00:00:00:00	00:10:35:00	THANK YOU AND YOU ARE GOOD
00:10:35:00	00:10:35:00	AFTERNOON.
00:10:35:00	00:10:36:00	I CALL TO ORDER TODAY'S MEETING
00:10:36:00	00:10:39:00	OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL.
00:10:39:00	00:10:39:00	YOU CAN WATCH THE
00:10:39:00	00:10:40:00	COUNCIL MEETING LIVE ON YOUTUBE
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00:10:43:00	00:10:46:00	FORD'S CITY COUNCIL DASH TV.
00:10:46:00	00:10:47:00	AT THIS TIME I ASK MY
00:10:47:00	00:10:47:00	COLLEAGUES AND THOSE IN THE
00:10:47:00	00:10:50:00	AUDIENCE TO PLEASE SILENCE
00:10:50:00	00:10:51:00	THEIR CELL PHONES AND
00:10:51:00	00:10:51:00	ELECTRONIC DEVICES.
00:10:51:00	00:10:54:00	ALSO PURSUANT TO RULE 42 I
00:10:54:00	00:10:58:00	REMIND ALL IN THIS CHAMBER THAT
00:10:58:00	00:10:59:00	NO DEMONSTRATION OF APPROVAL OR
00:10:59:00	00:11:02:00	DISAPPROVAL FROM MEMBERS OF THE
00:11:02:00	00:11:03:00	PUBLIC WILL BE PERMITTED.
00:11:03:00	00:11:06:00	THANK YOU.
00:11:06:00	00:11:06:00	MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL
00:11:06:00	00:11:07:00	THE ROLL TO ASCERTAIN THE
00:11:07:00	00:11:07:00	PRESENCE OF A QUORUM?
00:11:07:00	00:11:10:00	COUNCILOR BREADON
00:11:10:00	00:11:10:00	COUNCIL TEQUILA ZAPATA.
00:11:10:00	00:11:13:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN.
00:11:13:00	00:11:16:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD.
00:11:16:00	00:11:17:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
00:11:17:00	00:11:17:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE HERE.
00:11:17:00	00:11:21:00	COUNCIL ME HERE.
00:11:21:00	00:11:21:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
00:11:21:00	00:11:21:00	YEAH.
00:11:21:00	00:11:24:00	COUNCIL COUNCILOR SANTANA.
00:11:24:00	00:11:24:00	YEAH.
00:11:24:00	00:11:29:00	COUNCILOR WEBER AND
00:11:29:00	00:11:29:00	COUNCILOR WE'RE ALL HERE.
00:11:29:00	00:11:30:00	A QUORUM IS BROKEN.
00:11:30:00	00:11:31:00	THANK YOU.
00:11:31:00	00:11:32:00	I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK
00:11:32:00	00:11:32:00	THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT.
00:11:32:00	00:11:36:00	NOW IT IS MY PLEASURE TO
00:11:36:00	00:11:36:00	INTRODUCE THIS WEEK'S CLERGY
00:11:36:00	00:11:40:00	REVEREND ART GORDON WHO WILL BE
00:11:40:00	00:11:40:00	PROVIDING OUR INVOCATION.
00:11:40:00	00:11:41:00	AND AFTER THE INVOCATION WE
00:11:41:00	00:11:42:00	WILL BE RECITING THE PLEDGE
00:11:42:00	00:11:53:00	OF ALLEGIANCE.
00:11:53:00	00:11:54:00	REVEREND RJ GORDON IS A FOURTH
00:11:54:00	00:11:57:00	GENERATION PASTOR AND FAITH
00:11:57:00	00:11:58:00	LEADER BORN AND RAISED IN
00:11:58:00	00:11:58:00	GEORGIA.
00:11:58:00	00:12:00:00	HE GRADUATED FROM SAVANNAH
00:12:00:00	00:12:01:00	STATE UNIVERSITY BEFORE MOVING
00:12:01:00	00:12:04:00	TO BOSTON TO PURSUE HIS MASTER
00:12:04:00	00:12:04:00	OF DIVINITY AT BOSTON
00:12:04:00	00:12:05:00	UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY
00:12:05:00	00:12:09:00	WHERE HE DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF
00:12:09:00	00:12:09:00	AS A RECIPIENT OF THE DONALD A
00:12:09:00	00:12:12:00	WELLS PRIZE FOR PREACHING IN
00:12:12:00	00:12:12:00	2017 HE BECAME THE YOUNGEST
00:12:12:00	00:12:13:00	ELECTED PASTOR IN THE HISTORY
00:12:13:00	00:12:16:00	OF SAINT JOHN MISSIONARY
00:12:16:00	00:12:17:00	BAPTIST CHURCH IN ROXBURY WHERE
00:12:17:00	00:12:20:00	HE LAUNCHED A COMMUNITY
00:12:20:00	00:12:21:00	SCHOLARSHIP FUND AND GUIDED THE
00:12:21:00	00:12:21:00	CONGREGATION THROUGH ITS ROLE
00:12:21:00	00:12:24:00	AS A COVID TESTING AND
00:12:24:00	00:12:24:00	VACCINATION SITE.
00:12:24:00	00:12:25:00	A COMMITTED VOICE AT THE
00:12:25:00	00:12:28:00	INTERSECTION OF FAITH AND
00:12:28:00	00:12:28:00	PUBLIC LIFE.
00:12:28:00	00:12:29:00	REVEREND GORDON HAS SERVED AS
00:12:29:00	00:12:32:00	SENIOR ADVISOR TO CONGRESSWOMAN
00:12:32:00	00:12:33:00	AYANNA PRESSLEY AND WORKED AS A
00:12:33:00	00:12:35:00	DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY
00:12:35:00	00:12:36:00	ENGAGEMENT IN THE OFFICE
00:12:36:00	00:12:36:00	OF GOVERNOR MAURA HEALEY.
00:12:36:00	00:12:40:00	HIS CIVIC AND PROFESSIONAL
00:12:40:00	00:12:40:00	CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE EARNED
00:12:40:00	00:12:41:00	RECOGNITION INCLUDING THE
00:12:41:00	00:12:43:00	GREATER BOSTON CHAMBER
00:12:43:00	00:12:44:00	OF COMMERCE'S TOP TEN
00:12:44:00	00:12:44:00	OUTSTANDING YOUNG LEADERS AWARD
00:12:44:00	00:12:48:00	AND NEW LEADERS COUNCIL FELLOW
00:12:48:00	00:12:48:00	AND SEMINARIAN FELLOW WITH THE
00:12:48:00	00:12:51:00	FELLOWSHIP AT OUTREACH FOR THE
00:12:51:00	00:12:51:00	STUDY OF PROFESSIONAL ETHICS.
00:12:51:00	00:12:55:00	HE IS NOW A DOCTOR OF MINISTRY
00:12:55:00	00:12:55:00	CANDIDATE AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY
00:12:55:00	00:12:58:00	FOCUSING ON TRANSFORMATIONAL
00:12:58:00	00:12:59:00	LEADERSHIP ALSO WHERE MLK GOT
00:12:59:00	00:13:02:00	HIS MASTER'S IN DIVINITY AND
00:13:02:00	00:13:06:00	HIS AND HIS DOCTORATE.
00:13:06:00	00:13:06:00	REVEREND GORDON BRINGS UP
00:13:06:00	00:13:07:00	PEOPLES BAPTIST CHURCH A DEEP
00:13:07:00	00:13:10:00	BELIEF IN THE POWER OF FAITH,
00:13:10:00	00:13:10:00	COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
00:13:10:00	00:13:13:00	TO DRIVE MEANINGFUL SYSTEMIC
00:13:13:00	00:13:14:00	CHANGE.
00:13:14:00	00:13:14:00	I HAD THE HONOR OF BEING
00:13:14:00	00:13:17:00	PRESENT FOR HIS INSTALLATION AT
00:13:17:00	00:13:18:00	PEOPLE'S CHURCH IN ROXBURY
00:13:18:00	00:13:20:00	ALONG WITH EVERYBODY WHO WAS
00:13:20:00	00:13:21:00	THERE.
00:13:21:00	00:13:22:00	IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD THE
00:13:22:00	00:13:22:00	PLEASURE OF HEARING FROM
00:13:22:00	00:13:25:00	REVEREND GORDON, I.
00:13:25:00	00:13:28:00	I CHALLENGE YOU TO HEAR HIM ONE
00:13:28:00	00:13:28:00	OF HIS SERMONS HE BRINGS HIS
00:13:28:00	00:13:32:00	FULL SELF TO THE WORK.
00:13:32:00	00:13:32:00	HE IS ALSO INCREDIBLY FUNNY AND
00:13:32:00	00:13:36:00	SO YOU WOULD BE IN FOR A TREAT
00:13:36:00	00:13:36:00	WHENEVER YOU GET TO VISIT HIM
00:13:36:00	00:13:37:00	AT PEOPLE'S BAPTIST IN ROXBURY.
00:13:37:00	00:13:40:00	BUT WE HAVE THE PLEASURE
00:13:40:00	00:13:40:00	OF HAVING HIM HERE TODAY WITH
00:13:40:00	00:13:40:00	US.
00:13:40:00	00:13:41:00	REVEREND GORDON, YOU HAVE THE
00:13:41:00	00:13:43:00	FLOOR.
00:13:43:00	00:13:43:00	THANK YOU, COUNSELOR.
00:13:43:00	00:13:45:00	WILL YOU ALL JOIN WITH ME IN A
00:13:45:00	00:13:53:00	WORD OF PRAYER?
00:13:53:00	00:13:53:00	OH, GOD.
00:13:53:00	00:13:54:00	WE GIVE THANKS FOR THIS BRAND
00:13:54:00	00:13:54:00	NEW DAY.
00:13:54:00	00:13:57:00	WE THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER
00:13:57:00	00:14:00:00	OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER AS
00:14:00:00	00:14:04:00	CITIZENS TOGETHER AS RESIDENTS
00:14:04:00	00:14:05:00	AND TOGETHER AS PEOPLE
00:14:05:00	00:14:08:00	CONCERNED WITH THE PROGRESS
00:14:08:00	00:14:08:00	OF OUR CITY, OUR COMMUNITY AND
00:14:08:00	00:14:12:00	OUR WORLD.
00:14:12:00	00:14:13:00	WE THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT
00:14:13:00	00:14:15:00	CITY FOUNDED IN 1630.
00:14:15:00	00:14:18:00	A HOME AND A PLACE
00:14:18:00	00:14:18:00	OF REVOLUTION OF POSSIBILITIES
00:14:18:00	00:14:22:00	AND A BRIGHTER FUTURE.
00:14:22:00	00:14:23:00	AND WE THANK YOU FOR AN
00:14:23:00	00:14:26:00	OPPORTUNITY TO MEET TO DISCUSS
00:14:26:00	00:14:27:00	THAT WORK GOING FORWARD.
00:14:27:00	00:14:27:00	WE KNOW THERE ARE MANY
00:14:27:00	00:14:30:00	CHALLENGES IN OUR WORLD TODAY.
00:14:30:00	00:14:33:00	MANY CHALLENGES ON EVERY STREET
00:14:33:00	00:14:34:00	CORNER IN OUR CLASSROOMS AND
00:14:34:00	00:14:38:00	EVEN IN OUR HOUSES AND HOMES.
00:14:38:00	00:14:39:00	BUT WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE WITH
00:14:39:00	00:14:39:00	US.
00:14:39:00	00:14:41:00	WE THANK YOU FOR THIS FINAL
00:14:41:00	00:14:45:00	COUNCIL MEETING LED BY
00:14:45:00	00:14:46:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT BRUCE
00:14:46:00	00:14:46:00	LOUIJEUNE.
00:14:46:00	00:14:47:00	WE THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT
00:14:47:00	00:14:49:00	HAS BEEN ALREADY DONE.
00:14:49:00	00:14:50:00	BUT THE MUCH WORK THAT WE HAVE
00:14:50:00	00:14:53:00	AHEAD TO MAKE THIS CITY MORE
00:14:53:00	00:14:57:00	INCLUSIVE, TO MAKE IT SAFER AND
00:14:57:00	00:14:57:00	MORE EQUITABLE FOR ALL.
00:14:57:00	00:15:00:00	AND FOR THAT WE ASK THAT YOU
00:15:00:00	00:15:01:00	WOULD BE WITH US AS WE SEEK
00:15:01:00	00:15:04:00	THAT AS OUR MISSION IN YOUR
00:15:04:00	00:15:04:00	NAME WE PRAY.
00:15:04:00	00:15:08:00	AMEN.
00:15:08:00	00:15:09:00	WE WILL NOW RECITE THE PLEDGE
00:15:09:00	00:15:09:00	OF ALLEGIANCE.
00:15:09:00	00:15:12:00	I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
00:15:12:00	00:15:16:00	OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
00:15:16:00	00:15:16:00	AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH
00:15:16:00	00:15:19:00	IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD,
00:15:19:00	00:15:21:00	INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND
00:15:21:00	00:15:29:00	JUSTICE FOR ALL.
00:15:29:00	00:15:30:00	THANK YOU, REVEREND GORDON, FOR
00:15:30:00	00:15:33:00	YOUR INVOCATION AND FOR ALL
00:15:33:00	00:15:33:00	THAT YOU DO FOR THE RESIDENTS
00:15:33:00	00:15:34:00	OF THE CITY AND THE
00:15:34:00	00:15:34:00	COMMONWEALTH.
00:15:34:00	00:15:37:00	I CAN'T WAIT TO CONTINUE
00:15:37:00	00:15:37:00	WATCHING YOU LEAD PEOPLE'S
00:15:37:00	00:15:40:00	BAPTIST CHURCH IN ROXBURY.
00:15:40:00	00:15:44:00	WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO
00:15:44:00	00:15:45:00	PRESENTATIONS TODAY WE WILL
00:15:45:00	00:15:47:00	HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS ONE FROM
00:15:47:00	00:15:51:00	COUNCILOR GABRIELLA COLETTA
00:15:51:00	00:15:51:00	ZAPATA HONORING AARON SUN AND
00:15:51:00	00:15:54:00	SOPHIA HENNESSY FROM BOSTON
00:15:54:00	00:15:55:00	LATIN SCHOOL SCHOOL I'VE HEARD
00:15:55:00	00:15:58:00	OF AND THE OTHER FOR MYSELF
00:15:58:00	00:15:58:00	HONORING IMMIGRANT FAMILY
00:15:58:00	00:16:01:00	SERVICE INSTITUTE CASA CARLA
00:16:01:00	00:16:08:00	ZAPATA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR RIGHT
00:16:08:00	00:16:12:00	HERE.
00:16:12:00	00:16:12:00	GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.
00:16:12:00	00:16:16:00	I AM SO PROUD TO BE JOINED BY
00:16:16:00	00:16:17:00	TWO OF THE CITY'S BEST AND
00:16:17:00	00:16:20:00	BRIGHTEST AND THEY'RE NOT EVEN
00:16:20:00	00:16:21:00	18 YEARS OLD YET.
00:16:21:00	00:16:21:00	IS THAT RIGHT?
00:16:21:00	00:16:24:00	HOLDING GUYS 17, 17 AND 17.
00:16:24:00	00:16:27:00	OKAY.
00:16:27:00	00:16:28:00	SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HONOR
00:16:28:00	00:16:31:00	THEIR WORK AS PART OF NEVADA.
00:16:31:00	00:16:32:00	SO THESE TWO EXCEPTIONAL YES.
00:16:32:00	00:16:35:00	BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL STUDENTS
00:16:35:00	00:16:39:00	HAVE EXEMPLIFIED LEADERSHIP,
00:16:39:00	00:16:39:00	VISION AND COMPASSION AND HAVE
00:16:39:00	00:16:40:00	TRANSFORMED HOW OUR CITY THINKS
00:16:40:00	00:16:43:00	ABOUT FOOD RECOVERY AND ACCESS.
00:16:43:00	00:16:43:00	AS YOU ALL KNOW, REDUCING FOOD
00:16:43:00	00:16:46:00	WASTE AND EXPANDING FOOD ACCESS
00:16:46:00	00:16:47:00	HAS BEEN A TOP PRIORITY OF MINE
00:16:47:00	00:16:47:00	AS COUNCILOR.
00:16:47:00	00:16:50:00	WHEN ARIANNA WAS A WARD FELLOW
00:16:50:00	00:16:51:00	FOR GOVERNOR HEALEY'S OFFICE I
00:16:51:00	00:16:54:00	MET WITH THEM AND I TALKED
00:16:54:00	00:16:54:00	ABOUT OUR WORK WITH THE FOOD
00:16:54:00	00:16:58:00	RECOVERY ORDINANCE AND HOW TO
00:16:58:00	00:16:58:00	MITIGATE THE DEVASTATING
00:16:58:00	00:16:59:00	IMPACTS OF SNAP THE CUTS TO
00:16:59:00	00:17:02:00	SNAP FROM THIS FEDERAL
00:17:02:00	00:17:02:00	ADMINISTRATION.
00:17:02:00	00:17:06:00	TRUE TO HER GO GETTER SPIRIT,
00:17:06:00	00:17:06:00	ARIANNA IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED UP
00:17:06:00	00:17:07:00	TO LEARN MORE AND OFFERED TO
00:17:07:00	00:17:10:00	SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS.
00:17:10:00	00:17:11:00	THAT'S WHEN I FIRST LEARNED
00:17:11:00	00:17:11:00	ABOUT THE REMARKABLE WORK SHE
00:17:11:00	00:17:14:00	AND SOPHIA HAVE BUILT THROUGH
00:17:14:00	00:17:14:00	NOVATO WHICH IS WHICH IS A
00:17:14:00	00:17:17:00	STUDENT LED ORGANIZATION THAT
00:17:17:00	00:17:18:00	RESCUES SURPLUS FOOD AND
00:17:18:00	00:17:21:00	REDIRECTS IT DIRECTLY TO
00:17:21:00	00:17:22:00	COMMUNITIES IN NEED BY
00:17:22:00	00:17:22:00	PARTNERING WITH LOCAL
00:17:22:00	00:17:25:00	RESTAURANTS AND COORDINATING
00:17:25:00	00:17:25:00	VOLUNTEER DELIVERIES TO
00:17:25:00	00:17:26:00	SHELTERS AND DIRECTLY TO
00:17:26:00	00:17:30:00	RESIDENTS.
00:17:30:00	00:17:31:00	THEY HAVE MOBILIZED OVER 300
00:17:31:00	00:17:33:00	VOLUNTEER STUDENTS SO JUST
00:17:33:00	00:17:33:00	IMAGINE EVERY SINGLE DAY AS A
00:17:33:00	00:17:34:00	STUDENT GOING TO SCHOOL AND
00:17:34:00	00:17:37:00	THEN DEDICATING ALMOST EVERY
00:17:37:00	00:17:37:00	SINGLE WEEKDAY AND SOMETIMES
00:17:37:00	00:17:41:00	WEEKENDS OF PICKING UP FOOD
00:17:41:00	00:17:42:00	THAT HAS BEEN RESCUED AND
00:17:42:00	00:17:45:00	DELIVERING IT DIRECTLY TO OUR
00:17:45:00	00:17:45:00	COMMUNITY BENEFIT
00:17:45:00	00:17:45:00	ORGANIZATIONS.
00:17:45:00	00:17:49:00	THEY HAVE PROVIDED I HAVE 8500
00:17:49:00	00:17:49:00	MEALS HERE BUT I WAS TOLD TODAY
00:17:49:00	00:17:52:00	THAT THEY HAVE DELIVERED 15,000
00:17:52:00	00:17:56:00	MEALS JUST THEM AND THE 300
00:17:56:00	00:17:57:00	VOLUNTEERS THAT THEY OVERSEE.
00:17:57:00	00:18:00:00	SO AS FOUNDERS OF THIS
00:18:00:00	00:18:00:00	ORGANIZATION, THESE BRILLIANT
00:18:00:00	00:18:01:00	YOUNG WOMEN HAVE TAKEN WHAT IT
00:18:01:00	00:18:04:00	MEANS TO BEGIN AS A SMALL
00:18:04:00	00:18:04:00	SCHOOL INITIATIVE AND GROW IT
00:18:04:00	00:18:07:00	INTO A BROADER NETWORK
00:18:07:00	00:18:07:00	OF STUDENTS COMMITTED TO
00:18:07:00	00:18:08:00	REDUCING FOOD WASTE AND FINDING
00:18:08:00	00:18:11:00	HUNGER.
00:18:11:00	00:18:11:00	THEIR MODEL IS SIMPLE YET
00:18:11:00	00:18:14:00	POWERFUL TURN EXCESS INTO
00:18:14:00	00:18:14:00	ACCESS.
00:18:14:00	00:18:15:00	AND I'M SO PROUD THAT THEY'RE
00:18:15:00	00:18:15:00	HERE TODAY.
00:18:15:00	00:18:18:00	I'M GOING TO LET THEM SAY A FEW
00:18:18:00	00:18:19:00	WORDS AND THEN I'LL PRESENT
00:18:19:00	00:18:20:00	SOME CITATIONS TO THEM.
00:18:20:00	00:18:24:00	THANK YOU.
00:18:24:00	00:18:24:00	GOOD MORNING.
00:18:24:00	00:18:28:00	MY NAME IS ARIANA SON AND I
00:18:28:00	00:18:29:00	WANT TO THANK CITY
00:18:29:00	00:18:31:00	COUNCILOR COLETTA ZAPATA FOR
00:18:31:00	00:18:32:00	THIS RECOGNITION AND HER WORK
00:18:32:00	00:18:33:00	TOWARDS FOOD ACCESS AND ALSO
00:18:33:00	00:18:35:00	UPLIFTING YOUTH ADVOCACY.
00:18:35:00	00:18:36:00	I THINK YOUNG PEOPLE NOTICE SO
00:18:36:00	00:18:39:00	MUCH WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES WE
00:18:39:00	00:18:40:00	SEE THE GAPS, THE INEQUITIES
00:18:40:00	00:18:42:00	AND THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE
00:18:42:00	00:18:43:00	AROUND US.
00:18:43:00	00:18:43:00	AND TOO OFTEN WE'RE TOLD THAT
00:18:43:00	00:18:46:00	WHEN WE SEE A PROBLEM THAT
00:18:46:00	00:18:47:00	THERE'S NOT MUCH WE CAN DO
00:18:47:00	00:18:47:00	ABOUT IT.
00:18:47:00	00:18:50:00	BUT THAT'S EXACTLY THE
00:18:50:00	00:18:50:00	STEREOTYPE THAT MY ORGANIZATION
00:18:50:00	00:18:53:00	OF BASTA WORKS TO BREAK.
00:18:53:00	00:18:54:00	MY GRANDFATHER SURVIVED THE
00:18:54:00	00:18:58:00	GREAT CHINESE FAMINE AND LOSING
00:18:58:00	00:18:59:00	ALMOST HALF OF HIS SIBLINGS TO
00:18:59:00	00:18:59:00	HUNGER.
00:18:59:00	00:19:03:00	AND SO GROWING UP I WAS ALWAYS
00:19:03:00	00:19:06:00	TAUGHT TO NEVER WASTE FOOD AND
00:19:06:00	00:19:06:00	NOVOSTI BEGAN IN A REALLY
00:19:06:00	00:19:07:00	SIMPLE MOMENT I WAS WALKING
00:19:07:00	00:19:10:00	HOME AFTER VOLUNTEERING AT A
00:19:10:00	00:19:11:00	LOCAL FOOD KITCHEN AND ON MY
00:19:11:00	00:19:11:00	WAY I PASSED RESTAURANTS WHERE
00:19:11:00	00:19:14:00	BAGS AND BAGS OF PERFECTLY GOOD
00:19:14:00	00:19:17:00	FOOD WAS BEING THROWN OUT AND
00:19:17:00	00:19:18:00	ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT WERE
00:19:18:00	00:19:19:00	THE PEOPLE THAT I HAD JUST
00:19:19:00	00:19:21:00	SERVED THE PEOPLE WHO NEEDED
00:19:21:00	00:19:21:00	THAT FOOD.
00:19:21:00	00:19:25:00	NOW WE STARTED OUT AS A REALLY
00:19:25:00	00:19:25:00	SMALL CLUB AT BOSTON LATIN
00:19:25:00	00:19:28:00	SCHOOL AND WE USE SOCIAL MEDIA
00:19:28:00	00:19:28:00	.
00:19:28:00	00:19:29:00	WE TALKED TO OUR FRIENDS AND
00:19:29:00	00:19:31:00	PRESENTED ANYWHERE WE COULD AND
00:19:31:00	00:19:32:00	SUDDENLY STUDENTS ACROSS
00:19:32:00	00:19:33:00	MASSACHUSETTS WERE STARTING
00:19:33:00	00:19:35:00	CHAPTERS.
00:19:35:00	00:19:36:00	SLOWLY OVER TIME OUR
00:19:36:00	00:19:39:00	ORGANIZATION SPREAD ACROSS THE
00:19:39:00	00:19:40:00	COUNTRY FROM NEW YORK TO
00:19:40:00	00:19:43:00	MARYLAND TO CALIFORNIA AS THOSE
00:19:43:00	00:19:43:00	STUDENTS WERE WITNESSING THE
00:19:43:00	00:19:44:00	SAME PROBLEMS IN THEIR OWN
00:19:44:00	00:19:46:00	COMMUNITIES.
00:19:46:00	00:19:47:00	NOW BOSTON HAS ALWAYS BEEN A
00:19:47:00	00:19:50:00	CITY THAT LEADS A CITY
00:19:50:00	00:19:51:00	OF INNOVATION AND PROGRESS AND
00:19:51:00	00:19:55:00	WE BELIEVE THAT FOOD
00:19:55:00	00:19:55:00	RECOVERY AND YOUTH LEADERSHIP
00:19:55:00	00:19:56:00	CAN BE THE NEXT CHAPTER IN THAT
00:19:56:00	00:19:56:00	LEGACY.
00:19:56:00	00:19:59:00	I HOPE THAT NOVOSTI CAN STAND
00:19:59:00	00:20:00:00	AS PROOF THAT YOUNG PEOPLE ARE
00:20:00:00	00:20:02:00	NOT ONLY AWARE OF THE
00:20:02:00	00:20:03:00	CHALLENGES AROUND US BUT THAT
00:20:03:00	00:20:06:00	WE ARE FULLY CAPABLE
00:20:06:00	00:20:06:00	OF CREATING MEANINGFUL AND
00:20:06:00	00:20:07:00	TANGIBLE CHANGES IN THE
00:20:07:00	00:20:09:00	COMMUNITIES WE CARE ABOUT.
00:20:09:00	00:20:12:00	THANK YOU.
00:20:12:00	00:20:17:00	GOOD AFTERNOON.
00:20:17:00	00:20:17:00	MY NAME IS SOPHIA HENNESSY AND
00:20:17:00	00:20:20:00	I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A HUGE
00:20:20:00	00:20:21:00	THANK YOU TO THE BOSTON CITY
00:20:21:00	00:20:24:00	COUNCIL FOR RECOGNIZING OUR
00:20:24:00	00:20:24:00	EFFORTS.
00:20:24:00	00:20:25:00	AND I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU
00:20:25:00	00:20:27:00	TO COUNCILOR AS ZAPATA FOR
00:20:27:00	00:20:28:00	RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE
00:20:28:00	00:20:29:00	OF OUR MISSION AND FOR HER
00:20:29:00	00:20:32:00	DEDICATION TO FURTHERING OUR
00:20:32:00	00:20:32:00	GOALS.
00:20:32:00	00:20:34:00	WHEN ARIANA FIRST PUT FORTH THE
00:20:34:00	00:20:35:00	CONCEPT OF NO BOSTON A FEW
00:20:35:00	00:20:38:00	YEARS AGO I DID SOME RESEARCH
00:20:38:00	00:20:39:00	ABOUT THE STATISTICS OF FOOD
00:20:39:00	00:20:40:00	WASTE AND FOOD INSECURITY
00:20:40:00	00:20:42:00	WITHIN OUR OWN CITY IN OUR OWN
00:20:42:00	00:20:43:00	STATE AND I WAS STUNNED TO
00:20:43:00	00:20:46:00	LEARN THAT ABOUT ONE THIRD
00:20:46:00	00:20:46:00	OF HOUSEHOLDS ACROSS
00:20:46:00	00:20:50:00	MASSACHUSETTS FACE SOME LEVEL
00:20:50:00	00:20:50:00	OF FOOD INSECURITY WHILE OUR
00:20:50:00	00:20:51:00	STATE SIMULTANEOUSLY THROWS
00:20:51:00	00:20:54:00	AWAY OVER A MILLION TONS
00:20:54:00	00:20:54:00	OF FOOD EACH YEAR.
00:20:54:00	00:20:57:00	AS I'VE LIVED IN TWO COUNTRIES
00:20:57:00	00:20:57:00	OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES,
00:20:57:00	00:21:00:00	I'VE SEEN THAT THE CONSEQUENCES
00:21:00:00	00:21:01:00	OF FOOD WASTE AND FOOD
00:21:01:00	00:21:01:00	INSECURITY ARE PREVALENT IN ALL
00:21:01:00	00:21:04:00	COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD.
00:21:04:00	00:21:04:00	THIS IS WHY IT HAS BEEN
00:21:04:00	00:21:05:00	IMMENSELY INSPIRATIONAL TO
00:21:05:00	00:21:08:00	CONNECT WITH PEOPLE ALL ACROSS
00:21:08:00	00:21:08:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON AND ALL
00:21:08:00	00:21:12:00	ACROSS THE NATION WHO ARE
00:21:12:00	00:21:12:00	PASSIONATE AND LIKE MINDED IN
00:21:12:00	00:21:15:00	ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES WHETHER
00:21:15:00	00:21:16:00	THEY BE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OR
00:21:16:00	00:21:16:00	ADULTS AT PROFESSIONAL AND
00:21:16:00	00:21:19:00	LEGISLATIVE LEVELS.
00:21:19:00	00:21:19:00	THROUGH SERVING COMMUNITIES
00:21:19:00	00:21:20:00	AROUND BOSTON AND LEARNING
00:21:20:00	00:21:23:00	ABOUT THE STRUGGLES PEOPLE FACE
00:21:23:00	00:21:23:00	DUE TO FOOD INSECURITY THROUGH
00:21:23:00	00:21:26:00	ADVOCATING FOR POLICY CHANGE
00:21:26:00	00:21:27:00	AND THROUGH ENCOURAGING OTHER
00:21:27:00	00:21:28:00	YOUNG PEOPLE TO TAKE A STAND
00:21:28:00	00:21:31:00	AGAINST THESE ISSUES, I HAVE
00:21:31:00	00:21:31:00	SEEN THAT EACH INDIVIDUAL HAS
00:21:31:00	00:21:32:00	THE ABILITY TO CREATE A
00:21:32:00	00:21:34:00	POSITIVE IMPACT.
00:21:34:00	00:21:35:00	HOWEVER, I'VE ALSO SEEN THAT
00:21:35:00	00:21:39:00	THERE IS MORE CONTINUOUS WORK
00:21:39:00	00:21:39:00	TO BE DONE IN ORDER TO HELP OUR
00:21:39:00	00:21:40:00	CITY GROW.
00:21:40:00	00:21:43:00	ARIANA AND I AS WELL AS ALL
00:21:43:00	00:21:43:00	OTHER MEMBERS OF NOVA WORCESTER
00:21:43:00	00:21:44:00	WILL CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE MORE
00:21:44:00	00:21:47:00	YOUTH TO GET INVOLVED IN THIS
00:21:47:00	00:21:47:00	WIDESPREAD CAUSE.
00:21:47:00	00:21:48:00	WE'RE GRATEFUL TO SEE THAT OUR
00:21:48:00	00:21:50:00	CITY IS INNOVATING SO MANY
00:21:50:00	00:21:51:00	AMAZING WAYS TO DECREASE FOOD
00:21:51:00	00:21:54:00	WASTE AND ALLEVIATE HUNGER.
00:21:54:00	00:21:55:00	THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE
00:21:55:00	00:21:57:00	PRESENT TODAY.
00:21:57:00	00:22:01:00	I KNOW ABOUT EVERYBODY ELSE BUT
00:22:01:00	00:22:02:00	IN THESE TIMES IT IS REALLY
00:22:02:00	00:22:05:00	DIFFICULT TO FIND HOPE AND IN
00:22:05:00	00:22:08:00	THIS WORK AND MEETING WITH THEM
00:22:08:00	00:22:09:00	AND SEEING WHAT THEY'VE DONE
00:22:09:00	00:22:09:00	MAKES ME HOPEFUL FOR THE FUTURE
00:22:09:00	00:22:13:00	ESPECIALLY IF THIS WORLD IS IN
00:22:13:00	00:22:13:00	THE HANDS OF FOLKS LIKE ARIANA
00:22:13:00	00:22:13:00	AND SOPHIA.
00:22:13:00	00:22:16:00	SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
00:22:16:00	00:22:16:00	SO MUCH.
00:22:16:00	00:22:17:00	THE URGENCY IS HERE AND YOUR
00:22:17:00	00:22:18:00	WORK HAS NEVER BEEN MORE
00:22:18:00	00:22:19:00	IMPORTANT THAN EVER.
00:22:19:00	00:22:20:00	SO WITH THAT I WANTED TO
00:22:20:00	00:22:21:00	PROVIDE A COUPLE OF CITATIONS
00:22:21:00	00:22:24:00	IF YOU FOLKS WANT TO JOIN
00:22:24:00	00:22:24:00	ME RIGHT UP HERE.
00:22:24:00	00:22:27:00	THE FIRST IS TO BOTH ARIANA AND
00:22:27:00	00:22:28:00	AND ALSO TO SOPHIA TOO IN
00:22:28:00	00:22:32:00	RECOGNITION OF YOUR
00:22:32:00	00:22:32:00	EXTRAORDINARY LEADERSHIP IN
00:22:32:00	00:22:33:00	FOUNDING OF ASDA, A STUDENT LED
00:22:33:00	00:22:35:00	FOOD RECOVERY INITIATIVE THAT
00:22:35:00	00:22:39:00	TRANSFORMS ACCESS INTO ACCESS,
00:22:39:00	00:22:39:00	MOBILIZES YOUTH ACROSS BOSTON
00:22:39:00	00:22:40:00	AND BEYOND AND HAS DELIVERED
00:22:40:00	00:22:43:00	THOUSANDS OF MEALS TO RESIDENTS
00:22:43:00	00:22:43:00	IN NEED.
00:22:43:00	00:22:44:00	YOUR DEDICATION TO
00:22:44:00	00:22:47:00	SUSTAINABILITY COMMUNITY CARE
00:22:47:00	00:22:47:00	AND FOOD JUSTICE EXEMPLIFIES
00:22:47:00	00:22:51:00	THE VERY BEST OF BOSTON'S YOUNG
00:22:51:00	00:22:51:00	LEADERS AND INSPIRES OUR CITY
00:22:51:00	00:22:54:00	TO FILL THE GAPS IN FOOD ACCESS
00:22:54:00	00:22:55:00	AND TO BUILD A MORE EQUITABLE
00:22:55:00	00:22:56:00	FUTURE AND BE FURTHER RESOLVED
00:22:56:00	00:22:58:00	THAT THIS RESOLUTION BE DULY
00:22:58:00	00:22:59:00	SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT AND
00:22:59:00	00:23:01:00	CITY COUNCIL AND ATTESTED TO
00:23:01:00	00:23:02:00	AND A COPY THEREOF TRANSMITTED
00:23:02:00	00:23:02:00	BY THE CLERK OF THE CITY
00:23:02:00	00:23:02:00	OF BOSTON.
00:23:02:00	00:23:06:00	CONGRATULATIONS BOTH OF YOU
00:23:06:00	00:23:06:00	HERE.
00:23:06:00	00:23:09:00	SO MUCH.
00:23:09:00	00:23:10:00	I'D LIKE TO WELCOME MY
00:23:10:00	00:23:12:00	COLLEAGUES UP FOR A QUICK
00:23:12:00	00:23:13:00	PHOTO.
00:23:13:00	00:24:55:00	THANK YOU VERY, VERY.
00:24:55:00	00:25:09:00	ALL RIGHT.
00:25:09:00	00:25:10:00	OKAY.
00:25:10:00	00:25:13:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH TO
00:25:13:00	00:25:14:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE ZAPATA.
00:25:14:00	00:25:17:00	THANK YOU TO ARIANA AND TO
00:25:17:00	00:25:20:00	SOPHIA FOR THE GREAT WORK THAT
00:25:20:00	00:25:21:00	YOU'VE DONE ON BEHALF OF THE
00:25:21:00	00:25:25:00	RESIDENTS OF THE CITY AND IN
00:25:25:00	00:25:26:00	STANDING IN THE GAP FOR SO MANY
00:25:26:00	00:25:26:00	OF US.
00:25:26:00	00:25:28:00	AND AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, TODAY
00:25:28:00	00:25:29:00	IS MY LAST MEETING AS THE
00:25:29:00	00:25:32:00	PRESIDENT OF BOSTON CITY
00:25:32:00	00:25:32:00	COUNCIL AND IT'S BEEN A GREAT
00:25:32:00	00:25:36:00	HONOR TO REPRESENT THIS BODY.
00:25:36:00	00:25:40:00	AND AS MANY OF YOU KNOW SEE ON
00:25:40:00	00:25:43:00	THE AGENDA I FILED A RESOLUTION
00:25:43:00	00:25:49:00	CONDEMNING THE CUTS TO TPS FOR
00:25:49:00	00:25:53:00	ALMOST 500,000 LEGAL HAITIAN
00:25:53:00	00:25:54:00	AMERICAN HAITIAN RESIDENTS WHO
00:25:54:00	00:25:57:00	LIVE HERE WHO HAVE MORTGAGES
00:25:57:00	00:26:01:00	HERE, WHO ARE OUR BROTHERS AND
00:26:01:00	00:26:01:00	SISTERS, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR
00:26:01:00	00:26:05:00	WORKERS EVERYWHERE.
00:26:05:00	00:26:06:00	IF YOU HAVE PARENTS WHO ARE
00:26:06:00	00:26:06:00	AGING AND WHOEVER YOU'VE EVER
00:26:06:00	00:26:09:00	HAD A HOME HEALTH CARE WORKER
00:26:09:00	00:26:09:00	AND THEY'VE BEEN A PATIENT, IS
00:26:09:00	00:26:13:00	THAT VERY LIKELY THAT THEY'VE
00:26:13:00	00:26:13:00	HAD TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS?
00:26:13:00	00:26:17:00	AND SO AS I EXIT THIS DIAS, IT
00:26:17:00	00:26:17:00	WAS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ME TO
00:26:17:00	00:26:18:00	CONTINUE TO UPLIFT THE WORK
00:26:18:00	00:26:21:00	OF THE IMMIGRANT FAMILY SERVICE
00:26:21:00	00:26:21:00	INSTITUTE.
00:26:21:00	00:26:22:00	SO I'D LIKE TO ASK DR. GABO TO
00:26:22:00	00:26:24:00	COME FORWARD.
00:26:24:00	00:26:28:00	ON THANKSGIVING DAY I RECEIVED
00:26:28:00	00:26:29:00	A TEXT FROM A CONSTITUENT WHO
00:26:29:00	00:26:32:00	ASKED ME WHAT SHE SHOULD DO
00:26:32:00	00:26:34:00	BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN IN THIS
00:26:34:00	00:26:35:00	COUNTRY SINCE 2010 AND THAT
00:26:35:00	00:26:36:00	THIS IS HER HOME.
00:26:36:00	00:26:39:00	SHE HAS A MORTGAGE.
00:26:39:00	00:26:42:00	SHE HAS A SON AND SHE HAS NO
00:26:42:00	00:26:43:00	IDEA WHAT SHE'S GOING TO DO
00:26:43:00	00:26:46:00	COME FEBRUARY.
00:26:46:00	00:26:49:00	WHEN TPS IS CUT, THE HARM
00:26:49:00	00:26:50:00	OF THIS ADMINISTRATION
00:26:50:00	00:26:52:00	CONTINUES AND IT'S REALLY EASY
00:26:52:00	00:26:53:00	TO BECOME DESPONDENT AND TO SIT
00:26:53:00	00:26:57:00	IN DESPAIR.
00:26:57:00	00:26:58:00	BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE AND
00:26:58:00	00:27:03:00	ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE A BRIGHT
00:27:03:00	00:27:04:00	LIGHT IN THESE DIFFICULT
00:27:04:00	00:27:07:00	MOMENTS FOR SO MANY OF OUR
00:27:07:00	00:27:08:00	RESIDENTS, A NUMBER OF US WERE
00:27:08:00	00:27:10:00	STOOD TOGETHER WITH A UNION'S
00:27:10:00	00:27:11:00	32 J LAST WEEK IN THE NATIONAL
00:27:11:00	00:27:13:00	TPS COMMITTEE AS WE CONDEMNED
00:27:13:00	00:27:14:00	WHAT'S GOING ON TO OUR
00:27:14:00	00:27:17:00	IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, TO OUR
00:27:17:00	00:27:18:00	SOMALI COMMUNITY, TO HAITIAN
00:27:18:00	00:27:21:00	COMMUNITY MEXICANS, LATINOS,
00:27:21:00	00:27:22:00	EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN THE
00:27:22:00	00:27:25:00	SUBJECT OF THE VITRIOL AND THE
00:27:25:00	00:27:25:00	HATRED AND THE XENOPHOBIA
00:27:25:00	00:27:26:00	OF THIS ADMINISTRATION.
00:27:26:00	00:27:29:00	SO I JUST WANTED TO UPLIFT YOU
00:27:29:00	00:27:33:00	BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE BURDEN
00:27:33:00	00:27:34:00	IS HEAVY UPON CONNECTION, THAT
00:27:34:00	00:27:37:00	THE BURDEN IS GOING TO GET EVEN
00:27:37:00	00:27:37:00	HEAVIER.
00:27:37:00	00:27:39:00	AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW
00:27:39:00	00:27:40:00	THAT WE STAND WITH YOU AS A
00:27:40:00	00:27:41:00	BODY.
00:27:41:00	00:27:45:00	AS TO THE COUNCIL OR NOT.
00:27:45:00	00:27:46:00	I STAND WITH THE HAITIAN
00:27:46:00	00:27:48:00	COMMUNITY ALL THE TIME.
00:27:48:00	00:27:51:00	AND I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE
00:27:51:00	00:27:52:00	YOU IN THE WORK THAT IF SHE IS
00:27:52:00	00:27:55:00	DOING TO PROVIDE SO MUCH
00:27:55:00	00:27:55:00	INFORMATION TO SO MANY OF OUR
00:27:55:00	00:27:58:00	IMMIGRANTS, HAITIANS AND NON
00:27:58:00	00:27:58:00	HAITIANS ALIKE.
00:27:58:00	00:28:02:00	SO I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU
00:28:02:00	00:28:03:00	HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE YOU.
00:28:03:00	00:28:07:00	I CALL DR. GABO MY FELLOW COME
00:28:07:00	00:28:10:00	BACK TO.
00:28:10:00	00:28:11:00	WHICH MEANS SHE IS MY FELLOW
00:28:11:00	00:28:11:00	FIGHTER.
00:28:11:00	00:28:13:00	I COULD NOT DO THIS WORK
00:28:13:00	00:28:14:00	WITHOUT DR. DOUBLE.
00:28:14:00	00:28:15:00	AND SO I'M SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE
00:28:15:00	00:28:17:00	YOU HERE.
00:28:17:00	00:28:18:00	I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THE WAY
00:28:18:00	00:28:21:00	THAT YOU POUR INTO ME AND IN
00:28:21:00	00:28:21:00	REVERSE.
00:28:21:00	00:28:25:00	AND SO I HAVE THE CITATION ON
00:28:25:00	00:28:26:00	THE BUSSES ON BEHALF OF THE
00:28:26:00	00:28:27:00	BOSTON COUNCIL BUT I ALSO HAVE
00:28:27:00	00:28:29:00	THESE FLOWERS THAT I WOULD LIKE
00:28:29:00	00:28:30:00	TO GIVE YOU ON BEHALF OF THE
00:28:30:00	00:28:39:00	BOSTON CITY COUNCIL.
00:28:39:00	00:28:44:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:28:44:00	00:28:44:00	YOU KNOW I CALL THE HUDSON
00:28:44:00	00:28:48:00	MADAM MY PRESIDENT.
00:28:48:00	00:28:48:00	THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED
00:28:48:00	00:28:48:00	SUPPORT.
00:28:48:00	00:28:52:00	AND THANK YOU TO EACH AND EVERY
00:28:52:00	00:28:55:00	ONE OF YOU IN THIS ROOM WHO DAY
00:28:55:00	00:28:56:00	IN AND DAY OUT CONTINUES TO
00:28:56:00	00:28:59:00	FIGHT FOR OUR IMMIGRANT
00:28:59:00	00:29:00:00	COMMUNITIES.
00:29:00:00	00:29:01:00	I HAVE TEARS IN MY EYES BECAUSE
00:29:01:00	00:29:04:00	AGAIN KNOWING THAT THIS FIGHT
00:29:04:00	00:29:07:00	IT'S A IT'S A REAL ONE.
00:29:07:00	00:29:10:00	IT'S ONE THAT WE LEAVE EVERY
00:29:10:00	00:29:10:00	SECOND NOT EVERY MINUTE, EVERY
00:29:10:00	00:29:11:00	SECOND OF OUR LIVES.
00:29:11:00	00:29:14:00	WE LEAVE THAT FIGHT.
00:29:14:00	00:29:15:00	AND FOR US TO REACH A POINT
00:29:15:00	00:29:19:00	WHERE OUR IMMIGRANTS WHO WOULD
00:29:19:00	00:29:22:00	PRESENT, YOU KNOW, THE BACKBONE
00:29:22:00	00:29:23:00	OF THIS COUNTRY, THE BACKBONE
00:29:23:00	00:29:25:00	OF THIS COMMUNITY TO BE TREATED
00:29:25:00	00:29:26:00	THE WAY THAT THIS
00:29:26:00	00:29:29:00	ADMINISTRATION IS TREATING THEM
00:29:29:00	00:29:30:00	EVEN YESTERDAY AGAIN, YOU KNOW,
00:29:30:00	00:29:34:00	HAITIANS AGAIN CAME TO THE
00:29:34:00	00:29:34:00	NEGATIVE OF THIS PRESIDENT WHO
00:29:34:00	00:29:38:00	IS TREATING US AS, YOU KNOW,
00:29:38:00	00:29:41:00	LESS WANTED LIKE YOU KNOW THAT
00:29:41:00	00:29:42:00	WE ARE YOU KNOW, ALL OF THOSE
00:29:42:00	00:29:45:00	KIND OF NEGATIVE, YOU KNOW,
00:29:45:00	00:29:46:00	ACHIEVEMENT THAT IS PUTTING ON
00:29:46:00	00:29:46:00	US.
00:29:46:00	00:29:49:00	SO IT'S A VERY TOUGH TIME FOR
00:29:49:00	00:29:49:00	ALL OF US.
00:29:49:00	00:29:53:00	AND I THANK YOU FOR STANDING IN
00:29:53:00	00:29:54:00	SOLIDARITY WITH US AND FOR
00:29:54:00	00:29:54:00	FIGHTING ALONGSIDE BECAUSE
00:29:54:00	00:29:58:00	AGAIN, OUR IMMIGRANTS RELY ON
00:29:58:00	00:29:58:00	US.
00:29:58:00	00:30:01:00	THEY DEPEND ON US FOR THEM TO
00:30:01:00	00:30:01:00	HAVE A VOICE.
00:30:01:00	00:30:02:00	THEY DEPEND ON FOR THEM TO FEEL
00:30:02:00	00:30:05:00	THAT THEY ARE SAFE AND FOR THE
00:30:05:00	00:30:06:00	WORK THAT ALL OF YOU DO
00:30:06:00	00:30:06:00	EVERYDAY.
00:30:06:00	00:30:09:00	I WANT TO REALLY FROM THE
00:30:09:00	00:30:09:00	BOTTOM OF MY HEART THANK YOU
00:30:09:00	00:30:12:00	FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND THANK YOU
00:30:12:00	00:30:13:00	WOULD SEE FOR BEING SUCH A
00:30:13:00	00:30:16:00	LIGHT TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
00:30:16:00	00:30:19:00	AND WHENEVER SOMETHING IS
00:30:19:00	00:30:20:00	HAPPENING I CAN QUICKLY TEXT
00:30:20:00	00:30:21:00	AND SAY THIS IS HAPPENING WHAT
00:30:21:00	00:30:23:00	DO WE DO?
00:30:23:00	00:30:24:00	AND BEFORE WE KNOW IT SHE MAKES
00:30:24:00	00:30:25:00	A PHONE CALL.
00:30:25:00	00:30:27:00	SHE COMES TO THE OFFICE AND
00:30:27:00	00:30:28:00	THEN SHE'S WITH US.
00:30:28:00	00:30:31:00	SO AGAIN I HAVE NO WORDS TO SEE
00:30:31:00	00:30:32:00	HOW GRATEFUL I AM FOR YOUR
00:30:32:00	00:30:34:00	CONTINUED SUPPORT AND I KNOW
00:30:34:00	00:30:35:00	THE NEXT PRESIDENT WILL STAY IN
00:30:35:00	00:30:38:00	THE SAME WAY THAT YOU HAVE
00:30:38:00	00:30:39:00	DONE, YOU KNOW, SIDE BY SIDE
00:30:39:00	00:30:39:00	WITH OUR COMMUNITIES.
00:30:39:00	00:30:42:00	SO TO HELP US FIGHT, YOU KNOW,
00:30:42:00	00:30:46:00	THIS EVIL EVIL ATTACK ON OUR
00:30:46:00	00:30:46:00	COMMUNITIES SO LET'S STAY
00:30:46:00	00:30:50:00	STRONG THAT'S WOMEN POSITIVE
00:30:50:00	00:30:51:00	BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY
00:30:51:00	00:30:54:00	WE KNOW YOU KNOW LIKE ALWAYS
00:30:54:00	00:30:55:00	SHINE IN THE DARKNESS AND
00:30:55:00	00:30:57:00	BECAUSE WE ARE LIGHT OUR LIGHT
00:30:57:00	00:30:58:00	WILL ALWAYS, ALWAYS SHINE.
00:30:58:00	00:31:08:00	SO THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYONE.
00:31:08:00	00:31:09:00	WHEN I READ THIS RESOLUTION
00:31:09:00	00:31:09:00	THIS IS AN OFFICIAL RESOLUTION
00:31:09:00	00:31:12:00	PRESENTED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT
00:31:12:00	00:31:12:00	RICHARD LOUIJEUNE.
00:31:12:00	00:31:13:00	BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOSTON
00:31:13:00	00:31:15:00	CITY COUNCIL EXTENDS ITS
00:31:15:00	00:31:15:00	CONGRATULATIONS TO THE
00:31:15:00	00:31:16:00	IMMIGRANT FAMILY SERVICES
00:31:16:00	00:31:19:00	INSTITUTE IN RECOGNITION
00:31:19:00	00:31:20:00	OF YOUR COMPASSIONATE SERVICE
00:31:20:00	00:31:23:00	STEADFAST ADVOCACY, COMMITMENT
00:31:23:00	00:31:23:00	TO OPPORTUNITY, DIGNITY AND
00:31:23:00	00:31:26:00	BELONGING THAT HAS HAD A
00:31:26:00	00:31:27:00	TRANSFORMATIVE IMPACT ON
00:31:27:00	00:31:27:00	COUNTLESS IMMIGRANT FAMILIES
00:31:27:00	00:31:29:00	AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS BOSTON.
00:31:29:00	00:31:34:00	YOU ALL RIGHT?
00:31:34:00	00:31:34:00	IF I COULD ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO
00:31:34:00	00:31:59:00	COME UP FOR A PHOTO AFTER KIKI.
00:31:59:00	00:32:21:00	COME ON.
00:32:21:00	00:32:21:00	THANK YOU.
00:32:21:00	00:32:22:00	THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
00:32:22:00	00:32:53:00	THE THANK YOU.
00:32:53:00	00:32:54:00	BUT I DIDN'T MENTION AS MUCH.
00:32:54:00	00:32:57:00	THERE IS A LOT OF DESPAIR AND
00:32:57:00	00:32:58:00	UNCERTAINTY AND FEAR.
00:32:58:00	00:33:00:00	THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF JOY
00:33:00:00	00:33:01:00	BECAUSE AS I'VE STATED HERE,
00:33:01:00	00:33:04:00	HAITI MADE THE WORLD CUP AND SO
00:33:04:00	00:33:05:00	WE WILL BE PLAYING AT THE
00:33:05:00	00:33:05:00	BOSTON STADIUM NEXT YEAR.
00:33:05:00	00:33:08:00	SO HOLDING A LOT OF SPACE FOR
00:33:08:00	00:33:08:00	BOTH GRIEF AND JOY.
00:33:08:00	00:33:11:00	THANK YOU.
00:33:11:00	00:33:12:00	OKAY.
00:33:12:00	00:33:15:00	BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE FIRST
00:33:15:00	00:33:19:00	ORDER OF BUSINESS, I ASK YOU TO
00:33:19:00	00:33:20:00	INDULGE ME WHILE I HAVE MY
00:33:20:00	00:33:23:00	FAMILY HERE AND IF YOU'RE HERE
00:33:23:00	00:33:26:00	JUST I WOULD I WANTED TO SAY
00:33:26:00	00:33:26:00	THIS FOR THE END BUT JUST TO
00:33:26:00	00:33:30:00	GIVE SOME REMARKS ON MY FINAL
00:33:30:00	00:33:33:00	DAY AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT IT
00:33:33:00	00:33:34:00	PROVIDES FOR A MOMENT
00:33:34:00	00:33:37:00	OF TREMENDOUS REFLECTION AND
00:33:37:00	00:33:38:00	I'M SO PROUD OF WHAT THIS BODY
00:33:38:00	00:33:38:00	HAS ACHIEVED TOGETHER AND THE
00:33:38:00	00:33:40:00	WAYS THAT WE'VE GROWN IN
00:33:40:00	00:33:41:00	SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF THE
00:33:41:00	00:33:41:00	CITY OF BOSTON.
00:33:41:00	00:33:45:00	EACH OF YOU APPROACHES THIS
00:33:45:00	00:33:49:00	WORK WITH SERIOUSNESS AND A
00:33:49:00	00:33:49:00	DEEP COMMITMENT.
00:33:49:00	00:33:50:00	YOU CHAIR COMMITTEES YOU LEAD
00:33:50:00	00:33:52:00	IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS AND
00:33:52:00	00:33:52:00	BRING FORWARD LEGISLATION THAT
00:33:52:00	00:33:56:00	SPEAKS TO THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE.
00:33:56:00	00:33:57:00	THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE,
00:33:57:00	00:34:00:00	YOUR PASSION AND YOUR
00:34:00:00	00:34:00:00	UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO THE
00:34:00:00	00:34:00:00	RESIDENTS.
00:34:00:00	00:34:03:00	WE REPRESENT A VERY BIG
00:34:03:00	00:34:04:00	HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO CENTRAL
00:34:04:00	00:34:07:00	STAFF WHO ARE THE BACKBONE
00:34:07:00	00:34:08:00	OF COUNCIL OPERATIONS AND IT
00:34:08:00	00:34:11:00	HAS BEEN AN HONOR WORKING SO
00:34:11:00	00:34:12:00	CLOSELY WITH YOU TO ENSURE THIS
00:34:12:00	00:34:12:00	BODY RUNS SMOOTHLY.
00:34:12:00	00:34:15:00	A BIG SHOUT OUT TO MICHELLE.
00:34:15:00	00:34:18:00	MICHELLE, ARE YOU HERE?
00:34:18:00	00:34:19:00	MICHELLE, CAN YOU COME FORWARD?
00:34:19:00	00:34:22:00	I KNOW YOU CAN HEAR ME.
00:34:22:00	00:34:24:00	SHE'S ALWAYS IN HER OFFICE.
00:34:24:00	00:34:25:00	IS SHE COMING?
00:34:25:00	00:34:29:00	SHE'S.
00:34:29:00	00:34:29:00	CAN YOU?
00:34:29:00	00:34:29:00	YEAH.
00:34:29:00	00:34:32:00	THERE'S A BIT OF A DELAY ON THE
00:34:32:00	00:34:33:00	LIVESTREAM THAT SHE'S WATCHING
00:34:33:00	00:34:39:00	IN HER OFFICE.
00:34:39:00	00:34:40:00	THERE.
00:34:40:00	00:34:42:00	THERE YOU GO.
00:34:42:00	00:34:46:00	MICHELLE, I JUST WANTED TO SAY
00:34:46:00	00:34:50:00	THANK YOU TO YOU AND TO ALL
00:34:50:00	00:34:52:00	OF CENTRAL STAFF FOR ALL THE
00:34:52:00	00:34:59:00	INCREDIBLE WORK THAT YOU'VE GOT
00:34:59:00	00:35:03:00	TO SHE MICHELLE HAS REALLY BEEN
00:35:03:00	00:35:03:00	MY RIGHT HAND TO MEGAN, TO MEG,
00:35:03:00	00:35:06:00	TO SHANE, TO CANDACE TO
00:35:06:00	00:35:07:00	LORRAINE, TO OUR ANITA TO RON
00:35:07:00	00:35:10:00	TO ETHAN TO CORA TO KARISHMA TO
00:35:10:00	00:35:10:00	JUAN AND TO OUR INTERNS.
00:35:10:00	00:35:14:00	I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
00:35:14:00	00:35:15:00	YOU ALL STEER THIS SHIP.
00:35:15:00	00:35:18:00	THERE'S NO CLAPPING TECHNICALLY
00:35:18:00	00:35:18:00	IN CHAMBERS.
00:35:18:00	00:35:19:00	AND HATS OFF TO OUR ANITA FOR
00:35:19:00	00:35:22:00	ALWAYS TRYING OUR BEST TO KEEP
00:35:22:00	00:35:23:00	US SAFE.
00:35:23:00	00:35:26:00	GETTING PAST HER IS LIKE
00:35:26:00	00:35:26:00	ENTERING FORT KNOX.
00:35:26:00	00:35:29:00	THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE TEAM
00:35:29:00	00:35:30:00	THE CLERK'S OFFICE, TO ALEX, TO
00:35:30:00	00:35:33:00	ELLEN, TO DARCY FOR SHOWING UP
00:35:33:00	00:35:34:00	EVERY WEEK AND ENSURING OUR
00:35:34:00	00:35:36:00	MEETINGS RUN SMOOTHLY.
00:35:36:00	00:35:37:00	I HAVE SOME CHOCOLATES FOR THE
00:35:37:00	00:35:42:00	CLERK'S OFFICE, SO THANK YOU SO
00:35:42:00	00:35:42:00	MUCH.
00:35:42:00	00:35:43:00	THIS IS PERFECTLY GOOD.
00:35:43:00	00:35:49:00	AWESOME.
00:35:49:00	00:35:49:00	AND AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE
00:35:49:00	00:35:52:00	WORKING IN THE OFFICE WHO KEEPS
00:35:52:00	00:35:53:00	OUR CITY MOVING EFFICIENTLY
00:35:53:00	00:35:53:00	EVERY SINGLE DAY.
00:35:53:00	00:35:54:00	WHILE I MAY NOT HAVE THE
00:35:54:00	00:35:56:00	OPPORTUNITY TO ASK YOU FOR YOUR
00:35:56:00	00:35:57:00	HAPPY AND  EVERY WEEK I HAVE
00:35:57:00	00:36:00:00	THOROUGHLY ENJOYED GETTING TO
00:36:00:00	00:36:00:00	LEARN ABOUT YOU AND YOUR LIVES
00:36:00:00	00:36:01:00	THESE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
00:36:01:00	00:36:04:00	WE START OUR WEDNESDAY PRE
00:36:04:00	00:36:04:00	COUNCIL MEETINGS WITH HAPPY AND
00:36:04:00	00:36:04:00	.
00:36:04:00	00:36:07:00	GOOD THING THING TOGETHER WE
00:36:07:00	00:36:07:00	CHAMPIONED BETTER WORKSPACES
00:36:07:00	00:36:11:00	AND WORSE RESOURCES FOR CENTRAL
00:36:11:00	00:36:11:00	AND COUNCIL STAFF.
00:36:11:00	00:36:14:00	WE'VE PRIORITIZED IMPROVING
00:36:14:00	00:36:15:00	WORKING CONDITIONS AND
00:36:15:00	00:36:15:00	MODERNIZING THE INTERNAL
00:36:15:00	00:36:18:00	SUPPORT SYSTEMS THAT HELP YOU
00:36:18:00	00:36:18:00	DO YOUR JOBS EFFECTIVELY.
00:36:18:00	00:36:22:00	WE OVERSAW THE HIRING PROCESS
00:36:22:00	00:36:22:00	FOR A NEW HUMAN RESOURCES
00:36:22:00	00:36:23:00	MANAGER.
00:36:23:00	00:36:25:00	WE EXPANDED GENDER NEUTRAL
00:36:25:00	00:36:26:00	BATHROOMS TO FURTHER AFFIRM OUR
00:36:26:00	00:36:26:00	COMMITMENT TO BELONGING.
00:36:26:00	00:36:30:00	WE NOW ALSO THANK YOU TO EMILY
00:36:30:00	00:36:30:00	MY FRONT BACKS INSIDE.
00:36:30:00	00:36:34:00	WE NOW HAVE OUR NEW
00:36:34:00	00:36:34:00	COUNCIL SWEATSHIRTS AND THEY
00:36:34:00	00:36:37:00	GET A SAMANTHA IN
00:36:37:00	00:36:37:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN'S OFFICE SO
00:36:37:00	00:36:38:00	THAT ALL COUNCIL STAFF CAN
00:36:38:00	00:36:38:00	PROUDLY WRAP THE TREMENDOUS
00:36:38:00	00:36:41:00	WORK THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE
00:36:41:00	00:36:42:00	OF YOU DO EVERY SINGLE DAY.
00:36:42:00	00:36:45:00	AND YES, WE BUILT A
00:36:45:00	00:36:45:00	COUNCIL NOOK A SMALL BUT
00:36:45:00	00:36:46:00	MEANINGFUL UPGRADE THAT HAS
00:36:46:00	00:36:48:00	CREATED SPACE FOR COMMUNITY
00:36:48:00	00:36:49:00	WITH OUR WORKPLACE.
00:36:49:00	00:36:52:00	AND I WANT TO THANK AGAIN EMILY
00:36:52:00	00:36:53:00	FOR SPEARHEADING THAT PROJECT
00:36:53:00	00:36:54:00	AND FOR CREATING OUR MONTHLY
00:36:54:00	00:36:57:00	COUNCIL CHRONICLES.
00:36:57:00	00:36:58:00	BEYOND THE DAY TO DAY WORK I
00:36:58:00	00:37:01:00	HAVE CHERISHED THE MOMENTS THAT
00:37:01:00	00:37:01:00	REMINDED US WE ARE MORE THAN
00:37:01:00	00:37:01:00	COLLEAGUES.
00:37:01:00	00:37:05:00	TEAM BONDING ACTIVITIES LIKE
00:37:05:00	00:37:05:00	COUNCIL FRIENDSGIVING THE ROCK
00:37:05:00	00:37:06:00	CLIMBING OUTING AT THE
00:37:06:00	00:37:08:00	BEGINNING OF LAST YEAR AT THE
00:37:08:00	00:37:08:00	PHENIX WRITING VALENTINE'S DAY
00:37:08:00	00:37:12:00	CARDS FOR SENIORS AND EVEN
00:37:12:00	00:37:12:00	BRINGING WALLY AND TESSA TRICK
00:37:12:00	00:37:13:00	OR TREATING THROUGHOUT THE
00:37:13:00	00:37:15:00	COUNCIL OFFICES.
00:37:15:00	00:37:16:00	THESE ARE MEMORIES THAT MEET
00:37:16:00	00:37:17:00	OUR TIME TOGETHER JOYFUL, HUMAN
00:37:17:00	00:37:19:00	AND REAL.
00:37:19:00	00:37:23:00	I ALSO WANT TO THANK THOSE WHO
00:37:23:00	00:37:23:00	CAME BEFORE.
00:37:23:00	00:37:24:00	YOU'LL SEE ON THE AGENDA TODAY
00:37:24:00	00:37:27:00	WE ARE HONORING A FELLOW
00:37:27:00	00:37:27:00	RESOLUTION TO HONOR THOMAS
00:37:27:00	00:37:30:00	IRVING ADKINS, THE FIRST
00:37:30:00	00:37:31:00	AFRICAN-AMERICAN PERSON ELECTED
00:37:31:00	00:37:32:00	AT LARGE TO THIS BODY IN A
00:37:32:00	00:37:34:00	PIONEERING CIVIL RIGHTS
00:37:34:00	00:37:34:00	ADVOCATE.
