARS.
04:05:56:00	04:05:57:00	COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES.
04:05:57:00	04:06:00:00	COUNCIL LOUISIANA US COUNCIL ME
04:06:00:00	04:06:00:00	YES.
04:06:00:00	04:06:01:00	COUNCIL ME HERE YES
04:06:01:00	04:06:04:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCIL MURPHY
04:06:04:00	04:06:07:00	COUNCILOR PEPEN BEDPAN YES.
04:06:07:00	04:06:08:00	COUNCIL SANTANA FANTASIZED
04:06:08:00	04:06:11:00	SANTANA YES COUNCIL WEBER
04:06:11:00	04:06:12:00	COUNCILOR WHEREBY YES COMES
04:06:12:00	04:06:18:00	SEVERAL COUNCIL WILL RALLY YES
04:06:18:00	04:06:21:00	12 AND UNLIMITED 12 VOTES IN
04:06:21:00	04:06:22:00	THE AFFIRMATIVE THIS DOCKET HAS
04:06:22:00	04:06:26:00	PASSED HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
04:06:26:00	04:06:27:00	MADAM COURT COULD YOU PLEASE
04:06:27:00	04:06:31:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER 1299 DOCKET
04:06:31:00	04:06:34:00	NUMBER 12991299 COUNCIL ARE FOR
04:06:34:00	04:06:34:00	THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION
04:06:34:00	04:06:38:00	RECOGNIZING JUNE JUVENILES HOME
04:06:38:00	04:06:38:00	OWNERSHIP IN THE CITY OF BOSTON
04:06:38:00	04:06:42:00	THE JARGON IT IS COUNCIL ORAL
04:06:42:00	04:06:43:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
04:06:43:00	04:06:46:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT I TO
04:06:46:00	04:06:46:00	ADD YOU AS AN ORIGINAL
04:06:46:00	04:06:47:00	CO-SPONSOR I'M SO ADDED
04:06:47:00	04:06:48:00	COUNCILOR WHERE I HAVE THE
04:06:48:00	04:06:50:00	FLOOR I SUSPEND THE RULES AND
04:06:50:00	04:06:50:00	ADD COUNCILMAN HE HAS A THIRD
04:06:50:00	04:06:51:00	ORIGINAL CATCH OR ELSE YOU
04:06:51:00	04:06:53:00	SUSPEND THE RULES AGAINST ME HE
04:06:53:00	04:06:53:00	IS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.
04:06:53:00	04:06:54:00	SEEING AND HEARING NO
04:06:54:00	04:06:57:00	OBJECTIONS COMES TO ME.
04:06:57:00	04:06:58:00	HE IS ALLOWED IT COMES HERE I
04:06:58:00	04:06:58:00	HAVE THE FLOOR.
04:06:58:00	04:06:58:00	THANK YOU.
04:06:58:00	04:06:59:00	BOSTON IS FACING A
04:06:59:00	04:06:59:00	HOMEOWNERSHIP CRISIS.
04:06:59:00	04:07:03:00	MEDIAN HOME PRICES ARE NEARING
04:07:03:00	04:07:03:00	$1 MILLION.
04:07:03:00	04:07:06:00	THE PRICE TO INCOME RATIO IS
04:07:06:00	04:07:07:00	6.3 MORE THAN DOUBLE WHAT'S
04:07:07:00	04:07:10:00	CONSIDERED HEALTHY.
04:07:10:00	04:07:13:00	AND WHILE INCOMES HAVE GONE UP
04:07:13:00	04:07:13:00	190% SINCE 1987, HOME PRICES
04:07:13:00	04:07:17:00	HAVE SURGED NEARLY 300% AND
04:07:17:00	04:07:18:00	EVERY YEAR WE LOSE YOUNG
04:07:18:00	04:07:21:00	GRADUATES AND WORKING CLASS
04:07:21:00	04:07:21:00	FAMILIES BECAUSE THEY SIMPLY
04:07:21:00	04:07:24:00	CAN'T AFFORD TO STAY IN BOSTON
04:07:24:00	04:07:24:00	.
04:07:24:00	04:07:25:00	PATHWAYS TO HOMEOWNERSHIP DON'T
04:07:25:00	04:07:25:00	HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT.
04:07:25:00	04:07:29:00	THEY ARE BUILT BY POLICY, BY
04:07:29:00	04:07:29:00	INVESTMENT AND BY ATTENTION.
04:07:29:00	04:07:32:00	THE EXPANSION OF SECTION EIGHT
04:07:32:00	04:07:35:00	HOMEOWNERSHIP VOUCHERS THE $110
04:07:35:00	04:07:35:00	MILLION ACCELERATION FUND DOWN
04:07:35:00	04:07:39:00	PAYMENT ASSISTANCE AND THE
04:07:39:00	04:07:40:00	ONEPLUS MORTGAGE ARE CREATING
04:07:40:00	04:07:40:00	REAL STEPS FORWARD.
04:07:40:00	04:07:43:00	BUT WE NEED TO GO EVEN FURTHER.
04:07:43:00	04:07:44:00	ACCORDING TO THE CITIES CITIES
04:07:44:00	04:07:46:00	OF BOSTON 2023 ASSESSMENT
04:07:46:00	04:07:47:00	OF FAIR HOUSING OUR CITIES
04:07:47:00	04:07:50:00	GUIDE BLUEPRINT TO COMPLY WITH
04:07:50:00	04:07:51:00	THE FEDERAL FAIR HOUSING ACT
04:07:51:00	04:07:53:00	AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS OBLIGATION
04:07:53:00	04:08:00:00	UNDER TITLE 24 C.F.R. SECTION
04:08:00:00	04:08:01:00	5.150 AND 5.15 FOR BOSTON IS
04:08:01:00	04:08:04:00	REQUIRED TO TAKE MEANINGFUL
04:08:04:00	04:08:05:00	ACTION THAT DO MORE THAN SIMPLY
04:08:05:00	04:08:08:00	PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION IN THE
04:08:08:00	04:08:09:00	CITY MUST ALSO OVERCOME
04:08:09:00	04:08:12:00	PATTERNS OF SEGREGATION, REDUCE
04:08:12:00	04:08:13:00	DISPARITIES IN ACCESS TO
04:08:13:00	04:08:16:00	OPPORTUNITY AND PROMOTE
04:08:16:00	04:08:16:00	INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES BY
04:08:16:00	04:08:17:00	ADDRESSING SYSTEMIC BARRIERS
04:08:17:00	04:08:21:00	INCLUDING IN THE LACK OF ACCESS
04:08:21:00	04:08:21:00	TO HOMEOWNERSHIP FOR BLACK AND
04:08:21:00	04:08:24:00	LATINO RESIDENTS.
04:08:24:00	04:08:25:00	I JUST WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT
04:08:25:00	04:08:27:00	OUT TO THE POWERFUL NETWORK
04:08:27:00	04:08:28:00	THAT PUSHES HOME OWNERSHIP HERE
04:08:28:00	04:08:28:00	IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
04:08:28:00	04:08:33:00	WE HAVE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
04:08:33:00	04:08:33:00	MAHA THE CDC AND NBC.
04:08:33:00	04:08:36:00	I JUST WANT TO GIVE ALSO A BIG
04:08:36:00	04:08:37:00	SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE DEVELOPERS
04:08:37:00	04:08:37:00	DOING THIS WORK.
04:08:37:00	04:08:41:00	ARE YELLOW VILLAGE OMEGA DOT
04:08:41:00	04:08:43:00	AND ALEXIS CARLOS CASTILLO ARE
04:08:43:00	04:08:44:00	OUR BONICA AND SO MANY OTHER
04:08:44:00	04:08:47:00	DEVELOPERS THAT ARE PUSHING FOR
04:08:47:00	04:08:47:00	HOME OWNERSHIP WHEN OTHER
04:08:47:00	04:08:51:00	DEVELOPERS ARE JUST PUSHING
04:08:51:00	04:08:51:00	RENTAL.
04:08:51:00	04:08:51:00	SO JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO
04:08:51:00	04:08:54:00	CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION
04:08:54:00	04:08:55:00	MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE PUTTING
04:08:55:00	04:08:56:00	INVESTMENT AND POLICY TOWARDS
04:08:56:00	04:08:58:00	CREATING MORE HOMEOWNERSHIP
04:08:58:00	04:08:59:00	HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND
04:08:59:00	04:09:03:00	I'M LOOKING TO SUSPEND AND PASS
04:09:03:00	04:09:03:00	THIS RESOLUTION.
04:09:03:00	04:09:03:00	THANK YOU.
04:09:03:00	04:09:04:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR EARL AND
04:09:04:00	04:09:06:00	THE ACADEMY AS A CO-SPONSOR AND
04:09:06:00	04:09:07:00	HOMEOWNERSHIP IS SO IMPORTANT
04:09:07:00	04:09:10:00	IT'S ACTUALLY THE BEST FORM
04:09:10:00	04:09:10:00	OF RENT STABILIZATION THAT WE
04:09:10:00	04:09:13:00	CAN HAVE WHEN PEOPLE KNOW WHAT
04:09:13:00	04:09:14:00	THEIR MORTGAGE IS EVERY MONTH.
04:09:14:00	04:09:17:00	AND SO SOME OF THE BIGGEST
04:09:17:00	04:09:17:00	ISSUES ARE BECAUSE OF THE
04:09:17:00	04:09:18:00	RACIAL WEALTH GAP IS HELPING
04:09:18:00	04:09:21:00	PEOPLE WITH DOWN PAYMENT AND
04:09:21:00	04:09:21:00	CLOSING COSTS.
04:09:21:00	04:09:22:00	AND WE KNOW THAT BLACK FAMILIES
04:09:22:00	04:09:22:00	DISPROPORTIONATELY FACE
04:09:22:00	04:09:25:00	DISCRIMINATION AT ALMOST EVERY
04:09:25:00	04:09:25:00	STEP OF THE HOUSING OF THE
04:09:25:00	04:09:28:00	ATTEMPT TO BECOME A HOMEOWNER
04:09:28:00	04:09:28:00	AT THEIR APPRAISAL PROCESS, AT
04:09:28:00	04:09:32:00	THE ABILITY TO GET TO GET
04:09:32:00	04:09:32:00	MORTGAGE LENDERS.
04:09:32:00	04:09:32:00	AND SO IT'S INCREDIBLY
04:09:32:00	04:09:35:00	IMPORTANT THAT WE CORRECT FOR
04:09:35:00	04:09:36:00	OUR PAST POLICY HARMS THAT WORK
04:09:36:00	04:09:39:00	OF EQUITY AND DO EVERYTHING WE
04:09:39:00	04:09:40:00	CAN TO MAKE HOMEOWNERSHIP MORE
04:09:40:00	04:09:43:00	AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE AND MAKE IT
04:09:43:00	04:09:43:00	MORE OF AN OPTION.
04:09:43:00	04:09:44:00	I'VE BEEN ENCOURAGED BY THE
04:09:44:00	04:09:44:00	WORK OF THIS COUNCIL AND OUR
04:09:44:00	04:09:47:00	FOCUS ON OUR DOLLARS AND USING
04:09:47:00	04:09:48:00	THAT TO HELP AND SUPPORT
04:09:48:00	04:09:51:00	HOMEOWNERSHIP.
04:09:51:00	04:09:52:00	AND I WANT TO, YOU KNOW,
04:09:52:00	04:09:53:00	COUNCIL WHERE OUR UPLIFTED A
04:09:53:00	04:09:53:00	LOT OF ADVOCATES BUT I ALSO
04:09:53:00	04:09:55:00	WANT TO UPLIFT THEM AND
04:09:55:00	04:09:55:00	SPECIFICALLY WITH MY WHAT I
04:09:55:00	04:09:56:00	VOLUNTEERED WITH THEM PRIOR
04:09:56:00	04:09:58:00	BECAUSE THEY DO INCREDIBLE WORK
04:09:58:00	04:10:02:00	IN NOT ONLY CREATING NEW
04:10:02:00	04:10:03:00	HOMEOWNERS BUT ALSO IN GETTING
04:10:03:00	04:10:06:00	PEOPLE ORGANIZED TO FIGHT FOR
04:10:06:00	04:10:06:00	HOMEOWNERSHIP.
04:10:06:00	04:10:07:00	AND SO I THINK MY FOR ALL
04:10:07:00	04:10:09:00	OF THE WORK THEY DO AND FOR
04:10:09:00	04:10:10:00	EVERYONE WHO IS FIGHTING FOR
04:10:10:00	04:10:13:00	HOMEOWNERSHIP AS A WAY TO
04:10:13:00	04:10:14:00	STABILIZE FAMILIES, AS A WAY TO
04:10:14:00	04:10:17:00	STABILIZE INCOMES AND AS A WAY
04:10:17:00	04:10:20:00	TO ADDRESS OUR PERSISTENT AND
04:10:20:00	04:10:21:00	PERNICIOUS RACIAL WEALTH GAP,
04:10:21:00	04:10:26:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES FROM
04:10:26:00	04:10:26:00	HERE BECAUSE WE HEAR NOPE.
04:10:26:00	04:10:27:00	OKAY WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO
04:10:27:00	04:10:30:00	SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?
04:10:30:00	04:10:31:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
04:10:31:00	04:10:31:00	THEIR NAME?
04:10:31:00	04:10:31:00	MADAM CLERK, PLEASE THE
04:10:31:00	04:10:32:00	COUNCILORS GREAT.
04:10:32:00	04:10:33:00	AND COLETTE ZAPATA FLUTE
04:10:33:00	04:10:36:00	FITZGERALD FLYNN MURPHY PIPPIN
04:10:36:00	04:10:36:00	SANTANA.
04:10:36:00	04:10:43:00	WEBER COUNCILORS WORL LOUIJEUNE
04:10:43:00	04:10:43:00	AND MEJIA SIX SUSPENSION OF THE
04:10:43:00	04:10:44:00	RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET
04:10:44:00	04:10:46:00	NUMBER 1299 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
04:10:46:00	04:10:47:00	SAY I I MADAM CLERK COULD YOU
04:10:47:00	04:10:50:00	PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE
04:10:50:00	04:10:54:00	ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 1299.
04:10:54:00	04:10:54:00	COUNCILOR.
04:10:54:00	04:10:59:00	YES, COUNCILOR BRITANNIA
04:10:59:00	04:10:59:00	COUNCILOR KALALA ZAPATA
04:10:59:00	04:11:01:00	COUNCILOR CLARA ZAPATA.
04:11:01:00	04:11:01:00	YES.
04:11:01:00	04:11:01:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN.
04:11:01:00	04:11:05:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON.
04:11:05:00	04:11:05:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON.
04:11:05:00	04:11:05:00	YES.
04:11:05:00	04:11:06:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
04:11:06:00	04:11:08:00	YES.
04:11:08:00	04:11:08:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
04:11:08:00	04:11:08:00	YES.
04:11:08:00	04:11:09:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
04:11:09:00	04:11:12:00	COUNCILOR SYLVANIA AS
04:11:12:00	04:11:12:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
04:11:12:00	04:11:13:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AS
04:11:13:00	04:11:16:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
04:11:16:00	04:11:16:00	COUNCILOR MAHE YES.
04:11:16:00	04:11:20:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.
04:11:20:00	04:11:20:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY AS
04:11:20:00	04:11:23:00	COUNCILOR PAT BROWN
04:11:23:00	04:11:24:00	COUNCILOR PREPARED YES.
04:11:24:00	04:11:24:00	COUNCILOR STAND DOWN NOW ANSWER
04:11:24:00	04:11:27:00	SANTANA YES.
04:11:27:00	04:11:27:00	COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCILOR WEBB
04:11:27:00	04:11:34:00	I ASKED COUNCILOR SUBBARAO IS
04:11:34:00	04:11:37:00	12 AND AFFIRMATIVE.
04:11:37:00	04:11:38:00	THANK YOU.
04:11:38:00	04:11:40:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1299 HAS BEEN
04:11:40:00	04:11:40:00	ADOPTED.
04:11:40:00	04:11:44:00	MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
04:11:44:00	04:11:46:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER 1300.
04:11:46:00	04:11:50:00	DOCKET NUMBER 130.
04:11:50:00	04:11:50:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON
04:11:50:00	04:11:54:00	FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION AN
04:11:54:00	04:11:57:00	HONOR TO ADD TO GRATITUDE AND
04:11:57:00	04:12:00:00	TO DISTRICT SEVEN CAN'T
04:12:00:00	04:12:04:00	CONTINUE TO FOR THE COURAGE,
04:12:04:00	04:12:05:00	DIVERSITY AND COLLECTIVE
04:12:05:00	04:12:09:00	COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE AND CIVIC
04:12:09:00	04:12:09:00	ENGAGEMENT.
04:12:09:00	04:12:09:00	THANK YOU, THE CHAIR.
04:12:09:00	04:12:10:00	THIS COMES WITH AN ENGINEER
04:12:10:00	04:12:12:00	SITTING ON THE FLOOR.
04:12:12:00	04:12:15:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
04:12:15:00	04:12:18:00	I THINK IT'S PROBABLY MORE
04:12:18:00	04:12:19:00	OPPORTUNE IF I TAKE THIS TIME
04:12:19:00	04:12:23:00	TO JUST READ THE RESOLUTION AND
04:12:23:00	04:12:24:00	THEN THAT WILL SPEAK TO HOW I
04:12:24:00	04:12:27:00	FEEL ABOUT MY CONSTITUENTS THE
04:12:27:00	04:12:29:00	PEOPLE OF DISTRICT SEVEN
04:12:29:00	04:12:30:00	COMPRISE ROXBURY, PARTS
04:12:30:00	04:12:33:00	OF SOUTHEND AND DORCHESTER
04:12:33:00	04:12:33:00	FENWAY REPRESENT A DYNAMIC
04:12:33:00	04:12:37:00	MOSAIC OF CULTURES, LANGUAGES,
04:12:37:00	04:12:38:00	RELIGIONS, RELIGIONS AND LIVED
04:12:38:00	04:12:41:00	EXPERIENCES AND THIS DISTRICT
04:12:41:00	04:12:42:00	IS HOME TO BLACK,
04:12:42:00	04:12:42:00	AFRICAN-AMERICAN, WHITE,
04:12:42:00	04:12:45:00	EUROPEAN-AMERICAN AND AFRICAN
04:12:45:00	04:12:46:00	AFRO-CARIBBEAN IN CAPE VERDE
04:12:46:00	04:12:49:00	AND LATINOS ASIANS, ASIANS,
04:12:49:00	04:12:50:00	ARABS, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE,
04:12:50:00	04:12:53:00	JEWISH NEIGHBORS, MUSLIM
04:12:53:00	04:12:53:00	NEIGHBORS, CHRISTIANS,
04:12:53:00	04:12:54:00	CATHOLICS, BUDDHISTS, HINDUS
04:12:54:00	04:12:57:00	AND SIX AS WELL AS LONG TIME
04:12:57:00	04:12:58:00	RESIDENTS AND NEWER ARRIVALS
04:12:58:00	04:13:01:00	ALL OF WHOM CONTRIBUTE TO THE
04:13:01:00	04:13:02:00	DEPTH, BEAUTY AND RESILIENCE
04:13:02:00	04:13:05:00	OF THIS COMMUNITY.
04:13:05:00	04:13:05:00	THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT SEVEN
04:13:05:00	04:13:09:00	HAVE LONG WITHSTOOD THE LEGACY
04:13:09:00	04:13:09:00	OF REDLINING RACIAL
04:13:09:00	04:13:10:00	SEGREGATION, HOUSING
04:13:10:00	04:13:12:00	DISPLACEMENT, UNDERINVESTMENT
04:13:12:00	04:13:13:00	AND SYSTEMIC INJUSTICE AND YET
04:13:13:00	04:13:17:00	CONTINUE TO ORGANIZE, RESIST
04:13:17:00	04:13:18:00	AND REIMAGINE WHAT A JUSTICE
04:13:18:00	04:13:21:00	CITY CAN LOOK LIKE.
04:13:21:00	04:13:22:00	AND THIS HISTORIC STRUGGLES
04:13:22:00	04:13:25:00	HAVE ALSO CREATED OPPORTUNITIES
04:13:25:00	04:13:26:00	FOR POWERFUL CULTURAL DIALOG
04:13:26:00	04:13:29:00	INTERSECTIONAL ORGANIZING OR
04:13:29:00	04:13:29:00	ORGANIZING AND THE RICH
04:13:29:00	04:13:33:00	EXCHANGE OF TRADITIONS, IDEAS
04:13:33:00	04:13:34:00	AND SOLIDARITY AMONG NEIGHBORS
04:13:34:00	04:13:37:00	THE CONSTITUENTS OF DISTRICT
04:13:37:00	04:13:38:00	SEVEN HAVE NOT ONLY ADVOCATED
04:13:38:00	04:13:40:00	FOR CHANGE BUT PARTNERED WITH
04:13:40:00	04:13:41:00	MYSELF IN ADVANCE IN ADVANCING
04:13:41:00	04:13:45:00	EQUITY ACROSS HOUSING,
04:13:45:00	04:13:45:00	EDUCATION, ECONOMIC
04:13:45:00	04:13:45:00	DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH,
04:13:45:00	04:13:48:00	PUBLIC SAFETY, CITY
04:13:48:00	04:13:49:00	INFRASTRUCTURE ENVIRONMENT
04:13:49:00	04:13:52:00	JUSTICE, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
04:13:52:00	04:13:53:00	AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION
04:13:53:00	04:13:56:00	THROUGH PUBLIC HEARINGS, POLICY
04:13:56:00	04:14:00:00	ADVOCACY, STREET CORNER
04:14:00:00	04:14:00:00	CONVERSATIONS ADVISORY
04:14:00:00	04:14:00:00	COUNCIL PROTEST STORYTELLING
04:14:00:00	04:14:03:00	AND CRITIQUE RESIDENTS HELD
04:14:03:00	04:14:07:00	MYSELF ACCOUNTABLE, PUSHED
04:14:07:00	04:14:08:00	PUSHED ME TO GROW AND SHAPED A
04:14:08:00	04:14:12:00	MORE INCLUSIVE VISION FOR
04:14:12:00	04:14:12:00	GOVERNANCE AND SHARED POWER AND
04:14:12:00	04:14:15:00	CHALLENGING THEIR COUNCILOR AT
04:14:15:00	04:14:16:00	TIMES LOVINGLY AT TIMES
04:14:16:00	04:14:20:00	FIERCELY BUT IN EVEN IN EVERY
04:14:20:00	04:14:23:00	MOMENT I MET DISAGREEMENT WITH
04:14:23:00	04:14:26:00	AN INVITATION TO REFLECT
04:14:26:00	04:14:27:00	TRANSFER TRANSFER TO REFLECT
04:14:27:00	04:14:30:00	TRANSFORM AND DEEPEN MY
04:14:30:00	04:14:30:00	COMMITMENT TO TRUTH, INTEGRITY
04:14:30:00	04:14:34:00	AND COMMUNITY CARE.
04:14:34:00	04:14:34:00	THESE EXPERIENCES WITH MY
04:14:34:00	04:14:38:00	CONSTITUENTS, WHETHER JOYFUL OR
04:14:38:00	04:14:41:00	PAINFUL, BECAME A VERY SOIL THE
04:14:41:00	04:14:42:00	VERY SOIL FROM WHICH NEW IDEAS
04:14:42:00	04:14:45:00	BLOOMED, POLICIES WERE BORN AND
04:14:45:00	04:14:48:00	HUMANITY WAS AFFIRMED.
04:14:48:00	04:14:52:00	I STAND HERE TODAY ASKING YOU
04:14:52:00	04:14:52:00	TO SUSPEND IMPASSE IN
04:14:52:00	04:14:56:00	RECOGNITION AND TO HONOR THE
04:14:56:00	04:14:58:00	CONSTITUENTS OF DISTRICT SEVEN
04:14:58:00	04:14:59:00	AND TO HELP ME THANK THEM FOR
04:14:59:00	04:15:03:00	ALL OF THEIR TIME SACRIFICE
04:15:03:00	04:15:07:00	THIS BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS AND
04:15:07:00	04:15:07:00	EVERY SATURDAY'S WITH THE
04:15:07:00	04:15:11:00	ADVISORY COUNCIL AND EVERY DAY
04:15:11:00	04:15:11:00	THAT A CONSTITUENT WOULD MEET
04:15:11:00	04:15:14:00	AND STAY OVERTIME ON MEETINGS.
04:15:14:00	04:15:18:00	I THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM
04:15:18:00	04:15:19:00	OF MY HEART AND AT THIS TIME I
04:15:19:00	04:15:23:00	BEFORE ASKING YOU TO MOVE TO A
04:15:23:00	04:15:23:00	SUSPENSION IMPASSE OF COURSE
04:15:23:00	04:15:26:00	I'M ASKING TO TAKE THE TIME AND
04:15:26:00	04:15:28:00	DELIVER TO YOU MY LAST
04:15:28:00	04:15:33:00	STATEMENT.
04:15:33:00	04:15:36:00	I'D LIKE TO BEGIN OF COURSE IN
04:15:36:00	04:15:41:00	MY OWN TRADITION I WOULD BE
04:15:41:00	04:15:42:00	LIKE HIM INITIATE DOWN EMERGING
04:15:42:00	04:15:44:00	BISMILLAH OR FROM ANYWHERE HAIN
04:15:44:00	04:15:45:00	WHERE I SHOW YOU A LINE IN THE
04:15:45:00	04:15:48:00	LAW WILL SHOW MOHAMMAD AND ABDU
04:15:48:00	04:15:49:00	WHO WOULD ASSUME THE LAW I SEEK
04:15:49:00	04:15:52:00	REFUGE FROM THE DEVIL FROM MY
04:15:52:00	04:15:56:00	EAT MY OWN EVILS AND THE EVILS
04:15:56:00	04:15:56:00	OF THIS WORLD AND I PRAY AND I
04:15:56:00	04:15:59:00	BEGIN IN THE NAME OF GOD THE
04:15:59:00	04:16:00:00	MOST MERCIFUL, THE MOST
04:16:00:00	04:16:00:00	GRACIOUS AND I BEAR WITNESS
04:16:00:00	04:16:03:00	THAT THERE IS NO GOD BUT GOD
04:16:03:00	04:16:04:00	AND I BEAR WITNESS THAT
04:16:04:00	04:16:05:00	MOHAMMED IS THE LAST MESSENGER
04:16:05:00	04:16:08:00	AFTER JESUS AND NOAH AND MOSES
04:16:08:00	04:16:11:00	AND ABRAHAM AND OTHERS I ASK
04:16:11:00	04:16:15:00	YOU TODAY FOR A BIT OF PATIENCE
04:16:15:00	04:16:16:00	AND A BIT OF GRACE AND I HOPE
04:16:16:00	04:16:19:00	THAT YOU WILL FORGIVE ME FOR
04:16:19:00	04:16:23:00	EVERY IMPERFECTION OR FOR EACH
04:16:23:00	04:16:24:00	TIME EVERY TIME THAT WE'VE
04:16:24:00	04:16:27:00	INTERACTED FOR EVERY TIME I WAS
04:16:27:00	04:16:28:00	FIGHTING ON POLICY WE LIKE TO
04:16:28:00	04:16:30:00	SAY IN POLITICS THAT IT'S NOT
04:16:30:00	04:16:34:00	PERSONAL THAT WE ARE TRYING TO
04:16:34:00	04:16:35:00	FIGHT FOR WHAT WE ARE
04:16:35:00	04:16:37:00	PASSIONATE ABOUT BUT THERE'S
04:16:37:00	04:16:38:00	MORE INTERPRETATION TOO THAT I
04:16:38:00	04:16:41:00	AM GRATEFUL FOR.
04:16:41:00	04:16:45:00	MICHELLE GOLDBERG CANDACE SHANE
04:16:45:00	04:16:49:00	PACK BOTH MEGHAN'S CHARISMA AND
04:16:49:00	04:16:52:00	MANY OTHERS ESPECIALLY OUR
04:16:52:00	04:16:53:00	BELOVED WHO IS NO LONGER WELL
04:16:53:00	04:16:57:00	WHO IS WITH US BUT NO LONGER IN
04:16:57:00	04:17:00:00	THE ADMINISTRATION STAFF JUAN,
04:17:00:00	04:17:04:00	WE LOVE YOU AND I THANK YOU.
04:17:04:00	04:17:08:00	I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR ALL
04:17:08:00	04:17:08:00	OF THE ADMINISTRATION
04:17:08:00	04:17:09:00	ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AND
04:17:09:00	04:17:11:00	REPRESENTATIVES WHO RESPONDED
04:17:11:00	04:17:15:00	TO MY OFFICE WITH URGENCY, WITH
04:17:15:00	04:17:16:00	VIGOR AND AT TIMES WHEN THEY
04:17:16:00	04:17:19:00	DIDN'T AND I HAD TO PUSH A
04:17:19:00	04:17:22:00	LITTLE PUSH A LOT.
04:17:22:00	04:17:23:00	I THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE
04:17:23:00	04:17:24:00	THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED FOR
04:17:24:00	04:17:29:00	DISTRICT SEVEN.
04:17:29:00	04:17:29:00	I'D LIKE TO THANK FROM THE
04:17:29:00	04:17:33:00	BOTTOM OF MY HEART THE ADVISORY
04:17:33:00	04:17:33:00	COUNCIL FIRST BEGINNING WITH
04:17:33:00	04:17:37:00	OUR VERY OWN LUIS ELISA DOCTOR
04:17:37:00	04:17:41:00	REGGIE JACKSON FORD CAVALLARI,
04:17:41:00	04:17:42:00	STEVE AND FOX NEFERTITI
04:17:42:00	04:17:45:00	LAWRENCE, SARAH FREEMAN, CONNIE
04:17:45:00	04:17:49:00	FORBES, LORRAINE PAYNE WHEELER
04:17:49:00	04:17:52:00	JONES S.M. A SPECIAL THANK YOU
04:17:52:00	04:17:53:00	TO JOAN S.M. FOR BEING THE
04:17:53:00	04:17:56:00	CURATOR OR STRUCTURING HELPING
04:17:56:00	04:17:59:00	US STRUCTURE OUR VERY OWN
04:17:59:00	04:18:00:00	WORKBOOK.
04:18:00:00	04:18:01:00	I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
04:18:01:00	04:18:03:00	EXPERTISE AND YOUR SUPPORT.
04:18:03:00	04:18:04:00	I THINK MY STAFF AND I HAVE
04:18:04:00	04:18:06:00	ALREADY SAID I WON'T BE LABOR
04:18:06:00	04:18:07:00	THAT ALL OF MY STAFF I LOVE YOU
04:18:07:00	04:18:12:00	AND I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST AND
04:18:12:00	04:18:15:00	I ASK YOU COUNSELORS WHO ARE
04:18:15:00	04:18:15:00	REMAINING TO BE KIND, BE
04:18:15:00	04:18:19:00	PATIENT AND SUPPORTIVE TO MY
04:18:19:00	04:18:22:00	STAFF AND THANK YOU IN ADVANCE
04:18:22:00	04:18:27:00	TO MY GOOD FRIEND, MY FRIENDS
04:18:27:00	04:18:27:00	THAT ARE HERE TODAY AND THE
04:18:27:00	04:18:28:00	FRIENDS THAT ARE NOT DAVID
04:18:28:00	04:18:31:00	SJOBERG, MAL MAO, BRIGITTE
04:18:31:00	04:18:34:00	WALLACE AND MANY OTHERS.
04:18:34:00	04:18:37:00	SISTER IS ELDER BROTHER SADIKI
04:18:37:00	04:18:38:00	AND ALL OF YOU WHO ARE HOME IF
04:18:38:00	04:18:41:00	I'M NOT NAMING YOU IT'S BECAUSE
04:18:41:00	04:18:42:00	AT SOME POINT I'M GOING TO BORE
04:18:42:00	04:18:43:00	PEOPLE TO DEATH AND I CAN'T
04:18:43:00	04:18:45:00	KEEP TALKING SO YOU KNOW THAT I
04:18:45:00	04:18:48:00	LOVE YOU AND I APPRECIATE YOU
04:18:48:00	04:18:48:00	WHOLEHEARTEDLY FOR EVERY TIME
04:18:48:00	04:18:52:00	YOU'VE GIVEN ME ADVICE I FOR
04:18:52:00	04:18:53:00	EVERY TIME THAT I'VE SAW
04:18:53:00	04:18:54:00	CONSOLES FOR EVERY TIME THAT I
04:18:54:00	04:18:56:00	WAS WITH YOU FOR EVERY
04:18:56:00	04:18:57:00	COFFEE HOUR FOR EVERY CIVIC FIT
04:18:57:00	04:19:01:00	JOGGING OR WALKING OR HIKING
04:19:01:00	04:19:01:00	THAT WE DID AND TALKING ABOUT
04:19:01:00	04:19:04:00	CIVICS FOR EVERY OPPORTUNITY
04:19:04:00	04:19:05:00	WHERE YOU JOIN MY WORKSHOPS OR
04:19:05:00	04:19:08:00	LISTENING SESSIONS FOR EVERY
04:19:08:00	04:19:11:00	SUPPORT I THANK YOU MY
04:19:11:00	04:19:12:00	COLLEAGUES FOR BEING FOR BEING
04:19:12:00	04:19:15:00	YOU, FOR BEING YOURSELVES AND
04:19:15:00	04:19:16:00	FOR TRYING THE BEST THAT YOU
04:19:16:00	04:19:20:00	COULD AND FOR THE EXAMPLES THAT
04:19:20:00	04:19:20:00	YOU SHOWED ME FOR THE GOOD
04:19:20:00	04:19:23:00	THINGS THAT I LEARNED FOR THE
04:19:23:00	04:19:24:00	BAD, FOR THE PAIN AND FOR THE
04:19:24:00	04:19:27:00	BEAUTY.
04:19:27:00	04:19:27:00	I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK.
04:19:27:00	04:19:31:00	I WISH YOU ALL THE VERY BEST
04:19:31:00	04:19:34:00	AND SO BUT TO RECOVER TO BE
04:19:34:00	04:19:39:00	HONEST WE ALL STAND UP CASA
04:19:39:00	04:19:42:00	INTEGRA LATINOS COMING HERE TO
04:19:42:00	04:19:43:00	LATINO KEYSTONE AND LA CASA THE
04:19:43:00	04:19:45:00	GHETTO MUCHO AND I TELL YOU IF
04:19:45:00	04:19:46:00	YOU IF YOU GUYS KNOW THIS
04:19:46:00	04:19:49:00	LATINOS IF THEY LOVE YOU, THEY
04:19:49:00	04:19:50:00	ARE DEDICATED VOTERS.
04:19:50:00	04:19:51:00	IF THEY ARE WITH YOU THERE
04:19:51:00	04:19:54:00	WHICH YOU ALL THE WAY BUT
04:19:54:00	04:19:54:00	ME AND THE LATINOS TO LOOK AT
04:19:54:00	04:19:57:00	THEM LIKE US ARE CONTINUING LA
04:19:57:00	04:20:01:00	LUCHA ETIQUETTE OF MUCHO AND
04:20:01:00	04:20:02:00	BUG YES BUT THE PATROLS FOCUSED
04:20:02:00	04:20:11:00	ON NEW COVERT AGAINST CLOUD
04:20:11:00	04:20:12:00	BECAUSE SO MUCH ABOUT THE GAME
04:20:12:00	04:20:13:00	TO THE BEST OF MY TO PATROL TO
04:20:13:00	04:20:13:00	PROVIDE.
04:20:13:00	04:20:14:00	I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T
04:20:14:00	04:20:16:00	SAY TO ON ON PHONE SAY IMAGINE
04:20:16:00	04:20:19:00	A BALLPARK ALL MESSY MESSY
04:20:19:00	04:20:23:00	RIGHT NOT MESSY MESSY MESSY TO
04:20:23:00	04:20:26:00	ALL MOP UP ISIAH AT HOME I LOVE
04:20:26:00	04:20:30:00	YOU DEARLY TODAY I SHARE WITH
04:20:30:00	04:20:33:00	YOU I RISE TODAY NOT TO CENTER
04:20:33:00	04:20:34:00	MYSELF BUT TO STAND ONCE AGAIN
04:20:34:00	04:20:35:00	IN THE COMPANY OF THE PEOPLE
04:20:35:00	04:20:37:00	WHO CARRIED MEJIA.
04:20:37:00	04:20:39:00	I CAME INTO THIS ROLE THE SAME
04:20:39:00	04:20:41:00	WAY I LEAVE IT IN SERVICE IN
04:20:41:00	04:20:45:00	THE SPIRIT OF ACCOUNTABILITY,
04:20:45:00	04:20:46:00	IN THE NAME OF DIGNITY AND
04:20:46:00	04:20:47:00	ALWAYS ALWAYS IN THE BELIEF
04:20:47:00	04:20:49:00	THAT REAL POWER RESTS WITH THE
04:20:49:00	04:20:53:00	PEOPLE TO MY CONSTITUENTS IN
04:20:53:00	04:20:54:00	DISTRICT SEVEN.
04:20:54:00	04:20:54:00	THANK YOU.
04:20:54:00	04:20:55:00	YOU ARE THE BEATING HEART
04:20:55:00	04:20:58:00	OF THE CITY.
04:20:58:00	04:20:58:00	YOU ARE THE REASON I FOUGHT.
04:20:58:00	04:20:59:00	THE REASON I STOOD TALL WHEN IT
04:20:59:00	04:21:01:00	WOULDN'T BEEN EASIER TO SIT
04:21:01:00	04:21:05:00	STILL EVERY DOOR KNOCK EVERY
04:21:05:00	04:21:05:00	PROTEST EVERY SLEEPLESS NIGHT
04:21:05:00	04:21:09:00	TRYING TO GET AN ELDER'S HE
04:21:09:00	04:21:13:00	TURNED ON OR A TEENAGE
04:21:13:00	04:21:13:00	TEENAGER'S FIRST JOB.
04:21:13:00	04:21:17:00	EVERY ACT OF SERVICE WAS DONE
04:21:17:00	04:21:18:00	WITH YOU AND FOR YOU AND TO
04:21:18:00	04:21:21:00	THOSE WHO DIDN'T ALWAYS AGREE
04:21:21:00	04:21:21:00	WITH ME.
04:21:21:00	04:21:22:00	I THANK YOU TOO.
04:21:22:00	04:21:24:00	ACCOUNTABILITY SHARPENS THE
04:21:24:00	04:21:24:00	BLADE.
04:21:24:00	04:21:25:00	YOU REMINDED ME THAT LOVE AND
04:21:25:00	04:21:28:00	POLITICS DOESN'T MEAN SILENCE.
04:21:28:00	04:21:29:00	IT MEANS SHOWING UP CHALLENGING
04:21:29:00	04:21:32:00	ASSUMPTIONS AND DEMANDING
04:21:32:00	04:21:36:00	BETTER TO THE MEMBERS OF THE
04:21:36:00	04:21:36:00	DISTRICT SEVEN ADVISORY
04:21:36:00	04:21:36:00	COUNCIL.
04:21:36:00	04:21:39:00	YOU MODEL THE POLITICS THAT
04:21:39:00	04:21:40:00	LISTENS, THAT ORGANIZES, THAT
04:21:40:00	04:21:43:00	RESIST THE URGE TO PERFORM AND
04:21:43:00	04:21:44:00	INSTEAD INSISTS ON SUBSTANCE.
04:21:44:00	04:21:47:00	YOU ARE MY COMPASS.
04:21:47:00	04:21:50:00	WHEN THE STORM CAME AND IT
04:21:50:00	04:21:54:00	OFTEN DID TO MY STAFF YOU HAVE
04:21:54:00	04:21:54:00	LABORED WITH LOVE OFTEN
04:21:54:00	04:21:58:00	INVISIBLY BEHIND THE SCENES YOU
04:21:58:00	04:21:59:00	WERE THE ONES WHO TOOK THE LATE
04:21:59:00	04:22:02:00	CALLS WHO SHOWED UP EARLY, WHO
04:22:02:00	04:22:02:00	NEVER SAID IT'S NOT MY JOB.
04:22:02:00	04:22:06:00	YOU BELIEVE IN PEOPLE POWERED
04:22:06:00	04:22:06:00	GOVERNANCE EVEN WHEN THE
04:22:06:00	04:22:12:00	MACHINE MADE IT HARD TO BREATHE
04:22:12:00	04:22:12:00	.
04:22:12:00	04:22:16:00	TO MY FAMILY WHO ENDURED WHAT I
04:22:16:00	04:22:17:00	WOULD NOT LET CONSTITUENCY OR
04:22:17:00	04:22:21:00	THANK GOD NOT THE MEDIA WHO
04:22:21:00	04:22:24:00	LOVED ME THROUGH THE WEAR AND
04:22:24:00	04:22:24:00	TEAR OF THIS SACRED EXHAUSTING
04:22:24:00	04:22:25:00	WORK.
04:22:25:00	04:22:28:00	YOU ARE MY SANCTUARY AND TO
04:22:28:00	04:22:32:00	BOSTONIANS ACROSS EVERY
04:22:32:00	04:22:33:00	NEIGHBORHOOD, ACROSS EVERY
04:22:33:00	04:22:33:00	IDEOLOGY.
04:22:33:00	04:22:37:00	THIS WORK WAS NEVER ABOUT THIS
04:22:37:00	04:22:37:00	ONE COUNCILOR.
04:22:37:00	04:22:40:00	IT WAS NEVER ABOUT ONE VOTE OR
04:22:40:00	04:22:44:00	A SEAT ONCE A SEAT AT THE
04:22:44:00	04:22:44:00	TABLE.
04:22:44:00	04:22:48:00	IT WAS AND MUST ALWAYS BE ABOUT
04:22:48:00	04:22:51:00	BUILDING THE TABLE A NEW ONE
04:22:51:00	04:22:52:00	WHERE THE PEOPLE WRITE THE
04:22:52:00	04:22:55:00	AGENDA AND THEIR NEEDS SHAPE
04:22:55:00	04:22:55:00	THE BUDGET.
04:22:55:00	04:22:58:00	I CAME INTO THIS CHAMBER NOT
04:22:58:00	04:22:59:00	JUST AS A PUBLIC SERVANT BUT AS
04:22:59:00	04:23:02:00	A SEER AND A SEEKER SOMEONE WHO
04:23:02:00	04:23:03:00	UNDERSTOOD DEEPLY THAT THE
04:23:03:00	04:23:06:00	SYSTEM IS NOT BROKEN IT
04:23:06:00	04:23:09:00	FUNCTION IT IS FUNCTIONING
04:23:09:00	04:23:10:00	EXACTLY AS IT WAS DESIGNED TO
04:23:10:00	04:23:14:00	TO PROTECT THE WEALTHY, TO
04:23:14:00	04:23:14:00	PACIFY THE REST AND TO PUNISH
04:23:14:00	04:23:18:00	ANYONE WHO REFUSES TO PLAY
04:23:18:00	04:23:21:00	PROTECT BECAUSE LET'S BE HONEST
04:23:21:00	04:23:21:00	THE SYSTEM IS SET UP TO
04:23:21:00	04:23:24:00	ACCOMMODATE POLITENESS NOT
04:23:24:00	04:23:24:00	TRUTH.
04:23:24:00	04:23:25:00	IT TOLERATES PERFORMANCE, NOT
04:23:25:00	04:23:29:00	INTEGRITY.
04:23:29:00	04:23:30:00	AND ANYONE WHO DARES STEP
04:23:30:00	04:23:32:00	OUTSIDE OF THAT THEATER RISKS
04:23:32:00	04:23:36:00	BEING OSTRACIZED OR WORSE.
04:23:36:00	04:23:37:00	WE HAVE STRUCTURED OUR POLITICS
04:23:37:00	04:23:40:00	AS A GAME A SPECTACLE, A
04:23:40:00	04:23:40:00	CHESSBOARD OF ARCHAIC RULES AND
04:23:40:00	04:23:43:00	DEAD LANGUAGE THAT KEEPS US
04:23:43:00	04:23:44:00	DISTRACTED FROM THE EVERYDAY
04:23:44:00	04:23:47:00	EMERGENCIES OF EVICTION OR
04:23:47:00	04:23:48:00	HUNGER, TRAUMA AND DESPAIR.
04:23:48:00	04:23:52:00	AND I WOULD SAY PLAINLY AND
04:23:52:00	04:23:52:00	WITHOUT APOLOGY THAT THIS
04:23:52:00	04:23:56:00	STRUCTURE IS NO ACCIDENT.
04:23:56:00	04:23:59:00	IT IS INTENTIONAL AND INSIDIOUS
04:23:59:00	04:24:00:00	.
04:24:00:00	04:24:03:00	THE KEY AS ALWAYS IT IS TO GET
04:24:03:00	04:24:04:00	TO THE CORE OF THE MATTER AND
04:24:04:00	04:24:04:00	TELL THE TRUTH.
04:24:04:00	04:24:07:00	BUT IT IS THAT AT THAT EXACT
04:24:07:00	04:24:08:00	MOMENT ONE DARES TO SPEAK
04:24:08:00	04:24:11:00	UNVARNISHED TRUTH THAT THE
04:24:11:00	04:24:15:00	WALLS COME HOWLING.
04:24:15:00	04:24:15:00	THEY COME NOT BECAUSE YOU'RE
04:24:15:00	04:24:19:00	WRONG BUT BECAUSE YOU REFUSE TO
04:24:19:00	04:24:19:00	PLAY ALONG.
04:24:19:00	04:24:22:00	BECAUSE IN THE MODERN POLITICAL
04:24:22:00	04:24:23:00	ARENA THERE IS LITTLE TO NO
04:24:23:00	04:24:26:00	PLACE FOR TERM FOR TRUTH
04:24:26:00	04:24:26:00	WITHOUT COSTUME.
04:24:26:00	04:24:30:00	WE ARE LEFT WITH PRETEND
04:24:30:00	04:24:31:00	POLITICS A THEATER OF CONCERN
04:24:31:00	04:24:34:00	THAT ACTS AS A SHIELD FOR
04:24:34:00	04:24:34:00	ECONOMIC ELITES A PERFORMANCE
04:24:34:00	04:24:38:00	BY POLITICS FANS WHO PURPORT TO
04:24:38:00	04:24:42:00	CARE ABOUT THOSE THEY QUIETLY
04:24:42:00	04:24:42:00	DEEM DISPOSABLE.
04:24:42:00	04:24:43:00	AND IF YOU TELL THE TRUTH THEY
04:24:43:00	04:24:46:00	ATTACK YOU.
04:24:46:00	04:24:50:00	SO FOR WHATEVER IT'S WORTH, I
04:24:50:00	04:24:51:00	TAKE NOTHING PERSONAL WITH ME.
04:24:51:00	04:24:54:00	I HARBOR NO ILL FEELINGS.
04:24:54:00	04:24:57:00	I FORGIVE YOU ALL FOR ANY
04:24:57:00	04:24:58:00	POSITION THAT YOU'VE HAD TO
04:24:58:00	04:25:01:00	TAKE ESPECIALLY THOSE BLACK AND
04:25:01:00	04:25:05:00	BROWN IN HOW THEY MAKE IT HARD
04:25:05:00	04:25:08:00	FOR YOU.
04:25:08:00	04:25:12:00	LET'S CALL IT WHAT IT IS
04:25:12:00	04:25:16:00	CORPORATE LIBERALISM A BRAND
04:25:16:00	04:25:16:00	OF PROGRESSIVENESS, A PERFECT
04:25:16:00	04:25:22:00	PROGRESSIVE VISION THAT STRIVES
04:25:22:00	04:25:23:00	TO THE REALM OF STYLE AND
04:25:23:00	04:25:26:00	IDENTITY BUT COLLAPSES WHEN
04:25:26:00	04:25:27:00	ASKED TO CONFRONT CAPITAL, TO
04:25:27:00	04:25:30:00	CONFRONT DISPLACEMENT, TO
04:25:30:00	04:25:30:00	CONFRONT THE SURVEILLANCE
04:25:30:00	04:25:31:00	OF OUR YOUTH AND THE
04:25:31:00	04:25:34:00	DESTRUCTION OF OUR HOMES.
04:25:34:00	04:25:34:00	IT'S BETTER THAN NOTHING BUT
04:25:34:00	04:25:37:00	IT'S NOT ENOUGH.
04:25:37:00	04:25:38:00	OUR MAYOR IS EMBLEMATIC OF THIS
04:25:38:00	04:25:41:00	APPROACH.
04:25:41:00	04:25:45:00	IT'S NOT ENTIRELY ON HER.