00:37:34:00	00:37:35:00	HIS LEGACY IS A REMINDER THAT
00:37:35:00	00:37:38:00	OUR WORK IS FAR FROM FINISHED
00:37:38:00	00:37:38:00	AND THAT CLOSING THE RACIAL
00:37:38:00	00:37:39:00	WEALTH AND OPPORTUNITY GAPS IN
00:37:39:00	00:37:41:00	BOSTON REQUIRED CONTINUED
00:37:41:00	00:37:42:00	COMMITMENT, ACCOUNTABILITY AND
00:37:42:00	00:37:42:00	ACTION.
00:37:42:00	00:37:46:00	WE OWE IT TO EVERY RESIDENT TO
00:37:46:00	00:37:46:00	ENSURE THEY HAVE THE TOOLS,
00:37:46:00	00:37:49:00	ACCESS AND SUPPORT TO THRIVE
00:37:49:00	00:37:49:00	AND BUILD GENERATIONAL WEALTH
00:37:49:00	00:37:50:00	FOR THEIR FAMILIES AND
00:37:50:00	00:37:53:00	COMMUNITIES AND TO HONOR FORMER
00:37:53:00	00:37:53:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT GABRIELLE
00:37:53:00	00:37:57:00	PIEMONTE, A STEADFAST CHAMPION
00:37:57:00	00:37:57:00	FOR NEIGHBORHOODS AND WORKING
00:37:57:00	00:37:57:00	FAMILIES.
00:37:57:00	00:37:58:00	I WANT TO THANK FORMER CITY
00:37:58:00	00:38:01:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND NOW
00:38:01:00	00:38:02:00	REGISTER OF DEEDS STEVEN MURPHY
00:38:02:00	00:38:05:00	FOR WORKING TOGETHER AND URGING
00:38:05:00	00:38:06:00	US TO DO THIS.
00:38:06:00	00:38:07:00	WE ARE ENSURING THAT THE
00:38:07:00	00:38:09:00	COUNCIL HONORS WHAT THE
00:38:09:00	00:38:09:00	COUNCIL'S PAST AND ITS
00:38:09:00	00:38:10:00	COMMITMENT TO A MORE INCLUSIVE
00:38:10:00	00:38:10:00	FUTURE.
00:38:10:00	00:38:12:00	IT'S A REMINDER THAT OUR WORK
00:38:12:00	00:38:13:00	HONORS THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE US
00:38:13:00	00:38:14:00	AND SET THE TONE FOR THOSE WHO
00:38:14:00	00:38:16:00	WILL COME AFTER.
00:38:16:00	00:38:17:00	AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY
00:38:17:00	00:38:20:00	OWN FAMILY WHO HAVE BEEN BY MY
00:38:20:00	00:38:24:00	SIDE AS MUCH AS ANY STAFFER
00:38:24:00	00:38:24:00	THROUGHOUT THE PRESIDENCY.
00:38:24:00	00:38:27:00	MY PARENTS WHO ARE HERE, MY
00:38:27:00	00:38:29:00	SISTER WHO IS ON HER LUNCH
00:38:29:00	00:38:30:00	BREAK, TWO ATTORNEYS FOR MY
00:38:30:00	00:38:34:00	PARENTS.
00:38:34:00	00:38:35:00	THAT IS A LOT BUT THEY HANDLE
00:38:35:00	00:38:35:00	IT WELL.
00:38:35:00	00:38:37:00	I'M GRATEFUL FOR THEIR DREAMS
00:38:37:00	00:38:38:00	AND THEIR BELIEFS FOR BELIEVING
00:38:38:00	00:38:40:00	IN THIS COUNTRY.
00:38:40:00	00:38:41:00	I THINK WHY I WAS VERY
00:38:41:00	00:38:44:00	EMOTIONAL EARLIER IS BECAUSE
00:38:44:00	00:38:45:00	OUR STORIES WOULD NOT BE
00:38:45:00	00:38:46:00	POSSIBLE IF WE WERE IN A
00:38:46:00	00:38:49:00	COUNTRY IN A CITY THAT WELCOMED
00:38:49:00	00:38:49:00	PEOPLE LIKE MY PARENTS.
00:38:49:00	00:38:52:00	WE CAME HERE SPEAKING NO
00:38:52:00	00:38:53:00	ENGLISH AND WORKED REALLY HARD
00:38:53:00	00:38:56:00	FOR MY STORY TO BE POSSIBLE.
00:38:56:00	00:38:57:00	I'M SO GRATEFUL EVERY DAY THEIR
00:38:57:00	00:39:00:00	JOURNEY AND THE JOURNEYS OF SO
00:39:00:00	00:39:03:00	MANY OF OUR FAMILIES ALL AROUND
00:39:03:00	00:39:04:00	THIS CHAMBER ARE A BOSTON
00:39:04:00	00:39:07:00	STORIES.
00:39:07:00	00:39:08:00	AND THEY DESERVE TO BE UPLIFTED
00:39:08:00	00:39:11:00	AND HONORED AND CELEBRATED.
00:39:11:00	00:39:12:00	AND THAT'S WHAT MOTIVATES ME TO
00:39:12:00	00:39:13:00	SERVE WITH PURPOSE, GRATITUDE
00:39:13:00	00:39:15:00	AND HEART.
00:39:15:00	00:39:16:00	THEY ARE MY FOUNDATION AND
00:39:16:00	00:39:16:00	TOGETHER WITH MY FRIENDS,
00:39:16:00	00:39:19:00	NEIGHBORS AND SUPPORTERS AND
00:39:19:00	00:39:20:00	THE GOOD LORD ABOVE I STAND
00:39:20:00	00:39:20:00	HERE.
00:39:20:00	00:39:21:00	I ALSO WANT TO THANK IRENE
00:39:21:00	00:39:23:00	LANDRY WHO IS THE MOTHER
00:39:23:00	00:39:26:00	OF TONY LANDRY WHO IS NOW AT
00:39:26:00	00:39:31:00	SEIU INTERNS AND RESIDENTS.
00:39:31:00	00:39:34:00	SHE GAVE ME THESE PRAYER CARDS
00:39:34:00	00:39:35:00	AND SHE TOLD ME TO MAKE SURE
00:39:35:00	00:39:36:00	THAT I USE THEM IN MY OFFICE
00:39:36:00	00:39:38:00	AND BEFORE EVERY
00:39:38:00	00:39:39:00	COUNCIL MEETING I HAVE READ
00:39:39:00	00:39:39:00	THEM.
00:39:39:00	00:39:40:00	SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AMY
00:39:40:00	00:39:42:00	LANDRY AND TO ALL OF MY
00:39:42:00	00:39:42:00	COLLEAGUES.
00:39:42:00	00:39:42:00	THANK YOU.
00:39:42:00	00:39:43:00	WE ALL BRING UNIQUE BACKGROUNDS
00:39:43:00	00:39:46:00	STORIES AND PERSPECTIVES TO
00:39:46:00	00:39:46:00	THIS CHAMBER.
00:39:46:00	00:39:47:00	THAT DIVERSITY IS THE STRENGTH
00:39:47:00	00:39:49:00	AND THE CELEBRATION OF THIS
00:39:49:00	00:39:50:00	BODY REGARDLESS OF WHO STANDS
00:39:50:00	00:39:53:00	HERE AS PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT
00:39:53:00	00:39:53:00	OF THE COUNCIL OR NOT.
00:39:53:00	00:39:56:00	AND EVEN WHEN WE DISAGREE, WE
00:39:56:00	00:39:57:00	HAVE SOMETIMES FOUND WAYS TO
00:39:57:00	00:39:57:00	WALK THROUGH DIFFERENCES AND
00:39:57:00	00:40:00:00	ADVANCE MEANINGFUL LEGISLATION
00:40:00:00	00:40:01:00	THAT IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THE
00:40:01:00	00:40:01:00	CONSTITUENTS WE SERVE.
00:40:01:00	00:40:04:00	AT THE END OF THE DAY, OUR
00:40:04:00	00:40:04:00	NUMBER ONE PRIORITY HAS ALWAYS
00:40:04:00	00:40:08:00	BEEN TO BE PROBLEM SOLVERS TO
00:40:08:00	00:40:08:00	ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES, LISTEN AND
00:40:08:00	00:40:11:00	FIND SOLUTIONS THAT MOVE OUR
00:40:11:00	00:40:12:00	CITY FORWARD.
00:40:12:00	00:40:12:00	SO I WANT TO THANK EACH AND
00:40:12:00	00:40:13:00	EVERY ONE OF YOU AND I HAVE A
00:40:13:00	00:40:16:00	TOKEN FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE
00:40:16:00	00:40:17:00	OF YOU THAT IS CURRENTLY IN THE
00:40:17:00	00:40:17:00	PROCESS OF BEING MADE.
00:40:17:00	00:40:20:00	SO HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE
00:40:20:00	00:40:20:00	COUNCIL MEETING EVERYONE WILL
00:40:20:00	00:40:20:00	HAVE THEM.
00:40:20:00	00:40:21:00	THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE ON
00:40:21:00	00:40:23:00	YOUR DESK BEFORE THE MEETING
00:40:23:00	00:40:24:00	BUT A LITTLE BIT OF A DELAY.
00:40:24:00	00:40:27:00	I WANT TO THANK YOU BUT ALSO
00:40:27:00	00:40:27:00	IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT FOR
00:40:27:00	00:40:31:00	ANYONE TO KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE
00:40:31:00	00:40:31:00	TO BE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL
00:40:31:00	00:40:32:00	OFFICIAL TO BE THE PRINCIPAL.
00:40:32:00	00:40:34:00	SO I WANT TO THANK NOT ONLY YOU
00:40:34:00	00:40:35:00	BUT I WANT TO THANK YOUR
00:40:35:00	00:40:35:00	FAMILIES.
00:40:35:00	00:40:36:00	AND I WANT TO THANK YOUR
00:40:36:00	00:40:38:00	INCREDIBLE STAFF WHO ARE OFTEN
00:40:38:00	00:40:39:00	AT MEETINGS THE LATE HOURS ON
00:40:39:00	00:40:42:00	EARLY MORNING EMAILS WHO
00:40:42:00	00:40:43:00	SACRIFICED SO MUCH FOR THE
00:40:43:00	00:40:43:00	RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY.
00:40:43:00	00:40:46:00	IT REQUIRES A LOT OF US TIME
00:40:46:00	00:40:47:00	AWAY FROM FAMILIES, TIME AWAY
00:40:47:00	00:40:50:00	FROM OURSELVES BUT WE STILL
00:40:50:00	00:40:51:00	SHOW UP AND ARE COMMITTED TO
00:40:51:00	00:40:51:00	THIS WORK.
00:40:51:00	00:40:53:00	NONE OF THIS IS POSSIBLE
00:40:53:00	00:40:57:00	WITHOUT A GOOD SUPPORT SYSTEM
00:40:57:00	00:40:57:00	TO MY OWN OFFICE.
00:40:57:00	00:41:01:00	EMILY, WHO IS THE HEAD OF TEAM
00:41:01:00	00:41:02:00	ALL GAS NO BRAKES TO JESSE MY
00:41:02:00	00:41:05:00	POLICY DIRECTOR FROM THE VERY
00:41:05:00	00:41:05:00	BEGINNING WITH ME CINDY.
00:41:05:00	00:41:08:00	MY CONSTITUENT SERVICE DIRECTOR
00:41:08:00	00:41:09:00	FROM THE VERY BEGINNING JULIAN
00:41:09:00	00:41:09:00	DORA.
00:41:09:00	00:41:12:00	OLIVIA.
00:41:12:00	00:41:13:00	AND PAST STAFFERS LIKE HOLDEN
00:41:13:00	00:41:16:00	AND ALANA AND ALL OF OUR
00:41:16:00	00:41:16:00	INTERNS OVER THE YEARS.
00:41:16:00	00:41:17:00	THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
00:41:17:00	00:41:20:00	SUPPORT YOUR CREATIVITY AND
00:41:20:00	00:41:21:00	YOUR BELIEF IN THE WORK AND TO
00:41:21:00	00:41:22:00	THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON IT HAS
00:41:22:00	00:41:24:00	BEEN AN HONOR OF A LIFETIME TO
00:41:24:00	00:41:25:00	SERVE YOU AS PRESIDENT, AS
00:41:25:00	00:41:27:00	COUNCILOR, TO HEAR YOUR STORIES
00:41:27:00	00:41:28:00	, TO FIGHT FOR YOUR PRIORITIES
00:41:28:00	00:41:29:00	AND HELP BUILD A CITY WHERE
00:41:29:00	00:41:32:00	EVERYONE BELONGS.
00:41:32:00	00:41:33:00	AS I PRESIDE OVER THIS CHAMBER
00:41:33:00	00:41:35:00	FOR THE FINAL TIME, I DO SO
00:41:35:00	00:41:36:00	WITH TREMENDOUS GRATITUDE,
00:41:36:00	00:41:39:00	HUMILITY AND PRIDE AND ALL THAT
00:41:39:00	00:41:39:00	WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED TOGETHER.
00:41:39:00	00:41:43:00	I DON'T TAKE IT FOR GRANTED
00:41:43:00	00:41:43:00	THAT EVERY TIME I SAW A LITTLE
00:41:43:00	00:41:47:00	BLACK GIRL IN MATTAPAN OR
00:41:47:00	00:41:48:00	THROUGHOUT THE CITY YOU SAID
00:41:48:00	00:41:51:00	YOU'RE THE PRESIDENT WITH BIG
00:41:51:00	00:41:51:00	BULGING EYES.
00:41:51:00	00:41:55:00	I WANT TO THANK GOD FOR KEEPING
00:41:55:00	00:41:56:00	ME FOR GIVING ME A SPIRIT
00:41:56:00	00:41:56:00	OF LOVE AND OF POWER AND
00:41:56:00	00:41:59:00	OF SELF-DISCIPLINE.
00:41:59:00	00:42:00:00	FIRST IT HAS GUIDED ME TO
00:42:00:00	00:42:01:00	TIMOTHY ONE VERSE SEVEN AND FOR
00:42:01:00	00:42:03:00	ALWAYS PROTECTING ME.
00:42:03:00	00:42:04:00	THESE TWO PAST YEARS HAVE NOT
00:42:04:00	00:42:06:00	BEEN WITHOUT CHALLENGE BUT THEY
00:42:06:00	00:42:07:00	HAVE BEEN EXTRAORDINARY.
00:42:07:00	00:42:10:00	LET'S FINISH STRONG TODAY AND
00:42:10:00	00:42:11:00	CONTINUE WORKING.
00:42:11:00	00:42:12:00	EACH IN OUR OWN WAY TO MOVE
00:42:12:00	00:42:13:00	THIS CITY FORWARD.
00:42:13:00	00:42:17:00	SO THANK YOU.
00:42:17:00	00:42:20:00	THANK YOU.
00:42:20:00	00:42:24:00	THERE'S NO CLAPPING IN CHAMBERS
00:42:24:00	00:42:24:00	.
00:42:24:00	00:42:25:00	OKAY, SO NOW ON TO THE FIRST
00:42:25:00	00:42:26:00	ORDER OF BUSINESS WHICH IS THE
00:42:26:00	00:42:28:00	APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM
00:42:28:00	00:42:28:00	THE MEETING OF DECEMBER 3RD,
00:42:28:00	00:42:28:00	2025.
00:42:28:00	00:42:32:00	ALL IN FAVOR SAY I.
00:42:32:00	00:42:33:00	I ALL OPPOSE SAY NAY.
00:42:33:00	00:42:35:00	THE AYES HAVE IT.
00:42:35:00	00:42:36:00	THE MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER 3RD
00:42:36:00	00:42:36:00	MEETING ARE APPROVED.
00:42:36:00	00:42:39:00	WE ARE NOW ON TO COMMUNICATIONS
00:42:39:00	00:42:39:00	FROM OUR HONOR THE MAYOR.
00:42:39:00	00:42:40:00	MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ
00:42:40:00	00:42:45:00	DOCKET NUMBER 2079 DOCKET
00:42:45:00	00:42:49:00	NUMBER 079 MESSAGE HONOR ON
00:42:49:00	00:42:52:00	AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON
00:42:52:00	00:42:58:00	TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT
00:42:58:00	00:42:59:00	OF $1,485,264.20 IN THE FORM
00:42:59:00	00:43:01:00	OF A GRANT FOR FISCAL YEAR 26
00:43:01:00	00:43:01:00	HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESPONSE
00:43:01:00	00:43:05:00	TEAM EARMARK GRANT AWARDED BY
00:43:05:00	00:43:06:00	THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT
00:43:06:00	00:43:09:00	OF FIRE SERVICES TO BE
00:43:09:00	00:43:10:00	ADMINISTERED BY THE FIRE
00:43:10:00	00:43:10:00	DEPARTMENT.
00:43:10:00	00:43:11:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND THE NEEDS
00:43:11:00	00:43:13:00	OF THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT
00:43:13:00	00:43:13:00	HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESPONSE
00:43:13:00	00:43:19:00	TEAM PER LINE ITEM 8000 DASH
00:43:19:00	00:43:20:00	ZERO 600 OF THE FISCAL YEAR 26
00:43:20:00	00:43:24:00	GENERAL APPROPRIATION FUNDS
00:43:24:00	00:43:24:00	ACT.
00:43:24:00	00:43:24:00	THANK YOU.
00:43:24:00	00:43:25:00	THIS DOCKET WILL BE REFERRED TO
00:43:25:00	00:43:28:00	THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY
00:43:28:00	00:43:28:00	AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
00:43:28:00	00:43:29:00	MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
00:43:29:00	00:43:34:00	A NUMBER TO 080 NUMBER 2080
00:43:34:00	00:43:35:00	MESSAGE ON AUTHORIZING THE CITY
00:43:35:00	00:43:38:00	OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND
00:43:38:00	00:43:38:00	THE AMOUNT OF $1 MILLION IN THE
00:43:38:00	00:43:41:00	FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE
00:43:41:00	00:43:42:00	NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY HOUSING
00:43:42:00	00:43:45:00	STOCK AT THE STATE LEVEL
00:43:45:00	00:43:46:00	IZATION FUND AWARDED BY THE
00:43:46:00	00:43:48:00	NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY TO BE
00:43:48:00	00:43:49:00	ADMINISTERED BY THE MAYOR'S
00:43:49:00	00:43:49:00	OFFICE OF HOUSING.
00:43:49:00	00:43:52:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND
00:43:52:00	00:43:53:00	NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY'S
00:43:53:00	00:43:56:00	CONTRIBUTION OF $1 MILLION TO
00:43:56:00	00:43:57:00	THE IMO EACH FOR A COOPERATIVE
00:43:57:00	00:44:00:00	AGREEMENT FOR THE 840 COLUMBUS
00:44:00:00	00:44:03:00	AVENUE PROJECT IN ROXBURY.
00:44:03:00	00:44:03:00	THANK YOU.
00:44:03:00	00:44:07:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
00:44:07:00	00:44:07:00	COUNCILOR REED AND COUNCIL RATE
00:44:07:00	00:44:10:00	ANY ON THE FLOOR.
00:44:10:00	00:44:14:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
00:44:14:00	00:44:14:00	AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON
00:44:14:00	00:44:15:00	HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
00:44:15:00	00:44:18:00	DEVELOPMENT, I'M ASKING MY
00:44:18:00	00:44:19:00	COLLEAGUES TO SUSPEND AND PASS
00:44:19:00	00:44:21:00	DOCKET NUMBER 2080 TODAY.
00:44:21:00	00:44:22:00	AS THE CLERK EXPLAINED THIS
00:44:22:00	00:44:25:00	GRANT AS PART OF A PUBLIC
00:44:25:00	00:44:27:00	BENEFITS PACKAGE FOR THE 840
00:44:27:00	00:44:28:00	COLUMBUS AVENUE PROJECT IN
00:44:28:00	00:44:32:00	ROXBURY, THE PROJECT IS IN IS
00:44:32:00	00:44:34:00	THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 23 STORY
00:44:34:00	00:44:35:00	NORTHEASTERN RESIDENCE HALL
00:44:35:00	00:44:38:00	WITH AN ACTIVE COMMUNITY
00:44:38:00	00:44:38:00	FOCUSED GROUND FLOOR AND WAS
00:44:38:00	00:44:42:00	APPROVED BY THE BPA BOARD IN
00:44:42:00	00:44:42:00	MARCH OF 2024.
00:44:42:00	00:44:43:00	UNDER THE TERMS OF THE
00:44:43:00	00:44:46:00	COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN
00:44:46:00	00:44:46:00	NORTHEASTERN AND THE PLANNING
00:44:46:00	00:44:50:00	DEPARTMENT, THE UNIVERSITY
00:44:50:00	00:44:50:00	WOULD CONTRIBUTE $1 MILLION TO
00:44:50:00	00:44:51:00	THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING
00:44:51:00	00:44:54:00	WITHIN 30 DAYS OF ISSUANCE
00:44:54:00	00:44:54:00	OF THE BUILDING PERMIT FOR THIS
00:44:54:00	00:44:57:00	PROJECT.
00:44:57:00	00:44:58:00	THESE FUNDS WILL BE USED TO
00:44:58:00	00:45:01:00	ADVANCE HOUSING STABILIZATION
00:45:01:00	00:45:02:00	AND WEALTH CREATION IN THE
00:45:02:00	00:45:02:00	NEIGHBORHOODS IMMEDIATELY
00:45:02:00	00:45:05:00	ADJACENT TO THE PROJECT.
00:45:05:00	00:45:06:00	DISTRIBUTION OF THE FUNDS WILL
00:45:06:00	00:45:07:00	BE BASED ON A MUTUAL AGREEMENT
00:45:07:00	00:45:10:00	BETWEEN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
00:45:10:00	00:45:10:00	OF HOUSING, NORTHEASTERN
00:45:10:00	00:45:13:00	UNIVERSITY AND THE NORTHEASTERN
00:45:13:00	00:45:14:00	UNIVERSITY TASK FORCE.
00:45:14:00	00:45:17:00	THE PARTIES HAVE INITIAL HAVE
00:45:17:00	00:45:18:00	HAD INITIAL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
00:45:18:00	00:45:21:00	FOCUSING FUNDS ON PROMOTING
00:45:21:00	00:45:21:00	HOMEOWNERSHIP AMONG LOW AND
00:45:21:00	00:45:24:00	MODERATE INCOME RESIDENTS
00:45:24:00	00:45:25:00	OF THE TARGETED NEIGHBORHOODS.
00:45:25:00	00:45:29:00	GIVEN THE TIME SENSITIVITY
00:45:29:00	00:45:29:00	INHERENT IN THE TERMS OF THE
00:45:29:00	00:45:32:00	COOPERATION AGREEMENT AND MY
00:45:32:00	00:45:33:00	UNDERSTANDING THAT THE
00:45:33:00	00:45:33:00	CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT IS
00:45:33:00	00:45:36:00	ADVANCING, I AM ASKING THAT WE
00:45:36:00	00:45:37:00	SUSPEND AND PASS THIS DOCKET TO
00:45:37:00	00:45:40:00	ENSURE THAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
00:45:40:00	00:45:40:00	OF HOUSING RECEIVES THESE FUNDS
00:45:40:00	00:45:41:00	IN A TIMELY MANNER.
00:45:41:00	00:45:44:00	SO AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON
00:45:44:00	00:45:44:00	HOUSING I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
00:45:44:00	00:45:47:00	SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND
00:45:47:00	00:45:51:00	PASSAGE OF DOCKET 02080.
00:45:51:00	00:45:51:00	THANK YOU.
00:45:51:00	00:45:52:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR BREADON AND
00:45:52:00	00:45:54:00	THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS
00:45:54:00	00:45:54:00	FORWARD.
00:45:54:00	00:45:55:00	I KNOW I'VE TALKED TO A NUMBER
00:45:55:00	00:45:56:00	OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS LIKE
00:45:56:00	00:45:58:00	RECLAIM ROXBURY, COMMUNITY
00:45:58:00	00:46:02:00	MEMBERS IN MISSION HILL WHO
00:46:02:00	00:46:03:00	TALK ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY
00:46:03:00	00:46:03:00	NEEDING TO MAKE GOOD ON THEIR
00:46:03:00	00:46:05:00	PROMISES AND IN THIS
00:46:05:00	00:46:06:00	COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT DOES
00:46:06:00	00:46:06:00	SPELL OUT THESE FUNDS FOR
00:46:06:00	00:46:13:00	ROXBURY TO THE ZIP CODES
00:46:13:00	00:46:15:00	OF 021150211802119 AND 02120
00:46:15:00	00:46:16:00	AND 02125 TO REALLY FOCUS ON
00:46:16:00	00:46:20:00	PROMOTING HOMEOWNERSHIP AMONG
00:46:20:00	00:46:20:00	LOW AND MODERATE INCOME
00:46:20:00	00:46:24:00	RESIDENTS IN ROXBURY TO HELP
00:46:24:00	00:46:24:00	STABILIZE COMMUNITIES AND MAKE
00:46:24:00	00:46:25:00	SURE BOSTON RESIDENTS CAN STAY
00:46:25:00	00:46:28:00	AND ARE NOT BEING PUSHED OUT AS
00:46:28:00	00:46:32:00	A RESULT OF THE PRESENCE
00:46:32:00	00:46:32:00	OF UNIVERSITY.
00:46:32:00	00:46:35:00	SO I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT
00:46:35:00	00:46:36:00	GRANT FOR US TO ACCEPT AND I
00:46:36:00	00:46:39:00	WANT TO THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR
00:46:39:00	00:46:40:00	FOR PUTTING IT FORWARD.
00:46:40:00	00:46:40:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTROL
00:46:40:00	00:46:42:00	FOR ANY OF THE FLOOR.
00:46:42:00	00:46:43:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
00:46:43:00	00:46:43:00	I ALSO RISE TO SUPPORT THIS
00:46:43:00	00:46:44:00	GRANT.
00:46:44:00	00:46:46:00	I THINK IT WILL HELP RESIDENTS
00:46:46:00	00:46:49:00	IN ROXBURY IN PARTS OF THE
00:46:49:00	00:46:50:00	SOUTH END AS WELL OTHER
00:46:50:00	00:46:50:00	NEIGHBORHOODS.
00:46:50:00	00:46:52:00	BUT WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE
00:46:52:00	00:46:53:00	DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SUPPORT
00:46:53:00	00:46:57:00	WORKING CLASS RESIDENTS
00:46:57:00	00:46:58:00	RESIDENTS OF SENIORS AS WELL
00:46:58:00	00:47:01:00	PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.
00:47:01:00	00:47:02:00	BOSTON SHOULD BE A PLACE FOR
00:47:02:00	00:47:05:00	THEM AS WELL NOT JUST THE
00:47:05:00	00:47:06:00	WEALTHY ARISE TO SUPPORT THIS
00:47:06:00	00:47:06:00	STOCK.
00:47:06:00	00:47:06:00	THANK YOU.
00:47:06:00	00:47:08:00	THANK YOU.
00:47:08:00	00:47:09:00	CAN CELEBRATE ITS EXPANSION
00:47:09:00	00:47:11:00	OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE
00:47:11:00	00:47:12:00	OF DOCKET 2080.
00:47:12:00	00:47:15:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I
00:47:15:00	00:47:16:00	ALEPPO SAY NAY.
00:47:16:00	00:47:16:00	THE AYES HAVE IT.
00:47:16:00	00:47:17:00	THIS DOCKET IS PASSED.
00:47:17:00	00:47:19:00	WE'RE NOW ON THE DOCKET NUMBER
00:47:19:00	00:47:23:00	2081 ALL THOSE MR CLERK COULD
00:47:23:00	00:47:24:00	YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER
00:47:24:00	00:47:26:00	2081 DUCKY NUMBER 2081 MESSAGE
00:47:26:00	00:47:27:00	YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZING THE CITY
00:47:27:00	00:47:30:00	OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND
00:47:30:00	00:47:32:00	THE AMOUNT OF $95,000 IN THE
00:47:32:00	00:47:32:00	FORM OF A GRANT OF THE
00:47:32:00	00:47:33:00	WORKFORCE TRAINING FUND GRANT
00:47:33:00	00:47:36:00	AWARDED BY THE MASAYA
00:47:36:00	00:47:36:00	DEPARTMENT OF CAREER SERVICES
00:47:36:00	00:47:39:00	TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE
00:47:39:00	00:47:39:00	OFFICE OF WORKFORCE
00:47:39:00	00:47:40:00	DEVELOPMENT.
00:47:40:00	00:47:43:00	THAT GRANT WILL FUND PROGRAMING
00:47:43:00	00:47:43:00	TO HELP ADDRESS BUSINESS
00:47:43:00	00:47:44:00	PRODUCTIVITY AND
00:47:44:00	00:47:47:00	COMPETITIVENESS BY PROVIDING
00:47:47:00	00:47:47:00	RESOURCES TO MASSACHUSETTS
00:47:47:00	00:47:51:00	BUSINESSES FOR TRAINING CURRENT
00:47:51:00	00:47:51:00	AND NEWLY HIRED EMPLOYEES.
00:47:51:00	00:47:54:00	THANK YOU.
00:47:54:00	00:47:54:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
00:47:54:00	00:47:55:00	COUNCILOR WEBER, THE CHAIR
00:47:55:00	00:47:57:00	OF THE COMMITTEE OF LABOR,
00:47:57:00	00:47:58:00	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND
00:47:58:00	00:47:58:00	WORKFORCE COUNCIL.
00:47:58:00	00:48:01:00	WEBER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
00:48:01:00	00:48:01:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
00:48:01:00	00:48:02:00	AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON
00:48:02:00	00:48:05:00	LABOR WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC
00:48:05:00	00:48:05:00	DEVELOPMENT, I'M SEEKING
00:48:05:00	00:48:06:00	SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE OF THIS
00:48:06:00	00:48:10:00	DOCKET TODAY SO IT CAN BE SPENT
00:48:10:00	00:48:10:00	IN A TIMELY MANNER.
00:48:10:00	00:48:13:00	IT'S $95,000 GRANT THAT WOULD
00:48:13:00	00:48:16:00	GO TOWARD THE BOSTON PRIVATE
00:48:16:00	00:48:16:00	INDUSTRY COUNCIL OTHERWISE
00:48:16:00	00:48:20:00	KNOWN AS THE PICK TO SUPPORT
00:48:20:00	00:48:20:00	BUSINESS AND EMPLOYER
00:48:20:00	00:48:21:00	ENGAGEMENT THROUGH THEIR TO
00:48:21:00	00:48:24:00	MASS HIRE BOSTON CAREER
00:48:24:00	00:48:24:00	CENTERS, THE JEWISH VOCATIONAL
00:48:24:00	00:48:27:00	SERVICES DOWNTOWN AND ABCD
00:48:27:00	00:48:28:00	BOSTON AND NUBIAN SQUARE.
00:48:28:00	00:48:31:00	I THINK YOU KNOW WE'VE WE'VE
00:48:31:00	00:48:32:00	BEEN I THINK WE'VE DONE A GREAT
00:48:32:00	00:48:35:00	JOB THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IS
00:48:35:00	00:48:35:00	YOU KNOW HAVING HEARINGS AND
00:48:35:00	00:48:39:00	GETTING THIS THESE TO THE
00:48:39:00	00:48:39:00	PEOPLE WHO NEED THEM WHO
00:48:39:00	00:48:42:00	HELPING PEOPLE IN BOSTON WITH
00:48:42:00	00:48:43:00	WORKFORCE TRAINING TO GET BACK
00:48:43:00	00:48:44:00	ON THEIR FEET AND FIND WORK AND
00:48:44:00	00:48:46:00	SO JUST HOPING WE CAN CONTINUE
00:48:46:00	00:48:50:00	IN THAT VEIN AND SUSPEND AND
00:48:50:00	00:48:50:00	PASS THIS $95,000 GRANT TODAY.
00:48:50:00	00:48:50:00	THANK YOU.
00:48:50:00	00:48:54:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR.
00:48:54:00	00:48:54:00	WHOEVER THE CHAIR, THE
00:48:54:00	00:48:55:00	COMMITTEE ON LABOR WORKFORCE
00:48:55:00	00:48:58:00	AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE
00:48:58:00	00:48:58:00	SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND
00:48:58:00	00:48:59:00	PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 2081.
00:48:59:00	00:49:02:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL
00:49:02:00	00:49:03:00	OPPOSE SAY NAY.
00:49:03:00	00:49:06:00	THE AYES HAVE IT.
00:49:06:00	00:49:06:00	THIS DOCKET IS PASSED.
00:49:06:00	00:49:07:00	WE WE'RE IN I WANT TO REPORTS
00:49:07:00	00:49:09:00	OF PUBLIC OFFICE AND OTHERS.
00:49:09:00	00:49:10:00	MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ
00:49:10:00	00:49:13:00	DOCKETS NUMBER 208222086 DOCKET
00:49:13:00	00:49:15:00	NUMBER 208 TO NOTICE RECEIVED
00:49:15:00	00:49:16:00	FROM THE CITY CLERK IN
00:49:16:00	00:49:18:00	ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER SIX
00:49:18:00	00:49:21:00	OF THE ORDINANCES OF 1979
00:49:21:00	00:49:22:00	REGARDING ACTION TAKEN BY THE
00:49:22:00	00:49:23:00	MAYOR AND PAPERS ACTED UPON BY
00:49:23:00	00:49:28:00	THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING
00:49:28:00	00:49:30:00	OF NOVEMBER 19TH 2025 DOCKING
00:49:30:00	00:49:30:00	NUMBER 2083 COMMUNICATION WAS
00:49:30:00	00:49:34:00	RECEIVED FROM SCOTT FINN CITY
00:49:34:00	00:49:35:00	AUDITOR TRANSMITTING REPORTS
00:49:35:00	00:49:38:00	LISTING TRANSFER ROUTES MADE
00:49:38:00	00:49:39:00	SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE
00:49:39:00	00:49:39:00	OF CLOSING ACCOUNTS FOR FISCAL
00:49:39:00	00:49:45:00	YEAR 2025 DOCKING NUMBER 2084
00:49:45:00	00:49:45:00	COMMUNICATION FROM
00:49:45:00	00:49:48:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN REGARDING
00:49:48:00	00:49:49:00	RECENT COMMUNICATIONS RELATING
00:49:49:00	00:49:52:00	TO ELEVATOR FAILURES THAT RUTH
00:49:52:00	00:49:56:00	BARCLAY APARTMENTS AND DOCKING
00:49:56:00	00:49:56:00	2085 COMMUNICATION FROM
00:49:56:00	00:50:00:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN REGARDING A
00:50:00:00	00:50:01:00	RECENT 1740 RELATING TO THE BUS
00:50:01:00	00:50:03:00	AND HOUSING AUTHORITY AUTHORITY
00:50:03:00	00:50:07:00	ELEVATOR FAILURES AND DOCKING
00:50:07:00	00:50:08:00	EMBER 2086 NOTICE WAS RECEIVED
00:50:08:00	00:50:11:00	FROM DAVID AIKEN REGARDING HIS
00:50:11:00	00:50:12:00	RESIGNATION FROM THE ZONING
00:50:12:00	00:50:14:00	BOARD OF APPEALS EFFECTIVE
00:50:14:00	00:50:15:00	DECEMBER SIX, 2025.
00:50:15:00	00:50:19:00	THANK YOU.
00:50:19:00	00:50:20:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
00:50:20:00	00:50:23:00	COUNSELOR FLYNN.
00:50:23:00	00:50:23:00	YOU'RE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON A
00:50:23:00	00:50:24:00	COMMUNICATION.
00:50:24:00	00:50:26:00	YES, I OKAY.
00:50:26:00	00:50:26:00	THANK YOU.
00:50:26:00	00:50:27:00	YOU WILL HAVE 2 MINUTES TO
00:50:27:00	00:50:30:00	SPEAK ON COMMUNICATIONS
00:50:30:00	00:50:31:00	COUNSELOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE
00:50:31:00	00:50:31:00	FLOOR.
00:50:31:00	00:50:32:00	LAST WEEK I DISCUSSED A LETTER
00:50:32:00	00:50:34:00	TO THE MASTER ITS ARCHITECTURAL
00:50:34:00	00:50:35:00	ACCESS BOARD REGARDING THE
00:50:35:00	00:50:38:00	FREQUENT ELEVATOR BREAKDOWNS AT
00:50:38:00	00:50:39:00	VHA WITH BARCLAY APARTMENTS AND
00:50:39:00	00:50:42:00	THE SOUTH END.
00:50:42:00	00:50:42:00	THE LETTER WENT TO
00:50:42:00	00:50:45:00	ADMINISTRATIVE BLOCK.
00:50:45:00	00:50:49:00	IN MY OPINION WE HAVE HAVE A
00:50:49:00	00:50:50:00	SERIOUS CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT
00:50:50:00	00:50:53:00	IS HAPPENING HAPPENING AT VHA
00:50:53:00	00:50:56:00	ELEVATORS SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT
00:50:56:00	00:50:57:00	THE CITY NOT JUST IN MY
00:50:57:00	00:50:57:00	DISTRICT.
00:50:57:00	00:51:00:00	IT'S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE.
00:51:00:00	00:51:01:00	BUT WE CAN'T BE A PROGRESSIVE
00:51:01:00	00:51:04:00	CITY IN BOSTON WITHOUT HAVING
00:51:04:00	00:51:08:00	THAT SERIOUS CONVERSATION.
00:51:08:00	00:51:08:00	I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES HAVE HEARD
00:51:08:00	00:51:12:00	ME TALK ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS
00:51:12:00	00:51:12:00	BUT THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT'S
00:51:12:00	00:51:15:00	VERY IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE IT
00:51:15:00	00:51:15:00	IMPACTS MY CONSTITUENTS AND MY
00:51:15:00	00:51:19:00	CONSTITUENTS IN PUBLIC HOUSING
00:51:19:00	00:51:23:00	ARE FROM COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
00:51:23:00	00:51:23:00	THE PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES,
00:51:23:00	00:51:26:00	THE SENIORS AND I'M NOT GIVING
00:51:26:00	00:51:27:00	UP ON THEM.
00:51:27:00	00:51:30:00	WE HAVE A LOT OF PRIORITIES
00:51:30:00	00:51:30:00	THAT WE WANT TO SPEND MONEY ON
00:51:30:00	00:51:33:00	IN THIS CITY BUT I CAN'T THINK
00:51:33:00	00:51:34:00	OF ANYTHING MORE WORTHWHILE
00:51:34:00	00:51:34:00	DURING OUR TIME AS ELECTED
00:51:34:00	00:51:38:00	OFFICIALS THAN ADVOCATING FOR
00:51:38:00	00:51:39:00	ELEVATOR ACCESS FOR OUR PUBLIC
00:51:39:00	00:51:41:00	HOUSING NEIGHBORS, OUR SENIOR
00:51:41:00	00:51:42:00	PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES,
00:51:42:00	00:51:45:00	IMMIGRANTS, COMMUNITIES
00:51:45:00	00:51:45:00	OF COLOR.
00:51:45:00	00:51:46:00	I'LL GO TO THE SECOND DOCKET
00:51:46:00	00:51:49:00	WHICH IS MY SECOND
00:51:49:00	00:51:49:00	COMMUNICATION TO THE
00:51:49:00	00:51:53:00	CORPORATION COUNCIL REGARDING A
00:51:53:00	00:51:56:00	RECENT 17 F ON THIS SAME ISSUE
00:51:56:00	00:51:59:00	I FILED THIS 17 F ON
00:51:59:00	00:52:00:00	OCTOBER 22ND ALMOST TWO MONTHS
00:52:00:00	00:52:00:00	AGO.
00:52:00:00	00:52:03:00	FOR THE RECORD THE RESPONSE
00:52:03:00	00:52:04:00	CAME IN AT 11:33 A.M. TODAY.
00:52:04:00	00:52:07:00	I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK
00:52:07:00	00:52:10:00	AT IT AND REVIEW IT BUT THIS IS
00:52:10:00	00:52:11:00	NOT AN ISOLATED CASE I HAVE WE
00:52:11:00	00:52:12:00	I BELIEVE WE HAVE A NUMBER
00:52:12:00	00:52:15:00	OF REQUESTS NOW AT THIS PARTY
00:52:15:00	00:52:15:00	THAT GO UNANSWERED FOR A
00:52:15:00	00:52:18:00	SIGNIFICANT PERIOD OF TIME.
00:52:18:00	00:52:19:00	MY COLLEAGUES MAY NOT AGREE
00:52:19:00	00:52:22:00	WITH MY STRONG ADVOCACY FOR
00:52:22:00	00:52:23:00	PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS ON
00:52:23:00	00:52:26:00	THIS ELEVATOR ISSUE BUT THIS IS
00:52:26:00	00:52:27:00	ABOUT RESPECT FOR THE BODY AND
00:52:27:00	00:52:29:00	FOR TRANSPARENCY.
00:52:29:00	00:52:30:00	MORE IMPORTANTLY IT'S ABOUT
00:52:30:00	00:52:30:00	RESPECT FOR PERSONS WITH
00:52:30:00	00:52:33:00	DISABILITIES.
00:52:33:00	00:52:34:00	THIS IS A CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE.
00:52:34:00	00:52:34:00	THIS IS A FEDERAL ISSUE.
00:52:34:00	00:52:37:00	THANK YOU.
00:52:37:00	00:52:38:00	THANK YOU.
00:52:38:00	00:52:38:00	COUNCILOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA, ARE
00:52:38:00	00:52:39:00	YOU LOOKING TO SPEAK ON A
00:52:39:00	00:52:41:00	COMMUNICATION?
00:52:41:00	00:52:41:00	YES.
00:52:41:00	00:52:41:00	OKAY.
00:52:41:00	00:52:44:00	TYPICALLY NOT ALLOWED BUT I
00:52:44:00	00:52:45:00	WILL GIVE YOU 2 MINUTES TO
00:52:45:00	00:52:46:00	SPEAK ON THIS COMMUNICATION.
00:52:46:00	00:52:50:00	MR. CLERK COUNCILOR THAT IS
00:52:50:00	00:52:52:00	ABOUT THAT YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
00:52:52:00	00:52:53:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I'M JUST
00:52:53:00	00:52:54:00	UP TO QUICKLY SAY THANK YOU TO
00:52:54:00	00:52:56:00	DAVID AIKEN WHO IS A IS BOSTON
00:52:56:00	00:52:57:00	RESIDENT AND CLOSE PERSONAL
00:52:57:00	00:52:57:00	FRIEND OF MINE.
00:52:57:00	00:53:00:00	HE IS JUST NOW LEAVING THE
00:53:00:00	00:53:00:00	ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS.
00:53:00:00	00:53:03:00	AND WHILE I HAVE BEEN QUITE
00:53:03:00	00:53:04:00	HARSH OF THE ZONING BOARD
00:53:04:00	00:53:04:00	OF APPEALS OVER THE LAST COUPLE
00:53:04:00	00:53:05:00	OF YEARS IN ALIGNING THEMSELVES
00:53:05:00	00:53:08:00	WITH PLANNING IN BOSTON, HE'S
00:53:08:00	00:53:08:00	BEEN A STEADY AND PRAGMATIC
00:53:08:00	00:53:09:00	HAND UP THERE.
00:53:09:00	00:53:10:00	SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
00:53:10:00	00:53:12:00	TO DAVE FOR HIS SERVICE.
00:53:12:00	00:53:12:00	THANK YOU.
00:53:12:00	00:53:12:00	THANK YOU.
00:53:12:00	00:53:15:00	COUNCILOR CARLOTTA ZAPATA OKAY
00:53:15:00	00:53:17:00	, WE ARE NOW MOVING ON DOCKET
00:53:17:00	00:53:19:00	TO NUMBER 208222086 WILL BE
00:53:19:00	00:53:23:00	PLACED ON FILE.
00:53:23:00	00:53:23:00	WE ARE NOW ON TO REPORTS
00:53:23:00	00:53:24:00	OF COMMITTEES.
00:53:24:00	00:53:24:00	MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
00:53:24:00	00:53:27:00	READ YOU GOT SOME READING TO DO
00:53:27:00	00:53:34:00	DOCKET NUMBER 140014091548 AND
00:53:34:00	00:53:37:00	1549 TOGETHER TALKING NUMBER
00:53:37:00	00:53:37:00	1400 THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC
00:53:37:00	00:53:41:00	SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE TO
00:53:41:00	00:53:42:00	WHICH WE WAS REFERRED ON AUGUST
00:53:42:00	00:53:46:00	SIX, 2025 TALK A NUMBER 1400
00:53:46:00	00:53:47:00	MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING
00:53:47:00	00:53:47:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT
00:53:47:00	00:53:52:00	AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT
00:53:52:00	00:53:53:00	OF $3,966,900 IN THE FORM OF A
00:53:53:00	00:53:56:00	GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 26
00:53:56:00	00:53:57:00	SAFE AND SUCCESSFUL YOUTH
00:53:57:00	00:54:00:00	INITIATIVE GRANT AWARDED BY THE
00:54:00:00	00:54:01:00	MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE
00:54:01:00	00:54:04:00	OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO
00:54:04:00	00:54:04:00	BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE
00:54:04:00	00:54:05:00	DEPARTMENT.
00:54:05:00	00:54:08:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND A
00:54:08:00	00:54:08:00	COMPREHENSIVE INTERAGENCY
00:54:08:00	00:54:12:00	STRATEGY THAT CONNECTS LAW
00:54:12:00	00:54:12:00	ENFORCEMENT, EMPLOYMENT,
00:54:12:00	00:54:15:00	EDUCATION, PUBLIC HEALTH AND
00:54:15:00	00:54:16:00	YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES TO
00:54:16:00	00:54:19:00	REDUCE YOUTH VIOLENCE IN THE
00:54:19:00	00:54:20:00	COMMONWEALTH SUBMITS A REPORT
00:54:20:00	00:54:23:00	RECOMMENDING THAT THE ORDER
00:54:23:00	00:54:26:00	OUGHT TO PASS NUMBER 1409 THE
00:54:26:00	00:54:27:00	COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND
00:54:27:00	00:54:28:00	CRIMINAL JUSTICE, WHICH WAS
00:54:28:00	00:54:33:00	REFERRED IN AUGUST 6TH 2025
00:54:33:00	00:54:33:00	NUMBER 1409 MESSAGE IN ORDER
00:54:33:00	00:54:36:00	AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON
00:54:36:00	00:54:39:00	TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT
00:54:39:00	00:54:40:00	OF $10,000.01 IN THE FORM OF A
00:54:40:00	00:54:43:00	GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 23
00:54:43:00	00:54:43:00	NATIONAL VIOLENT DEATH
00:54:43:00	00:54:47:00	REPORTING SYSTEM AWARDED BY THE
00:54:47:00	00:54:48:00	MET'S DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
00:54:48:00	00:54:48:00	HEALTH TO BE ADMINISTERED BY
00:54:48:00	00:54:51:00	THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
00:54:51:00	00:54:52:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND DATA
00:54:52:00	00:54:52:00	COLLECTION BY THE BUREAU
00:54:52:00	00:54:55:00	OF INVESTIGATOR SERVICES AND
00:54:55:00	00:54:56:00	THE DRUG CONTROL UNIT SUBMITS A
00:54:56:00	00:55:00:00	REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE
00:55:00:00	00:55:02:00	ORDER ARE TO PASS SO I CAN HAVE
00:55:02:00	00:55:03:00	A1548 THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC
00:55:03:00	00:55:06:00	SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE TO
00:55:06:00	00:55:07:00	WHICH WAS REFERRED ON AUGUST
00:55:07:00	00:55:11:00	27, 2025 DOCKET NUMBER ONE FIVE
00:55:11:00	00:55:12:00	FOR A MESSAGE IN ORDER
00:55:12:00	00:55:12:00	AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON
00:55:12:00	00:55:18:00	TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT
00:55:18:00	00:55:18:00	OF $4,125,000 IN THE FORM OF A
00:55:18:00	00:55:21:00	GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 26
00:55:21:00	00:55:22:00	PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINTS
00:55:22:00	00:55:25:00	SUPPORT AND INCENTIVE GRANT
00:55:25:00	00:55:26:00	AWARDED BY THE MASS EXECUTIVE
00:55:26:00	00:55:30:00	OFFICE PUBLIC SAFETY AND
00:55:30:00	00:55:30:00	SECURITY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY
00:55:30:00	00:55:33:00	THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
00:55:33:00	00:55:34:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND COSTS
00:55:34:00	00:55:37:00	ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING
00:55:37:00	00:55:38:00	ENHANCED 911 SERVICES SUBMITS A
00:55:38:00	00:55:41:00	REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE
00:55:41:00	00:55:42:00	ORDER OUGHT TO PASS.
00:55:42:00	00:55:42:00	THANK YOU.
00:55:42:00	00:55:44:00	OH IS THERE ONE MORE?
00:55:44:00	00:55:44:00	OKAY.
00:55:44:00	00:55:47:00	APOLOGIES AND I CAN HAVE A1549
00:55:47:00	00:55:48:00	THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY
00:55:48:00	00:55:50:00	AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE TO WHICH
00:55:50:00	00:55:53:00	WAS REFERRED ON AUGUST 27, 2025
00:55:53:00	00:55:56:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1549 MESSAGE AN
00:55:56:00	00:55:57:00	ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY
00:55:57:00	00:56:00:00	OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND
00:56:00:00	00:56:06:00	THE AMOUNT OF $528,156.32 IN
00:56:06:00	00:56:07:00	THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE
00:56:07:00	00:56:09:00	FISCAL YEAR 20 1609 11 TRAINING
00:56:09:00	00:56:10:00	GRANT AWARDED BY THE
00:56:10:00	00:56:13:00	MASSACHUSETTS OFFICE OF PUBLIC
00:56:13:00	00:56:17:00	SAFETY AND SECURITY TO BE
00:56:17:00	00:56:17:00	ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE
00:56:17:00	00:56:18:00	DEPARTMENT.
00:56:18:00	00:56:18:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND THE
00:56:18:00	00:56:21:00	TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION
00:56:21:00	00:56:24:00	OF ENHANCED NINE ON ONE
00:56:24:00	00:56:25:00	TELECOMMUNICATIONS STAFF
00:56:25:00	00:56:25:00	SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING
00:56:25:00	00:56:28:00	THAT ORDER WRITE TO PASS.
00:56:28:00	00:56:29:00	THANK YOU.
00:56:29:00	00:56:29:00	THANK YOU MR. CLERK.
00:56:29:00	00:56:32:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
00:56:32:00	00:56:33:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA THE CHAIR
00:56:33:00	00:56:33:00	OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC
00:56:33:00	00:56:35:00	SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
00:56:35:00	00:56:36:00	CARLOS SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE
00:56:36:00	00:56:36:00	FLOOR.
00:56:36:00	00:56:39:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
00:56:39:00	00:56:42:00	SO MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD
00:56:42:00	00:56:43:00	LIKE TO ASK FOR YOUR PERMISSION
00:56:43:00	00:56:49:00	TO SPEAK ON DOCKETS NUMBER
00:56:49:00	00:56:49:00	140014091548.
00:56:49:00	00:56:50:00	I'M SORRY.
00:56:50:00	00:56:53:00	AHEAD.
00:56:53:00	00:56:54:00	THAT IS NOT PART OF THE
00:56:54:00	00:56:56:00	COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY IN
00:56:56:00	00:56:57:00	CRIMINAL JUSTICE HELD A PUBLIC
00:56:57:00	00:57:02:00	HEARING ON DOCKETS 140014091548
00:57:02:00	00:57:02:00	AND 1549.
00:57:02:00	00:57:06:00	ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER FOUR,
00:57:06:00	00:57:06:00	2025 THESE DOCKETS FOR
00:57:06:00	00:57:10:00	SPONSORED BY MAMA SA WILL
00:57:10:00	00:57:13:00	DOCKETS NUMBER 14001409 WERE
00:57:13:00	00:57:16:00	REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
00:57:16:00	00:57:18:00	AUGUST SIX, 2025 AND DOCKET
00:57:18:00	00:57:22:00	NUMBER 15481549 WAS REFERRED TO
00:57:22:00	00:57:25:00	THE COMMITTEE ON AUGUST 27,
00:57:25:00	00:57:25:00	2025.
00:57:25:00	00:57:26:00	WE'RE JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES
00:57:26:00	00:57:27:00	AND ONE OF ARRIVAL
00:57:27:00	00:57:28:00	COUNCILOR ERIN MURPHY,
00:57:28:00	00:57:33:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE
00:57:33:00	00:57:34:00	COUNCILOR COLETTA FATHER
00:57:34:00	00:57:34:00	COUNCIL MEMBER HERE
00:57:34:00	00:57:35:00	COUNCIL PREPARED AND
00:57:35:00	00:57:36:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN DOCKET NO
00:57:36:00	00:57:38:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1400 AUTHORIZES
00:57:38:00	00:57:42:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT,
00:57:42:00	00:57:44:00	ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE FY 26
00:57:44:00	00:57:45:00	SAFE AND SUCCESSFUL YOUTH
00:57:45:00	00:57:48:00	INITIATIVE BRAND THIS GROUND
00:57:48:00	00:57:48:00	WAS AWARDED BY THE
00:57:48:00	00:57:49:00	MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE
00:57:49:00	00:57:52:00	OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO
00:57:52:00	00:57:53:00	THEM TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE
00:57:53:00	00:57:56:00	BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
00:57:56:00	00:57:57:00	THIS BROWN WILL FUND A
00:57:57:00	00:57:57:00	COMPREHENSIVE INTERAGENCY
00:57:57:00	00:58:00:00	STRATEGY THAT CONNECTS LAW
00:58:00:00	00:58:00:00	ENFORCEMENT, EMPLOYMENT,
00:58:00:00	00:58:03:00	EDUCATION, PUBLIC HEALTH AND
00:58:03:00	00:58:04:00	YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES TO
00:58:04:00	00:58:07:00	REDUCE YOUTH VIOLENCE AND.
00:58:07:00	00:58:07:00	THE COMMONWEALTH.
00:58:07:00	00:58:10:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1409 AUTHORIZES
00:58:10:00	00:58:10:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT
00:58:10:00	00:58:14:00	AND EXPAND EXPAND THE FBI 23
00:58:14:00	00:58:18:00	NATIONAL VIOLENT DEATH
00:58:18:00	00:58:18:00	REPORTING SYSTEM GRANT.
00:58:18:00	00:58:19:00	THIS GRANT WAS AWARDED BY THE
00:58:19:00	00:58:22:00	MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT
00:58:22:00	00:58:22:00	OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO BE
00:58:22:00	00:58:23:00	ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE
00:58:23:00	00:58:26:00	DEPARTMENT ON THE GROUND WAR
00:58:26:00	00:58:26:00	FUND DATA COLLECTION BY THE
00:58:26:00	00:58:27:00	BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIVE
00:58:27:00	00:58:30:00	SERVICES AND DRUG CONTROL UNIT.
00:58:30:00	00:58:32:00	DOCKET NUMBER 154A AUTHORIZES
00:58:32:00	00:58:36:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT
00:58:36:00	00:58:36:00	AND EXPAND THE FY 26 PUBLIC
00:58:36:00	00:58:39:00	SAFETY ANSWERING POINTS SUPPORT
00:58:39:00	00:58:43:00	AN INCENTIVE GRANT.
00:58:43:00	00:58:44:00	THIS GRANT WAS AWARDED BY THE
00:58:44:00	00:58:44:00	MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE
00:58:44:00	00:58:47:00	OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
00:58:47:00	00:58:48:00	AND WILL BE ADMINISTERED BY THE
00:58:48:00	00:58:51:00	BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
00:58:51:00	00:58:51:00	THIS GRANT WILL FUND THE COSTS
00:58:51:00	00:58:55:00	ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING
00:58:55:00	00:58:55:00	ENHANCED 911 SERVICES AND
00:58:55:00	00:58:58:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1549 AND
00:58:58:00	00:58:59:00	AUTHORIZES THE CITY OF BOSTON
00:58:59:00	00:59:03:00	TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE FY 20
00:59:03:00	00:59:03:00	26911 TRAINING GRANT AND THE
00:59:03:00	00:59:13:00	AMOUNT OF $528,156.32.
00:59:13:00	00:59:13:00	THIS GROUND WAS AWARDED BY THE
00:59:13:00	00:59:16:00	MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE
00:59:16:00	00:59:16:00	OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
00:59:16:00	00:59:17:00	AND WILL BE ADMINISTERED BY THE
00:59:17:00	00:59:19:00	BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
00:59:19:00	00:59:20:00	THIS GROUND WILL FUND THE
00:59:20:00	00:59:23:00	TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION
00:59:23:00	00:59:24:00	OF THE ENHANCED 911 STAFF.
00:59:24:00	00:59:27:00	THE COMMITTEE HEARD TESTIMONY
00:59:27:00	00:59:28:00	FROM REPRESENTATIVES ON BEHALF
00:59:28:00	00:59:28:00	OF THE ADMINISTRATION.
00:59:28:00	00:59:32:00	WERE JOINED BY FRANK DELUCA WHO
00:59:32:00	00:59:35:00	WAS THERE AS AS WHY I PROGRAM
00:59:35:00	00:59:36:00	DIRECTOR WITH THE BOSTON POLICE
00:59:36:00	00:59:38:00	DEPARTMENT JOINED BY THE TENANT
00:59:38:00	00:59:39:00	DETECTIVE DANIEL DUFF A
00:59:39:00	00:59:43:00	COMMANDER OF THE HOMICIDE UNIT
00:59:43:00	00:59:44:00	WITH THE BOSTON POLICE
00:59:44:00	00:59:47:00	DEPARTMENT JOINED BY
00:59:47:00	00:59:50:00	CHRISTOPHER MIKE NURSES, THE
00:59:50:00	00:59:50:00	NPA DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
00:59:50:00	00:59:51:00	DIVISION WITH THE BOSTON POLICE
00:59:51:00	00:59:53:00	DEPARTMENT.
00:59:53:00	00:59:54:00	WE ARE JOINED ALSO BY RYAN
00:59:54:00	00:59:57:00	WALSH, THE DIRECTOR OF BREAK
00:59:57:00	00:59:58:00	WITH THE BOSTON POLICE
00:59:58:00	01:00:01:00	DEPARTMENT AND WE WERE JOINED
01:00:01:00	01:00:02:00	BY MARIA CHEEVERS, DIRECTOR
01:00:02:00	01:00:02:00	OF OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND
01:00:02:00	01:00:06:00	DEVELOPMENT WITH THE BOSTON
01:00:06:00	01:00:06:00	POLICE DEPARTMENT.
01:00:06:00	01:00:07:00	THE ADMINISTRATION SAYS AND WE
01:00:07:00	01:00:10:00	DISCUSSED THE PROGRAMS THAT
01:00:10:00	01:00:10:00	THESE GRANTS WOULD FACILITATE
01:00:10:00	01:00:11:00	AND THEIR INSIGHTS REAFFIRM
01:00:11:00	01:00:13:00	THAT THE SAFETY OF OUR
01:00:13:00	01:00:14:00	COMMUNITIES DEPENDED ON THESE
01:00:14:00	01:00:14:00	SERVICES WHETHER THEY INVOLVE
01:00:14:00	01:00:17:00	INTER-AGENCY STRATEGIES OR
01:00:17:00	01:00:17:00	FULLY FUNCTIONING REPORTING
01:00:17:00	01:00:20:00	SYSTEMS OR DYNAMIC 911
01:00:20:00	01:00:20:00	SERVICES.
01:00:20:00	01:00:21:00	THESE SERVICES ARE ESSENTIAL.
01:00:21:00	01:00:24:00	THESE GRANTS WILL PROVIDE THE
01:00:24:00	01:00:25:00	NECESSARY RESOURCES FOR THE
01:00:25:00	01:00:28:00	CONTINUATION OF THIS IMPORTANT
01:00:28:00	01:00:28:00	WORK.
01:00:28:00	01:00:29:00	AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE
01:00:29:00	01:00:29:00	ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL
01:00:29:00	01:00:29:00	JUSTICE.
01:00:29:00	01:00:32:00	I RECOMMEND MOVING THE LISTED
01:00:32:00	01:00:33:00	DOCKETS FROM THE COMMITTEE TO
01:00:33:00	01:00:36:00	THE FULL COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION
01:00:36:00	01:00:36:00	AND INFORMAL ACTION.
01:00:36:00	01:00:37:00	AT THIS TIME A RECOMMENDATION
01:00:37:00	01:00:39:00	TO THE FULL COUNCIL WILL BE
01:00:39:00	01:00:40:00	THAT THESE MATTERS OUGHT TO
01:00:40:00	01:00:40:00	PASS.
01:00:40:00	01:00:40:00	THANK YOU.
01:00:40:00	01:00:44:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA.
01:00:44:00	01:00:45:00	THE CHAIR I CAN ADDRESS
01:00:45:00	01:00:45:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
01:00:45:00	01:00:47:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU ON THE
01:00:47:00	01:00:47:00	FLOOR?
01:00:47:00	01:00:48:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:00:48:00	01:00:51:00	I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE
01:00:51:00	01:00:52:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR A VERY
01:00:52:00	01:00:55:00	INFORMATIVE HEARING DISCUSSION
01:00:55:00	01:00:56:00	AND THANK THE PUBLIC SAFETY
01:00:56:00	01:01:00:00	OFFICIALS AND PUBLIC HEALTH
01:01:00:00	01:01:00:00	OFFICIALS ALSO FOR BEING HERE
01:01:00:00	01:01:03:00	AND EXPLAINING THESE GRANTS.
01:01:03:00	01:01:04:00	I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO
01:01:04:00	01:01:07:00	MARIA CHEEVERS FROM THE BOSTON
01:01:07:00	01:01:10:00	POLICE DEPARTMENT ABOUT ISSUES
01:01:10:00	01:01:14:00	IMPACTING WOMEN AND DOMESTIC
01:01:14:00	01:01:15:00	VIOLENCE AND ENCOURAGED BOSTON
01:01:15:00	01:01:18:00	POLICE IN BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH
01:01:18:00	01:01:19:00	TO DO MORE ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
01:01:19:00	01:01:22:00	SUPPORTING SURVIVORS
01:01:22:00	01:01:23:00	OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BUT ALSO
01:01:23:00	01:01:26:00	TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM
01:01:26:00	01:01:30:00	AS WELL TO ENSURE THAT DOMESTIC
01:01:30:00	01:01:30:00	VI DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS
01:01:30:00	01:01:33:00	KNOW EXACTLY WHAT SERVICES ARE
01:01:33:00	01:01:36:00	AVAILABLE TO THEM AND WE DO
01:01:36:00	01:01:40:00	HAVE TO HAVE PUBLIC SAFETY IN
01:01:40:00	01:01:41:00	LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT ARREST AND
01:01:41:00	01:01:45:00	PROSECUTE PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING
01:01:45:00	01:01:48:00	BATTERERS.
01:01:48:00	01:01:51:00	THE OTHER ISSUE I SPOKE ON IS
01:01:51:00	01:01:55:00	ENSURING THAT MANY, MANY PEOPLE
01:01:55:00	01:01:59:00	IN RESTAURANTS ARE OFTEN AT
01:01:59:00	01:01:59:00	RESTAURANTS OR A BAR AND
01:01:59:00	01:02:03:00	SOMEONE WILL PUT A DATE RAPE
01:02:03:00	01:02:04:00	DRUG IN THEIR DRINK AND WE HAVE
01:02:04:00	01:02:07:00	TO DO MORE PUBLIC AWARENESS ON
01:02:07:00	01:02:08:00	THAT BUT ALSO BE VERY STRICT IN
01:02:08:00	01:02:11:00	THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM ON
01:02:11:00	01:02:11:00	THOSE TYPES OF VIOLENT CRIMINAL
01:02:11:00	01:02:11:00	ACTS.
01:02:11:00	01:02:14:00	AND I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO
01:02:14:00	01:02:15:00	FOCUS ON THIS AND ENSURE
01:02:15:00	01:02:18:00	ENSURING THAT VIOLENCE AGAINST
01:02:18:00	01:02:22:00	WOMEN IS A TOP PRIORITY HERE AT
01:02:22:00	01:02:23:00	CITY HALL.
01:02:23:00	01:02:23:00	DUNCAN BELCHER OKAY.
01:02:23:00	01:02:27:00	WE WILL NOW TAKE A VOTE ON EACH
01:02:27:00	01:02:30:00	DOCKET ONE BY ONE THE CHAIR
01:02:30:00	01:02:30:00	OF THE COMMITTEE.
01:02:30:00	01:02:31:00	OKAY.
01:02:31:00	01:02:31:00	RIGHT.
01:02:31:00	01:02:31:00	OKAY, GREAT.
01:02:31:00	01:02:32:00	THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON
01:02:32:00	01:02:34:00	PUBLIC SAFETY IN CRIMINAL
01:02:34:00	01:02:35:00	JUSTICE SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE
01:02:35:00	01:02:35:00	COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE
01:02:35:00	01:02:38:00	OF DOCKET NUMBER 1400.
01:02:38:00	01:02:38:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.
01:02:38:00	01:02:41:00	I AM OPPOSING THE AYES HAVE IT.