04:25:45:00	04:25:46:00	SHE IS A PRODUCT OF MANAGERIAL
04:25:46:00	04:25:49:00	CLASS REFORMIST AT BEST.
04:25:49:00	04:25:53:00	BUT YOU CANNOT REFORM THAT
04:25:53:00	04:25:53:00	WHICH IS ROTTEN.
04:25:53:00	04:25:54:00	SHE WOULD MAKE SENSE IN A
04:25:54:00	04:25:56:00	DECENT SOCIETY BUT WE DON'T
04:25:56:00	04:25:57:00	LIVE IN A DECENT SOCIETY.
04:25:57:00	04:26:00:00	THE SYSTEM WORKS FOR SOME BUT
04:26:00:00	04:26:04:00	THAT DOES NOT MEAN THE SYSTEM
04:26:04:00	04:26:04:00	WORKS.
04:26:04:00	04:26:04:00	YOU ARE GOOD PEOPLE.
04:26:04:00	04:26:08:00	YOU MY COLLEAGUES ARE GOOD
04:26:08:00	04:26:11:00	PEOPLE IN A BAD SYSTEM ONE
04:26:11:00	04:26:15:00	DESIGNED FOR US TO PONTIFICATE
04:26:15:00	04:26:16:00	POINTLESSLY WHILE REAL
04:26:16:00	04:26:19:00	DECISIONS ARE MADE ELSEWHERE
04:26:19:00	04:26:20:00	ONE WHERE EVEN THE RIGHTEOUS
04:26:20:00	04:26:23:00	ARE BENT TOWARD INEFFECTIVENESS
04:26:23:00	04:26:27:00	WHERE THE BEST IDEAS ARE
04:26:27:00	04:26:27:00	REDUCED TO DELUDED GESTURES AND
04:26:27:00	04:26:31:00	MORAL FLAHERTY IS TREATED LIKE
04:26:31:00	04:26:31:00	INSUBORDINATION.
04:26:31:00	04:26:35:00	AND WHEN WE REALIZE THIS WHEN
04:26:35:00	04:26:36:00	WE SEE THE TRUTH OF OUR OWN
04:26:36:00	04:26:39:00	INABILITY TO ACTUALIZE TRUTH,
04:26:39:00	04:26:39:00	WE GRIEVE.
04:26:39:00	04:26:43:00	BUT WE MUST NOT RETREAT.
04:26:43:00	04:26:44:00	WE MUST GO BACK AMONG THE
04:26:44:00	04:26:47:00	PEOPLE.
04:26:47:00	04:26:48:00	WE MUST BE CONDUITS NOT
04:26:48:00	04:26:48:00	SAVIORS.
04:26:48:00	04:26:51:00	LISTENERS NOT GATEKEEPERS.
04:26:51:00	04:26:52:00	AND IF CHANGE STILL DOESN'T
04:26:52:00	04:26:55:00	COME, WE WILL KNOW THAT THE
04:26:55:00	04:26:59:00	FAILURE IS NOT OURS.
04:26:59:00	04:26:59:00	THE FAULT LIES IN A SYSTEM
04:26:59:00	04:27:02:00	MEANT TO DISARM US.
04:27:02:00	04:27:03:00	BUT THE WORK REMAINS WORTHWHILE
04:27:03:00	04:27:06:00	BECAUSE EVEN IN THE STRUGGLE
04:27:06:00	04:27:07:00	THERE ARE A THOUSAND VICTORIES
04:27:07:00	04:27:10:00	A GRANDMOTHER KEEPS HER HOME.
04:27:10:00	04:27:11:00	A CHILD FINDS THEIR VOICE.
04:27:11:00	04:27:13:00	A WORKER STANDS TALLER.
04:27:13:00	04:27:17:00	POLITICS CAN BE NOBLE WHEN IT
04:27:17:00	04:27:21:00	IS CONNECTED TO THE PEOPLE WHEN
04:27:21:00	04:27:21:00	IT IS ROOTED IN THE FIGHT
04:27:21:00	04:27:25:00	AGAINST OPPRESSION, RACISM AND
04:27:25:00	04:27:25:00	WAR.
04:27:25:00	04:27:26:00	WHEN IT CHALLENGES THE MACHINE
04:27:26:00	04:27:30:00	AND DEFENDS THE VULNERABLE WE
04:27:30:00	04:27:33:00	NEED THE POLITICS OF EVERYDAY
04:27:33:00	04:27:34:00	LIFE A POLITICS OF HELPING UP
04:27:34:00	04:27:37:00	THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN.
04:27:37:00	04:27:38:00	A HUGGING OF HUGGING THOSE IN
04:27:38:00	04:27:41:00	TEARS.
04:27:41:00	04:27:42:00	A POLITICS OF FLOWERS IN THE
04:27:42:00	04:27:45:00	WORLD OF BOMBS.
04:27:45:00	04:27:45:00	A POLITICS OF DOING THE RIGHT
04:27:45:00	04:27:49:00	THING NO MATTER THE CONSEQUENCE
04:27:49:00	04:27:50:00	SINCE WE FIND OURSELVES AT A
04:27:50:00	04:27:53:00	CROSSROADS.
04:27:53:00	04:27:54:00	WE ARE AT A PLACE ANY TIME THAT
04:27:54:00	04:27:57:00	REQUIRES ACTION.
04:27:57:00	04:27:58:00	WORDS MATTER.
04:27:58:00	04:28:01:00	THEY ALWAYS DO.
04:28:01:00	04:28:01:00	THEY ARE IMPORTANT.
04:28:01:00	04:28:05:00	IT IS IMPORTANT TO SAY THE
04:28:05:00	04:28:08:00	RIGHT THINGS AND TO BE PRECISE
04:28:08:00	04:28:09:00	IN OUR SELECTION OF THOSE
04:28:09:00	04:28:09:00	WORDS.
04:28:09:00	04:28:12:00	BUT IT IS MANIFESTLY MORE
04:28:12:00	04:28:12:00	IMPORTANT TO DO THE RIGHT
04:28:12:00	04:28:13:00	THING.
04:28:13:00	04:28:16:00	THAT IS WHY DESPITE THE TRUTH
04:28:16:00	04:28:19:00	OF OUR WORDS IT IS THE TRUTH
04:28:19:00	04:28:20:00	OF OUR ACTIONS THAT WILL LIVE
04:28:20:00	04:28:20:00	LONG AFTER US.
04:28:20:00	04:28:24:00	THE TIME FOR POLITICAL
04:28:24:00	04:28:24:00	APARTHEID IS OVER.
04:28:24:00	04:28:27:00	THE TIME OF SLICK TALK,
04:28:27:00	04:28:28:00	OPTIMISTIC PROMISES AND SWEET
04:28:28:00	04:28:28:00	WORDS IS OVER.
04:28:28:00	04:28:31:00	WE HAVE EMERGED INTO THE ERA
04:28:31:00	04:28:32:00	OF ACTION.
04:28:32:00	04:28:35:00	WE HAVE ARRIVED IN THE ERA
04:28:35:00	04:28:36:00	OF RESULTS AND AIN'T NOBODY
04:28:36:00	04:28:38:00	GOING TO GET IT FOR US EXCEPT
04:28:38:00	04:28:38:00	US.
04:28:38:00	04:28:43:00	REJECT THE POLITICS AND
04:28:43:00	04:28:46:00	ECONOMICS OF THE OPPRESSOR AND
04:28:46:00	04:28:47:00	THE ELITES WHO ONLY COME TO OUR
04:28:47:00	04:28:50:00	CHURCHES, OUR MOSQUES, OUR
04:28:50:00	04:28:50:00	COOKOUTS AND FORUMS AROUND
04:28:50:00	04:28:53:00	ELECTION TIME WHO WHISPER SWEET
04:28:53:00	04:28:54:00	WORDS AND DELIVER SOUR RESULTS.
04:28:54:00	04:28:58:00	EMBRACE INSTEAD THE PRACTICE
04:28:58:00	04:28:58:00	OF SELF-LOVE WHICH IS TO SAY
04:28:58:00	04:29:01:00	SELF DETERMINATION.
04:29:01:00	04:29:06:00	I LEAVE THIS CHAMBER THE WAY I
04:29:06:00	04:29:09:00	ENTERED WITH A BIG SMILE
04:29:09:00	04:29:13:00	GROUNDED GOD WILLING HUMBLE,
04:29:13:00	04:29:16:00	FAITHFUL NOT IN THE SYSTEM BUT
04:29:16:00	04:29:17:00	IN THE PEOPLE.
04:29:17:00	04:29:20:00	THIS IS NOT AN ENDING.
04:29:20:00	04:29:24:00	IT IS A RETURN TO THE BASE, TO
04:29:24:00	04:29:27:00	THE ROOTS, TO WHERE REAL POWER
04:29:27:00	04:29:31:00	LIVES WITH ALL THE PEOPLE UNTIL
04:29:31:00	04:29:32:00	WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY THAT
04:29:32:00	04:29:35:00	DOESN'T JUST SAY BLACK LIVES
04:29:35:00	04:29:39:00	MATTER THAT PROVES IT IN
04:29:39:00	04:29:40:00	BUDGETS, IN POLICIES AND IN
04:29:40:00	04:29:43:00	DIGNITY OF OUR EVERYDAY LIVES.
04:29:43:00	04:29:46:00	I WILL STILL BE FIGHTING NOT
04:29:46:00	04:29:47:00	FROM THIS CHAMBER BUT FROM THE
04:29:47:00	04:29:53:00	COMMUNITY WITH YOU ALWAYS WITH
04:29:53:00	04:29:53:00	GOD.
04:29:53:00	04:30:02:00	THANK YOU.
04:30:02:00	04:30:02:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR FOR AN
04:30:02:00	04:30:04:00	INGENIOUS AND I'D LIKE TO GIVE
04:30:04:00	04:30:05:00	ANYONE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK AT
04:30:05:00	04:30:06:00	THIS MATTER AT THIS MOMENT THE
04:30:06:00	04:30:08:00	OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
04:30:08:00	04:30:08:00	OKAY.
04:30:08:00	04:30:12:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR.
04:30:12:00	04:30:17:00	I SEE THAT THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
04:30:17:00	04:30:17:00	COUNSELOR BREADON.
04:30:17:00	04:30:17:00	COUNSELOR GREAT.
04:30:17:00	04:30:18:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
04:30:18:00	04:30:21:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
04:30:21:00	04:30:26:00	UM, I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
04:30:26:00	04:30:29:00	THE CONTRIBUTION THAT AND THE
04:30:29:00	04:30:33:00	EXAMPLE IN IN MANY WAYS THAT
04:30:33:00	04:30:33:00	COUNSELOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON
04:30:33:00	04:30:34:00	HAS BEEN TO US.
04:30:34:00	04:30:37:00	I REALLY GOT TO SEE HER IN
04:30:37:00	04:30:41:00	ACTION IN HER LEADERSHIP AS THE
04:30:41:00	04:30:41:00	CHAIR WAYS AND MEANS A FEW
04:30:41:00	04:30:48:00	YEARS AGO AND SHE'S A COMMUNITY
04:30:48:00	04:30:52:00	ORGANIZER AT HEART AND HER WAY
04:30:52:00	04:30:55:00	OF FORMING A COMMUNITY ADVISORY
04:30:55:00	04:30:56:00	GROUP AND THE PRODUCT OF THAT
04:30:56:00	04:30:59:00	WORK THE DISTRICT SEVEN
04:30:59:00	04:31:00:00	WORKBOOK I THINK A FEW MONTHS
04:31:00:00	04:31:03:00	AGO WE HAD A A LUNCHEON LEARN
04:31:03:00	04:31:07:00	AROUND THAT WORKBOOK AND GOT TO
04:31:07:00	04:31:07:00	LOOK AT WHAT WAS IN IT.
04:31:07:00	04:31:08:00	IT WAS A VERY IMPRESSIVE PIECE
04:31:08:00	04:31:08:00	OF WORK.
04:31:08:00	04:31:10:00	I THINK ALL OF US DISTRICT
04:31:10:00	04:31:11:00	COUNSELORS CAN LEARN FROM THAT.
04:31:11:00	04:31:14:00	THE ONE THING I REALLY ADMIRE
04:31:14:00	04:31:14:00	ABOUT COUNSELOR FERNANDEZ
04:31:14:00	04:31:17:00	ANDERSON AND SHE BRINGS HER
04:31:17:00	04:31:18:00	ENTIRE LIVED EXPERIENCE TO THIS
04:31:18:00	04:31:21:00	JOB.
04:31:21:00	04:31:21:00	SHE'S A FIERCE ADVOCATE FOR OUR
04:31:21:00	04:31:22:00	CHILDREN AND OUR YOUTH
04:31:22:00	04:31:25:00	ESPECIALLY THOSE KIDS THAT ARE
04:31:25:00	04:31:29:00	IN DCF OR EMERGING FROM DCF AS
04:31:29:00	04:31:29:00	WE ALREADY HEARD IN ONE OF HER
04:31:29:00	04:31:30:00	RESOLUTIONS TODAY.
04:31:30:00	04:31:33:00	HER EXPERIENCE AS A FOSTER MOM
04:31:33:00	04:31:36:00	OF MANY, MANY KIDS AND HER
04:31:36:00	04:31:39:00	EXPERIENCE AS A MILITARY MOM
04:31:39:00	04:31:40:00	ALWAYS READY TO STAND UP AND
04:31:40:00	04:31:43:00	ADVOCATE FOR MILITARY FAMILIES
04:31:43:00	04:31:43:00	.
04:31:43:00	04:31:44:00	SHE'S IN THE ROUGH AND TUMBLE
04:31:44:00	04:31:47:00	OF OUR COMMUNITIES, HER
04:31:47:00	04:31:47:00	COMMUNITY.
04:31:47:00	04:31:51:00	SHE'S PASSIONATE ABOUT IT AND
04:31:51:00	04:31:51:00	YOU KNOW, IT TAKES A LOT
04:31:51:00	04:31:52:00	OF EFFORT AND A LOT
04:31:52:00	04:31:55:00	OF EMOTIONAL ENERGY TO DO THAT.
04:31:55:00	04:31:56:00	SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
04:31:56:00	04:31:59:00	ALL THE HARD WORK THAT SHE'S
04:31:59:00	04:32:00:00	BROUGHT TO THIS JOB OVER THE
04:32:00:00	04:32:07:00	YEARS AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE
04:32:07:00	04:32:07:00	THINGS I'VE LEARNED FROM HER
04:32:07:00	04:32:08:00	ABOUT BEING A COMMUNITY
04:32:08:00	04:32:11:00	ADVOCATE, ABOUT A COMMUNITY
04:32:11:00	04:32:12:00	BEING A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER AND
04:32:12:00	04:32:14:00	TO BRING OUR WHOLE SELVES TO
04:32:14:00	04:32:14:00	THE JOB.
04:32:14:00	04:32:15:00	IT'S OUR LIFE EXPERIENCE THAT
04:32:15:00	04:32:18:00	MAKES US AUTHENTIC ADVOCATES
04:32:18:00	04:32:21:00	FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
04:32:21:00	04:32:25:00	WE CAN WE CAN WE CAN SEE OUR
04:32:25:00	04:32:25:00	NEIGHBORS.
04:32:25:00	04:32:29:00	WE CAN EMPATHIZE WITH OUR
04:32:29:00	04:32:30:00	NEIGHBORS AND THAT'S WHAT
04:32:30:00	04:32:30:00	DRIVES US TO ACTION TO TAKE
04:32:30:00	04:32:33:00	ACTION.
04:32:33:00	04:32:33:00	AND I FEEL THAT COUNSELOR
04:32:33:00	04:32:36:00	FERNANDEZ ANDERSON HAS TRIED TO
04:32:36:00	04:32:37:00	DO THAT OVER A YEARS IN THE
04:32:37:00	04:32:40:00	CITY COUNCIL AND I THANK YOU
04:32:40:00	04:32:40:00	FOR THAT.
04:32:40:00	04:32:41:00	THANK YOU.
04:32:41:00	04:32:45:00	THINK YOU CAN CELEBRATE IN THE
04:32:45:00	04:32:45:00	CHAIR?
04:32:45:00	04:32:45:00	AND I JUST COME FROM HERE
04:32:45:00	04:32:46:00	BECAUSE I'M HEARING YOU ON THE
04:32:46:00	04:32:50:00	FLOOR.
04:32:50:00	04:32:54:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
04:32:54:00	04:33:02:00	OKAY, SO IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT
04:33:02:00	04:33:03:00	I AM EMOTIONAL BUT I'M OKAY
04:33:03:00	04:33:06:00	WITH THAT BECAUSE I AM WHO I AM
04:33:06:00	04:33:07:00	AND I'M NOT GOING TO LEAVE
04:33:07:00	04:33:08:00	MYSELF AT THE DOOR TO MAKE
04:33:08:00	04:33:10:00	ANYBODY ELSE FEEL COMFORTABLE
04:33:10:00	04:33:11:00	BECAUSE I DIDN'T COME HERE FOR
04:33:11:00	04:33:24:00	THAT.
04:33:24:00	04:33:28:00	I IDENTIFY WITH YOU BECAUSE YOU
04:33:28:00	04:33:32:00	HAVE ALL THESE LITTLE PRICKLY
04:33:32:00	04:33:32:00	COCONUT PINE TYPE OF THINGS
04:33:32:00	04:33:35:00	THAT WERE.
04:33:35:00	04:33:36:00	MOST PEOPLE GET SCARED OF YOU
04:33:36:00	04:33:39:00	BECAUSE THE WAY YOU SHOW UP IN
04:33:39:00	04:33:39:00	THE WORLD AND I THINK THAT
04:33:39:00	04:33:43:00	PEOPLE NEGLECT TO SEE YOUR
04:33:43:00	04:33:43:00	HEART.
04:33:43:00	04:33:46:00	AND I THINK THAT IN THIS
04:33:46:00	04:33:47:00	CHAMBER IN PARTICULAR I'VE SEEN
04:33:47:00	04:33:51:00	YOU BRING YOUR FULL WRATH INTO
04:33:51:00	04:33:55:00	THE SPACE AND YOUR FULL HEART
04:33:55:00	04:33:55:00	FOR THE PEOPLE THAT YOU LOVE.
04:33:55:00	04:33:58:00	AND THAT TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE
04:33:58:00	04:33:59:00	TO DO ESPECIALLY IN THIS
04:33:59:00	04:34:02:00	POLITICAL CLIMATE THAT WE'RE
04:34:02:00	04:34:03:00	IN.
04:34:03:00	04:34:06:00	AND YOU HAVE NEVER SHIED AWAY
04:34:06:00	04:34:07:00	FROM SPEAKING YOUR MIND AND
04:34:07:00	04:34:10:00	YOU'VE CREATED SPACE FOR OTHER
04:34:10:00	04:34:11:00	PEOPLE TO HAVE THE COURAGE TO
04:34:11:00	04:34:11:00	DO THAT.
04:34:11:00	04:34:16:00	SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
04:34:16:00	04:34:20:00	AND I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
04:34:20:00	04:34:23:00	YOUR SPEECH AND SOME OF THE
04:34:23:00	04:34:24:00	THINGS THAT YOU POINTED OUT
04:34:24:00	04:34:28:00	BECAUSE THIS MORNING I WALKED
04:34:28:00	04:34:28:00	INTO THIS CHAMBER THINKING THAT
04:34:28:00	04:34:31:00	I HAD A DIFFERENT UNDERSTANDING
04:34:31:00	04:34:35:00	OF WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
04:34:35:00	04:34:36:00	AND RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY EYES
04:34:36:00	04:34:46:00	PUBLICLY THAT WAS JUST A IT WAS
04:34:46:00	04:34:50:00	A IT WAS ANOTHER LESSON IN WHAT
04:34:50:00	04:34:51:00	TRUST BUILDING IS ALL SUPPOSED
04:34:51:00	04:34:52:00	TO BE ABOUT AND WHAT IT LOOKS
04:34:52:00	04:34:54:00	LIKE WHEN YOU HAVE COLLEAGUES
04:34:54:00	04:34:58:00	THAT GOT YOUR BACK AND I NEVER
04:34:58:00	04:35:02:00	HAD TO QUESTION YOU AND WHAT
04:35:02:00	04:35:03:00	YOU STOOD EVEN WHEN YOU DIDN'T
04:35:03:00	04:35:06:00	AGREE WITH ME OR I WASN'T GOING
04:35:06:00	04:35:06:00	TO GET YOUR VOTE AND NEVER HAD
04:35:06:00	04:35:07:00	TO WALK INTO THIS CHAMBER AND
04:35:07:00	04:35:09:00	BE SURPRISED.
04:35:09:00	04:35:14:00	AND THAT IS WHAT REAL
04:35:14:00	04:35:15:00	RELATIONSHIPS ARE SUPPOSED TO
04:35:15:00	04:35:22:00	BE BUILT ON AND I THINK IT'S
04:35:22:00	04:35:23:00	REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO
04:35:23:00	04:35:26:00	RECOGNIZE WHAT POLITICS IS ALL
04:35:26:00	04:35:29:00	ABOUT AND HOW IT CHANGES PEOPLE
04:35:29:00	04:35:33:00	AND HOW IT HARDENS US BECAUSE
04:35:33:00	04:35:37:00	THEN WE HAVE TO SEE PEOPLE FOR
04:35:37:00	04:35:37:00	WHO THEY REALLY ARE WHO WE
04:35:37:00	04:35:40:00	BELIEVE THEM TO BE.
04:35:40:00	04:35:45:00	AND I THINK THAT HAS BEEN THE
04:35:45:00	04:35:46:00	HARDEST LESSON FOR ME TO LEARN
04:35:46:00	04:35:48:00	THIS CHAMBER FROM THE FIRST
04:35:48:00	04:35:51:00	BUDGET VOTE THAT I TOOK HERE.
04:35:51:00	04:35:52:00	SO EVERYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED
04:35:52:00	04:35:58:00	SINCE THAT AND I HAVE LEARNED
04:35:58:00	04:36:02:00	NOT TO TRUST POLITICIANS EVEN
04:36:02:00	04:36:06:00	THOUGH I AM ONE AND I KNOW MY
04:36:06:00	04:36:10:00	COLLEAGUES HATE WHEN I SAY
04:36:10:00	04:36:10:00	THAT.
04:36:10:00	04:36:13:00	BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS
04:36:13:00	04:36:14:00	IS THERE'S NO WAY WE'RE GOING
04:36:14:00	04:36:17:00	TO MOVE THIS CITY FORWARD
04:36:17:00	04:36:21:00	WITHOUT HONEST HEART TO HEART
04:36:21:00	04:36:21:00	CONVERSATIONS AND PUSHING
04:36:21:00	04:36:24:00	PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT RACIAL
04:36:24:00	04:36:25:00	EQUITY AND PUSHING PEOPLE TO BE
04:36:25:00	04:36:28:00	ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PEOPLE.
04:36:28:00	04:36:29:00	AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT
04:36:29:00	04:36:32:00	YOU HAVE DONE SINCE THE MOMENT
04:36:32:00	04:36:32:00	YOU WALKED INTO THIS CHAMBER.
04:36:32:00	04:36:35:00	AND IT IS THE REASON WHY YOU
04:36:35:00	04:36:38:00	BECAME ENEMY NUMBER ONE.
04:36:38:00	04:36:39:00	AND I'M GOING TO SPEAK TRUTH TO
04:36:39:00	04:36:43:00	POWER BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO
04:36:43:00	04:36:48:00	MAKE THIS ABOUT ME FOR A
04:36:48:00	04:36:49:00	MINUTE.
04:36:49:00	04:36:53:00	I FEEL LIKE I'M THE LAST ONE
04:36:53:00	04:36:56:00	STANDING HERE BECAUSE I HAVE
04:36:56:00	04:36:58:00	BEEN VERY VOCAL AND VERY
04:36:58:00	04:37:02:00	DISRUPTIVE AND THEY HAVE
04:37:02:00	04:37:03:00	DEMONSTRATED TO US WHAT HAPPENS
04:37:03:00	04:37:06:00	TO PEOPLE LIKE ME AND YOU AND
04:37:06:00	04:37:09:00	OTHERS.
04:37:09:00	04:37:13:00	SO I'M HERE FOR YOU.
04:37:13:00	04:37:17:00	I'M READY FOR WHATEVER IS TO
04:37:17:00	04:37:17:00	COME.