01:02:41:00	01:02:43:00	THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
01:02:43:00	01:02:44:00	ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 1400
01:02:44:00	01:02:45:00	HAS PASSED THE CHAIR OF THE
01:02:45:00	01:02:48:00	COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY
01:02:48:00	01:02:48:00	CRIMINAL JUSTICE SEEKS
01:02:48:00	01:02:49:00	ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE
01:02:49:00	01:02:49:00	REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET
01:02:49:00	01:02:52:00	NUMBER 1409 ALL IN FAVOR SAY I
01:02:52:00	01:02:56:00	I ALL OPPOSE NAY.
01:02:56:00	01:02:56:00	THANK YOU.
01:02:56:00	01:02:57:00	THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
01:02:57:00	01:02:59:00	ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 1409
01:02:59:00	01:02:59:00	HAS PASSED THE CHAIR OF THE
01:02:59:00	01:03:02:00	COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND
01:03:02:00	01:03:02:00	CRIMINAL JUSTICE SEEKS
01:03:02:00	01:03:03:00	ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE
01:03:03:00	01:03:03:00	REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET
01:03:03:00	01:03:07:00	NUMBER 1548 ALL IN FAVOR SAY I
01:03:07:00	01:03:10:00	I ALL OPPOSE NAY THANK YOU.
01:03:10:00	01:03:11:00	THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
01:03:11:00	01:03:13:00	ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 1548
01:03:13:00	01:03:13:00	IS PASSED.
01:03:13:00	01:03:14:00	THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON
01:03:14:00	01:03:17:00	PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL
01:03:17:00	01:03:17:00	JUSTICE ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THE
01:03:17:00	01:03:20:00	COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE
01:03:20:00	01:03:20:00	OF DOCKET NUMBER 1549 ALL THOSE
01:03:20:00	01:03:24:00	IN FAVOR SAY I I ALTHOUGH THE
01:03:24:00	01:03:25:00	POLICY NAY THE AYES HAVE IT THE
01:03:25:00	01:03:25:00	COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
01:03:25:00	01:03:27:00	ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 1549
01:03:27:00	01:03:28:00	IS PASSED.
01:03:28:00	01:03:30:00	MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ
01:03:30:00	01:03:33:00	DOCKET NUMBER 197 TO DUCK IN
01:03:33:00	01:03:33:00	ABOUT 1972 OF THE COMMITTEE ON
01:03:33:00	01:03:34:00	ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
01:03:34:00	01:03:37:00	RESILIENCY AND PARKS TO WHICH
01:03:37:00	01:03:39:00	WAS REFERRED ON NOVEMBER 19,
01:03:39:00	01:03:39:00	2025.
01:03:39:00	01:03:43:00	DOCK NUMBER 197 TO MESSAGE IN
01:03:43:00	01:03:44:00	ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY
01:03:44:00	01:03:45:00	OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND
01:03:45:00	01:03:47:00	THE AMOUNT OF $400,000 IN THE
01:03:47:00	01:03:51:00	FORM OF A GRANT THE BOSTON MVP
01:03:51:00	01:03:52:00	ACTION GRANT AWARDED BY THE
01:03:52:00	01:03:54:00	MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENERGY
01:03:54:00	01:03:55:00	AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS TO BE
01:03:55:00	01:03:59:00	ADMINISTERED BY THE PUBLIC
01:03:59:00	01:03:59:00	WORKS DEPARTMENT.
01:03:59:00	01:04:00:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND THE
01:04:00:00	01:04:02:00	MASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON'S BOSTON
01:04:02:00	01:04:05:00	NATURE CENTER A 67 ACRE URBAN
01:04:05:00	01:04:08:00	WILDLIFE SANCTUARY IN THE LOW
01:04:08:00	01:04:08:00	INCOME NEIGHBORHOOD OF BOSTON
01:04:08:00	01:04:13:00	SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING
01:04:13:00	01:04:14:00	THE ORDER RIGHT TO PASS.
01:04:14:00	01:04:17:00	THANK YOU, THE CHAIR CAN ADD
01:04:17:00	01:04:18:00	THIS COUNTER CLOSE THE PATIO
01:04:18:00	01:04:19:00	COUNTER THAT HAS A PARTY AT THE
01:04:19:00	01:04:19:00	FLOOR.
01:04:19:00	01:04:19:00	THANK YOU SO MADAM PRESIDENT,
01:04:19:00	01:04:20:00	THE COMMITTEE RECEIVED
01:04:20:00	01:04:20:00	INFORMATION FROM THE
01:04:20:00	01:04:23:00	ADMINISTRATION REGARDING THIS
01:04:23:00	01:04:24:00	DOCKET STATING THAT THIS DOCKET
01:04:24:00	01:04:24:00	AUTHORIZES THE CITY OF BOSTON
01:04:24:00	01:04:27:00	TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND AN MVP
01:04:27:00	01:04:30:00	ACTION GRANT IN THE AMOUNT
01:04:30:00	01:04:30:00	OF $400,000.
01:04:30:00	01:04:30:00	THIS GRANT WILL FUND PLANNING
01:04:30:00	01:04:33:00	AND CONCEPTUAL DESIGN FOR
01:04:33:00	01:04:33:00	RESTORATION OF WETLANDS ALONG
01:04:33:00	01:04:37:00	THE CANTERBURY BROOK AT THE IN
01:04:37:00	01:04:39:00	BOSTON NATURE CENTER A 67 ACRE
01:04:39:00	01:04:40:00	URBAN WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
01:04:40:00	01:04:44:00	LOCATED IN LOCATED IN THE
01:04:44:00	01:04:44:00	ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
01:04:44:00	01:04:44:00	NEIGHBORHOOD OF MATTAPAN.
01:04:44:00	01:04:45:00	THE BROOK IS CURRENTLY
01:04:45:00	01:04:48:00	CHANNELIZED AND HEAVILY
01:04:48:00	01:04:48:00	BURDENED BY TRASH SEDIMENT AND
01:04:48:00	01:04:51:00	POLLUTED STORMWATER GRANT
01:04:51:00	01:04:52:00	FUNDED WORK WILL INCLUDE SITE
01:04:52:00	01:04:52:00	INVESTIGATIONS, ALTERNATIVE
01:04:52:00	01:04:56:00	ANALYSIS, ROBUST COMMUNITY
01:04:56:00	01:04:56:00	ENGAGEMENT AND THE DEVELOPMENT
01:04:56:00	01:04:59:00	OF A 30% CONCEPTUAL DESIGN FOR
01:04:59:00	01:04:59:00	A PREFERRED COMMUNITY SUPPORTED
01:04:59:00	01:05:03:00	RESTORATION AN ALTERNATIVE THE
01:05:03:00	01:05:03:00	GOALS FOR THIS PROJECT INCLUDE
01:05:03:00	01:05:06:00	REDUCING FLOODING THROUGH
01:05:06:00	01:05:07:00	RESTORED WETLAND AND FLOODPLAIN
01:05:07:00	01:05:10:00	STORAGE, EXPANDING SAFE ACCESS
01:05:10:00	01:05:11:00	TO OPEN SPACE IN NATURE IN A
01:05:11:00	01:05:14:00	HISTORICALLY UNDERINVESTED
01:05:14:00	01:05:14:00	NEIGHBORHOOD AND IMPROVING
01:05:14:00	01:05:15:00	WATER QUALITY ENTERING THE
01:05:15:00	01:05:18:00	CHARLES RIVER THROUGH NATURAL
01:05:18:00	01:05:18:00	STORMWATER TREATMENT THE GRANT
01:05:18:00	01:05:22:00	FUNDS PLANNING AND CONCEPTUAL
01:05:22:00	01:05:22:00	DESIGN ONLY ACCEPTANCE OF THIS
01:05:22:00	01:05:26:00	GRANT DOES NOT COMMIT THE CITY
01:05:26:00	01:05:26:00	TO FUTURE CONSTRUCTION FUNDING
01:05:26:00	01:05:30:00	AT THIS TIME IT IS MY
01:05:30:00	01:05:30:00	RECOMMENDATION OF MOVING THIS
01:05:30:00	01:05:31:00	DOCKET TO THE FULL COMMITTEE
01:05:31:00	01:05:33:00	FOR DISCUSSION ON FORM AND
01:05:33:00	01:05:34:00	FORMAL ACTION AND AT THIS TIME
01:05:34:00	01:05:35:00	MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL
01:05:35:00	01:05:37:00	COUNCIL IS THAT THIS MATTER
01:05:37:00	01:05:38:00	OUGHT TO PASS BUT WOULD LOVE TO
01:05:38:00	01:05:39:00	PASS THE MIC TO MY COLLEAGUE
01:05:39:00	01:05:42:00	FROM DISTRICT FOUR.
01:05:42:00	01:05:42:00	THANK YOU.
01:05:42:00	01:05:43:00	THANK YOU THE CHAIR I CAN
01:05:43:00	01:05:43:00	ASSIST COUNSELOR WERE OUTCOMES
01:05:43:00	01:05:45:00	ARE ARGUING FOR.
01:05:45:00	01:05:46:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND
01:05:46:00	01:05:46:00	THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR COLETTE
01:05:46:00	01:05:48:00	AS A PART FOR BRINGING THIS
01:05:48:00	01:05:49:00	FORWARD.
01:05:49:00	01:05:51:00	THIS PROJECT RESIDES IN
01:05:51:00	01:05:52:00	DISTRICT FOUR IN THE BOSTON
01:05:52:00	01:05:52:00	DATA CENTER DOES GREAT WORK.
01:05:52:00	01:05:56:00	I WAS ON A VISIT THERE EARLIER
01:05:56:00	01:05:56:00	THIS YEAR WITH MY COLLEAGUE
01:05:56:00	01:05:59:00	COUNCILOR PEPEN AND WE GOT TO
01:05:59:00	01:05:59:00	SEE THE BEAUTIFUL NATURE CENTER
01:05:59:00	01:06:03:00	AND ALL THE TRAILS SO IF YOU
01:06:03:00	01:06:03:00	HAVEN'T GONE PLEASE GO.
01:06:03:00	01:06:07:00	BUT WE ALSO NOTICED THE WORK
01:06:07:00	01:06:07:00	NEEDS TO BE DONE AND IT WAS
01:06:07:00	01:06:11:00	GREAT TO ALSO BE REMINDED THAT
01:06:11:00	01:06:12:00	YOU KNOW, A VITAL COMMUNITY
01:06:12:00	01:06:14:00	TREASURE ACTUALLY LIVES INSIDE
01:06:14:00	01:06:15:00	OF MATTAPAN AND IS ALSO A
01:06:15:00	01:06:15:00	PUBLIC MEETING LAST NIGHT WITH
01:06:15:00	01:06:19:00	MY OFFICE AND COUNCILOR PEPYS
01:06:19:00	01:06:19:00	OFFICE ALSO ATTENDED RELATED TO
01:06:19:00	01:06:22:00	A SIMILAR TYPE OF WORK THAT THE
01:06:22:00	01:06:23:00	CITY IS GOING TO BE UNDERGOING
01:06:23:00	01:06:26:00	ACROSS OTHER PARTS OF MATTAPAN
01:06:26:00	01:06:26:00	.
01:06:26:00	01:06:27:00	OBVIOUSLY WE AS A CITY HAVE A
01:06:27:00	01:06:29:00	LONG WAY TO GO ON RESILIENCY
01:06:29:00	01:06:30:00	AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT BUT
01:06:30:00	01:06:30:00	CHANGES TO THE BUILT
01:06:30:00	01:06:33:00	ENVIRONMENT ARE GOING TO BE
01:06:33:00	01:06:33:00	IMPORTANT PART OF THAT WHETHER
01:06:33:00	01:06:34:00	IT HAPPENS ON THE BOSTON NATURE
01:06:34:00	01:06:37:00	CENTER'S PROPERTY OR ELSEWHERE
01:06:37:00	01:06:38:00	IN MATTAPAN AND I HOPE THIS
01:06:38:00	01:06:40:00	STUDY CAN ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY
01:06:40:00	01:06:41:00	AND THAT WE CAN GET SOME LONG
01:06:41:00	01:06:42:00	TERM RESILIENCE SOLUTIONS FOR
01:06:42:00	01:06:44:00	THE NATURE CENTER ALSO JUST TO
01:06:44:00	01:06:45:00	GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT FOR JOEL
01:06:45:00	01:06:46:00	RICHARDS WHO IS DOING A LOT
01:06:46:00	01:06:48:00	OF WORK ON BRINGING MORE
01:06:48:00	01:06:49:00	INVESTMENTS AND RESOURCES AND
01:06:49:00	01:06:49:00	ATTENTION TO THE NATURE CENTER.
01:06:49:00	01:06:50:00	THANK YOU.
01:06:50:00	01:06:54:00	THANK YOU.
01:06:54:00	01:06:55:00	I JUST WANT TO ECHO THAT THE
01:06:55:00	01:06:56:00	BOSTON NATURE CENTER IS
01:06:56:00	01:06:56:00	GORGEOUS.
01:06:56:00	01:06:59:00	THEY NEED ALL THE FUNDING
01:06:59:00	01:06:59:00	POSSIBLE.
01:06:59:00	01:07:00:00	I THINK I WENT A FEW WEEKS
01:07:00:00	01:07:03:00	AFTER YOU AND COUNCILOR COMES
01:07:03:00	01:07:04:00	FROM OUR ISLAND COUNCIL TRIP
01:07:04:00	01:07:06:00	AND WHAT IT IS I'M SAD THAT I
01:07:06:00	01:07:06:00	DID NOT GROW UP GOING TO THE
01:07:06:00	01:07:07:00	BOSTON NATURE CENTER THAT WE
01:07:07:00	01:07:10:00	DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT AS A
01:07:10:00	01:07:11:00	RESOURCE AND IT IS STUNNING.
01:07:11:00	01:07:13:00	SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GO
01:07:13:00	01:07:14:00	VISIT THE BOSTON NATURE CENTER
01:07:14:00	01:07:17:00	AND THAT THIS COUNCIL CONTINUES
01:07:17:00	01:07:18:00	TO ADVOCATE FOR THE RESTORATION
01:07:18:00	01:07:19:00	WORK THAT THEY NEED TO DO TO
01:07:19:00	01:07:21:00	GET RID OF A LOT OF THE TRASH
01:07:21:00	01:07:22:00	THAT IS BUILDING UP IN STREAMS
01:07:22:00	01:07:25:00	AND TO CREATE A MORE THRIVING
01:07:25:00	01:07:25:00	WETLANDS.
01:07:25:00	01:07:28:00	COUNCILOR CLARA ZAPATA SPEAKS
01:07:28:00	01:07:29:00	ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE
01:07:29:00	01:07:36:00	REPORT DOCKET NUMBER 1972 ALL
01:07:36:00	01:07:39:00	THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.
01:07:39:00	01:07:40:00	I ALL OPPOSE NO, THE AYES HAVE
01:07:40:00	01:07:40:00	IT.
01:07:40:00	01:07:41:00	THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
01:07:41:00	01:07:44:00	ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 1972
01:07:44:00	01:07:44:00	IS PASSED.
01:07:44:00	01:07:45:00	WE ARE NOW ON TO THE MATTERS
01:07:45:00	01:07:47:00	RECENTLY HEARD.
01:07:47:00	01:07:48:00	MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ
01:07:48:00	01:07:50:00	DOCKET NUMBER 2045 DUCKY NUMBER
01:07:50:00	01:07:53:00	2045 ORDER RELATIVE TO THE
01:07:53:00	01:07:54:00	ADOPTION OF TAX CLASSIFICATION
01:07:54:00	01:07:57:00	IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IN FISCAL
01:07:57:00	01:08:01:00	YEAR 2026, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:08:01:00	01:08:02:00	COUNCIL OR OTHER CHAIR OF THE
01:08:02:00	01:08:02:00	COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
01:08:02:00	01:08:02:00	COUNCIL.
01:08:02:00	01:08:03:00	ARE YOU ON THE FLOOR?
01:08:03:00	01:08:05:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:08:05:00	01:08:06:00	THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
01:08:06:00	01:08:07:00	HELD A HEARING ON MONDAY,
01:08:07:00	01:08:09:00	DECEMBER EIGHT, 2025 TO DISCUSS
01:08:09:00	01:08:11:00	DOCKET NUMBER 2045.
01:08:11:00	01:08:12:00	FROM THE ADMINISTRATION WE HAD
01:08:12:00	01:08:15:00	CFO ROTHENBERG THE COMMISSIONER
01:08:15:00	01:08:16:00	OF ASSESSMENT MARINELLO
01:08:16:00	01:08:18:00	TESTIFYING ON BEHALF OF THE
01:08:18:00	01:08:19:00	ADMINISTRATION.
01:08:19:00	01:08:19:00	ALL THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
01:08:19:00	01:08:22:00	WERE PRESENT INCLUDING THE VICE
01:08:22:00	01:08:23:00	CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE
01:08:23:00	01:08:27:00	COUNCILOR PEPEN CASAS BRADING
01:08:27:00	01:08:28:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE ZAPATA,
01:08:28:00	01:08:30:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN
01:08:30:00	01:08:31:00	COUNCIL FITZGERALD
01:08:31:00	01:08:31:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILMAN ME
01:08:31:00	01:08:33:00	HERE COUNCILOR MURPHY
01:08:33:00	01:08:34:00	COUNCIL SANTANA CASTLE WEBER
01:08:34:00	01:08:37:00	AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE
01:08:37:00	01:08:38:00	THIS DOCKET IS ABOUT TWO
01:08:38:00	01:08:38:00	ACTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL TAKES
01:08:38:00	01:08:42:00	EVERY.
01:08:42:00	01:08:42:00	THE FIRST ACTION IS TO MAX OUT
01:08:42:00	01:08:45:00	THE RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION AT
01:08:45:00	01:08:46:00	35% WHICH COMMISSIONER
01:08:46:00	01:08:49:00	MARINELLO ESTIMATED WILL
01:08:49:00	01:08:50:00	PROVIDE THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER
01:08:50:00	01:08:55:00	OR OWNER OCCUPIED RESIDENTIAL
01:08:55:00	01:08:59:00	PARCEL $4,354.74 OFF THEIR TAX
01:08:59:00	01:08:59:00	BILL.
01:08:59:00	01:09:02:00	THE SECOND ACTION IS TO SET THE
01:09:02:00	01:09:02:00	RESIDENTIAL FACTOR AT THE
01:09:02:00	01:09:05:00	MINIMUM ALLOWED BY STATE LAW
01:09:05:00	01:09:06:00	AND FACTOR IN THE RESIDENTIAL
01:09:06:00	01:09:06:00	EXEMPTION.
01:09:06:00	01:09:10:00	THESE ACTIONS WILL PROVIDE THE
01:09:10:00	01:09:10:00	MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF RELIEF FOR
01:09:10:00	01:09:13:00	HOMEOWNERS UNDER OUR CURRENT
01:09:13:00	01:09:14:00	STATE LAWS.
01:09:14:00	01:09:17:00	AT MONDAY'S HEARING WE ALSO
01:09:17:00	01:09:18:00	DISCUSSED A NUMBER OF FINANCIAL
01:09:18:00	01:09:18:00	ISSUES FACING THE CITY AS WELL
01:09:18:00	01:09:21:00	AS THE NUMEROUS TAX MEASURES
01:09:21:00	01:09:21:00	THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS SUPPORTED
01:09:21:00	01:09:24:00	AND PASSED DURING THIS TERM
01:09:24:00	01:09:25:00	THAT ARE AWAITING ACTION AT THE
01:09:25:00	01:09:25:00	STATE HOUSE.
01:09:25:00	01:09:28:00	BUT TODAY'S VOTE IS SOLELY
01:09:28:00	01:09:29:00	ABOUT PROVIDING THE MAXIMUM
01:09:29:00	01:09:31:00	AMOUNT OF RELIEF FOR OUR
01:09:31:00	01:09:32:00	RESIDENTS.
01:09:32:00	01:09:32:00	THIS IS AN ANNUAL EXERCISE AND
01:09:32:00	01:09:35:00	SOMETHING THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR
01:09:35:00	01:09:36:00	AND AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE
01:09:36:00	01:09:39:00	ON WAYS AND MEANS MY
01:09:39:00	01:09:40:00	RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL
01:09:40:00	01:09:40:00	COUNCIL WILL BE THAT THIS
01:09:40:00	01:09:41:00	MATTER OUGHT TO PASS.
01:09:41:00	01:09:44:00	THANK YOU.
01:09:44:00	01:09:44:00	THANK YOU.
01:09:44:00	01:09:44:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:09:44:00	01:09:45:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
01:09:45:00	01:09:48:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THE FLOOR.
01:09:48:00	01:09:48:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:09:48:00	01:09:51:00	THANK YOU, CHAIR, FOR HOLDING
01:09:51:00	01:09:52:00	THIS HEARING IN TIME TO TAKE
01:09:52:00	01:09:54:00	THE VOTE TODAY.
01:09:54:00	01:09:55:00	FOR MANY DECADES GOING BACK TO
01:09:55:00	01:09:58:00	THE EARLY 1980S, THE CITY
01:09:58:00	01:09:58:00	OF BOSTON HAS OPERATED UNDER A
01:09:58:00	01:10:01:00	PROPERTY TAX CLASSIFICATION
01:10:01:00	01:10:02:00	SYSTEM AND AFTER MASSACHUSETTS
01:10:02:00	01:10:06:00	AMENDED ITS CONSTITUTION TO
01:10:06:00	01:10:06:00	ALLOW DIFFERENT TAX RATES FOR
01:10:06:00	01:10:12:00	DIFFERENT CLASSES TAX RATE
01:10:12:00	01:10:12:00	TAXING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES
01:10:12:00	01:10:16:00	AT A LOWER RATE AND COMMERCIAL
01:10:16:00	01:10:17:00	PROPERTIES AT A HIGHER RATE.
01:10:17:00	01:10:20:00	AND SINCE THE 1980S THE BOSTON
01:10:20:00	01:10:20:00	CITY COUNCIL HAS TAKEN THE SAME
01:10:20:00	01:10:24:00	ROUTINE ANNUAL VOTE WE TAKE
01:10:24:00	01:10:24:00	EVERY YEAR.
01:10:24:00	01:10:27:00	EACH YEAR THE COUNCIL ADOPTS
01:10:27:00	01:10:30:00	THE RESIDENTIAL FACTOR AND IT
01:10:30:00	01:10:31:00	PROVES THE RESIDENTIAL
01:10:31:00	01:10:31:00	EXEMPTION WHICH BOSTON HAS
01:10:31:00	01:10:35:00	CONSIDERED AT LEAST SET AT THE
01:10:35:00	01:10:38:00	MAXIMUM 35% TO PROVIDE REAL AND
01:10:38:00	01:10:38:00	MEANINGFUL RELIEF TO
01:10:38:00	01:10:38:00	HOMEOWNERS.
01:10:38:00	01:10:42:00	THIS ANNUAL ACTION IS REQUIRED
01:10:42:00	01:10:42:00	SO THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
01:10:42:00	01:10:46:00	CAN CERTIFIER TAX RATE AND THE
01:10:46:00	01:10:47:00	CITY CAN SEND OUT THE JANUARY
01:10:47:00	01:10:47:00	TAX BILLS.
01:10:47:00	01:10:49:00	IT IS A STANDARD ADMINISTRATIVE
01:10:49:00	01:10:50:00	STEP THAT THE COUNCIL HAS TAKEN
01:10:50:00	01:10:53:00	EVERY YEAR FOR MORE THAN 40
01:10:53:00	01:10:53:00	YEARS.
01:10:53:00	01:10:57:00	IT IS NOT A POLICY CHANGE, NOT
01:10:57:00	01:10:58:00	A SHIFT IN A TAX BURDEN AND NOT
01:10:58:00	01:11:00:00	CONNECTED TO ANY BROADER
01:11:00:00	01:11:00:00	POLITICAL DEBATE.
01:11:00:00	01:11:04:00	IT IS SIMPLY THE CONTINUATION
01:11:04:00	01:11:05:00	OF THE SYSTEM BOSTON HAS USED
01:11:05:00	01:11:05:00	SUCCESSFULLY FOR DECADES.
01:11:05:00	01:11:09:00	I ALSO WANT TO BE ABSOLUTELY
01:11:09:00	01:11:09:00	CLEAR BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN
01:11:09:00	01:11:12:00	SOME UNNECESSARY CONFUSION
01:11:12:00	01:11:12:00	AMONG SOME MEMBERS OF THE
01:11:12:00	01:11:13:00	PUBLIC.
01:11:13:00	01:11:17:00	TODAY'S VOTE HAS NOTHING TO DO
01:11:17:00	01:11:18:00	WITH THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED TAX
01:11:18:00	01:11:20:00	SHIFT HOME RULE PETITION.
01:11:20:00	01:11:21:00	THE COUNCIL ALREADY DEBATED,
01:11:21:00	01:11:24:00	VOTED ON AND PASSED THAT HOME
01:11:24:00	01:11:25:00	RULE PETITION LAST YEAR OR
01:11:25:00	01:11:25:00	EARLIER THIS YEAR.
01:11:25:00	01:11:28:00	IT'S NOT BEFORE THE
01:11:28:00	01:11:28:00	COUNCIL TODAY.
01:11:28:00	01:11:29:00	IT DOES NOT REQUIRE ANOTHER
01:11:29:00	01:11:32:00	VOTE BY US AND IT REMAINS AT
01:11:32:00	01:11:33:00	THE STATE HOUSE ENTIRELY IN THE
01:11:33:00	01:11:36:00	LEGISLATIVE SENSE.
01:11:36:00	01:11:36:00	SO LET'S MAKE THIS PERFECTLY
01:11:36:00	01:11:39:00	CLEAR FOR THE PUBLIC THE PRESS
01:11:39:00	01:11:40:00	AND ANYONE FOLLOWING THIS
01:11:40:00	01:11:40:00	PROCESS.
01:11:40:00	01:11:43:00	TODAY'S VOTE IS ROUTINE.
01:11:43:00	01:11:44:00	TODAY'S VOTE IS THE SAME ONE
01:11:44:00	01:11:46:00	THE COUNCIL HAS TAKEN EVERY
01:11:46:00	01:11:47:00	YEAR SINCE THE EARLY EIGHTIES.
01:11:47:00	01:11:50:00	TODAY'S VOTE DOES NOT CHANGE
01:11:50:00	01:11:51:00	ANY TAX FORMULA OR SHIFT IN.
01:11:51:00	01:11:52:00	TODAY'S VOTE HAS NOTHING TO DO
01:11:52:00	01:11:55:00	WITH THE MAYOR'S STALLED HOME
01:11:55:00	01:11:55:00	RULE PETITION.
01:11:55:00	01:11:58:00	THIS IS SIMPLY THE
01:11:58:00	01:11:58:00	COUNCIL CARRYING OUT ITS
01:11:58:00	01:11:59:00	LONGSTANDING RESPONSIBILITY SO
01:11:59:00	01:12:02:00	THAT BOSTON'S TAX RATE CAN BE
01:12:02:00	01:12:03:00	CERTIFIED ON TIME AND OUR
01:12:03:00	01:12:06:00	RESIDENTIAL TAXPAYERS CONTINUE
01:12:06:00	01:12:06:00	RECEIVING THE FULL EXEMPTION
01:12:06:00	01:12:10:00	THEY DEPEND ON.
01:12:10:00	01:12:11:00	AND LOOKING AHEAD TO THE NEW
01:12:11:00	01:12:11:00	YEAR AND THE UPCOMING BUDGET
01:12:11:00	01:12:14:00	SEASON, WE MUST COMMIT TO
01:12:14:00	01:12:15:00	BETTER STEWARDSHIP OF CITY
01:12:15:00	01:12:18:00	SPENDING IF WE ARE SERIOUS
01:12:18:00	01:12:18:00	ABOUT PROTECTING ALREADY
01:12:18:00	01:12:18:00	BURDENED HOMEOWNERS.
01:12:18:00	01:12:22:00	WE CANNOT SIMPLY COUNT ON
01:12:22:00	01:12:22:00	COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS TO
01:12:22:00	01:12:25:00	SHOULDER MORE OF THE TAX BURDEN
01:12:25:00	01:12:26:00	WHEN THEY TOO ARE STRUGGLING.
01:12:26:00	01:12:29:00	IT IS TIME TO PRIORITIZE FISCAL
01:12:29:00	01:12:30:00	RESTRAINT AND RESPONSIBLE
01:12:30:00	01:12:33:00	BUDGETING AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
01:12:33:00	01:12:33:00	THE WORK AHEAD COMING UP NEXT
01:12:33:00	01:12:34:00	YEAR.
01:12:34:00	01:12:37:00	THANK YOU.
01:12:37:00	01:12:37:00	THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.
01:12:37:00	01:12:38:00	I JUST THANK YOU.
01:12:38:00	01:12:38:00	THE CHAIR.
01:12:38:00	01:12:41:00	CAN I JUST FINISH ON THE FLOOR?
01:12:41:00	01:12:43:00	WE HAVE ALWAYS CHOSEN TO TAKE
01:12:43:00	01:12:44:00	AND COLLECT THE MAXIMUM TAX
01:12:44:00	01:12:47:00	LEVY AND ALLOWED REVENUE.
01:12:47:00	01:12:47:00	EVERY YEAR SINCE PROPOSITION
01:12:47:00	01:12:50:00	TWO AND A HALF WAS ENACTED.
01:12:50:00	01:12:51:00	WE ALL SHOULD NOTE THAT THE
01:12:51:00	01:12:54:00	RECENT STUDY BY TUFTS
01:12:54:00	01:12:57:00	UNIVERSITY THAT CAME OUT IN
01:12:57:00	01:12:58:00	FEBRUARY 2024 SAYING THAT
01:12:58:00	01:13:01:00	REMOTE WORK HAS REALLY HURT THE
01:13:01:00	01:13:01:00	BOSTON ECONOMY.
01:13:01:00	01:13:05:00	I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE HAD A
01:13:05:00	01:13:06:00	SERIOUS CONVERSATION ON TAXES
01:13:06:00	01:13:10:00	AND SPENDING IN OUR CITY IN MY
01:13:10:00	01:13:13:00	VIEW CONTINUING TO RAISE
01:13:13:00	01:13:13:00	PROPERTY TAXES ON HOMEOWNERS
01:13:13:00	01:13:17:00	AND BUSINESSES IS NOT THE
01:13:17:00	01:13:17:00	ANSWER.
01:13:17:00	01:13:17:00	IT IS TIME FOR US TO
01:13:17:00	01:13:20:00	DEMONSTRATE FISCAL DISCIPLINE,
01:13:20:00	01:13:21:00	ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY
01:13:21:00	01:13:24:00	AND POSITIVE LEADERSHIP.
01:13:24:00	01:13:25:00	I DON'T THINK WE HAVE BEEN
01:13:25:00	01:13:30:00	TRANSPARENT WITH THE PUBLIC.
01:13:30:00	01:13:31:00	WE NEED TO HAVE AN OPEN, HONEST
01:13:31:00	01:13:34:00	CONVERSATION ABOUT OUR BUDGET
01:13:34:00	01:13:34:00	AND THE RIGHT LEVEL OF SERVICES
01:13:34:00	01:13:37:00	AND THE TAXES TO FUND THAT
01:13:37:00	01:13:38:00	BUDGET.
01:13:38:00	01:13:38:00	WE HAD A DISCUSSION LAST NIGHT
01:13:38:00	01:13:41:00	IN THE SOUTH END ABOUT THIS
01:13:41:00	01:13:41:00	ISSUE.
01:13:41:00	01:13:42:00	WE CAN POINT TO BUDGET
01:13:42:00	01:13:45:00	OBLIGATIONS AND RISING COSTS
01:13:45:00	01:13:46:00	BUT WE HAVE ALSO MADE CHOICES
01:13:46:00	01:13:49:00	THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS WHERE WE
01:13:49:00	01:13:50:00	DIDN'T CUT OUR BUDGET.
01:13:50:00	01:13:53:00	IN FACT IT GREW 8%.
01:13:53:00	01:13:56:00	WE DIDN'T DO A HIRING FREEZE.
01:13:56:00	01:13:59:00	I THINK WE MAY HAVE HIRED 300
01:13:59:00	01:14:00:00	PEOPLE.
01:14:00:00	01:14:02:00	IT'S ALSO TIME TO REEVALUATE
01:14:02:00	01:14:06:00	OUR PILOT PROGRAM.
01:14:06:00	01:14:07:00	BUT I WANT ALL OF US IN THE
01:14:07:00	01:14:08:00	PUBLIC TO HAVE A CONVERSATION
01:14:08:00	01:14:10:00	ABOUT THESE BUDGET ISSUES.
01:14:10:00	01:14:11:00	WITH FALLING COMMERCIAL
01:14:11:00	01:14:12:00	PROPERTY VALUES AND THE RIGHT
01:14:12:00	01:14:18:00	LEVEL OF TAXES AND SERVICES, IN
01:14:18:00	01:14:18:00	MY VIEW WE NEED TO DO
01:14:18:00	01:14:19:00	EVERYTHING WE CAN TO CUT
01:14:19:00	01:14:21:00	SPENDING AND BRING DOWN COSTS
01:14:21:00	01:14:22:00	BEFORE WE CONTINUE TO RAISE
01:14:22:00	01:14:25:00	TAXES ON RESIDENTS AND
01:14:25:00	01:14:25:00	BUSINESSES.
01:14:25:00	01:14:26:00	THANK YOU.
01:14:26:00	01:14:29:00	I THINK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:14:29:00	01:14:29:00	COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER HERE
01:14:29:00	01:14:30:00	COMES FROM HERE GENSLER.
01:14:30:00	01:14:33:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND
01:14:33:00	01:14:34:00	THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR
01:14:34:00	01:14:37:00	SHOWING UP THE WAY THAT YOU DO.
01:14:37:00	01:14:40:00	THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND
01:14:40:00	01:14:41:00	I JUST WANT TO GO ON THE
01:14:41:00	01:14:41:00	RECORD.
01:14:41:00	01:14:44:00	DURING THE HEARING I TALKED
01:14:44:00	01:14:44:00	ABOUT THE FACT THAT B.U.,
01:14:44:00	01:14:48:00	HARVARD, NORTHEASTERN AND
01:14:48:00	01:14:49:00	BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL
01:14:49:00	01:14:49:00	THERE ARE SO MANY INSTITUTIONS
01:14:49:00	01:14:53:00	THAT ARE OCCUPYING SPACE IN THE
01:14:53:00	01:14:56:00	CITY OF BOSTON THAT ARE EITHER
01:14:56:00	01:14:56:00	THERE DOING BUSINESS IN THE
01:14:56:00	01:14:57:00	CITY OF BOSTON AND THEY SHOULD
01:14:57:00	01:14:59:00	ALSO BE A PART OF THE
01:14:59:00	01:15:00:00	CONVERSATION IN TERMS OF HOW WE
01:15:00:00	01:15:03:00	SHARE THE BURDEN OF OF OUR TAX
01:15:03:00	01:15:04:00	CRUNCH THAT WE HAPPEN TO BE IN.
01:15:04:00	01:15:07:00	AND I KNOW THAT THERE IS SOME
01:15:07:00	01:15:08:00	LEGISLATIVE WORK THAT NEEDS TO
01:15:08:00	01:15:11:00	HAPPEN BUT PILOT REFORM HAS TO
01:15:11:00	01:15:12:00	BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION.
01:15:12:00	01:15:15:00	WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE
01:15:15:00	01:15:15:00	RECONCILE WITH THAT.
01:15:15:00	01:15:18:00	AND I ALSO WOULD JUST LIKE TO
01:15:18:00	01:15:22:00	NOTE THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO
01:15:22:00	01:15:26:00	NAVIGATE THE BUDGET SEASON IN
01:15:26:00	01:15:27:00	THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, I THINK
01:15:27:00	01:15:27:00	IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY
01:15:27:00	01:15:30:00	IMPORTANT FOR US AS COLLEAGUES
01:15:30:00	01:15:31:00	TO REALLY FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN
01:15:31:00	01:15:34:00	WORK MORE COLLABORATIVELY AND
01:15:34:00	01:15:35:00	MAKE DECISIONS THAT WE
01:15:35:00	01:15:38:00	RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE TAKING
01:15:38:00	01:15:41:00	THESE VOTES AND THESE VOTES
01:15:41:00	01:15:42:00	IMPACT THE ENTIRE CITY.
01:15:42:00	01:15:46:00	AND SO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
01:15:46:00	01:15:47:00	TO DEMONSTRATE WHAT IT LOOKS
01:15:47:00	01:15:50:00	LIKE WHEN THIS BODY CAN WORK
01:15:50:00	01:15:50:00	TOGETHER.
01:15:50:00	01:15:53:00	AND SO I'M LOOKING FOR MORE
01:15:53:00	01:15:54:00	OF THAT IN THE NEXT GO ROUND SO
01:15:54:00	01:15:57:00	THAT WHEN WE HAVE THESE
01:15:57:00	01:15:58:00	CONVERSATIONS WE'RE DOING SO IN
01:15:58:00	01:16:01:00	A WAY THAT CENTERS THIS SCHOOL
01:16:01:00	01:16:02:00	RESPONSIBILITIES IN WAYS THAT
01:16:02:00	01:16:05:00	WE HAVE YET TO SEE FROM THIS
01:16:05:00	01:16:05:00	COUNCIL.
01:16:05:00	01:16:06:00	SO THANK YOU.
01:16:06:00	01:16:11:00	THE CHAIR AGAIN, I JUST
01:16:11:00	01:16:11:00	CONSIDER AGAIN YOU HAVE THE
01:16:11:00	01:16:11:00	FLOOR.
01:16:11:00	01:16:12:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:16:12:00	01:16:12:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
01:16:12:00	01:16:13:00	THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STEP WE'RE
01:16:13:00	01:16:13:00	TAKING.
01:16:13:00	01:16:14:00	IT'S ONE THAT WE TAKE EVERY
01:16:14:00	01:16:17:00	YEAR WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY THIS
01:16:17:00	01:16:20:00	YEAR TO SAVE $3 ON EVERY $1,000
01:16:20:00	01:16:23:00	OF ASSESSED VALUE MOVING IT
01:16:23:00	01:16:26:00	FROM OVER $15 TO OVER $12.
01:16:26:00	01:16:27:00	SO THIS IS REALLY AN IMPORTANT
01:16:27:00	01:16:29:00	STEP THAT WE'RE TAKING.
01:16:29:00	01:16:30:00	OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT ELSE
01:16:30:00	01:16:33:00	THAT'S GOING ON HERE AND I HAVE
01:16:33:00	01:16:34:00	SHARED AND IT'S BEEN IN THE
01:16:34:00	01:16:37:00	MEDIA HOW UPSET I'VE BEEN WITH
01:16:37:00	01:16:37:00	THE SENATE BECAUSE I THINK IF
01:16:37:00	01:16:41:00	YOU REPRESENT BOSTON YOU NEED
01:16:41:00	01:16:41:00	TO REPRESENT BOSTONIANS.
01:16:41:00	01:16:42:00	YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY
01:16:42:00	01:16:44:00	HAVE AN AFFORDABLE PLACE TO
01:16:44:00	01:16:45:00	LIVE AND FOR YOUNG FAMILIES AND
01:16:45:00	01:16:48:00	LOW INCOME SENIORS IN MY
01:16:48:00	01:16:48:00	DISTRICT.
01:16:48:00	01:16:49:00	THE LACK OF ACTION FROM THE
01:16:49:00	01:16:52:00	SENATE IT HAS A RIPPLE EFFECT.
01:16:52:00	01:16:56:00	IT HAS A DESTABILIZING EFFECT.
01:16:56:00	01:16:57:00	AND I JUST WANT TO POINT BACK
01:16:57:00	01:17:00:00	TO A LETTER WE RECEIVED FROM
01:17:00:00	01:17:01:00	THE MAYOR LAST YEAR IN ORDER
01:17:01:00	01:17:04:00	THE TAX SHIFT THAT WAS PROPOSED
01:17:04:00	01:17:05:00	FROM THE ADMINISTRATION THAT WE
01:17:05:00	01:17:08:00	PASSED THIS COUNCIL THREE TIMES
01:17:08:00	01:17:11:00	IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THAT LEVEL
01:17:11:00	01:17:12:00	OF RELIEF FOR THE CITY
01:17:12:00	01:17:12:00	OF BOSTON RESIDENTS WE WOULD
01:17:12:00	01:17:15:00	HAVE TO CUT 2200 JOBS.
01:17:15:00	01:17:19:00	I HAVE NEVER FROM THE CITY
01:17:19:00	01:17:20:00	OF BOSTON I HAVE NEVER HEARD
01:17:20:00	01:17:22:00	ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS
01:17:22:00	01:17:23:00	COUNCIL SUGGEST THAT WE SHOULD
01:17:23:00	01:17:26:00	CUT 2200 JOBS OF CITY WORKERS,
01:17:26:00	01:17:29:00	OF UNION WORKERS, OF PEOPLE
01:17:29:00	01:17:29:00	THAT WORK HARD FOR OUR CITY.
01:17:29:00	01:17:30:00	SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
01:17:30:00	01:17:33:00	BUDGET DISCUSSION NEXT YEAR
01:17:33:00	01:17:33:00	BECAUSE PEOPLE SHOW UP IN THIS
01:17:33:00	01:17:37:00	CHAMBER DIFFERENTLY IN
01:17:37:00	01:17:37:00	DIFFERENT SEASONS.
01:17:37:00	01:17:38:00	SO I'M HERE FOR RESIDENTS, I'M
01:17:38:00	01:17:41:00	HERE FOR HARDWORKING HOMEOWNERS
01:17:41:00	01:17:42:00	WHO HAVE DONE EVERYTHING TO
01:17:42:00	01:17:45:00	BUILD BUILD OUR CITY.
01:17:45:00	01:17:45:00	AND AS WE ENTER INTO THESE
01:17:45:00	01:17:48:00	CONVERSATIONS I REALLY DO
01:17:48:00	01:17:49:00	BELIEVE THIS TAX SHIFT
01:17:49:00	01:17:52:00	CONVERSATION HAS BEEN A MEDIA
01:17:52:00	01:17:52:00	CONVERSATION.
01:17:52:00	01:17:53:00	IT HAS BEEN COMPLETELY
01:17:53:00	01:17:56:00	RIDICULOUS.
01:17:56:00	01:17:57:00	SOME OF THE THINGS I'VE HEARD
01:17:57:00	01:17:58:00	OUR COLLEAGUES IN GOVERNMENT
01:17:58:00	01:18:00:00	SAY TO THE MEDIA.
01:18:00:00	01:18:01:00	SO I'M NOT GOING TO BE SHY.
01:18:01:00	01:18:04:00	I'M GOING TO STAND UP FOR
01:18:04:00	01:18:04:00	RESIDENTS.
01:18:04:00	01:18:05:00	I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT
01:18:05:00	01:18:08:00	RESIDENTS IN MY DISTRICT KNOW
01:18:08:00	01:18:09:00	THAT I'M HERE TO STABILIZE THEM
01:18:09:00	01:18:09:00	AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN
01:18:09:00	01:18:12:00	STAY IN MY DISTRICT.
01:18:12:00	01:18:12:00	THANK YOU.
01:18:12:00	01:18:13:00	IS ANYONE ELSE GOING TO SPEAK
01:18:13:00	01:18:16:00	ON THIS MATTER?
01:18:16:00	01:18:19:00	I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT SOME
01:18:19:00	01:18:20:00	OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE STATED.
01:18:20:00	01:18:22:00	THIS IS THE ROUTINE VOTE THAT
01:18:22:00	01:18:23:00	THIS BODY TAKES ON TAX
01:18:23:00	01:18:26:00	CLASSIFICATION.
01:18:26:00	01:18:27:00	SO IT'S A ROUTINE VOTE AND
01:18:27:00	01:18:30:00	THERE'S A RELATIONSHIP TO THERE
01:18:30:00	01:18:31:00	IS A RELATIONSHIP TO THE
01:18:31:00	01:18:32:00	HOMEOWNER PETITIONS THAT HAVE
01:18:32:00	01:18:34:00	MADE THEIR WAY TO THE STATE
01:18:34:00	01:18:38:00	HOUSE BUT HAVE NOT GONE ANY
01:18:38:00	01:18:38:00	FURTHER IN THE SENATE.
01:18:38:00	01:18:42:00	IT'S BECAUSE OVER THE LAST
01:18:42:00	01:18:42:00	EIGHT YEARS RESIDENTS HAVE SEEN
01:18:42:00	01:18:45:00	AN INCREASE IN THEIR
01:18:45:00	01:18:45:00	RESIDENTIAL TAX BILL.
01:18:45:00	01:18:50:00	THE CFO FOR THE CITY CHIEF
01:18:50:00	01:18:51:00	FINANCIAL OFFICER ASHLEY
01:18:51:00	01:18:53:00	GOFFMAN BERGER HAS A REALLY
01:18:53:00	01:18:53:00	INTERESTING GRAPH THAT SHOWS
01:18:53:00	01:18:57:00	YOU OVER TIME THERE WAS A TIME
01:18:57:00	01:18:58:00	WHERE THE SPLIT WAS OF THE
01:18:58:00	01:19:00:00	PROPERTY TAXES COLLECTED BY THE
01:19:00:00	01:19:00:00	CITY.
01:19:00:00	01:19:01:00	70% WERE FOR COMING FROM
01:19:01:00	01:19:04:00	COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AND 30%
01:19:04:00	01:19:04:00	FROM RESIDENTIAL.
01:19:04:00	01:19:07:00	IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENED
01:19:07:00	01:19:08:00	OVER TIME WE'RE COMING VERY
01:19:08:00	01:19:11:00	CLOSE TO A POINT WHERE
01:19:11:00	01:19:14:00	RESIDENTS ARE SHOULDERING 50%
01:19:14:00	01:19:15:00	OF THE TOTAL PROPERTY TAXES
01:19:15:00	01:19:19:00	THAT ARE COLLECTED BY THE CITY.
01:19:19:00	01:19:20:00	THAT IS WHAT'S CREATING AN
01:19:20:00	01:19:23:00	UNDUE BURDEN AND WHY THE HOME
01:19:23:00	01:19:24:00	RULE PETITIONS WENT FORWARD NOT
01:19:24:00	01:19:24:00	SAYING THAT THERE WASN'T GOING
01:19:24:00	01:19:26:00	TO BE A RESIDENTIAL TAX
01:19:26:00	01:19:30:00	INCREASE BUT TO BLUNT THE
01:19:30:00	01:19:31:00	INCREASE THAT THEY THAT OUR
01:19:31:00	01:19:31:00	RESIDENTS EXPERIENCE.
01:19:31:00	01:19:34:00	THAT'S WHY THERE IS A
01:19:34:00	01:19:34:00	RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THIS
01:19:34:00	01:19:37:00	DOCKET AND THE HUMMEL PETITIONS
01:19:37:00	01:19:38:00	BUT THIS IS THE WORK THAT THE
01:19:38:00	01:19:41:00	BODY DOES EVERY YEAR BECAUSE
01:19:41:00	01:19:42:00	WE'RE REQUIRED TO BY LAW
01:19:42:00	01:19:45:00	OTHERWISE IT'S A FLAT TAX RATE
01:19:45:00	01:19:46:00	SO THAT WE CAN DO THE WORK
01:19:46:00	01:19:49:00	OF THE CITY PAY FOR STREETS
01:19:49:00	01:19:53:00	BEING PAVED, PAY FOR STREET
01:19:53:00	01:19:54:00	LIGHTS, PAY FOR OUR PUBLIC
01:19:54:00	01:19:57:00	SAFETY, PAY FOR OUR SCHOOLS ALL
01:19:57:00	01:19:58:00	OF WHICH ARE INCREDIBLY
01:19:58:00	01:20:01:00	IMPORTANT AS WE YOU KNOW, DO
01:20:01:00	01:20:01:00	THE IMPORTANT WORK OF AND
01:20:01:00	01:20:04:00	DIFFICULT WORK OF LOOKING WHERE
01:20:04:00	01:20:08:00	WE CAN SAVE COST OF CUTTING
01:20:08:00	01:20:09:00	DOWN ON BUREAUCRACY WHICH IS
01:20:09:00	01:20:12:00	INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT OF DOING
01:20:12:00	01:20:13:00	THE VERY, VERY HARD WORK OF A
01:20:13:00	01:20:16:00	SCHOOL CONSOLIDATIONS WHICH
01:20:16:00	01:20:19:00	WILL LEAD TO A MORE EFFICIENT
01:20:19:00	01:20:20:00	SCHOOLS WHICH WILL ALSO
01:20:20:00	01:20:21:00	HOPEFULLY LEAD TO A LOWER LEAD
01:20:21:00	01:20:21:00	TO LOWER COST.
01:20:21:00	01:20:24:00	SO ALL OF THERE'S NO ONE THING
01:20:24:00	01:20:25:00	THAT IS GOING TO SOLVE THIS AS
01:20:25:00	01:20:28:00	WE KNOW FROM ALL THE CONCERNS
01:20:28:00	01:20:28:00	THAT WE HAVE ABOUT DIFFERENT
01:20:28:00	01:20:28:00	ISSUES.
01:20:28:00	01:20:31:00	IT'S A NUMBER OF THINGS BUT I
01:20:31:00	01:20:32:00	JUST WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR
01:20:32:00	01:20:35:00	BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN
01:20:35:00	01:20:39:00	MISINFORMATION OR MISREPORTING
01:20:39:00	01:20:40:00	THAT THIS IS THE WORK OF THE
01:20:40:00	01:20:41:00	COUNCIL ENGAGES IN EVERY YEAR
01:20:41:00	01:20:43:00	TO SET THE TAX CLASSIFICATION
01:20:43:00	01:20:44:00	AND THE HOME RULE PETITIONS
01:20:44:00	01:20:47:00	THAT WE'VE WORKED ON IS TO TRY
01:20:47:00	01:20:49:00	TO BLOCK THE EFFECT OF THE TAX
01:20:49:00	01:20:50:00	INCREASE THAT OUR RESIDENTS WHO
01:20:50:00	01:20:53:00	ARE TOO OFTEN HOUSE RICH BUT
01:20:53:00	01:20:54:00	CASH POOR CAN'T INTERNALIZE
01:20:54:00	01:20:58:00	BECAUSE OF THE COST OF LIVING.
01:20:58:00	01:20:59:00	SO I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS AS
01:20:59:00	01:21:01:00	I'VE DONE THE LAST FOUR YEARS
01:21:01:00	01:21:02:00	AND CONTINUE TO THINK ABOUT AND
01:21:02:00	01:21:05:00	TO WORK WITH OUR COLLEAGUES IN
01:21:05:00	01:21:06:00	THE STATE HOUSE TO THINK ABOUT
01:21:06:00	01:21:08:00	HOW WE CAN REDUCE THE TAX
01:21:08:00	01:21:09:00	BURDEN ON OUR RESIDENTS.
01:21:09:00	01:21:13:00	IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
01:21:13:00	01:21:13:00	ON THIS MATTER?
01:21:13:00	01:21:16:00	COUNCILOR AROUND THE CHAIR
01:21:16:00	01:21:16:00	OF WAYS AND MEANS SEEKS
01:21:16:00	01:21:20:00	ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 2045
01:21:20:00	01:21:24:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AT THE CHAIR
01:21:24:00	01:21:24:00	LIKE ME ALWAYS MEANS ACCEPTANCE
01:21:24:00	01:21:25:00	OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND
01:21:25:00	01:21:27:00	PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 2045
01:21:27:00	01:21:31:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL
01:21:31:00	01:21:32:00	THOSE OPPOSED SAYING THEY DOUBT
01:21:32:00	01:21:32:00	THE VOTE.
01:21:32:00	01:21:35:00	OKAY, MR CLERK, COULD YOU
01:21:35:00	01:21:36:00	PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE
01:21:36:00	01:21:39:00	ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKING
01:21:39:00	01:21:39:00	NUMBER 2045 COUNT CELEBRATING
01:21:39:00	01:21:42:00	YES.
01:21:42:00	01:21:43:00	COUNCILOR BREADON YES.
01:21:43:00	01:21:43:00	COUNCILOR CARLOS ZAPATA.
01:21:43:00	01:21:47:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTY
01:21:47:00	01:21:47:00	YES.
01:21:47:00	01:21:48:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN.
01:21:48:00	01:21:50:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.
01:21:50:00	01:21:50:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD
01:21:50:00	01:21:51:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
01:21:51:00	01:21:54:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.
01:21:54:00	01:21:54:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.
01:21:54:00	01:21:55:00	COUNCILOR WHO IS IN YES
01:21:55:00	01:21:58:00	COUNCIL LOUISIANA HAS
01:21:58:00	01:21:58:00	COUNCILOR ME HERE.
01:21:58:00	01:21:59:00	COUNCILOR ME HERE YES.
01:21:59:00	01:22:02:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY
01:22:02:00	01:22:02:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.
01:22:02:00	01:22:03:00	COUNCILOR PER PAN
01:22:03:00	01:22:06:00	COUNCIL OF OPINIONS.
01:22:06:00	01:22:06:00	SANTANA YES.
01:22:06:00	01:22:06:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.
01:22:06:00	01:22:09:00	COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCILOR WEBER
01:22:09:00	01:22:10:00	YES AND COUNCILOR WORLD YES.
01:22:10:00	01:22:13:00	COUNCILOR WELL YES.
01:22:13:00	01:22:13:00	TALKING NUMBER 2045 HAS
01:22:13:00	01:22:17:00	RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN
01:22:17:00	01:22:17:00	THE AFFIRMATIVE THANK YOU.
01:22:17:00	01:22:21:00	DOCKET NUMBER 2045 HAS PASSED.
01:22:21:00	01:22:24:00	MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ
01:22:24:00	01:22:27:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1453 DOCKET
01:22:27:00	01:22:28:00	NUMBER 14534 TO SUBMIT A
01:22:28:00	01:22:31:00	PETITION TO THE MASSACHUSETTS
01:22:31:00	01:22:32:00	BOARD OF REGISTRATION IN
01:22:32:00	01:22:35:00	PHARMACY.
01:22:35:00	01:22:35:00	THANK YOU.
01:22:35:00	01:22:36:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNTRY
01:22:36:00	01:22:39:00	CLUB AS A PART OF THE CHAIR
01:22:39:00	01:22:39:00	OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT
01:22:39:00	01:22:39:00	OPERATIONS.
01:22:39:00	01:22:40:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:22:40:00	01:22:42:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:22:42:00	01:22:43:00	THIS DOCKET IS A PETITION NOT A
01:22:43:00	01:22:46:00	HOME RULE PETITION BUT A
01:22:46:00	01:22:46:00	PETITION TO THE MASSACHUSETTS
01:22:46:00	01:22:47:00	BOARD OF REGISTRATION AND
01:22:47:00	01:22:49:00	PHARMACY PROPOSING AMENDMENTS
01:22:49:00	01:22:50:00	TO THE CODE OF MASSACHUSETTS
01:22:50:00	01:22:50:00	REGULATIONS.
01:22:50:00	01:22:54:00	IT WAS SPONSORED ORIGINALLY BY
01:22:54:00	01:22:54:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AND
01:22:54:00	01:22:56:00	REFERRED TO THIS COMMITTEE ON
01:22:56:00	01:22:57:00	AUGUST 4TH UNDER GENERA LAW 38
01:22:57:00	01:22:58:00	SECTION FOUR ANY INTERESTED
01:22:58:00	01:23:00:00	PERSON MAY PETITION A STATE
01:23:00:00	01:23:01:00	AGENCY REQUESTING THE ADOPTION
01:23:01:00	01:23:04:00	AMENDMENT OR REPEAL OF ANY
01:23:04:00	01:23:04:00	REGULATION AND MAY ACCOMPANY
01:23:04:00	01:23:07:00	THE PETITION WITH SUCH
01:23:07:00	01:23:07:00	PERTINENT DATA VIEWS AND
01:23:07:00	01:23:08:00	ARGUMENTS ACCORDINGLY IN
01:23:08:00	01:23:12:00	RESPONSE TO INCREASING
01:23:12:00	01:23:12:00	INSTANCES OF PHARMACY CLOSURES
01:23:12:00	01:23:12:00	ACROSS THE CITY.
01:23:12:00	01:23:15:00	THIS DOCKET REQUESTS THAT THE
01:23:15:00	01:23:16:00	BOARD TO STRENGTHEN THE
01:23:16:00	01:23:16:00	COMMONWEALTH'S REGULATORY
01:23:16:00	01:23:19:00	FRAMEWORK GOVERNING PHARMACY
01:23:19:00	01:23:19:00	CLOSURES.
01:23:19:00	01:23:23:00	SPECIFICALLY THE PETITION
01:23:23:00	01:23:26:00	PROPOSES AMENDMENTS TO TWO 247
01:23:26:00	01:23:29:00	CR SECTION 6.13 WHICH REGULATES
01:23:29:00	01:23:29:00	PHARMACY CLOSURES.
01:23:29:00	01:23:32:00	THIS PROPOSAL THE PROPOSED
01:23:32:00	01:23:33:00	AMENDMENTS WOULD REQUIRE
01:23:33:00	01:23:35:00	PHARMACIES TO PROVIDE NO LESS
01:23:35:00	01:23:36:00	THAN 120 DAYS ADVANCE NOTICE
01:23:36:00	01:23:39:00	PRIOR TO PERMANENT CLOSURES AS
01:23:39:00	01:23:40:00	OPPOSED TO THE BOARD'S CURRENT
01:23:40:00	01:23:41:00	14 DAY REQUIREMENT.
01:23:41:00	01:23:44:00	WE HELD A WORKING SESSION ON
01:23:44:00	01:23:46:00	DECEMBER EIGHT, 20, 25.
01:23:46:00	01:23:47:00	THE COMMITTEE HEARD TESTIMONY
01:23:47:00	01:23:50:00	FROM SHAGUN ATWAL CHIEF OF OF
01:23:50:00	01:23:50:00	THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
01:23:50:00	01:23:54:00	OPPORTUNITY AND INCLUSION DR.
01:23:54:00	01:23:54:00	PRISCILLA OJUKWU, COMMISSIONER
01:23:54:00	01:23:55:00	OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH
01:23:55:00	01:23:57:00	COMMISSION AND PJ MCCANN,
01:23:57:00	01:23:58:00	DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR POLICY
01:23:58:00	01:24:02:00	AND PLANNING FROM THE BOSTON
01:24:02:00	01:24:02:00	PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION
01:24:02:00	01:24:03:00	TESTIFYING ON BEHALF OF THE
01:24:03:00	01:24:05:00	ADMINISTRATION.
01:24:05:00	01:24:06:00	DURING THE WORKING SESSION THE
01:24:06:00	01:24:06:00	COMMITTEE REVIEWED THE LANGUAGE
01:24:06:00	01:24:09:00	OF THE PROPOSED PETITION AND
01:24:09:00	01:24:09:00	EXAMINED THE PUBLIC HEALTH
01:24:09:00	01:24:13:00	IMPLICATIONS OF PHARMACY
01:24:13:00	01:24:13:00	CLOSURES AND REGULATORY
01:24:13:00	01:24:13:00	ADJUSTMENTS NECESSARY TO
01:24:13:00	01:24:17:00	STRENGTHEN SAFEGUARDS FOR
01:24:17:00	01:24:17:00	BOSTON RESIDENTS.
01:24:17:00	01:24:18:00	WE DISCUSSED RECENT DATA FROM
01:24:18:00	01:24:21:00	THE STUDY SHOWING A SIGNIFICANT
01:24:21:00	01:24:21:00	NET LOSS OF PHARMACIES
01:24:21:00	01:24:24:00	THROUGHOUT THE CITY SINCE 2018.
01:24:24:00	01:24:27:00	IT WAS NOTED THAT SINCE SINCE
01:24:27:00	01:24:29:00	2018 THE CITY HAS EXPERIENCED
01:24:29:00	01:24:30:00	41 PHARMACY CLOSURES.
01:24:30:00	01:24:31:00	ADMIN REPRESENTATIVES TESTIFIED
01:24:31:00	01:24:33:00	THAT SUCH CLOSURES HAVE
01:24:33:00	01:24:34:00	DISRUPTED ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL
01:24:34:00	01:24:34:00	MEDICATION.
01:24:34:00	01:24:37:00	CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT AND
01:24:37:00	01:24:37:00	VACCINATION SERVICES.
01:24:37:00	01:24:41:00	UNDERSCORING THAT PHARMACIES
01:24:41:00	01:24:41:00	FUNCTION AS A CRITICAL
01:24:41:00	01:24:42:00	FRONTLINE HEALTH CARE
01:24:42:00	01:24:44:00	INFRASTRUCTURE FOR MANY
01:24:44:00	01:24:45:00	RESIDENTS IT WAS CONSENSUS
01:24:45:00	01:24:46:00	OF THE COMMITTEE THAT EXTENDING
01:24:46:00	01:24:49:00	THE NOTICE REQUIREMENT FROM 14
01:24:49:00	01:24:50:00	DAYS TO 120 DAYS WAS NECESSARY
01:24:50:00	01:24:52:00	TO REDUCE ABRUPT SERVICE GAPS
01:24:52:00	01:24:53:00	AND TO ENSURE CONTINUITY
01:24:53:00	01:24:56:00	OF CARE PARTICULARLY IN
01:24:56:00	01:24:57:00	COMMUNITIES WITH HIGHER HEALTH
01:24:57:00	01:24:57:00	EQUITY BURDENS.
01:24:57:00	01:25:00:00	IN REVIEWING THE LANGUAGE THE
01:25:00:00	01:25:01:00	COMMITTEE THE COMMITTEE FOCUSED
01:25:01:00	01:25:01:00	ON MAKING PROVISIONS THAT WOULD
01:25:01:00	01:25:04:00	IMPROVE FLAHERTY,
01:25:04:00	01:25:04:00	ENFORCEABILITY AND CONSISTENCY.
01:25:04:00	01:25:08:00	DISCUSSION FIRST CENTERED ON
01:25:08:00	01:25:09:00	INCORPORATING A NEW MUNICIPAL
01:25:09:00	01:25:12:00	MUNICIPALITY NOTIFICATION
01:25:12:00	01:25:12:00	REQUIREMENT WHICH WOULD
01:25:12:00	01:25:13:00	OBLIGATE PHARMACIES TO NOTIFY
01:25:13:00	01:25:16:00	NOT ONLY THE STATE BOARD
01:25:16:00	01:25:16:00	OF REGISTRATION A PHARMACY BUT
01:25:16:00	01:25:19:00	ALSO THE RELEVANT MUNICIPAL
01:25:19:00	01:25:20:00	AUTHORITY SUCH AS THE CITY
01:25:20:00	01:25:23:00	CLERK, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OR
01:25:23:00	01:25:24:00	EQUIVALENT CITY AND TOWN
01:25:24:00	01:25:24:00	OFFICIAL COUNCILORS AGREED THAT
01:25:24:00	01:25:27:00	MUNICIPAL NOTIFICATION WOULD BE
01:25:27:00	01:25:28:00	BETTER EQUIPPED SEE DEPARTMENTS
01:25:28:00	01:25:30:00	AND ELECTED OFFICIALS TO ALERT
01:25:30:00	01:25:31:00	RESIDENTS, COORDINATE
01:25:31:00	01:25:31:00	TRANSITION PLANNING AND
01:25:31:00	01:25:35:00	MITIGATE THE SUDDEN LOSS
01:25:35:00	01:25:35:00	OF ACCESS TO PRESCRIPTION
01:25:35:00	01:25:35:00	SERVICES.
01:25:35:00	01:25:39:00	ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION ADDRESS
01:25:39:00	01:25:39:00	THE SCOPE OF INFORMATION THAT
01:25:39:00	01:25:40:00	SHOULD ACCOMPANY A PHARMACY'S
01:25:40:00	01:25:42:00	NOTICE INCLUDING CONTACT
01:25:42:00	01:25:42:00	INFORMATION FOR THE PHARMACIST
01:25:42:00	01:25:43:00	IN CHARGE.
01:25:43:00	01:25:46:00	THE MANAGER OF RECORD AND THE
01:25:46:00	01:25:47:00	PROPERTY OWNER OR LANDLORD.
01:25:47:00	01:25:50:00	AS TESTIMONY INDICATED THAT
01:25:50:00	01:25:51:00	LANDLORDS ARE OFTEN AWARE
01:25:51:00	01:25:53:00	OF CLOSURE DECISION MONTHS IN
01:25:53:00	01:25:54:00	ADVANCE AND CAN PLAY A
01:25:54:00	01:25:55:00	MEANINGFUL ROLE IN ENSURING
01:25:55:00	01:25:58:00	TIMELY COMMUNICATION.
01:25:58:00	01:25:59:00	THE ADMIN ALSO RECOMMENDED
01:25:59:00	01:25:59:00	INCLUDING INFORMATION ON
01:25:59:00	01:26:02:00	REMAINING LEASE TERMS TO
01:26:02:00	01:26:03:00	SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
01:26:03:00	01:26:03:00	AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD STABILITY
01:26:03:00	01:26:06:00	EFFORTS FOLLOWING A CLOSURE
01:26:06:00	01:26:06:00	WITH RESPECT TO PATIENT NOTICE
01:26:06:00	01:26:07:00	REQUIREMENTS.