04:37:17:00	04:37:18:00	AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU
04:37:18:00	04:37:22:00	FOR YOUR COURAGE AND FOR YOUR
04:37:22:00	04:37:25:00	ABILITY TO SHOW UP EVEN WHEN
04:37:25:00	04:37:26:00	NOBODY WANTED YOU TO BE HERE.
04:37:26:00	04:37:28:00	YOU STILL CAME THROUGH AND YOU
04:37:28:00	04:37:29:00	STILL CHALLENGED ALL OF US TO
04:37:29:00	04:37:32:00	SHOW UP FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WE
04:37:32:00	04:37:32:00	SERVE.
04:37:32:00	04:37:36:00	SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
04:37:36:00	04:37:36:00	LEADERSHIP.
04:37:36:00	04:37:38:00	THANK YOU FOR YOUR EMOTIONAL
04:37:38:00	04:37:39:00	INTELLIGENCE.
04:37:39:00	04:37:42:00	THANK YOU FOR YOUR RAWNESS AND
04:37:42:00	04:37:43:00	THANK YOU FOR BEING MY
04:37:43:00	04:37:47:00	TRANSLATOR BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE
04:37:47:00	04:37:48:00	RULES LIKE NOBODY ELSE.
04:37:48:00	04:37:51:00	AND EVERY TIME ANYONE HERE IN
04:37:51:00	04:37:52:00	THIS CHAMBER TRIED TO UTILIZE
04:37:52:00	04:37:52:00	THE RULES TO PREVENT ME FROM
04:37:52:00	04:37:55:00	DOING SOMETHING, YOU HELP
04:37:55:00	04:37:55:00	ME THROUGH THAT.
04:37:55:00	04:37:58:00	SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR NOT
04:37:58:00	04:37:59:00	ALLOWING OTHER PEOPLE TO TRY TO
04:37:59:00	04:38:02:00	MINIMIZE MY VOICE AND BY
04:38:02:00	04:38:03:00	CREATING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
04:38:03:00	04:38:06:00	ME TO MAKE SURE THAT I CAN MOVE
04:38:06:00	04:38:09:00	WHATEVER WORK I NEED TO FOR MY
04:38:09:00	04:38:09:00	PEOPLE FORWARD.
04:38:09:00	04:38:10:00	SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
04:38:10:00	04:38:13:00	LEADERSHIP AND I LOOK FORWARD
04:38:13:00	04:38:17:00	TO HAVING YOU ON THE OUTSIDE
04:38:17:00	04:38:21:00	BECAUSE WHAT I SAY IS I WOULD
04:38:21:00	04:38:22:00	RATHER HAVE YOU IN HERE THAN TO
04:38:22:00	04:38:25:00	UNLEASH THAT LITTLE DRAGON OUT
04:38:25:00	04:38:26:00	INTO THE STREETS BECAUSE WHAT
04:38:26:00	04:38:29:00	YOU KNOW ABOUT HOW WE MOVE HERE
04:38:29:00	04:38:30:00	OR HOW WE DON'T MOVE HERE NOW
04:38:30:00	04:38:33:00	YOU HAVE MORE POWER AND NOW YOU
04:38:33:00	04:38:37:00	HAVE THE ABILITY TO REALLY MAKE
04:38:37:00	04:38:38:00	YOUR VOICE HEARD AND REALLY
04:38:38:00	04:38:41:00	HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE.
04:38:41:00	04:38:44:00	AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT
04:38:44:00	04:38:45:00	REGARDLESS IF I'M DOING THAT
04:38:45:00	04:38:48:00	WITH YOU ON THE OUTSIDE OR IF
04:38:48:00	04:38:48:00	I'M STILL THE LAST ONE STANDING
04:38:48:00	04:38:49:00	HERE ON THE INSIDE.
04:38:49:00	04:38:52:00	BUT I WILL WARN EVERYBODY HERE
04:38:52:00	04:39:01:00	I WILL WARN EVERYBODY HERE THAT
04:39:01:00	04:39:02:00	WE HAVE I START A WARNING
04:39:02:00	04:39:02:00	ACTUALLY IN TO SAY THAT BECAUSE
04:39:02:00	04:39:05:00	THEN THEY'RE GOING TO SAY CAUSE
04:39:05:00	04:39:06:00	I MEAN HE IS INTIMIDATING
04:39:06:00	04:39:06:00	EVERYBODY ELSE AND HE IS
04:39:06:00	04:39:07:00	SCARING EVERYBODY AND THAT'S
04:39:07:00	04:39:09:00	NOT WHAT I MEAN.
04:39:09:00	04:39:09:00	LET ME NOT USE THOSE WORDS
04:39:09:00	04:39:10:00	BECAUSE THOSE WORDS BE USED
04:39:10:00	04:39:12:00	AGAINST ME.
04:39:12:00	04:39:13:00	WHAT I MEANT TO SAY IS THAT I
04:39:13:00	04:39:16:00	WILL ENCOURAGE ALL OF US TO
04:39:16:00	04:39:20:00	REALLY RECOGNIZE THAT PEOPLE
04:39:20:00	04:39:20:00	ARE LOOKING AT US.
04:39:20:00	04:39:23:00	PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO US TO
04:39:23:00	04:39:24:00	REALLY HAVE DEMOCRACY LIVE AND
04:39:24:00	04:39:28:00	NOT TO UTILIZE THESE LITTLE
04:39:28:00	04:39:28:00	POWER PLAYS THAT YOU ALL DO.
04:39:28:00	04:39:31:00	AND I'M GOING TO SAY Y'ALL
04:39:31:00	04:39:32:00	BECAUSE I DON'T DO THAT TO
04:39:32:00	04:39:32:00	Y'ALL.
04:39:32:00	04:39:36:00	IT'S LIKE THE MEAN GIRLS CLUB
04:39:36:00	04:39:36:00	UP IN HERE Y'ALL.
04:39:36:00	04:39:37:00	AND EVEN THOUGH I DON'T NO
04:39:37:00	04:39:38:00	LONGER I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE
04:39:38:00	04:39:39:00	ANYBODY TO STAND UP FOR ME.
04:39:39:00	04:39:40:00	I DO HAVE THE PEOPLE BEHIND
04:39:40:00	04:39:43:00	ME AND THE PEOPLE OUT IN THE
04:39:43:00	04:39:43:00	STREETS ARE GOING TO BE WITH
04:39:43:00	04:39:43:00	ME.
04:39:43:00	04:39:51:00	SO ALL BY MYSELF AND I WANT YOU
04:39:51:00	04:39:52:00	ALL TO KNOW THAT I AM NOT
04:39:52:00	04:39:54:00	AFRAID AND I AM HERE TO
04:39:54:00	04:40:00:00	MAINTAIN SOME SENSE
04:40:00:00	04:40:00:00	OF DISRUPTION.
04:40:00:00	04:40:05:00	SO COUNCILOR ANDERSON, TO YOU
04:40:05:00	04:40:08:00	AND ALL YOUR CONSTITUENTS,
04:40:08:00	04:40:08:00	ESPECIALLY YOUR ADVISORY
04:40:08:00	04:40:11:00	COMMITTEE WHO ALLOWED ME TO
04:40:11:00	04:40:12:00	CRASH THEIR MEETINGS, I THANK
04:40:12:00	04:40:15:00	YOU.
04:40:15:00	04:40:16:00	I THANK YOU.
04:40:16:00	04:40:19:00	I THANK YOU.
04:40:19:00	04:40:20:00	THANK YOU.
04:40:20:00	04:40:20:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES TIMES
04:40:20:00	04:40:22:00	WHERE OUTCOMES ARE IDEAL FOR.
04:40:22:00	04:40:26:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
04:40:26:00	04:40:27:00	I JUST WANT TO START OFF BY
04:40:27:00	04:40:27:00	SAYING THAT YOUR SPEECH WAS
04:40:27:00	04:40:30:00	VERY JAMMED.
04:40:30:00	04:40:33:00	BALDWIN ASK AND NOW CASSIE
04:40:33:00	04:40:34:00	ANDERSON IS A BIG FAN OF JAMES
04:40:34:00	04:40:37:00	BALDWIN BUT ALSO THAT OVER THE
04:40:37:00	04:40:41:00	LAST COUPLE OF YEARS YOU STOLE
04:40:41:00	04:40:42:00	MANY OF MY IDEAS AS AN INSIDE
04:40:42:00	04:40:42:00	JOKE.
04:40:42:00	04:40:45:00	EVERYONE AN INSIDE JOKE BUT
04:40:45:00	04:40:48:00	TRULY THROUGHOUT THE YEARS YOU
04:40:48:00	04:40:52:00	HAVE SHOWN STRENGTH, INNOVATION
04:40:52:00	04:40:53:00	AND ALSO CENTERED COMMUNITY IN
04:40:53:00	04:40:56:00	ALL THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE
04:40:56:00	04:40:57:00	AND IS TRULY AN EXAMPLE ON HOW
04:40:57:00	04:41:01:00	TO DO THIS WORK AS A FIRST TERM
04:41:01:00	04:41:01:00	COUNSELOR.
04:41:01:00	04:41:04:00	WITH OUR NEW BUDGETARY POWERS
04:41:04:00	04:41:07:00	YOU TOOK ON THE CHAIR OF WAYS
04:41:07:00	04:41:08:00	AND MEANS AND LED US THROUGH
04:41:08:00	04:41:09:00	THAT PROCESS.
04:41:09:00	04:41:11:00	THAT WAS A TALL TASK.
04:41:11:00	04:41:12:00	NOW BEING THROUGH IT FOR THE
04:41:12:00	04:41:15:00	LAST TWO YEARS SO KUDOS TO YOU
04:41:15:00	04:41:18:00	ON THAT.
04:41:18:00	04:41:19:00	YOU ESTABLISHED A DISTRICT
04:41:19:00	04:41:22:00	SEVEN ADVISORY COUNCIL WHICH
04:41:22:00	04:41:22:00	CENTERED THE VOICES OF THE
04:41:22:00	04:41:25:00	COMMUNITY TO HELP SHAPE YOUR
04:41:25:00	04:41:26:00	POLICY AND HOW YOU MOVE IN THIS
04:41:26:00	04:41:27:00	SPACE.
04:41:27:00	04:41:30:00	VERY INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE
04:41:30:00	04:41:30:00	AND REALLY BRINGS DEMOCRACY TO
04:41:30:00	04:41:31:00	THE PEOPLE.
04:41:31:00	04:41:37:00	YOUR WHOLE I GUESS YOU LOVED
04:41:37:00	04:41:38:00	APPS I THINK EVERYTHING WAS AN
04:41:38:00	04:41:39:00	APP HEAVY ORDINANCE THAT YOU
04:41:39:00	04:41:42:00	PUT ADD AN APP TO IT BUT THE
04:41:42:00	04:41:44:00	CREATION OF THE DISTRICT SEVEN
04:41:44:00	04:41:44:00	APP AS WELL VERY, VERY
04:41:44:00	04:41:47:00	INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE AND
04:41:47:00	04:41:48:00	THEN YOUR SUPPORT FOR SMALL
04:41:48:00	04:41:48:00	BUSINESSES.
04:41:48:00	04:41:55:00	YOUR WORK YOU GET YOUR THOUGHTS
04:41:55:00	04:41:56:00	YOU BEING A THOUGHT PARTNER,
04:41:56:00	04:41:57:00	YOU KNOWING HOW TO MOVE
04:41:57:00	04:42:00:00	STRATEGICALLY IN THIS ROOM TO
04:42:00:00	04:42:03:00	GET THINGS PASSED IS SOMETHING
04:42:03:00	04:42:04:00	THAT I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
04:42:04:00	04:42:08:00	AND YOU ARE A FIERCE ADVOCATE.
04:42:08:00	04:42:11:00	YOU ARE AN ALLY IN THE FIGHT
04:42:11:00	04:42:12:00	FOR EQUITY AND YOU ARE BOSTON'S
04:42:12:00	04:42:15:00	HARRIET TUBMAN AND JUST WANT TO
04:42:15:00	04:42:16:00	THANK EVERYONE THAT IS PART
04:42:16:00	04:42:20:00	OF THIS MOVEMENT AND ALL THE
04:42:20:00	04:42:20:00	WORK THAT COUNCIL AND ITS
04:42:20:00	04:42:23:00	ENTIRE TEAM HAS BROUGHT FORWARD
04:42:23:00	04:42:24:00	TO THE CITY OF BOSTON.
04:42:24:00	04:42:24:00	THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
04:42:24:00	04:42:25:00	THANK YOU.
04:42:25:00	04:42:28:00	THE CHAIR AND I JUST KIND
04:42:28:00	04:42:30:00	OF DURKAN THANK YOU SO MUCH
04:42:30:00	04:42:30:00	COUNCILOR.
04:42:30:00	04:42:33:00	THIS TIME HAS NOT BEEN EASY
04:42:33:00	04:42:37:00	HONESTLY AND GETTING TO THE
04:42:37:00	04:42:41:00	CHANCE THIS THIS TERM TO SIT
04:42:41:00	04:42:45:00	BESIDE YOU I THINK EVERYONE I
04:42:45:00	04:42:46:00	THINK I WAS IN A LOT OF PHOTOS
04:42:46:00	04:42:49:00	THAT DIFFERENT MEDIA YOU KNOW
04:42:49:00	04:42:50:00	PUT FORWARD AND A LOT OF PEOPLE
04:42:50:00	04:42:51:00	SAID YOU KNOW ASK ME WHAT IS IT
04:42:51:00	04:42:53:00	LIKE SIT NEXT TO TONY FERNANDEZ
04:42:53:00	04:42:57:00	ANDERSON AND I JUST WANT TO SAY
04:42:57:00	04:43:01:00	THAT FROM EVEN IN THIS PERIOD
04:43:01:00	04:43:01:00	OF REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT
04:43:01:00	04:43:05:00	TIMES FOR THE CITY COUNCIL.
04:43:05:00	04:43:08:00	YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN KIND AND
04:43:08:00	04:43:09:00	EVEN THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES
04:43:09:00	04:43:13:00	WHERE YOU'VE EVEN COME BACK TO
04:43:13:00	04:43:13:00	ME AND SAID OH, I APPROACH THIS
04:43:13:00	04:43:16:00	THE WRONG WAY OR SORRY I SAID
04:43:16:00	04:43:17:00	THAT OR DID YOU MEAN WHAT YOU
04:43:17:00	04:43:18:00	SAID AND YOU'VE ALWAYS
04:43:18:00	04:43:21:00	COMMUNICATE IT WITH ME AND I
04:43:21:00	04:43:22:00	JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I THINK
04:43:22:00	04:43:24:00	THERE'S BEEN THIS COGNITIVE
04:43:24:00	04:43:25:00	DISSONANCE BETWEEN WHAT WE SEE
04:43:25:00	04:43:26:00	IN THE MEDIA AND WHO YOU ARE AS
04:43:26:00	04:43:29:00	A PERSON AND YOU KNOW I WON'T
04:43:29:00	04:43:32:00	GET INTO ALL OF THAT BUT I JUST
04:43:32:00	04:43:33:00	WANT TO SAY THAT I HAVE ENJOYED
04:43:33:00	04:43:36:00	BEING YOUR COLLEAGUE.
04:43:36:00	04:43:40:00	I WILL MISS YOU AND I THINK AND
04:43:40:00	04:43:41:00	THAT'S NOT IN REGARDS TO
04:43:41:00	04:43:44:00	ANYTHING YOU KNOW THAT IS SORT
04:43:44:00	04:43:45:00	OF HAPPENING BUT I JUST WANT TO
04:43:45:00	04:43:48:00	SAY I'M PRAYING FOR YOU AND AND
04:43:48:00	04:43:51:00	I'M WISHING YOU THE BEST.
04:43:51:00	04:43:55:00	THANK YOU.
04:43:55:00	04:43:55:00	THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES.
04:43:55:00	04:43:56:00	THANK YOU.
04:43:56:00	04:43:59:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDO ANDERSON.
04:43:59:00	04:44:00:00	WE ALL KNOW THAT THIS JOB IS A
04:44:00:00	04:44:00:00	COMPLETE HONOR AND IT'S AN
04:44:00:00	04:44:02:00	HONOR TO GET TO DO THIS WORK ON
04:44:02:00	04:44:03:00	BEHALF OF ALL OF OUR
04:44:03:00	04:44:06:00	CONSTITUENTS AND AT THE SAME
04:44:06:00	04:44:07:00	TIME, IT'S NOT AN EASY ROLE.
04:44:07:00	04:44:07:00	IT'S NOT AN EASY JOB.
04:44:07:00	04:44:09:00	IT'S NOT EASY ON OUR FAMILIES
04:44:09:00	04:44:10:00	AND IT'S NOT EASY ON THE PEOPLE
04:44:10:00	04:44:11:00	THAT WE LOVE.
04:44:11:00	04:44:13:00	AND SO YOU DID COME IN HERE
04:44:13:00	04:44:14:00	FOCUSING SQUARELY ON RACIAL
04:44:14:00	04:44:17:00	EQUITY AND YOU LEAD FOLKS IN
04:44:17:00	04:44:17:00	SQUARELY ON RACIAL EQUITY.
04:44:17:00	04:44:21:00	AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
04:44:21:00	04:44:24:00	WE HOLD YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
04:44:24:00	04:44:28:00	DURING THIS TIME AND ALSO WISH
04:44:28:00	04:44:29:00	YOU WELL AND YOUR FAMILY WELL
04:44:29:00	04:44:30:00	IN THE DAYS AND YEARS TO COME.
04:44:30:00	04:44:32:00	THANK YOU.
04:44:32:00	04:44:32:00	OKAY.
04:44:32:00	04:44:36:00	WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO GREEN
04:44:36:00	04:44:36:00	SHEETS.
04:44:36:00	04:44:37:00	I'M NOT SURE IF ANYONE WOULD
04:44:37:00	04:44:40:00	LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME OR
04:44:40:00	04:44:40:00	CHANGE THEIR VOTE TO ANYTHING.
04:44:40:00	04:44:44:00	OH, WHAT'S A POINT OF ORDER?
04:44:44:00	04:44:45:00	I ASKED.
04:44:45:00	04:44:47:00	OH.
04:44:47:00	04:44:47:00	OH, OKAY.
04:44:47:00	04:44:48:00	THANK YOU.
04:44:48:00	04:44:51:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNT
04:44:51:00	04:44:52:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
04:44:52:00	04:44:52:00	EXCUSE ME.
04:44:52:00	04:44:55:00	OKAY.
04:44:55:00	04:44:55:00	OKAY.
04:44:55:00	04:44:59:00	OH, RIGHT.
04:44:59:00	04:44:59:00	OKAY.
04:44:59:00	04:44:59:00	SO I'VE FORGOTTEN THIS BECAUSE
04:44:59:00	04:45:02:00	IT WENT ONTO YOUR SPEECH.
04:45:02:00	04:45:03:00	I FORGOT THAT IT WAS A
04:45:03:00	04:45:04:00	SUSPENSION AND THAT YOU'RE
04:45:04:00	04:45:07:00	SEEKING SUSPENSION AND ADOPTION
04:45:07:00	04:45:07:00	COUNCIL FINANCIAL INNOCENCE
04:45:07:00	04:45:10:00	SUSPENSION OF THE ROAD AND
04:45:10:00	04:45:10:00	ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 1300.
04:45:10:00	04:45:14:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL
04:45:14:00	04:45:14:00	OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE IT.
04:45:14:00	04:45:17:00	THIS DOCKET HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
04:45:17:00	04:45:21:00	OKAY, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO
04:45:21:00	04:45:22:00	GREEN TREES, WOULD ANYONE LIKE
04:45:22:00	04:45:25:00	TO ADD THEIR NAME OR CHANGE A
04:45:25:00	04:45:26:00	VOTE ON ANYTHING WHEN THEY WERE
04:45:26:00	04:45:29:00	OUT OF SHAPE?
04:45:29:00	04:45:30:00	CHAMBERS THE CHAIR AND AS IT
04:45:30:00	04:45:32:00	COMES PLENTY OF THE FLOOR.
04:45:32:00	04:45:33:00	AND THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
04:45:33:00	04:45:33:00	MADAM CHAIR, MAY I REVISIT MY
04:45:33:00	04:45:38:00	VOTE ON DOCKET 1294 PLACE
04:45:38:00	04:45:41:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1 TO 9 FOUR.
04:45:41:00	04:45:45:00	WOULD YOU LIKE TO PUT A MOTION
04:45:45:00	04:45:46:00	FORWARD MOTION TO RECONSIDER
04:45:46:00	04:45:46:00	THE VOTE?
04:45:46:00	04:45:46:00	YES.
04:45:46:00	04:45:47:00	I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO
04:45:47:00	04:45:50:00	RECONSIDER MY VOTE ON DOCKET
04:45:50:00	04:45:51:00	NUMBER 1294 YES, BECAUSE IT'S
04:45:51:00	04:45:53:00	BEEN SECONDED.
04:45:53:00	04:45:54:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
04:45:54:00	04:45:54:00	AYE.
04:45:54:00	04:45:55:00	ALL OPPOSE SAY NAY.
04:45:55:00	04:45:57:00	AYES HAVE IT.
04:45:57:00	04:45:57:00	YOU WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE YOUR
04:45:57:00	04:46:00:00	VOTE FROM I'D LIKE TO VOTE YES,
04:46:00:00	04:46:00:00	MADAM CHAIR.
04:46:00:00	04:46:01:00	OKAY.
04:46:01:00	04:46:04:00	MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
04:46:04:00	04:46:04:00	CHANGE CULTURE?
04:46:04:00	04:46:05:00	FLYNN'S VOTE FROM A NO
04:46:05:00	04:46:07:00	UNDOCKING NUMBER 1294 TO A YES
04:46:07:00	04:46:08:00	YES COUNCIL OF MEN?
04:46:08:00	04:46:08:00	YES.
04:46:08:00	04:46:11:00	OKAY.
04:46:11:00	04:46:12:00	THANK YOU.
04:46:12:00	04:46:12:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
04:46:12:00	04:46:13:00	COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE
04:46:13:00	04:46:13:00	FLOOR?
04:46:13:00	04:46:13:00	YES.
04:46:13:00	04:46:14:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT, I'M
04:46:14:00	04:46:18:00	JUST CURIOUS I SO I KNOW WHAT
04:46:18:00	04:46:18:00	WE WENT THROUGH.
04:46:18:00	04:46:22:00	THIS IS IN REGARDS TO 1274 I'M
04:46:22:00	04:46:26:00	GOING TO GO DOWN DYING ON THIS
04:46:26:00	04:46:26:00	ONE.
04:46:26:00	04:46:27:00	I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU
04:46:27:00	04:46:29:00	ALL PUT THAT IN COMMITTEE.
04:46:29:00	04:46:29:00	I'M SORRY.
04:46:29:00	04:46:30:00	WHAT?
04:46:30:00	04:46:32:00	DOCKET NUMBER 12 7412 1274.
04:46:32:00	04:46:36:00	RIGHT.
04:46:36:00	04:46:37:00	THAT'S THE ONE THAT WE WERE ALL
04:46:37:00	04:46:37:00	VERY CONFUSED ABOUT.
04:46:37:00	04:46:37:00	YES.
04:46:37:00	04:46:38:00	SO WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS THAT
04:46:38:00	04:46:40:00	DOCKET WAS PLACED IN THE
04:46:40:00	04:46:40:00	GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
04:46:40:00	04:46:41:00	COMMITTEE.
04:46:41:00	04:46:42:00	YOU ARE NOT IN CHAMBERS AT THE
04:46:42:00	04:46:44:00	TIME.
04:46:44:00	04:46:45:00	I PLACE IT IN GOVERNMENT
04:46:45:00	04:46:45:00	OPERATIONS COMMITTEE.
04:46:45:00	04:46:45:00	YOU CAME BACK.
04:46:45:00	04:46:48:00	I DID NOT ASK FOR A MOTION TO
04:46:48:00	04:46:48:00	RECONSIDER BECAUSE IT HAD
04:46:48:00	04:46:49:00	REALLY JUST HAPPENED AND YOU
04:46:49:00	04:46:52:00	ASKED FOR A SUSPENSION IN
04:46:52:00	04:46:52:00	PASSAGE THAT WAS OBJECTED TO
04:46:52:00	04:46:53:00	AND IT WAS EVER MADE IN
04:46:53:00	04:46:55:00	COMMITTEE IN THE GOVERNMENT
04:46:55:00	04:46:56:00	OPERATIONS COMMITTEE FOR DOCKET
04:46:56:00	04:46:56:00	NUMBER ONE TWO.