01:26:07:00	01:26:10:00	WE DISCUSSED PRACTICAL
01:26:10:00	01:26:10:00	CHALLENGES PATIENTS OFTEN FACE
01:26:10:00	01:26:14:00	UPON PHARMACY CLOSURES LIKE
01:26:14:00	01:26:14:00	FINDING NEW MODES
01:26:14:00	01:26:15:00	OF TRANSPORTATION AND
01:26:15:00	01:26:17:00	NAVIGATING INSURANCE OBSTACLES
01:26:17:00	01:26:17:00	.
01:26:17:00	01:26:18:00	EMPHASIZING THE IMPORTANCE
01:26:18:00	01:26:19:00	OF ROBUST REGULATIONS THAT GIVE
01:26:19:00	01:26:22:00	PATIENTS ENOUGH TIME TO PLAN.
01:26:22:00	01:26:22:00	IT WAS NOTICED CURRENT
01:26:22:00	01:26:26:00	REGULATIONS REQUIRE PHARMACIES
01:26:26:00	01:26:26:00	TO DISPLAY INCONSPICUOUS PUBLIC
01:26:26:00	01:26:27:00	NOTICING OR PUBLIC POSTING AT
01:26:27:00	01:26:30:00	THE PHARMACY RATHER ITSELF.
01:26:30:00	01:26:30:00	HOWEVER, THE PHARMACIES NEED
01:26:30:00	01:26:33:00	ONLY A TENT TO PERSONALLY
01:26:33:00	01:26:34:00	NOTIFY PATIENTS OF AN UPCOMING
01:26:34:00	01:26:37:00	CLOSURE.
01:26:37:00	01:26:37:00	THE COMMITTEE AGREED THAT
01:26:37:00	01:26:38:00	LANGUAGE SHOULD BE REVISED TO
01:26:38:00	01:26:40:00	STATE THAT PHARMACIES MUST
01:26:40:00	01:26:41:00	NOTIFY PATIENTS AND FURTHER
01:26:41:00	01:26:43:00	THAT THE PROPOSED 120 DAY
01:26:43:00	01:26:44:00	PERIOD SHOULD BE UNDERSTOOD AS
01:26:44:00	01:26:47:00	A MINIMUM NOTICE STANDARD.
01:26:47:00	01:26:48:00	THE COMMITTEE CONCLUDED ITS
01:26:48:00	01:26:51:00	REVIEW WITH THE INTENT TO
01:26:51:00	01:26:52:00	ADVANCE A PETITION IN A NEW
01:26:52:00	01:26:52:00	DRAFT THAT REFLECTS SUGGESTIONS
01:26:52:00	01:26:55:00	AND RECOMMENDATIONS DISCUSSED
01:26:55:00	01:26:56:00	DURING THIS WORKING SESSION.
01:26:56:00	01:26:59:00	SO AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE
01:26:59:00	01:26:59:00	OF GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND
01:26:59:00	01:27:00:00	EVERYBODY HAS SUMMARY
01:27:00:00	01:27:00:00	OF AMENDMENTS IN THE COMMITTEE
01:27:00:00	01:27:03:00	REPORT, I RECOMMEND MOVING THIS
01:27:03:00	01:27:04:00	LISTED DOCKET TO THIS
01:27:04:00	01:27:06:00	COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION
01:27:06:00	01:27:07:00	OF FORMAL ACTION AND AT THIS
01:27:07:00	01:27:08:00	TIME MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT
01:27:08:00	01:27:11:00	AFTER PASSING A NEW DRAFT I
01:27:11:00	01:27:12:00	JUST WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO
01:27:12:00	01:27:14:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AS
01:27:14:00	01:27:15:00	WELL AS HER STAFF FOR HER WORK
01:27:15:00	01:27:16:00	ON THIS MY STAFF AS WELL AS
01:27:16:00	01:27:18:00	MEGAN'S FOR ENSURING THAT THIS
01:27:18:00	01:27:18:00	PETITION IS FULLY REFLECTIVE
01:27:18:00	01:27:21:00	OF THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS AND
01:27:21:00	01:27:22:00	ENSURING THAT THE CITY
01:27:22:00	01:27:23:00	OF BOSTON IS WELL EQUIPPED AND
01:27:23:00	01:27:26:00	PROTECTED SHOULD THIS HAPPEN IN
01:27:26:00	01:27:27:00	IN ANY GIVEN NEIGHBORHOOD IN
01:27:27:00	01:27:29:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON.
01:27:29:00	01:27:30:00	THANK YOU.
01:27:30:00	01:27:30:00	THANK YOU.
01:27:30:00	01:27:34:00	AS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
01:27:34:00	01:27:35:00	ON THIS MATTER, THE CHAIR
01:27:35:00	01:27:35:00	RECOGNIZES COUNCIL PRESIDENT
01:27:35:00	01:27:38:00	LOUIJEUNE CANCER OF THE FLOOR.
01:27:38:00	01:27:38:00	THANK YOU MR CHAIR.
01:27:38:00	01:27:39:00	AND I WANT TO THANK
01:27:39:00	01:27:41:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER
01:27:41:00	01:27:41:00	FOR MOVING THIS FORWARD.
01:27:41:00	01:27:45:00	I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES
01:27:45:00	01:27:45:00	FOR BEING PRESENT AND I WANT TO
01:27:45:00	01:27:46:00	THANK THE ADMINISTRATION.
01:27:46:00	01:27:48:00	THIS IS A DOCKET THAT REALLY
01:27:48:00	01:27:51:00	WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON SINCE
01:27:51:00	01:27:55:00	LAST YEAR WHEN THIS BODY FIRST
01:27:55:00	01:27:55:00	HELD A HEARING ABOUT PHARMACY
01:27:55:00	01:28:02:00	CLOSURES LED BY FORMER
01:28:02:00	01:28:02:00	COUNCILOR TANIA FERNANDO
01:28:02:00	01:28:03:00	ANDERSON AND REALLY WORKING
01:28:03:00	01:28:06:00	ALONGSIDE HER CONSTITUENTS TO
01:28:06:00	01:28:09:00	GET THIS TO THIS PLACE BECAUSE
01:28:09:00	01:28:14:00	WE MANY OF US STOOD OUTSIDE
01:28:14:00	01:28:14:00	OF THE WALGREENS ACROSS FROM
01:28:14:00	01:28:15:00	BOSTON LIGHT ACADEMY WHICH THE
01:28:15:00	01:28:17:00	CHAIR SHARED IS A WALGREENS
01:28:17:00	01:28:18:00	THAT WHEN SHE WAS IN SCHOOL I
01:28:18:00	01:28:21:00	SPENT A LOT OF TIME AT.
01:28:21:00	01:28:22:00	BUT IT'S ONE THAT MEANS A LOT
01:28:22:00	01:28:22:00	TO SO MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO
01:28:22:00	01:28:24:00	WERE GETTING THEIR
01:28:24:00	01:28:25:00	PRESCRIPTIONS FROM FROM THERE.
01:28:25:00	01:28:28:00	SO FOLLOWING OUR WORKING
01:28:28:00	01:28:29:00	SESSION AND THE REPORT BEFORE
01:28:29:00	01:28:30:00	YOU I'M PROUD TO MOVE THIS
01:28:30:00	01:28:32:00	PETITION FORWARD ON BEHALF
01:28:32:00	01:28:33:00	OF ALL OF US THIS IS A LITTLE
01:28:33:00	01:28:33:00	BIT DIFFERENT.
01:28:33:00	01:28:36:00	IT'S NOT A FORMAL PETITION.
01:28:36:00	01:28:37:00	WE'RE NOT SENDING IT TO THE
01:28:37:00	01:28:37:00	STATE LEGISLATURE.
01:28:37:00	01:28:39:00	WE'RE ACTUALLY SENDING THIS TO
01:28:39:00	01:28:40:00	THE PHARMACY BOARD URGING THEM
01:28:40:00	01:28:44:00	TO ENGAGE IN RULEMAKING SO THAT
01:28:44:00	01:28:44:00	THEY CAN CHANGE THE NOTICE
01:28:44:00	01:28:48:00	PERIOD FROM 1414 DAYS TO 120
01:28:48:00	01:28:51:00	DAYS TO GIVE MORE NOTICE TO OUR
01:28:51:00	01:28:52:00	RESIDENTS WHEN THERE'S A
01:28:52:00	01:28:55:00	PHARMACY CLOSURE HAPPENING.
01:28:55:00	01:28:56:00	AND I WANT TO THANK CHIEF IT
01:28:56:00	01:28:56:00	ALL FOR BEING PART OF THE
01:28:56:00	01:28:59:00	CONVERSATION AND BECAUSE AN
01:28:59:00	01:29:00:00	IMPORTANT ADDITION TO THIS
01:29:00:00	01:29:03:00	PETITION IS REQUIRING NOTICE TO
01:29:03:00	01:29:03:00	MUNICIPALITIES.
01:29:03:00	01:29:07:00	OFTENTIMES IT'S HARD TO FIGURE
01:29:07:00	01:29:08:00	OUT OKAY, WHO'S THE LANDLORD,
01:29:08:00	01:29:08:00	WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR THIS?
01:29:08:00	01:29:11:00	IS IT GOING TO BE A MARKET?
01:29:11:00	01:29:12:00	IT'S GOING TO BE A MARKET WHERE
01:29:12:00	01:29:13:00	WE CAN MAYBE HAVE SOME SORT
01:29:13:00	01:29:14:00	OF PHARMACEUTICAL OPTION.
01:29:14:00	01:29:15:00	AND SO HAVING THAT NOTICE
01:29:15:00	01:29:18:00	REQUIREMENT WILL ALSO ALLOW THE
01:29:18:00	01:29:19:00	CITY TO NOTIFY RESIDENTS AND
01:29:19:00	01:29:22:00	THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE
01:29:22:00	01:29:23:00	EVENT THAT THEY DON'T RECEIVE
01:29:23:00	01:29:26:00	THE NOTICE OR FOR SOMETHING
01:29:26:00	01:29:26:00	HAVE THEIR AT A DIFFERENT
01:29:26:00	01:29:27:00	ADDRESS AND DON'T RECEIVE IT
01:29:27:00	01:29:30:00	FROM THE PHARMACY.
01:29:30:00	01:29:30:00	SO I WANT TO THANK THE
01:29:30:00	01:29:31:00	ADMINISTRATION FOR
01:29:31:00	01:29:33:00	STRENGTHENING THIS PETITION AND
01:29:33:00	01:29:34:00	THIS EFFORT ARISES FROM A
01:29:34:00	01:29:36:00	GROWING PATTERN WE'VE SEEN
01:29:36:00	01:29:37:00	ACROSS BOSTON AND THE
01:29:37:00	01:29:37:00	COMMONWEALTH.
01:29:37:00	01:29:38:00	PHARMACIES CLOSING WITH LITTLE
01:29:38:00	01:29:41:00	NOTICE LEAVING VULNERABLE
01:29:41:00	01:29:41:00	RESIDENTS TOO OFTEN BLACK AND
01:29:41:00	01:29:44:00	BROWN AND POOR WITHOUT ACCESS
01:29:44:00	01:29:44:00	TO ESSENTIAL MEDICATION
01:29:44:00	01:29:47:00	VACCINATIONS OR CALLED
01:29:47:00	01:29:47:00	CONSULTATIONS.
01:29:47:00	01:29:48:00	AND ESPECIALLY IN THIS ERA
01:29:48:00	01:29:51:00	OF WHAT'S LEFT IS RIGHT.
01:29:51:00	01:29:55:00	VACCINATIONS ARE CRITICALLY
01:29:55:00	01:29:55:00	IMPORTANT AT OUR PHARMACIES AND
01:29:55:00	01:29:58:00	WE ARE SEEING LESS OF THAT WITH
01:29:58:00	01:29:59:00	THESE CLOSURES.
01:29:59:00	01:30:00:00	THESE ARE NOT ORDINARY RETAIL
01:30:00:00	01:30:03:00	BUSINESSES FOR MANY PHARMACIES
01:30:03:00	01:30:03:00	ARE THE MOST ACCESSIBLE,
01:30:03:00	01:30:06:00	ACCESSIBLE AND SOMETIMES ONLY
01:30:06:00	01:30:06:00	POINT OF CARE.
01:30:06:00	01:30:07:00	AND SO I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
01:30:07:00	01:30:11:00	SOMETHING WE HEARD AT THE
01:30:11:00	01:30:11:00	WORKING SESSION FROM DR.
01:30:11:00	01:30:12:00	MARCELLO BUSOLA OJUKWU.
01:30:12:00	01:30:14:00	DO WE HAVE HAD A NET LOSS
01:30:14:00	01:30:17:00	COVID 19 PHARMACIES FROM 2018
01:30:17:00	01:30:20:00	TO 2025 AND 2024 TO 2025 ALONE
01:30:20:00	01:30:21:00	IT WAS 16.
01:30:21:00	01:30:24:00	SO WE ARE SEEING AN INCREASE.
01:30:24:00	01:30:25:00	THIS NOTICE REQUIREMENT CAN
01:30:25:00	01:30:28:00	ALSO ALLOW US TO TRY TO BE AS
01:30:28:00	01:30:28:00	PROACTIVE AS POSSIBLE AND
01:30:28:00	01:30:32:00	GETTING SOMEONE ON THE PROPERTY
01:30:32:00	01:30:33:00	WHO IS POTENTIALLY A PHARMACY
01:30:33:00	01:30:36:00	AND WE'VE TALKED ON THIS BODY
01:30:36:00	01:30:36:00	ABOUT CO-OPERATIVE PHARMACIES
01:30:36:00	01:30:39:00	ABOUT SUPPORTING DIFFERENT
01:30:39:00	01:30:40:00	INDEPENDENT PHARMACIES AS WE DO
01:30:40:00	01:30:43:00	THE HARD WORK OF MEDICAL COSTS
01:30:43:00	01:30:43:00	THAT ARE RISING AND
01:30:43:00	01:30:44:00	REIMBURSEMENT RATES THAT AREN'T
01:30:44:00	01:30:46:00	SUFFICIENT.
01:30:46:00	01:30:47:00	BUT THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE
01:30:47:00	01:30:50:00	HAVE TO DO TO SORT OF TO ENSURE
01:30:50:00	01:30:51:00	THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE ABLE TO
01:30:51:00	01:30:54:00	CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THE CARE
01:30:54:00	01:30:55:00	THAT THEY NEED.
01:30:55:00	01:30:55:00	THIS DOES IT DO THAT.
01:30:55:00	01:30:58:00	IT GIVES US MORE NOTICE BUT
01:30:58:00	01:30:59:00	WITH THAT NOTICE HOPEFULLY
01:30:59:00	01:31:00:00	WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE MORE
01:31:00:00	01:31:02:00	INTERVENTIONS TO PROVIDE MORE
01:31:02:00	01:31:02:00	PHARMACEUTICAL OPTIONS FOR
01:31:02:00	01:31:03:00	RESIDENTS.
01:31:03:00	01:31:06:00	SO AGAIN I WANT TO THANK BOTH
01:31:06:00	01:31:07:00	THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION
01:31:07:00	01:31:09:00	COMMISSIONER DR. BISOLA OJUKWU
01:31:09:00	01:31:10:00	, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER PJ MCCANN
01:31:10:00	01:31:13:00	AND SHE TOO I WANT TO THANK
01:31:13:00	01:31:14:00	DANIELLE WILLIAMS 5 MILLION
01:31:14:00	01:31:16:00	TIMES BECAUSE SHE STAYED ON US
01:31:16:00	01:31:17:00	TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD GET
01:31:17:00	01:31:18:00	TO THIS POINT TO PASS THIS
01:31:18:00	01:31:20:00	PETITION AND WHEN SHE WASN'T
01:31:20:00	01:31:24:00	HEARING FROM US WE WERE WE WERE
01:31:24:00	01:31:25:00	HEARING FROM HER AND ONE OF THE
01:31:25:00	01:31:27:00	BIG ADVOCATE LE PETIT WILLIE
01:31:27:00	01:31:28:00	WEBB WHO SPOKE ABOUT THE
01:31:28:00	01:31:32:00	IMPORTANCE OF THIS PETITION AND
01:31:32:00	01:31:32:00	I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE AT
01:31:32:00	01:31:33:00	PROPHETIC RESISTANCE BOSTON.
01:31:33:00	01:31:35:00	I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR
01:31:35:00	01:31:38:00	INCOMING DISTRICT SEVEN CITY
01:31:38:00	01:31:39:00	COUNCILOR REVEREND CULPEPER WHO
01:31:39:00	01:31:42:00	IS SOMEONE I'VE MET WITH ABOUT
01:31:42:00	01:31:42:00	THIS PETITION.
01:31:42:00	01:31:43:00	AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE
01:31:43:00	01:31:46:00	WHO'S WORKING ON THIS ISSUE
01:31:46:00	01:31:47:00	BECAUSE IT IS A HARD ONE.
01:31:47:00	01:31:49:00	IT IS PATTERNS OF DISINVESTMENT
01:31:49:00	01:31:50:00	IN OUR COMMUNITIES THAT CREATE
01:31:50:00	01:31:51:00	PHARMACEUTICAL DESERTS AND TOO
01:31:51:00	01:31:53:00	MANY OF OUR VULNERABLE
01:31:53:00	01:31:54:00	COMMUNITIES CAN'T AFFORD IT.
01:31:54:00	01:31:57:00	SO I LOOK FORWARD TO FOLLOWING
01:31:57:00	01:31:58:00	THIS WORK AND MOVING IT
01:31:58:00	01:31:58:00	FORWARD.
01:31:58:00	01:31:59:00	AND I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR
01:31:59:00	01:31:59:00	AS WELL BECAUSE WITH THE
01:31:59:00	01:32:02:00	PETITION DOESN'T NECESSARILY
01:32:02:00	01:32:02:00	HAVE TO HAVE THE MAYOR'S
01:32:02:00	01:32:03:00	SIGNATURE BUT HAVING THE
01:32:03:00	01:32:03:00	MAYOR'S SIGNATURE ON THIS I
01:32:03:00	01:32:06:00	THINK WILL STRENGTHEN IT AND
01:32:06:00	01:32:06:00	HOPEFULLY FORCE THEIR HAND TO
01:32:06:00	01:32:09:00	ENGAGE IN SOME RULEMAKING.
01:32:09:00	01:32:10:00	I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE WORK
01:32:10:00	01:32:13:00	OF THE OFFICE OF PHARMACEUTICAL
01:32:13:00	01:32:13:00	POLICY AND ANALYSIS OFFICE
01:32:13:00	01:32:16:00	OF HEALTH RESOURCE PLANNING
01:32:16:00	01:32:17:00	BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN PUTTING
01:32:17:00	01:32:17:00	OUT SOME REALLY GOOD RESEARCH
01:32:17:00	01:32:18:00	AROUND THE ISSUES AROUND
01:32:18:00	01:32:21:00	PHARMACY CLOSING.
01:32:21:00	01:32:21:00	SO THANK YOU.
01:32:21:00	01:32:22:00	THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
01:32:22:00	01:32:22:00	THANK YOU.
01:32:22:00	01:32:23:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:32:23:00	01:32:25:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
01:32:25:00	01:32:26:00	COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:32:26:00	01:32:29:00	THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
01:32:29:00	01:32:29:00	AND MR CHAIR, COULD I ASK A
01:32:29:00	01:32:32:00	QUESTION EITHER TO THE
01:32:32:00	01:32:33:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT OR TO THE
01:32:33:00	01:32:33:00	GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS CHAIR
01:32:33:00	01:32:37:00	THROUGH THE CHAIR.
01:32:37:00	01:32:37:00	IF COUNCILOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA
01:32:37:00	01:32:40:00	CHOOSES TO RESPOND, PLEASE
01:32:40:00	01:32:40:00	PROCEED.
01:32:40:00	01:32:44:00	OKAY.
01:32:44:00	01:32:44:00	THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
01:32:44:00	01:32:45:00	AND I KNOW WE'VE I KNOW
01:32:45:00	01:32:47:00	COLLEAGUES HAVE MENTIONED
01:32:47:00	01:32:48:00	PHARMACIES HAVE HAVE CLOSED AND
01:32:48:00	01:32:51:00	THERE HAVE BEEN STUDIES ABOUT
01:32:51:00	01:32:52:00	THE IMPACT IT HAS HAD ON
01:32:52:00	01:32:55:00	RESIDENTS BUT HAS THERE BEEN
01:32:55:00	01:32:59:00	ANY STUDIES ON WHY THEY ARE
01:32:59:00	01:33:00:00	CLOSING IN CERTAIN AREAS OR
01:33:00:00	01:33:04:00	NEIGHBORHOODS AND IS THAT
01:33:04:00	01:33:07:00	INFORMATION PUBLIC AND DO WE
01:33:07:00	01:33:11:00	KNOW GOING FORWARD HOW WE
01:33:11:00	01:33:11:00	PREVENT CLOSURES FROM HAPPENING
01:33:11:00	01:33:15:00	NOT TRULY A PETITION BUT IS
01:33:15:00	01:33:18:00	THERE ANYTHING ANYTHING ELSE
01:33:18:00	01:33:19:00	THAT'S HAPPENING THAT'S THAT
01:33:19:00	01:33:23:00	THESE PHARMACIES ARE CLOSING
01:33:23:00	01:33:23:00	BECAUSE OF IS IT CERTAIN IS IT
01:33:23:00	01:33:26:00	DEMOGRAPHICS?
01:33:26:00	01:33:27:00	IS IT IS IT OTHER AREAS?
01:33:27:00	01:33:31:00	IS IT ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION
01:33:31:00	01:33:32:00	FOR RESIDENTS THAT THEY CAN'T
01:33:32:00	01:33:35:00	GET THERE?
01:33:35:00	01:33:36:00	BUT WHAT IS THE REASON THAT
01:33:36:00	01:33:38:00	PHARMACIES ARE CLOSING IN
01:33:38:00	01:33:39:00	BOSTON?
01:33:39:00	01:33:40:00	THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO
01:33:40:00	01:33:43:00	KNOW THROUGH THE CHAIR COUNTY
01:33:43:00	01:33:44:00	CLOSURES AS A PART OF YOUR
01:33:44:00	01:33:46:00	CHOOSING TO RESPOND TO CLOSURES
01:33:46:00	01:33:46:00	.
01:33:46:00	01:33:47:00	THANK YOU.
01:33:47:00	01:33:50:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN WHILE I DON'T
01:33:50:00	01:33:51:00	HAVE THE EXACT ANSWER AS TO WHY
01:33:51:00	01:33:53:00	A MAJOR CORPORATION LIKE
01:33:53:00	01:33:54:00	WALGREENS OR CVS OR OR ANY
01:33:54:00	01:33:58:00	OTHER ARE SPECIFICALLY CLOSING,
01:33:58:00	01:33:59:00	I WOULD POINT YOU TO A BOSTON
01:33:59:00	01:34:01:00	PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION REPORT
01:34:01:00	01:34:05:00	THAT WAS RELEASED THIS
01:34:05:00	01:34:05:00	OCTOBER AND IT'S ENTITLED WHEN
01:34:05:00	01:34:06:00	THE CLOSEST PHARMACY IS TOO FAR
01:34:06:00	01:34:09:00	MAPPING PHARMACY DESERTS IN
01:34:09:00	01:34:09:00	MASSACHUSETTS.
01:34:09:00	01:34:10:00	WE DID GET INFORMATION FROM THE
01:34:10:00	01:34:13:00	BPH SEE THAT DISCUSSED WHEN
01:34:13:00	01:34:17:00	THEY WERE CLOSING BUT THEN ALSO
01:34:17:00	01:34:17:00	WHEN THEY WERE OPENING I
01:34:17:00	01:34:20:00	BELIEVE IN THIS REPORT THAT YOU
01:34:20:00	01:34:20:00	MAY BE FINDING SOME OF THE
01:34:20:00	01:34:21:00	ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS THAT
01:34:21:00	01:34:25:00	YOU HAVE BUT WE DON'T HAVE
01:34:25:00	01:34:25:00	SPECIFIC DATA.
01:34:25:00	01:34:26:00	WE CAN ANECDOTALLY TALK ABOUT
01:34:26:00	01:34:28:00	IT AND I'LL PASS IT TO THE LEAD
01:34:28:00	01:34:29:00	SPONSOR BUT I DO JUST WANT TO
01:34:29:00	01:34:30:00	CALL ATTENTION TO THAT REPORT
01:34:30:00	01:34:32:00	THAT WAS JUST RELEASED IN 2025.
01:34:32:00	01:34:33:00	I'M HAPPY TO SEND IT TO YOU.
01:34:33:00	01:34:34:00	THANK YOU.
01:34:34:00	01:34:36:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:34:36:00	01:34:37:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE.
01:34:37:00	01:34:37:00	COUNCILOR THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
01:34:37:00	01:34:38:00	YEAH.
01:34:38:00	01:34:38:00	I MEAN I THINK PART OF THE
01:34:38:00	01:34:40:00	REASON AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT
01:34:40:00	01:34:41:00	THIS A LOT LIKE THIS IS HEALTH
01:34:41:00	01:34:41:00	CARE.
01:34:41:00	01:34:42:00	IF WE DO HAVE A PROFIT
01:34:42:00	01:34:44:00	INCENTIVE IN HEALTH CARE AND
01:34:44:00	01:34:44:00	YOU'RE NOT GETTING THE
01:34:44:00	01:34:45:00	REIMBURSEMENTS PHARMACIES
01:34:45:00	01:34:47:00	AREN'T GETTING THE
01:34:47:00	01:34:48:00	REIMBURSEMENT RATES THAT THEY
01:34:48:00	01:34:48:00	WOULD LIKE THE PREFERRED
01:34:48:00	01:34:49:00	REIMBURSEMENT RATES THAT THEY
01:34:49:00	01:34:50:00	WOULD LIKE FOR THE
01:34:50:00	01:34:51:00	PRESCRIPTIONS THAT THEY ARE
01:34:51:00	01:34:51:00	FILLING.
01:34:51:00	01:34:52:00	AND SO WE SEE THIS HAPPENING IN
01:34:52:00	01:34:55:00	CORNFIELDS IN ROXBURY ALL
01:34:55:00	01:34:55:00	OF THESE PHARMACIES IN THE
01:34:55:00	01:34:56:00	CHAIN PHARMACIES THAT AREN'T
01:34:56:00	01:34:59:00	ABLE TO TURN THE PROFIT THAT
01:34:59:00	01:34:59:00	THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
01:34:59:00	01:35:02:00	THIS REPORT HAS BEEN
01:35:02:00	01:35:02:00	HIGHLIGHTED BY A NUMBER
01:35:02:00	01:35:06:00	OF DIFFERENT ENTITIES.
01:35:06:00	01:35:10:00	SO I MEAN I'LL READ SO STRAIGHT
01:35:10:00	01:35:11:00	FROM THE REPORT IT SAYS ONE WAY
01:35:11:00	01:35:12:00	TO PREVENT CLOSURES IS THROUGH
01:35:12:00	01:35:13:00	PAYMENT REFORM TO ENSURE THAT
01:35:13:00	01:35:14:00	INSURANCE INSURERS COMPENSATE
01:35:14:00	01:35:17:00	PHARMACISTS REGARDLESS
01:35:17:00	01:35:18:00	OF WHETHER THEY ARE INDEPENDENT
01:35:18:00	01:35:19:00	OR PART OF A CHAIN BECAUSE
01:35:19:00	01:35:21:00	INDEPENDENT PHARMACIES RECEIVE
01:35:21:00	01:35:22:00	EVEN LESS THAN CHAIN PHARMACIES
01:35:22:00	01:35:25:00	AND THEY NEED TO RECEIVE A FAIR
01:35:25:00	01:35:26:00	AMOUNT FOR DISPENSING DRUGS.
01:35:26:00	01:35:28:00	INSURANCE COULD BE PART OF THE
01:35:28:00	01:35:29:00	SOLUTION BY EXPANDING PREFERRED
01:35:29:00	01:35:29:00	PHARMACY NETWORKS SO CONSUMERS
01:35:29:00	01:35:33:00	HAVE MORE OPTIONS TO FIND A NEW
01:35:33:00	01:35:33:00	PHARMACY INSURANCE CARD
01:35:33:00	01:35:36:00	INSURANCE COULD ALSO
01:35:36:00	01:35:36:00	COVER MEDICATION FOR A LARGER
01:35:36:00	01:35:37:00	NUMBER OF DAYS IF A
01:35:37:00	01:35:39:00	PRESCRIPTION IS FILLED AT A
01:35:39:00	01:35:40:00	PHARMACY THAT'S ABOUT TO CLOSE
01:35:40:00	01:35:40:00	SO THAT PATIENTS HAVE MORE TIME
01:35:40:00	01:35:43:00	TO FIND AN ALTERNATIVE
01:35:43:00	01:35:44:00	COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS COULD
01:35:44:00	01:35:44:00	CONTRIBUTE BY EXPANDING
01:35:44:00	01:35:47:00	PHARMACY SERVICES IN
01:35:47:00	01:35:47:00	UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.
01:35:47:00	01:35:48:00	SO I THINK AT THE END OF THE
01:35:48:00	01:35:52:00	DAY IT'S A MONEY PROBLEM OR
01:35:52:00	01:35:52:00	QUERY WHETHER AND I DON'T
01:35:52:00	01:35:53:00	BELIEVE IT SHOULD MONEY SHOULD
01:35:53:00	01:35:55:00	HAVE SUCH A ROLE IN WHAT IS A
01:35:55:00	01:35:56:00	NECESSITY, WHAT IS HEALTH CARE
01:35:56:00	01:35:58:00	IF ANYONE'S HAD I MEAN
01:35:58:00	01:35:59:00	NAVIGATING INSURANCE COMPANIES
01:35:59:00	01:36:02:00	AND MEDICATION IS A NIGHTMARE.
01:36:02:00	01:36:03:00	AND SO I THINK IT'S MORE OF US
01:36:03:00	01:36:08:00	FINDING OUT HOW DO WE HOW DO WE
01:36:08:00	01:36:09:00	SUPPORT PHARMACIES THAT NEED TO
01:36:09:00	01:36:12:00	GET BETTER RATES FROM INSURANCE
01:36:12:00	01:36:12:00	COMPANIES AND HOW DO WE GET
01:36:12:00	01:36:15:00	INSURANCE COMPANIES TO HAVE
01:36:15:00	01:36:16:00	MORE PREFERRED PHARMACIES SO
01:36:16:00	01:36:19:00	THAT RESIDENTS CAN GO TO
01:36:19:00	01:36:20:00	PHARMACIES IN THEIR
01:36:20:00	01:36:20:00	NEIGHBORHOODS?
01:36:20:00	01:36:20:00	I THINK IT'S A BIT MORE THERE
01:36:20:00	01:36:24:00	ARE A LOT OF COMPLEXITIES TO
01:36:24:00	01:36:24:00	THAT AND WE PROBABLY NEED TO
01:36:24:00	01:36:25:00	HEAR FROM PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS
01:36:25:00	01:36:26:00	MORE ABOUT WHAT ARE THE
01:36:26:00	01:36:28:00	INTERVENTIONS THAT WE CAN DO
01:36:28:00	01:36:28:00	HERE IN THE CITY LEVEL.
01:36:28:00	01:36:29:00	YOU KNOW, THAT HAS TO BE
01:36:29:00	01:36:30:00	JERROLD FILED A HEARING ORDER
01:36:30:00	01:36:32:00	ON THIS AND THE KINDS
01:36:32:00	01:36:32:00	OF CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE BEEN
01:36:32:00	01:36:34:00	HAVING WILL CONTINUE BECAUSE
01:36:34:00	01:36:36:00	THESE ARE HARD ISSUES I WANT TO
01:36:36:00	01:36:38:00	SUPPORT COOPERATIVE MODELS FOR
01:36:38:00	01:36:38:00	PHARMACIES.
01:36:38:00	01:36:39:00	I WANT TO FIND OUT WAYS TO TAKE
01:36:39:00	01:36:42:00	OUT THE PROFIT MODEL SO THAT WE
01:36:42:00	01:36:43:00	CAN JUST DO WHAT OUR RESIDENTS
01:36:43:00	01:36:46:00	NEED IS AND MAKE SURE THEY GET
01:36:46:00	01:36:47:00	THEIR PRESCRIPTIONS.
01:36:47:00	01:36:47:00	THANK YOU.
01:36:47:00	01:36:48:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:36:48:00	01:36:50:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
01:36:50:00	01:36:50:00	COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:36:50:00	01:36:51:00	THANK YOU AND THANK YOU
01:36:51:00	01:36:53:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR THAT
01:36:53:00	01:36:53:00	QUESTION.
01:36:53:00	01:36:54:00	I KNOW I'M A PATIENT AT THE
01:36:54:00	01:36:57:00	SOUTH BOSTON COMMUNITY HEALTH
01:36:57:00	01:36:57:00	CENTER AND THEY HAVE EXPANDED
01:36:57:00	01:36:58:00	THEIR PHARMACY SERVICES AND
01:36:58:00	01:37:01:00	MANY OF OUR HEALTH CENTERS
01:37:01:00	01:37:01:00	ACROSS THE CITY HAVE.
01:37:01:00	01:37:03:00	I KNOW MY NEW GRANDSON IS UP IN
01:37:03:00	01:37:05:00	PONCE AT HEALTH CENTER AND
01:37:05:00	01:37:06:00	BEFORE I WOULD SEND IT OFF TO
01:37:06:00	01:37:08:00	WALGREENS OR CVS BUT NOW YOU
01:37:08:00	01:37:09:00	CAN GET EVERYTHING IN.
01:37:09:00	01:37:12:00	SO I THINK IT'S JUST A REMINDER
01:37:12:00	01:37:12:00	THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE
01:37:12:00	01:37:16:00	SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH
01:37:16:00	01:37:17:00	CENTERS TO STEP UP FOR ALL
01:37:17:00	01:37:17:00	OF OUR RESIDENTS ACROSS THE
01:37:17:00	01:37:17:00	CITY.
01:37:17:00	01:37:19:00	THANK YOU.
01:37:19:00	01:37:20:00	THANK YOU.
01:37:20:00	01:37:24:00	JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO
01:37:24:00	01:37:24:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE ZAPATA AND
01:37:24:00	01:37:25:00	MADAM PRESIDENT FOR YOUR
01:37:25:00	01:37:27:00	LEADERSHIP ON THIS WORK.
01:37:27:00	01:37:28:00	ALSO THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY
01:37:28:00	01:37:31:00	ADVOCATE FOR LEADING
01:37:31:00	01:37:31:00	ORGANIZATIONS.
01:37:31:00	01:37:32:00	AND THEN ALSO JUST TO BRINGING
01:37:32:00	01:37:34:00	THIS FORWARD.
01:37:34:00	01:37:35:00	MY DISTRICT HAS BEEN HIT HARD
01:37:35:00	01:37:36:00	BY PHARMACY CLOSURES AND
01:37:36:00	01:37:39:00	RESIDENTS DESERVE MORE THAN
01:37:39:00	01:37:40:00	LAST MINUTE RESOURCES NOTICES.
01:37:40:00	01:37:43:00	WHEN A PHARMACY DECIDES TO
01:37:43:00	01:37:44:00	LEAVE ALSO JUST SIMILAR TO WHAT
01:37:44:00	01:37:44:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY SAID, I JUST
01:37:44:00	01:37:47:00	WANT TO UPLIFT THE WORK OF OUR
01:37:47:00	01:37:47:00	NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTERS
01:37:47:00	01:37:48:00	WITH STEPPING IN AND ALSO
01:37:48:00	01:37:51:00	ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK THAT MY
01:37:51:00	01:37:51:00	BROTHER STATE REPRESENTATIVE
01:37:51:00	01:37:52:00	WARREN HAS BEEN DOING ON THE
01:37:52:00	01:37:55:00	STATE STATE LEVEL ON
01:37:55:00	01:37:55:00	STRENGTHENING NOTICE
01:37:55:00	01:37:55:00	REQUIREMENTS.
01:37:55:00	01:37:58:00	WE CAN'T NOT KEEP LETTING
01:37:58:00	01:37:59:00	PHARMACIES PUT PROFITS OVER
01:37:59:00	01:38:00:00	PATIENTS AND I HOPE THIS
01:38:00:00	01:38:02:00	PETITION ADVANCES LONG TERM
01:38:02:00	01:38:05:00	PROTECTIONS FOR OUR COMMUNITIES
01:38:05:00	01:38:06:00	.
01:38:06:00	01:38:06:00	THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON
01:38:06:00	01:38:07:00	GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS SEEKS
01:38:07:00	01:38:09:00	ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE
01:38:09:00	01:38:10:00	COMMITTEE REPORT AND OF THE
01:38:10:00	01:38:13:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1453 IN A NEW
01:38:13:00	01:38:13:00	DRAFT.
01:38:13:00	01:38:16:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.
01:38:16:00	01:38:17:00	MR CLAIR, CAN YOU PLEASE
01:38:17:00	01:38:20:00	CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL
01:38:20:00	01:38:25:00	CALL VOTE ON NUMBER ONE FOUR OR
01:38:25:00	01:38:26:00	FIVE THREE COUNCILOR BREADON
01:38:26:00	01:38:28:00	YES, COUNCILOR BREADON YES.
01:38:28:00	01:38:29:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER.
01:38:29:00	01:38:30:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER,
01:38:30:00	01:38:31:00	YES.
01:38:31:00	01:38:32:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN
01:38:32:00	01:38:32:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.
01:38:32:00	01:38:35:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD
01:38:35:00	01:38:35:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
01:38:35:00	01:38:36:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR FLYNN
01:38:36:00	01:38:39:00	YES.
01:38:39:00	01:38:39:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
01:38:39:00	01:38:40:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
01:38:40:00	01:38:40:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
01:38:40:00	01:38:43:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
01:38:43:00	01:38:43:00	YES.
01:38:43:00	01:38:43:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
01:38:43:00	01:38:46:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.
01:38:46:00	01:38:47:00	COUNCILOR PIPPIN.
01:38:47:00	01:38:47:00	COUNCIL OF OPINION YES.
01:38:47:00	01:38:48:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA.
01:38:48:00	01:38:50:00	YES.
01:38:50:00	01:38:51:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.
01:38:51:00	01:38:51:00	COUNCILOR WEBER.
01:38:51:00	01:38:55:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
01:38:55:00	01:38:55:00	AND COUNCILOR WORRELL YES.
01:38:55:00	01:38:56:00	COUNCILOR WORRELL YES.
01:38:56:00	01:38:58:00	TALKING NUMBER 1453 HAS
01:38:58:00	01:38:59:00	RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN
01:38:59:00	01:39:02:00	THE AFFIRMATIVE.
01:39:02:00	01:39:02:00	THANK YOU.
01:39:02:00	01:39:03:00	THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN
01:39:03:00	01:39:05:00	ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 1453
01:39:05:00	01:39:06:00	HAS PASSED AND IN YOUR DRAFT,
01:39:06:00	01:39:09:00	MR. CLERK, PLEASE BE DARK IN
01:39:09:00	01:39:12:00	NUMBER 0161 DOCKER NUMBER 0161
01:39:12:00	01:39:15:00	ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXPLORE
01:39:15:00	01:39:15:00	AMENDING THE BOSTON ZONING
01:39:15:00	01:39:19:00	CODE TO REMOVE PARKING MINIMUM
01:39:19:00	01:39:19:00	REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW
01:39:19:00	01:39:19:00	DEVELOPMENT.
01:39:19:00	01:39:22:00	THANK YOU THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:39:22:00	01:39:23:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN THE CHAIR THE
01:39:23:00	01:39:24:00	COMMITTEE ON PLANNING
01:39:24:00	01:39:26:00	DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION
01:39:26:00	01:39:26:00	.
01:39:26:00	01:39:27:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:39:27:00	01:39:27:00	THANK YOU.
01:39:27:00	01:39:28:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE I'M
01:39:28:00	01:39:31:00	HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE HAD A
01:39:31:00	01:39:31:00	SUCCESSFUL HEARING YESTERDAY ON
01:39:31:00	01:39:32:00	EXPLORING ELIMINATING PARKING
01:39:32:00	01:39:35:00	MINIMUMS FOR RESIDENTIAL
01:39:35:00	01:39:35:00	DEVELOPMENT.
01:39:35:00	01:39:36:00	I JOKED THAT I HAD SAVED THE
01:39:36:00	01:39:39:00	BEST FOR LAST BUT IN MY BIASED
01:39:39:00	01:39:39:00	OPINION IT WAS TRULY ONE OF OUR
01:39:39:00	01:39:40:00	BEST HEARINGS OF THE YEAR.
01:39:40:00	01:39:42:00	IT WAS INCREDIBLE TO BE JOINED
01:39:42:00	01:39:43:00	BY ALMOST ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES,
01:39:43:00	01:39:46:00	COUNCILORS AND TIANA PEPEN,
01:39:46:00	01:39:46:00	WEBER FITZGERALD LOUIJEUNE,
01:39:46:00	01:39:49:00	GLADYS ZAPATA, MURPHY FLYNN
01:39:49:00	01:39:50:00	HERE AND WE'RE ALL AND I
01:39:50:00	01:39:51:00	RECEIVED A LETTER OF ABSENCE
01:39:51:00	01:39:54:00	FROM COUNCILOR BREADON FROM THE
01:39:54:00	01:39:54:00	ADMINISTRATION WE WERE JOINED
01:39:54:00	01:39:57:00	BY DEVIN QUIRK, JEFF THOMAS AND
01:39:57:00	01:39:57:00	JIM FITZGERALD.
01:39:57:00	01:39:58:00	WE ALSO HEARD THE PANEL
01:39:58:00	01:39:58:00	OF EXPERTS AND ADVOCATES
01:39:58:00	01:40:01:00	INCLUDING DANIEL HIRSCH'S FROM
01:40:01:00	01:40:02:00	PARKING REFORM NETWORK HENRY
01:40:02:00	01:40:06:00	CROWBAR, AUTHOR OF PAVED
01:40:06:00	01:40:08:00	PARADISE, JESSE HANSON BENTON
01:40:08:00	01:40:09:00	OF FROM AFFORDABLE HOUSING
01:40:09:00	01:40:10:00	MASSACHUSETTS, A DECISION MAKER
01:40:10:00	01:40:13:00	FROM METROPOLITAN AREA PLANNING
01:40:13:00	01:40:13:00	COUNCIL AND ERIC ROBINSON,
01:40:13:00	01:40:16:00	PRINCIPAL AND CO-FOUNDER
01:40:16:00	01:40:17:00	OF BOSTON BASED RHODY
01:40:17:00	01:40:17:00	ARCHITECTS.
01:40:17:00	01:40:20:00	WE ALSO HEARD TESTIMONY FROM
01:40:20:00	01:40:20:00	COUNCILOR BRIAN AZEEM
01:40:20:00	01:40:20:00	OF CAMBRIDGE.
01:40:20:00	01:40:21:00	THE ADMINISTRATION SHARED THAT
01:40:21:00	01:40:23:00	THEY WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THE
01:40:23:00	01:40:24:00	CONVERSATION BUT WITHHELD
01:40:24:00	01:40:26:00	ENDORSING THE POLICY
01:40:26:00	01:40:27:00	OF ELIMINATING THEM AT ONCE AS
01:40:27:00	01:40:30:00	THEY ARE DOING THIS WORK AS
01:40:30:00	01:40:31:00	THEY GO THROUGH PLANNING
01:40:31:00	01:40:32:00	PROCESSES I PUSH BACK AT THE
01:40:32:00	01:40:34:00	SPEED OF REZONING THOUGH
01:40:34:00	01:40:35:00	ACKNOWLEDGING A LOT OF WORK HAS
01:40:35:00	01:40:38:00	BEEN DONE, THE DATA SHARED FROM
01:40:38:00	01:40:38:00	ADVOCATES AND EXPERTS SHARE
01:40:38:00	01:40:42:00	THAT THIS ISN'T A SOLVABLE.
01:40:42:00	01:40:42:00	ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS SAID
01:40:42:00	01:40:45:00	YESTERDAY WAS THAT THE DAY YOU
01:40:45:00	01:40:46:00	WAKE UP AFTER PARKING MINIMUMS
01:40:46:00	01:40:49:00	ARE ELIMINATED, THE CITY IS THE
01:40:49:00	01:40:50:00	SAME AND THERE WAS AN
01:40:50:00	01:40:53:00	ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT A LOT
01:40:53:00	01:40:53:00	OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT WE
01:40:53:00	01:40:54:00	HAVE IN BOSTON TODAY WAS BUILT
01:40:54:00	01:40:56:00	WITHOUT THESE COSTLY PARKING
01:40:56:00	01:40:56:00	MANDATES.
01:40:56:00	01:40:57:00	THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION AND
01:40:57:00	01:41:01:00	MISUNDERSTANDINGS SURROUNDING
01:41:01:00	01:41:01:00	THIS ISSUE.
01:41:01:00	01:41:02:00	THE TESTIMONY WE HEARD
01:41:02:00	01:41:04:00	YESTERDAY HELPED DISPEL COMMON
01:41:04:00	01:41:05:00	MISCONCEPTIONS AND CLARIFIED
01:41:05:00	01:41:05:00	WHAT MINIMUM PARKING
01:41:05:00	01:41:08:00	REQUIREMENTS ACTUALLY ARE AND
01:41:08:00	01:41:09:00	WHAT THIS CONVERSATION IS
01:41:09:00	01:41:12:00	REALLY ABOUT ELIMINATING COSTLY
01:41:12:00	01:41:13:00	MANDATES THAT FORCE DEVELOPERS
01:41:13:00	01:41:13:00	TO BUILD PARKING EVEN WHEN IT
01:41:13:00	01:41:16:00	IS NOT NEEDED WHICH INCREASES
01:41:16:00	01:41:16:00	RENTS AND HOME PRICES FOR
01:41:16:00	01:41:19:00	BOSTON RESIDENTS.
01:41:19:00	01:41:20:00	THIS REFORM DOES NOT ELIMINATE
01:41:20:00	01:41:20:00	PARKING IT SIMPLY REMOVES
01:41:20:00	01:41:23:00	ARBITRARY BARRIERS IN THE
01:41:23:00	01:41:24:00	DEVELOPMENT PROCESS THAT SLOW
01:41:24:00	01:41:24:00	DOWN HOUSING PRODUCTION AND
01:41:24:00	01:41:27:00	PROVIDES THE FLEXIBILITY TO
01:41:27:00	01:41:28:00	BUILD WHAT MAKES MORE SENSE FOR
01:41:28:00	01:41:31:00	EACH PROJECT AND EACH
01:41:31:00	01:41:31:00	NEIGHBORHOOD.
01:41:31:00	01:41:31:00	I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY
01:41:31:00	01:41:32:00	IMPORTANT THAT WE ALSO HAD
01:41:32:00	01:41:35:00	EXPERTS IN THE ROOM WHO
01:41:35:00	01:41:35:00	ACTUALLY WORK ON DEVELOPMENT.
01:41:35:00	01:41:38:00	SO I WANT TO THANK A MENTION
01:41:38:00	01:41:43:00	FROM SAMUELS, AN ASSOCIATE.
01:41:43:00	01:41:44:00	AND I WANT TO THANK SOME OF THE
01:41:44:00	01:41:47:00	OTHER TESTIMONY WE RECEIVED.
01:41:47:00	01:41:47:00	I ALSO WANT TO THANK
01:41:47:00	01:41:48:00	SPECIFICALLY HAVING AN
01:41:48:00	01:41:51:00	ARCHITECT ON THE PANEL I THINK
01:41:51:00	01:41:51:00	ADDED A LOT TO THE NUANCE.
01:41:51:00	01:41:54:00	HEARING THAT AN ABOVE GROUND
01:41:54:00	01:41:56:00	GROUND PARKING SPACE CAN COST
01:41:56:00	01:41:57:00	$50,000 AND A BELOW GROUND
01:41:57:00	01:42:00:00	PARKING SPACE CAN COST OVER
01:42:00:00	01:42:01:00	$150,000 I THINK WAS EYE
01:42:01:00	01:42:04:00	OPENING FOR A LOT OF US.
01:42:04:00	01:42:05:00	I UNDERSTAND THAT PARKING IS
01:42:05:00	01:42:08:00	POLITICALLY CENTER SENSITIVE
01:42:08:00	01:42:08:00	AND WE DEFINITELY HEARD THAT
01:42:08:00	01:42:09:00	YESTERDAY.
01:42:09:00	01:42:10:00	WE ALL FEEL BEHOLDEN TO OUR
01:42:10:00	01:42:12:00	CONSTITUENTS AND MAKING SURE
01:42:12:00	01:42:13:00	THAT WE REPRESENT THEIR
01:42:13:00	01:42:13:00	INTERESTS WELL.
01:42:13:00	01:42:16:00	MOVING THIS FORWARD WOULD BE
01:42:16:00	01:42:16:00	ABOUT CLARIFYING THIS
01:42:16:00	01:42:17:00	CONVERSATION.
01:42:17:00	01:42:20:00	WE MUST SEPARATE THE ISSUE
01:42:20:00	01:42:20:00	OF CURB SPACE FROM THE
01:42:20:00	01:42:23:00	UNNECESSARY PRIVATE PARKING
01:42:23:00	01:42:24:00	LOTS AND GARAGES THAT AREN'T
01:42:24:00	01:42:28:00	NECESSARILY SERVING OUR CITY.
01:42:28:00	01:42:28:00	HEARING FROM THE METROPOLITAN
01:42:28:00	01:42:31:00	AREA PLANNING COUNCIL THERE WAS
01:42:31:00	01:42:32:00	GREAT CONVERSATION ABOUT
01:42:32:00	01:42:32:00	UTILIZATION OF THESE THIS
01:42:32:00	01:42:35:00	PARKING GET THROUGHOUT THE
01:42:35:00	01:42:35:00	CITY.
01:42:35:00	01:42:39:00	THEY FOUND IN THEIR PERFECT
01:42:39:00	01:42:42:00	STUDY IN 2019 THAT 29% ARE
01:42:42:00	01:42:42:00	SORRY 16.
01:42:42:00	01:42:45:00	THERE WAS AN 69% OCCUPANCY IN
01:42:45:00	01:42:48:00	THE BUILDINGS THAT THEY DID
01:42:48:00	01:42:49:00	THROUGHOUT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
01:42:49:00	01:42:52:00	THAT MEANS THAT EVEN IN
01:42:52:00	01:42:55:00	ENVIRONMENTS WHERE THERE
01:42:55:00	01:42:56:00	ESSENTIALLY DEVELOPERS ARE
01:42:56:00	01:42:57:00	BUILDING TOO MUCH PARKING AND
01:42:57:00	01:43:03:00	PARKING DURING DURING THE HOURS
01:43:03:00	01:43:04:00	WE'RE PARKING AT NIGHT.
01:43:04:00	01:43:07:00	SORRY GET ME A LITTLE LOST
01:43:07:00	01:43:07:00	HERE.
01:43:07:00	01:43:08:00	BUT WE LEARNED YESTERDAY THAT
01:43:08:00	01:43:11:00	THIS REFORM IS ACTUALLY MORE
01:43:11:00	01:43:11:00	POPULAR AMONG BOSTON RESIDENTS
01:43:11:00	01:43:12:00	THAN MANY ASSUME.
01:43:12:00	01:43:15:00	WE HEARD FROM OVER 25 PEOPLE IN
01:43:15:00	01:43:17:00	PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND RECEIVE 60
01:43:17:00	01:43:18:00	PLUS LETTERS IN SUPPORT THE
01:43:18:00	01:43:22:00	SUPERMAJORITY OF THE FEEDBACK
01:43:22:00	01:43:22:00	WAS POSITIVE.
01:43:22:00	01:43:25:00	I ALSO PRESENTED BOSTON BASED
01:43:25:00	01:43:26:00	POLLING THAT THIS ISSUE SHOWED
01:43:26:00	01:43:27:00	THAT THE MAJORITY OF BOSTON
01:43:27:00	01:43:29:00	RESIDENTS SUPPORT THIS REFORM.
01:43:29:00	01:43:33:00	WHILE WE HAVE CONVENED TIME AND
01:43:33:00	01:43:34:00	TIME AGAIN TO DISCUSS THE
01:43:34:00	01:43:34:00	NUMBER ONE CHALLENGE FACING
01:43:34:00	01:43:37:00	BOSTON RESIDENTS HOUSING
01:43:37:00	01:43:37:00	AFFORDABILITY.
01:43:37:00	01:43:37:00	YESTERDAY'S CONVERSATION MADE
01:43:37:00	01:43:40:00	IT CLEAR THAT ELIMINATING
01:43:40:00	01:43:41:00	COSTLY PARKING MANDATES IS A
01:43:41:00	01:43:44:00	SIMPLE STEP THE BOSTON CITY
01:43:44:00	01:43:44:00	COUNCIL CAN TAKE TO IMMEDIATELY
01:43:44:00	01:43:45:00	PROGRESS ON THIS ISSUE.
01:43:45:00	01:43:48:00	IT ALSO REQUIRES POLITICAL
01:43:48:00	01:43:49:00	LEADERSHIP AND MAYBE
01:43:49:00	01:43:53:00	POTENTIALLY TAKING SOME
01:43:53:00	01:43:53:00	POLITICAL HITS.
01:43:53:00	01:43:54:00	I DON'T KNOW THAT ALL OF MY
01:43:54:00	01:43:57:00	COLLEAGUES ARE WILLING TO HAVE
01:43:57:00	01:43:57:00	THAT CONVERSATION BUT THIS WAS
01:43:57:00	01:44:00:00	JUST THE BEGINNING AND I THINK
01:44:00:00	01:44:00:00	THAT WE HEARD.
01:44:00:00	01:44:04:00	I APPRECIATE.
01:44:04:00	01:44:05:00	A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM NAOC
01:44:05:00	01:44:06:00	THE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE, THE
01:44:06:00	01:44:08:00	FOLKS THAT WERE REPRESENT THE
01:44:08:00	01:44:08:00	COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE
01:44:08:00	01:44:08:00	COMMUNITY.
01:44:08:00	01:44:12:00	WE KNOW THAT RESIDENTS AND
01:44:12:00	01:44:12:00	FAMILIES ARE BEING PUSHED OUT
01:44:12:00	01:44:13:00	OF THE CITY AND AT THE COST
01:44:13:00	01:44:16:00	OF DOING BUSINESS IN THE CITY
01:44:16:00	01:44:16:00	IS TOO HIGH.
01:44:16:00	01:44:19:00	WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A WAY TO
01:44:19:00	01:44:20:00	REFORM.
01:44:20:00	01:44:22:00	WE HAVE AN EASY WAY TO REFORM
01:44:22:00	01:44:26:00	AND AND I'M EXCITED TO REBOOT
01:44:26:00	01:44:27:00	THIS IN THE NEW YEAR.
01:44:27:00	01:44:28:00	THIS WORK IS URGENT AND
01:44:28:00	01:44:31:00	BOSTONIANS CANNOT AFFORD TO
01:44:31:00	01:44:31:00	WAIT FOR CHANGE NEIGHBORHOOD BY
01:44:31:00	01:44:32:00	NEIGHBORHOOD OR ARTICLE BY
01:44:32:00	01:44:34:00	ARTICLE.
01:44:34:00	01:44:35:00	YESTERDAY'S HEARING WAS THE
01:44:35:00	01:44:35:00	START OF A CONVERSATION.
01:44:35:00	01:44:38:00	WE KNOW THERE ARE MANY
01:44:38:00	01:44:39:00	CONVERSATIONS THAT NEED TO BE
01:44:39:00	01:44:40:00	HAD ABOUT BOSTON'S OUTDATED
01:44:40:00	01:44:42:00	ZONING CODE.
01:44:42:00	01:44:43:00	I HOPE THAT WE CAN BUILD
01:44:43:00	01:44:43:00	CONSENSUS ON THIS COUNCIL AND
01:44:43:00	01:44:47:00	UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE A ROLE
01:44:47:00	01:44:47:00	TO PLAY IN THE COST OF HOUSING.
01:44:47:00	01:44:51:00	THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR
01:44:51:00	01:44:51:00	THOUGHTFUL PARTICIPATION AND
01:44:51:00	01:44:51:00	ATTENDANCE.
01:44:51:00	01:44:52:00	I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING
01:44:52:00	01:44:54:00	THIS WORK IN THE NEW YEAR.
01:44:54:00	01:44:55:00	I HUMBLY RESPECT THAT.
01:44:55:00	01:44:58:00	BEFORE THE CLERK DOES IT AT THE
01:44:58:00	01:44:59:00	END OF THE YEAR THAT WE PLACE
01:44:59:00	01:45:00:00	THIS ON FILE SINCE THERE'S NO
01:45:00:00	01:45:02:00	OTHER WAY FOR US TO WORK ON IT
01:45:02:00	01:45:02:00	THIS YEAR.
01:45:02:00	01:45:02:00	THANK YOU.
01:45:02:00	01:45:06:00	I WOULD STILL SAY WE'RE
01:45:06:00	01:45:06:00	REMAINING COMMITTED AND THEN
01:45:06:00	01:45:07:00	HE'LL DO HIS THING.
01:45:07:00	01:45:08:00	THE  AND HIS COUNCILMEMBER BE
01:45:08:00	01:45:09:00	ON THE FLOOR.
01:45:09:00	01:45:12:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:45:12:00	01:45:13:00	HOUSING MUST BE A PRIORITY BUT
01:45:13:00	01:45:16:00	ELIMINATING ALL PARKING
01:45:16:00	01:45:16:00	MINIMUMS IS EXTREME AND I
01:45:16:00	01:45:17:00	BELIEVE IGNORES NEIGHBORHOOD
01:45:17:00	01:45:20:00	REALITIES.
01:45:20:00	01:45:21:00	BOSTON DESPERATELY NEEDS MORE
01:45:21:00	01:45:21:00	HOUSING.
01:45:21:00	01:45:25:00	WE NEED MORE AFFORDABLE UNITS,
01:45:25:00	01:45:25:00	MORE OPTIONS FOR FAMILIES AND
01:45:25:00	01:45:28:00	SENIORS AND MORE OPPORTUNITIES
01:45:28:00	01:45:31:00	FOR OUR TEACHERS, NURSES, FIRST
01:45:31:00	01:45:32:00	RESPONDERS, CITY WORKERS AND
01:45:32:00	01:45:35:00	WORKING PEOPLE TO STAY IN THE
01:45:35:00	01:45:35:00	CITY THEY LOVE.
01:45:35:00	01:45:36:00	HOUSING HAS TO BE A PRIORITY IF
01:45:36:00	01:45:39:00	WE WANT BOSTON TO REMAIN
01:45:39:00	01:45:39:00	LIVABLE, EQUITABLE AND
01:45:39:00	01:45:40:00	SUSTAINABLE.
01:45:40:00	01:45:43:00	BUT SUPPORTING MORE HOUSING
01:45:43:00	01:45:43:00	DOES NOT MEAN ABANDONING COMMON
01:45:43:00	01:45:46:00	SENSE ELIMINATING RESIDENTIAL
01:45:46:00	01:45:50:00	PARKING MINIMUMS ACROSS THE
01:45:50:00	01:45:50:00	ENTIRE CITY TO ME IS EXTREME.
01:45:50:00	01:45:54:00	IT GOES FAR BEYOND MODERN
01:45:54:00	01:45:54:00	IZATION.
01:45:54:00	01:45:55:00	IT IGNORES HOW PEOPLE ACTUALLY
01:45:55:00	01:45:58:00	LIVE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND
01:45:58:00	01:45:59:00	IT RISKS CREATING NEW BURDENS
01:45:59:00	01:45:59:00	FOR THE VERY FAMILIES WE ARE
01:45:59:00	01:46:01:00	TRYING TO HELP.
01:46:01:00	01:46:02:00	BOSTON IS A CITY OF DIVERSE
01:46:02:00	01:46:05:00	COMMUNITIES.
01:46:05:00	01:46:06:00	WHAT WORKS IN THE SEAPORT OR
01:46:06:00	01:46:09:00	ALONG MAJOR TRANSIT CORRIDORS
01:46:09:00	01:46:10:00	DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY WORK IN
01:46:10:00	01:46:13:00	HIGH PARK, WEST ROXBURY,
01:46:13:00	01:46:13:00	ALLSTON, BRIGHTON, EAST BOSTON
01:46:13:00	01:46:14:00	OR MATTAPAN.
01:46:14:00	01:46:17:00	FOR MANY RESIDENTS A CAR IS NOT
01:46:17:00	01:46:18:00	A LIFESTYLE CHOICE IT IS A
01:46:18:00	01:46:21:00	NECESSITY.
01:46:21:00	01:46:22:00	NURSES AND HOME HEALTH AIDES
01:46:22:00	01:46:24:00	WORK OVERNIGHT SHIFTS.
01:46:24:00	01:46:25:00	GRANDPARENTS CARE FOR YOUNG
01:46:25:00	01:46:29:00	CHILDREN TRADESPEOPLE CARRY
01:46:29:00	01:46:29:00	EQUIPMENT FROM JOB TO JOB.
01:46:29:00	01:46:32:00	MANY WORKERS BEGIN BEFORE THE
01:46:32:00	01:46:35:00	FIRST TRAIN AND AFTER THE LAST
01:46:35:00	01:46:35:00	ONE LEAVES.
01:46:35:00	01:46:35:00	PUBLIC TRANSIT DOES NOT MEET
01:46:35:00	01:46:39:00	EVERY NEED OR SCHEDULE.
01:46:39:00	01:46:39:00	IF THE CITY ELIMINATES ALL
01:46:39:00	01:46:43:00	PARKING MINIMUMS WHICH DOES NOT
01:46:43:00	01:46:44:00	MEAN EVEN THOUGH THERE SEEM TO
01:46:44:00	01:46:47:00	BE SOME CONFUSION YESTERDAY
01:46:47:00	01:46:47:00	THAT PEOPLE THOUGHT IT MEANT
01:46:47:00	01:46:50:00	ELIMINATING ALL PARKING
01:46:50:00	01:46:50:00	TOGETHER THAT DEVELOPERS WILL
01:46:50:00	01:46:54:00	NOT STOP PEOPLE FROM OWNING
01:46:54:00	01:46:54:00	CARS.
01:46:54:00	01:46:55:00	THEY WILL SIMPLY STOP BUILDING
01:46:55:00	01:46:58:00	PARKING AND AS A RESULT MORE
01:46:58:00	01:46:59:00	CARS WILL SPILL ON TO ALREADY
01:46:59:00	01:47:02:00	CROWDED NEIGHBORHOODS STREETS.
01:47:02:00	01:47:02:00	THAT IS NOT SMART PLANNING.
01:47:02:00	01:47:06:00	THAT IS NOT EQUITY AND IT IS
01:47:06:00	01:47:07:00	NOT FAIR TO THE FAMILIES WHO
01:47:07:00	01:47:10:00	ALREADY STRUGGLE TO FIND A
01:47:10:00	01:47:11:00	PLACE TO PARK NEAR THEIR OWN
01:47:11:00	01:47:11:00	HOME.
01:47:11:00	01:47:13:00	WE SHOULD ABSOLUTELY ENCOURAGE
01:47:13:00	01:47:17:00	TRANSIT ORIENTED TO DEVELOPMENT
01:47:17:00	01:47:17:00	.
01:47:17:00	01:47:18:00	WE SHOULD ALLOW FLEXIBILITY
01:47:18:00	01:47:18:00	WHERE IT MAKES SENSE.
01:47:18:00	01:47:21:00	WE SHOULD CONTINUE EXPLORING
01:47:21:00	01:47:24:00	POLICIES THAT REDUCE COSTS AND
01:47:24:00	01:47:25:00	PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH.
01:47:25:00	01:47:28:00	BUT A BLANKET CITYWIDE
01:47:28:00	01:47:29:00	ELIMINATION OF ALL PARKING
01:47:29:00	01:47:32:00	MINIMUMS IS NOT THOUGHTFUL
01:47:32:00	01:47:32:00	PLANNING.
01:47:32:00	01:47:33:00	IT IS AN APPROACH THAT PLACES
01:47:33:00	01:47:36:00	IDEOLOGY ABOVE REALITY.
01:47:36:00	01:47:36:00	A BETTER PATH FORWARD INCLUDES
01:47:36:00	01:47:40:00	FLEXIBLE PARKING REQUIRED
01:47:40:00	01:47:41:00	SHIFTS BASED ON TRANSIT ACCESS
01:47:41:00	01:47:44:00	INCENTIVES INSTEAD OF MANDATES
01:47:44:00	01:47:44:00	FOR LOW PARKING DEVELOPMENTS.
01:47:44:00	01:47:48:00	STRONG PARKING MANAGEMENT PLANS
01:47:48:00	01:47:48:00	FOR PROJECTS THAT REDUCE
01:47:48:00	01:47:51:00	PARKING IN REAL ENGAGEMENT WITH
01:47:51:00	01:47:52:00	THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT FEEL THE
01:47:52:00	01:47:55:00	DIRECT IMPACT.
01:47:55:00	01:47:56:00	OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO
01:47:56:00	01:47:56:00	SUPPORT HOUSING PRODUCTION
01:47:56:00	01:47:59:00	WITHOUT CREATING NEW PROBLEMS
01:47:59:00	01:47:59:00	FOR RESIDENTS.
01:47:59:00	01:48:03:00	WE CANNOT DO THAT BY PRETENDING
01:48:03:00	01:48:04:00	EVERY HOUSEHOLD IN BOSTON CAN
01:48:04:00	01:48:07:00	OR SHOULD LIVE WITHOUT A CAR.
01:48:07:00	01:48:08:00	BOSTON DESERVES POLICIES THAT
01:48:08:00	01:48:11:00	REFLECT OUR VALUES, OUR
01:48:11:00	01:48:12:00	DIVERSITY AND THE DAY TO DAY
01:48:12:00	01:48:15:00	REALITIES OF THE PEOPLE WHO
01:48:15:00	01:48:16:00	CALL THIS CITY HOME.
01:48:16:00	01:48:18:00	AND FOR THOSE REASONS I CANNOT
01:48:18:00	01:48:19:00	SUPPORT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL
01:48:19:00	01:48:22:00	ELIMINATION OF PARKING MINIMUMS
01:48:22:00	01:48:22:00	IN THE CITY.
01:48:22:00	01:48:23:00	THANK YOU.
01:48:23:00	01:48:23:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTROL
01:48:23:00	01:48:26:00	AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
01:48:26:00	01:48:26:00	THANK YOU.
01:48:26:00	01:48:30:00	AND DISTRICT TWO I THINK
01:48:30:00	01:48:31:00	PROBABLY 50% OF ALL ECONOMIC
01:48:31:00	01:48:34:00	DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING HAS
01:48:34:00	01:48:37:00	BEEN BUILT IN DISTRICT TWO OVER
01:48:37:00	01:48:40:00	THE LAST TEN YEARS THAN ANY ANY
01:48:40:00	01:48:40:00	DISTRICT IN THE CITY.
01:48:40:00	01:48:43:00	WE HAVE DONE OUR PART TO BUILD
01:48:43:00	01:48:44:00	HOUSING IN THE CITY OF BOSTON
01:48:44:00	01:48:48:00	BUT WE ALSO WANT TO MAINTAIN
01:48:48:00	01:48:49:00	THE MIDDLE CLASS AND WORKING
01:48:49:00	01:48:52:00	CLASS FAMILIES IN THE CITY AS
01:48:52:00	01:48:52:00	WELL.
01:48:52:00	01:48:55:00	MANY WORKING CLASS FAMILIES DO
01:48:55:00	01:48:56:00	NEED AN AUTOMOBILE TO TAKE
01:48:56:00	01:48:59:00	THEIR CHILD TO DANCE RECITAL.
01:48:59:00	01:49:00:00	THEY NEED TO TAKE THEIR CHILD
01:49:00:00	01:49:02:00	TO AN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM SUCH
01:49:02:00	01:49:03:00	AS TUTORING.
01:49:03:00	01:49:04:00	THEY'RE JUST NOT ABLE TO TAKE
01:49:04:00	01:49:10:00	THEIR CAR TO TAKE THE EMPTY TO
01:49:10:00	01:49:11:00	TO A PARTICULAR LOCATION.
01:49:11:00	01:49:15:00	MANY PEOPLE IN MY DISTRICT IN
01:49:15:00	01:49:16:00	THE SOUTH END NEED THEIR
01:49:16:00	01:49:18:00	AUTOMOBILE TO GO TO WORK AS
01:49:18:00	01:49:19:00	WELL.
01:49:19:00	01:49:19:00	RECORDING IN CHINATOWN MANY
01:49:19:00	01:49:22:00	WORK AT RESTAURANTS AND THEY
01:49:22:00	01:49:23:00	GET HOME LATE AT NIGHT AFTER
01:49:23:00	01:49:25:00	AFTER THE RESTAURANT CLOSES AT
01:49:25:00	01:49:26:00	ONE OR 2:00 IN THE MORNING AND
01:49:26:00	01:49:30:00	MIGHT BE IN THE NOTCH IT MIGHT
01:49:30:00	01:49:30:00	BE IN THE SOUTH SHORE.
01:49:30:00	01:49:32:00	THE MBT IS NOT WORKING.
01:49:32:00	01:49:33:00	THEY NEED AN AUTOMOBILE TO GET
01:49:33:00	01:49:36:00	TO AND FROM WORK.
01:49:36:00	01:49:37:00	LET'S NOT PENALIZE WORKING
01:49:37:00	01:49:40:00	CLASS FAMILIES.
01:49:40:00	01:49:41:00	A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE NEED A
01:49:41:00	01:49:45:00	AUTOMOBILE TO SEE THEIR SICK
01:49:45:00	01:49:46:00	MOTHER, A SICK FATHER OR A
01:49:46:00	01:49:49:00	GRANDPARENT OR A GRANDPARENT
01:49:49:00	01:49:49:00	NEEDS THEIR AUTOMOBILE TO PICK
01:49:49:00	01:49:52:00	UP THEIR GRANDCHILD THAT THEY
01:49:52:00	01:49:53:00	THEY BABYSIT FOR UNTIL THE
01:49:53:00	01:49:56:00	PARENT COMES HOME FOR WORK.
01:49:56:00	01:49:56:00	THERE'S ALL REASONS ALL
01:49:56:00	01:49:59:00	DIFFERENT REASONS WHY PEOPLE
01:49:59:00	01:50:00:00	NEED AN AUTOMOBILE TO GET
01:50:00:00	01:50:03:00	AROUND AND WE CAN'T PENALIZE
01:50:03:00	01:50:07:00	THEM FOR DOING THEIR JOB.
01:50:07:00	01:50:07:00	THEY'RE DOING THE BEST THEY CAN
01:50:07:00	01:50:10:00	TO HOLD THEIR FAMILY TOGETHER,
01:50:10:00	01:50:10:00	ESPECIALLY DURING DIFFICULT AND
01:50:10:00	01:50:11:00	CHALLENGING TIMES.
01:50:11:00	01:50:14:00	LET'S STOP MAKE IT MORE
01:50:14:00	01:50:15:00	DIFFICULT FOR THAT FAMILY TO
01:50:15:00	01:50:18:00	STAY TOGETHER.
01:50:18:00	01:50:19:00	OR THE OTHER OPTION IS TO MOVE
01:50:19:00	01:50:22:00	TO THE SUBURBS BECAUSE A LOT
01:50:22:00	01:50:22:00	OF PEOPLE WILL MOVE TO THE
01:50:22:00	01:50:23:00	SUBURBS.
01:50:23:00	01:50:25:00	IF WE CONTINUE PENALIZE
01:50:25:00	01:50:26:00	FAMILIES THAT NEED AN
01:50:26:00	01:50:29:00	AUTOMOBILE TO GET AROUND THE
01:50:29:00	01:50:30:00	CITY OR TO GET AROUND GREATER
01:50:30:00	01:50:33:00	BOSTON AS WELL.
01:50:33:00	01:50:34:00	THANK YOU.
01:50:34:00	01:50:34:00	THANK YOU.
01:50:34:00	01:50:37:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:50:37:00	01:50:38:00	COUNCILOR PIPPEN CASMIR PENN,
01:50:38:00	01:50:41:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR THIS
01:50:41:00	01:50:41:00	DOCKET THAT WILL BE REMAINING
01:50:41:00	01:50:42:00	IN COMMITTEE COMPANY OF THE
01:50:42:00	01:50:44:00	FLOOR.
01:50:44:00	01:50:44:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
01:50:44:00	01:50:45:00	I JUST WANT TO RISE AND THANK
01:50:45:00	01:50:47:00	THE CHAIR FOR HOLDING THIS
01:50:47:00	01:50:48:00	HEARING YESTERDAY.
01:50:48:00	01:50:48:00	IT WAS A VERY INFORMATIVE
01:50:48:00	01:50:48:00	HEARING.
01:50:48:00	01:50:51:00	I WANTED TO THANK ALSO THE THE
01:50:51:00	01:50:51:00	ADMIN AND ALSO THE COMMUNITY
01:50:51:00	01:50:52:00	MEMBERS THAT TESTIFIED AND
01:50:52:00	01:50:55:00	PROVIDED TESTIMONY IN REGARDS
01:50:55:00	01:50:55:00	TO THE TOPIC.
01:50:55:00	01:50:58:00	IT WAS A VERY I THINK PARKING
01:50:58:00	01:50:59:00	IS ALWAYS OUR ONE TOPIC THAT WE
01:50:59:00	01:51:02:00	ALL CAN AGREE THAT IT'S VERY
01:51:02:00	01:51:03:00	IT'S CONTROVERSIAL JUST BECAUSE
01:51:03:00	01:51:03:00	PARKING REALLY IS AN ISSUE IN
01:51:03:00	01:51:06:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON.
01:51:06:00	01:51:07:00	BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE WHAT
01:51:07:00	01:51:10:00	THIS REALLY MEANS IN REGARDS TO
01:51:10:00	01:51:11:00	BUILDING MORE HOUSING IT IS AN
01:51:11:00	01:51:14:00	OBSTACLE TO BUILD MORE
01:51:14:00	01:51:14:00	AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE CITY
01:51:14:00	01:51:14:00	OF BOSTON.
01:51:14:00	01:51:15:00	WHEN IT COMES TO THE
01:51:15:00	01:51:17:00	REQUIREMENTS THERE ARE THERE
01:51:17:00	01:51:18:00	HAVE BEEN MANY DEVELOPMENTS
01:51:18:00	01:51:18:00	THAT HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN STALLED
01:51:18:00	01:51:21:00	IN THE CITY OF BOSTON BECAUSE
01:51:21:00	01:51:21:00	OF THE FACT THAT THERE ISN'T
01:51:21:00	01:51:25:00	ENOUGH PARKING SPACES BUT THAT
01:51:25:00	01:51:26:00	ACTUALLY MEANS THAT AFFORDABLE
01:51:26:00	01:51:29:00	UNITS WEREN'T ABLE TO BE BUILT
01:51:29:00	01:51:29:00	AND TO SOME OF MY
01:51:29:00	01:51:32:00	COUNCIL COLLEAGUES POINT ABOUT
01:51:32:00	01:51:32:00	FAMILIES THINKING ABOUT MOVING
01:51:32:00	01:51:33:00	OUT BECAUSE OF A LACK
01:51:33:00	01:51:33:00	OF PARKING.
01:51:33:00	01:51:36:00	THERE ARE ALREADY FAMILIES
01:51:36:00	01:51:37:00	MOVING OUT BECAUSE OF A LACK
01:51:37:00	01:51:37:00	OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
01:51:37:00	01:51:40:00	SO I THINK THAT THIS GOES VERY
01:51:40:00	01:51:40:00	MUCH HAND-IN-HAND.
01:51:40:00	01:51:44:00	AGAIN, I DO AGREE THAT THIS IS
01:51:44:00	01:51:45:00	NOT THE SILVER BULLET THAT IS
01:51:45:00	01:51:47:00	GOING TO SOLVE THE HOUSING
01:51:47:00	01:51:48:00	SOLUTION FOR THE CITY
01:51:48:00	01:51:48:00	OF BOSTON.
01:51:48:00	01:51:49:00	BUT I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO
01:51:49:00	01:51:51:00	CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS IN THE
01:51:51:00	01:51:51:00	NEXT YEAR.
01:51:51:00	01:51:55:00	SO I HOPE THAT WE REFILE THIS
01:51:55:00	01:51:55:00	BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN ALREADY
01:51:55:00	01:51:56:00	AREAS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON
01:51:56:00	01:51:59:00	WHERE WE HAVE GOTTEN RID
01:51:59:00	01:51:59:00	OF PARKING MINIMUMS AND WE HAVE
01:51:59:00	01:52:02:00	SEEN AN INFLUX OF AFFORDABLE
01:52:02:00	01:52:03:00	UNITS OR JUST HOUSING IN
01:52:03:00	01:52:05:00	GENERAL BEING BUILT BECAUSE
01:52:05:00	01:52:06:00	OF GETTING RID OF THIS
01:52:06:00	01:52:06:00	REQUIREMENT.
01:52:06:00	01:52:10:00	AGAIN, THIS IS A CONVERSATION
01:52:10:00	01:52:10:00	IS NOT ABOUT DO WE GET RID
01:52:10:00	01:52:11:00	OF PARKING IN THE CITY
01:52:11:00	01:52:11:00	OF BOSTON?
01:52:11:00	01:52:13:00	IT'S ABOUT HOW DO WE TO REDUCE
01:52:13:00	01:52:14:00	OBSTACLES THAT LEAD TO US
01:52:14:00	01:52:17:00	PRODUCING HOUSING THAT COULD
01:52:17:00	01:52:18:00	KEEP OUR FAMILIES HERE WHILE
01:52:18:00	01:52:22:00	ALSO THINKING ABOUT CREATIVE
01:52:22:00	01:52:22:00	WAYS?
01:52:22:00	01:52:23:00	I BELIEVE COUNCILOR FLYNN HAS
01:52:23:00	01:52:25:00	AN AMAZING IDEA IN THE FIRST
01:52:25:00	01:52:26:00	HEARING ORDER THAT WE'RE GOING
01:52:26:00	01:52:27:00	TO HEAR IN THE NEXT CYCLE WHERE
01:52:27:00	01:52:29:00	THAT IS A SOLUTION THAT COULD
01:52:29:00	01:52:30:00	POTENTIALLY FIX SOME OF THE
01:52:30:00	01:52:31:00	PARKING ISSUES THAT WE HAVE IN
01:52:31:00	01:52:33:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON.
01:52:33:00	01:52:34:00	SO I'M EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT
01:52:34:00	01:52:35:00	THAT IDEA AS WELL BUT WANTED TO
01:52:35:00	01:52:41:00	JUST EXPRESS MY MY WELCOMING
01:52:41:00	01:52:41:00	OF THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE
01:52:41:00	01:52:42:00	IT'S A TOUGH ONE BUT IT'S ONE
01:52:42:00	01:52:43:00	THAT WE NEED TO HAVE IN THE
01:52:43:00	01:52:45:00	CITY OF BOSTON.
01:52:45:00	01:52:46:00	SO THANK YOU.
01:52:46:00	01:52:46:00	THANK YOU.
01:52:46:00	01:52:47:00	THE CHAIR CAN I JUST
01:52:47:00	01:52:48:00	CONCENTRATE AND YOU HAVE THE
01:52:48:00	01:52:48:00	FLOOR.
01:52:48:00	01:52:52:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND
01:52:52:00	01:52:52:00	I THINK I'D LIKE TO REITERATE
01:52:52:00	01:52:53:00	SOME OF THE POINTS THAT A
01:52:53:00	01:52:56:00	COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR PEPEN MADE
01:52:56:00	01:53:00:00	THE PARKING SPACES TO BUILD ONE
01:53:00:00	01:53:00:00	PARKING SPACE IN A NEW
01:53:00:00	01:53:01:00	DEVELOPMENT COST ANYWHERE
01:53:01:00	01:53:06:00	BETWEEN 5000 AND $100,000 PER
01:53:06:00	01:53:10:00	PARKING SPACE AND IF YOU HAVE
01:53:10:00	01:53:12:00	TEN PARKING SPACES, THAT'S
01:53:12:00	01:53:13:00	$1,000,000 RIGHT THERE.
01:53:13:00	01:53:20:00	SO YEAH, NEVER MIND MY MATH NOT
01:53:20:00	01:53:21:00	WORKING MY BRAIN'S NOT WORKING
01:53:21:00	01:53:22:00	TODAY AND IT'S HUGE AS A HUGE
01:53:22:00	01:53:24:00	EXPENSE THAT ADDS THAT REALLY
01:53:24:00	01:53:25:00	MAKES IT TO BUILD HOUSING THAT
01:53:25:00	01:53:28:00	FOLKS CAN AFFORD ALMOST
01:53:28:00	01:53:32:00	PROHIBITIVE AND MANY RESIDENTS
01:53:32:00	01:53:32:00	LIKE WE HAVE BUILDINGS AND ALSO
01:53:32:00	01:53:35:00	TO BRIGHTEN THE PARKING SPACES
01:53:35:00	01:53:36:00	AND THEY'RE EMPTY BECAUSE
01:53:36:00	01:53:40:00	PEOPLE CHOOSE NOT TO USE THEM
01:53:40:00	01:53:42:00	BECAUSE THEY COST ANYWHERE FROM
01:53:42:00	01:53:43:00	250 TO $400 A MONTH TO PARK THE
01:53:43:00	01:53:44:00	CAR.
01:53:44:00	01:53:47:00	SO AND PEOPLE WOULD RATHER HAVE
01:53:47:00	01:53:50:00	MORE FLEXIBILITY.
01:53:50:00	01:53:51:00	DON'T NEED A PARKING SPACE.
01:53:51:00	01:53:53:00	THEY DON'T WANT A PARKING SPACE
01:53:53:00	01:53:54:00	AND THEY CHOOSE TO USE OTHER
01:53:54:00	01:53:57:00	FOR OTHER MODES OF TRANSIT.
01:53:57:00	01:53:58:00	I REALLY FEEL THAT WE'RE NOT
01:53:58:00	01:54:00:00	PROPOSING TO BAN PARKING.
01:54:00:00	01:54:01:00	WE'RE LOOKING TO TRY AND HAVE A
01:54:01:00	01:54:05:00	MORE NUANCED RESPONSE TO THE
01:54:05:00	01:54:05:00	CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE WITH
01:54:05:00	01:54:09:00	REGARD TO PARKING VERSUS THE
01:54:09:00	01:54:10:00	COST OF THAT AND HOW IT
01:54:10:00	01:54:13:00	AMPLIFIES THAT THE COST
01:54:13:00	01:54:13:00	OF BUILDING HOUSING BUT ALSO
01:54:13:00	01:54:16:00	YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT TYPES
01:54:16:00	01:54:16:00	OF POPULATIONS REQUIRE
01:54:16:00	01:54:17:00	DIFFERENT DIFFERENT TYPES
01:54:17:00	01:54:21:00	OF ACCOMMODATIONS IN ALLSTON
01:54:21:00	01:54:21:00	BRIGHTON WE HAVE BUILT A LOT
01:54:21:00	01:54:24:00	OF HOUSING THAT IS TRANSIT
01:54:24:00	01:54:25:00	ORIENTED AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO
01:54:25:00	01:54:28:00	REDUCE THE PERCENTAGE
01:54:28:00	01:54:29:00	OF PARKING PLACES IN THOSE
01:54:29:00	01:54:29:00	BUILDINGS QUITE SIGNIFICANTLY.
01:54:29:00	01:54:33:00	I THINK THE CHALLENGE THEN IS
01:54:33:00	01:54:33:00	TO TRY AND TRANSFER THAT
01:54:33:00	01:54:36:00	SAVINGS FOR THE DEVELOPER ONTO
01:54:36:00	01:54:40:00	THE RESIDENT AND YOU KNOW MAKE
01:54:40:00	01:54:40:00	MAKE THE HOUSING MORE
01:54:40:00	01:54:41:00	AFFORDABLE.
01:54:41:00	01:54:44:00	AT THE END OF THE DAY WE NEED
01:54:44:00	01:54:47:00	TO EXPLORE PARKING WITH REGARD
01:54:47:00	01:54:48:00	TO MAIN STREETS DISTRICTS AS
01:54:48:00	01:54:48:00	WELL LIKE LOOKING AT PARKING
01:54:48:00	01:54:51:00	BENEFIT DISTRICTS, LOOKING AT
01:54:51:00	01:54:55:00	HOW WE CAN IMPROVE UTILIZATION
01:54:55:00	01:54:55:00	OF PARKING LOTS IN OUR MAIN
01:54:55:00	01:54:58:00	STREETS AREAS THAT ARE VACANT
01:54:58:00	01:54:59:00	ALL DAY ARE OWNED BY BANKS TO
01:54:59:00	01:55:02:00	FIND SOME WAY TO INDEMNIFY THE
01:55:02:00	01:55:06:00	BANKS IN TERMS OF LIABILITY SO
01:55:06:00	01:55:06:00	THAT FOLKS COULD ACTUALLY
01:55:06:00	01:55:07:00	WORKERS IN THE MAIN STREETS
01:55:07:00	01:55:09:00	AREA COULD PARK IN THOSE SPACES
01:55:09:00	01:55:10:00	SO THAT THE PARKING
01:55:10:00	01:55:14:00	CONVERSATION GOES WAY BEYOND
01:55:14:00	01:55:14:00	JUST RESIDENTIAL PARKING.
01:55:14:00	01:55:15:00	IT GOES TO THE WHOLE THE WHOLE
01:55:15:00	01:55:17:00	ISSUE OF PARKING ACROSS CITY
01:55:17:00	01:55:18:00	AND DIFFERENT SPACES AND
01:55:18:00	01:55:18:00	PLACES.
01:55:18:00	01:55:21:00	SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
01:55:21:00	01:55:21:00	CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION IN
01:55:21:00	01:55:25:00	THE NEW YEAR AND YOU KNOW, WE
01:55:25:00	01:55:26:00	NEED TO BROADEN IT AND LOOK AT
01:55:26:00	01:55:29:00	IT IN A BIGGER ON A BIGGER A
01:55:29:00	01:55:30:00	BIGGER CANVAS AS WELL.
01:55:30:00	01:55:30:00	THANK YOU.
01:55:30:00	01:55:30:00	THANK YOU.
01:55:30:00	01:55:33:00	COUNCILOR BREADON AT THIS
01:55:33:00	01:55:33:00	DOCKET IS REMAINING IN
01:55:33:00	01:55:34:00	COMMITTEE.
01:55:34:00	01:55:37:00	I KNOW THAT YOU ARE THE CHAIR.
01:55:37:00	01:55:37:00	I KNOW YOU ARE THE CHAIR OF THE
01:55:37:00	01:55:38:00	COMMITTEE.
01:55:38:00	01:55:41:00	I AM TURNING TO YOU AS A CHAIR
01:55:41:00	01:55:41:00	OF THE COMMITTEE AND AS A
01:55:41:00	01:55:45:00	SPONSOR TO SOME FINAL WORDS AND
01:55:45:00	01:55:46:00	THEN WE ARE MOVING ON.
01:55:46:00	01:55:46:00	THIS WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE
01:55:46:00	01:55:48:00	FOR FURTHER CONVERSATIONS WITH
01:55:48:00	01:55:49:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN.
01:55:49:00	01:55:50:00	IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK YOU
01:55:50:00	01:55:50:00	DO SO NOW.
01:55:50:00	01:55:52:00	I THINK THAT SOME PEOPLE WHEN
01:55:52:00	01:55:53:00	THEY PUT THEIR LIGHT ON THEY'RE
01:55:53:00	01:55:53:00	RESPECTED AND SOME PEOPLE ARE
01:55:53:00	01:55:54:00	NOT.
01:55:54:00	01:55:56:00	SO I'M JUST SAYING I WHEN I PUT
01:55:56:00	01:55:57:00	MY LIGHT ON I HAVE SOMETHING TO
01:55:57:00	01:55:58:00	SAY AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
01:55:58:00	01:56:03:00	SO I HEARD A LOT AT THE HEARING
01:56:03:00	01:56:04:00	AND TODAY ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE
01:56:04:00	01:56:05:00	NOT TO DO WITH THE ELIMINATION
01:56:05:00	01:56:08:00	OF PARKING AMENDMENTS AND ARE
01:56:08:00	01:56:08:00	NOT TO DO WITH ELIMINATING
01:56:08:00	01:56:08:00	COSTLY PARKING MANDATES.
01:56:08:00	01:56:11:00	SO I JUST WANT TO SAY IN THE
01:56:11:00	01:56:12:00	NEW YEAR I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE
01:56:12:00	01:56:13:00	DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ALL OF THOSE
01:56:13:00	01:56:14:00	THINGS.
01:56:14:00	01:56:15:00	I ALSO WOULD LOVE IF FOLKS WHO
01:56:15:00	01:56:19:00	HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ON THESE
01:56:19:00	01:56:19:00	ISSUES WOULD STAY FOR THE
01:56:19:00	01:56:22:00	PUBLIC TESTIMONY I HAD YOU KNOW
01:56:22:00	01:56:23:00	ESSENTIALLY LIKE 25 PEOPLE WHO
01:56:23:00	01:56:26:00	ARE RESIDENTS NOT ALL OF MY
01:56:26:00	01:56:27:00	DISTRICT ALL OVER ALL OVER THE
01:56:27:00	01:56:30:00	CITY OF AUSTIN WHO HAD THINGS
01:56:30:00	01:56:31:00	TO SAY ABOUT THIS AND THEY
01:56:31:00	01:56:33:00	COULD NOT CONVINCE ANY OF MY
01:56:33:00	01:56:34:00	COLLEAGUES ON THIS ISSUE
01:56:34:00	01:56:34:00	BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T STAY TO
01:56:34:00	01:56:37:00	HEAR THEM SPEAK.
01:56:37:00	01:56:38:00	SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK EVERY
01:56:38:00	01:56:39:00	SINGLE ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES TO
01:56:39:00	01:56:41:00	LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY
01:56:41:00	01:56:42:00	WE HEARD LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE
01:56:42:00	01:56:45:00	WHO WOULD LIKE LOWER COST
01:56:45:00	01:56:45:00	OF HOUSING, WOULD LIKE PARKING
01:56:45:00	01:56:48:00	FLEXIBILITY.
01:56:48:00	01:56:49:00	THIS IS NOT ABOUT ELIMINATING
01:56:49:00	01:56:49:00	PARKING.
01:56:49:00	01:56:50:00	IT'S ABOUT RIGHT SIZING THE
01:56:50:00	01:56:52:00	PARKING.
01:56:52:00	01:56:53:00	ABOUT 30% OF SPACES ARE GOING
01:56:53:00	01:56:56:00	VACANT RIGHT NOW AND UNLESS WE
01:56:56:00	01:56:57:00	HAVE UNLESS MY COLLEAGUES ON
01:56:57:00	01:56:57:00	THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL ARE
01:56:57:00	01:57:00:00	ACTUALLY WILLING TO LISTEN TO
01:57:00:00	01:57:04:00	THE DATA DO THE READING AND NOT
01:57:04:00	01:57:04:00	READ THEIR OPENING STATEMENT
01:57:04:00	01:57:06:00	WHEN THEY STAYED FOR 10 MINUTES
01:57:06:00	01:57:07:00	OF THE HEARING LIKE YEAH, I
01:57:07:00	01:57:10:00	REALLY THINK THAT THAT THIS IS
01:57:10:00	01:57:11:00	AN ISSUE THAT REQUIRES CARE
01:57:11:00	01:57:14:00	REQUIRES NUANCE, REQUIRES US TO
01:57:14:00	01:57:15:00	ACTUALLY LOOK WITHIN OURSELVES
01:57:15:00	01:57:18:00	AND LOOK AT THE DATA BE
01:57:18:00	01:57:19:00	PROFESSIONAL.
01:57:19:00	01:57:19:00	YEAH.
01:57:19:00	01:57:22:00	SO I JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO
01:57:22:00	01:57:23:00	THIS IN THE NEW YEAR BUT THIS
01:57:23:00	01:57:23:00	IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AND I
01:57:23:00	01:57:26:00	JUST WANT TO THANK PEOPLE WHO
01:57:26:00	01:57:27:00	STAYED AND ENGAGED WITH THE
01:57:27:00	01:57:30:00	ACTUAL CONVERSATION.
01:57:30:00	01:57:30:00	I'M LOOKING FOR THAT FROM EVERY
01:57:30:00	01:57:33:00	SINGLE ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES.
01:57:33:00	01:57:34:00	THANK YOU.
01:57:34:00	01:57:34:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN THIS WAS AN
01:57:34:00	01:57:35:00	INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT
01:57:35:00	01:57:37:00	CONVERSATION.
01:57:37:00	01:57:38:00	THANK YOU FOR FILING IT.
01:57:38:00	01:57:38:00	THANK YOU FOR LEADING ON IT.
01:57:38:00	01:57:40:00	I WAS ABLE TO STAY IN HERE
01:57:40:00	01:57:41:00	PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
01:57:41:00	01:57:42:00	IT DID GO LATE INTO THE EVENING
01:57:42:00	01:57:45:00	BUT I SUPPORT THAT.
01:57:45:00	01:57:46:00	WHAT I WAS SAYING IS IS THAT
01:57:46:00	01:57:47:00	THOSE THAT ARE REMAINING IN
01:57:47:00	01:57:49:00	COMMITTEE AS ALWAYS THE PROPER
01:57:49:00	01:57:52:00	PLACE FOR CONVERSATION IS IN
01:57:52:00	01:57:52:00	COMMITTEE.
01:57:52:00	01:57:53:00	AND SO WHEN WE DO THE REPORTS
01:57:53:00	01:57:54:00	OUT AND HEAR REPORTS IN
01:57:54:00	01:57:56:00	COMMITTEE I BELIEVE IN BREVITY
01:57:56:00	01:57:57:00	FOR THE FLOOR FOR THOSE
01:57:57:00	01:58:00:00	CONVERSATIONS BUT I TAKE YOUR
01:58:00:00	01:58:01:00	POINT AND I DO WANT TO
01:58:01:00	01:58:01:00	HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE
01:58:01:00	01:58:03:00	OF LISTENING TO THE PUBLIC.
01:58:03:00	01:58:06:00	THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0161
01:58:06:00	01:58:07:00	WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE.
01:58:07:00	01:58:10:00	WE ARE NOW ON TWO MOTIONS,
01:58:10:00	01:58:10:00	MOTIONS, ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS
01:58:10:00	01:58:13:00	REMINDER THAT PURSUANT TO RULE
01:58:13:00	01:58:14:00	39 REMARKS BY COUNCILORS AT THE
01:58:14:00	01:58:18:00	TIME OF PETITION ORDER OR
01:58:18:00	01:58:18:00	RESOLUTION HAS BEEN ADMITTED
01:58:18:00	01:58:21:00	AND ASSIGNED TO A COMMITTEE FOR
01:58:21:00	01:58:22:00	REVIEW SHALL BE LIMITED TO 3
01:58:22:00	01:58:24:00	MINUTES FOR THE SPONSOR AND 2
01:58:24:00	01:58:24:00	MINUTES FOR ANY OTHER
01:58:24:00	01:58:25:00	COUNCILOR AS OUR APPROPRIATE
01:58:25:00	01:58:28:00	TIME FOR QUESTIONING IN DEBATE
01:58:28:00	01:58:28:00	IS THAT PUBLIC HEARINGS AND
01:58:28:00	01:58:32:00	WORKING SESSIONS THAT YOU
01:58:32:00	01:58:33:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU HAVE THE
01:58:33:00	01:58:35:00	FLOOR IN RECENT YEARS AGING OH
01:58:35:00	01:58:36:00	I JUMPED THE GUN MR. CLERK
01:58:36:00	01:58:40:00	REGARDING WHAT TO DO ON THE
01:58:40:00	01:58:40:00	LAST DAY HERE, MR GREGG COULD
01:58:40:00	01:58:41:00	YOU PLEASE READ THE DOCKET INTO
01:58:41:00	01:58:41:00	THE RECORD?
01:58:41:00	01:58:44:00	SO I CAN IN BUT 2087
01:58:44:00	01:58:45:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN OFFER THE
01:58:45:00	01:58:47:00	FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING
01:58:47:00	01:58:47:00	ON BUILDING A PARKING GARAGE AT
01:58:47:00	01:58:50:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON MUNICIPAL
01:58:50:00	01:58:51:00	LOT ON WEST BROADWAY IN SOUTH
01:58:51:00	01:58:55:00	BOSTON.
01:58:55:00	01:58:55:00	THANK YOU.
01:58:55:00	01:58:56:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
01:58:56:00	01:58:56:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN CAPITAL FLYNN
01:58:56:00	01:58:57:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR THINKING
01:58:57:00	01:58:58:00	OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES
01:58:58:00	01:59:01:00	SOUTH BOSTON HAS EXPERIENCED AN
01:59:01:00	01:59:02:00	UNPRECEDENTED GROWTH WITH MANY
01:59:02:00	01:59:05:00	LARGE SCALE PROJECTS HAVING
01:59:05:00	01:59:06:00	BEEN COMPLETED AND OTHERS
01:59:06:00	01:59:09:00	CURRENTLY IN THE PIPELINE.
01:59:09:00	01:59:09:00	SOUTH BOSTON HAS DEVELOPED INTO
01:59:09:00	01:59:10:00	AS MUCH OF A DESTINATION FOR
01:59:10:00	01:59:13:00	YOUNG PEOPLE TO FREQUENT OUR
01:59:13:00	01:59:17:00	RESTAURANTS AND WORK IN
01:59:17:00	01:59:20:00	DOWNTOWN BOSTON WITH THIS
01:59:20:00	01:59:21:00	NEIGHBORS CONTINUE TO CALL
01:59:21:00	01:59:21:00	ATTENTION TO SOUTH BOSTON'S
01:59:21:00	01:59:24:00	EXISTING PARKING CRISIS
01:59:24:00	01:59:28:00	RESIDENTS PARKING ONLY BEING IN
01:59:28:00	01:59:28:00	PLACE FOUR NIGHTS PER WEEK AS
01:59:28:00	01:59:31:00	WELL AS SUFFICIENT PARKING AND
01:59:31:00	01:59:31:00	NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS AND
01:59:31:00	01:59:35:00	RESTRICTING RESIDENT PARKING
01:59:35:00	01:59:36:00	PERMITS OF THESE NEW BUILDINGS
01:59:36:00	01:59:39:00	TO PREVENT OVERFLOW OF CARS FOR
01:59:39:00	01:59:39:00	YEARS DURING BUDGET SEASON
01:59:39:00	01:59:40:00	RESIDENTS THAT I HAVE ADVOCATED
01:59:40:00	01:59:43:00	FOR A PARKING GARAGE TO BE
01:59:43:00	01:59:43:00	ERECTED ON THE WEST BROADWAY
01:59:43:00	01:59:46:00	MUNICIPAL LOT IN SOUTH BOSTON
01:59:46:00	01:59:47:00	AND NOW A PROPOSAL AT THE
01:59:47:00	01:59:50:00	VACANT FORMER BANK BUILDING
01:59:50:00	01:59:53:00	NEXT DOOR WOULD INCLUDE 26
01:59:53:00	01:59:56:00	UNITS AND 20 PARKING SPACES
01:59:56:00	01:59:57:00	WHILE FILLING THE CRITICAL NEED
01:59:57:00	02:00:00:00	FOR A COURT ROOM OFFICES
02:00:00:00	02:00:04:00	SUPPORT STATE SUPPORT SPACE FOR
02:00:04:00	02:00:05:00	USE BY THE TRIAL COURT A PLACE
02:00:05:00	02:00:08:00	FOR A TRIAL COURT AND CRIMINAL
02:00:08:00	02:00:08:00	JUSTICE SYSTEM IS CRITICAL IN
02:00:08:00	02:00:11:00	SOUTH BOSTON TO HELP ADDRESS
02:00:11:00	02:00:12:00	THE DEMAND FOR VISITORS IN
02:00:12:00	02:00:15:00	VEHICLE TRAFFIC TO WEST
02:00:15:00	02:00:15:00	BROADWAY RESTAURANTS,
02:00:15:00	02:00:16:00	ESTABLISHMENTS TO THE
02:00:16:00	02:00:19:00	COURTHOUSE THE POTENTIAL NEW
02:00:19:00	02:00:20:00	CONSTRUCTION NEARBY THAT MAY
02:00:20:00	02:00:23:00	IMPACT THE EXISTING MUNICIPAL
02:00:23:00	02:00:23:00	LOT IN SOUTH BOSTON'S PUB
02:00:23:00	02:00:26:00	PARKING CRISIS.
02:00:26:00	02:00:27:00	I BELIEVE IT IS APPROPRIATE TO
02:00:27:00	02:00:28:00	BEGIN A DISCUSSION ON
02:00:28:00	02:00:30:00	CONSTRUCTING A PARKING GARAGE
02:00:30:00	02:00:31:00	AT THE CITY OF BOSTON NEW
02:00:31:00	02:00:34:00	MUNICIPAL PARKING LOT ON WEST
02:00:34:00	02:00:38:00	BROADWAY IN SOUTH BOSTON AND
02:00:38:00	02:00:38:00	THERE ARE NEARBY EXAMPLES FOR
02:00:38:00	02:00:39:00	US TO LOOK AT INCLUDING THE
02:00:39:00	02:00:42:00	SOUTHWEST AND WATERFRONT
02:00:42:00	02:00:42:00	TRANSPORTATION CENTER, THE
02:00:42:00	02:00:45:00	BASKETBALL GARAGE WHICH
02:00:45:00	02:00:46:00	CURRENTLY OFFERS COMMUNITY
02:00:46:00	02:00:46:00	BENEFITS INCLUDING RESIDENT
02:00:46:00	02:00:49:00	PARKING DURING SNOWSTORMS.
02:00:49:00	02:00:50:00	I BELIEVE THERE ARE PARKING
02:00:50:00	02:00:53:00	LOTS NEAR QUINCY CENTER THAT
02:00:53:00	02:00:53:00	MAY PROVIDE DISCOUNTED RATES
02:00:53:00	02:00:57:00	FOR RESIDENTS ALSO IS SOMETHING
02:00:57:00	02:00:58:00	WE SHOULD CERTAINLY LOOK AT
02:00:58:00	02:01:00:00	WITH OUR EXISTING PARKING
02:01:00:00	02:01:01:00	ISSUES.
02:01:01:00	02:01:01:00	THIS IS SOMETHING I'M GOING TO
02:01:01:00	02:01:04:00	CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON AND WE
02:01:04:00	02:01:05:00	DESPERATELY NEED MORE PARKING
02:01:05:00	02:01:08:00	IN SOUTH BOSTON FOR RESIDENTS
02:01:08:00	02:01:12:00	BUT ALSO FOR THE NEW COURTHOUSE
02:01:12:00	02:01:13:00	AND FOR BUSINESSES THAT ARE
02:01:13:00	02:01:13:00	THERE.
02:01:13:00	02:01:13:00	THANK YOU.
02:01:13:00	02:01:14:00	THANK YOU.
02:01:14:00	02:01:17:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:01:17:00	02:01:17:00	COUNCILOR BEFORE ANY OTHER
02:01:17:00	02:01:17:00	FLOOR.
02:01:17:00	02:01:18:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:01:18:00	02:01:19:00	I JUST WANT TO RISE AGAIN TO
02:01:19:00	02:01:20:00	MENTION THAT THIS IS AN IDEA
02:01:20:00	02:01:23:00	THAT WE REALLY NEED TO EXPLORE.
02:01:23:00	02:01:24:00	A LOT A LOT OF MUNICIPALITIES
02:01:24:00	02:01:25:00	ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE USING
02:01:25:00	02:01:27:00	THIS IDEA.
02:01:27:00	02:01:28:00	I THINK IT IS GOING BACK TO THE
02:01:28:00	02:01:30:00	ONE WE JUST CONGRESS'S WE JUST
02:01:30:00	02:01:31:00	HAD THIS IS A SOLUTION TO SOME
02:01:31:00	02:01:34:00	OF THOSE CONCERNS.
02:01:34:00	02:01:35:00	IT ALSO WOULD PROVIDE SUPPORT
02:01:35:00	02:01:35:00	FOR OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES WHEN
02:01:35:00	02:01:39:00	PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO SHOP IN
02:01:39:00	02:01:39:00	OUR BUSINESS QUARTERS LIKE IN
02:01:39:00	02:01:40:00	MY DISTRICT WE HAVE REASON
02:01:40:00	02:01:42:00	SQUARE CLEAR SQUARE, MATTAPAN
02:01:42:00	02:01:43:00	SQUARE AND EVERYONE IS ALWAYS
02:01:43:00	02:01:46:00	LOOKING FOR PARKING.
02:01:46:00	02:01:46:00	EVERYONE'S IDEA IS ALWAYS TO
02:01:46:00	02:01:47:00	PARK RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE
02:01:47:00	02:01:49:00	BUSINESS THAT THEY WANT TO SHOP
02:01:49:00	02:01:49:00	IN.
02:01:49:00	02:01:52:00	BUT JUST WALKING A BLOCK OR TWO
02:01:52:00	02:01:53:00	IS OBVIOUSLY IF YOU'RE ABLE TO
02:01:53:00	02:01:56:00	IS IT OKAY?
02:01:56:00	02:01:57:00	AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO
02:01:57:00	02:01:57:00	EXPLORE THIS IDEA.
02:01:57:00	02:02:00:00	I HOPE THAT WE GET HAVE A
02:02:00:00	02:02:01:00	HEARING ON THIS IN THE NEXT
02:02:01:00	02:02:02:00	COUNCIL TERM BECAUSE IT'S ONE
02:02:02:00	02:02:03:00	THAT I KNOW WORKS IN OTHER
02:02:03:00	02:02:04:00	PLACES AND WE COULD BRING IT TO
02:02:04:00	02:02:06:00	BOSTON.
02:02:06:00	02:02:07:00	THANK YOU COUNCILMAN.
02:02:07:00	02:02:09:00	I THINK I THOUGHT YOU HAD
02:02:09:00	02:02:10:00	OFFERED SOMETHING OR POSTED
02:02:10:00	02:02:13:00	SOMETHING ABOUT HOW PARKING AT
02:02:13:00	02:02:14:00	THE STRIP MALLS OR AT MALLS AND
02:02:14:00	02:02:17:00	HOW THAT SORT OF WE SHOULD
02:02:17:00	02:02:18:00	APPLY THAT SAME THINKING TO
02:02:18:00	02:02:19:00	LIKE WHEN WE'RE PARKING ON MAIN
02:02:19:00	02:02:21:00	STREETS AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS
02:02:21:00	02:02:21:00	VERY FASCINATING.
02:02:21:00	02:02:22:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
02:02:22:00	02:02:24:00	ON THIS MATTER?
02:02:24:00	02:02:25:00	WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
02:02:25:00	02:02:29:00	THEIR NAME?
02:02:29:00	02:02:29:00	MR. CLERK PLEASE HEAD
02:02:29:00	02:02:32:00	COUNCILORS FITZGERALD MARIA
02:02:32:00	02:02:36:00	PEPEN, SANTANA WEBER WORLD
02:02:36:00	02:02:38:00	PLEASE EITHER CHAIR THIS DOCKET
02:02:38:00	02:02:39:00	DOCKET NUMBER 2087 WILL BE
02:02:39:00	02:02:40:00	REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
02:02:40:00	02:02:43:00	PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND
02:02:43:00	02:02:43:00	TRANSPORTATION.
02:02:43:00	02:02:44:00	DID I NOT GET COUNCILOR MURPHY
02:02:44:00	02:02:47:00	CAN YOU ADD COUNCILOR MURPHY
02:02:47:00	02:02:47:00	SHE'S NOT ON THERE.
02:02:47:00	02:02:50:00	MR. CLERK YES, THANK YOU.
02:02:50:00	02:02:51:00	MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ
02:02:51:00	02:02:54:00	DOCKET NUMBER OH DOCKING NUMBER
02:02:54:00	02:02:55:00	2087 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE
02:02:55:00	02:02:55:00	COMMITTEE ON PLANNING
02:02:55:00	02:02:58:00	DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION
02:02:58:00	02:02:59:00	MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
02:02:59:00	02:03:00:00	DOCKET NUMBER 2088 DOCKING
02:03:00:00	02:03:02:00	NUMBER 2088 COUNCIL I'M HERE
02:03:02:00	02:03:06:00	FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN
02:03:06:00	02:03:06:00	SUPPORT OF COMPREHENSIVE,
02:03:06:00	02:03:06:00	TRANSPARENT AND INCLUSIVE
02:03:06:00	02:03:10:00	DECISION MAKING IN BOSTON
02:03:10:00	02:03:11:00	PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND CLOSURE AND
02:03:11:00	02:03:16:00	RECONFIGURATION AND DECISIONS.
02:03:16:00	02:03:16:00	THANK YOU.
02:03:16:00	02:03:17:00	THE CHAIR AND I JUST COME FROM
02:03:17:00	02:03:17:00	HERE.
02:03:17:00	02:03:17:00	YOU GET THE FLOOR.
02:03:17:00	02:03:18:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:03:18:00	02:03:21:00	AND I'D LIKE TO ADVOCATE TO
02:03:21:00	02:03:25:00	HAVE COUNCILOR MURPHY JOIN
02:03:25:00	02:03:26:00	ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR.
02:03:26:00	02:03:29:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY SO ADDED
02:03:29:00	02:03:29:00	COUNCILMAN, HERE YOU HAVE THE
02:03:29:00	02:03:29:00	FLOOR.
02:03:29:00	02:03:32:00	OKAY, SO TODAY I'M OFFERING YOU
02:03:32:00	02:03:33:00	A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR
02:03:33:00	02:03:33:00	COMPREHENSIVE, TRANSPARENT AND
02:03:33:00	02:03:36:00	INCLUSIVE DECISION MAKING IN
02:03:36:00	02:03:37:00	BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
02:03:37:00	02:03:40:00	ESPECIALLY AS WE FACE ANOTHER
02:03:40:00	02:03:40:00	OF SCHOOL CLOSURES AND
02:03:40:00	02:03:44:00	RECONFIGURATIONS IN JUST THE
02:03:44:00	02:03:44:00	PAST YEAR FAMILIES ACROSS THE
02:03:44:00	02:03:48:00	CITY HAVE SEEN THE PROPOSED
02:03:48:00	02:03:48:00	CLOSURES OF THE LEADING ACADEMY
02:03:48:00	02:03:51:00	AND OTHER COURSE TO COLLEGE AND
02:03:51:00	02:03:51:00	CASH ALONG WITH GREAT
02:03:51:00	02:03:52:00	REDUCTIONS AT THE HENDERSON AND
02:03:52:00	02:03:55:00	TOBIN EARLIER THIS YEAR THE
02:03:55:00	02:03:56:00	SCHOOL COMMITTEE APPROVED THE
02:03:56:00	02:03:59:00	CLOSURE OF AND OR MERGER
02:03:59:00	02:03:59:00	OF SEVERAL OTHER SCHOOLS
02:03:59:00	02:04:02:00	INCLUDING THE MARY LION PILOT
02:04:02:00	02:04:03:00	HIGH SCHOOL, THE
02:04:03:00	02:04:06:00	DEBORAH WINTHROP AND CLAPP.
02:04:06:00	02:04:07:00	NEARLY HALF OF THE STUDENTS ARE
02:04:07:00	02:04:10:00	MULTI-LINGUAL LEARNERS STUDENTS
02:04:10:00	02:04:11:00	WITH DISABILITIES OR BOTH THEIR
02:04:11:00	02:04:14:00	VERY STUDENTS WHO RELY ON THE
02:04:14:00	02:04:15:00	MOST STABLE HIGH QUALITY
02:04:15:00	02:04:19:00	PROGRAMING YET FAMILIES AND
02:04:19:00	02:04:19:00	EDUCATORS CONTINUE TO RAISE
02:04:19:00	02:04:23:00	SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THESE
02:04:23:00	02:04:23:00	PROPOSED CHANGES MAY DISRUPT
02:04:23:00	02:04:26:00	SPECIALIZED SERVICES, BILINGUAL
02:04:26:00	02:04:27:00	INSTRUCTION AND NATIONALLY
02:04:27:00	02:04:30:00	RECOGNIZED INCLUSION MODELS
02:04:30:00	02:04:30:00	LIKE THOSE AT THE HENDERSON AND
02:04:30:00	02:04:34:00	MARY LION AT THE DECEMBER 3RD
02:04:34:00	02:04:34:00	AT SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING
02:04:34:00	02:04:38:00	FAMILIES AND EDUCATORS
02:04:38:00	02:04:38:00	REPEATEDLY ASK FOR FLAHERTY
02:04:38:00	02:04:41:00	WHERE WHERE ARE THE APPROVED
02:04:41:00	02:04:44:00	INCLUSION PLANS OR STAFFING
02:04:44:00	02:04:44:00	MODELS LIKE TWO YEAR TEACHER
02:04:44:00	02:04:47:00	CLASSROOMS ADEQUATELY FUNDED?
02:04:47:00	02:04:48:00	WHAT ACADEMIC GROWTH DATA IS
02:04:48:00	02:04:49:00	BEING USED TO EVALUATE THE
02:04:49:00	02:04:51:00	SUCCESS INCLUSION ACROSS GRADE
02:04:51:00	02:04:55:00	LEVELS AND JUST AS IMPORTANT
02:04:55:00	02:04:55:00	WHERE ARE THE TRANSITION PLANS
02:04:55:00	02:04:59:00	COMMUNITIES HAVE NOT RECEIVED
02:04:59:00	02:04:59:00	CLEAR INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT
02:04:59:00	02:05:00:00	HAPPENS TO STUDENTS, STAFF OR
02:05:00:00	02:05:03:00	PROGRAMS WHEN A SCHOOL IS
02:05:03:00	02:05:04:00	RECOMMENDED FOR CLOSURE.
02:05:04:00	02:05:06:00	THERE IS NO PUBLIC ACCESSIBLE
02:05:06:00	02:05:07:00	MASTER FACILITIES PLAN
02:05:07:00	02:05:11:00	OUTLINING LONG TERM ENROLLMENT
02:05:11:00	02:05:11:00	PROJECTIONS AND BUILDING NEEDS
02:05:11:00	02:05:15:00	OR FUTURE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION.
02:05:15:00	02:05:16:00	WE KNOW THAT NO NEW SCHOOL
02:05:16:00	02:05:19:00	BUILDINGS ARE EXPECTED TO OPEN
02:05:19:00	02:05:19:00	UNTIL 2030.
02:05:19:00	02:05:22:00	RESIDENTS SHOULD NOT LEARN
02:05:22:00	02:05:23:00	ABOUT SCHOOL CLOSURES THROUGH
02:05:23:00	02:05:27:00	SOCIAL MEDIA OR THE NEWS THEY
02:05:27:00	02:05:27:00	SHOULD BE LEFT ON NOR SHOULD
02:05:27:00	02:05:30:00	THEY BE LEFT GUESSING ABOUT
02:05:30:00	02:05:31:00	WHERE THEIR CHILDREN WILL GO
02:05:31:00	02:05:34:00	NEXT SCHOOL YEAR OR WHETHER OR
02:05:34:00	02:05:35:00	NOT THE SCHOOL WILL BE ON THE
02:05:35:00	02:05:38:00	CLOSURE LIST.
02:05:38:00	02:05:38:00	THIS RESOLUTION ASKS US TO
02:05:38:00	02:05:41:00	RELEASE THE DATA AND CRITERIA
02:05:41:00	02:05:42:00	BEHIND THESE DECISIONS
02:05:42:00	02:05:45:00	PROVIDING JUST A DISTRICTWIDE
02:05:45:00	02:05:45:00	UPDATE ON INCLUSION
02:05:45:00	02:05:46:00	IMPLEMENTATION MAKE TRANSITION
02:05:46:00	02:05:49:00	PLANS PUBLIC FOR PROPOSED
02:05:49:00	02:05:53:00	CLOSURES AND PUBLISH LONG TERM
02:05:53:00	02:05:53:00	FACILITIES PLAN THAT CENTERS
02:05:53:00	02:05:54:00	COMMUNITY INPUT FROM THE VERY
02:05:54:00	02:05:57:00	BEGINNING WE OWE OUR STUDENTS,
02:05:57:00	02:05:58:00	EDUCATORS AND FAMILIES NOTHING
02:05:58:00	02:06:01:00	LESS THAN CLEAR INFORMATION
02:06:01:00	02:06:04:00	MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT ANY
02:06:04:00	02:06:04:00	TRANSPARENT PATH FORWARD.
02:06:04:00	02:06:08:00	I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE READY
02:06:08:00	02:06:09:00	TO MAKE APRIL AND DECEMBER THE
02:06:09:00	02:06:09:00	THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE SO I'M
02:06:09:00	02:06:12:00	HOPING THAT WE CAN DELAY THAT
02:06:12:00	02:06:13:00	VOTE.
02:06:13:00	02:06:16:00	I ATTENDED THE LEA SCHOOL
02:06:16:00	02:06:16:00	MEETING YESTERDAY HOPING TO GET
02:06:16:00	02:06:21:00	SOME ANSWERS BUT WHAT WE WERE
02:06:21:00	02:06:22:00	MET WITH WAS A POWERPOINT
02:06:22:00	02:06:24:00	PRESENTATION WITH WHAT THE NEXT
02:06:24:00	02:06:28:00	18 MONTHS OF A TRANSITION PLAN
02:06:28:00	02:06:31:00	IS AND AS A GRADUATE A MOM AND
02:06:31:00	02:06:32:00	A SCHOOL AGITATOR I THINK IT'S
02:06:32:00	02:06:36:00	TIME FOR US TO REALLY START
02:06:36:00	02:06:36:00	STEPPING UP ON BEHALF OF THE
02:06:36:00	02:06:40:00	FAMILIES THAT WE SERVE AND
02:06:40:00	02:06:43:00	HOLDING BP ACCOUNTABLE.
02:06:43:00	02:06:44:00	THANK YOU.
02:06:44:00	02:06:45:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
02:06:45:00	02:06:47:00	MURPHY.
02:06:47:00	02:06:47:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:06:47:00	02:06:48:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:06:48:00	02:06:51:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR
02:06:51:00	02:06:51:00	ADDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL
02:06:51:00	02:06:54:00	CO-SPONSOR AND ALSO FOR
02:06:54:00	02:06:55:00	BRINGING IN THE COMMUNITY
02:06:55:00	02:06:58:00	EARLIER TODAY TO HEAR DIRECTLY
02:06:58:00	02:06:59:00	FROM THOSE WHO ARE BEING
02:06:59:00	02:07:01:00	IMPACTED FROM THESE SCHOOL.
02:07:01:00	02:07:05:00	I'VE BEEN SAYING FOR THE LAST
02:07:05:00	02:07:06:00	FEW DECADES BUT HERE ON THIS
02:07:06:00	02:07:09:00	COUNCIL FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS
02:07:09:00	02:07:10:00	THAT OUR SCHOOLS DO NEED A LOT
02:07:10:00	02:07:10:00	OF HELP.
02:07:10:00	02:07:12:00	WE NEED TO MAKE SOME DRASTIC
02:07:12:00	02:07:15:00	CHANGES AND THERE IS A NEED FOR
02:07:15:00	02:07:16:00	BUILDING NEW SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL
02:07:16:00	02:07:16:00	CLOSURES AND MERGERS.
02:07:16:00	02:07:19:00	BUT THE WAY WE'RE GOING ABOUT
02:07:19:00	02:07:22:00	IT AND TELLING FAMILIES LAST
02:07:22:00	02:07:26:00	MINUTE AND NOT LISTENING TO
02:07:26:00	02:07:27:00	THEIR VOICES IS NOT HOW WE
02:07:27:00	02:07:30:00	SHOULD CONTINUE TO DO BUSINESS
02:07:30:00	02:07:31:00	.
02:07:31:00	02:07:31:00	AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND THIS
02:07:31:00	02:07:35:00	BODY AND THE PUBLIC THAT BACK
02:07:35:00	02:07:36:00	ON JANUARY 8TH, 11 MONTHS AGO I
02:07:36:00	02:07:40:00	FILED ALONG WITH COUNCIL WERE
02:07:40:00	02:07:42:00	ALL DOCKET 0235 IN JANUARY
02:07:42:00	02:07:45:00	OF THIS YEAR BP'S CLOSURES AND
02:07:45:00	02:07:45:00	LONG TERM FACILITIES PLAN TO
02:07:45:00	02:07:49:00	TALK DIRECTLY TO THE ABOUT WHAT
02:07:49:00	02:07:50:00	THEIR PLAN WAS AND HOW WE WERE
02:07:50:00	02:07:53:00	GOING TO GO ABOUT IT AND HOW WE
02:07:53:00	02:07:54:00	AS A COUNCIL AND ONE OF MY
02:07:54:00	02:07:57:00	BIGGEST INTENTIONS FOR FILING
02:07:57:00	02:07:58:00	THAT IS TO HAVE THE INFORMATION
02:07:58:00	02:08:00:00	TO THEN WORK WITH THE SCHOOL
02:08:00:00	02:08:01:00	COMMUNITIES AND THE STUDENTS
02:08:01:00	02:08:02:00	WHO WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THESE
02:08:02:00	02:08:05:00	CHANGES AND THAT HEARING NEVER
02:08:05:00	02:08:05:00	HAPPENED.
02:08:05:00	02:08:08:00	SO I GUESS WE WILL FILE IT
02:08:08:00	02:08:09:00	AGAIN IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND
02:08:09:00	02:08:09:00	HOPEFULLY SOONER THAN LATER.
02:08:09:00	02:08:12:00	CAN TALK TO THE ADMINISTRATION
02:08:12:00	02:08:13:00	AND I KNOW THINGS CAN CHANGE
02:08:13:00	02:08:16:00	BUT WE SHOULD HAVE THIS BODY
02:08:16:00	02:08:17:00	SHOULD AT LEAST HAVE
02:08:17:00	02:08:20:00	INFORMATION AND WE'RE NOT ALSO
02:08:20:00	02:08:24:00	HEARING ABOUT IT ON TV REPORTS
02:08:24:00	02:08:24:00	OR SOCIAL MEDIA WHEN SCHOOLS
02:08:24:00	02:08:25:00	ARE BEING CLOSED BUT LOOKING
02:08:25:00	02:08:28:00	FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO
02:08:28:00	02:08:28:00	ADVOCATE FOR OUR STUDENTS, FOR
02:08:28:00	02:08:29:00	OUR TEACHERS, FOR OUR SCHOOLS,
02:08:29:00	02:08:32:00	MAKING SURE THAT ALL STUDENTS
02:08:32:00	02:08:33:00	NO MATTER WHAT SCHOOL THEY GO
02:08:33:00	02:08:35:00	TO ACROSS THE CITY HAS QUALITY
02:08:35:00	02:08:39:00	EDUCATION AND LOOKING FORWARD
02:08:39:00	02:08:40:00	TO THAT WORK.
02:08:40:00	02:08:40:00	THANK YOU.
02:08:40:00	02:08:40:00	THANK YOU.
02:08:40:00	02:08:43:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES DEPENDING
02:08:43:00	02:08:43:00	ON THE FLOOR.
02:08:43:00	02:08:44:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:08:44:00	02:08:47:00	I JUST WANTED TO RISE IN
02:08:47:00	02:08:47:00	SUPPORT OF THE RESOLUTION JUST
02:08:47:00	02:08:51:00	BECAUSE THE ANOTHER OF COLLEGE
02:08:51:00	02:08:51:00	IS ONE OF THE SCHOOLS IN MY
02:08:51:00	02:08:52:00	DISTRICT THAT'S GETTING
02:08:52:00	02:08:54:00	IMPACTED AND IT'S ALWAYS A VERY
02:08:54:00	02:08:55:00	TOUGH CONVERSATION WHEN IT
02:08:55:00	02:08:58:00	COMES ABOUT A SCHOOL CLOSURE
02:08:58:00	02:08:59:00	AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR
02:08:59:00	02:08:59:00	FAMILIES, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS
02:08:59:00	02:09:02:00	ARE SUPPORTED.
02:09:02:00	02:09:03:00	TONIGHT THERE IS A MEETING AT
02:09:03:00	02:09:03:00	ANOTHER COURSE OF COLLEGE THAT
02:09:03:00	02:09:06:00	I WILL BE ATTENDING JUST TO
02:09:06:00	02:09:07:00	MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STANDING
02:09:07:00	02:09:08:00	WITH YOU KNOW, WITH JUST ANY
02:09:08:00	02:09:10:00	CONCERNS THAT THE FAMILIES ARE
02:09:10:00	02:09:10:00	EXPRESSING.
02:09:10:00	02:09:11:00	I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THE
02:09:11:00	02:09:13:00	FINAL DECISION IS TO CLOSE THE
02:09:13:00	02:09:14:00	SCHOOL, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE
02:09:14:00	02:09:17:00	THAT FAMILIES THE STUDENTS, THE
02:09:17:00	02:09:17:00	STAFF MEMBERS, THE HEAD
02:09:17:00	02:09:21:00	OF SCHOOLS HAVE THAT SUPPORT
02:09:21:00	02:09:22:00	AND THERE AND FLAHERTY OF NEXT
02:09:22:00	02:09:24:00	STEPS OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN
02:09:24:00	02:09:25:00	.
02:09:25:00	02:09:25:00	SO I VISITED THE SCHOOL
02:09:25:00	02:09:25:00	MULTIPLE TIMES.
02:09:25:00	02:09:28:00	I WAS ACTUALLY JUST AT THE
02:09:28:00	02:09:29:00	SCHOOL A LITTLE ON THERE A
02:09:29:00	02:09:30:00	MONTH AGO A MEETING WITH THE
02:09:30:00	02:09:32:00	HEAD OF SCHOOL LEARNING ABOUT
02:09:32:00	02:09:33:00	THE GREAT RESOURCES THAT THEY
02:09:33:00	02:09:33:00	PROVIDE.
02:09:33:00	02:09:34:00	SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
02:09:34:00	02:09:36:00	THERE IS THAT THERE THAT THEY
02:09:36:00	02:09:36:00	HAVE THE SUPPORT READY FOR
02:09:36:00	02:09:37:00	THEM.
02:09:37:00	02:09:40:00	AND YEAH, I JUST WANT TO STAND
02:09:40:00	02:09:40:00	WITH THEM.
02:09:40:00	02:09:41:00	SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
02:09:41:00	02:09:43:00	INTRODUCING US.
02:09:43:00	02:09:43:00	THANK YOU.
02:09:43:00	02:09:43:00	OKAY.
02:09:43:00	02:09:45:00	I'M GOING TO TRY TO GO IN THE
02:09:45:00	02:09:47:00	ORDER I SAW THE LIGHTS COME ON
02:09:47:00	02:09:47:00	BUT THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:09:47:00	02:09:50:00	CONTROL AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:09:50:00	02:09:50:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
02:09:50:00	02:09:54:00	AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK
02:09:54:00	02:09:54:00	YOU TO COUNCILOR AND MEJIA FOR
02:09:54:00	02:09:57:00	BRINGING THIS IMPORTANT
02:09:57:00	02:09:57:00	DISCUSSION FORWARD.
02:09:57:00	02:10:01:00	THIS IS THIS IS ABOUT WHAT'S IN
02:10:01:00	02:10:02:00	THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR
02:10:02:00	02:10:05:00	STUDENTS AND TEACHERS.
02:10:05:00	02:10:09:00	AND I THINK WHAT COUNCILOR ME
02:10:09:00	02:10:09:00	HERE IS DOING IS TRYING TO
02:10:09:00	02:10:12:00	ADVOCATE FOR THOSE THAT REALLY
02:10:12:00	02:10:13:00	DON'T HAVE A VOICE AND IN OUR
02:10:13:00	02:10:16:00	CITY AND SHE'S KIND OF THAT
02:10:16:00	02:10:19:00	VOICE AND A LEADER ON ON THESE
02:10:19:00	02:10:20:00	ISSUES AND ONE I WANT TO
02:10:20:00	02:10:22:00	ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILOR HERE BUT
02:10:22:00	02:10:23:00	I ALSO REMEMBER WHEN I WAS ON
02:10:23:00	02:10:26:00	THE COUNCIL YEARS AGO
02:10:26:00	02:10:31:00	COUNCILOR IS CAMPBELL
02:10:31:00	02:10:31:00	COUNCIL WILL
02:10:31:00	02:10:31:00	COUNCILOR PRESENTLY
02:10:31:00	02:10:32:00	COUNCILOR EDWARDS
02:10:32:00	02:10:32:00	COUNCILOR POSSIBLY JUDGE.
02:10:32:00	02:10:34:00	THESE ARE THE TYPES OF ISSUES
02:10:34:00	02:10:34:00	THAT ESPECIALLY BP'S ISSUES
02:10:34:00	02:10:37:00	THEY WOULD BE ALL OVER THEY
02:10:37:00	02:10:38:00	WOULD BE DEMANDING ANSWERS FROM
02:10:38:00	02:10:38:00	BP.
02:10:38:00	02:10:41:00	THEY'D BE FIGHTING FOR
02:10:41:00	02:10:42:00	CONSTITUENTS TO BE FIGHTING FOR
02:10:42:00	02:10:45:00	STUDENTS TO BE ADVOCATING FOR
02:10:45:00	02:10:46:00	THEM TO BE SITTING DOWN AND
02:10:46:00	02:10:49:00	TALKING TO PARENTS.
02:10:49:00	02:10:50:00	THEY'D BE SITTING DOWN TALK
02:10:50:00	02:10:52:00	TALK IN APPEARANCE OVER COFFEE.
02:10:52:00	02:10:53:00	HOW DO WE SUPPORT THEM?
02:10:53:00	02:10:54:00	HOW DO HOW DO WE FIGHT THE BP
02:10:54:00	02:10:56:00	SYSTEM?