04:46:56:00	04:46:59:00	SO SO IT'S DEAD SO IT'S IN
04:46:59:00	04:46:59:00	COMMITTEE.
04:46:59:00	04:47:00:00	IT'S IN THE GOVERNMENT
04:47:00:00	04:47:03:00	OPERATIONS HAVE A FUNERAL ON
04:47:03:00	04:47:03:00	IT.
04:47:03:00	04:47:04:00	IS IT DONE WITH IT'S IN THE
04:47:04:00	04:47:06:00	GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS.
04:47:06:00	04:47:06:00	WE'RE STILL HERE.
04:47:06:00	04:47:07:00	WE'RE STILL HERE.
04:47:07:00	04:47:10:00	IT'S IT'S IN COMMITTEE.
04:47:10:00	04:47:11:00	IT'S IN GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
04:47:11:00	04:47:11:00	COMMITTEE.
04:47:11:00	04:47:14:00	SOMEBODY HAS CHANGE THEIR BLOCK
04:47:14:00	04:47:15:00	IN ORDER FOR US TO HAVE
04:47:15:00	04:47:15:00	DEMOCRACY.
04:47:15:00	04:47:19:00	IT WAS OBJECTED TO BECAUSE A
04:47:19:00	04:47:19:00	MATTER THAT IS INTRODUCED I
04:47:19:00	04:47:22:00	JUST WE NEED TO MAKE THAT I
04:47:22:00	04:47:22:00	EXPLAIN PROPERLY SO THAT PEOPLE
04:47:22:00	04:47:23:00	AREN'T WALKING AWAY WITH A
04:47:23:00	04:47:26:00	DIFFERENT UNDERSTANDING IF A
04:47:26:00	04:47:28:00	MATTER IS ON THE DOCKET FOR THE
04:47:28:00	04:47:29:00	FIRST TIME FOR THE FIRST TIME
04:47:29:00	04:47:32:00	RIGHT THAT THERE'S NOT AN
04:47:32:00	04:47:33:00	EXPECTATION THAT THERE IS GOING
04:47:33:00	04:47:34:00	TO BE A VOTE IF A DOCKET IS IF
04:47:34:00	04:47:36:00	IT MATTERS ON THE DOCKET FOR
04:47:36:00	04:47:37:00	THE FIRST TIME IN ORDER FOR US
04:47:37:00	04:47:40:00	TO VOTE ON IT ON THE SAME DAY
04:47:40:00	04:47:41:00	THIS IS IN THE RULES IN ORDER
04:47:41:00	04:47:42:00	FOR US TO VOTE ON IT ON THE
04:47:42:00	04:47:44:00	SAME DAY.
04:47:44:00	04:47:45:00	THAT'S WHY COUNCILOR MURPHY
04:47:45:00	04:47:45:00	EARLY AFTER SUSPENSION AND
04:47:45:00	04:47:47:00	PASSED COUNCILOR FLYNN AFTER
04:47:47:00	04:47:48:00	SUSPENSION AND PASS YOU CAN
04:47:48:00	04:47:51:00	SUSPEND AND PASS WITH UNANIMITY
04:47:51:00	04:47:51:00	IF EVERYONE ON THE
04:47:51:00	04:47:52:00	COUNCIL AGREES FOR A SUSPENSION
04:47:52:00	04:47:55:00	IN PASSAGE.
04:47:55:00	04:47:56:00	THAT DID NOT HAPPEN BECAUSE
04:47:56:00	04:47:58:00	THERE WAS AN OBJECTION AND
04:47:58:00	04:47:59:00	THEREFORE IT WAS SENT TO
04:47:59:00	04:47:59:00	COMMITTEE.
04:47:59:00	04:48:00:00	IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT THERE IS
04:48:00:00	04:48:03:00	NOT UNANIMITY IT GOES TO
04:48:03:00	04:48:03:00	COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER ACTION.
04:48:03:00	04:48:04:00	OKAY.
04:48:04:00	04:48:05:00	SO THEN I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION
04:48:05:00	04:48:07:00	THEN JUST BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE
04:48:07:00	04:48:07:00	TO WE'RE HERE TO PUBLICLY LEARN
04:48:07:00	04:48:11:00	AND I'M BRINGING EVERYBODY WITH
04:48:11:00	04:48:11:00	ME.
04:48:11:00	04:48:11:00	BUT COUNCILOR, DID YOU HAVE
04:48:11:00	04:48:12:00	ANOTHER QUESTION?
04:48:12:00	04:48:15:00	MADAM PRESIDENT, PLEASE.
04:48:15:00	04:48:15:00	THIS IS JUST A PROPOSAL TO ASK
04:48:15:00	04:48:16:00	QUESTIONS.
04:48:16:00	04:48:19:00	THIS PORTION IS JUST ABOUT
04:48:19:00	04:48:19:00	ADDING OR CHANGING OF YES.
04:48:19:00	04:48:22:00	COULD I PLEASE DO YOU MIND JUST
04:48:22:00	04:48:23:00	FOR THE SAKE OF THE EXERCISE
04:48:23:00	04:48:25:00	HERE JUST SO THAT EVERYBODY WHO
04:48:25:00	04:48:26:00	IS FOLLOWING ME UNDERSTANDS THE
04:48:26:00	04:48:29:00	DYNAMICS HERE SO IN ORDER IF I
04:48:29:00	04:48:30:00	REALLY WANTED TO PUSH THIS TO
04:48:30:00	04:48:33:00	BE ON I WOULD NEED TO I NEED
04:48:33:00	04:48:36:00	EVERYBODY TO SAY YES, LET'S
04:48:36:00	04:48:37:00	VOTE ON IT.
04:48:37:00	04:48:38:00	WHAT YOU NEED IS ONE PERSON
04:48:38:00	04:48:40:00	UNANIMITY IF SOMETHING IS
04:48:40:00	04:48:41:00	INTRODUCED ON THE SAME DAY.
04:48:41:00	04:48:41:00	RIGHT.
04:48:41:00	04:48:44:00	I HAVE HAD THINGS BLOCKED ON
04:48:44:00	04:48:44:00	THE DAY THAT I INTRODUCED IT
04:48:44:00	04:48:45:00	BECAUSE THERE WAS AN OBJECTION
04:48:45:00	04:48:48:00	AND THERE WASN'T UNANIMITY.
04:48:48:00	04:48:52:00	IF PEOPLE DO NOT ALL AGREE IF
04:48:52:00	04:48:53:00	ONE PERSON OBJECTS ON THE SAME
04:48:53:00	04:48:57:00	DAY THAT A MATTER IS ON THE
04:48:57:00	04:48:57:00	DOCK WHEN I GET NOW MY NEW
04:48:57:00	04:48:58:00	CHAIR THERE IS GOING TO BE NO
04:48:58:00	04:49:00:00	THERE IS THERE IS NO NO NO I'M
04:49:00:00	04:49:00:00	SORRY.
04:49:00:00	04:49:00:00	I'M SORRY.
04:49:00:00	04:49:03:00	I'M SORRY.
04:49:03:00	04:49:04:00	I'M SORRY WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
04:49:04:00	04:49:05:00	I AM WHAT I AM EXPLAINING IS
04:49:05:00	04:49:07:00	THAT THERE IS AN OBJECTION TO
04:49:07:00	04:49:07:00	THE DOCK.
04:49:07:00	04:49:08:00	IT IS IN COMMITTEE.
04:49:08:00	04:49:09:00	THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME IT
04:49:09:00	04:49:11:00	HAS HAPPENED COMES FROM HERE
04:49:11:00	04:49:12:00	THAT IS WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
04:49:12:00	04:49:13:00	THANK YOU CALLS ON MEJIA WE ARE
04:49:13:00	04:49:16:00	NOW MOVING ON TO YES YES YOU DO
04:49:16:00	04:49:18:00	IT COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE
04:49:18:00	04:49:19:00	THE FLOOR.
04:49:19:00	04:49:19:00	YEP.
04:49:19:00	04:49:21:00	SO I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY NAME
04:49:21:00	04:49:22:00	TO ORDER 1285 OKAY.
04:49:22:00	04:49:24:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1285 MADAM CLERK,
04:49:24:00	04:49:25:00	CAN WE PLEASE ADD
04:49:25:00	04:49:28:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY'S TO 1285 AND
04:49:28:00	04:49:31:00	FOR DOCKET 1279 AND 1280 WHICH
04:49:31:00	04:49:34:00	WERE BOTH I BELIEVE EIGHT
04:49:34:00	04:49:34:00	WAIVERS THAT WERE SUSPENDED IF
04:49:34:00	04:49:37:00	PASSED COULD I ADD MY NAME IN
04:49:37:00	04:49:38:00	FAVOR OF THOSE PLEASE?
04:49:38:00	04:49:41:00	CAN YOU ADD COUNCILOR MURPHY TO
04:49:41:00	04:49:41:00	NUMBER 1279 AND DOCKET NUMBER
04:49:41:00	04:49:42:00	WHAT WAS THE OTHER DOCKET THAT
04:49:42:00	04:49:45:00	YOU'D LIKE TO ADD YOUR NAME TO?
04:49:45:00	04:49:46:00	ZERO AND DOCKET NUMBER 1280.
04:49:46:00	04:49:49:00	YES.
04:49:49:00	04:49:50:00	AND COUNCILMAN, HE WAS ASKING
04:49:50:00	04:49:51:00	AT THIS TIME WHEN WE CHANGE
04:49:51:00	04:49:54:00	VOTES OR ADD OUR NAME IF THIS
04:49:54:00	04:49:54:00	WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HER TO
04:49:54:00	04:49:57:00	ASK THE PERSON WHO DID BLOCK IT
04:49:57:00	04:50:00:00	TO REVISIT THAT VOTE AND IF SHE
04:50:00:00	04:50:01:00	COULD GET THAT PERSON TO CHANGE
04:50:01:00	04:50:02:00	THEIR MIND, SHE DOES UNDERSTAND
04:50:02:00	04:50:05:00	THAT THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED AND
04:50:05:00	04:50:05:00	WHEN THAT HAPPENS IT DOES DIE.
04:50:05:00	04:50:09:00	SHE'S SAYING WHAT IS HER OPTION
04:50:09:00	04:50:09:00	STILL THERE ARE KNOWING THAT
04:50:09:00	04:50:10:00	YES, THERE ARE NO OPTIONS LIKE
04:50:10:00	04:50:13:00	WHEN I WAS I INTRODUCED MATTERS
04:50:13:00	04:50:13:00	AND THEY WERE REJECTED TOO.
04:50:13:00	04:50:16:00	THEY GOT SENT TO COMMITTEE SO
04:50:16:00	04:50:16:00	THANK YOU.
04:50:16:00	04:50:17:00	ALL RIGHT.
04:50:17:00	04:50:18:00	WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO
04:50:18:00	04:50:19:00	COUNSELOR SANTANA BECAUSE IF
04:50:19:00	04:50:20:00	ANY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
04:50:20:00	04:50:20:00	THANK YOU.
04:50:20:00	04:50:24:00	MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE
04:50:24:00	04:50:25:00	TO ADD MY NAME AND VOTE IN
04:50:25:00	04:50:27:00	SUPPORT OF THE FOLLOWING
04:50:27:00	04:50:28:00	DOCKETS.
04:50:28:00	04:50:33:00	DOCKET NUMBER 127712781279.
04:50:33:00	04:50:34:00	SO ARE YOU TRYING TO ADD YOUR
04:50:34:00	04:50:34:00	NAME?
04:50:34:00	04:50:37:00	SO YOU'RE TRYING TO ADD YOUR
04:50:37:00	04:50:39:00	NAMES TO DOCKETS AND OKAY, SO
04:50:39:00	04:50:40:00	LET'S TAKE IT ONE BY ONE IF
04:50:40:00	04:50:41:00	YOU'RE TRYING TO ALSO VOTE IN
04:50:41:00	04:50:43:00	THE AFFIRMATIVE OR VOTE ON A
04:50:43:00	04:50:44:00	DOCKET.
04:50:44:00	04:50:44:00	CORRECT.
04:50:44:00	04:50:44:00	OKAY.
04:50:44:00	04:50:45:00	SO I BELIEVE THERE WERE THERE
04:50:45:00	04:50:47:00	WERE VOTES TAKEN ON THOSE.
04:50:47:00	04:50:47:00	YES.
04:50:47:00	04:50:50:00	ON DOCKET NUMBER 127721280.
04:50:50:00	04:50:51:00	SO YOU'D LIKE TO ADD YOUR NAME
04:50:51:00	04:50:53:00	TO DOCKET NUMBER 1277.
04:50:53:00	04:50:53:00	RIGHT.
04:50:53:00	04:50:54:00	AND YOU LIKE A MOTION TO
04:50:54:00	04:50:57:00	RECONSIDER YOUR VOTE ON DOCKET
04:50:57:00	04:50:57:00	NUMBER 1277.
04:50:57:00	04:51:00:00	IS THAT MOTION SECONDED ALL IN
04:51:00:00	04:51:01:00	FAVOR OF ALLOWING THE MOTION TO
04:51:01:00	04:51:01:00	RECONSIDER?
04:51:01:00	04:51:04:00	SAY I I OKAY.
04:51:04:00	04:51:05:00	IT'S ALLOWED AND YOU'D LIKE TO
04:51:05:00	04:51:08:00	VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ON
04:51:08:00	04:51:09:00	DOCKING NUMBER 1277 AND THE
04:51:09:00	04:51:11:00	NEXT DOCKET IS DOCKET NUMBER
04:51:11:00	04:51:11:00	1278 CORRECT.
04:51:11:00	04:51:12:00	YOU'D LIKE TO PUT A MOTION TO
04:51:12:00	04:51:15:00	RECONSIDER FOR NUMBER 1278 IS
04:51:15:00	04:51:19:00	THAT MOTION SECONDED ALL
04:51:19:00	04:51:22:00	OF YOUR SAY I I WILL IN A
04:51:22:00	04:51:22:00	MOTION PICTURE THIS ITERATION
04:51:22:00	04:51:23:00	IS ALLOWED YOU'D LIKE TO VOTE
04:51:23:00	04:51:26:00	IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AFFIRMATIVE
04:51:26:00	04:51:26:00	NUMBER 1278.
04:51:26:00	04:51:26:00	GREAT.
04:51:26:00	04:51:29:00	AND THEN DOCKET NUMBER WHAT'S
04:51:29:00	04:51:32:00	THE NEXT TALKING NUMBER
04:51:32:00	04:51:32:00	12791279A MOTION TO RECONSIDER
04:51:32:00	04:51:34:00	YOUR VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER
04:51:34:00	04:51:35:00	12793 AND YOU'D LIKE TO VOTE IN
04:51:35:00	04:51:38:00	THE AFFIRMATIVE CORRECT?
04:51:38:00	04:51:39:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR ALLOWING THE
04:51:39:00	04:51:42:00	MOTION TO RECONSIDER SAY I I I
04:51:42:00	04:51:43:00	AND YOU AND YOUR VOTE IN THE
04:51:43:00	04:51:43:00	AFFIRMATIVE IS RECORDED.
04:51:43:00	04:51:47:00	DOES MADAM CLERK DO YOU HAVE
04:51:47:00	04:51:47:00	THAT?
04:51:47:00	04:51:47:00	YES.
04:51:47:00	04:51:47:00	OKAY, GREAT.
04:51:47:00	04:51:49:00	AND THE NEXT ONE IS 12801280A
04:51:49:00	04:51:52:00	MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE
04:51:52:00	04:51:53:00	ON DOCKET NUMBER 1280 IS THAT
04:51:53:00	04:51:56:00	SECOND IN SECONDS ALL THOSE IN
04:51:56:00	04:51:56:00	WHOEVER SAY I.
04:51:56:00	04:51:57:00	I SUPPOSE THEY MAY.
04:51:57:00	04:51:59:00	THE AYES HAVE IT.
04:51:59:00	04:52:00:00	AND YOU LIKE TO VOTE IN THE
04:52:00:00	04:52:00:00	AFFIRMATIVE.
04:52:00:00	04:52:01:00	I'M NOT NUMBER ONE TEACHER.
04:52:01:00	04:52:01:00	THANK YOU.
04:52:01:00	04:52:03:00	I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE FOR
04:52:03:00	04:52:04:00	THE CLERK THAT SHE HAD IT ALL
04:52:04:00	04:52:04:00	IN THAT IT WAS ALL VERY CLEAR.
04:52:04:00	04:52:07:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
04:52:07:00	04:52:07:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR.
04:52:07:00	04:52:07:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
04:52:07:00	04:52:08:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
04:52:08:00	04:52:10:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR YET?
04:52:10:00	04:52:13:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
04:52:13:00	04:52:14:00	I JUST WANT TO SAY FOR THE
04:52:14:00	04:52:17:00	RECORD I GUESS A POINT OF ORDER
04:52:17:00	04:52:21:00	THAT WHEN CONCILOR MEJIA HERE
04:52:21:00	04:52:22:00	WAS OUT OF THE PART OF THE ROOM
04:52:22:00	04:52:22:00	WHEN THAT DOCKET WAS BROUGHT
04:52:22:00	04:52:25:00	FORWARD SO SHE DIDN'T EVEN GET
04:52:25:00	04:52:25:00	AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY
04:52:25:00	04:52:28:00	DISCUSS HER POINT.
04:52:28:00	04:52:29:00	THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT I WAS
04:52:29:00	04:52:29:00	CONCERNED WITH.
04:52:29:00	04:52:31:00	WELL, NUMBER ONE, I WOULD LOVE
04:52:31:00	04:52:32:00	EVERYONE TO ALWAYS BE IN
04:52:32:00	04:52:35:00	CHAMBERS AT ALL TIMES.
04:52:35:00	04:52:36:00	AND NUMBER TWO, THE ISSUE IS IT
04:52:36:00	04:52:38:00	WASN'T HER COMMUNICATION.
04:52:38:00	04:52:39:00	I JUST WANTED TO GIVE HER AN
04:52:39:00	04:52:42:00	OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER HER
04:52:42:00	04:52:42:00	OPINION AND DEFEND HER
04:52:42:00	04:52:43:00	POSITION.
04:52:43:00	04:52:46:00	I THINK THAT'S FAIR AND I DID
04:52:46:00	04:52:46:00	THAT BUT I DIDN'T EVEN ACTUALLY
04:52:46:00	04:52:49:00	WHEN SHE CAME IN IT
04:52:49:00	04:52:49:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN BELIEVED THAT
04:52:49:00	04:52:50:00	IT WAS UNDER A MOTION TO
04:52:50:00	04:52:53:00	RECONSIDER AND I DIDN'T EVEN
04:52:53:00	04:52:54:00	REQUIRE THERE TO BE A MOTION TO
04:52:54:00	04:52:55:00	RECONSIDER BECAUSE WE HAD JUST
04:52:55:00	04:52:57:00	HEARD THAT DOCKET WHICH WAS
04:52:57:00	04:52:58:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1274 AND I
04:52:58:00	04:53:01:00	ALLOWED IT TO COME FORWARD OUT
04:53:01:00	04:53:01:00	OF SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE AS
04:53:01:00	04:53:02:00	YOU ATTEMPTED TO DO ON A DOCKET
04:53:02:00	04:53:05:00	WHERE THERE WASN'T A REQUEST
04:53:05:00	04:53:06:00	FOR SUSPENSION AS OF TODAY WE
04:53:06:00	04:53:08:00	KNOW THAT IT ONLY TAKES ONE
04:53:08:00	04:53:08:00	PERSON TO OBJECT AND IT GETS
04:53:08:00	04:53:09:00	SENT TO COMMITTEE.
04:53:09:00	04:53:11:00	THANK YOU.
04:53:11:00	04:53:12:00	WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO GREEN
04:53:12:00	04:53:12:00	SHEETS.
04:53:12:00	04:53:13:00	WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO PULL UP?
04:53:13:00	04:53:15:00	I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE
04:53:15:00	04:53:16:00	GOT EVERYONE WHO WANTED TO ADD
04:53:16:00	04:53:19:00	THEIR NAME OR ADD THEIR VOTE.
04:53:19:00	04:53:19:00	WELL GOOD.
04:53:19:00	04:53:19:00	OKAY.
04:53:19:00	04:53:20:00	WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO GREEN
04:53:20:00	04:53:24:00	SHEETS.
04:53:24:00	04:53:24:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
04:53:24:00	04:53:24:00	COUNCILOR ORAL CANCER ORAL.
04:53:24:00	04:53:25:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
04:53:25:00	04:53:27:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
04:53:27:00	04:53:32:00	I LIKE THE PODCAST NUMBER
04:53:32:00	04:53:33:00	02082820830 FROM THE GREEN
04:53:33:00	04:53:39:00	SHEETS I PAGE TWO OKAY
04:53:39:00	04:53:40:00	082820830 YES.
04:53:40:00	04:53:43:00	OKAY.
04:53:43:00	04:53:44:00	MADAM COURT, COULD YOU PLEASE
04:53:44:00	04:53:47:00	READ THOSE DOCKETS INTO THE
04:53:47:00	04:53:48:00	RECORD IF YOU HAVE THEM IN
04:53:48:00	04:53:49:00	FRONT OF YOU DO YOU HAVE THEM
04:53:49:00	04:53:51:00	RIGHT IF ADOPTED 0828 MESSAGE
04:53:51:00	04:53:54:00	ON ORDER APPROVING AN
04:53:54:00	04:53:55:00	APPROPRIATION ORDER IN THE
04:53:55:00	04:54:04:00	AMOUNT OF $266,100,000 FOR
04:54:04:00	04:54:04:00	VARIOUS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
04:54:04:00	04:54:05:00	PURPOSES FOR THE CITY
04:54:05:00	04:54:08:00	DEPARTMENT INCLUDING THE BOSTON
04:54:08:00	04:54:09:00	CENTER FOR USE OF FAMILY BOSTON
04:54:09:00	04:54:12:00	HOUSING AUTHORITY, BOSTON
04:54:12:00	04:54:12:00	PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
04:54:12:00	04:54:16:00	BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
04:54:16:00	04:54:17:00	INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY
04:54:17:00	04:54:19:00	ENVIRONMENT FIRE DEPARTMENT
04:54:19:00	04:54:23:00	MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING
04:54:23:00	04:54:23:00	OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE,
04:54:23:00	04:54:26:00	PARKS AND RECREATION POLICE
04:54:26:00	04:54:27:00	PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PUBLIC
04:54:27:00	04:54:30:00	HEALTH COMMISSION PUBLIC WORKS
04:54:30:00	04:54:31:00	AND TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
04:54:31:00	04:54:34:00	DOCKET NUMBER 0829 MESSAGE ON
04:54:34:00	04:54:38:00	ORDER APPROVING AN APPROPRIATE
04:54:38:00	04:54:41:00	ORDER IN THE AMOUNT
04:54:41:00	04:54:41:00	OF 196,900,000 FOR VARIOUS
04:54:41:00	04:54:45:00	CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PURPOSES
04:54:45:00	04:54:46:00	FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL
04:54:46:00	04:54:49:00	DOCKET 80830 MESSAGE ON ORDER
04:54:49:00	04:54:53:00	AUTHORIZE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON
04:54:53:00	04:54:54:00	TO ENTER INTO ONE OR MORE
04:54:54:00	04:54:57:00	LEASES LEASE FUTURES OR
04:54:57:00	04:54:57:00	INSTALLMENT SALES AGREEMENT IN
04:54:57:00	04:55:01:00	THE PHYSICAL YEAR 2026 IN AN
04:55:01:00	04:55:04:00	AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $40
04:55:04:00	04:55:04:00	MILLION.
04:55:04:00	04:55:07:00	THESE FUNDS ARE TO BE USED BY
04:55:07:00	04:55:08:00	VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS FOR
04:55:08:00	04:55:11:00	THE ACQUISITION OF EQUIPMENT IN
04:55:11:00	04:55:12:00	FURTHERANCE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE
04:55:12:00	04:55:16:00	GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS.
04:55:16:00	04:55:16:00	THE LISTS OF THE EQUIPMENT
04:55:16:00	04:55:20:00	INCLUDE COMPUTER EQUIPMENT,
04:55:20:00	04:55:20:00	HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE, MOTOR
04:55:20:00	04:55:20:00	VEHICLES AND TRAILERS,
04:55:20:00	04:55:24:00	AMBULANCE AND FIREFIGHTING
04:55:24:00	04:55:24:00	EQUIPMENT, OFFICE EQUIPMENT,
04:55:24:00	04:55:28:00	TELECOMMUTING CREATION
04:55:28:00	04:55:28:00	EQUIPMENT, PHOTOCOPYING
04:55:28:00	04:55:32:00	EQUIPMENT, MEDICAL EQUIPMENT,
04:55:32:00	04:55:33:00	SCHOOL AND EDUCATIONAL
04:55:33:00	04:55:33:00	EQUIPMENT, SCHOOL BUSSES,
04:55:33:00	04:55:36:00	PARKING METERS, STREETLIGHTS
04:55:36:00	04:55:39:00	LIGHTING INSTALLATION TRAFFIC
04:55:39:00	04:55:40:00	SIGNAL EQUIPMENT AND EQUIPMENT
04:55:40:00	04:55:44:00	FUNCTIONALITY RELATED TO THE
04:55:44:00	04:55:44:00	COMPONENT OF FORT MOON.
04:55:44:00	04:55:47:00	THANK YOU.
04:55:47:00	04:55:51:00	ABSENT OBJECTION, THE MOTION
04:55:51:00	04:55:52:00	OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS
04:55:52:00	04:55:54:00	ACCEPTED AND THE DOCKET AND
04:55:54:00	04:55:58:00	DOCKET NUMBER 082020830
04:55:58:00	04:56:00:00	SORRY DOCKETS NUMBER 082820830
04:56:00:00	04:56:04:00	ARE PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY
04:56:04:00	04:56:05:00	COUNCILOR ORAL YOU HAVE THE
04:56:05:00	04:56:05:00	FLOOR.
04:56:05:00	04:56:06:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
04:56:06:00	04:56:08:00	AND THIS IS JUST A SECOND VOTE
04:56:08:00	04:56:08:00	ON THE CAPITAL BUDGET.
04:56:08:00	04:56:12:00	WE VOTED ON IT TWO WEEKS PRIOR.
04:56:12:00	04:56:15:00	IT JUST REQUIRES TWO VOTES IN
04:56:15:00	04:56:15:00	ORDER FOR IT TO BE PASSED.
04:56:15:00	04:56:16:00	IT IS ALSO ONE THAT CONTINUE TO
04:56:16:00	04:56:18:00	UPLIFT COUNCILOR.
04:56:18:00	04:56:19:00	BRADEN'S ADVOCACY ON MORE
04:56:19:00	04:56:22:00	TRANSPARENCY AND MORE DETAILS
04:56:22:00	04:56:23:00	IN AND AROUND OUR CAPITAL
04:56:23:00	04:56:23:00	PROJECTS AND CAPITAL BUDGET
04:56:23:00	04:56:27:00	PLANNING AS CHAIR WAYS AND
04:56:27:00	04:56:29:00	MEANS ACTS FOR A SECOND READING
04:56:29:00	04:56:30:00	OF THESE THREE DOCKETS AND A
04:56:30:00	04:56:33:00	VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE FOR
04:56:33:00	04:56:33:00	THESE DOCKETS.
04:56:33:00	04:56:34:00	THANK YOU.
04:56:34:00	04:56:36:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR ARE WOULD
04:56:36:00	04:56:37:00	ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS
04:56:37:00	04:56:37:00	MATTER?
04:56:37:00	04:56:38:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
04:56:38:00	04:56:40:00	CANCER RATES AND CANCER RATE
04:56:40:00	04:56:41:00	AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
04:56:41:00	04:56:43:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND
04:56:43:00	04:56:44:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR WADDELL FOR
04:56:44:00	04:56:47:00	ALL YOUR GREAT WORK AS CHAIR
04:56:47:00	04:56:48:00	OF THE WAYS AND MEANS THIS YEAR
04:56:48:00	04:56:52:00	I ALSO I'M REALLY MORE
04:56:52:00	04:56:55:00	TRANSPARENCY IN THE CAPITAL
04:56:55:00	04:56:55:00	BUDGET IS REALLY REALLY
04:56:55:00	04:56:59:00	CRITICALLY IMPORTANT FOR ALL
04:56:59:00	04:56:59:00	OF US AS WE GO FORWARD.
04:56:59:00	04:57:02:00	BUT ONE OF THE MAIN CONCERNS I
04:57:02:00	04:57:05:00	HAVE THAT ACTUALLY DIDN'T COME
04:57:05:00	04:57:06:00	TO MY ATTENTION UNTIL
04:57:06:00	04:57:10:00	CONSTRUCTION ON THIS ANDERSON
04:57:10:00	04:57:10:00	WAS THE CHAIR WAS I MEAN SHE
04:57:10:00	04:57:13:00	SHE BROKE IT DOWN BY DISTRICT
04:57:13:00	04:57:13:00	AND I REALLY HIGHLIGHTED THE
04:57:13:00	04:57:17:00	UNDERINVESTMENT IN ALLSTON
04:57:17:00	04:57:20:00	BRIGHTON DISTRICT NINE IN THIS
04:57:20:00	04:57:21:00	PLAN THIS YEAR THE TOTAL
04:57:21:00	04:57:24:00	UNAUTHORIZED EXPENDITURES FOR
04:57:24:00	04:57:25:00	DISTRICT NINE ARE AROUND $8
04:57:25:00	04:57:25:00	MILLION.
04:57:25:00	04:57:28:00	A SHOCKING $17 MILLION LESS
04:57:28:00	04:57:29:00	THAN THE AVERAGE ACROSS THE
04:57:29:00	04:57:32:00	GREAT CITY COUNCIL.
04:57:32:00	04:57:32:00	THERE'S A CONTINUATION THIS IS
04:57:32:00	04:57:36:00	A CONTINUATION OF AN
04:57:36:00	04:57:36:00	UNACCEPTABLE TREND THAT GOES
04:57:36:00	04:57:39:00	BACK DECADES.
04:57:39:00	04:57:42:00	DISTRICT NINE HAS BEEN HAS BEEN
04:57:42:00	04:57:43:00	DEAD LAST IN TWO IN NEW
04:57:43:00	04:57:45:00	EXPENDITURES IN SIX OF THE PAST
04:57:45:00	04:57:49:00	11 CAPITAL BUDGETS WE HAVE BEEN
04:57:49:00	04:57:49:00	BOTTOM WHEN THE BOTTOM THREE
04:57:49:00	04:57:50:00	EIGHT TIMES OVER THE SAME
04:57:50:00	04:57:54:00	PERIOD LOOKING ONLY AT THE PAST
04:57:54:00	04:57:56:00	DECADE DISTRICT NINE HAS
04:57:56:00	04:57:59:00	RECEIVED AN AVERAGE OF 24
04:57:59:00	04:58:00:00	MILLION LESS PER YEAR IN NEW
04:58:00:00	04:58:03:00	AUTHORIZATIONS THAN THE OTHER
04:58:03:00	04:58:04:00	DISTRICTS THE CAPITAL BUDGET IS
04:58:04:00	04:58:07:00	NOT REALLY A BUDGET AT ALL.
04:58:07:00	04:58:08:00	THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH OUR
04:58:08:00	04:58:11:00	CURRENT CAPITAL BUDGETING
04:58:11:00	04:58:13:00	PROCESS IS THAT SINCE THE EARLY
04:58:13:00	04:58:14:00	19 TENS DEBT AUTHORIZATION WAS
04:58:14:00	04:58:18:00	PART OF THE CAPITAL BUDGET.
04:58:18:00	04:58:18:00	AS PART OF THE CAPITAL BUDGET
04:58:18:00	04:58:21:00	IT'S NOT LEGALLY BOUND TO
04:58:21:00	04:58:21:00	SPECIFIC PROJECTS BUT RATHER TO
04:58:21:00	04:58:25:00	A GENERAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
04:58:25:00	04:58:25:00	FUND.
04:58:25:00	04:58:26:00	WHEN THE COUNCIL VOTES TO
04:58:26:00	04:58:29:00	APPROVE THE CAPITAL BUDGET WE
04:58:29:00	04:58:29:00	ARE AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO
04:58:29:00	04:58:32:00	ENCUMBER DEBT WITH SPECIFIC
04:58:32:00	04:58:36:00	PROJECTS THAT DEPTH DEBT FUNDS
04:58:36:00	04:58:37:00	AND THE TIMELINE THEY OPERATE
04:58:37:00	04:58:41:00	ON IS NOT SET IN STONE.
04:58:41:00	04:58:44:00	THIS IS WHY SOME PROJECTS SINCE
04:58:44:00	04:58:44:00	STAGNANT ON THE BUDGET FOR
04:58:44:00	04:58:47:00	YEARS TO BE SCHEDULED WHILE
04:58:47:00	04:58:48:00	OTHERS FLY THROUGH THE
04:58:48:00	04:58:49:00	CONSTRUCTION PROCESS PUTS
04:58:49:00	04:58:52:00	SIMPLY THIS IS FISCALLY
04:58:52:00	04:58:53:00	IRRESPONSIBLE WE AS THE
04:58:53:00	04:58:56:00	COUNCIL SHOULD IN GOOD
04:58:56:00	04:58:56:00	CONSCIENCE BE VOTING TO APPROVE
04:58:56:00	04:58:59:00	A BUDGET THAT LACKS ANY REAL
04:58:59:00	04:58:59:00	GUARDRAILS.
04:58:59:00	04:59:03:00	THERE'S A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY
04:59:03:00	04:59:03:00	.
04:59:03:00	04:59:04:00	I REMAIN CONCERNED ABOUT THE
04:59:04:00	04:59:06:00	LACK OF TRANSPARENCY
04:59:06:00	04:59:07:00	SURROUNDING THE CAPITAL BUDGET
04:59:07:00	04:59:08:00	AND THE INABILITY OF BOSTON
04:59:08:00	04:59:11:00	RESIDENTS TO LEARN ABOUT THE
04:59:11:00	04:59:12:00	STATUS OF MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE
04:59:12:00	04:59:15:00	PROJECTS.
04:59:15:00	04:59:18:00	BOSTON'S CAPITAL PROJECT PLAN
04:59:18:00	04:59:19:00	IS RUDIMENTARY LACKING DETAILS
04:59:19:00	04:59:22:00	ABOUT PROJECT TIMELINES AND
04:59:22:00	04:59:22:00	COMPLETION DATES, CURRENT
04:59:22:00	04:59:26:00	EXPENDITURES AND IF THE PROJECT
04:59:26:00	04:59:27:00	IS OVER OR UNDER BUDGET THERE
04:59:27:00	04:59:30:00	IS THIS IS NOT THE CASE IN
04:59:30:00	04:59:31:00	OTHER CITIES NEW YORK RECENTLY
04:59:31:00	04:59:34:00	UNVEILED CAPITAL PROJECTS
04:59:34:00	04:59:34:00	DASHBOARD WHERE RESIDENTS CAN
04:59:34:00	04:59:38:00	TRACK THE STATUS OF ONGOING
04:59:38:00	04:59:39:00	PROJECTS IN REAL TIME SEEING
04:59:39:00	04:59:42:00	TOTAL TOTAL COSTS AND PROJECTS
04:59:42:00	04:59:43:00	CURRENT PHASE AND EXPECTED
04:59:43:00	04:59:46:00	TIMELINE AND OTHER DETAILS
04:59:46:00	04:59:46:00	ABOUT CONSTRUCTION.
04:59:46:00	04:59:49:00	WASHINGTON DC HAS HAD A SIMILAR
04:59:49:00	04:59:50:00	TOOL KIT AVAILABLE FOR YEARS
04:59:50:00	04:59:53:00	WHERE PROJECT STATUS ARE
04:59:53:00	04:59:54:00	UPDATED REGULARLY WITH CLEARLY
04:59:54:00	04:59:56:00	DEFINED DATES AND MILESTONES.
04:59:56:00	04:59:57:00	BOSTON SHOULD FOLLOW SUIT AND
04:59:57:00	05:00:00:00	MAKE THIS LEVEL OF DETAIL
05:00:00:00	05:00:01:00	PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.
05:00:01:00	05:00:04:00	BETTER PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND
05:00:04:00	05:00:05:00	TRANSPARENCY WILL ENSURE THAT
05:00:05:00	05:00:06:00	OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS ARE BUILT
05:00:06:00	05:00:08:00	ON TIME AND ON BUDGET.
05:00:08:00	05:00:09:00	THIS BEGS THE QUESTION WHAT DO
05:00:09:00	05:00:12:00	WE DO NEXT?
05:00:12:00	05:00:13:00	WHILE THERE ARE CLEARLY SERIOUS
05:00:13:00	05:00:16:00	WEAKNESSES IN OUR CAPITAL
05:00:16:00	05:00:17:00	PLANNING PROCESS, I REMAIN
05:00:17:00	05:00:19:00	OPTIMISTIC THAT CHANGE IS
05:00:19:00	05:00:20:00	POSSIBLE.
05:00:20:00	05:00:23:00	THIS PAST WINTER I SPONSORED
05:00:23:00	05:00:24:00	HEARING TO REVIEW PLANNING,
05:00:24:00	05:00:24:00	BUDGETING AND PROJECT
05:00:24:00	05:00:27:00	MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN THE
05:00:27:00	05:00:28:00	CAPITAL PROGRAM OF THE CITY
05:00:28:00	05:00:28:00	OF BOSTON.
05:00:28:00	05:00:32:00	MY OFFICE IS WORKING CLOSELY
05:00:32:00	05:00:32:00	WITH THE WEST AND WITH THE
05:00:32:00	05:00:35:00	CHAIR OF WAYS AND MEANS
05:00:35:00	05:00:36:00	COUNCILOR BRIAN RELL TO
05:00:36:00	05:00:36:00	SCHEDULE MORE HEARINGS AND
05:00:36:00	05:00:39:00	WORKING SESSIONS ON THIS TOPIC
05:00:39:00	05:00:39:00	.
05:00:39:00	05:00:40:00	AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE WU
05:00:40:00	05:00:43:00	ADMINISTRATION FOR CONSISTENTLY
05:00:43:00	05:00:43:00	ENGAGING WITH OUR OFFICE
05:00:43:00	05:00:46:00	SURROUNDING THIS ISSUE.
05:00:46:00	05:00:47:00	BASED ON THESE CONVERSATIONS
05:00:47:00	05:00:51:00	I'M CONFIDENT THAT BOSTON CAN
05:00:51:00	05:00:51:00	TAKE MEANINGFUL STEPS TO
05:00:51:00	05:00:52:00	IMPROVE THE TRANSPARENCY AND
05:00:52:00	05:00:55:00	ACCOUNTABILITY IN OUR CAPITAL
05:00:55:00	05:00:55:00	CONSTRUCTION AND TO ENSURE THAT
05:00:55:00	05:00:56:00	THE ALLSTON BRIGHTON
05:00:56:00	05:00:59:00	NEIGHBORHOOD RECEIVES AS MANY
05:00:59:00	05:01:02:00	MEANINGFUL INVESTMENT THE
05:01:02:00	05:01:03:00	MEANINGFUL INVESTMENT THAT WE
05:01:03:00	05:01:05:00	DESERVE.
05:01:05:00	05:01:10:00	I THINK THIS IS AN ONGOING
05:01:10:00	05:01:11:00	CONVERSATION AND I HOPE THAT WE
05:01:11:00	05:01:14:00	CAN PICK IT UP AGAIN AND MOVE
05:01:14:00	05:01:17:00	THIS ISSUE FORWARD AND TRY AND
05:01:17:00	05:01:18:00	EMULATE SOME OF THE BEST
05:01:18:00	05:01:20:00	PRACTICES THAT OTHER
05:01:20:00	05:01:21:00	MUNICIPALITIES ARE
05:01:21:00	05:01:21:00	DEMONSTRATING MORE TRANSPARENCY
05:01:21:00	05:01:25:00	ACCOUNTABLE AND BETTER PUBLIC
05:01:25:00	05:01:26:00	AWARENESS OF HOW WE SPEND OUR
05:01:26:00	05:01:29:00	CAPITAL DOLLARS.
05:01:29:00	05:01:29:00	THANK YOU.
05:01:29:00	05:01:29:00	THANK YOU.
05:01:29:00	05:01:32:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
05:01:32:00	05:01:33:00	COUNCILMAN COMES MEJIA YOU HAVE
05:01:33:00	05:01:33:00	THE FLOOR.
05:01:33:00	05:01:33:00	YES.
05:01:33:00	05:01:35:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
05:01:35:00	05:01:39:00	AND YOU KNOW THIS IS THE END
05:01:39:00	05:01:42:00	OF THE BUDGET CYCLE FOR 2025.
05:01:42:00	05:01:45:00	WE DID IT.
05:01:45:00	05:01:46:00	THAT WAS SUCH AN INTERESTING
05:01:46:00	05:01:50:00	SITUATION THOUGH BECAUSE I
05:01:50:00	05:01:50:00	REFRAINED FROM MAKING MY
05:01:50:00	05:01:53:00	OPERATING BUDGET AMENDMENTS AND
05:01:53:00	05:01:57:00	COMMENTS BECAUSE I THOUGHT AND
05:01:57:00	05:01:59:00	YET AGAIN THIS IS WHY I ALWAYS
05:01:59:00	05:02:01:00	SAY YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHAT'S
05:02:01:00	05:02:02:00	HAPPENING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
05:02:02:00	05:02:05:00	HERE.
05:02:05:00	05:02:06:00	I WALKED INTO THIS CHAMBER
05:02:06:00	05:02:06:00	BELIEVING THAT WE WERE GOING TO
05:02:06:00	05:02:09:00	HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY
05:02:09:00	05:02:09:00	HAVE PUBLIC DISCOURSE REGARDING
05:02:09:00	05:02:13:00	THE OPERATING BUDGET BUT THAT
05:02:13:00	05:02:16:00	WAS STRIPPED AWAY FROM US LIKE
05:02:16:00	05:02:16:00	THAT.
05:02:16:00	05:02:20:00	SO WHEN YOU KNOW BETTER YOU DO
05:02:20:00	05:02:24:00	BETTER AND THAT SITUATION
05:02:24:00	05:02:24:00	REALLY TOOK ME OFF GUARD.
05:02:24:00	05:02:25:00	BUT THAT'S ALL GOOD.
05:02:25:00	05:02:28:00	YEAH, THAT THAT I SEE YOU.
05:02:28:00	05:02:31:00	BUT ANYWAYS I WANTED TO JUST GO
05:02:31:00	05:02:35:00	ON THE RECORD.
05:02:35:00	05:02:35:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN, AS ALWAYS
05:02:35:00	05:02:36:00	TALKING ABOUT POLITICS, I'M
05:02:36:00	05:02:38:00	GOING TO HAVE TO START GOOGLING
05:02:38:00	05:02:39:00	AND USE THAT MORE HERE BECAUSE
05:02:39:00	05:02:40:00	THAT IS WHAT IS ALWAYS
05:02:40:00	05:02:42:00	HAPPENING HERE.
05:02:42:00	05:02:43:00	BUT ANYWAYS I WANTED TO JUST GO
05:02:43:00	05:02:46:00	ON THE RECORD AND SAY I AM
05:02:46:00	05:02:47:00	GOING TO BE VOTING NO ON THE
05:02:47:00	05:02:50:00	CAPITAL BUDGET.
05:02:50:00	05:02:50:00	I AM NOT HAPPY WITH THE
05:02:50:00	05:02:51:00	PROCESS.
05:02:51:00	05:02:54:00	I'M NOT HAPPY WITH THE WAY
05:02:54:00	05:02:55:00	WE'RE DOING BUSINESS AND I'M
05:02:55:00	05:02:58:00	NOT HAPPY WITH THE WAY WE ARE
05:02:58:00	05:03:00:00	SHOWING UP AND IF I COULD DO MY
05:03:00:00	05:03:01:00	OPERATING BUDGET VOTE WELL ALL
05:03:01:00	05:03:04:00	OVER AGAIN I WOULD BE FIGHTING
05:03:04:00	05:03:05:00	FOR MORE AND WHILE EVERYBODY
05:03:05:00	05:03:08:00	WAS LIKE OH WE DID A WIN ALL 13
05:03:08:00	05:03:09:00	OF US GOT IN LINE.
05:03:09:00	05:03:11:00	YEAH, ALL 13 OF US GOT IN LINE
05:03:11:00	05:03:12:00	THINKING THAT WE WERE GOING TO
05:03:12:00	05:03:15:00	HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY
05:03:15:00	05:03:15:00	GO BACK AND FORTH AND PUSH FOR
05:03:15:00	05:03:16:00	MORE THINGS.
05:03:16:00	05:03:18:00	BUT YOU KNOW I'M GOING TO SEIZE
05:03:18:00	05:03:19:00	THIS MOMENT TO SPEAK TRUTH TO
05:03:19:00	05:03:20:00	POWER BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I'M
05:03:20:00	05:03:22:00	HERE FOR.
05:03:22:00	05:03:23:00	AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO MAKE
05:03:23:00	05:03:24:00	NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT WHILE
05:03:24:00	05:03:26:00	I DO APPRECIATE THE LITTLE WINS
05:03:26:00	05:03:26:00	THAT WE HAVE, I DON'T THINK
05:03:26:00	05:03:27:00	THAT WE'RE REALLY WORKING AS A
05:03:27:00	05:03:29:00	BODY TO PUSH OURSELVES EVEN
05:03:29:00	05:03:32:00	FURTHER FOR THE MOMENT THAT WE
05:03:32:00	05:03:33:00	ARE LIVING IN.
05:03:33:00	05:03:34:00	AND SO WHILE WE WANT TO ACT
05:03:34:00	05:03:37:00	LIKE WE WON, CONGRATULATIONS
05:03:37:00	05:03:38:00	BUT THAT WAS JUST A VERY
05:03:38:00	05:03:41:00	TRANSACTIONAL POLITICAL MOVE
05:03:41:00	05:03:45:00	THAT THAT WAS PLAYED OUT ON ON
05:03:45:00	05:03:45:00	BEHALF OF THE CONSTITUENTS THAT
05:03:45:00	05:03:49:00	WE SERVE AND YET BE FOR THE
05:03:49:00	05:03:49:00	LITTLE BIT THAT TRICKLED DOWN.
05:03:49:00	05:03:52:00	BUT THE FACT OF MATTER IS IS
05:03:52:00	05:03:53:00	THAT WE AS A BODY HAVE A LOT
05:03:53:00	05:03:55:00	OF WORK TO DO IF WE'RE REALLY
05:03:55:00	05:03:56:00	ABOUT UTILIZING THE POWER THAT
05:03:56:00	05:03:59:00	WAS GIVEN TO US, THE
05:03:59:00	05:04:00:00	LEGISLATIVE POWER THAT WE HAVE
05:04:00:00	05:04:03:00	TO REALLY PUSH A BUDGET THAT IS
05:04:03:00	05:04:05:00	IN THE BILLIONS AND WE GET LESS
05:04:05:00	05:04:06:00	THAN 0.2 WHATEVER IT WAS THAT
05:04:06:00	05:04:10:00	WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.
05:04:10:00	05:04:11:00	AND SO, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL MIGHT
05:04:11:00	05:04:13:00	THINK THAT THAT'S WINNING TO
05:04:13:00	05:04:14:00	ME THAT JUST FEELS LIKE WE'RE
05:04:14:00	05:04:14:00	JUST GOING ALONG TO GET ALONG
05:04:14:00	05:04:18:00	AND SO SINCE I DID NOT HAVE THE
05:04:18:00	05:04:21:00	OPPORTUNITY TO FIGHT IN THE
05:04:21:00	05:04:22:00	FIRST GO ROUND BECAUSE Y'ALL
05:04:22:00	05:04:26:00	TOOK THAT AWAY FROM ME, I AM
05:04:26:00	05:04:26:00	GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT I USE
05:04:26:00	05:04:29:00	THIS LAST OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK
05:04:29:00	05:04:30:00	ON BEHALF OF THE CONSTITUENTS
05:04:30:00	05:04:33:00	THAT I SERVE BUT TO KALI
05:04:33:00	05:04:33:00	PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING, SOME
05:04:33:00	05:04:34:00	OF THE YOUTH JOBS, SOME OF THE
05:04:34:00	05:04:37:00	HOUSING WE DID NOT GO HARD
05:04:37:00	05:04:40:00	ENOUGH AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR
05:04:40:00	05:04:41:00	ON THE RECORD THAT I APPRECIATE
05:04:41:00	05:04:44:00	THE EFFORT BUT IF WE REALLY ARE
05:04:44:00	05:04:44:00	SERIOUS ABOUT MEETING THE
05:04:44:00	05:04:45:00	MOMENT THEN WE WOULD HAVE BEEN
05:04:45:00	05:04:48:00	A LITTLE BIT WE WERE WE WOULD
05:04:48:00	05:04:48:00	HAVE GONE A LITTLE BIT HARDER.