02:10:56:00	02:10:57:00	BUT I AM SURPRISED THAT THIS
02:10:57:00	02:11:00:00	BODY HASN'T HELD A HEARING ON
02:11:00:00	02:11:01:00	THIS ISSUE.
02:11:01:00	02:11:04:00	SO THE ONLY WAY THE PUBLIC
02:11:04:00	02:11:05:00	REALLY HAS A VOICE IS THROUGH
02:11:05:00	02:11:08:00	THE THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE IN THE
02:11:08:00	02:11:09:00	SCHOOL COMMITTEE IS NOT
02:11:09:00	02:11:12:00	APPOINTED BY IS NOT ELECTED BY
02:11:12:00	02:11:12:00	THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY.
02:11:12:00	02:11:16:00	SO THIS BODY REALLY IS THE THE
02:11:16:00	02:11:16:00	VOICE OF THE RESIDENTS.
02:11:16:00	02:11:19:00	BUT WHEN THIS VOTE WHEN THIS
02:11:19:00	02:11:23:00	BODY REMAINS SILENT SO SO SO
02:11:23:00	02:11:24:00	TOO IS THE VOICE OF THE
02:11:24:00	02:11:24:00	RESIDENTS.
02:11:24:00	02:11:27:00	ONE PERSON I SPOKE TO TODAY WAS
02:11:27:00	02:11:30:00	SHE WAS A STUDENT AND HER
02:11:30:00	02:11:31:00	SCHOOL WAS SCHEDULED TO BE
02:11:31:00	02:11:31:00	CLOSED.
02:11:31:00	02:11:34:00	SHE HAS AN IEP AND SHE'S
02:11:34:00	02:11:34:00	STRUGGLING TO FIND OUT WHAT
02:11:34:00	02:11:38:00	SERVICES AND SUPPORT ARE THERE
02:11:38:00	02:11:38:00	FOR HER.
02:11:38:00	02:11:42:00	BUT YOU KNOW, MOST AND MOST
02:11:42:00	02:11:42:00	OF THE STUDENTS ARE STUDENTS
02:11:42:00	02:11:42:00	OF COLOR.
02:11:42:00	02:11:45:00	I JUST DON'T THINK WE CAN TURN
02:11:45:00	02:11:46:00	OUR BACKS ON THEM AND GIVE UP
02:11:46:00	02:11:49:00	ON THEM.
02:11:49:00	02:11:49:00	WE NEED TO FIGHT FOR THEM.
02:11:49:00	02:11:50:00	THANK YOU.
02:11:50:00	02:11:53:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:11:53:00	02:11:53:00	COUNCILOR BREADON.
02:11:53:00	02:11:56:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:11:56:00	02:11:57:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:11:57:00	02:11:57:00	AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR MEJIA
02:11:57:00	02:11:59:00	FOR BRINGING THIS IMPORTANT
02:11:59:00	02:12:00:00	RESOLUTION FORWARD.
02:12:00:00	02:12:01:00	THE REALITY IS THAT WE KNOW
02:12:01:00	02:12:03:00	THAT WE HAVE TOO MANY SCHOOLS.
02:12:03:00	02:12:06:00	WE HAVE A DECLINING ENROLLMENT
02:12:06:00	02:12:07:00	.
02:12:07:00	02:12:08:00	WE KNOW WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO
02:12:08:00	02:12:08:00	CLOSE SCHOOLS AND THAT'S THE
02:12:08:00	02:12:11:00	REALITY.
02:12:11:00	02:12:11:00	BUT SCHOOLS ARE NOT JUST
02:12:11:00	02:12:15:00	BUILDINGS.
02:12:15:00	02:12:18:00	THEY ARE COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOL
02:12:18:00	02:12:18:00	CLOSURES ARE PROFOUNDLY
02:12:18:00	02:12:22:00	DISRUPTIVE TO OUR STUDENTS, OUR
02:12:22:00	02:12:27:00	FAMILIES AND TO STAFF.
02:12:27:00	02:12:28:00	WE WOULD I WOULD LOVE TO SEE
02:12:28:00	02:12:31:00	MORE TRANSPARENCY IN TRANSITION
02:12:31:00	02:12:31:00	PLANS.
02:12:31:00	02:12:34:00	I'D LOVE TO SEE MORE SUPPORT
02:12:34:00	02:12:35:00	FOR PARENTS AND STUDENTS
02:12:35:00	02:12:38:00	TRANSPARENCY AND PREDICTABILITY
02:12:38:00	02:12:41:00	ARE ESSENTIAL IN THIS VERY AND
02:12:41:00	02:12:42:00	DISRUPTIVE TIME FOR STUDENTS
02:12:42:00	02:12:45:00	AND THE GRID RECONFIGURATION
02:12:45:00	02:12:46:00	PROCESS AT THE GARDNER PILOT
02:12:46:00	02:12:49:00	ACADEMY A FEW YEARS AGO THEY
02:12:49:00	02:12:53:00	DID AWAY WITH GRADES SEVEN AND
02:12:53:00	02:12:53:00	EIGHT.
02:12:53:00	02:12:57:00	THOSE STUDENTS WERE HAD ALREADY
02:12:57:00	02:12:58:00	BEEN DISPLACED FROM THE JACKSON
02:12:58:00	02:13:00:00	MAN TWO YEARS EARLIER.
02:13:00:00	02:13:00:00	SO IN THE SPACE OF FOUR YEARS
02:13:00:00	02:13:04:00	THE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN MOST IN
02:13:04:00	02:13:04:00	PILLAR TO POST 232 DIFFERENT TO
02:13:04:00	02:13:07:00	TWO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS WITHOUT
02:13:07:00	02:13:10:00	AN A WITHOUT ANY SUPPORT.
02:13:10:00	02:13:11:00	TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE IN
02:13:11:00	02:13:14:00	TERMS OF WHAT THEY NEEDED TO
02:13:14:00	02:13:15:00	HELP THEM MAKE A CHOICE ABOUT
02:13:15:00	02:13:18:00	THEIR NEXT SCHOOL ANOTHER
02:13:18:00	02:13:19:00	COURSE THE COLLEGE WAS
02:13:19:00	02:13:22:00	INCUBATED AT THE FORMER TAFT
02:13:22:00	02:13:26:00	MIDDLE SCHOOL IN IN BRIGHTON
02:13:26:00	02:13:29:00	WHICH IS NOW THE BOSTON GREEN
02:13:29:00	02:13:30:00	ACADEMY AND SEE IT'S IT'S IT'S
02:13:30:00	02:13:33:00	IT'S GOING TO BE CLOSED AS WELL
02:13:33:00	02:13:34:00	SO I THINK REALLY WHAT I REALLY
02:13:34:00	02:13:38:00	HOPE THAT WE CAN MAYBE HAVE A
02:13:38:00	02:13:38:00	HEARING ABOUT THIS VERY
02:13:38:00	02:13:41:00	IMPORTANT ISSUE IN THE NEW YEAR
02:13:41:00	02:13:42:00	IS TO JUST LOOK AT WHAT OUR
02:13:42:00	02:13:45:00	FAMILIES AND OUR STUDENTS NEED
02:13:45:00	02:13:45:00	IN TERMS OF SUPPORT AND REALLY
02:13:45:00	02:13:49:00	TO TRY AND HAVE MORE
02:13:49:00	02:13:49:00	TRANSPARENCY AND PREDICTABILITY
02:13:49:00	02:13:52:00	IN THE PROCESS BECAUSE WE KNOW
02:13:52:00	02:13:53:00	THAT WE DO HAVE TO CLOSE
02:13:53:00	02:13:54:00	SCHOOLS BUT WE SHOULD DO IT
02:13:54:00	02:13:56:00	WELL, THANK YOU.
02:13:56:00	02:13:56:00	THANK YOU.
02:13:56:00	02:13:57:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:13:57:00	02:14:00:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA ON THE FLOOR.
02:14:00:00	02:14:00:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:14:00:00	02:14:04:00	I THANK THE COUNCILWOMAN HERE
02:14:04:00	02:14:04:00	FOR PUTTING THIS PROGRAM
02:14:04:00	02:14:07:00	BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
02:14:07:00	02:14:08:00	I RISE BECAUSE I WILL BE
02:14:08:00	02:14:08:00	SUPPORTIVE OF THIS RESOLUTION.
02:14:08:00	02:14:12:00	I THINK I DEFINITELY WANT TO
02:14:12:00	02:14:12:00	TACKLE I THINK WHAT
02:14:12:00	02:14:13:00	COUNCILOR BRAEDEN SAID.
02:14:13:00	02:14:14:00	I THINK WE'RE SEEING WE WE KNOW
02:14:14:00	02:14:15:00	THAT WE NEED TO CLOSE SCHOOLS.
02:14:15:00	02:14:16:00	I THINK SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT
02:14:16:00	02:14:18:00	I'M HEARING MY COLLEAGUES TALK
02:14:18:00	02:14:22:00	ABOUT, WHETHER IT COMES IN I
02:14:22:00	02:14:23:00	THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR
02:14:23:00	02:14:25:00	STUDENTS WITH WHO ARE LEARNING
02:14:25:00	02:14:26:00	ENGLISH AND LEARNING DIFFERENT
02:14:26:00	02:14:29:00	LANGUAGES STUDENTS WITH IEP.
02:14:29:00	02:14:30:00	I THINK THIS IS THE POINT
02:14:30:00	02:14:33:00	OF WHY SCHOOLS NEED TO BE
02:14:33:00	02:14:34:00	CLOSED IS TO TRY TO CONDENSE
02:14:34:00	02:14:35:00	SOME OF THOSE RESOURCES AND
02:14:35:00	02:14:37:00	REALLY ENHANCE THOSE RESOURCES.
02:14:37:00	02:14:38:00	BUT I DO BELIEVE IN A
02:14:38:00	02:14:42:00	TRANSPARENT PROCESS.
02:14:42:00	02:14:42:00	I BELIEVE THAT THESE
02:14:42:00	02:14:43:00	CONVERSATIONS NEED TO HAPPEN
02:14:43:00	02:14:45:00	ALONGSIDE COMMUNITY.
02:14:45:00	02:14:46:00	THE TOBIN IS A SCHOOL I
02:14:46:00	02:14:49:00	GRADUATED FROM ONE THAT I
02:14:49:00	02:14:53:00	REALLY CARE ABOUT AND MY
02:14:53:00	02:14:54:00	COMMUNITY OF MISSION HILL I
02:14:54:00	02:14:55:00	MEAN IT'S ON THIS LIST, YOU
02:14:55:00	02:14:57:00	KNOW IT'S I'M HEARING FROM
02:14:57:00	02:14:58:00	COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT MUCH
02:14:58:00	02:15:00:00	AND HOW ABOUT HOW YOU KNOW HOW
02:15:00:00	02:15:01:00	PERSONAL THIS IS HOW DISRUPTIVE
02:15:01:00	02:15:04:00	THIS MAY BE.
02:15:04:00	02:15:05:00	AND AGAIN, I JUST REALLY WANT
02:15:05:00	02:15:08:00	TO RISE TO, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT
02:15:08:00	02:15:08:00	THIS RESOLUTION AND ENCOURAGE
02:15:08:00	02:15:11:00	AND WORK ALONGSIDE WITH THE
02:15:11:00	02:15:11:00	ADMINISTRATION AND BEPS TO MAKE
02:15:11:00	02:15:12:00	SURE THAT THESE CONVERSATIONS
02:15:12:00	02:15:15:00	ARE HAPPENING ALONGSIDE OUR
02:15:15:00	02:15:15:00	COMMUNITY MEMBERS, OUR
02:15:15:00	02:15:18:00	STUDENTS, OUR PARENTS, OUR
02:15:18:00	02:15:19:00	TEACHERS.
02:15:19:00	02:15:19:00	THANK YOU.
02:15:19:00	02:15:19:00	THANK YOU.
02:15:19:00	02:15:20:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:15:20:00	02:15:22:00	COUNCIL ARE YOU ON THE FLOOR?
02:15:22:00	02:15:23:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:15:23:00	02:15:23:00	AND THANK YOU TO
02:15:23:00	02:15:24:00	COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR YOUR
02:15:24:00	02:15:26:00	LEADERSHIP ON THIS MATTER AND
02:15:26:00	02:15:27:00	ALSO THANK YOU TO
02:15:27:00	02:15:27:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
02:15:27:00	02:15:30:00	I WANT TO START BY SAYING THESE
02:15:30:00	02:15:31:00	ARE HARD DECISIONS AND TOUGH
02:15:31:00	02:15:34:00	CONVERSATIONS TO HAVE BUT KNOW
02:15:34:00	02:15:35:00	WE MUST HAVE THEM AS A BODY TO
02:15:35:00	02:15:37:00	MAKE SURE THAT OUR FAMILIES,
02:15:37:00	02:15:37:00	OUR STUDENTS AND OUR TEACHERS
02:15:37:00	02:15:38:00	ARE SUPPORTED THROUGH THIS
02:15:38:00	02:15:41:00	TRANSITION BY COUNCIL.
02:15:41:00	02:15:42:00	BREADON AND OTHER
02:15:42:00	02:15:42:00	COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HAVE YOU
02:15:42:00	02:15:45:00	KNOW, MADE THIS STATEMENT AS
02:15:45:00	02:15:45:00	WELL THAT THE UNFORTUNATE
02:15:45:00	02:15:48:00	REALITY IS THAT MANY OF OUR
02:15:48:00	02:15:49:00	BUILDINGS ARE OLD, OUTDATED AND
02:15:49:00	02:15:52:00	SIMPLY NOT DESIGNED FOR THE
02:15:52:00	02:15:52:00	KIND OF EXCLUSIVE MULTILINGUAL
02:15:52:00	02:15:55:00	MODERN CLASSROOMS OUR STUDENTS
02:15:55:00	02:15:56:00	NEED AND DESERVE.
02:15:56:00	02:15:57:00	SOME BUILDINGS MAY HAVE TO GO
02:15:57:00	02:16:00:00	OFF LINE BUT IF THAT IS WHERE
02:16:00:00	02:16:00:00	WE ARE HEADED THEN WE OWE OUR
02:16:00:00	02:16:03:00	KIDS AND OUR FAMILIES NOT
02:16:03:00	02:16:04:00	TEACHERS A CLEAR VISION AND
02:16:04:00	02:16:07:00	WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR AND WHAT
02:16:07:00	02:16:07:00	FAMILIES HAVE CONSISTENTLY
02:16:07:00	02:16:08:00	ASKED FOR IS THE FULL
02:16:08:00	02:16:11:00	MASTERPLAN NOT SCHOOL BY SCHOOL
02:16:11:00	02:16:12:00	UPDATES EVERY FEW MONTHS BUT
02:16:12:00	02:16:15:00	THE FULL PICTURE.
02:16:15:00	02:16:16:00	I THINK WE NEED TO SEE THE
02:16:16:00	02:16:17:00	WHOLE PLAN AT ONCE SO WE CAN
02:16:17:00	02:16:18:00	UNDERSTAND WHY CERTAIN SCHOOLS
02:16:18:00	02:16:19:00	ARE BEING RECOMMENDED FOR
02:16:19:00	02:16:19:00	CLOSURE.
02:16:19:00	02:16:22:00	HOW STUDENTS WILL BE SUPPORTED
02:16:22:00	02:16:22:00	AND HOW THESE STEPS CAN MOVE US
02:16:22:00	02:16:23:00	TOWARD A STRONGER AND MORE
02:16:23:00	02:16:26:00	EQUITABLE DISTRICT.
02:16:26:00	02:16:27:00	WE SIMPLY CAN'T HAVE OUR
02:16:27:00	02:16:30:00	STUDENTS BOUNCING AROUND FROM
02:16:30:00	02:16:30:00	ONE CLOTHING SCHOOL TO ANOTHER
02:16:30:00	02:16:34:00	AND WITH THIS WAVE OF CLOSURES
02:16:34:00	02:16:35:00	WE HAVE ABOUT A DOZEN STUDENTS
02:16:35:00	02:16:38:00	WHO NOW HAVE HAD THEIR SCHOOL
02:16:38:00	02:16:39:00	CLOSED TWICE AND I KNOW THAT'S
02:16:39:00	02:16:42:00	SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE AT BPC
02:16:42:00	02:16:42:00	WANTS TO AVOID.
02:16:42:00	02:16:46:00	WE STILL DON'T HAVE FLAHERTY ON
02:16:46:00	02:16:49:00	THE METRICS OR RUBRICS GUIDING
02:16:49:00	02:16:49:00	THOSE THESE DECISIONS.
02:16:49:00	02:16:52:00	WE ALL WANT BETTER SCHOOLS.
02:16:52:00	02:16:53:00	WE ALL WANT EVERY CHILD, EVERY
02:16:53:00	02:16:56:00	MULTILINGUAL LEARNER STUDENTS
02:16:56:00	02:16:57:00	WITH DISABILITIES, EVERY
02:16:57:00	02:16:57:00	STUDENT TO HAVE A HIGH ACCESS
02:16:57:00	02:17:00:00	TO QUALITY HIGH QUALITY SEATS
02:17:00:00	02:17:01:00	BUT IS GET IT IT'S GETTING
02:17:01:00	02:17:03:00	HARDER TO GET THERE WITHOUT A
02:17:03:00	02:17:04:00	FULL PLAN THAT THE PUBLIC CAN
02:17:04:00	02:17:07:00	SEE, UNDERSTAND AND TRUST.
02:17:07:00	02:17:08:00	SO I SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION
02:17:08:00	02:17:09:00	AND HOPEFULLY IN THE NEW YEAR
02:17:09:00	02:17:11:00	WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS
02:17:11:00	02:17:11:00	CONVERSATION AND THAT
02:17:11:00	02:17:12:00	MASTERPLAN FULLY TRANSPARENT
02:17:12:00	02:17:15:00	FOR THE PUBLIC.
02:17:15:00	02:17:16:00	THANK YOU.
02:17:16:00	02:17:16:00	THANK YOU.
02:17:16:00	02:17:16:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:17:16:00	02:17:17:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN YOU HAVE THE
02:17:17:00	02:17:19:00	FLOOR.
02:17:19:00	02:17:19:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
02:17:19:00	02:17:20:00	I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR MEJIA
02:17:20:00	02:17:22:00	FOR FILING THIS.
02:17:22:00	02:17:22:00	I PERSONALLY HAVE ATTENDED
02:17:22:00	02:17:26:00	WORKSHOPS WITH BP'S DELAVAN WHO
02:17:26:00	02:17:27:00	MANY OF YOU KNOW I THINK SHE
02:17:27:00	02:17:30:00	DOES AN INCREDIBLE JOB WHERE WE
02:17:30:00	02:17:31:00	ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH AN
02:17:31:00	02:17:34:00	EXAMPLE WE ARE NOT ANONYMOUS
02:17:34:00	02:17:35:00	THE SCHOOLS AND WE WENT THROUGH
02:17:35:00	02:17:38:00	AN EXAMPLE OF EXACTLY HOW THEY
02:17:38:00	02:17:41:00	MAKE THESE DECISIONS SO THERE
02:17:41:00	02:17:41:00	WERE BP'S PARENTS THERE.
02:17:41:00	02:17:45:00	THERE WERE RESIDENTS THERE AND
02:17:45:00	02:17:45:00	SITTING BY SCHOOL
02:17:45:00	02:17:46:00	ADMINISTRATORS.
02:17:46:00	02:17:48:00	SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS WORK
02:17:48:00	02:17:49:00	IS HAPPENING.
02:17:49:00	02:17:50:00	WE MIGHT HAVE NOT GOTTEN A GOLD
02:17:50:00	02:17:53:00	INVITATION TO GO TO THE SOME
02:17:53:00	02:17:54:00	OF THOSE WORKSHOPS BUT I FOUND
02:17:54:00	02:17:54:00	OUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN MY
02:17:54:00	02:17:57:00	DISTRICT AND I WENT I THINK
02:17:57:00	02:18:00:00	OBVIOUSLY THE TOBIN GRADE
02:18:00:00	02:18:01:00	CHANGE IS THAT IS IN MY
02:18:01:00	02:18:01:00	DISTRICT.
02:18:01:00	02:18:02:00	I CARE A LOT ABOUT THOSE
02:18:02:00	02:18:04:00	STUDENTS.
02:18:04:00	02:18:04:00	I RECOGNIZE THAT SCHOOL
02:18:04:00	02:18:05:00	CLOSURES ARE DIFFICULT FOR
02:18:05:00	02:18:09:00	FAMILIES AND THESE DECISIONS
02:18:09:00	02:18:10:00	IMPACT OUR RESIDENTS AND THEIR
02:18:10:00	02:18:12:00	FUTURES.
02:18:12:00	02:18:13:00	I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT DISTRICT
02:18:13:00	02:18:16:00	EIGHT HAS LESS PEOPLE GOING TO
02:18:16:00	02:18:17:00	BP THAN ANY OTHER DISTRICT.
02:18:17:00	02:18:20:00	SO I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
02:18:20:00	02:18:20:00	I'M HAVING THIS CONVERSATION
02:18:20:00	02:18:21:00	AND COMMUNITY WITH ALL OF YOU.
02:18:21:00	02:18:24:00	I HAVE OBVIOUSLY VLS.
02:18:24:00	02:18:27:00	I HAVE THE NEW M.K. HOW ABOUT
02:18:27:00	02:18:28:00	CENTER FOR HEALTH CAREERS?
02:18:28:00	02:18:29:00	I HAVE THE SNOWDEN I HAVE SOME
02:18:29:00	02:18:32:00	OF THESE SPECIAL AT BOSTON ARTS
02:18:32:00	02:18:32:00	ACADEMY.
02:18:32:00	02:18:32:00	YOU HAVE SOME OF THESE
02:18:32:00	02:18:35:00	SPECIALTY SCHOOLS BUT I'M NOT
02:18:35:00	02:18:36:00	LIVING LIKE YOU ARE THE SOME
02:18:36:00	02:18:39:00	OF THESE REALITIES SO I JUST
02:18:39:00	02:18:42:00	WANT TO SAY THAT I CONSOLIDATE
02:18:42:00	02:18:43:00	ATION IS IMPORTANT.
02:18:43:00	02:18:46:00	I THINK THAT BP'S LEADERSHIP
02:18:46:00	02:18:47:00	HAS PUT THESE DECISIONS OFF FOR
02:18:47:00	02:18:50:00	DECADES AND I AM PROUD OF THE
02:18:50:00	02:18:51:00	MAYOR AND I'M PROUD OF THE
02:18:51:00	02:18:51:00	ADMINISTRATION FOR MAKING SOME
02:18:51:00	02:18:54:00	TOUGH CALLS BECAUSE THE REALITY
02:18:54:00	02:18:54:00	AT A TIME WHEN WE'RE HAVING
02:18:54:00	02:18:55:00	CONVERSATIONS ABOUT CUTTING THE
02:18:55:00	02:18:58:00	BUDGET WE HAVE A LOT OF EMPTY
02:18:58:00	02:18:59:00	SEATS AND THESE ARE REALITIES
02:18:59:00	02:19:02:00	THAT WE NEED TO FACE AND I JUST
02:19:02:00	02:19:05:00	WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR
02:19:05:00	02:19:06:00	HAVING THIS CONVERSATION.
02:19:06:00	02:19:07:00	I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE
02:19:07:00	02:19:07:00	MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
02:19:07:00	02:19:10:00	BECAUSE THEY DO THIS WORK EVERY
02:19:10:00	02:19:10:00	SINGLE DAY AND I KNOW A LOT
02:19:10:00	02:19:13:00	OF US DON'T ATTEND ALL OF THEIR
02:19:13:00	02:19:14:00	MEETINGS BUT BECAUSE WE DON'T
02:19:14:00	02:19:15:00	HAVE THE TIME WE ARE ALWAYS OUT
02:19:15:00	02:19:17:00	IN THE COMMUNITY DOING STUFF
02:19:17:00	02:19:17:00	OURSELVES BUT THEY REALLY ARE
02:19:17:00	02:19:20:00	HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS AND
02:19:20:00	02:19:21:00	I DO WANT TO ENCOURAGE ANYONE
02:19:21:00	02:19:24:00	IF THERE ARE ANY MORE WORKSHOPS
02:19:24:00	02:19:25:00	, GO TO WORKSHOPS, SIT WITH THE
02:19:25:00	02:19:26:00	FAMILIES IN YOUR DISTRICT THAT
02:19:26:00	02:19:28:00	ARE THERE TRYING TO MAKE SENSE
02:19:28:00	02:19:29:00	OF WHAT THESE DECISIONS MEAN
02:19:29:00	02:19:32:00	BECAUSE BP IS DOING THAT WORK.
02:19:32:00	02:19:33:00	I'VE SEEN THEM DOING THIS WORK
02:19:33:00	02:19:35:00	IN MY DISTRICT AND ACROSS THE
02:19:35:00	02:19:36:00	CITY BUT I DO SUPPORT
02:19:36:00	02:19:36:00	TRANSPARENCY.
02:19:36:00	02:19:39:00	I SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE AND I
02:19:39:00	02:19:39:00	SUPPORT MORE CONVERSATION.
02:19:39:00	02:19:40:00	THANK YOU.
02:19:40:00	02:19:43:00	THANK YOU.
02:19:43:00	02:19:44:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:19:44:00	02:19:44:00	COUNCILOR MEJIA ON THE FLOOR.
02:19:44:00	02:19:47:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:19:47:00	02:19:48:00	I JUST WANT TO THANK MY
02:19:48:00	02:19:50:00	COLLEAGUES FOR WHO HAS SPOKEN
02:19:50:00	02:19:50:00	IN SUPPORT.
02:19:50:00	02:19:53:00	I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
02:19:53:00	02:19:57:00	FOR AT LEAST FOR ME TO BRING
02:19:57:00	02:19:58:00	THE VOICES OF THE PEOPLE INTO
02:19:58:00	02:19:58:00	THIS CHAMBER.
02:19:58:00	02:20:01:00	THAT'S WHAT WE GET ELECTED TO
02:20:01:00	02:20:01:00	DO.
02:20:01:00	02:20:02:00	AND WHILE NOT EVERYONE HAS THE
02:20:02:00	02:20:06:00	SAME EXPERIENCES, IT IS NOT
02:20:06:00	02:20:09:00	LOST ON ME THAT AS SOMEONE WHO
02:20:09:00	02:20:09:00	GREW UP HERE IN THE CITY
02:20:09:00	02:20:10:00	OF BOSTON GRADUATED FROM BOSTON
02:20:10:00	02:20:13:00	PUBLIC SCHOOL, I'M A BOSTON
02:20:13:00	02:20:16:00	PUBLIC SCHOOL PARENT AND WORKED
02:20:16:00	02:20:18:00	IN THE EDUCATION SPACE FOR THE
02:20:18:00	02:20:21:00	LAST 15 YEARS I HAVE SEEN AND
02:20:21:00	02:20:25:00	WITNESSED TIME AND TIME AND
02:20:25:00	02:20:28:00	TIME AND TIME AGAIN HOW BP'S
02:20:28:00	02:20:28:00	REGARDLESS OF WHO THE LEADER
02:20:28:00	02:20:32:00	IS, COMES INTO OUR
02:20:32:00	02:20:33:00	NEIGHBORHOODS WITH A NEW PLAN
02:20:33:00	02:20:36:00	AND EVERY TIME THERE'S A NEW
02:20:36:00	02:20:36:00	SUPERINTENDENT THERE GOES THE
02:20:36:00	02:20:36:00	PLAN.
02:20:36:00	02:20:39:00	AND SO WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY
02:20:39:00	02:20:40:00	HERE ON THE BOSSIER CITY
02:20:40:00	02:20:43:00	COUNCIL BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE
02:20:43:00	02:20:44:00	AN ELECTED SCHOOL COMMITTEE TO
02:20:44:00	02:20:45:00	REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
02:20:45:00	02:20:47:00	AMPLIFYING THE THINGS THAT
02:20:47:00	02:20:48:00	WE'RE HEARING OUT IN THE
02:20:48:00	02:20:48:00	STREETS.
02:20:48:00	02:20:54:00	AND SO WE HAVE A MANDATE AND MY
02:20:54:00	02:20:58:00	HOPE IS IS THAT NEXT TERM WE
02:20:58:00	02:20:58:00	REALLY START UTILIZING OUR
02:20:58:00	02:21:02:00	MICROPHONES IN WAYS THAT REALLY
02:21:02:00	02:21:02:00	PROVIDE VOICE FOR THE PEOPLE
02:21:02:00	02:21:06:00	THAT WE SERVE IN WAYS THAT THEY
02:21:06:00	02:21:06:00	FEEL SEEN AND AFFIRMED.
02:21:06:00	02:21:10:00	AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT
02:21:10:00	02:21:13:00	EXAMPLE OF WHAT COURAGEOUS
02:21:13:00	02:21:14:00	LEADERSHIP LOOKS LIKE AND I
02:21:14:00	02:21:18:00	LOOK FORWARD TO CREATING MORE
02:21:18:00	02:21:21:00	SPACE FOR FAMILIES WHO DON'T
02:21:21:00	02:21:21:00	FEEL COMFORTABLE COMING HERE TO
02:21:21:00	02:21:25:00	SHOW UP HERE AND SPEAK THEIR
02:21:25:00	02:21:26:00	TRUTH IN WAYS THAT THIS WOMAN
02:21:26:00	02:21:29:00	IS CALLING FOR SO I THANK MY
02:21:29:00	02:21:30:00	COLLEAGUES FOR SUPPORTING
02:21:30:00	02:21:33:00	TRANSPARENCY AND AS YOU KNOW
02:21:33:00	02:21:34:00	I'M THE CHAIR CURRENTLY OF THE
02:21:34:00	02:21:36:00	GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND
02:21:36:00	02:21:39:00	TRANSPARENCY COMMITTEE THAT I
02:21:39:00	02:21:40:00	CREATED.
02:21:40:00	02:21:43:00	THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR FLYNN
02:21:43:00	02:21:44:00	WHO ALLOWED ME TO BE THE
02:21:44:00	02:21:44:00	FOUNDER OF THAT ONE.
02:21:44:00	02:21:48:00	BUT I ALSO KNOW THE POLITICS
02:21:48:00	02:21:49:00	THAT WE'RE NAVIGATING IN AND SO
02:21:49:00	02:21:52:00	THIS IS GOING TO BE REGARDLESS
02:21:52:00	02:21:52:00	OF WHETHER I'M THE CHAIR OR
02:21:52:00	02:21:55:00	NOT, I WILL STILL CONTINUE TO
02:21:55:00	02:21:56:00	BRING TRANSPARENCY INTO THIS
02:21:56:00	02:21:59:00	CHAMBER AS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING
02:21:59:00	02:22:03:00	TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER.
02:22:03:00	02:22:03:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
02:22:03:00	02:22:04:00	THEIR NAME?
02:22:04:00	02:22:04:00	MR CLARE, COULD YOU PLEASE THAT
02:22:04:00	02:22:06:00	COUNCIL IS GREAT IN CLARE
02:22:06:00	02:22:10:00	ZAPATA DURKAN FITZGERALD FLYNN
02:22:10:00	02:22:11:00	THE BEN SANTANA WEBER WORLD
02:22:11:00	02:22:14:00	PLEASE OF THE CHAIR COUNCILORS
02:22:14:00	02:22:15:00	MCGEE AND MURPHY SUSPENSION
02:22:15:00	02:22:16:00	OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION
02:22:16:00	02:22:17:00	OF DR. NUMBER 2088 ALL THOSE IN
02:22:17:00	02:22:18:00	FAVOR SAY AYE I I THOSE OPPOSED
02:22:18:00	02:22:20:00	NAY MADAM.
02:22:20:00	02:22:21:00	MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
02:22:21:00	02:22:24:00	CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL
02:22:24:00	02:22:28:00	CALL VOTE ON DOCUMENT 2088
02:22:28:00	02:22:28:00	COUNCIL GREEN YES
02:22:28:00	02:22:32:00	COUNCILOR BREADON YES.
02:22:32:00	02:22:33:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A
02:22:33:00	02:22:34:00	COUNCILOR COLOR AS A PARTY YES.
02:22:34:00	02:22:35:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN
02:22:35:00	02:22:35:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN YES.
02:22:35:00	02:22:39:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
02:22:39:00	02:22:39:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
02:22:39:00	02:22:40:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.
02:22:40:00	02:22:42:00	COUNCIL FLYNN YES.
02:22:42:00	02:22:43:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
02:22:43:00	02:22:43:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES
02:22:43:00	02:22:46:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE.
02:22:46:00	02:22:46:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES.
02:22:46:00	02:22:47:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.
02:22:47:00	02:22:50:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.
02:22:50:00	02:22:51:00	COUNCILOR PIPPIN COUNCIL 15 YES
02:22:51:00	02:22:54:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.
02:22:54:00	02:22:54:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.
02:22:54:00	02:22:54:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
02:22:54:00	02:22:57:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
02:22:57:00	02:22:58:00	IN COUNCILOR WORRELL YES.
02:22:58:00	02:23:01:00	COUNCILOR OH YES.
02:23:01:00	02:23:01:00	TALKING NUMBER 2088 HAS
02:23:01:00	02:23:05:00	RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN
02:23:05:00	02:23:05:00	THE AFFIRMATIVE.
02:23:05:00	02:23:06:00	THANK YOU.
02:23:06:00	02:23:06:00	THIS DOCKET HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
02:23:06:00	02:23:08:00	MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
02:23:08:00	02:23:11:00	REDACT NUMBER 2089 DUCK NUMBER
02:23:11:00	02:23:12:00	2089 COUNCILOR FLYNN OFFER THE
02:23:12:00	02:23:15:00	FOLLOWING RESOLUTION SEVEN IN
02:23:15:00	02:23:16:00	SUPPORT OF A BOSTON HOUSING
02:23:16:00	02:23:20:00	AUTHORITY ELEVATOR SAFETY
02:23:20:00	02:23:20:00	COMMISSION.
02:23:20:00	02:23:21:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:23:21:00	02:23:21:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN,
02:23:21:00	02:23:24:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE
02:23:24:00	02:23:24:00	FLOOR IN RECENT YEARS WHEN?
02:23:24:00	02:23:24:00	ONE MOMENT.
02:23:24:00	02:23:25:00	ONE MINUTE.
02:23:25:00	02:23:28:00	SORRY COUNCILOR PLINY ON THE
02:23:28:00	02:23:30:00	FLOOR IN RECENT YEARS AGING
02:23:30:00	02:23:31:00	ELEVATORS AT VHA DEVELOPMENT
02:23:31:00	02:23:34:00	HAVE POSED PUBLIC SAFETY
02:23:34:00	02:23:34:00	CONCERNS.
02:23:34:00	02:23:35:00	RESIDENTS REPORTED FREQUENT
02:23:35:00	02:23:38:00	BREAKDOWNS BEING STUCK IN
02:23:38:00	02:23:39:00	ELEVATORS, ELEVATORS SKIPPING
02:23:39:00	02:23:42:00	FLOORS, PROLONGED PERIODS
02:23:42:00	02:23:42:00	OF DISREPAIR.
02:23:42:00	02:23:43:00	THERE ARE INCREASING CONCERNS
02:23:43:00	02:23:46:00	THAT THE CONDITIONS VIOLATE
02:23:46:00	02:23:46:00	FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS
02:23:46:00	02:23:47:00	INCLUDING THE AMERICANS WITH
02:23:47:00	02:23:50:00	DISABILITIES ACT.
02:23:50:00	02:23:51:00	OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS,
02:23:51:00	02:23:51:00	TENANTS AT THE RUTH BARCLAY
02:23:51:00	02:23:54:00	APARTMENTS IN THE SOUTH END
02:23:54:00	02:23:54:00	REPORTED FREQUENT ELEVATOR
02:23:54:00	02:23:57:00	BREAKDOWNS WITH MULTIPLE
02:23:57:00	02:23:58:00	ELEVATORS FACING LONG TERM
02:23:58:00	02:24:01:00	OUTAGES IN DECEMBER 2024
02:24:01:00	02:24:04:00	RESIDENTS COMPLAINED THAT TWO
02:24:04:00	02:24:05:00	OF THE ELEVATORS AT THE COMPLEX
02:24:05:00	02:24:06:00	HAVE BEEN OUT OF SERVICE FOR A
02:24:06:00	02:24:08:00	YEAR WHILE ANOTHER HAD BEEN
02:24:08:00	02:24:09:00	OPERATING ON AND OFF SINCE
02:24:09:00	02:24:12:00	THANKSGIVING THIS YEAR DUE TO
02:24:12:00	02:24:12:00	AN ELEVATOR FAILURE ON THE
02:24:12:00	02:24:15:00	TUESDAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING FOR
02:24:15:00	02:24:16:00	TWO DAYS THROUGH THE HOLIDAY
02:24:16:00	02:24:17:00	MORNING ON THURSDAY, MANY
02:24:17:00	02:24:19:00	RESIDENTS RUTH BARCLAY
02:24:19:00	02:24:20:00	APARTMENTS WERE FORCED TO ALTER
02:24:20:00	02:24:23:00	AND CANCEL PLANS WITH THEIR
02:24:23:00	02:24:23:00	FAMILIES NEVER MIND THE
02:24:23:00	02:24:26:00	INABILITY TO GO ABOUT THEIR
02:24:26:00	02:24:27:00	DAILY RESPONSIBILITIES LIKE
02:24:27:00	02:24:28:00	APPOINTMENTS OR PICKING UP
02:24:28:00	02:24:31:00	PRESCRIPTIONS ON DRUGS DURING
02:24:31:00	02:24:31:00	THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
02:24:31:00	02:24:34:00	ON OCTOBER 2025 THE BOSTON CITY
02:24:34:00	02:24:37:00	COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON HOUSING
02:24:37:00	02:24:38:00	HELD A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE
02:24:38:00	02:24:39:00	STATUS OF THE ELEVATORS AT RUTH
02:24:39:00	02:24:42:00	BARCLAY.
02:24:42:00	02:24:43:00	AT THE HEARING RESIDENTS SHARED
02:24:43:00	02:24:45:00	THAT THE BROKEN ELEVATORS HAVE
02:24:45:00	02:24:46:00	CAUSED THEM TO MISS MEDICAL
02:24:46:00	02:24:46:00	APPOINTMENTS, OTHER CRITICAL
02:24:46:00	02:24:49:00	SERVICES AND DIFFICULTY
02:24:49:00	02:24:50:00	DIFFICULTIES MAKING IT TO THE
02:24:50:00	02:24:53:00	BATHROOM.
02:24:53:00	02:24:53:00	IN ONE INSTANCE IT WAS REPORTED
02:24:53:00	02:24:57:00	THAT ISSUES CAUSED THE RESIDENT
02:24:57:00	02:24:57:00	TO MISS MOST OF HER CHILD'S
02:24:57:00	02:25:03:00	FUNERAL.
02:25:03:00	02:25:04:00	ELEVATOR ACCESS IS ESSENTIAL
02:25:04:00	02:25:08:00	FOR OUR SENIORS AND PERSONS
02:25:08:00	02:25:11:00	WITH DISABILITIES AS IT IS
02:25:11:00	02:25:12:00	IMPERATIVE THAT VHA COMMUNICATE
02:25:12:00	02:25:13:00	THESE PLANS AND PROTOCOLS IN A
02:25:13:00	02:25:16:00	TIMELY MANNER TO RESIDENTS.
02:25:16:00	02:25:19:00	I AM CALLING FOR THIS
02:25:19:00	02:25:20:00	COMMISSION TO ADDRESS PUBLIC
02:25:20:00	02:25:20:00	SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE
02:25:20:00	02:25:24:00	CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY FAMILIES
02:25:24:00	02:25:27:00	IN THE VHA DEVELOPMENT.
02:25:27:00	02:25:28:00	THE COMMISSION MAY BE COMPRISED
02:25:28:00	02:25:28:00	OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE VHA
02:25:28:00	02:25:31:00	TASK FORCE INCLUDING VHA
02:25:31:00	02:25:32:00	LEADERSHIP THE BOSTON FIRE
02:25:32:00	02:25:34:00	DEPARTMENT INSPECTIONAL
02:25:34:00	02:25:35:00	SERVICES, THE DISABILITIES
02:25:35:00	02:25:38:00	COMMISSIONER, A CITY
02:25:38:00	02:25:39:00	COUNCIL MEMBER MAYBE MAYBE THAT
02:25:39:00	02:25:39:00	MIGHT BE ME AND A
02:25:39:00	02:25:42:00	REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE
02:25:42:00	02:25:42:00	ELEVATOR MAINTENANCE INDUSTRY
02:25:42:00	02:25:46:00	BUT THE FINAL ANALYSIS I'M NOT
02:25:46:00	02:25:47:00	GOING TO DO NOTHING WHEN MY
02:25:47:00	02:25:50:00	CONSTITUENTS DON'T HAVE ACCESS
02:25:50:00	02:25:50:00	TO AN ELEVATOR.
02:25:50:00	02:25:54:00	THIS IS A FEDERAL ISSUE.
02:25:54:00	02:25:54:00	IT'S A STATE ISSUE.
02:25:54:00	02:25:58:00	IT'S A CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE AND
02:25:58:00	02:25:58:00	IF I DON'T GET THIS COMMISSION,
02:25:58:00	02:26:02:00	IF WE DON'T IMPLEMENT THIS
02:26:02:00	02:26:02:00	COMMISSION IN 60 DAYS, I'M
02:26:02:00	02:26:03:00	GOING TO ASK THE STATE OR THE
02:26:03:00	02:26:05:00	FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO
02:26:05:00	02:26:06:00	INVESTIGATE THE VHA ELEVATOR
02:26:06:00	02:26:06:00	SYSTEM.
02:26:06:00	02:26:09:00	I THINK IT'S MORE IMPORTANT
02:26:09:00	02:26:10:00	THAT THE CITY DOES IT.
02:26:10:00	02:26:13:00	I'D LIKE TO BE PART OF THAT
02:26:13:00	02:26:13:00	PROCESS BUT I CAN'T TAKE A
02:26:13:00	02:26:16:00	CHANCE THAT THE ELEVATORS WILL
02:26:16:00	02:26:17:00	CONTINUE TO BE BROKE IN
02:26:17:00	02:26:17:00	VIOLATION OF FEDERAL LAW,
02:26:17:00	02:26:20:00	AMERICANS DISABILITY AMERICAN
02:26:20:00	02:26:24:00	DISABILITY ACT THIS IS CIVIL
02:26:24:00	02:26:24:00	RIGHTS.
02:26:24:00	02:26:25:00	THIS IS ABOUT PERSONS WITH
02:26:25:00	02:26:25:00	DISABILITIES.
02:26:25:00	02:26:28:00	I CAN'T COMPROMISE ON THAT.
02:26:28:00	02:26:28:00	THANK YOU.
02:26:28:00	02:26:29:00	THANK YOU.
02:26:29:00	02:26:32:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
02:26:32:00	02:26:32:00	BREADON BECAUSE OF BREADON NEAR
02:26:32:00	02:26:32:00	THE FLOOR.
02:26:32:00	02:26:35:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:26:35:00	02:26:36:00	I'D LIKE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND
02:26:36:00	02:26:39:00	HOW A CITY COMMISSION LIKE THIS
02:26:39:00	02:26:43:00	WOULD OVERLAP WITH THE DUTIES
02:26:43:00	02:26:43:00	OF THE MASSACHUSETTS ARCHITECT
02:26:43:00	02:26:46:00	ARCHITECTURAL ACCESS BOARD AND
02:26:46:00	02:26:47:00	THE STATE'S BOARD OF ELEVATOR
02:26:47:00	02:26:51:00	REGULATE REGULATION.
02:26:51:00	02:26:52:00	BOTH OF THESE BODIES ARE
02:26:52:00	02:26:52:00	EXPERTS.
02:26:52:00	02:26:55:00	THE AAIB IS AN EXPERT IN
02:26:55:00	02:26:58:00	DISABILITY ACCESS AND THE STATE
02:26:58:00	02:26:59:00	BOARD IS AN EXPERT IN ELEVATOR
02:26:59:00	02:27:02:00	OPERATIONS.
02:27:02:00	02:27:03:00	WE ARE WE HEARD AT THE HEARING
02:27:03:00	02:27:06:00	I CHAIRED IN OCTOBER THAT THE
02:27:06:00	02:27:09:00	VHA IS IN REGULAR TOUCH WITH
02:27:09:00	02:27:10:00	BOTH OF THESE BOARDS ABOUT
02:27:10:00	02:27:13:00	THEIR ELEVATORS AND THEY WANT
02:27:13:00	02:27:14:00	TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT
02:27:14:00	02:27:17:00	CREATING A REDUNDANT LAYER OF A
02:27:17:00	02:27:17:00	REDUNDANT LAYER OF BUREAUCRACY
02:27:17:00	02:27:20:00	WITHOUT ACT THAT WOULD ACTUALLY
02:27:20:00	02:27:21:00	BE INEFFECTIVE IN ADDRESSING
02:27:21:00	02:27:21:00	THE PROBLEM.
02:27:21:00	02:27:25:00	SO I WOULD LIKE TO OBJECT TO
02:27:25:00	02:27:26:00	AND TO SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE
02:27:26:00	02:27:28:00	TODAY TO ALLOW THIS MATTER
02:27:28:00	02:27:31:00	LEAVE IT OPEN FOR FURTHER STUDY
02:27:31:00	02:27:32:00	.
02:27:32:00	02:27:32:00	THANK YOU.
02:27:32:00	02:27:32:00	THANK YOU.
02:27:32:00	02:27:33:00	COUNCILOR BREADON HAS OBJECTED
02:27:33:00	02:27:35:00	TO THIS MATTER.
02:27:35:00	02:27:38:00	THIS MATTER DOCKET NUMBER 2089
02:27:38:00	02:27:38:00	WILL BE REFERRED TO THE
02:27:38:00	02:27:42:00	COMMITTEE ON HOUSING.
02:27:42:00	02:27:43:00	MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
02:27:43:00	02:27:48:00	READ DOCKET NUMBER 2090 DOCKING
02:27:48:00	02:27:48:00	OF A2090 COUNCILOR AS WELL.
02:27:48:00	02:27:48:00	BOOM.
02:27:48:00	02:27:50:00	WE'RE ALL OFF WITH THE FILING
02:27:50:00	02:27:53:00	RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF HD
02:27:53:00	02:27:54:00	4422 ENACT RELATIVE TO PROPERTY
02:27:54:00	02:27:58:00	TAX CLASS APPLICATION THE
02:27:58:00	02:27:58:00	SENIOR HOMEOWNER PROPERTY TAX
02:27:58:00	02:28:01:00	EXEMPTION AND THE PERSONAL
02:28:01:00	02:28:02:00	PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION.
02:28:02:00	02:28:02:00	THANK YOU.
02:28:02:00	02:28:05:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:28:05:00	02:28:05:00	COUNCILOR WEBER.
02:28:05:00	02:28:06:00	COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE
02:28:06:00	02:28:06:00	FLOOR.
02:28:06:00	02:28:07:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:28:07:00	02:28:09:00	I JUST SUSPEND THE RULES AND
02:28:09:00	02:28:13:00	ADD YOURSELF AS A AS A THIRD
02:28:13:00	02:28:13:00	CO-SPONSOR, COUNCILOR WEBER
02:28:13:00	02:28:14:00	SEEKS TO BEND THE RULES TO ADD
02:28:14:00	02:28:16:00	MYSELF AS THE THIRD ORIGINAL
02:28:16:00	02:28:17:00	CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING
02:28:17:00	02:28:17:00	NO OBJECTIONS.
02:28:17:00	02:28:18:00	I'M SORRY I DIDN'T
02:28:18:00	02:28:18:00	COUNCILOR WEBER.
02:28:18:00	02:28:19:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:28:19:00	02:28:20:00	OKAY.
02:28:20:00	02:28:20:00	THANK YOU.
02:28:20:00	02:28:22:00	THIS IS A RESOLUTION SUPPORT
02:28:22:00	02:28:23:00	OF THE HOME RULE PETITION WHICH
02:28:23:00	02:28:24:00	WOULD ALLOW A TEMPORARY SHIFT
02:28:24:00	02:28:30:00	TO A STATE COUNCIL WORKING FOR
02:28:30:00	02:28:31:00	FROM YOU KNOW OF THE SHIFT
02:28:31:00	02:28:34:00	OF THE SPLIT TAX RATE TO ALLOW
02:28:34:00	02:28:37:00	US TO GO UP TO ONE 80% FOR THE
02:28:37:00	02:28:39:00	NEXT YEAR AND THEN ONE 78% FOR
02:28:39:00	02:28:43:00	THE COMMERCIAL RATE WE'VE
02:28:43:00	02:28:44:00	PASSED THIS WE PASSED, YOU
02:28:44:00	02:28:44:00	KNOW, ITERATIONS OF THIS HOME
02:28:44:00	02:28:51:00	RULE PETITION THREE TIMES AND I
02:28:51:00	02:28:52:00	YOU KNOW, WE WE LAST PASSED IT
02:28:52:00	02:28:54:00	IN FEBRUARY I BELIEVE THIS
02:28:54:00	02:28:58:00	WOULD JUST SLOW THE RATE
02:28:58:00	02:28:59:00	OF INCREASE OF RESIDENTIAL
02:28:59:00	02:29:02:00	PROPERTY TAX BILLS AND SLOW THE
02:29:02:00	02:29:02:00	RATE OF DECREASE OF COMMERCIAL
02:29:02:00	02:29:06:00	TAX BILLS.
02:29:06:00	02:29:07:00	AS IT STANDS NOW, WE'RE LOOKING
02:29:07:00	02:29:10:00	AT AN AVERAGE INCREASE FOR
02:29:10:00	02:29:10:00	SINGLE HOMEOWNERS, SINGLE
02:29:10:00	02:29:13:00	FAMILY HOMEOWNERS AT ABOUT $780
02:29:13:00	02:29:13:00	AN AVERAGE DECREASE FOR
02:29:13:00	02:29:16:00	COMMERCIAL LANDLORDS
02:29:16:00	02:29:17:00	OF $200,000.
02:29:17:00	02:29:21:00	THIS WOULD JUST SLOW THE LIKE
02:29:21:00	02:29:21:00	THE RATES OF INCREASE AND
02:29:21:00	02:29:24:00	DECREASE AND LESSEN THE
02:29:24:00	02:29:25:00	DISPARITY THERE WE'VE GOTTEN IN
02:29:25:00	02:29:28:00	RESPONSE TO OUR YOU KNOW,
02:29:28:00	02:29:32:00	ADVOCACY FOR RESIDENTS IS
02:29:32:00	02:29:33:00	LEGISLATIVE TROLLING IN THE
02:29:33:00	02:29:36:00	STATE HOUSE PROP TWO AND A HALF
02:29:36:00	02:29:39:00	RESTRICTS OUR ABILITY TO RAISE
02:29:39:00	02:29:43:00	OUR OWN TAX TAXES AND AND IT
02:29:43:00	02:29:47:00	ESSENTIALLY REQUIRES US TO TO
02:29:47:00	02:29:51:00	LIMIT THAT YOU KNOW ON A YEARLY
02:29:51:00	02:29:51:00	BASIS.
02:29:51:00	02:29:55:00	WHAT WE HAVE NOW IS AFTER NINE
02:29:55:00	02:29:55:00	MONTHS OF HAVING OUR HOME RULE
02:29:55:00	02:29:56:00	PETITION IN THE STATE HOUSE,
02:29:56:00	02:29:59:00	WE'VE GOT NO NO VOTE ON OUR OUR
02:29:59:00	02:29:59:00	HOME RULE INSTEAD NOW WE'RE
02:29:59:00	02:30:03:00	BEING TOLD THAT THEY'RE GOING
02:30:03:00	02:30:03:00	TO BRING FORWARD TWO SENATE LED
02:30:03:00	02:30:07:00	MEASURES FOR CONSIDERATION.
02:30:07:00	02:30:07:00	WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
02:30:07:00	02:30:10:00	I LOOK AT THOSE MEASURES.
02:30:10:00	02:30:11:00	WHAT THEY WILL DO IS
02:30:11:00	02:30:11:00	ESSENTIALLY RESTRICT FURTHER
02:30:11:00	02:30:15:00	OUR ABILITY TO DECIDE HOW WE'RE
02:30:15:00	02:30:15:00	GOING TO RAISE REVENUE IN OUR
02:30:15:00	02:30:18:00	CITY AND WOULD REQUIRE US
02:30:18:00	02:30:19:00	INSTEAD OF MAKING ADJUSTMENTS
02:30:19:00	02:30:23:00	WOULD REQUIRE US TO CUT OUR
02:30:23:00	02:30:26:00	SERVICES AND VITAL SERVICES TO
02:30:26:00	02:30:30:00	OUR OUR RESIDENTS SO YOU KNOW,
02:30:30:00	02:30:31:00	I HOPE WE CAN JOIN TOGETHER
02:30:31:00	02:30:31:00	AGAIN.
02:30:31:00	02:30:35:00	WE SUPPORTED THIS THREE TIMES.
02:30:35:00	02:30:35:00	WE'LL JUST SEND A MESSAGE TO
02:30:35:00	02:30:38:00	THE STATE HOUSE THAT WE WOULD
02:30:38:00	02:30:39:00	LIKE THEM TO PASS OUR HOME RULE
02:30:39:00	02:30:39:00	PETITION.
02:30:39:00	02:30:42:00	THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
02:30:42:00	02:30:42:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR.
02:30:42:00	02:30:43:00	WHOEVER THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:30:43:00	02:30:44:00	COUNCIL WHERE ARE YOU ON THE
02:30:44:00	02:30:44:00	FLOOR.
02:30:44:00	02:30:46:00	I THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT
02:30:46:00	02:30:46:00	AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR WEBER
02:30:46:00	02:30:48:00	FOR ADDING ME AS A SPONSOR.
02:30:48:00	02:30:49:00	I'M PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE
02:30:49:00	02:30:50:00	HAVE DONE ON THIS COUNCIL FOR
02:30:50:00	02:30:53:00	STANDING UP TO FIGHT FOR
02:30:53:00	02:30:54:00	RESIDENTS IN THIS TAX FIGHT FOR
02:30:54:00	02:30:56:00	THIS TERM.
02:30:56:00	02:30:57:00	WE EVEN SENT UP A STANDALONE
02:30:57:00	02:30:59:00	BILL TO EXPAND THE SENIOR TAX
02:30:59:00	02:31:00:00	EXEMPTION.
02:31:00:00	02:31:00:00	WE'RE EVEN WAITING FOR THAT TO
02:31:00:00	02:31:03:00	PASS AT BEACON HILL WE WERE AT
02:31:03:00	02:31:04:00	LEAST THE FIRST CITY TO EXPAND
02:31:04:00	02:31:07:00	THE VETERAN'S PROPERTY TAX
02:31:07:00	02:31:08:00	EXEMPTION LAST SUMMER AND AS WE
02:31:08:00	02:31:10:00	END THIS SESSION I CAN'T SAY
02:31:10:00	02:31:11:00	THAT THERE'S NOT A DAY HAS GONE
02:31:11:00	02:31:12:00	BY DURING THIS TERM WHERE I
02:31:12:00	02:31:15:00	HAVEN'T BEEN THINKING ABOUT
02:31:15:00	02:31:16:00	TAXES AND HOW WE CAN SOLVE THIS
02:31:16:00	02:31:18:00	ISSUE FOR OUR CITY.
02:31:18:00	02:31:19:00	I'VE OFFERED A LONG TERM
02:31:19:00	02:31:22:00	SOLUTION AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
02:31:22:00	02:31:23:00	DISCUSSING AND TO DIVING DEEPER
02:31:23:00	02:31:25:00	INTO THAT PLAN NEXT YEAR WHICH
02:31:25:00	02:31:26:00	WILL RECLASSIFY OUR LARGER
02:31:26:00	02:31:26:00	INCOME GENERATING APARTMENT
02:31:26:00	02:31:29:00	BUILDINGS THAT ARE PULLING IN
02:31:29:00	02:31:33:00	MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN RENTS AS
02:31:33:00	02:31:33:00	THE COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES THAT
02:31:33:00	02:31:36:00	THEY ARE AS WELL AS CREATE A
02:31:36:00	02:31:36:00	NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING
02:31:36:00	02:31:37:00	EXEMPTION TO INCENTIVIZE AND
02:31:37:00	02:31:40:00	PRESERVE NATURALLY AFFORDABLE
02:31:40:00	02:31:41:00	HOUSING IN ALL OF OUR
02:31:41:00	02:31:41:00	NEIGHBORHOODS.
02:31:41:00	02:31:44:00	I URGE US TODAY TO CONTINUE TO
02:31:44:00	02:31:44:00	STAY INFORMED ON THIS TAX
02:31:44:00	02:31:48:00	ISSUE, TO CONTINUE TO EDUCATE
02:31:48:00	02:31:48:00	THE PUBLIC AND TO CONTINUE TO
02:31:48:00	02:31:49:00	FIRST AND FOREMOST PUT OUR
02:31:49:00	02:31:52:00	RESIDENTS FIRST IN THIS TAX
02:31:52:00	02:31:52:00	FIGHT.
02:31:52:00	02:31:53:00	THANK YOU.
02:31:53:00	02:31:56:00	THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO
02:31:56:00	02:31:57:00	COUNCILOR WEBER FOR HAVING ME.
02:31:57:00	02:31:57:00	THANK YOU.
02:31:57:00	02:31:58:00	THE COUNCIL ARE OUT FOR YOUR
02:31:58:00	02:31:58:00	WORDS.
02:31:58:00	02:32:00:00	I JUST WANT TO SAY DITTO.
02:32:00:00	02:32:01:00	I THINK I SPOKE A BIT TO THIS
02:32:01:00	02:32:01:00	EARLIER.
02:32:01:00	02:32:02:00	IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT
02:32:02:00	02:32:04:00	WE'RE FIND WE DO SOMETHING TO
02:32:04:00	02:32:07:00	PROVIDE RELIEF TO OUR
02:32:07:00	02:32:07:00	HOMEOWNERS WHO ARE REALLY
02:32:07:00	02:32:07:00	STRUGGLING.
02:32:07:00	02:32:11:00	SO THANK YOU.
02:32:11:00	02:32:12:00	THE CHAIR AND I JUST KIND
02:32:12:00	02:32:14:00	OF FELL ON THE FLOOR RAISING
02:32:14:00	02:32:15:00	PROPERTY TAXES SIGNIFICANTLY ON
02:32:15:00	02:32:18:00	HOMEOWNERS AND BUSINESSES IS
02:32:18:00	02:32:18:00	NOT THE ANSWER.
02:32:18:00	02:32:21:00	IT'S TIME TO DEMONSTRATE FISCAL
02:32:21:00	02:32:21:00	DISCIPLINE, ACCOUNTABILITY,
02:32:21:00	02:32:23:00	TRANSPARENCY AND POSITIVELY TO
02:32:23:00	02:32:28:00	SHAPE WITH FALLING COMMERCIAL
02:32:28:00	02:32:28:00	PROPERTY VALUES.
02:32:28:00	02:32:31:00	THE CITY OVER 70% RELIANT ON
02:32:31:00	02:32:33:00	PROPERTY TAXES 50% OF ALL LAND
02:32:33:00	02:32:37:00	IS ABSORBED BY LARGE NONPROFITS
02:32:37:00	02:32:38:00	THE PILOT PROGRAM WE HAVE LONG
02:32:38:00	02:32:41:00	TERM FISCAL ISSUES TO ADDRESS
02:32:41:00	02:32:42:00	THE CURRENT STATUS IS NOT
02:32:42:00	02:32:45:00	SUSTAINABLE.
02:32:45:00	02:32:45:00	THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ALSO
02:32:45:00	02:32:48:00	CAUTIONED THAT 8% BUDGET GROWTH
02:32:48:00	02:32:49:00	WHILE ALSO INCREASING THE
02:32:49:00	02:32:52:00	COMMERCIAL TAX BURDEN WOULD
02:32:52:00	02:32:52:00	EXASPERATE THOSE ISSUES FOR
02:32:52:00	02:32:53:00	ALREADY STRUGGLING DOWNTOWN
02:32:53:00	02:32:56:00	BUSINESSES.
02:32:56:00	02:32:57:00	THE BOSTON MUNICIPAL RESEARCH
02:32:57:00	02:32:57:00	BUREAU OFFERED THEIR OWN
02:32:57:00	02:33:00:00	RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDING
02:33:00:00	02:33:00:00	TAPPING THE CITY'S RESERVE
02:33:00:00	02:33:04:00	FUNDS CONTROLLING THE BUDGET IN
02:33:04:00	02:33:05:00	SCHOOL SPENDING, REVIEWING
02:33:05:00	02:33:08:00	EMPLOYEE LEVELS, REVENUE
02:33:08:00	02:33:09:00	DIVERSIFICATION, SURPLUS
02:33:09:00	02:33:09:00	PROPERTY, INCREASING
02:33:09:00	02:33:12:00	RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION FOR THE
02:33:12:00	02:33:13:00	LAST TWO YEARS.
02:33:13:00	02:33:16:00	I CALL FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT
02:33:16:00	02:33:16:00	OF A BLUE RIBBON COMMISSION
02:33:16:00	02:33:17:00	MADE UP OF BUSINESSES, BUSINESS
02:33:17:00	02:33:20:00	LEADERS, LABOR LEADERS,
02:33:20:00	02:33:20:00	GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS RELEVANT
02:33:20:00	02:33:21:00	RELEVANT EXPERTS AND
02:33:21:00	02:33:24:00	NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS TO
02:33:24:00	02:33:24:00	ADDRESS THE ISSUES OF DOWNTOWN
02:33:24:00	02:33:28:00	BOSTON OFFICE VACANCIES IN OUR
02:33:28:00	02:33:29:00	REVENUE CONCERNS WHICH IT WAS
02:33:29:00	02:33:32:00	UNANIMOUSLY PASSED AS A
02:33:32:00	02:33:33:00	RESOLUTION BY MY COLLEAGUES IN
02:33:33:00	02:33:36:00	THE CITY COUNCIL BUT IN THE
02:33:36:00	02:33:37:00	CITY COUNCIL ON TWO DIFFERENT
02:33:37:00	02:33:40:00	OCCASIONS IF WE REALLY WANT TO
02:33:40:00	02:33:43:00	HELP RESIDENTS WE SHOULD LOWER
02:33:43:00	02:33:47:00	THE TEMPERATURE IN GOVERNMENT.
02:33:47:00	02:33:48:00	LET'S NOT CALL OUT THE STATE
02:33:48:00	02:33:50:00	SENATE.
02:33:50:00	02:33:51:00	THEY ARE OUR PARTNERS IF WE
02:33:51:00	02:33:55:00	NEED SOMETHING DONE WHY ARE WE
02:33:55:00	02:33:55:00	CRITICIZING THEM?
02:33:55:00	02:33:58:00	I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
02:33:58:00	02:33:59:00	IMPORTANT WORK OF THESE THE
02:33:59:00	02:34:02:00	PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, KAREN
02:34:02:00	02:34:03:00	SPILKA SENATOR BROWNSBURG.
02:34:03:00	02:34:06:00	SENATOR COLLINS IT'S ABOUT
02:34:06:00	02:34:06:00	WORKING TOGETHER.
02:34:06:00	02:34:10:00	IT'S ABOUT RESPECTING EACH
02:34:10:00	02:34:10:00	OTHER.
02:34:10:00	02:34:10:00	IT'S ABOUT HAVING A
02:34:10:00	02:34:10:00	CONVERSATION.
02:34:10:00	02:34:14:00	BOSTON WORKS BEST WHEN WE WORK
02:34:14:00	02:34:14:00	TOGETHER.
02:34:14:00	02:34:15:00	I'M OBJECTING TO THIS MADAM
02:34:15:00	02:34:18:00	CHAIR CASTOR FLYNN IS OBJECTING
02:34:18:00	02:34:18:00	TO THIS RESOLUTION.
02:34:18:00	02:34:19:00	IT WILL BE SENT TO THE
02:34:19:00	02:34:22:00	COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS.
02:34:22:00	02:34:23:00	MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
02:34:23:00	02:34:25:00	DOCKET NUMBER 2091 DOCKET
02:34:25:00	02:34:28:00	NUMBER 2091 COUNCIL LOUISIANA
02:34:28:00	02:34:29:00	FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION
02:34:29:00	02:34:32:00	REDEDICATING THE THOMAS IRVING
02:34:32:00	02:34:43:00	ADKINS ROOM THANK YOU THE CHAIR
02:34:43:00	02:34:43:00	RECOGNIZES COUNCIL PRESIDENT
02:34:43:00	02:34:46:00	LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR YOU HAVE
02:34:46:00	02:34:49:00	THE FLOOR.
02:34:49:00	02:34:53:00	THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
02:34:53:00	02:34:54:00	THIS IS A PROJECT THAT MY
02:34:54:00	02:34:57:00	OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING ON.