05:04:48:00	05:04:51:00	THANK YOU.
05:04:51:00	05:04:52:00	THANK YOU.
05:04:52:00	05:04:52:00	THE CHAIR AND I JUST KIND
05:04:52:00	05:04:55:00	OF PLENTY OF THE FLOOR.
05:04:55:00	05:04:55:00	THANK THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
05:04:55:00	05:04:58:00	I WILL BE BRIEF.
05:04:58:00	05:04:59:00	I WILL BE VOTING IN FAVOR
05:04:59:00	05:04:59:00	OF THIS.
05:04:59:00	05:05:02:00	I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
05:05:02:00	05:05:07:00	PROFESSIONAL WORK THAT THE
05:05:07:00	05:05:08:00	CHAIR DID DURING THIS PERIOD
05:05:08:00	05:05:08:00	OF TIME.
05:05:08:00	05:05:11:00	COUNCIL WE'RE ALL SOMETIMES I
05:05:11:00	05:05:11:00	AGREE WITH THEM.
05:05:11:00	05:05:14:00	SOMETIMES I WITH THEM.
05:05:14:00	05:05:15:00	BUT HE'S ALWAYS BEEN RESPECTFUL
05:05:15:00	05:05:18:00	TO HIS COLLEAGUES.
05:05:18:00	05:05:19:00	ALWAYS GAVE US AN OPPORTUNITY
05:05:19:00	05:05:23:00	TO ARGUE OUR POINT AND BE OPEN
05:05:23:00	05:05:26:00	MINDED IN MY OPINION BE OPEN
05:05:26:00	05:05:29:00	MINDED ABOUT A DIFFERENCE
05:05:29:00	05:05:29:00	OF OPINION.
05:05:29:00	05:05:32:00	SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
05:05:32:00	05:05:33:00	COUNCIL OVERALL FOR BEING A
05:05:33:00	05:05:36:00	FAIR WAYS AND MEANS CHAIR AND
05:05:36:00	05:05:40:00	HAD THE ABILITY TO LISTEN IN
05:05:40:00	05:05:41:00	AND TO BE RESPECTFUL TO
05:05:41:00	05:05:44:00	COLLEAGUES AND IT'S A DIFFICULT
05:05:44:00	05:05:45:00	JOB BUT I THOUGHT I THOUGHT YOU
05:05:45:00	05:05:49:00	DID VERY WELL.
05:05:49:00	05:05:50:00	THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR DE
05:05:50:00	05:05:50:00	COUNCILOR AND I AGREE.
05:05:50:00	05:05:51:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR.
05:05:51:00	05:05:53:00	ALL YOU DID YOU DID A GREAT JOB
05:05:53:00	05:05:53:00	STEERING US AS WE DID IN THE
05:05:53:00	05:05:55:00	CHAIR AND I JUST CONSIDER AGAIN
05:05:55:00	05:05:56:00	BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE
05:05:56:00	05:05:56:00	FLOOR.
05:05:56:00	05:05:56:00	THANK YOU.
05:05:56:00	05:05:57:00	MY SUPPORT OF THIS CAPITAL
05:05:57:00	05:05:59:00	BUDGET IS ON RECORD AND I KNOW
05:05:59:00	05:05:59:00	WE'RE ALL FIGHTING FOR MORE AND
05:05:59:00	05:06:02:00	ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS.
05:06:02:00	05:06:03:00	SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THERE ARE
05:06:03:00	05:06:03:00	DEFINITELY SOME THINGS I WANT
05:06:03:00	05:06:06:00	TO SEE ON YEAR'S CAPITAL BUDGET
05:06:06:00	05:06:07:00	AND DEFINITELY THINGS I WANT TO
05:06:07:00	05:06:10:00	SEE MOVED ALONG.
05:06:10:00	05:06:11:00	BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK THE
05:06:11:00	05:06:11:00	ADMINISTRATION AND I WANT TO
05:06:11:00	05:06:13:00	THANK PARTICULARLY THE CHAIR
05:06:13:00	05:06:14:00	FOR CONVENING US FOR ALL THESE
05:06:14:00	05:06:17:00	HEARINGS.
05:06:17:00	05:06:18:00	WHAT A WHAT A DAY IT IS FOR TO
05:06:18:00	05:06:20:00	BE THE END OF BUDGET SEASON BUT
05:06:20:00	05:06:21:00	I'M PROUD TO VOTE YES ON THIS
05:06:21:00	05:06:24:00	CAPITAL BUDGET BUT ALSO
05:06:24:00	05:06:25:00	UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WE NEED
05:06:25:00	05:06:28:00	TO WORK ON THIS DAILY AND I
05:06:28:00	05:06:29:00	KNOW AT LEAST ONE PROJECT IN MY
05:06:29:00	05:06:31:00	DISTRICT THAT'S GOING TO
05:06:31:00	05:06:32:00	REQUIRE $4 MILLION FOR
05:06:32:00	05:06:35:00	BRICKLAYING RE RE REWORKING
05:06:35:00	05:06:36:00	CHARLES STREET I DON'T SEE THAT
05:06:36:00	05:06:39:00	ON THERE YET BUT I DO SEE SOME
05:06:39:00	05:06:40:00	STARTER MONEY THAT THEY'VE PUT
05:06:40:00	05:06:42:00	FORWARD SO IT'S INTERESTING.
05:06:42:00	05:06:43:00	EVERY SINGLE NEIGHBORHOOD THERE
05:06:43:00	05:06:47:00	COULD BE LIKE A LONG SPEECH ON
05:06:47:00	05:06:47:00	WHAT CAN BE DONE BUT I AM
05:06:47:00	05:06:50:00	GRATEFUL FOR THE COMMITMENTS
05:06:50:00	05:06:51:00	THAT WE'VE GOTTEN AND AND THAT
05:06:51:00	05:06:54:00	YOU KNOW THE WORK CONTINUES.
05:06:54:00	05:06:55:00	SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE
05:06:55:00	05:06:56:00	CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO OUR
05:06:56:00	05:06:59:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT THANK YOU,
05:06:59:00	05:06:59:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN AND I ALSO
05:06:59:00	05:07:00:00	JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT I DO
05:07:00:00	05:07:02:00	THINK OF COURSE COUNCIL THAT
05:07:02:00	05:07:03:00	YOU DID A REALLY GREAT JOB THIS
05:07:03:00	05:07:03:00	BUDGET CYCLE.
05:07:03:00	05:07:04:00	I WANT TO THANK YOU BUT I ALSO
05:07:04:00	05:07:07:00	REALLY WANT TO UPLIFT
05:07:07:00	05:07:07:00	COUNCILOR BREADON AND HER
05:07:07:00	05:07:08:00	ADVOCACY FOR WHAT SHE'S BEEN
05:07:08:00	05:07:10:00	DEMANDING FOR YEARS AND YEARS
05:07:10:00	05:07:10:00	AND YEARS FOR YOUR DISTRICT.
05:07:10:00	05:07:12:00	AGAIN, YOU HAD A HEARING ON THE
05:07:12:00	05:07:14:00	JACKSON MAN.
05:07:14:00	05:07:15:00	EVERYONE CAME OUT LIKE YOUR
05:07:15:00	05:07:15:00	DAUGHTER WAS HOT.
05:07:15:00	05:07:17:00	IT WAS LIKE EVERYBODY WAS
05:07:17:00	05:07:17:00	THERE.
05:07:17:00	05:07:18:00	WAYNE ON YOUR TEAM PUT TOGETHER
05:07:18:00	05:07:22:00	A FANTASTIC PRESENTATION OF YOU
05:07:22:00	05:07:23:00	AND YOUR ZEALOUS ADVOCACY SO I
05:07:23:00	05:07:26:00	COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND YOU VOTED
05:07:26:00	05:07:27:00	NO LAST TIME TO ENSURE YOUR NO
05:07:27:00	05:07:27:00	VOTE.
05:07:27:00	05:07:28:00	NOW ALL THE AT-LARGE COUNCILORS
05:07:28:00	05:07:29:00	WERE THERE TO SUPPORT I TALKED
05:07:29:00	05:07:30:00	ABOUT IT WHEN WE HAD OUR BUDGET
05:07:30:00	05:07:31:00	BREAKFAST UPLIFTING THE NEEDS
05:07:31:00	05:07:34:00	OF JACKSON MAN AND INVESTING IN
05:07:34:00	05:07:34:00	DISTRICT NINE SO I'M VOTING YES
05:07:34:00	05:07:35:00	ON THIS CAPITAL BUDGET BECAUSE
05:07:35:00	05:07:37:00	I THINK THAT THERE ARE REALLY
05:07:37:00	05:07:38:00	CAPITAL INVESTMENTS HAPPENING
05:07:38:00	05:07:38:00	ACROSS THE CITY.
05:07:38:00	05:07:39:00	THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT I
05:07:39:00	05:07:42:00	WANT TO SEE IN THERE THAT ARE
05:07:42:00	05:07:43:00	NOT THERE BUT ON THE WHOLE I
05:07:43:00	05:07:45:00	THINK THAT WE ARE SORT
05:07:45:00	05:07:46:00	OF MOVING IN THE RIGHT
05:07:46:00	05:07:46:00	DIRECTION.
05:07:46:00	05:07:49:00	DEFINITELY WANT A LOT MORE
05:07:49:00	05:07:50:00	INVESTMENTS IN OUR SCHOOLS AND
05:07:50:00	05:07:50:00	IN BUILDING NEW SCHOOLS AS WE
05:07:50:00	05:07:53:00	DO THE HARD WORK OF CLOSING THE
05:07:53:00	05:07:53:00	SCHOOLS THAT ARE THAT NEED TO
05:07:53:00	05:07:54:00	BE CLOSED.
05:07:54:00	05:07:57:00	BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE
05:07:57:00	05:07:58:00	THAT ALL OF YOU CELEBRATING IN
05:07:58:00	05:07:59:00	THE ADVOCACY THAT YOU'VE BEEN
05:07:59:00	05:08:00:00	DOING THE ADVOCACY FOR DISTRICT
05:08:00:00	05:08:06:00	NINE BECAUSE THE CENTER THERE
05:08:06:00	05:08:06:00	IS INSUFFICIENT.
05:08:06:00	05:08:07:00	SO THANK YOU.
05:08:07:00	05:08:07:00	THE DRAGON HAS THIS KIND
05:08:07:00	05:08:08:00	OF INDIGENOUS AND YOU HAVE THE
05:08:08:00	05:08:08:00	FLOOR.
05:08:08:00	05:08:08:00	THANK YOU.
05:08:08:00	05:08:09:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
05:08:09:00	05:08:11:00	I'LL BE SUPPORTING HIM SO
05:08:11:00	05:08:12:00	SUPPORT I MEAN I'LL BE VOTING
05:08:12:00	05:08:15:00	IN SUPPORT BUT JUST SHOUT OUT
05:08:15:00	05:08:16:00	TO ELLEN AND OUR ASSISTANT
05:08:16:00	05:08:19:00	MADAM CLERK AND ETHAN AND RON
05:08:19:00	05:08:20:00	COBB I FORGOT TO MENTION YOU
05:08:20:00	05:08:23:00	GUYS IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO WORK
05:08:23:00	05:08:23:00	WITH YOU.
05:08:23:00	05:08:24:00	THANK YOU.
05:08:24:00	05:08:24:00	THANK YOU.
05:08:24:00	05:08:26:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
05:08:26:00	05:08:27:00	ON THIS MATTER?
05:08:27:00	05:08:27:00	OKAY.
05:08:27:00	05:08:30:00	JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE HEAR
05:08:30:00	05:08:33:00	THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE EACH
05:08:33:00	05:08:34:00	DOCKET ONE BY ONE.
05:08:34:00	05:08:36:00	THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON
05:08:36:00	05:08:37:00	WAYS AND MEANS MOVES PASSAGE
05:08:37:00	05:08:40:00	OF DOCKET NUMBER 0828.
05:08:40:00	05:08:43:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL
05:08:43:00	05:08:44:00	OPPOSE MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU
05:08:44:00	05:08:47:00	PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE
05:08:47:00	05:08:50:00	ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 0828
05:08:50:00	05:08:50:00	COUNCILOR BREADON
05:08:50:00	05:08:54:00	COUNCILOR BREADON YOU KNOW
05:08:54:00	05:08:58:00	COUNCILOR CLARA ZAPATA
05:08:58:00	05:08:59:00	COUNCIL COLOR IS APPARENT, YES.
05:08:59:00	05:09:01:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.
05:09:01:00	05:09:02:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.
05:09:02:00	05:09:03:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON
05:09:03:00	05:09:06:00	YES.
05:09:06:00	05:09:06:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON AS
05:09:06:00	05:09:09:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
05:09:09:00	05:09:10:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
05:09:10:00	05:09:10:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.
05:09:10:00	05:09:14:00	COUNCILOR FRIENDLY YES.
05:09:14:00	05:09:14:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
05:09:14:00	05:09:17:00	MR LOUIJEUNE THIS COMES FROM
05:09:17:00	05:09:20:00	MEJIA COUNCIL MAY HEAR NEGATIVE
05:09:20:00	05:09:21:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY ON SOME
05:09:21:00	05:09:24:00	OF THESE COUNCILOR PEPEN ON
05:09:24:00	05:09:28:00	SOME BACKGROUND YES.
05:09:28:00	05:09:31:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA YES, I WAS
05:09:31:00	05:09:32:00	SIR SANTANA YES.
05:09:32:00	05:09:32:00	COUNCILOR WEBER.
05:09:32:00	05:09:36:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
05:09:36:00	05:09:37:00	COUNCILOR OVERALL YES.
05:09:37:00	05:09:37:00	COUNCIL SEVERAL.
05:09:37:00	05:09:39:00	YES.
05:09:39:00	05:09:42:00	ONE, TWO, 345, SIX AND 12 AND
05:09:42:00	05:09:44:00	UNLIMITED.
05:09:44:00	05:09:45:00	HOW MANY IN THE AFFIRMATIVE?
05:09:45:00	05:09:49:00	12.
05:09:49:00	05:09:49:00	NO, NO, NO.
05:09:49:00	05:09:52:00	I THINK THERE WERE 11 IN THE
05:09:52:00	05:09:52:00	AFFIRMATIVE.
05:09:52:00	05:09:53:00	IT SHOULD BE BREADON AND MARIA
05:09:53:00	05:09:58:00	RECORDED AS KNOWS AND EVERYONE
05:09:58:00	05:10:01:00	ELSE IN IS YES OR MAYBE YOU YOU
05:10:01:00	05:10:02:00	KNOW IS CORRECT FROM HERE YOU
05:10:02:00	05:10:04:00	ARE A NEGATIVE YOU ARE NOW SHE
05:10:04:00	05:10:04:00	SAID NEGATIVE INCARCERATED
05:10:04:00	05:10:05:00	VOTED NO BUT EVERYONE ELSE IS
05:10:05:00	05:10:07:00	IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
05:10:07:00	05:10:11:00	I HAVE 1111 YES 11 IN THE
05:10:11:00	05:10:11:00	AFFIRMATIVE.
05:10:11:00	05:10:15:00	THIS DOCKET IS PASSED
05:10:15:00	05:10:16:00	COUNCILOR ALL THE CHAIR THE
05:10:16:00	05:10:16:00	COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
05:10:16:00	05:10:18:00	WITH YOUR PASSENGER DOCKET
05:10:18:00	05:10:18:00	NUMBER 0829A MADAM CLERK COULD
05:10:18:00	05:10:21:00	YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL
05:10:21:00	05:10:25:00	VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE OF DOCKET
05:10:25:00	05:10:29:00	0829 COUNCILOR BREADON
05:10:29:00	05:10:30:00	COUNCIL OF GREATER
05:10:30:00	05:10:30:00	COUNCIL CALLED OUT AS A PART
05:10:30:00	05:10:33:00	OF COUNCIL COLETTE AS A
05:10:33:00	05:10:34:00	PREVIOUS COUNCILOR DURKAN
05:10:34:00	05:10:36:00	INSTEAD OF TEN YEARS
05:10:36:00	05:10:36:00	COUNCIL FERNANDEZ ANDERSON
05:10:36:00	05:10:39:00	COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ HONESTLY
05:10:39:00	05:10:40:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD
05:10:40:00	05:10:43:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
05:10:43:00	05:10:44:00	COUNCIL FRIENDS AND SO FROM
05:10:44:00	05:10:47:00	THIS COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES.
05:10:47:00	05:10:48:00	COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE IS COUNCIL ME
05:10:48:00	05:10:51:00	HERE COUNCIL MEMBER HERE
05:10:51:00	05:10:54:00	NEGATIVE COUNCILOR MURPHY ON
05:10:54:00	05:10:59:00	SOME OF THESE COUNCIL PET BAN I
05:10:59:00	05:11:00:00	PERSONALLY I WAS
05:11:00:00	05:11:00:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.
05:11:00:00	05:11:02:00	SO SOMETIMES COUNCIL MEMBER
05:11:02:00	05:11:03:00	CROSSOVER BY YES COUNCIL ROUND
05:11:03:00	05:11:07:00	YES COUNCILOR YES SO IT'S 11 NO
05:11:07:00	05:11:08:00	NOT PLUMMETING 11 IN THE
05:11:08:00	05:11:09:00	AFFIRMATIVE THIS DOCKET HAS
05:11:09:00	05:11:12:00	PASSED COUNCIL OUR OTHER CHAIR
05:11:12:00	05:11:16:00	THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
05:11:16:00	05:11:16:00	WHICH ARE PASSAGE OF DOCKET
05:11:16:00	05:11:17:00	NUMBER 0830 AND BLESS I DON'T
05:11:17:00	05:11:20:00	KNOW WHO IS BUT BLESS YOU
05:11:20:00	05:11:23:00	OF DOCKET NUMBER 0830 MADAM
05:11:23:00	05:11:23:00	CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A
05:11:23:00	05:11:24:00	ROLL CALL VOTE
05:11:24:00	05:11:26:00	COUNCILOR BREADON
05:11:26:00	05:11:26:00	COUNCILOR BREADON NO.
05:11:26:00	05:11:30:00	COUNCILOR COLLETTE IS A PARTNER
05:11:30:00	05:11:30:00	.
05:11:30:00	05:11:31:00	COLLETTE IS A PARROT.
05:11:31:00	05:11:31:00	YES.
05:11:31:00	05:11:34:00	COUNCIL CAN CONSIDER A CRIME.
05:11:34:00	05:11:34:00	YES.
05:11:34:00	05:11:35:00	COUNCIL FERNANDEZ ANDERSON.
05:11:35:00	05:11:35:00	YES.
05:11:35:00	05:11:38:00	ANSWER FOR THAT IS HONEST AND
05:11:38:00	05:11:38:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
05:11:38:00	05:11:41:00	ANSWER FITZGERALD ASKED
05:11:41:00	05:11:42:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL FOR ANY
05:11:42:00	05:11:45:00	COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES.
05:11:45:00	05:11:45:00	COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES
05:11:45:00	05:11:48:00	COUNCILOR LET ME HEAR
05:11:48:00	05:11:48:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE NEGATIVE
05:11:48:00	05:11:52:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR PAT
05:11:52:00	05:11:55:00	BROWN COUNCILOR SANTANA
05:11:55:00	05:11:59:00	COUNCILOR WEBER AND
05:11:59:00	05:12:02:00	COUNCILOR AROUND YES 11 AND
05:12:02:00	05:12:02:00	AFFIRMATIVE.
05:12:02:00	05:12:02:00	THANK YOU.
05:12:02:00	05:12:06:00	THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0830
05:12:06:00	05:12:06:00	HAS PASSED.
05:12:06:00	05:12:09:00	WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO LEAD
05:12:09:00	05:12:09:00	FILES.
05:12:09:00	05:12:10:00	I'M INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT
05:12:10:00	05:12:13:00	THERE ARE EIGHT VITAL MATTERS.
05:12:13:00	05:12:13:00	IS THAT CORRECT?
05:12:13:00	05:12:18:00	EIGHT FILE MATTERS SIX
05:12:18:00	05:12:19:00	PERSONNEL ORDERS.
05:12:19:00	05:12:22:00	ONE ORDINANCE AND ONE
05:12:22:00	05:12:22:00	RESOLUTION.
05:12:22:00	05:12:25:00	YES.
05:12:25:00	05:12:26:00	WE WILL TAKE A VOTE TO ADD THE
05:12:26:00	05:12:26:00	LATE FILE PERSONNEL MATTERS
05:12:26:00	05:12:29:00	ONTO THE RECORD.
05:12:29:00	05:12:30:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL
05:12:30:00	05:12:33:00	OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE IT.
05:12:33:00	05:12:34:00	THESE DOGS HAVE BEEN ADDED ON
05:12:34:00	05:12:34:00	TO THE RECORD.
05:12:34:00	05:12:36:00	MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
05:12:36:00	05:12:37:00	READ THE LATE FILE PERSONNEL
05:12:37:00	05:12:40:00	MATTERS ONTO THE RECORD LATE
05:12:40:00	05:12:41:00	FRAUD.
05:12:41:00	05:12:41:00	I MEAN PERSONAL ORDERS
05:12:41:00	05:12:42:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR
05:12:42:00	05:12:45:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA
05:12:45:00	05:12:45:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR
05:12:45:00	05:12:48:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA
05:12:48:00	05:12:52:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE
05:12:52:00	05:12:52:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR
05:12:52:00	05:12:55:00	COUNSELOR MAY HERE
05:12:55:00	05:12:56:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR
05:12:56:00	05:12:58:00	COUNCILOR MEJIA AND
05:12:58:00	05:12:59:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR
05:12:59:00	05:13:03:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN THANK YOU.
05:13:03:00	05:13:04:00	WE WILL TAKE A VOTE ON THE
05:13:04:00	05:13:06:00	PASSAGE OF THESE FILE PERSONNEL
05:13:06:00	05:13:06:00	ORDERS.
05:13:06:00	05:13:07:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
05:13:07:00	05:13:11:00	AYE, I ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY
05:13:11:00	05:13:11:00	NAY.
05:13:11:00	05:13:11:00	THE AYES HAVE IT.
05:13:11:00	05:13:14:00	THESE MATTERS HAVE PASSED.
05:13:14:00	05:13:15:00	WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO THE LATE
05:13:15:00	05:13:17:00	FILE ORDINANCE.
05:13:17:00	05:13:18:00	MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
05:13:18:00	05:13:21:00	READ THAT INTO THE RECORD
05:13:21:00	05:13:24:00	OFFERED BY COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE
05:13:24:00	05:13:25:00	AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY
05:13:25:00	05:13:29:00	OF BOSTON CODE CHAPTER TWO
05:13:29:00	05:13:30:00	SECTION 8.3 WE WILL NOT TAKE A
05:13:30:00	05:13:33:00	VOTE AT THIS LATE FILING THAT
05:13:33:00	05:13:33:00	ON TO THE RECORD.
05:13:33:00	05:13:34:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
05:13:34:00	05:13:35:00	AYE ALL THOSE VOTES THEY NAY
05:13:35:00	05:13:36:00	THIS MATTER HAS ADDED ON TO THE
05:13:36:00	05:13:36:00	RECORD.
05:13:36:00	05:13:39:00	THIS IS A LATE FILE ORDINANCE
05:13:39:00	05:13:43:00	TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT OUR
05:13:43:00	05:13:43:00	ALLOCATIONS FOR STAFF ALIGN
05:13:43:00	05:13:44:00	WITH WHAT WE VOTED ON IN THE
05:13:44:00	05:13:47:00	BUDGET AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS
05:13:47:00	05:13:47:00	IS.
05:13:47:00	05:13:51:00	AND SO I HOPE EVERYONE HAS IT
05:13:51:00	05:13:55:00	FOR US AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE
05:13:55:00	05:13:55:00	SURE IT'S BOTH FOR CENTRAL
05:13:55:00	05:13:56:00	STAFF AND OUR STAFF
05:13:56:00	05:13:57:00	COUNCIL WHEREBY I SEE A LIGHT
05:13:57:00	05:13:58:00	ON IS THAT THAT'S NOT FOR THIS
05:13:58:00	05:14:02:00	MATTER OKAY WE WILL TAKE A VOTE
05:14:02:00	05:14:05:00	ON THIS ORDINANCE.