02:34:57:00	02:34:58:00	I WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO LORI
02:34:58:00	02:35:01:00	NELSON THE CHIEF OF RACIAL
02:35:01:00	02:35:04:00	JUSTICE JUDICIAL JUSTICE SENIOR
02:35:04:00	02:35:05:00	RACIAL JUSTICE ADVISOR TO THE
02:35:05:00	02:35:08:00	MAYOR THOMAS IRVING ADKINS WAS
02:35:08:00	02:35:09:00	THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN AT
02:35:09:00	02:35:12:00	LARGE COUNCILOR ELECTED HERE IN
02:35:12:00	02:35:15:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON AND HE LED
02:35:15:00	02:35:16:00	DURING TUMULTUOUS PERIODS FOR
02:35:16:00	02:35:19:00	THIS CITY AND FOR THIS COUNTRY.
02:35:19:00	02:35:19:00	HE SERVED TWO TERMS AND
02:35:19:00	02:35:23:00	CHAMPIONED SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC
02:35:23:00	02:35:23:00	JUSTICE DURING A TURBULENT AND
02:35:23:00	02:35:24:00	DEFINING ERA IN BOSTON'S
02:35:24:00	02:35:26:00	POLITICAL LIFE.
02:35:26:00	02:35:27:00	I'VE ENJOYED THIS PROJECT
02:35:27:00	02:35:28:00	BECAUSE I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH
02:35:28:00	02:35:30:00	MORE ABOUT HIM SOMEONE WHO WAS
02:35:30:00	02:35:34:00	ORIGINALLY FROM INDIA, FROM
02:35:34:00	02:35:38:00	ELKHART, INDIANA WHO CAME HERE
02:35:38:00	02:35:41:00	TO HARVARD TO STUDY WENT TO
02:35:41:00	02:35:42:00	HARVARD LAW SCHOOL AND BECAME
02:35:42:00	02:35:43:00	INVOLVED IN BOSTON'S CIVIL
02:35:43:00	02:35:45:00	RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
02:35:45:00	02:35:46:00	AND SO WE ARE REDEDICATING THE
02:35:46:00	02:35:49:00	ADKINS ROOM AND THAT MEANS
02:35:49:00	02:35:50:00	MAKING SURE THAT THE ADKINS
02:35:50:00	02:35:52:00	ROOM IS NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT
02:35:52:00	02:35:53:00	CARRIES HIS NAME.
02:35:53:00	02:35:54:00	I JUST WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE
02:35:54:00	02:35:57:00	WE HAD QUORUM AND WE DO NOT AND
02:35:57:00	02:35:58:00	MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT JUST A
02:35:58:00	02:36:01:00	ROOM THAT CARRIES HIS NAME BUT
02:36:01:00	02:36:01:00	WE ALSO KNOW AND LEARN MORE
02:36:01:00	02:36:04:00	ABOUT HIM AND ARE ABLE TO HONOR
02:36:04:00	02:36:05:00	HIS LEGACY AND HIS
02:36:05:00	02:36:08:00	CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY.
02:36:08:00	02:36:12:00	AND HE SERVED THE NAACP BOTH AS
02:36:12:00	02:36:12:00	GENERAL COUNCILOR NATIONALLY
02:36:12:00	02:36:15:00	AND AS OUR LOCAL SECRETARY TO
02:36:15:00	02:36:15:00	THE NAACP.
02:36:15:00	02:36:16:00	SO I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING
02:36:16:00	02:36:20:00	THIS WORK AND MAKING SURE WE'RE
02:36:20:00	02:36:20:00	ABLE TO NOT ONLY HAVE THE
02:36:20:00	02:36:23:00	ATKIN'S ROOM HERE ON THE BOSTON
02:36:23:00	02:36:23:00	CITY COUNCIL WHICH WE HAVE BUT
02:36:23:00	02:36:27:00	REMEMBER WHO IT'S NAMED FOR AND
02:36:27:00	02:36:27:00	DO A REDEDICATION.
02:36:27:00	02:36:28:00	SO I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING
02:36:28:00	02:36:31:00	THIS WORK IN THE NEW YEAR.
02:36:31:00	02:36:31:00	THANK YOU.
02:36:31:00	02:36:32:00	THANK YOU.
02:36:32:00	02:36:32:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
02:36:32:00	02:36:35:00	ON THIS MATTER?
02:36:35:00	02:36:35:00	I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU,
02:36:35:00	02:36:38:00	MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:36:38:00	02:36:39:00	THOMAS ADKINS LEGACY SHAPED
02:36:39:00	02:36:39:00	BOSTON CIVIL RIGHTS HISTORY AND
02:36:39:00	02:36:44:00	THIS REDEDICATE TONIGHT IS JUST
02:36:44:00	02:36:44:00	A REMINDER OF THE TRAIL THAT HE
02:36:44:00	02:36:47:00	PLAYS FOR ALL OF US.
02:36:47:00	02:36:48:00	WHEN ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
02:36:48:00	02:36:49:00	NAME MR KYRIE PLEASE ADD
02:36:49:00	02:36:51:00	COUNCILOR BRAIDING HAS A COLOR.
02:36:51:00	02:36:52:00	IT IS A PARTNER COUNSELOR
02:36:52:00	02:36:52:00	DURKIN CANTOR FITZGERALD
02:36:52:00	02:36:54:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNSELOR SAID
02:36:54:00	02:36:54:00	TANNER COUNCILOR WEBER PLEASE
02:36:54:00	02:36:58:00	ADD THE CHAIR
02:36:58:00	02:36:58:00	COUNCILOR PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE
02:36:58:00	02:36:58:00	SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES
02:36:58:00	02:37:01:00	AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER
02:37:01:00	02:37:02:00	2091 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I
02:37:02:00	02:37:06:00	ALL THOSE OPPOSED NAY THE AYES
02:37:06:00	02:37:06:00	HAVE IT.
02:37:06:00	02:37:09:00	DOCKET NUMBER 2091 HAS BEEN
02:37:09:00	02:37:09:00	ADOPTED.
02:37:09:00	02:37:10:00	MR KUROKI, PLEASE BE DARK IN
02:37:10:00	02:37:12:00	NUMBER 209 TO TALK NUMBER 209
02:37:12:00	02:37:16:00	TO COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR THE
02:37:16:00	02:37:16:00	FOLLOWING RESOLUTION
02:37:16:00	02:37:20:00	REDEDICATING THE GABRIEL
02:37:20:00	02:37:21:00	FRANCIS PITT ROOM.
02:37:21:00	02:37:21:00	THANK YOU.
02:37:21:00	02:37:22:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:37:22:00	02:37:23:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE
02:37:23:00	02:37:23:00	COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:37:23:00	02:37:24:00	THANK YOU.
02:37:24:00	02:37:27:00	THIS IS ALSO DEDICATION.
02:37:27:00	02:37:27:00	WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON BOTH
02:37:27:00	02:37:30:00	OF THESE ON THE SAME TRACK AND
02:37:30:00	02:37:31:00	AS I SAID EARLIER, I WANT TO
02:37:31:00	02:37:34:00	THANK OUR REGISTER OF DEEDS
02:37:34:00	02:37:35:00	FORMER CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT
02:37:35:00	02:37:38:00	AND STEVE MURPHY WITH WHOM
02:37:38:00	02:37:41:00	WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS AND
02:37:41:00	02:37:42:00	ANOTHER ANOTHER ANOTHER
02:37:42:00	02:37:46:00	GENTLEMAN IN THE NORTH END WHO
02:37:46:00	02:37:46:00	HAS BEEN A REALLY INTERESTING
02:37:46:00	02:37:50:00	PARTNER IN MAKING SURE THAT WE
02:37:50:00	02:37:51:00	ARE ABLE TO HONOR AND CONTINUE
02:37:51:00	02:37:54:00	PAYMENT HIS LEGACY.
02:37:54:00	02:37:55:00	I'M NOT SURE IF HIS NAME IS
02:37:55:00	02:37:55:00	ESCAPING ME AT THE MOMENT BUT I
02:37:55:00	02:37:58:00	WANTED TO THANK HIM.
02:37:58:00	02:37:58:00	PIEMONTE SERVED THE PEOPLE
02:37:58:00	02:38:01:00	OF BOSTON IN THE COMMONWEALTH
02:38:01:00	02:38:01:00	AS A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE
02:38:01:00	02:38:02:00	OF REPS.
02:38:02:00	02:38:04:00	HE WAS ALSO A NINE YEAR MEMBER
02:38:04:00	02:38:05:00	OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL.
02:38:05:00	02:38:07:00	WE HAVE MANY OF OUR MEETINGS IN
02:38:07:00	02:38:08:00	THE COMMITTEE ROOM AND
02:38:08:00	02:38:09:00	THROUGHOUT HIS TENURE HE
02:38:09:00	02:38:12:00	CHAMPIONED MUNICIPAL RESPONSIVE
02:38:12:00	02:38:16:00	MUNICIPAL FINANCE, SERVED AS
02:38:16:00	02:38:17:00	THE PRESIDENT OF THIS BODY,
02:38:17:00	02:38:20:00	ADVOCATED FOR OUR POLICE
02:38:20:00	02:38:20:00	DEPARTMENT, STRENGTHEN
02:38:20:00	02:38:23:00	OVERSIGHT OF URBAN RENEWAL AND
02:38:23:00	02:38:24:00	DID SO MUCH MORE EVEN AFTER
02:38:24:00	02:38:24:00	LEAVING ELECTED OFFICE.
02:38:24:00	02:38:27:00	HE CONTINUED SERVE BOSTON
02:38:27:00	02:38:27:00	THROUGH HIS LEGAL PRACTICE,
02:38:27:00	02:38:28:00	CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND A LOT
02:38:28:00	02:38:32:00	OF CHARITABLE AND RELIGIOUS AND
02:38:32:00	02:38:33:00	RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS.
02:38:33:00	02:38:37:00	WE HAVE A LOT OF HIS OLD BOOKS
02:38:37:00	02:38:38:00	AND PAPERS THAT ARE PRETTY MUCH
02:38:38:00	02:38:41:00	IN THE SAME SHAPE WHEN HE WAS
02:38:41:00	02:38:44:00	CITY COUNCILOR AND AND A
02:38:44:00	02:38:44:00	LAWYER.
02:38:44:00	02:38:48:00	AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE
02:38:48:00	02:38:48:00	THINKING ABOUT HOW TO
02:38:48:00	02:38:49:00	REDEDICATE THE ROOM AND
02:38:49:00	02:38:51:00	INCORPORATE SOME OF HIS PAPERS
02:38:51:00	02:38:52:00	TO RADIO CITY HALL AGAIN SO
02:38:52:00	02:38:56:00	THAT WE COULD BREATHE LIFE INTO
02:38:56:00	02:38:56:00	THESE ROOMS THAT WE USE EVERY
02:38:56:00	02:38:58:00	DAY.
02:38:58:00	02:38:59:00	SO THIS IS A TRIBUTE TO HIS
02:38:59:00	02:39:00:00	EXTRAORDINARY LEGACY OF PUBLIC
02:39:00:00	02:39:03:00	SERVICE, TO HIS COMMITMENT TO
02:39:03:00	02:39:03:00	THE NORTH END WHERE HE WAS BORN
02:39:03:00	02:39:06:00	TO ITALIAN IMMIGRANT PARENTS
02:39:06:00	02:39:07:00	AND A GRADUATE OF OUR PUBLIC
02:39:07:00	02:39:07:00	SCHOOLS HERE.
02:39:07:00	02:39:10:00	SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THE
02:39:10:00	02:39:10:00	REDEDICATION OF THIS ROOM AND
02:39:10:00	02:39:13:00	MAKING SURE THAT WE HONOR ALL
02:39:13:00	02:39:14:00	OF THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE.
02:39:14:00	02:39:14:00	THANK YOU.
02:39:14:00	02:39:15:00	THANK YOU.
02:39:15:00	02:39:18:00	IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
02:39:18:00	02:39:18:00	ON THIS MATTER?
02:39:18:00	02:39:19:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
02:39:19:00	02:39:21:00	THEIR NAME?
02:39:21:00	02:39:22:00	MR CLEARY PLEASE ADD
02:39:22:00	02:39:22:00	COUNCILOR BRADING
02:39:22:00	02:39:22:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE ZAPATA
02:39:22:00	02:39:26:00	COUNCILOR DUNCAN
02:39:26:00	02:39:26:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD CLASSIC
02:39:26:00	02:39:27:00	BLEND COUNCILOR SANTANA
02:39:27:00	02:39:28:00	COUNCIL MEMBER PLEASE ADD THE
02:39:28:00	02:39:29:00	CHAIR COUNCIL PRESIDENT
02:39:29:00	02:39:33:00	LOUIJEUNE SEEKS SUSPENSION
02:39:33:00	02:39:33:00	OF THE RULE AND ADOPTION
02:39:33:00	02:39:34:00	OF DOCKET NUMBER 2092 ALL THOSE
02:39:34:00	02:39:38:00	IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL THOSE
02:39:38:00	02:39:38:00	OPPOSED NAY THE AYES HAVE IT.
02:39:38:00	02:39:40:00	DOCKET NUMBER 2092 HAS BEEN
02:39:40:00	02:39:40:00	ADOPTED.
02:39:40:00	02:39:43:00	MR. CLERK HE PLEASE BE DARK IN
02:39:43:00	02:39:46:00	NUMBER 2093 DUCK NUMBER 2093
02:39:46:00	02:39:46:00	COUNCIL LOUISIANA FOR THE
02:39:46:00	02:39:50:00	FOLLOWING RESOLUTION DENOUNCING
02:39:50:00	02:39:50:00	THE TERMINATION OF TEMPORARY
02:39:50:00	02:39:54:00	PROTECTED STATUS STATUS FOR
02:39:54:00	02:39:54:00	HAITI.
02:39:54:00	02:39:54:00	THANK YOU.
02:39:54:00	02:39:55:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:39:55:00	02:39:55:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE
02:39:55:00	02:39:57:00	CASTLE.
02:39:57:00	02:39:58:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:39:58:00	02:39:58:00	THANK YOU.
02:39:58:00	02:40:02:00	I WANT I SPOKE ON THIS EARLIER.
02:40:02:00	02:40:03:00	THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS
02:40:03:00	02:40:05:00	INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
02:40:05:00	02:40:06:00	WE ARE GOING TO SEE THIS HAPPEN
02:40:06:00	02:40:10:00	FOR OTHER OF OUR IMMIGRANTS AND
02:40:10:00	02:40:14:00	IF I SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD
02:40:14:00	02:40:14:00	BROKEN RECORD, I WILL BE
02:40:14:00	02:40:17:00	BECAUSE SO MANY OF OUR
02:40:17:00	02:40:18:00	RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO SUFFER
02:40:18:00	02:40:20:00	AND IT IS GOING TO BE
02:40:20:00	02:40:21:00	UNNECESSARILY CHAOTIC.
02:40:21:00	02:40:25:00	IT IS I WE ARE WASTING SO MUCH
02:40:25:00	02:40:28:00	TIME FIGHTING THESE XENOPHOBIC
02:40:28:00	02:40:32:00	RACIST FIGHTS THE VITRIOL, THE
02:40:32:00	02:40:35:00	VICIOUSNESS TOWARDS SOMALI
02:40:35:00	02:40:35:00	RESIDENTS, MEXICAN RESIDENTS,
02:40:35:00	02:40:39:00	LATINOS, HAITIANS BASICALLY
02:40:39:00	02:40:42:00	ANYONE WHO IS NOT WHITE IS
02:40:42:00	02:40:42:00	BEYOND PROBLEMATIC.
02:40:42:00	02:40:43:00	WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO IS
02:40:43:00	02:40:46:00	WELCOMING AFRIKANERS HERE AND
02:40:46:00	02:40:49:00	CLOSING THE DOORS ON PEOPLE WHO
02:40:49:00	02:40:53:00	ARE FLEEING REAL POLITICAL
02:40:53:00	02:40:54:00	HARM.
02:40:54:00	02:40:57:00	WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO IS
02:40:57:00	02:40:58:00	REMOVING MLK DAY AND JUNETEENTH
02:40:58:00	02:41:02:00	AS HOLIDAY IS THAT ALLOW FOR
02:41:02:00	02:41:03:00	FREE ENTRY AND PASSAGE INTO OUR
02:41:03:00	02:41:06:00	NATIONAL PARKS AND SO I WILL
02:41:06:00	02:41:07:00	CONTINUE TO DENOUNCE THE HARM
02:41:07:00	02:41:10:00	BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY REAL AND
02:41:10:00	02:41:10:00	THEY ARE VERY REAL AND THEY'RE
02:41:10:00	02:41:11:00	GOING TO BE INCREASINGLY WORSE
02:41:11:00	02:41:14:00	FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
02:41:14:00	02:41:14:00	AT THE SAME TIME THERE'S A
02:41:14:00	02:41:18:00	TRAVEL BAN TO HAITI AT THE SAME
02:41:18:00	02:41:20:00	TIME HAITI IS IN THE WORLD CUP
02:41:20:00	02:41:21:00	AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING
02:41:21:00	02:41:25:00	PIECES HERE.
02:41:25:00	02:41:25:00	THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE IS WE
02:41:25:00	02:41:28:00	ARE GOING TO SEE IF THIS IS NOT
02:41:28:00	02:41:29:00	JUST ANNOUNCING THIS DECISION
02:41:29:00	02:41:33:00	THAT LANDED THE DAY BEFORE
02:41:33:00	02:41:33:00	THANKSGIVING.
02:41:33:00	02:41:36:00	IT'S ALSO ABOUT URGING THEM TO
02:41:36:00	02:41:39:00	REVERSE COURSE BECAUSE THE
02:41:39:00	02:41:43:00	IMPACTS WE WILL SEE THEM AND
02:41:43:00	02:41:44:00	THEY WILL NOT BE GOOD FOR OUR
02:41:44:00	02:41:47:00	RESIDENTS AND IT WILL NOT BE
02:41:47:00	02:41:48:00	GOOD FOR OUR CITY.
02:41:48:00	02:41:51:00	AND SO I'M JUST ENCOURAGING
02:41:51:00	02:41:52:00	THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING IF THEY
02:41:52:00	02:41:56:00	ARE THE FEDERAL LEVEL THESE ARE
02:41:56:00	02:41:59:00	OUR MEMBERS OF OUR ECONOMY.
02:41:59:00	02:42:00:00	THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE
02:42:00:00	02:42:00:00	MEMBERS OF OUR CITY WHO PROVIDE
02:42:00:00	02:42:03:00	SO MUCH TO OUR ECONOMY AND THEY
02:42:03:00	02:42:04:00	ARE RESIDENTS HERE AND HAVE
02:42:04:00	02:42:06:00	BEEN RESIDENTS MANY OF THEM FOR
02:42:06:00	02:42:07:00	DECADES AND DESERVE TO CONTINUE
02:42:07:00	02:42:10:00	TO CALL BOSTON HOME.
02:42:10:00	02:42:11:00	THANK YOU.
02:42:11:00	02:42:11:00	THANK YOU.
02:42:11:00	02:42:12:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:42:12:00	02:42:14:00	COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PART
02:42:14:00	02:42:14:00	OF THE COUNCIL.
02:42:14:00	02:42:15:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:42:15:00	02:42:15:00	THANK YOU VICE CHAIR.
02:42:15:00	02:42:17:00	AND I WANT TO RISE TODAY IN
02:42:17:00	02:42:18:00	STRONG AND HEARTFELT SUPPORT
02:42:18:00	02:42:18:00	OF THIS RESOLUTION.
02:42:18:00	02:42:21:00	I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, MADAM
02:42:21:00	02:42:22:00	PRESIDENT, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
02:42:22:00	02:42:23:00	AS IT RELATES TO ALL THINGS ON
02:42:23:00	02:42:26:00	TPS ALSO SHOUT OUT MANY OF OUR
02:42:26:00	02:42:26:00	COLLEAGUES ON THIS BODY COUNT
02:42:26:00	02:42:30:00	ON MEJIA COUNCILOR SANTANA,
02:42:30:00	02:42:33:00	PEPEN BREADON AND I'VE NAMED
02:42:33:00	02:42:34:00	FOLKS AND I'M SO SORRY I KNOW
02:42:34:00	02:42:34:00	EVERYBODY HERE REALLY CARES
02:42:34:00	02:42:37:00	DEEPLY ABOUT THOSE WHO ARE HERE
02:42:37:00	02:42:37:00	LEGALLY UNDER TPS BECAUSE IT
02:42:37:00	02:42:40:00	IMPACTS SO MANY OF OUR
02:42:40:00	02:42:41:00	RESIDENTS IN EAST BOSTON IN
02:42:41:00	02:42:44:00	PARTICULAR WE HAVE NOT JUST MY
02:42:44:00	02:42:48:00	CONSTITUENTS BUT NEIGHBORS AND
02:42:48:00	02:42:52:00	CHOSEN FAMILY AND FAMILY OF OF
02:42:52:00	02:42:53:00	OF WHO ARE UNDER TPS THAT HAVE
02:42:53:00	02:42:56:00	HAD TO FLEE EVERYTHING THEY
02:42:56:00	02:42:57:00	KNOW FOR A BETTER LIFE AND FOR
02:42:57:00	02:42:59:00	SAFETY.
02:42:59:00	02:43:00:00	THEY PHYSICALLY COULD NOT STAY
02:43:00:00	02:43:00:00	THERE FOR FEAR OF THEIR LIFE
02:43:00:00	02:43:03:00	AND THEY DID EVERYTHING THAT
02:43:03:00	02:43:04:00	THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO.
02:43:04:00	02:43:04:00	THEY'VE BEEN HERE.
02:43:04:00	02:43:05:00	THEY'VE BEEN COMMUNITY LEADERS,
02:43:05:00	02:43:07:00	THEY'VE BEEN CIVIC LEADERS AND
02:43:07:00	02:43:08:00	THEY HAVE PUT THEIR HEART AND
02:43:08:00	02:43:11:00	SOUL INTO THESE COMMUNITIES AND
02:43:11:00	02:43:11:00	BUILDING UP OUR NEIGHBORHOODS
02:43:11:00	02:43:15:00	AND TO BE JUST PUT IN A
02:43:15:00	02:43:19:00	CATEGORY THAT IS IS INHUMANE.
02:43:19:00	02:43:19:00	AND HEARING ALL THE VITRIOL
02:43:19:00	02:43:22:00	FROM THIS ADMINISTRATION, IT IS
02:43:22:00	02:43:23:00	DEEPLY UPSETTING AND I KNOW
02:43:23:00	02:43:26:00	THAT IS PERSONAL FOR MANY.
02:43:26:00	02:43:29:00	SO TERMINATING TPS FOR HAITI IN
02:43:29:00	02:43:30:00	THE MIDST OF THE VIOLENCE THAT
02:43:30:00	02:43:33:00	WE'RE SEEING THE KIDNAPING AND
02:43:33:00	02:43:33:00	POLITICAL TURMOIL IT IS NOT
02:43:33:00	02:43:37:00	JUST MISGUIDED, IT IS DANGEROUS
02:43:37:00	02:43:37:00	AND I JUST WANTED TO STAND UP
02:43:37:00	02:43:41:00	AND PROVIDE MY SOLIDARITY TO
02:43:41:00	02:43:41:00	NOT JUST OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT
02:43:41:00	02:43:45:00	BUT EVERYBODY UNDER OUR TPS
02:43:45:00	02:43:46:00	STATUS FROM HAITI AND OUR
02:43:46:00	02:43:49:00	SALVADOR AND VENEZUELAN
02:43:49:00	02:43:50:00	FAMILIES WHO KNOW ALL TOO WELL
02:43:50:00	02:43:51:00	THE PAIN OF WAKING UP TO AN
02:43:51:00	02:43:52:00	ANNOUNCEMENT THAT YOUR STATUS,
02:43:52:00	02:43:53:00	THAT YOUR LIVELIHOOD AND YOUR
02:43:53:00	02:43:56:00	ABILITY TO REMAIN WITH YOUR
02:43:56:00	02:43:57:00	CHILDREN COULD DISAPPEAR
02:43:57:00	02:43:57:00	OVERNIGHT.
02:43:57:00	02:43:58:00	OUR STRUGGLES ARE
02:43:58:00	02:44:00:00	INTERCONNECTED AND WHEN ONE
02:44:00:00	02:44:01:00	COMMUNITY IS TARGETED, ALL
02:44:01:00	02:44:04:00	OF US MUST STAND UP AND HAVE TO
02:44:04:00	02:44:05:00	STAND UP IN THIS MOMENT.
02:44:05:00	02:44:08:00	SO I JUST WANTED TO RISE IN
02:44:08:00	02:44:08:00	SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION AND
02:44:08:00	02:44:12:00	WILL ALWAYS RISE IN SUPPORT
02:44:12:00	02:44:12:00	OF OUR TICKET SOLDIERS THANK
02:44:12:00	02:44:12:00	YOU.
02:44:12:00	02:44:13:00	THANK YOU.
02:44:13:00	02:44:13:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:44:13:00	02:44:15:00	COUNCILOR BREADON.
02:44:15:00	02:44:16:00	COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:44:16:00	02:44:17:00	THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
02:44:17:00	02:44:19:00	I RISE IN SUPPORT OF THIS
02:44:19:00	02:44:19:00	RESOLUTION.
02:44:19:00	02:44:23:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT, FOR
02:44:23:00	02:44:26:00	BEING SUCH A STEADFAST AND
02:44:26:00	02:44:26:00	STRONG ADVOCATE FOR YOUR
02:44:26:00	02:44:27:00	COMMUNITY BUT ALSO FOR ALL
02:44:27:00	02:44:30:00	IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES ACROSS
02:44:30:00	02:44:30:00	OUR CITY.
02:44:30:00	02:44:31:00	I THINK YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE
02:44:31:00	02:44:34:00	HEAD WHEN YOU SAID HOW
02:44:34:00	02:44:34:00	INCREDIBLE THE INCREDIBLE
02:44:34:00	02:44:35:00	CONTRIBUTIONS THAT IMMIGRANT
02:44:35:00	02:44:38:00	COMMUNITIES PROVIDE IS SPEAKING
02:44:38:00	02:44:38:00	DIRECTLY ABOUT THE HAITIAN
02:44:38:00	02:44:42:00	COMMUNITY.
02:44:42:00	02:44:43:00	MANY OF OUR HEALTH CENTERS, OUR
02:44:43:00	02:44:46:00	DOCTORS, OUR NURSING HOMES ARE
02:44:46:00	02:44:49:00	DEPENDENT ON THE HAITIAN
02:44:49:00	02:44:49:00	WORKERS.
02:44:49:00	02:44:52:00	I SPOKE TO THE PRESIDENT
02:44:52:00	02:44:53:00	OF WHICH BOSTON HEALTH CENTER
02:44:53:00	02:44:57:00	HEALTH BOSTON BOSTON MEDICAL
02:44:57:00	02:45:01:00	CENTER IN BRIGHTON RECENTLY AND
02:45:01:00	02:45:02:00	HE SAID I SAYS HOW'S IT GOING?
02:45:02:00	02:45:04:00	AND HE SAYS WE'RE REALLY UNDER
02:45:04:00	02:45:08:00	STRESS BECAUSE OUR WORKERS ARE
02:45:08:00	02:45:09:00	YOU KNOW, THEY'RE UNDER THE
02:45:09:00	02:45:12:00	HAITIAN COMMUNITY ARE BEING
02:45:12:00	02:45:12:00	UNDER THREAT AND THEY'RE VERY
02:45:12:00	02:45:16:00	FEARFUL OF HOW THEY'RE GOING TO
02:45:16:00	02:45:16:00	FUNCTION WITHOUT THESE THESE
02:45:16:00	02:45:19:00	WORKERS AND REALLY ON JUST A
02:45:19:00	02:45:19:00	VERY HUMAN LEVEL, PEOPLE SHOULD
02:45:19:00	02:45:20:00	NOT HAVE TO LIVE UNDER THIS
02:45:20:00	02:45:23:00	STRESS.
02:45:23:00	02:45:24:00	THE THE TEMPORARY PROTECTED
02:45:24:00	02:45:27:00	STATUS WAS ESTABLISHED TO
02:45:27:00	02:45:28:00	REALLY RESPOND TO COMMUNITIES
02:45:28:00	02:45:31:00	IN OTHER COUNTRIES THAT WERE
02:45:31:00	02:45:35:00	UNDER EXTREME EXTREME THREAT
02:45:35:00	02:45:38:00	LIKE WE HAVE THE THE HAITIAN
02:45:38:00	02:45:38:00	COMMUNITY AND THESE PEOPLE DID
02:45:38:00	02:45:42:00	NOT COME HERE THINKING THIS IS
02:45:42:00	02:45:46:00	A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
02:45:46:00	02:45:47:00	CERTAINLY IT IS A GREAT
02:45:47:00	02:45:47:00	OPPORTUNITY TO COME HERE.
02:45:47:00	02:45:49:00	BUT THEY CAME HERE BECAUSE THEY
02:45:49:00	02:45:50:00	WERE LEAVING THE COUNTRY.
02:45:50:00	02:45:50:00	THEY LOVED TO MAKE THEMSELVES
02:45:50:00	02:45:54:00	TO BE SAFE AND TO HAVE A LIFE
02:45:54:00	02:45:57:00	AND A FUTURE AND WE DEPEND ON
02:45:57:00	02:45:57:00	THEM.
02:45:57:00	02:45:58:00	WE VALUE THEM AND WE WILL
02:45:58:00	02:45:58:00	SUPPORT THEM.
02:45:58:00	02:46:02:00	SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND LET'S
02:46:02:00	02:46:05:00	CONTINUE AS YOU SAID, THIS IS A
02:46:05:00	02:46:05:00	THIS IS A TOUGH ROAD TO WALK
02:46:05:00	02:46:06:00	BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO STAND
02:46:06:00	02:46:09:00	WITH OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES.
02:46:09:00	02:46:09:00	THANK YOU.
02:46:09:00	02:46:10:00	THANK YOU.
02:46:10:00	02:46:12:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
02:46:12:00	02:46:13:00	SANTANA.
02:46:13:00	02:46:13:00	COUNSELOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:46:13:00	02:46:16:00	THANK YOU, MR VICE CHAIR.
02:46:16:00	02:46:17:00	I WANT TO THANK
02:46:17:00	02:46:20:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT REGINA FOR
02:46:20:00	02:46:20:00	BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND JUST
02:46:20:00	02:46:24:00	FOR BEING A TRUE LEADER WHEN IT
02:46:24:00	02:46:25:00	COMES TO NOT JUST OUR HAITIAN
02:46:25:00	02:46:25:00	COMMUNITY, FOR OUR FOR OUR
02:46:25:00	02:46:28:00	IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES.
02:46:28:00	02:46:29:00	I THINK I WANT TO PIGGYBACK
02:46:29:00	02:46:29:00	OF WHAT COUNCILOR BRAYDON WAS
02:46:29:00	02:46:31:00	JUST SAYING.
02:46:31:00	02:46:34:00	IT'S ABSURD THAT IN 2020 WE
02:46:34:00	02:46:37:00	WERE APPLAUDING AND THANKING
02:46:37:00	02:46:40:00	OUR FRONTLINE WORKERS AND NOW
02:46:40:00	02:46:41:00	IN 2025 ABOUT TO BE 2026 WE
02:46:41:00	02:46:44:00	WANT TO KICK THEM OUT AND IT'S
02:46:44:00	02:46:47:00	IT JUST IT'S INSANE HOW
02:46:47:00	02:46:48:00	BACKWARDS THIS IS.
02:46:48:00	02:46:48:00	IT'S A TESTAMENT OF THE
02:46:48:00	02:46:51:00	ADMINISTRATION THAT WE HAVE A
02:46:51:00	02:46:56:00	LOT ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND I
02:46:56:00	02:46:56:00	ONE OF RISE THEY ALSO FIRST
02:46:56:00	02:46:59:00	THANK OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT
02:46:59:00	02:47:00:00	JUST FOR FOR LEADING THIS BODY
02:47:00:00	02:47:03:00	ON THIS ISSUE BUT JUST BEING A
02:47:03:00	02:47:03:00	STEADFAST ADVOCATE FOR ALL
02:47:03:00	02:47:06:00	OF OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES
02:47:06:00	02:47:07:00	AND I'M GOING TO BE SUPPORTING
02:47:07:00	02:47:10:00	THIS RESOLUTION AND SUPPORTING
02:47:10:00	02:47:11:00	ALL OF OUR TPS RESIDENTS AND
02:47:11:00	02:47:15:00	IMMIGRANTS HERE, THE CITY
02:47:15:00	02:47:15:00	OF AUSTIN.
02:47:15:00	02:47:15:00	THANK YOU.
02:47:15:00	02:47:15:00	MR.
02:47:15:00	02:47:18:00	THANK YOU.
02:47:18:00	02:47:18:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:47:18:00	02:47:19:00	COUNCILOR PEPEN COUNCIL YOU
02:47:19:00	02:47:21:00	HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:47:21:00	02:47:21:00	THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
02:47:21:00	02:47:22:00	I ALSO WANT TO STAND IN SUPPORT
02:47:22:00	02:47:24:00	OF THIS RESOLUTION.
02:47:24:00	02:47:25:00	I ALSO WANT TO THANK
02:47:25:00	02:47:26:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR HER
02:47:26:00	02:47:29:00	LEADERSHIP AND REPRESENTATION
02:47:29:00	02:47:29:00	OF ALL THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY
02:47:29:00	02:47:32:00	AND THE ENTIRE CITY OF BOSTON
02:47:32:00	02:47:33:00	WITH WHEN WE SEE THINGS LIKE
02:47:33:00	02:47:34:00	THIS HAPPENING IN OUR CITY IT
02:47:34:00	02:47:36:00	REALLY IMPACTS ALL OF US
02:47:36:00	02:47:37:00	DOESN'T MATTER WHAT CULTURAL
02:47:37:00	02:47:37:00	BACKGROUND WE'RE FROM, IT
02:47:37:00	02:47:40:00	IMPACTS EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN
02:47:40:00	02:47:41:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON BECAUSE OUR
02:47:41:00	02:47:44:00	COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO BE UNDER
02:47:44:00	02:47:45:00	ATTACK WHEN BY REMOVING THE
02:47:45:00	02:47:48:00	TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS FOR
02:47:48:00	02:47:48:00	THOSE FROM RESIDENTS FROM FROM
02:47:48:00	02:47:48:00	HAITI.
02:47:48:00	02:47:51:00	WHAT IS IS THAT THE FEDERAL
02:47:51:00	02:47:52:00	GOVERNMENT IS TAKING AWAY THEIR
02:47:52:00	02:47:55:00	OPPORTUNITY TO EVEN WORK HERE
02:47:55:00	02:47:55:00	IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND NOW
02:47:55:00	02:47:58:00	IT PUTS THEM IN A PREDICAMENT
02:47:58:00	02:47:59:00	WHERE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT
02:47:59:00	02:48:00:00	THEIR FUTURE IS GOING TO LOOK
02:48:00:00	02:48:02:00	LIKE AND WE JUST EXPERIENCED
02:48:02:00	02:48:03:00	SOMETHING OVER AT FANEUIL HALL
02:48:03:00	02:48:04:00	WHERE PEOPLE WERE DOING THE
02:48:04:00	02:48:06:00	RIGHT TO BECOME CITIZENS THE
02:48:06:00	02:48:09:00	RIGHT WAY AND THEY WERE REMOVED
02:48:09:00	02:48:10:00	FROM THE LINE BEFORE BECOMING
02:48:10:00	02:48:10:00	CITIZENS SIMPLY BECAUSE
02:48:10:00	02:48:13:00	OF WHERE THEY'RE FROM AND
02:48:13:00	02:48:14:00	WHAT'S HAPPENING ACROSS THE
02:48:14:00	02:48:17:00	ENTIRE CITY AND IN OUR COUNTRY
02:48:17:00	02:48:18:00	NOW IS THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE
02:48:18:00	02:48:19:00	TRYING TO DO THINGS THE RIGHT
02:48:19:00	02:48:21:00	WAY, THEY'RE BEING HARMED JUST
02:48:21:00	02:48:25:00	BY TRYING AND IT'S SHAMEFUL
02:48:25:00	02:48:29:00	THAT OUR PEOPLE RIGHT NOW THEY
02:48:29:00	02:48:29:00	ARE BEING ATTACKED SIMPLY
02:48:29:00	02:48:33:00	BECAUSE OF WHERE THEY'RE FROM.
02:48:33:00	02:48:33:00	I REPRESENT SUCH A BEAUTIFUL
02:48:33:00	02:48:36:00	HAITIAN COMMUNITY IN DISTRICT
02:48:36:00	02:48:36:00	FIVE.
02:48:36:00	02:48:37:00	THEY ARE THE BACKBONE
02:48:37:00	02:48:41:00	OF MATTAPAN HIGH PARK RAUS AND
02:48:41:00	02:48:41:00	NOW I SPEAK WITH SO MANY
02:48:41:00	02:48:44:00	LEADERS AND UNFORTUNATELY SO
02:48:44:00	02:48:44:00	MANY OF THEM ARE AFRAID THEY'RE
02:48:44:00	02:48:48:00	AFRAID JUST BECAUSE THEY DON'T
02:48:48:00	02:48:49:00	KNOW THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT
02:48:49:00	02:48:52:00	RESOURCES THEY COULD PROVIDE.
02:48:52:00	02:48:53:00	I WAS SO GLAD THAT
02:48:53:00	02:48:56:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT TODAY HONORED
02:48:56:00	02:48:58:00	DR. GOEBEL BECAUSE IF SHE IS
02:48:58:00	02:48:59:00	JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF THE
02:48:59:00	02:48:59:00	INSTITUTIONS THAT DO A LOT
02:48:59:00	02:49:00:00	OF WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
02:49:00:00	02:49:02:00	RESIDENTS ARE OKAY BUT EVEN
02:49:02:00	02:49:03:00	INSTITUTION LIKE IF THEY'RE OUT
02:49:03:00	02:49:07:00	HANDS MEAN THEY CAN ONLY DO SO
02:49:07:00	02:49:07:00	MUCH AND THINGS LIKE THIS IS
02:49:07:00	02:49:10:00	ONLY MAKING IT HARDER FOR THEM
02:49:10:00	02:49:10:00	AND THERE'S ONE THING I ALSO
02:49:10:00	02:49:13:00	WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THAT YES
02:49:13:00	02:49:17:00	WE ARE CITY COUNCILORS AND YES
02:49:17:00	02:49:18:00	WE FOCUS ON CITY SERVICES AND
02:49:18:00	02:49:21:00	ON EVERYTHING.
02:49:21:00	02:49:22:00	THERE HAS TO BE ROOM FOR THAT.
02:49:22:00	02:49:25:00	EVEN THE FEDERAL STUFF THAT IS
02:49:25:00	02:49:25:00	HAPPENING DOWN IN D.C. IT
02:49:25:00	02:49:29:00	IMPACTS US AND IT'S OKAY FOR US
02:49:29:00	02:49:29:00	TO TALK ABOUT BOTH ISSUES.
02:49:29:00	02:49:30:00	I STAND WITH THE COMMUNITY.
02:49:30:00	02:49:32:00	I STAND WITH MY HAITIAN
02:49:32:00	02:49:33:00	COMMUNITY WITH EVERY SINGLE
02:49:33:00	02:49:33:00	IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY IN BOSTON
02:49:33:00	02:49:35:00	AND I THANK THE
02:49:35:00	02:49:36:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR BRINGING
02:49:36:00	02:49:36:00	IT TO THE FLOOR.
02:49:36:00	02:49:37:00	THANK YOU.
02:49:37:00	02:49:37:00	THANK YOU.
02:49:37:00	02:49:39:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:49:39:00	02:49:40:00	COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCIL YOU
02:49:40:00	02:49:40:00	HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:49:40:00	02:49:43:00	THANK YOU, MR VICE CHAIR.
02:49:43:00	02:49:47:00	AND I WANT TO JUST THINK
02:49:47:00	02:49:48:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AND
02:49:48:00	02:49:51:00	FROM THE MOMENT THAT YOU WALKED
02:49:51:00	02:49:54:00	INTO THIS CHAMBER AND WAS AS
02:49:54:00	02:49:55:00	THE FIRST HAITIAN ELECTED HERE
02:49:55:00	02:49:58:00	IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, YOU
02:49:58:00	02:50:01:00	BROUGHT SO MUCH PRIDE AND JOY
02:50:01:00	02:50:02:00	TO THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU SERVE
02:50:02:00	02:50:06:00	WITH SO MUCH PASSION AND
02:50:06:00	02:50:06:00	CONVICTION AND IT HAS BEEN
02:50:06:00	02:50:10:00	HUMBLING AT TIMES TO SEE YOU IN
02:50:10:00	02:50:17:00	THIS SPACE AS YOU FIGHT FOR OUR
02:50:17:00	02:50:17:00	PEOPLE.
02:50:17:00	02:50:21:00	AND I'M STANDING HERE NOT JUST
02:50:21:00	02:50:24:00	IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION
02:50:24:00	02:50:24:00	BUT ALSO TO NAME THAT AS WE
02:50:24:00	02:50:28:00	CONTINUE TO NAVIGATE THESE
02:50:28:00	02:50:28:00	CONVERSATIONS, CENTERING
02:50:28:00	02:50:31:00	HUMANITY IS GOING TO BE WHAT I
02:50:31:00	02:50:32:00	BELIEVE IS ONE OF THE MOST
02:50:32:00	02:50:35:00	IMPORTANT INGREDIENTS TO OUR
02:50:35:00	02:50:36:00	POLICYMAKING.
02:50:36:00	02:50:40:00	YOU KNOW, MY TWO NIECES ARE
02:50:40:00	02:50:43:00	HALF DOMINICAN AND HALF HAITIAN
02:50:43:00	02:50:44:00	AND SO WE KNOW THAT THE
02:50:44:00	02:50:47:00	DOMINICAN COMMUNITY AND THE
02:50:47:00	02:50:51:00	HAITIAN COMMUNITY IS LIKE OUR,
02:50:51:00	02:50:52:00	OH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS
02:50:52:00	02:50:55:00	BEEN THAT DIVIDE BUT I HAVE
02:50:55:00	02:50:56:00	ALWAYS STOOD IN RELATIONSHIP
02:50:56:00	02:50:59:00	AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MY
02:50:59:00	02:51:00:00	HAITIAN COMMUNITY EVERY SINGLE
02:51:00:00	02:51:03:00	STEP OF THE WAY AND THIS
02:51:03:00	02:51:06:00	ANTI-BLACKNESS SITUATION THAT
02:51:06:00	02:51:10:00	WE ARE EXPERIENCING HERE IN
02:51:10:00	02:51:11:00	THIS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RIGHT
02:51:11:00	02:51:14:00	NOW IS VERY TARGETED.
02:51:14:00	02:51:15:00	AND I THINK THAT ON THE BODY
02:51:15:00	02:51:18:00	HERE IT'S GREAT TO FILE
02:51:18:00	02:51:21:00	RESOLUTIONS AND TO STRENGTHEN
02:51:21:00	02:51:22:00	THE TRUST ACT AND TO DO
02:51:22:00	02:51:23:00	EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO
02:51:23:00	02:51:29:00	PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS AND I
02:51:29:00	02:51:30:00	THINK THAT PART OF THAT WORK
02:51:30:00	02:51:33:00	ALSO REQUIRES US TO STAND UP
02:51:33:00	02:51:37:00	AND SPEAK UP EVEN WHEN WE ARE
02:51:37:00	02:51:37:00	AFRAID.
02:51:37:00	02:51:41:00	AND SO WE'VE DONE THAT AND WE
02:51:41:00	02:51:42:00	WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
02:51:42:00	02:51:42:00	AND I WANT TO THANK
02:51:42:00	02:51:45:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE FOR
02:51:45:00	02:51:46:00	YOUR TREMENDOUS LEADERSHIP IN
02:51:46:00	02:51:46:00	THIS SPACE.
02:51:46:00	02:51:49:00	THANK YOU.
02:51:49:00	02:51:50:00	THANK YOU.
02:51:50:00	02:51:50:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:51:50:00	02:51:51:00	COUNCIL WEBER COUNCIL YOU HAVE
02:51:51:00	02:51:53:00	THE FLOOR.
02:51:53:00	02:51:53:00	THANK YOU.
02:51:53:00	02:51:57:00	I JUST AM PROUD TO BE ON A BODY
02:51:57:00	02:52:00:00	THAT YOU KNOW SUPPORTS THIS AND
02:52:00:00	02:52:00:00	WOULD SUPPORT OUR
02:52:00:00	02:52:03:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT WHO JUST WANT
02:52:03:00	02:52:04:00	TO STAND IN SUPPORT OF THIS
02:52:04:00	02:52:04:00	RESOLUTION.
02:52:04:00	02:52:07:00	I THINK YOU KNOW THIS REALLY
02:52:07:00	02:52:08:00	PUTS THE LIE TO THE NOTION THAT
02:52:08:00	02:52:11:00	THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AS
02:52:11:00	02:52:12:00	THEY SAY OVER AND OVER AGAIN IS
02:52:12:00	02:52:14:00	ONLY GOING AFTER SERIOUS
02:52:14:00	02:52:15:00	CRIMINALS AND IS MAKING OUR
02:52:15:00	02:52:18:00	CITY SAFER BY SENDING THE ICE
02:52:18:00	02:52:19:00	AND THE BORDER PATROL ALL OVER
02:52:19:00	02:52:19:00	THE COUNTRY.
02:52:19:00	02:52:22:00	WE'RE TALKING HERE ABOUT PEOPLE
02:52:22:00	02:52:23:00	WHO HAVE LIVED AND WORKED IN
02:52:23:00	02:52:27:00	OUR COMMUNITIES FOR DECADES
02:52:27:00	02:52:27:00	UNDER ILLEGAL STATUS, TPS
02:52:27:00	02:52:31:00	STATUS AND YOU KNOW, FEBRUARY
02:52:31:00	02:52:34:00	3RD AND NEXT YEAR THAT STATUS
02:52:34:00	02:52:35:00	IS GOING TO BE REMOVED.
02:52:35:00	02:52:38:00	THEY'RE GOING TO BE SUBJECT TO
02:52:38:00	02:52:39:00	THESE ARE YOU KNOW, TO THE SAME
02:52:39:00	02:52:42:00	TREATMENT, YOU KNOW, FROM ICE
02:52:42:00	02:52:42:00	AND THE BORDER PATROL THAT
02:52:42:00	02:52:43:00	WE'VE SEEN.
02:52:43:00	02:52:45:00	WE'VE BEEN HORRIFIED TO SEE IN
02:52:45:00	02:52:46:00	OUR OWN COMMUNITIES AND ALL
02:52:46:00	02:52:49:00	OVER THE COUNTRY, YOU KNOW, ON
02:52:49:00	02:52:52:00	THIS SORT OF LIKE MANUFACTURED
02:52:52:00	02:52:53:00	BASIS THAT SOMEHOW THESE PEOPLE
02:52:53:00	02:52:57:00	ARE VIOLATING THE LAW BY JUST
02:52:57:00	02:52:57:00	LIVING AND WORKING HERE.
02:52:57:00	02:53:00:00	THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE
02:53:00:00	02:53:01:00	PROVIDING I THINK COUNSELOR
02:53:01:00	02:53:04:00	SANTANA, YOU KNOW, SAID IT
02:53:04:00	02:53:05:00	NECESSARY SERVICES, VITAL
02:53:05:00	02:53:08:00	SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITIES.
02:53:08:00	02:53:11:00	THEY WORK FOR THEIR HOME HEALTH
02:53:11:00	02:53:12:00	AIDES.
02:53:12:00	02:53:12:00	THEY WORK IN OUR HOSPITALS.
02:53:12:00	02:53:15:00	THEY WORK FOR OUR CITY.
02:53:15:00	02:53:16:00	AND NOW BECAUSE OF THIS, YOU
02:53:16:00	02:53:19:00	KNOW, THE HEARTLESS DECISION
02:53:19:00	02:53:23:00	THAT HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO YOU
02:53:23:00	02:53:24:00	KNOW, SORT OF TO TAKE EFFECT BY
02:53:24:00	02:53:24:00	THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED
02:53:24:00	02:53:28:00	STATES, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE
02:53:28:00	02:53:31:00	FOLKS ARE GOING TO BE YOU KNOW,
02:53:31:00	02:53:31:00	POTENTIALLY ROUNDED UP AND YOU
02:53:31:00	02:53:35:00	KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I
02:53:35:00	02:53:35:00	CAN'T BELIEVE THAT WE'RE SEEING
02:53:35:00	02:53:36:00	IN THIS COUNTRY.
02:53:36:00	02:53:39:00	AND YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S UP
02:53:39:00	02:53:40:00	TO ALL OF US TO FIGHT AS HARD
02:53:40:00	02:53:42:00	AS WE CAN TO PROTECT AS MANY
02:53:42:00	02:53:43:00	PEOPLE AS WE CAN.
02:53:43:00	02:53:46:00	YOU KNOW, DURING THIS
02:53:46:00	02:53:47:00	ADMINISTRATION.
02:53:47:00	02:53:47:00	THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
02:53:47:00	02:53:47:00	THANK YOU.
02:53:47:00	02:53:50:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:53:50:00	02:53:51:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN COUNCILOR, YOU
02:53:51:00	02:53:51:00	HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:53:51:00	02:53:52:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
02:53:52:00	02:53:55:00	I GOT THE SAME SENTIMENTS.
02:53:55:00	02:53:57:00	IS COUNCILOR WEBER PROUD TO BE
02:53:57:00	02:53:58:00	ON A BODY THAT CARES SO MUCH
02:53:58:00	02:54:01:00	AND I THINK IT'S REALLY EASY IN
02:54:01:00	02:54:02:00	THIS TOWN TO BECOME REALLY
02:54:02:00	02:54:02:00	HARDENED TO REALLY HORRIBLE
02:54:02:00	02:54:05:00	THINGS LIKE.
02:54:05:00	02:54:06:00	I FOUND MYSELF JUST GLAZING
02:54:06:00	02:54:09:00	OVER THE NEWS ARTICLES ABOUT
02:54:09:00	02:54:12:00	SOMEONE BEING PEOPLE BEING
02:54:12:00	02:54:13:00	TAKEN OUT OF LINE AT FANEUIL
02:54:13:00	02:54:16:00	HALL AND THEN I WENT BACK TO IT
02:54:16:00	02:54:17:00	AND IT REALLY MOVED ME BECAUSE
02:54:17:00	02:54:20:00	I REMEMBER MY MOM HELPING
02:54:20:00	02:54:21:00	PEOPLE WITH THEIR CITIZENSHIP
02:54:21:00	02:54:21:00	TESTS.
02:54:21:00	02:54:24:00	MY GRANDFATHER WENT THROUGH
02:54:24:00	02:54:25:00	THAT HE WAS A NATURALIZED
02:54:25:00	02:54:28:00	CITIZEN AND AND FOR A TIME HE
02:54:28:00	02:54:29:00	LIVED HERE ON AN EXPIRED VISA
02:54:29:00	02:54:32:00	AND SO I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO
02:54:32:00	02:54:32:00	HAVE YOUR FAMILY DEAL WITH
02:54:32:00	02:54:35:00	IMMIGRATION ISSUES BUT I ALSO
02:54:35:00	02:54:36:00	KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE FOR
02:54:36:00	02:54:39:00	COMMUNITIES TO COME TOGETHER
02:54:39:00	02:54:39:00	AND TO BE HELPING PEOPLE WITH
02:54:39:00	02:54:42:00	THEIR CITIZENSHIP TEST TO HELP
02:54:42:00	02:54:43:00	PEOPLE LEARN ENGLISH TO DO ALL
02:54:43:00	02:54:44:00	THE THINGS THAT WE DO EVERY
02:54:44:00	02:54:46:00	YEAR TO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
02:54:46:00	02:54:47:00	FUNDING THOSE CORRECT THINGS.
02:54:47:00	02:54:50:00	BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY LIKE
02:54:50:00	02:54:51:00	IT'S SO IMPORTANT NOT TO BECOME
02:54:51:00	02:54:54:00	HARDENED TO THESE HORRIBLE
02:54:54:00	02:54:55:00	THINGS BECAUSE THIS IS FASCISM
02:54:55:00	02:54:58:00	WE'RE LIVING IT IT'S THIS IS
02:54:58:00	02:55:01:00	NOT THIS IS NOT A SMALL THING.
02:55:01:00	02:55:01:00	THIS IS THIS IS RACISM.
02:55:01:00	02:55:04:00	THIS IS FASCISM.
02:55:04:00	02:55:05:00	IT'S ALL OF THE HORRIBLE THINGS
02:55:05:00	02:55:09:00	THAT OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE DEALT
02:55:09:00	02:55:09:00	WITH.
02:55:09:00	02:55:12:00	IT'S HAPPENING HERE AND AS MY
02:55:12:00	02:55:13:00	GRANDFATHER LIVED UNDER FRANCO
02:55:13:00	02:55:16:00	IN SPAIN I KNOW EXACTLY I
02:55:16:00	02:55:17:00	REMEMBER THE STORIES FROM MY
02:55:17:00	02:55:20:00	FAMILY AND WE'RE LIVING IT
02:55:20:00	02:55:21:00	TODAY AND I JUST WANT TO SAY
02:55:21:00	02:55:23:00	THAT WE CANNOT BE HARDENED.
02:55:23:00	02:55:24:00	WE HAVE TO KEEP TALKING ABOUT
02:55:24:00	02:55:27:00	IT.
02:55:27:00	02:55:27:00	THANK YOU.
02:55:27:00	02:55:28:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT, FOR
02:55:28:00	02:55:30:00	YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS MATTER
02:55:30:00	02:55:30:00	.
02:55:30:00	02:55:31:00	AND TPS FOR HAITI IS A DIRECT
02:55:31:00	02:55:34:00	ATTACK TO THE IMMIGRANT
02:55:34:00	02:55:35:00	COMMUNITIES AND AS COUNSELOR
02:55:35:00	02:55:38:00	SANTANA AND I BELIEVE A FEW
02:55:38:00	02:55:39:00	OF MY COLLEAGUES SAID THESE ARE
02:55:39:00	02:55:39:00	ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND YOU HAVE
02:55:39:00	02:55:42:00	GREAT IMPACT DEVASTATING IMPACT
02:55:42:00	02:55:43:00	ON THE FAMILIES AND THE
02:55:43:00	02:55:46:00	SERVICES HERE IN THE CITY
02:55:46:00	02:55:46:00	OF BOSTON.
02:55:46:00	02:55:47:00	AND I'M ALSO GRATEFUL THAT THIS
02:55:47:00	02:55:50:00	RESOLUTION POINTS AND
02:55:50:00	02:55:50:00	RECOGNIZES THE VERY REAL
02:55:50:00	02:55:53:00	HUMANITARIAN CRISIS HAITIANS
02:55:53:00	02:55:54:00	FACE AND IS STILL FACING AS
02:55:54:00	02:55:57:00	WELL AS THE EXTRAORDINARY
02:55:57:00	02:55:57:00	CONTRIBUTIONS THAT THE
02:55:57:00	02:55:58:00	COMMUNITY THERE TO COMMUNITY
02:55:58:00	02:56:01:00	MAKES TO OUR CITY.
02:56:01:00	02:56:02:00	ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME?
02:56:02:00	02:56:07:00	MR CLOKEY PLEASE.
02:56:07:00	02:56:08:00	COUNCILOR BREADON
02:56:08:00	02:56:08:00	COUNCILOR COLETTA ZAPATA,
02:56:08:00	02:56:09:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN
02:56:09:00	02:56:09:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD
02:56:09:00	02:56:10:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN CONCILOR MEJIA
02:56:10:00	02:56:10:00	HERE COUNCILOR MURPHY
02:56:10:00	02:56:13:00	COUNCILOR PEPEN
02:56:13:00	02:56:13:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA AND
02:56:13:00	02:56:14:00	COUNCIL WEBER PLEASE ADD THE
02:56:14:00	02:56:17:00	CHAIR COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE SIX
02:56:17:00	02:56:18:00	SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND
02:56:18:00	02:56:21:00	PASSES OF DOCKET NUMBER 2093
02:56:21:00	02:56:21:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY THOSE
02:56:21:00	02:56:25:00	OPPOSING YOU SAY NAY HAVE IT
02:56:25:00	02:56:27:00	DOCKET NUMBER 2093 HAS BEEN
02:56:27:00	02:56:27:00	ACCEPTED.
02:56:27:00	02:56:30:00	MR. CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE READ
02:56:30:00	02:56:32:00	DOCKET NUMBER 2094 DOCKING
02:56:32:00	02:56:33:00	NUMBER 209 FOR COUNCIL AND
02:56:33:00	02:56:34:00	MEJIA FOR THE FOLLOWING
02:56:34:00	02:56:36:00	RESOLUTION AND IN SUPPORT
02:56:36:00	02:56:37:00	OF DEMANDING UPDATED COST
02:56:37:00	02:56:40:00	ESTIMATES FOR THE WHITE STADIUM
02:56:40:00	02:56:41:00	PROJECT.
02:56:41:00	02:56:41:00	THANK YOU.
02:56:41:00	02:56:43:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
02:56:43:00	02:56:44:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE
02:56:44:00	02:56:45:00	COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE
02:56:45:00	02:56:47:00	FLOOR.
02:56:47:00	02:56:51:00	SORRY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
02:56:51:00	02:56:52:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
02:56:52:00	02:56:55:00	SO I'D LIKE TO ADD
02:56:55:00	02:56:56:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY AS AN ORIGINAL
02:56:56:00	02:57:00:00	CO-SPONSOR.
02:57:00:00	02:57:00:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY SO ADDED
02:57:00:00	02:57:01:00	BECAUSE WE HAVE THE FLOOR AND
02:57:01:00	02:57:03:00	I'D LIKE TO ADD SUSPEND 12 AND
02:57:03:00	02:57:07:00	ADD COUNCILOR FLYNN
02:57:07:00	02:57:07:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE TO SUSPEND
02:57:07:00	02:57:08:00	THE RULES THAT COUNCILOR FLYNN
02:57:08:00	02:57:10:00	AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR
02:57:10:00	02:57:10:00	SEEING AND HEARING NO
02:57:10:00	02:57:10:00	OBJECTIONS.
02:57:10:00	02:57:14:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN ALSO ADDED
02:57:14:00	02:57:14:00	CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YOU HAVE
02:57:14:00	02:57:15:00	THE FLOOR.
02:57:15:00	02:57:16:00	OKAY SO TODAY I RISE TO OFFER A
02:57:16:00	02:57:18:00	RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT
02:57:18:00	02:57:18:00	OF DEMANDING AN UPDATED
02:57:18:00	02:57:19:00	ACCURATE COST ESTIMATES FOR
02:57:19:00	02:57:22:00	WHITE STADIUM THROUGHOUT THIS
02:57:22:00	02:57:22:00	ENTIRE YEAR MY OFFICE HAS BEEN
02:57:22:00	02:57:26:00	VERY CLEAR WE DO NOT BELIEVE
02:57:26:00	02:57:27:00	THAT A PUBLIC PRIVATE PLAN IS
02:57:27:00	02:57:30:00	THE RIGHT PATH FOR WHITE
02:57:30:00	02:57:30:00	STADIUM.
02:57:30:00	02:57:31:00	WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY RAISED
02:57:31:00	02:57:33:00	CONCERNS ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS,
02:57:33:00	02:57:36:00	ENVIRONMENTAL LONG TERM PUBLIC
02:57:36:00	02:57:37:00	ACCESS, THE FINANCIAL RISKS
02:57:37:00	02:57:38:00	THAT COME WITH PRIVATE CONTROL
02:57:38:00	02:57:40:00	OF PUBLIC ASSETS.
02:57:40:00	02:57:41:00	BUT WHAT I WANT TO BE EQUALLY
02:57:41:00	02:57:44:00	CLEAR ABOUT THAT IS THAT THIS
02:57:44:00	02:57:44:00	RESOLUTION IS NOT ABOUT
02:57:44:00	02:57:47:00	DEBATING THE MERITS OF THE
02:57:47:00	02:57:47:00	PUBLIC PRIVATE PROPOSAL.
02:57:47:00	02:57:51:00	THIS RESOLUTION IS TO ENSURE
02:57:51:00	02:57:52:00	THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE
02:57:52:00	02:57:55:00	PEOPLE OF BOSTON KNOW THE EXACT
02:57:55:00	02:57:56:00	FINANCIAL COMMITMENT THE CITY
02:57:56:00	02:58:00:00	IS BEING ASKED TO TAKE ON RIGHT
02:58:00:00	02:58:01:00	NOW WE ARE OPERATING WITH AN
02:58:01:00	02:58:04:00	OUT DATE IT FIGURE THE LAST
02:58:04:00	02:58:06:00	PUBLIC ESTIMATE WAS OVER $100
02:58:06:00	02:58:07:00	MILLION AND WE HAVE EVERY
02:58:07:00	02:58:10:00	REASON TO SUSPECT THAT THE
02:58:10:00	02:58:13:00	NUMBER HAS CHANGED AS
02:58:13:00	02:58:14:00	CONSTRUCTION COSTS CONTINUE TO
02:58:14:00	02:58:14:00	RISE.
02:58:14:00	02:58:17:00	YET NO UPDATE COST BREAKDOWN
02:58:17:00	02:58:18:00	HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO THIS BODY
02:58:18:00	02:58:21:00	OR THE PUBLIC WE CANNOT GOVERN
02:58:21:00	02:58:22:00	RESPONSIBLY WITHOUT REAL
02:58:22:00	02:58:25:00	NUMBERS.
02:58:25:00	02:58:25:00	WE CANNOT ASK RESIDENTS TO
02:58:25:00	02:58:28:00	TRUST A PROJECT WITH A PRICE
02:58:28:00	02:58:29:00	TAG THAT IS STILL UNCLEAR AND
02:58:29:00	02:58:32:00	WE CANNOT MOVE FORWARD WITH A
02:58:32:00	02:58:33:00	PROPOSAL OF THIS SCALE WITHOUT
02:58:33:00	02:58:36:00	A FULL TRANSPARENT PROCESS THAT
02:58:36:00	02:58:40:00	LETS US KNOW WHAT THE CITY IS
02:58:40:00	02:58:40:00	ON THE HOOK FOR.
02:58:40:00	02:58:43:00	AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHY STRONG
02:58:43:00	02:58:48:00	INDEPENDENT OVERSIGHT MATTERS.
02:58:48:00	02:58:49:00	THIS COUNCIL PASSED A FORMAL
02:58:49:00	02:58:51:00	PETITION ESTABLISHING THE
02:58:51:00	02:58:51:00	BOSTON OVERSIGHT COMMISSION TO
02:58:51:00	02:58:54:00	STRENGTHEN FIN COMM.
02:58:54:00	02:58:55:00	YET THAT LEGISLATION IS STILL
02:58:55:00	02:58:59:00	SITTING UNSIGNED.
02:58:59:00	02:59:00:00	WHEN THE WHEN MAYOR WHEN WHEN
02:59:00:00	02:59:03:00	MAJOR PUBLIC ASSETS AND
02:59:03:00	02:59:03:00	HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF PUBLIC
02:59:03:00	02:59:07:00	DOLLARS ARE AT STAKE THE PEOPLE
02:59:07:00	02:59:07:00	OF BOSTON DESERVE EVERY
02:59:07:00	02:59:10:00	AVAILABLE ACCOUNTABILITY TOOL
02:59:10:00	02:59:13:00	FULLY ACTIVATED WHETHER SOMEONE
02:59:13:00	02:59:14:00	SUPPORTS OR OPPOSES THE CURRENT
02:59:14:00	02:59:14:00	PLAN.
02:59:14:00	02:59:18:00	EVERYONE SHOULD AGREE THAT
02:59:18:00	02:59:22:00	TAXPAYERS DESERVE HONEST AND
02:59:22:00	02:59:22:00	FLAHERTY.
02:59:22:00	02:59:26:00	THIS IS PUBLIC LAND, PUBLIC
02:59:26:00	02:59:27:00	MONEY AND A LONG TERM PUBLIC
02:59:27:00	02:59:29:00	OBLIGATION.
02:59:29:00	02:59:30:00	BEFORE THIS COUNCIL MAKES ANY
02:59:30:00	02:59:32:00	FURTHER DECISIONS WE NEED
02:59:32:00	02:59:33:00	ACCURATE UP TO DATE COST
02:59:33:00	02:59:34:00	ESTIMATES AND NOTHING LESS.
02:59:34:00	02:59:37:00	THIS RESOLUTION DEMANDS
02:59:37:00	02:59:40:00	TRANSPARENCY ACCOUNTABILITY AND
02:59:40:00	02:59:41:00	A COMPLETE FINANCIAL PICTURE SO
02:59:41:00	02:59:44:00	THAT THE PUBLIC IS NOT BEING
02:59:44:00	02:59:48:00	ASKED TO SIGN A BLANK CHECK.
02:59:48:00	02:59:51:00	AND AGAIN I WORKED REALLY HARD
02:59:51:00	02:59:56:00	IN THIS COMMITTEE AND I AM NOT
02:59:56:00	02:59:57:00	SURE WHAT THE FUTURE OF MY
02:59:57:00	03:00:00:00	STATUS ON THAT COMMITTEE HOLDS.