05:14:05:00	05:14:07:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I
05:14:07:00	05:14:10:00	SAY A THE AYES HAVE IT.
05:14:10:00	05:14:10:00	THIS ORDINANCE HAS PASSED.
05:14:10:00	05:14:14:00	WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO THE
05:14:14:00	05:14:14:00	LATE FINAL RESOLUTION.
05:14:14:00	05:14:18:00	MADAM COURT, COULD YOU PLEASE
05:14:18:00	05:14:18:00	READ THE LATE VOTE MATTER
05:14:18:00	05:14:19:00	OF THE LATE FINAL RESOLUTION
05:14:19:00	05:14:21:00	ONTO THE RECORD OFFERED BY
05:14:21:00	05:14:24:00	COUNCILOR WEBER AND PEPEN
05:14:24:00	05:14:27:00	RESOLUTION FOR JULY FOUR, 2025
05:14:27:00	05:14:28:00	IN SUPPORT OF THE DEMOCRACY AND
05:14:28:00	05:14:31:00	CALLING FOR OUR FEDERAL LEADERS
05:14:31:00	05:14:32:00	FOR A RETURN TO THE
05:14:32:00	05:14:35:00	CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES THAT
05:14:35:00	05:14:35:00	ARE THE FOUNDATION OF THIS
05:14:35:00	05:14:36:00	REPUBLIC.
05:14:36:00	05:14:39:00	THANK YOU.
05:14:39:00	05:14:40:00	WE WILL NOW TAKE A VOTE TO ADD
05:14:40:00	05:14:40:00	THIS LATE FINAL RESOLUTION ONTO
05:14:40:00	05:14:41:00	THE RECORD.
05:14:41:00	05:14:43:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADDING IT
05:14:43:00	05:14:44:00	TO THE RECORD SAY I.
05:14:44:00	05:14:46:00	I SUPPOSE THEY ANY THERE HAS
05:14:46:00	05:14:50:00	BEEN AN OBJECTION AND THEREFORE
05:14:50:00	05:14:50:00	THIS FINAL MATTER WILL NOT BE
05:14:50:00	05:14:51:00	ADDED TO THE RECORD.
05:14:51:00	05:14:54:00	WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO THE
05:14:54:00	05:14:54:00	CONSENT AGENDA.
05:14:54:00	05:14:58:00	I NO ONE ELSE HAS A LATE FILE
05:14:58:00	05:14:58:00	MATTER RIGHT.
05:14:58:00	05:15:01:00	THERE'S NO MORE.
05:15:01:00	05:15:01:00	SORRY COUNCILOR WHOEVER HE
05:15:01:00	05:15:04:00	SPOKE ON IT HE OBJECTED.
05:15:04:00	05:15:05:00	THEREFORE THERE IS NO SPEAKING
05:15:05:00	05:15:05:00	ON THIS MATTER.
05:15:05:00	05:15:12:00	POINT OF ORDER ALLOW FOR THE
05:15:12:00	05:15:12:00	POINT OF ORDER BUT IT HAS TO BE
05:15:12:00	05:15:13:00	ON THE SUBSTANTIVE RULE AND NOT
05:15:13:00	05:15:16:00	I'M NOT SPEAKING ON THE ON THE
05:15:16:00	05:15:16:00	MEAT OF IT.
05:15:16:00	05:15:17:00	THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT FOR AN
05:15:17:00	05:15:19:00	EXPLANATION OF WHY THIS HAS
05:15:19:00	05:15:19:00	BEEN.
05:15:19:00	05:15:20:00	NO, THERE IS NONE.
05:15:20:00	05:15:22:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR AND THANK
05:15:22:00	05:15:23:00	YOU.
05:15:23:00	05:15:23:00	AND THAT'S ALSO A POINT
05:15:23:00	05:15:27:00	OF INFORMATION JUST FOR THE
05:15:27:00	05:15:27:00	FUTURE.
05:15:27:00	05:15:27:00	THANK YOU.
05:15:27:00	05:15:27:00	OKAY.
05:15:27:00	05:15:28:00	WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO THE
05:15:28:00	05:15:30:00	CONSENT AGENDA.
05:15:30:00	05:15:31:00	I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE COURT
05:15:31:00	05:15:34:00	THAT THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS TO
05:15:34:00	05:15:34:00	THE CONSENT AGENDA.
05:15:34:00	05:15:35:00	THE QUESTION NOW COMES ON
05:15:35:00	05:15:37:00	APPROVAL OF THE VARIOUS MATTERS
05:15:37:00	05:15:38:00	CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONSENT
05:15:38:00	05:15:38:00	AGENDA.
05:15:38:00	05:15:41:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I TAKE
05:15:41:00	05:15:42:00	YOU THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN
05:15:42:00	05:15:42:00	ADOPTED.
05:15:42:00	05:15:45:00	WE'RE NOW ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS.
05:15:45:00	05:15:46:00	PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THESE ARE
05:15:46:00	05:15:46:00	FOR UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS
05:15:46:00	05:15:48:00	THINGS THAT ARE UPCOMING.
05:15:48:00	05:15:49:00	AGAIN, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
05:15:49:00	05:15:52:00	ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES CAN MAKE
05:15:52:00	05:15:53:00	ANNOUNCEMENTS BUT AFTER THE
05:15:53:00	05:15:53:00	ANNOUNCEMENT A DATE FOR THAT IS
05:15:53:00	05:15:56:00	UPCOMING SO THAT WE CAN
05:15:56:00	05:15:56:00	MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY
05:15:56:00	05:15:57:00	OF ANNOUNCEMENTS.
05:15:57:00	05:16:00:00	WE HAVE SOME UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS
05:16:00:00	05:16:00:00	CHARLIE LEVAN, ELAINE DONOVAN
05:16:00:00	05:16:04:00	AND HIS JOHNSON CORRY LEE
05:16:04:00	05:16:04:00	CROWLEY AND SHANE PACK.
05:16:04:00	05:16:08:00	SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL TO
05:16:08:00	05:16:09:00	EVERYONE WHO IS CELEBRATING
05:16:09:00	05:16:11:00	THEIR BIRTHDAYS COMING UP.
05:16:11:00	05:16:15:00	IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE
05:16:15:00	05:16:16:00	ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT THEY WOULD
05:16:16:00	05:16:17:00	LIKE TO MAKE, NOW IS THE TIME.
05:16:17:00	05:16:17:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
05:16:17:00	05:16:18:00	COUNCILMAN GERALD, YOU HAVE THE
05:16:18:00	05:16:21:00	FLOOR.
05:16:21:00	05:16:22:00	I WOULD JUST LIKE TO WISH A
05:16:22:00	05:16:23:00	HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY OLDEST BOY
05:16:23:00	05:16:25:00	CALLAN HE TURNS EIGHT TODAY.
05:16:25:00	05:16:26:00	I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S EIGHT
05:16:26:00	05:16:28:00	YEARS AGO TODAY I BECAME A
05:16:28:00	05:16:29:00	FATHER AND IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE
05:16:29:00	05:16:29:00	LIFE STARTED UNTIL THAT POINT.
05:16:29:00	05:16:33:00	SO I KNOW HE'S HOME RIGHT NOW.
05:16:33:00	05:16:36:00	HE GOT HIS LEGOS, HIS DINOSAUR
05:16:36:00	05:16:37:00	, JURASSIC PARK LEGOS AND HE IS
05:16:37:00	05:16:38:00	KNEE DEEP IN IT RIGHT NOW
05:16:38:00	05:16:41:00	CREATING IT AND I'M SURE HE'S A
05:16:41:00	05:16:41:00	LOT HAPPIER THAN THAN EVERYBODY
05:16:41:00	05:16:41:00	ELSE.
05:16:41:00	05:16:44:00	SO IF HE'S IF HE'S WATCHING
05:16:44:00	05:16:47:00	WHICH I HIGHLY DOUBT I LOVE YOU
05:16:47:00	05:16:47:00	.
05:16:47:00	05:16:48:00	I HOPE HE'S NOT WATCHING.
05:16:48:00	05:16:49:00	HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOUR
05:16:49:00	05:16:52:00	SON.
05:16:52:00	05:16:53:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
05:16:53:00	05:16:53:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS THE PARTY
05:16:53:00	05:16:55:00	OF THE FLOOR JUST WISHING MY
05:16:55:00	05:16:56:00	BEAUTIFUL NEPHEW ALESSANDRA
05:16:56:00	05:16:56:00	COLETTE A HAPPY 10TH BIRTHDAY.
05:16:56:00	05:16:59:00	THANK YOU.
05:16:59:00	05:17:00:00	HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOUR NEPHEW
05:17:00:00	05:17:00:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE.
05:17:00:00	05:17:01:00	AS OPPOSED TO WHAT ANYONE ELSE
05:17:01:00	05:17:06:00	LIKE TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
05:17:06:00	05:17:06:00	I SEE.
05:17:06:00	05:17:06:00	COUNCILOR TEN CASMIR PEN, YOU
05:17:06:00	05:17:07:00	HAVE THE FLOOR.
05:17:07:00	05:17:07:00	I JUST WANT TO GIVE A BIRTHDAY
05:17:07:00	05:17:08:00	SHOUT OUT TO MY BROTHER AND
05:17:08:00	05:17:08:00	SERVICE EDDIE RUBIO FROM
05:17:08:00	05:17:11:00	CONGRESSWOMAN PRESSLEY'S OFFICE
05:17:11:00	05:17:12:00	AND WHEN I GO WAY BACK TO I
05:17:12:00	05:17:12:00	JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I GIVE
05:17:12:00	05:17:14:00	HIM THAT SHOUT OUT HAPPY
05:17:14:00	05:17:15:00	BIRTHDAY EDDIE.
05:17:15:00	05:17:19:00	ANYBODY ELSE WITH THE CHAIR I
05:17:19:00	05:17:20:00	CAN DO THIS COMES WITH DURKIN.
05:17:20:00	05:17:20:00	OKAY.
05:17:20:00	05:17:21:00	OH, AND THEN NOW CONCENTRATED
05:17:21:00	05:17:23:00	REMEMBERING ALL THE BIRTHDAYS.
05:17:23:00	05:17:23:00	COUNCILOR THANK YOU.
05:17:23:00	05:17:24:00	SEAN GOPAL.
05:17:24:00	05:17:25:00	DESEAN WHO MANY OF YOU KNOW HAS
05:17:25:00	05:17:26:00	BEEN MY POLICY DIRECTOR FOR THE
05:17:26:00	05:17:29:00	PAST YEAR.
05:17:29:00	05:17:29:00	HE'S LEAVING TO BIGGER AND
05:17:29:00	05:17:30:00	BETTER THINGS SO JUST WANTED TO
05:17:30:00	05:17:32:00	SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF HIS
05:17:32:00	05:17:32:00	WORK.
05:17:32:00	05:17:36:00	HE'S REALLY BEEN INCREDIBLE AND
05:17:36:00	05:17:37:00	ONE OF THE SMARTEST PEOPLE I
05:17:37:00	05:17:37:00	KNOW SO EXCITED TO SEE WHAT HE
05:17:37:00	05:17:41:00	DOES NEXT.
05:17:41:00	05:17:42:00	THANK YOU.
05:17:42:00	05:17:42:00	THE CHAIR AGAIN IT IS
05:17:42:00	05:17:43:00	COUNCILOR BREADON CONSECRATE
05:17:43:00	05:17:44:00	AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
05:17:44:00	05:17:45:00	I AM GOING TO BE CELEBRATING AN
05:17:45:00	05:17:48:00	ANNIVERSARY ON JULY 5TH.
05:17:48:00	05:17:51:00	I WILL BE CELEBRATING 30 YEARS
05:17:51:00	05:17:54:00	IN THE UNITED STATES ON JULY IF
05:17:54:00	05:17:58:00	I WILL BE CELEBRATING NOT GOOD
05:17:58:00	05:17:59:00	AT MATH 16 YEARS AS AN AMERICAN
05:17:59:00	05:18:03:00	CITIZEN AND ON JULY DAY SO JUNE
05:18:03:00	05:18:06:00	AND JUNE 20TH THIS NEXT WEEK
05:18:06:00	05:18:10:00	THIS WEEK NEXT WEEK I'M LOST IN
05:18:10:00	05:18:11:00	TIME I WILL BE SO MARY AND I
05:18:11:00	05:18:12:00	WILL BE CELEBRATING OUR 20TH
05:18:12:00	05:18:16:00	ANNIVERSARY AND HAPPY 4TH
05:18:16:00	05:18:16:00	OF JULY TO EVERYONE.
05:18:16:00	05:18:17:00	THANK YOU.
05:18:17:00	05:18:20:00	I'M A BIG MARY FAN SO HAPPY
05:18:20:00	05:18:20:00	ANNIVERSARY TO THE TWO OF YOU.
05:18:20:00	05:18:24:00	OKAY.
05:18:24:00	05:18:24:00	OKAY.
05:18:24:00	05:18:25:00	ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS?
05:18:25:00	05:18:25:00	LOTS OF ANNIVERSARIES AND
05:18:25:00	05:18:25:00	BIRTHDAYS.
05:18:25:00	05:18:27:00	OKAY.
05:18:27:00	05:18:28:00	WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO
05:18:28:00	05:18:28:00	MEMORIALS.
05:18:28:00	05:18:29:00	WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO UPLIFT A
05:18:29:00	05:18:31:00	NAME?
05:18:31:00	05:18:31:00	THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FOLKS
05:18:31:00	05:18:32:00	THAT I WANT TO REMEMBER DURING
05:18:32:00	05:18:34:00	THIS TIME.
05:18:34:00	05:18:35:00	CLAUDIA SMITH REED IS A ROXBURY
05:18:35:00	05:18:38:00	RESIDENT WHO HAS JUST BEEN SO
05:18:38:00	05:18:42:00	SUPPORTIVE OF ME AND MY OFFICE
05:18:42:00	05:18:45:00	FELL IN LOVE WITH EMILY THE
05:18:45:00	05:18:45:00	FIRST TIME THAT SHE MET EMILY
05:18:45:00	05:18:49:00	FOUR YEARS AGO IN ROXBURY AS I
05:18:49:00	05:18:49:00	THINK EMILY OFFERED TO HELP
05:18:49:00	05:18:52:00	TAKE OUT HER TRASH.
05:18:52:00	05:18:56:00	SHE DIED TWO WEEKS AGO AND IT
05:18:56:00	05:19:00:00	WAS AN EXTREME EXTREME BLOW.
05:19:00:00	05:19:00:00	I MEAN, YOU ALL KNOW HER EVEN
05:19:00:00	05:19:03:00	IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE NAME.
05:19:03:00	05:19:03:00	YOU'VE SEEN HER AROUND.
05:19:03:00	05:19:04:00	SHE'S AN INCREDIBLE SHE WORKED
05:19:04:00	05:19:06:00	FOR THE NAVY TODAY.
05:19:06:00	05:19:07:00	SHE WAS THE FIRST BLACK
05:19:07:00	05:19:10:00	CHEERLEADER AT WELLESLEY WHEN
05:19:10:00	05:19:14:00	SHE AT DURING METCO SHE WAS A
05:19:14:00	05:19:14:00	FELLOW PARISHIONER OF MINE AT
05:19:14:00	05:19:18:00	MORNING STAR BAPTIST CHURCH.
05:19:18:00	05:19:22:00	SHE WAS INCREDIBLE AND I TO
05:19:22:00	05:19:25:00	LEARN OF HER PASSING REALLY HIT
05:19:25:00	05:19:26:00	ME LIKE A BRICK, YOU KNOW, IT
05:19:26:00	05:19:29:00	HIT EMILY AND IT HIT OUR ENTIRE
05:19:29:00	05:19:30:00	OFFICE AND IT HIT THE ROXBURY
05:19:30:00	05:19:32:00	COMMUNITY AND IT HIT SO MANY
05:19:32:00	05:19:32:00	PEOPLE.
05:19:32:00	05:19:33:00	SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
05:19:33:00	05:19:36:00	THAT WE REMEMBER CLAUDIA SMITH
05:19:36:00	05:19:40:00	READ AND WE THANK HER FOR HER
05:19:40:00	05:19:40:00	DEVOTION TO THE CITY OF BOSTON,
05:19:40:00	05:19:43:00	TO OUR DEVOTION TO BLACK BOSTON
05:19:43:00	05:19:44:00	TO MAKING SURE OUR KIDS GOT
05:19:44:00	05:19:44:00	JOBS.
05:19:44:00	05:19:47:00	SHE WAS SO ADAMANT ABOUT A NEW
05:19:47:00	05:19:48:00	AND GREAT MADISON PARK HIGH
05:19:48:00	05:19:51:00	SCHOOL SHE WAS INCREDIBLE.
05:19:51:00	05:19:51:00	SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE
05:19:51:00	05:19:52:00	THAT WE HONOR CLAUDIA SMITH
05:19:52:00	05:19:55:00	READ WELL I ALSO KNOW THAT
05:19:55:00	05:19:59:00	ASTRONAUT GOLFER ELON, HER LATE
05:19:59:00	05:19:59:00	FATHER'S WIFE PASSED AWAY.
05:19:59:00	05:20:03:00	RITA FINN FRITCH AND SO I WANT
05:20:03:00	05:20:06:00	TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REMEMBER
05:20:06:00	05:20:10:00	HER AND HOLD ELON RIGHT NOW IN
05:20:10:00	05:20:11:00	THIS MOMENT OF LOSS FOR HER AND
05:20:11:00	05:20:14:00	ALSO CHRISTIAN SCOTT WHO IS THE
05:20:14:00	05:20:15:00	FATHER OF SHARON SCOTT
05:20:15:00	05:20:18:00	CHANDLER, THE CEO OF ABCD.
05:20:18:00	05:20:21:00	SHE LOST HER MOTHER EARLIER
05:20:21:00	05:20:22:00	THIS YEAR AND SHE JUST LOST HER
05:20:22:00	05:20:25:00	FATHER YESTERDAY AS SHE WAS
05:20:25:00	05:20:29:00	OPENING UP THE NEW ABCD WORK
05:20:29:00	05:20:30:00	CENTER IN ROXBURY AND THAT SHE
05:20:30:00	05:20:32:00	WAS ABLE TO HAVE THE FORTITUDE
05:20:32:00	05:20:33:00	TO DO THAT ON THE EVE OF THE
05:20:33:00	05:20:36:00	PASSING OF HER OF HER FATHER
05:20:36:00	05:20:36:00	WAS INCREDIBLY TOUGH SO I
05:20:36:00	05:20:40:00	WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HONOR
05:20:40:00	05:20:44:00	HER AND ALSO DR. GOHL LILA WHY
05:20:44:00	05:20:45:00	KABONGO THE MOTHER OF SHAMBA
05:20:45:00	05:20:46:00	AND MOUSSA DOMINGA WHO ARE THE
05:20:46:00	05:20:48:00	FOUNDERS OF ORIGINATIONS?
05:20:48:00	05:20:51:00	DOCTOR, IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING
05:20:51:00	05:20:52:00	ABOUT ORIGINATION I'VE EVER
05:20:52:00	05:20:53:00	BEEN TO A SHOW THE DOCTOR WAS
05:20:53:00	05:20:55:00	ALWAYS THERE AND PRESENT AND
05:20:55:00	05:20:55:00	UPLIFTING AND SEWING DRESSES
05:20:55:00	05:20:56:00	AND JUST VERY PRESENT AND SO
05:20:56:00	05:20:59:00	THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNITY LOSS
05:20:59:00	05:21:00:00	AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE
05:21:00:00	05:21:03:00	SURE THAT WE HONOR HER ALSO
05:21:03:00	05:21:03:00	DURING THIS MOMENT.
05:21:03:00	05:21:07:00	BUT ANYONE LIKE TO ADJOURN AND
05:21:07:00	05:21:08:00	THANK YOU THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
05:21:08:00	05:21:10:00	COUNSELOR DURKIN THANK YOU.
05:21:10:00	05:21:11:00	I JUST WANTED TO SAY MY HEART
05:21:11:00	05:21:12:00	IS WITH THE KENZIE FAMILY.
05:21:12:00	05:21:14:00	MY DAD'S COUSINS.
05:21:14:00	05:21:15:00	THEY'VE LOST ANOTHER FAMILY
05:21:15:00	05:21:18:00	MEMBER THE PATRIARCH OF THEIR
05:21:18:00	05:21:18:00	FAMILY.
05:21:18:00	05:21:21:00	SO YOU KNOW I KNOW MOST PEOPLE
05:21:21:00	05:21:22:00	THINK I'M ONLY FROM THE SOUTH
05:21:22:00	05:21:23:00	BUT I ACTUALLY HAVE FAMILY IN
05:21:23:00	05:21:26:00	NEW YORK AS WELL AND THEY HAVE
05:21:26:00	05:21:29:00	LOST THEIR PATRIARCH REALLY,
05:21:29:00	05:21:29:00	REALLY SAD.
05:21:29:00	05:21:30:00	THEY HAD JUST LOST THEIR
05:21:30:00	05:21:34:00	MATRIARCH LAST YEAR.
05:21:34:00	05:21:35:00	SO MY HEART GOES OUT TO THEM
05:21:35:00	05:21:37:00	TODAY.
05:21:37:00	05:21:38:00	THANK YOU.
05:21:38:00	05:21:41:00	TODAY RELIGION ARMENIAN MEMBER
05:21:41:00	05:21:42:00	OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS
05:21:42:00	05:21:42:00	I'M OUT OF COUNCIL DURKAN
05:21:42:00	05:21:45:00	CHARLES EDWARD KINSEY NANCY LEE
05:21:45:00	05:21:49:00	KELLEHER ABOUT HIS
05:21:49:00	05:21:50:00	COUNCIL WEBER ROXANA BENT S DE
05:21:50:00	05:21:52:00	MOURA ON BEHALF OF MYSELF ROSE
05:21:52:00	05:21:57:00	L'AMOUR CLAUDIA SMITH REID KIRK
05:21:57:00	05:22:00:00	FREED GHANI THE BROTHER
05:22:00:00	05:22:01:00	OF CLINT SHERMAN COUP TO PROVE
05:22:01:00	05:22:04:00	LET LEON LISETTE THE BROTHER
05:22:04:00	05:22:08:00	OF JOVEN LISETTE RITA DE AND
05:22:08:00	05:22:08:00	FRITSCH ARSENAL GOLFERS LATE
05:22:08:00	05:22:12:00	FATHERS WIFE CHRISTIAN SCOTT
05:22:12:00	05:22:15:00	THE FATHER OF SHARON SCOTT
05:22:15:00	05:22:16:00	CHANDLER DR. NO LAILA WA
05:22:16:00	05:22:20:00	KABONGO MOTHER OF SHAMBA AND
05:22:20:00	05:22:21:00	MASSOUD AIRBENDER A MOMENT
05:22:21:00	05:22:27:00	OF SILENCE THE CHAIR MOVES THAT
05:22:27:00	05:22:28:00	WHEN THE COUNCIL ADJOURN TODAY
05:22:28:00	05:22:30:00	IT DOES SO IN MEMORY OF THE
05:22:30:00	05:22:30:00	AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS THE
05:22:30:00	05:22:31:00	COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO MEET
05:22:31:00	05:22:34:00	AGAIN IN THE ANTELOPE CHAMBER
05:22:34:00	05:22:35:00	ON WEDNESDAY, JULY NINE, 2025
05:22:35:00	05:22:35:00	AT 12 NOON.
05:22:35:00	05:22:38:00	HAPPY JULY 4TH EVERYONE BE SAFE
05:22:38:00	05:22:41:00	UPHOLD DEMOCRACY AND THANK YOU
05:22:41:00	05:22:42:00	TO MY COLLEAGUES CENTRAL STAFF
05:22:42:00	05:22:42:00	THE CLERK IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE
05:22:42:00	05:22:45:00	AND THE COUNCIL STENOGRAPHER
05:22:45:00	05:22:46:00	ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENT AND
05:22:46:00	05:22:47:00	SAY I I THE COUNCIL IS
05:22:47:00	05:22:49:00	ADJOURNED AND THANK YOU DARCY
05:22:49:00	05:22:53:00	AND THANK YOU EVERYONE AND
05:22:53:00	05:22:54:00	THANK YOU TRUST THANK YOU FOR