03:00:00:00	03:00:04:00	BUT I WILL BE REMISS IF I DON'T
03:00:04:00	03:00:07:00	ACKNOWLEDGE THE HARD WORK
03:00:07:00	03:00:11:00	OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDERS THE ACP
03:00:11:00	03:00:11:00	EMERALD NECKLACE AND THE
03:00:11:00	03:00:15:00	COUNTLESS ADVOCATES WHO HAVE
03:00:15:00	03:00:16:00	CONTINUED TO SHOW UP AND DEMAND
03:00:16:00	03:00:19:00	THAT THEIR VOICES BE HEARD AND
03:00:19:00	03:00:20:00	WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO JUST
03:00:20:00	03:00:20:00	THAT.
03:00:20:00	03:00:23:00	THANK YOU.
03:00:23:00	03:00:23:00	THANK YOU.
03:00:23:00	03:00:24:00	THERE'S ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO
03:00:24:00	03:00:26:00	SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?
03:00:26:00	03:00:27:00	OH RIGHT.
03:00:27:00	03:00:27:00	THE CO-SPONSORS.
03:00:27:00	03:00:30:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:00:30:00	03:00:31:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY.
03:00:31:00	03:00:31:00	OH RIGHT.
03:00:31:00	03:00:35:00	IT'S JUST WANT ECHO.
03:00:35:00	03:00:35:00	THANK YOU, COUNCILOR.
03:00:35:00	03:00:38:00	HERE.
03:00:38:00	03:00:39:00	I KNOW THAT MANY OF THE
03:00:39:00	03:00:42:00	RESIDENTS THOSE DIRECTLY
03:00:42:00	03:00:42:00	AFFECTED WERE HERE THIS MORNING
03:00:42:00	03:00:43:00	AND I'VE BEEN HEARING FROM THEM
03:00:43:00	03:00:47:00	FROM THE BEGINNING AND AS MANY
03:00:47:00	03:00:50:00	OF YOU KNOW, I FILED MANY
03:00:50:00	03:00:50:00	DIFFERENT HEARING ORDERS OVER
03:00:50:00	03:00:53:00	THIS PAST YEAR TO GET DIFFERENT
03:00:53:00	03:00:54:00	TYPES OF ANSWERS ON WHITE
03:00:54:00	03:00:54:00	STADIUM.
03:00:54:00	03:00:57:00	AND I WANT TO CONTINUE
03:00:57:00	03:00:58:00	CONVERSATION BUT WE NEED THE
03:00:58:00	03:01:01:00	FACTS TO BE ABLE TO ADVOCATE
03:01:01:00	03:01:02:00	EFFECTIVELY.
03:01:02:00	03:01:02:00	SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
03:01:02:00	03:01:03:00	THANK YOU.
03:01:03:00	03:01:05:00	THANK YOU.
03:01:05:00	03:01:06:00	THE CHAIR IDENTITIES
03:01:06:00	03:01:09:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN THANK YOU MADAM
03:01:09:00	03:01:10:00	CHAIR I I RISE TO THANK
03:01:10:00	03:01:13:00	COUNCIL AND MEJIA FOR THE
03:01:13:00	03:01:13:00	IMPORTANT WORK SHE'S DONE ON
03:01:13:00	03:01:14:00	THIS ISSUE.
03:01:14:00	03:01:17:00	I THINK WE GODDESS OF IF YOU
03:01:17:00	03:01:17:00	SUPPORT THE WHITE STADIUM
03:01:17:00	03:01:21:00	PROJECT OR I THINK WE ALL CAN
03:01:21:00	03:01:25:00	AGREE THAT THE TAXPAYER SHOULD
03:01:25:00	03:01:28:00	KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY CITY'S CITY
03:01:28:00	03:01:29:00	MONEY IS BEING SPENT.
03:01:29:00	03:01:29:00	I THINK THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT
03:01:29:00	03:01:32:00	THIS RESOLUTION IS IS ASKING IS
03:01:32:00	03:01:36:00	IS AT LEAST LET THE CITY
03:01:36:00	03:01:36:00	COUNCILORS IN THE PUBLIC KNOW
03:01:36:00	03:01:40:00	IN THE INTEREST OF TRANSPOWER
03:01:40:00	03:01:41:00	AND SEE THAT THAT'S ALL IT IS.
03:01:41:00	03:01:43:00	AND I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
03:01:43:00	03:01:44:00	SOME OF HIS ROLE AS CHAIR
03:01:44:00	03:01:47:00	OF THE TRANSPARENCY COMMITTEE
03:01:47:00	03:01:51:00	AND ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE
03:01:51:00	03:01:52:00	ENSURING THAT THESE ISSUES ARE
03:01:52:00	03:01:55:00	HEARD AND WE ACTUALLY ASK TOUGH
03:01:55:00	03:02:00:00	QUESTIONS AT HER COMMITTEE.
03:02:00:00	03:02:03:00	THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I
03:02:03:00	03:02:04:00	ENACTED IT BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S
03:02:04:00	03:02:06:00	IMPORTANT FOR RESIDENTS TO HAVE
03:02:06:00	03:02:07:00	A VOICE IN CITY GOVERNMENT
03:02:07:00	03:02:10:00	ENSURING THAT RESIDENTS CAN ASK
03:02:10:00	03:02:14:00	TOUGH QUESTIONS TO ANY
03:02:14:00	03:02:14:00	ADMINISTRATION THROUGH THEIR
03:02:14:00	03:02:15:00	CITY COUNCIL TO A PARTICULAR
03:02:15:00	03:02:18:00	COMMITTEE.
03:02:18:00	03:02:18:00	I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S
03:02:18:00	03:02:19:00	PROBABLY TALK THAT THE
03:02:19:00	03:02:21:00	COMMITTEE MIGHT BE ELIMINATED
03:02:21:00	03:02:26:00	NEXT YEAR BUT I DO IF THAT IS
03:02:26:00	03:02:27:00	THE CASE, I DO WANT TO
03:02:27:00	03:02:29:00	ACKNOWLEDGE THE INCREDIBLE WORK
03:02:29:00	03:02:30:00	COUNCIL ME HERE DID ON THAT
03:02:30:00	03:02:33:00	COMMITTEE OVER THE LAST OVER
03:02:33:00	03:02:33:00	THE LAST TWO YEARS.
03:02:33:00	03:02:34:00	THANK YOU.
03:02:34:00	03:02:37:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:02:37:00	03:02:37:00	COUNCILOR WEBER.
03:02:37:00	03:02:38:00	YOU IN THE FLOOR CHAIR THANK
03:02:38:00	03:02:40:00	YOU VERY MUCH.
03:02:40:00	03:02:43:00	YOU KNOW I STAND JUST TO POINT
03:02:43:00	03:02:44:00	OUT THAT THERE ARE A LOT
03:02:44:00	03:02:47:00	OF FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO
03:02:47:00	03:02:48:00	SUPPORT THIS PROJECT AND I
03:02:48:00	03:02:52:00	BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME
03:02:52:00	03:02:52:00	OF THE ARGUMENTS BEING MADE
03:02:52:00	03:02:55:00	AGAINST THIS PROJECT WERE NOT
03:02:55:00	03:02:56:00	MADE IN GOOD FAITH.
03:02:56:00	03:02:56:00	SO IT'S KIND OF HARD TO CUT
03:02:56:00	03:02:59:00	THROUGH THE NOISE WHEN WE WENT
03:02:59:00	03:02:59:00	IN.
03:02:59:00	03:03:00:00	THERE IS A THIS IS A PERFECTLY
03:03:00:00	03:03:03:00	REASONABLE REQUEST.
03:03:03:00	03:03:03:00	I MYSELF HAVE ASKED THE
03:03:03:00	03:03:04:00	ADMINISTRATION TO PRODUCE
03:03:04:00	03:03:07:00	NUMBERS THAT WERE PUBLICLY
03:03:07:00	03:03:07:00	AVAILABLE SO WE COULD DISCUSS
03:03:07:00	03:03:10:00	THE PROJECT.
03:03:10:00	03:03:11:00	I LOOK FORWARD I'M PERFECTLY
03:03:11:00	03:03:13:00	FINE TO VOTE FOR THIS
03:03:13:00	03:03:14:00	RESOLUTION.
03:03:14:00	03:03:14:00	I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THOSE
03:03:14:00	03:03:18:00	NUMBERS AND WE CAN YOU KNOW,
03:03:18:00	03:03:18:00	RESUME THIS DISCUSSION NEXT
03:03:18:00	03:03:18:00	YEAR.
03:03:18:00	03:03:21:00	BUT I WILL SAY THAT, YOU KNOW,
03:03:21:00	03:03:22:00	IN LIGHT OF THE LAST COUPLE
03:03:22:00	03:03:25:00	OF YEARS OF SOME OF THE
03:03:25:00	03:03:25:00	ADVOCACY, YOU KNOW, IN
03:03:25:00	03:03:29:00	OPPOSITION OF THE STADIUM HAS
03:03:29:00	03:03:30:00	JUST YOU KNOW IT'S IT'S I DON'T
03:03:30:00	03:03:32:00	THINK HAS REALLY BEEN FOCUSED
03:03:32:00	03:03:33:00	ON THE ISSUE.
03:03:33:00	03:03:33:00	IT'S BEEN BASED ON
03:03:33:00	03:03:37:00	MISINFORMATION AND SOME OF THAT
03:03:37:00	03:03:37:00	WILLFUL MISINFORMATION.
03:03:37:00	03:03:40:00	SO YOU KNOW, I LOOK FORWARD TO
03:03:40:00	03:03:41:00	CUTTING THROUGH ALL THAT AND
03:03:41:00	03:03:44:00	GETTING TO THE FACTS AND AND
03:03:44:00	03:03:44:00	VOTING ON THIS RESOLUTION
03:03:44:00	03:03:44:00	TODAY.
03:03:44:00	03:03:45:00	THANK YOU.
03:03:45:00	03:03:45:00	THANK YOU.
03:03:45:00	03:03:49:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:03:49:00	03:03:50:00	COUNCILOR DURKAN HAS YOU TO THE
03:03:50:00	03:03:50:00	FLOOR.
03:03:50:00	03:03:50:00	THANK YOU.
03:03:50:00	03:03:52:00	I JUST PART OF MY GOVERNMENT
03:03:52:00	03:03:56:00	ETHICS IS I DO NOT SUPPORT IT
03:03:56:00	03:03:57:00	AIDING FOLKS THAT ARE SUING THE
03:03:57:00	03:03:59:00	CITY ON ANY ISSUE.
03:03:59:00	03:04:00:00	THAT BEING SAID I READ THIS I
03:04:00:00	03:04:03:00	LIKE IT I WE CARE ABOUT
03:04:03:00	03:04:03:00	TRANSPARENCY.
03:04:03:00	03:04:04:00	WE CARE ABOUT THE COST OF DOING
03:04:04:00	03:04:04:00	BUSINESS.
03:04:04:00	03:04:07:00	WE CARE ABOUT THE COST
03:04:07:00	03:04:07:00	OF THINGS.
03:04:07:00	03:04:08:00	SO HAVING READ THIS I AGREE
03:04:08:00	03:04:11:00	WITH THIS I DON'T AGREE WITH
03:04:11:00	03:04:12:00	EVERYTHING THAT LIKE VIN WEBER
03:04:12:00	03:04:14:00	SAID, I DON'T WITH EVERYTHING
03:04:14:00	03:04:15:00	THIS COMMITTEE HAS DONE THIS
03:04:15:00	03:04:18:00	YEAR I DO THINK PLATFORMING
03:04:18:00	03:04:19:00	SOMEONE SUING THE CITY IS A
03:04:19:00	03:04:22:00	VIOLATION OF LIKE THE ETHICAL
03:04:22:00	03:04:23:00	DUTY THAT I HAVE TO SERVE THE
03:04:23:00	03:04:23:00	CITY OF BOSTON AND I KNOW WE
03:04:23:00	03:04:25:00	ALL DO THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT
03:04:25:00	03:04:26:00	DIFFERENT THINGS BUT I
03:04:26:00	03:04:29:00	PERSONALLY SUPPORT WHITE
03:04:29:00	03:04:30:00	STADIUM.
03:04:30:00	03:04:31:00	I BELIEVE OUR KIDS DESERVE THE
03:04:31:00	03:04:33:00	BEST.
03:04:33:00	03:04:34:00	I BELIEVE THAT THEY DESERVE A
03:04:34:00	03:04:36:00	WORLD CLASS FACILITIES AND I
03:04:36:00	03:04:37:00	BELIEVE THAT IT'S BEEN
03:04:37:00	03:04:40:00	COMPLETELY NEGLECTED FOR
03:04:40:00	03:04:40:00	DECADES.
03:04:40:00	03:04:41:00	THEY DON'T HAVE RUNNING THEY
03:04:41:00	03:04:44:00	DIDN'T HAVE RUNNING WATER PRIOR
03:04:44:00	03:04:45:00	TO PRIOR TO THERE BEING A PLAN
03:04:45:00	03:04:48:00	AND I THINK OBVIOUSLY THERE IS
03:04:48:00	03:04:48:00	A LOT OF DISCUSSION TO BE HAD
03:04:48:00	03:04:51:00	ABOUT THE COST OF DOING
03:04:51:00	03:04:55:00	BUSINESS AND WHAT THIS LOOKS
03:04:55:00	03:04:55:00	LIKE.
03:04:55:00	03:04:56:00	AND I KNOW THAT THE
03:04:56:00	03:04:59:00	ADMINISTRATION LOOKS FORWARD TO
03:04:59:00	03:04:59:00	PUTTING FORWARD SOME NUMBERS
03:04:59:00	03:05:03:00	AND UPDATED COST ESTIMATES.
03:05:03:00	03:05:04:00	WE KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT
03:05:04:00	03:05:04:00	OF CONVERSATION IN THE MEDIA
03:05:04:00	03:05:04:00	ABOUT THIS.
03:05:04:00	03:05:07:00	I JUST WANT TO PUT HOW I FEEL
03:05:07:00	03:05:07:00	ON THE RECORD.
03:05:07:00	03:05:10:00	I AM PREPARED TO VOTE YES ON
03:05:10:00	03:05:11:00	THIS AND WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE
03:05:11:00	03:05:14:00	TO AGREE ON EVERYTHING ON THIS
03:05:14:00	03:05:14:00	COUNCIL.
03:05:14:00	03:05:17:00	THAT IS THE BEAUTY OF HAVING 13
03:05:17:00	03:05:17:00	DIFFERENT MEMBERS WITH
03:05:17:00	03:05:18:00	DIFFERENT PRIORITIES AND
03:05:18:00	03:05:18:00	DIFFERENT FOLKS THAT THEY TALK
03:05:18:00	03:05:20:00	TO.
03:05:20:00	03:05:21:00	SO THANK YOU.
03:05:21:00	03:05:21:00	THANK YOU.
03:05:21:00	03:05:22:00	IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
03:05:22:00	03:05:25:00	ON THIS MATTER?
03:05:25:00	03:05:26:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
03:05:26:00	03:05:26:00	THEIR NAME MR CLERK BECAUSE IT
03:05:26:00	03:05:28:00	COMES WITH GREAT INEQUALITIES.
03:05:28:00	03:05:32:00	DURKIN FITZGERALD PREPARED
03:05:32:00	03:05:33:00	SANTANA WEBER WORLD PLEASE
03:05:33:00	03:05:35:00	OF THE CHAIR COUNSELORS IS
03:05:35:00	03:05:36:00	MEJIA MURPHY AND FLYNN SEEK
03:05:36:00	03:05:37:00	SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND
03:05:37:00	03:05:39:00	PASSAGE OF AN ADOPTION
03:05:39:00	03:05:42:00	OF DOCKET NUMBER 2094 ALL THOSE
03:05:42:00	03:05:43:00	IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL THOSE
03:05:43:00	03:05:46:00	OPPOSED NAY THE AYES HAVE IT.
03:05:46:00	03:05:47:00	MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE
03:05:47:00	03:05:50:00	CONDUCT OROCOBRE ROLL CALL VOTE
03:05:50:00	03:05:55:00	AND I CAN OF A2094
03:05:55:00	03:05:56:00	COUNCILOR BECAME 292094
03:05:56:00	03:05:59:00	COUNCILOR AGREED YES
03:05:59:00	03:06:00:00	COUNCILOR BREADON YES.
03:06:00:00	03:06:00:00	COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER.
03:06:00:00	03:06:03:00	COUNCILOR CLOSE THE YES.
03:06:03:00	03:06:03:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN
03:06:03:00	03:06:06:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN YES.
03:06:06:00	03:06:06:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD
03:06:06:00	03:06:07:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
03:06:07:00	03:06:10:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN IS
03:06:10:00	03:06:10:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN YES.
03:06:10:00	03:06:11:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
03:06:11:00	03:06:14:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
03:06:14:00	03:06:14:00	COUNCILOR ME HERE.
03:06:14:00	03:06:15:00	COUNCILOR ME HERE YES.
03:06:15:00	03:06:17:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY
03:06:17:00	03:06:17:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.
03:06:17:00	03:06:18:00	COUNCILOR PIPPIN
03:06:18:00	03:06:21:00	COUNCILOR OPINION
03:06:21:00	03:06:21:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA
03:06:21:00	03:06:22:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.
03:06:22:00	03:06:25:00	COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCILOR WEBER
03:06:25:00	03:06:25:00	YES AND COUNCILOR WORLD YES.
03:06:25:00	03:06:29:00	COUNCILOR WELL YES.
03:06:29:00	03:06:33:00	DUCK NUMBER 2094 HAS RECEIVED A
03:06:33:00	03:06:33:00	UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE
03:06:33:00	03:06:33:00	AFFIRMATIVE.
03:06:33:00	03:06:34:00	THANK YOU.
03:06:34:00	03:06:36:00	THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED.
03:06:36:00	03:06:37:00	WE ARE NOW ON TO PERSONNEL
03:06:37:00	03:06:38:00	ORDERS BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT
03:06:38:00	03:06:40:00	WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR
03:06:40:00	03:06:44:00	NAME OR A MOTION TO RECONSIDER
03:06:44:00	03:06:45:00	A VOTE ON A DOCKET WHILE THEY
03:06:45:00	03:06:50:00	WERE OUT OF THAT YOU CANNOT
03:06:50:00	03:06:51:00	DISCUSS WAS INTENDED TO PRESENT
03:06:51:00	03:06:52:00	ANY OTHER FLOYD THANK YOU.
03:06:52:00	03:06:55:00	MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE
03:06:55:00	03:06:56:00	TO MAKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER
03:06:56:00	03:06:59:00	THE ACTION TAKEN ON DOCKET
03:06:59:00	03:07:00:00	NUMBER 2079.
03:07:00:00	03:07:07:00	IS THERE A SECOND SET SO IT IS
03:07:07:00	03:07:08:00	PLACED IN COMMITTEE AND YOU ARE
03:07:08:00	03:07:08:00	LOOKING FOR A VOTE.
03:07:08:00	03:07:11:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
03:07:11:00	03:07:14:00	MOTION TO RECONSIDER SAY I I
03:07:14:00	03:07:15:00	OPPOSING IT.
03:07:15:00	03:07:15:00	I DON'T KNOW.
03:07:15:00	03:07:15:00	OKAY.
03:07:15:00	03:07:17:00	YOU HAD THE FLOOR.
03:07:17:00	03:07:22:00	OH, THAT'S NOT IN NUMBER 2079.
03:07:22:00	03:07:22:00	EXCUSE ME TO READ THE BACK
03:07:22:00	03:07:24:00	OF THE RECORD ON YEAH.
03:07:24:00	03:07:25:00	CAN YOU PLEASE READ IT BACK
03:07:25:00	03:07:25:00	INTO THE RECORD.
03:07:25:00	03:07:29:00	YEAH IT WAS PLACED IN COMMITTEE
03:07:29:00	03:07:33:00	TODAY IF YEAH TALK NUMBER 2079
03:07:33:00	03:07:35:00	MISS YOU KNOW AUTHORIZING THE
03:07:35:00	03:07:36:00	CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND
03:07:36:00	03:07:41:00	EXPEND THE AMOUNT
03:07:41:00	03:07:42:00	OF $1,485,264.20 IN THE FORM
03:07:42:00	03:07:45:00	OF A GRANT FOR FISCAL YEAR 26
03:07:45:00	03:07:48:00	HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESPONSE
03:07:48:00	03:07:49:00	TEAM EARMARK GRANT AWARDED BY
03:07:49:00	03:07:49:00	THE MASS DEPARTMENT OF FIRE
03:07:49:00	03:07:53:00	SERVICES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY
03:07:53:00	03:07:53:00	THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
03:07:53:00	03:07:56:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND THE NEEDS
03:07:56:00	03:07:57:00	OF THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT
03:07:57:00	03:08:01:00	HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESPONSE
03:08:01:00	03:08:04:00	TEAM PER LINE ITEM 8000 DASH
03:08:04:00	03:08:06:00	ZERO 600 OF THE FISCAL YEAR 26
03:08:06:00	03:08:10:00	GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT.
03:08:10:00	03:08:10:00	OKAY.
03:08:10:00	03:08:13:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR SANTANA,
03:08:13:00	03:08:14:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
03:08:14:00	03:08:15:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:08:15:00	03:08:18:00	THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT'S
03:08:18:00	03:08:19:00	HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESPONSE
03:08:19:00	03:08:22:00	TEAMS OR THE HAZMAT TEAM
03:08:22:00	03:08:22:00	HANDLES SOME OF THE MOST
03:08:22:00	03:08:23:00	DANGEROUS PUBLIC HEALTH
03:08:23:00	03:08:26:00	INCIDENTS IN OUR CITY FROM
03:08:26:00	03:08:26:00	CLEAN CLEANING UP CHEMICALS,
03:08:26:00	03:08:30:00	BIOLOGICAL OR RADIOLOGICAL OR
03:08:30:00	03:08:34:00	OTHER DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES.
03:08:34:00	03:08:34:00	THEY KEEP OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR
03:08:34:00	03:08:37:00	ENVIRONMENT SAFE.
03:08:37:00	03:08:38:00	FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO
03:08:38:00	03:08:40:00	EXTEND MY DEEP GRATITUDE TO OUR
03:08:40:00	03:08:41:00	HAZMAT TEAM FOR THEIR TIRELESS
03:08:41:00	03:08:45:00	WORK AND DEDICATION TO KEEPING
03:08:45:00	03:08:45:00	OUR COMMUNITY SAFE EVERY DAY
03:08:45:00	03:08:46:00	THEY EXEMPLIFY WHAT IT MEANS TO
03:08:46:00	03:08:48:00	BE A PUBLIC SERVANT.
03:08:48:00	03:08:51:00	EARLIER THIS YEAR ON APRIL
03:08:51:00	03:08:52:00	25TH, THE COMMITTEE ON CRIMINAL
03:08:52:00	03:08:54:00	ON PUBLIC SAFETY CRIMINAL
03:08:54:00	03:08:58:00	JUSTICE WAS JOINED BY THE
03:08:58:00	03:08:59:00	COMMISSIONER AND OTHER
03:08:59:00	03:08:59:00	STAKEHOLDERS FOR A PRODUCTIVE
03:08:59:00	03:09:02:00	AND INSIGHTFUL AND INSIGHTFUL
03:09:02:00	03:09:02:00	DISCUSSION ABOUT THE GRANTS
03:09:02:00	03:09:03:00	ANTICIPATED TO BE ADMINISTERED
03:09:03:00	03:09:06:00	BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
03:09:06:00	03:09:06:00	OUR DISCUSSION EMPHASIZED THE
03:09:06:00	03:09:07:00	IMPORTANCE OF BRANDS LIKE THESE
03:09:07:00	03:09:10:00	IN ENSURING THE DEPARTMENT'S
03:09:10:00	03:09:10:00	CAN CONTINUE ITS IMPORTANT WORK
03:09:10:00	03:09:13:00	AS A CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE I
03:09:13:00	03:09:14:00	BELIEVE THAT ENSURING THAT OUR
03:09:14:00	03:09:17:00	HAZMAT TEAM IS FULLY FUNDED IS
03:09:17:00	03:09:18:00	A PRIORITY FOR ENSURING PUBLIC
03:09:18:00	03:09:18:00	HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
03:09:18:00	03:09:21:00	I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE AN
03:09:21:00	03:09:21:00	OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY OF MY
03:09:21:00	03:09:22:00	COLLEAGUES TO SPEAK ON THIS
03:09:22:00	03:09:25:00	MATTER AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO
03:09:25:00	03:09:26:00	MOVE FORWARD TO SUSPEND THE
03:09:26:00	03:09:26:00	RULES AND PASS THIS DOCKET.
03:09:26:00	03:09:29:00	THANK YOU.
03:09:29:00	03:09:29:00	AWESOME.
03:09:29:00	03:09:29:00	THANK YOU.
03:09:29:00	03:09:30:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES ANY OF THE
03:09:30:00	03:09:32:00	FLOOR THAT'S NOT ON THIS
03:09:32:00	03:09:32:00	DOCKET.
03:09:32:00	03:09:32:00	NOT ON THIS DOCKET.
03:09:32:00	03:09:36:00	OKAY.
03:09:36:00	03:09:37:00	WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK
03:09:37:00	03:09:38:00	ON THIS COUNCILOR FOR THOSE
03:09:38:00	03:09:40:00	THAT DO SPEAK ON THIS DOCKET?
03:09:40:00	03:09:40:00	OKAY.
03:09:40:00	03:09:40:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:09:40:00	03:09:41:00	COUNCILOR FOR ANY OF THE FLOOR.
03:09:41:00	03:09:42:00	THANK YOU.
03:09:42:00	03:09:43:00	JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
03:09:43:00	03:09:43:00	IMPORTANT WORK
03:09:43:00	03:09:46:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA HAS DONE ON
03:09:46:00	03:09:47:00	THIS ISSUE.
03:09:47:00	03:09:50:00	THE THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT
03:09:50:00	03:09:51:00	PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE IN THE
03:09:51:00	03:09:54:00	WAY IT'S TOO HAZARDOUS MATERIAL
03:09:54:00	03:09:54:00	RESPONDING TO EMERGENCY ISSUES
03:09:54:00	03:09:57:00	THROUGHOUT EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD.
03:09:57:00	03:09:58:00	WHAT'S ALSO IMPORTANT IS THAT
03:09:58:00	03:10:02:00	THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES, THE
03:10:02:00	03:10:03:00	TRAINING AND THE EQUIPMENT TO
03:10:03:00	03:10:04:00	DO THEIR JOB EFFECTIVELY.
03:10:04:00	03:10:06:00	THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO
03:10:06:00	03:10:07:00	CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR
03:10:07:00	03:10:09:00	ENSURING THAT SAFETY RESPONDERS
03:10:09:00	03:10:13:00	HAVE THE TOOLS TO DO THEIR JOB
03:10:13:00	03:10:14:00	, ESPECIALLY DURING THESE
03:10:14:00	03:10:14:00	CHALLENGING TIMES.
03:10:14:00	03:10:14:00	THANK YOU.
03:10:14:00	03:10:15:00	THANK YOU.
03:10:15:00	03:10:18:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY IS THAT ON
03:10:18:00	03:10:18:00	THIS OKAY.
03:10:18:00	03:10:19:00	CUSTOMER FOR YOU ON THE FLOOR.
03:10:19:00	03:10:21:00	THANK YOU CHAIR IF I CAN
03:10:21:00	03:10:25:00	THROUGH YOU TO THE CHAIR JUST
03:10:25:00	03:10:25:00	ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THIS
03:10:25:00	03:10:28:00	SPECIFIC TO THE CHAIR YOU MAY I
03:10:28:00	03:10:29:00	KNOW THAT YOU HELD A HEARING AT
03:10:29:00	03:10:31:00	THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WITH
03:10:31:00	03:10:32:00	THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THOSE
03:10:32:00	03:10:35:00	WHO CALLED BRIGHT OUR GRANTS.
03:10:35:00	03:10:36:00	AND IS THIS DIFFERENT OR DID
03:10:36:00	03:10:39:00	YOU JUST GIVE US THE ONE PAGER
03:10:39:00	03:10:39:00	BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT AND
03:10:39:00	03:10:40:00	YOU'RE HOPING WE PASS IT
03:10:40:00	03:10:42:00	BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE HAD THAT
03:10:42:00	03:10:43:00	ONE KIND OF OVERALL HEARING TO
03:10:43:00	03:10:46:00	TRY TO CATCH ALL UPCOMING
03:10:46:00	03:10:46:00	GRANTS FOR THE YEAR.
03:10:46:00	03:10:47:00	DO THE CHAIR COMES IN AND IF
03:10:47:00	03:10:50:00	YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND YOU MAY.
03:10:50:00	03:10:50:00	YES.
03:10:50:00	03:10:51:00	SO THANK YOU, CONGRESSMAN
03:10:51:00	03:10:51:00	MURPHY.
03:10:51:00	03:10:54:00	THIS WAS THIS GRANT WAS
03:10:54:00	03:10:58:00	COVERED AT THE HEARING AND I
03:10:58:00	03:10:59:00	MEANT TO JUST LET IT PASS
03:10:59:00	03:10:59:00	EARLIER.
03:10:59:00	03:11:00:00	IT JUST JUST TALKED THROUGH.
03:11:00:00	03:11:00:00	OKAY.
03:11:00:00	03:11:01:00	NO, PERFECT AND LOOKING FORWARD
03:11:01:00	03:11:02:00	TO SUPPORTING IT.
03:11:02:00	03:11:03:00	BUT I JUST WANTED TO ALSO GET
03:11:03:00	03:11:06:00	ON THE RECORD THAT WE DID WE
03:11:06:00	03:11:06:00	DID HAVE A HEARING AND WE DID
03:11:06:00	03:11:07:00	HAVE A HEARING ON THIS ONE.
03:11:07:00	03:11:08:00	I THANK YOU.
03:11:08:00	03:11:09:00	THANK YOU.
03:11:09:00	03:11:09:00	ANYONE LOOKING I WAS LOOKING TO
03:11:09:00	03:11:16:00	SPEAK ON THIS MATTER.
03:11:16:00	03:11:16:00	OKAY.
03:11:16:00	03:11:21:00	COUNSELOR SANTANA SEEKS
03:11:21:00	03:11:21:00	SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND
03:11:21:00	03:11:25:00	PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER AS
03:11:25:00	03:11:25:00	OF 202079.
03:11:25:00	03:11:29:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.
03:11:29:00	03:11:29:00	I'LL SAY NO.
03:11:29:00	03:11:30:00	THE AYES HAVE IT.
03:11:30:00	03:11:30:00	THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED.
03:11:30:00	03:11:32:00	BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD
03:11:32:00	03:11:33:00	THEIR NAME TO A DOCKET OR PUT
03:11:33:00	03:11:36:00	FORWARD A MOTION TO RECONSIDER
03:11:36:00	03:11:37:00	WHEN THEY WERE OUT OF CHAMBERS.
03:11:37:00	03:11:37:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES PENDING ON
03:11:37:00	03:11:38:00	THE FLOOR.
03:11:38:00	03:11:40:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:11:40:00	03:11:41:00	I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY NAME TO
03:11:41:00	03:11:44:00	DOCKET NUMBER 2090 AND 2091 AND
03:11:44:00	03:11:49:00	2092.
03:11:49:00	03:11:49:00	THANK YOU.
03:11:49:00	03:11:52:00	JUSTIN ADAMS OKAY.
03:11:52:00	03:11:53:00	THANK YOU, GOVERNOR.
03:11:53:00	03:11:56:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COME FROM
03:11:56:00	03:11:56:00	HERE.
03:11:56:00	03:11:57:00	GENSLER THANK YOU, MADAM
03:11:57:00	03:12:00:00	PRESIDENT AND YES, I ALSO WOULD
03:12:00:00	03:12:05:00	LIKE TO ADD MY NAME TO 20902091
03:12:05:00	03:12:06:00	AND 2092 IS CORRECT.
03:12:06:00	03:12:06:00	YOU GOT THAT.
03:12:06:00	03:12:06:00	AWESOME.
03:12:06:00	03:12:07:00	THANK YOU.
03:12:07:00	03:12:11:00	ANYONE ELSE?
03:12:11:00	03:12:15:00	OKAY WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO
03:12:15:00	03:12:19:00	PERSONNEL ORDERS.
03:12:19:00	03:12:19:00	MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ
03:12:19:00	03:12:20:00	THE PERSONNEL ORDERS?
03:12:20:00	03:12:23:00	PERSONNEL ARE STUCK IN NUMBER
03:12:23:00	03:12:26:00	2095 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR
03:12:26:00	03:12:29:00	COUNCILOR WEBER AND NUMBER 2096
03:12:29:00	03:12:30:00	COUNCILOR REASON FOR
03:12:30:00	03:12:30:00	COUNCILOR TO PREPARE.
03:12:30:00	03:12:30:00	THANK YOU.
03:12:30:00	03:12:34:00	THE CHAIR MOVES FOR PASSAGE
03:12:34:00	03:12:37:00	OF DOCKET NUMBER 209592096
03:12:37:00	03:12:38:00	OTHER THAN IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL
03:12:38:00	03:12:40:00	OPPOSE ANY THANK YOU.
03:12:40:00	03:12:40:00	THE PERSONNEL ORDERS HAVE
03:12:40:00	03:12:40:00	PASSED.
03:12:40:00	03:12:41:00	WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO GREEN
03:12:41:00	03:12:43:00	SHEETS.
03:12:43:00	03:12:44:00	WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO PULL
03:12:44:00	03:12:44:00	ANYTHING FROM THE GREEN SHEETS?
03:12:44:00	03:12:47:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
03:12:47:00	03:12:48:00	SANTANA CARLOS SANTANA YOU HAVE
03:12:48:00	03:12:52:00	THE FLOOR.
03:12:52:00	03:12:52:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:12:52:00	03:12:55:00	I WOULD LIKE TO POOL TWO
03:12:55:00	03:12:55:00	DOCKETS FROM THE GREEN SHEETS.
03:12:55:00	03:12:59:00	THE FIRST ONE IS DOCKET NUMBER
03:12:59:00	03:13:00:00	1951 FILED ON PAGE 23 OF THE
03:13:00:00	03:13:08:00	GREEN SHEETS.
03:13:08:00	03:13:08:00	DO YOU HAVE MR. CLERK, COULD
03:13:08:00	03:13:11:00	YOU TWO GET GET SOME ARE THEY
03:13:11:00	03:13:13:00	YOU'RE GOING TO READ BOTH
03:13:13:00	03:13:14:00	OF THEM.
03:13:14:00	03:13:14:00	OKAY.
03:13:14:00	03:13:15:00	CAN YOU READ THE OTHER THE
03:13:15:00	03:13:17:00	OTHER DOCKET COVERS INDIANA.
03:13:17:00	03:13:20:00	I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO FOR DOCKET
03:13:20:00	03:13:20:00	NUMBER 20365 ON PAGE 23 OF THE
03:13:20:00	03:13:24:00	GREEN SHEETS.
03:13:24:00	03:13:27:00	NO, MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE
03:13:27:00	03:13:28:00	READ THOSE TWO DOCKETS INTO THE
03:13:28:00	03:13:28:00	RECORD FROM THE COMMITTEE
03:13:28:00	03:13:32:00	PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL
03:13:32:00	03:13:35:00	JUSTICE TALKING ABOUT 1951
03:13:35:00	03:13:35:00	MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING
03:13:35:00	03:13:38:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT
03:13:38:00	03:13:39:00	AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT
03:13:39:00	03:13:40:00	OF $100,000 IN THE FORM OF A
03:13:40:00	03:13:42:00	GRANT FOR THE COMMUNITY SAFETY
03:13:42:00	03:13:43:00	INITIATIVE AWARDED BY THE MASS
03:13:43:00	03:13:45:00	EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC
03:13:45:00	03:13:46:00	SAFETY AND SECURITY TO BE
03:13:46:00	03:13:49:00	ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE
03:13:49:00	03:13:50:00	OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
03:13:50:00	03:13:51:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND THE CITY
03:13:51:00	03:13:53:00	OF BOSTON'S COMPREHENSIVE
03:13:53:00	03:13:57:00	STRATEGY AIMED AT REDUCING GUN
03:13:57:00	03:13:57:00	GANG AND YOUTH VIOLENCE IN THE
03:13:57:00	03:13:58:00	CITY.
03:13:58:00	03:14:00:00	AND NUMBER 2036 MESSAGE IN
03:14:00:00	03:14:04:00	ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY
03:14:04:00	03:14:05:00	OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND
03:14:05:00	03:14:10:00	THE AMOUNT OF $148,824 IN THE
03:14:10:00	03:14:10:00	FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FEDERAL
03:14:10:00	03:14:14:00	BURN JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT
03:14:14:00	03:14:14:00	REALLOCATION AWARDED BY THE
03:14:14:00	03:14:17:00	UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
03:14:17:00	03:14:18:00	OF JUSTICE PASSED TO THE MASS
03:14:18:00	03:14:20:00	EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC
03:14:20:00	03:14:21:00	SAFETY AND SECURITY TO BE
03:14:21:00	03:14:24:00	ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE
03:14:24:00	03:14:25:00	DEPARTMENT.
03:14:25:00	03:14:25:00	THE GRANT WILL FUND THE ANNUAL
03:14:25:00	03:14:28:00	BOSTON ADDRESS VERIFICATION
03:14:28:00	03:14:31:00	PROCEDURE MANDATED BY THE
03:14:31:00	03:14:31:00	MASSACHUSETTS SIX OFFENDER
03:14:31:00	03:14:31:00	REGISTRY BOARD.
03:14:31:00	03:14:35:00	THANK YOU.
03:14:35:00	03:14:36:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:14:36:00	03:14:36:00	CANCER CENTER IN A COUNCIL SAID
03:14:36:00	03:14:38:00	IN A YEAR BEFORE IT ABSENT
03:14:38:00	03:14:42:00	OBJECTION THE MOTION OF THE
03:14:42:00	03:14:46:00	COMMITTEE CHAIR IS ACCEPTED AND
03:14:46:00	03:14:47:00	THE DOCKETS ARE PROPERLY BEFORE
03:14:47:00	03:14:50:00	THE BODY COUNT U.S.A. THE FLOOR
03:14:50:00	03:14:50:00	.
03:14:50:00	03:14:51:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:14:51:00	03:14:53:00	I'M GOING TO SPEAK FIRST ON
03:14:53:00	03:14:55:00	DOCKET NUMBER 1951.
03:14:55:00	03:14:56:00	THIS IS A COMMUNITY SAFETY
03:14:56:00	03:14:59:00	INITIATIVE GRANT AND AS THE
03:14:59:00	03:15:00:00	AMOUNT OF $100,000 AWARDED BY
03:15:00:00	03:15:03:00	THE MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE
03:15:03:00	03:15:04:00	OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND
03:15:04:00	03:15:07:00	SECURITY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY
03:15:07:00	03:15:07:00	THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE
03:15:07:00	03:15:08:00	DEVELOPMENT, THIS GRANT WOULD
03:15:08:00	03:15:11:00	FUND THE CITY OF BOSTON'S
03:15:11:00	03:15:11:00	COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY AIMED AT
03:15:11:00	03:15:15:00	REDUCING GUN GUN GANG AND YOUTH
03:15:15:00	03:15:15:00	VIOLENCE TO THE OFFICE
03:15:15:00	03:15:16:00	OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND
03:15:16:00	03:15:18:00	YOUTH OPTIONS UNLIMITED.
03:15:18:00	03:15:19:00	THESE FUNDS WILL SUPPORT THE
03:15:19:00	03:15:22:00	PROGRAMS TO EMPOWER BOSTON'S
03:15:22:00	03:15:23:00	CORE INVOLVED OR AT RISK YOUTH
03:15:23:00	03:15:26:00	THROUGH SUPPORTIVE SERVICES
03:15:26:00	03:15:26:00	MENTORSHIP, CASE MANAGEMENT,
03:15:26:00	03:15:30:00	CAREER TRAINING AND SUPPORT AND
03:15:30:00	03:15:31:00	ENCOURAGEMENT.
03:15:31:00	03:15:33:00	THIS GRANT OF $100,000 FROM THE
03:15:33:00	03:15:34:00	EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC
03:15:34:00	03:15:37:00	SAFETY TO SAFETY AND SECURITY
03:15:37:00	03:15:37:00	TO THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE
03:15:37:00	03:15:41:00	DEVELOPMENT COVERS OPERATIONAL
03:15:41:00	03:15:44:00	COSTS AND YOUTH STIPENDS FOR UP
03:15:44:00	03:15:44:00	TO 15 PARTICIPANTS WHO WILL
03:15:44:00	03:15:47:00	WORK BETWEEN 10 TO 15 HOURS A
03:15:47:00	03:15:49:00	WEEK OVER A 12 TO 20 WEEK
03:15:49:00	03:15:49:00	PERIOD DEPENDING ON THE
03:15:49:00	03:15:50:00	PLACEMENT WITH WAGES RANGING
03:15:50:00	03:15:53:00	FROM $16 TO $18 AN HOUR.
03:15:53:00	03:15:54:00	WITH THE ACCEPTANCE OF THIS
03:15:54:00	03:15:57:00	GRANT WE WILL BE ABLE TO
03:15:57:00	03:15:58:00	CONTINUE TO UPLIFT AND SERVE
03:15:58:00	03:16:01:00	THESE YOUNG RESIDENTS.
03:16:01:00	03:16:01:00	AND THEN SECONDLY, I'M NOT
03:16:01:00	03:16:07:00	GOING TO SPEAK I'M TALKING
03:16:07:00	03:16:07:00	NUMBER 2036.
03:16:07:00	03:16:08:00	THIS IS A FEDERAL BIRD JUSTICE
03:16:08:00	03:16:11:00	ASSISTANCE GRANT REALLOCATION
03:16:11:00	03:16:17:00	IN THE AMOUNT OF $148,824
03:16:17:00	03:16:17:00	AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES
03:16:17:00	03:16:20:00	DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PASSED
03:16:20:00	03:16:21:00	THROUGH THE MASSACHUSETTS
03:16:21:00	03:16:21:00	EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC
03:16:21:00	03:16:25:00	SAFETY AND SECURITY AND TO BE
03:16:25:00	03:16:25:00	ADMINISTERED BY THE BOTHELL
03:16:25:00	03:16:25:00	POLICE DEPARTMENT.
03:16:25:00	03:16:28:00	THIS GRANT WILL FUND AN ANNUAL
03:16:28:00	03:16:29:00	PASS AND ADDRESS VERIFICATION
03:16:29:00	03:16:32:00	PROCEDURES MANDATED BY THE
03:16:32:00	03:16:32:00	MASSACHUSETTS SEX OFFENDER
03:16:32:00	03:16:33:00	REGISTRY BOSTON THESE FUNDS
03:16:33:00	03:16:35:00	WILL BE USED TO IDENTIFY,
03:16:35:00	03:16:36:00	INVESTIGATE AND LOCATE
03:16:36:00	03:16:39:00	OFFENDERS KNOWN TO BE IN
03:16:39:00	03:16:39:00	VIOLATION OF THEIR REGISTRATION
03:16:39:00	03:16:44:00	OBLIGATIONS AND THOSE WHO LAW
03:16:44:00	03:16:44:00	ENFORCEMENT HAVE REASON TO
03:16:44:00	03:16:47:00	BELIEVE MAY BE IN VIOLATION BY
03:16:47:00	03:16:48:00	VIRTUE OF PROVIDING INACCURATE
03:16:48:00	03:16:52:00	ADDRESS INFORMATION TO THE SEX
03:16:52:00	03:16:52:00	OFFENDER REGISTRY BOARD WILL
03:16:52:00	03:16:53:00	REIMBURSE THE BOSTON POLICE
03:16:53:00	03:16:55:00	DEPARTMENT FOR THE OVERTIME
03:16:55:00	03:16:56:00	HOURS WORKED TO PERFORM THESE
03:16:56:00	03:16:58:00	FUNCTIONS.
03:16:58:00	03:16:59:00	THANK YOU.
03:16:59:00	03:17:02:00	THANK YOU, COUNSELOR.
03:17:02:00	03:17:03:00	ANYONE ELSE ARE YOU LOOKING TO
03:17:03:00	03:17:06:00	SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?
03:17:06:00	03:17:07:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN?
03:17:07:00	03:17:07:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:17:07:00	03:17:07:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN.
03:17:07:00	03:17:09:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
03:17:09:00	03:17:10:00	THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
03:17:10:00	03:17:14:00	I WANT TO SPEAK ON THE SECOND
03:17:14:00	03:17:15:00	DOCKET AND JUST WANT TO PROVIDE
03:17:15:00	03:17:16:00	A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND
03:17:16:00	03:17:17:00	INFORMATION AS A AS A FOLLOW UP
03:17:17:00	03:17:20:00	PROBATION OFFICER, I SUPERVISED
03:17:20:00	03:17:24:00	A LOT OF PEOPLE ON PROBATION
03:17:24:00	03:17:24:00	THAT WERE SEX OFFENDERS AND
03:17:24:00	03:17:27:00	WHAT THE PROCESS WAS INCLUDING
03:17:27:00	03:17:28:00	HOMELESS RESIDENTS.
03:17:28:00	03:17:31:00	THEY WOULD HAVE TO REPORT TO
03:17:31:00	03:17:32:00	THE NEAREST POLICE DISTRICT.
03:17:32:00	03:17:35:00	I BELIEVE IT WAS WEEKLY WITH
03:17:35:00	03:17:39:00	SOME TYPE OF VERIFICATION IF
03:17:39:00	03:17:40:00	THEY WERE HOMELESS THEY HAD TO
03:17:40:00	03:17:40:00	SHOW SOME TYPE OF VERIFICATION
03:17:40:00	03:17:43:00	FROM A HOMELESS SHELTER OR
03:17:43:00	03:17:44:00	WHERE THEY'RE LIVING IF THEY
03:17:44:00	03:17:47:00	WERE WORKING AT A VARIOUS
03:17:47:00	03:17:47:00	LOCATION THEY HAD TO PROVIDE
03:17:47:00	03:17:51:00	DOCUMENTATION THAT THEY WERE
03:17:51:00	03:17:54:00	WORKING THERE AND FOR A LEVEL
03:17:54:00	03:17:54:00	THREE SEX OFFENDERS IT WAS MUCH
03:17:54:00	03:17:57:00	MORE STRICT IN TERMS OF THEIR
03:17:57:00	03:17:57:00	NOTIFICATION.
03:17:57:00	03:17:58:00	BUT IT'S A CRITICAL PART
03:17:58:00	03:18:01:00	OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
03:18:01:00	03:18:01:00	IT'S A CRITICAL PART
03:18:01:00	03:18:05:00	OF ENSURING RESIDENTS KNOW AND
03:18:05:00	03:18:08:00	ARE AWARE OF SEX OFFENDERS
03:18:08:00	03:18:09:00	ESPECIALLY THE LEVEL THREE SEX
03:18:09:00	03:18:10:00	OFFENDERS LIVING OR WORKING IN
03:18:10:00	03:18:12:00	THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
03:18:12:00	03:18:12:00	THANK YOU.
03:18:12:00	03:18:15:00	THANK YOU.
03:18:15:00	03:18:16:00	IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
03:18:16:00	03:18:20:00	ON EITHER OF THESE DOCKETS NOW?
03:18:20:00	03:18:21:00	OC COUNCILOR S.A. THE CHAIR THE
03:18:21:00	03:18:23:00	COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND
03:18:23:00	03:18:24:00	CRIMINAL JUSTICE SEEKS PASSAGE
03:18:24:00	03:18:27:00	OF DOCKET NUMBER 1951.
03:18:27:00	03:18:28:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL
03:18:28:00	03:18:32:00	OPPOSE NAY THE AYES HAVE IT.
03:18:32:00	03:18:32:00	THIS DOCKET IS PASSED.
03:18:32:00	03:18:35:00	CARLOS SANTANA THE CHAIR OF THE
03:18:35:00	03:18:36:00	COMMITTEE ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE
03:18:36:00	03:18:36:00	AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
03:18:36:00	03:18:37:00	SO SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND
03:18:37:00	03:18:39:00	PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 2036
03:18:39:00	03:18:42:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL
03:18:42:00	03:18:43:00	OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE IT.
03:18:43:00	03:18:47:00	THIS DOCKET IS PASSED THE CHAIR
03:18:47:00	03:18:47:00	RECOGNIZES CONCENTRATED
03:18:47:00	03:18:48:00	CONCENTRATE AND YOU HAVE THE
03:18:48:00	03:18:49:00	FLOOR.
03:18:49:00	03:18:50:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:18:50:00	03:18:56:00	I WOULD LIKE TO PULL DOCKET
03:18:56:00	03:19:00:00	1976 IT'S WHAT PAGES ON PAGE 12
03:19:00:00	03:19:00:00	OF THE GREEN SHEETS.
03:19:00:00	03:19:03:00	MR. CLERK, DO YOU HAVE THAT
03:19:03:00	03:19:04:00	DOCKET IN FRONT OF YOU?
03:19:04:00	03:19:04:00	COULD YOU PLEASE READ IT TO THE
03:19:04:00	03:19:06:00	BACK FROM THE COMMITTEE ON
03:19:06:00	03:19:07:00	HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
03:19:07:00	03:19:09:00	DEVELOPMENT TOKEN NUMBER 1976
03:19:09:00	03:19:10:00	MESSAGE YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZING
03:19:10:00	03:19:13:00	THE CITY OF BOSTON ACTING BY
03:19:13:00	03:19:14:00	AND THROUGH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
03:19:14:00	03:19:20:00	OF HOUSING TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND
03:19:20:00	03:19:20:00	$32,251 AND SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS
03:19:20:00	03:19:24:00	AWARDED ON THE HOME INVESTMENT
03:19:24:00	03:19:24:00	PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM AMERICAN
03:19:24:00	03:19:28:00	RESCUE PLAN HALLMARK ACT
03:19:28:00	03:19:28:00	OF 2021 FOR THE U.S. DEPARTMENT
03:19:28:00	03:19:32:00	OF HOUSING AND URBAN
03:19:32:00	03:19:32:00	DEVELOPMENT.
03:19:32:00	03:19:33:00	THE PURPOSE OF THE HOME ARP
03:19:33:00	03:19:35:00	FUNDS IS TO PROVIDE HOUSING,
03:19:35:00	03:19:36:00	SHELTER AND SERVICES TO
03:19:36:00	03:19:40:00	INDIVIDUALS OR HOUSEHOLDS WHO
03:19:40:00	03:19:40:00	ARE HOMELESS AT RISK
03:19:40:00	03:19:41:00	OF HOMELESSNESS AND OTHER
03:19:41:00	03:19:43:00	VULNERABLE POPULATIONS IN THE
03:19:43:00	03:19:44:00	CITY OF BOSTON.
03:19:44:00	03:19:48:00	THIS AWARD WILL SUPPORT THE
03:19:48:00	03:19:48:00	DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE
03:19:48:00	03:19:49:00	RENTAL HOUSING.
03:19:49:00	03:19:51:00	THANK YOU.
03:19:51:00	03:19:55:00	ABSENT OBJECTION, THE MOTION
03:19:55:00	03:19:56:00	OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS
03:19:56:00	03:19:59:00	ACCEPTED AND THE DOCKET DOCKET
03:19:59:00	03:19:59:00	NUMBER OF 1976 IS PROPERLY
03:19:59:00	03:20:00:00	BEFORE THE BODY COUNT
03:20:00:00	03:20:04:00	CELEBRATING YOU HAVE THE FLOOR
03:20:04:00	03:20:05:00	.
03:20:05:00	03:20:05:00	THANK YOU.
03:20:05:00	03:20:08:00	IN 2022 THE BOSTON RECEIPT
03:20:08:00	03:20:08:00	BOSTON RECEIVED A ONE TIME
03:20:08:00	03:20:09:00	GRANT FROM HUD FOR
03:20:09:00	03:20:12:00	APPROXIMATELY $21,500,000
03:20:12:00	03:20:15:00	MILLION DOLLARS AS PART OF THE
03:20:15:00	03:20:16:00	HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP
03:20:16:00	03:20:20:00	PROGRAM AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN
03:20:20:00	03:20:23:00	ACT OF 2021.
03:20:23:00	03:20:23:00	THIS INITIAL AWARD WAS PASSED
03:20:23:00	03:20:26:00	BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON JUNE 29,
03:20:26:00	03:20:27:00	2020 TO THIS DOCKET DOCKET
03:20:27:00	03:20:33:00	NUMBER 1976 IS FOR A SECOND
03:20:33:00	03:20:36:00	AWARD OF $32,251 AS A RESULT
03:20:36:00	03:20:39:00	OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE ERROR WHEN
03:20:39:00	03:20:40:00	HUD CALCULATED THE INITIAL
03:20:40:00	03:20:44:00	AMOUNT BACK IN 2022, IT WAS
03:20:44:00	03:20:47:00	ASSIGNED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
03:20:47:00	03:20:48:00	HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
03:20:48:00	03:20:50:00	DEVELOPMENT IN 2020 13TH
03:20:50:00	03:20:50:00	OF NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
03:20:50:00	03:20:53:00	THIS FUNDING TO BE ADMINISTERED
03:20:53:00	03:20:54:00	BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
03:20:54:00	03:20:54:00	OF HOUSING WILL SUPPORT THE
03:20:54:00	03:20:58:00	DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE
03:20:58:00	03:20:58:00	RENTAL HOUSING IN THE CITY
03:20:58:00	03:20:58:00	OF BOSTON.
03:20:58:00	03:21:01:00	GIVEN THE SMALLER SIZE OF THIS
03:21:01:00	03:21:02:00	GRANT AND THE FACT THAT IT IS
03:21:02:00	03:21:03:00	CORRECTING AN ADMINISTRATIVE
03:21:03:00	03:21:06:00	ERROR, I'M ASKING THAT WE
03:21:06:00	03:21:08:00	SUSPEND IN PASS DOCKET 1976
03:21:08:00	03:21:08:00	THANK YOU.
03:21:08:00	03:21:09:00	THANK YOU.
03:21:09:00	03:21:12:00	IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK
03:21:12:00	03:21:13:00	ON THIS MATTER?
03:21:13:00	03:21:13:00	OKAY.
03:21:13:00	03:21:15:00	COUNCILOR BREADON SPEAKS IS
03:21:15:00	03:21:19:00	PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1976
03:21:19:00	03:21:20:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALSO
03:21:20:00	03:21:22:00	OPPOSE NAY.
03:21:22:00	03:21:23:00	SO MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
03:21:23:00	03:21:28:00	CONDUCT A ROLL CALL ROLL CALL
03:21:28:00	03:21:33:00	VOTE ON DUCK NUMBER 1976
03:21:33:00	03:21:33:00	COUNCILOR BREADON YES.
03:21:33:00	03:21:37:00	COUNCILOR BREADON YES.
03:21:37:00	03:21:38:00	COUNCILOR COLETTA IT'S A PARTY
03:21:38:00	03:21:40:00	COUNCIL IT CLEARS UP YES.
03:21:40:00	03:21:40:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN
03:21:40:00	03:21:41:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN YES.
03:21:41:00	03:21:43:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD
03:21:43:00	03:21:44:00	COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES.
03:21:44:00	03:21:45:00	COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR FLYNN
03:21:45:00	03:21:47:00	YES.
03:21:47:00	03:21:48:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
03:21:48:00	03:21:48:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES.
03:21:48:00	03:21:51:00	COUNCILOR ME HERE.
03:21:51:00	03:21:51:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY
03:21:51:00	03:21:52:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YES.
03:21:52:00	03:21:54:00	COUNCILOR PIPPIN
03:21:54:00	03:21:55:00	COUNCILOR BULLPEN YES.
03:21:55:00	03:21:55:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.
03:21:55:00	03:21:58:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA YES.
03:21:58:00	03:21:59:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES.
03:21:59:00	03:22:00:00	COUNCILOR WEBER YES AND
03:22:00:00	03:22:05:00	COUNCILOR WELL DOCKET 1976 AS
03:22:05:00	03:22:08:00	WE SEE WHAT 610 VOTES IN THE
03:22:08:00	03:22:11:00	AFFIRMATIVE THANK YOU.
03:22:11:00	03:22:11:00	THIS DOCKET IS PASSED.
03:22:11:00	03:22:14:00	IS THERE ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO
03:22:14:00	03:22:14:00	PULL ANYTHING FROM THE GREEN
03:22:14:00	03:22:18:00	SHEETS?
03:22:18:00	03:22:18:00	OKAY.
03:22:18:00	03:22:19:00	WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO LATE
03:22:19:00	03:22:22:00	FILES BEFORE WE DO THAT THERE'S
03:22:22:00	03:22:25:00	A REQUEST AND I THINK IT'S A
03:22:25:00	03:22:26:00	GREAT ONE FROM A STAFFER THAT
03:22:26:00	03:22:29:00	WE TAKE A PHOTO OF ARE THE
03:22:29:00	03:22:33:00	COLLEAGUES AND STAFFERS.
03:22:33:00	03:22:34:00	SO IF THEY'RE STAFFERS IN IN
03:22:34:00	03:22:37:00	OFFICES WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME
03:22:37:00	03:22:38:00	TO CHAMBERS TO BE PART OF A BIG
03:22:38:00	03:22:40:00	PHOTO AT THE END OF THIS
03:22:40:00	03:22:41:00	MEETING, PLEASE DO THAT.
03:22:41:00	03:22:44:00	SO I WILL I WILL BUZZ THAT
03:22:44:00	03:22:45:00	FOLKS CAN MAKE THEIR WAY TO
03:22:45:00	03:22:47:00	CHAMBERS.
03:22:47:00	03:22:48:00	BUT IF THERE ARE STAFFERS WHO
03:22:48:00	03:22:52:00	ARE IN OFFICES AND WOULD LIKE
03:22:52:00	03:22:52:00	TO BE PART OF THAT PHOTO AND
03:22:52:00	03:22:53:00	CENTRAL STAFF AS WELL, PLEASE
03:22:53:00	03:22:56:00	MAKE YOUR WAY TO CHAMBERS OKAY.
03:22:56:00	03:22:57:00	WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO LEAD
03:22:57:00	03:22:57:00	FILES.
03:22:57:00	03:22:59:00	I'M INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT
03:22:59:00	03:23:02:00	THERE ARE 910 TEN LATE FILE
03:23:02:00	03:23:06:00	MATTERS NINE PERSONNEL EXCUSE
03:23:06:00	03:23:09:00	ME NINE PERSONNEL, NINE FILE
03:23:09:00	03:23:12:00	MATTERS, SECTION 17
03:23:12:00	03:23:12:00	OF RESPONSE.
03:23:12:00	03:23:13:00	OKAY, GREAT.
03:23:13:00	03:23:15:00	SO THERE ARE A TOTAL OF TEN
03:23:15:00	03:23:15:00	LATE FILE MATTERS.
03:23:15:00	03:23:16:00	NINE OF THEM ARE PERSONNEL
03:23:16:00	03:23:22:00	ORDERS AND ONE OF THEM IS IS A
03:23:22:00	03:23:23:00	RESPONSE FROM THE
03:23:23:00	03:23:26:00	ADMINISTRATION TO A 17 F ORDER.
03:23:26:00	03:23:27:00	WE WILL FIRST TAKE A VOTE TO
03:23:27:00	03:23:29:00	ADD THE NINE LATE FILE
03:23:29:00	03:23:30:00	PERSONNEL MATTER TO THE RECORD.
03:23:30:00	03:23:34:00	I WOULD LIKE TO FLAG THAT ONE
03:23:34:00	03:23:34:00	OF THESE LATE FIRED PERSONNEL
03:23:34:00	03:23:37:00	ORDERS IS FOR OUR NEW BUDGET
03:23:37:00	03:23:38:00	ANALYST RYAN PRATT.
03:23:38:00	03:23:41:00	THANK YOU TO MEMBERS OF THE
03:23:41:00	03:23:44:00	CITY COUNCIL WHO WERE PRESENT
03:23:44:00	03:23:45:00	FOR THAT WHO WERE PRESENT FOR
03:23:45:00	03:23:48:00	THAT INTERVIEW.
03:23:48:00	03:23:51:00	I LOVE TO SEE THE GROWTH IN
03:23:51:00	03:23:52:00	CENTRAL STAFF SO I JUST WANTED
03:23:52:00	03:23:53:00	TO THANK THE CENTRAL STAFF TEAM
03:23:53:00	03:23:56:00	AND SAY WELCOME ABOARD TO RYAN
03:23:56:00	03:23:56:00	PRATT.
03:23:56:00	03:23:59:00	OKAY.
03:23:59:00	03:23:59:00	WE'LL TAKE A VOTE TO ADD THESE
03:23:59:00	03:24:00:00	NINE LATE FILE PERSONNEL
03:24:00:00	03:24:02:00	MATTERS TO THE RECORD.
03:24:02:00	03:24:07:00	ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL OPPOSE
03:24:07:00	03:24:07:00	SAY NOW THE AYES HAVE IT
03:24:07:00	03:24:08:00	BEASLEY FILE PERSONNEL MATTERS
03:24:08:00	03:24:11:00	HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE TO THE
03:24:11:00	03:24:14:00	DOCKET WE WILL NOW TAKE A VOTE
03:24:14:00	03:24:15:00	TO PASS THESE LATE FILE
03:24:15:00	03:24:18:00	PERSONNEL MATTERS.
03:24:18:00	03:24:19:00	ALL IN FAVOR SAY I OH, OKAY.
03:24:19:00	03:24:22:00	BEFORE WE DO THAT, I'M TRYING
03:24:22:00	03:24:23:00	TO RUSH US ALONG HERE TO THE
03:24:23:00	03:24:23:00	END.
03:24:23:00	03:24:26:00	MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
03:24:26:00	03:24:26:00	THE LATE FILE PERSONNEL ORDERS
03:24:26:00	03:24:30:00	INTO THE RECORD LATE FIVE
03:24:30:00	03:24:30:00	PERSONNEL ORDERS FOR A SWORN
03:24:30:00	03:24:33:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR THE NEW
03:24:33:00	03:24:33:00	APPOINTMENT.
03:24:33:00	03:24:34:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR
03:24:34:00	03:24:36:00	COUNCILOR THE COLORS
03:24:36:00	03:24:39:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR
03:24:39:00	03:24:43:00	COUNCILOR PRESIDENT'S OFFICE I
03:24:43:00	03:24:44:00	BELIEVE THERE'S NO OTHER NAME
03:24:44:00	03:24:47:00	BUT COUNCILOR FOR
03:24:47:00	03:24:47:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE
03:24:47:00	03:24:48:00	COUNCILOR REASON FOR
03:24:48:00	03:24:50:00	COUNCILOR AMIHERE
03:24:50:00	03:24:51:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR
03:24:51:00	03:24:51:00	COUNCILOR SANTANA
03:24:51:00	03:24:55:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AND
03:24:55:00	03:24:59:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR
03:24:59:00	03:25:00:00	COUNCILOR AND MEJIA AND THEN
03:25:00:00	03:25:02:00	COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR ALL
03:25:02:00	03:25:03:00	CENTRAL STAFF AND
03:25:03:00	03:25:06:00	COUNCILOR OFFICE STAFF THANK
03:25:06:00	03:25:06:00	YOU.
03:25:06:00	03:25:07:00	WE WILL NOW TAKE A VOTE ON
03:25:07:00	03:25:10:00	THESE PERSONNEL MATTERS.
03:25:10:00	03:25:10:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.
03:25:10:00	03:25:11:00	I ALL OPPOSE SAY NO.
03:25:11:00	03:25:14:00	THE AYES HAVE IT.
03:25:14:00	03:25:17:00	THESE DOCKETS HAVE PASSED AND
03:25:17:00	03:25:18:00	MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
03:25:18:00	03:25:18:00	THE FILE?
03:25:18:00	03:25:21:00	WE WILL NOT TAKE A VOTE TO ADD
03:25:21:00	03:25:22:00	THE LEAD FILE 17 F RESPONSE ON
03:25:22:00	03:25:25:00	TO THE RECORD ALL THOSE IN
03:25:25:00	03:25:26:00	FAVOR SAY AYE I I I'LL OPPOSE
03:25:26:00	03:25:29:00	THEY NAY THE AYES HAVE IT THIS
03:25:29:00	03:25:30:00	LATE FILE 17 F RESPONSE HAS
03:25:30:00	03:25:32:00	BEEN ADDED TO THE RECORD.
03:25:32:00	03:25:33:00	MR COURT COULD YOU PLEASE READ
03:25:33:00	03:25:34:00	IT INTO THE RECORD TO THE CITY
03:25:34:00	03:25:34:00	COUNCIL?
03:25:34:00	03:25:37:00	DEAR COUNCILOR AS THIS IS A
03:25:37:00	03:25:38:00	RESPONSE TO THE 17 F ORDER
03:25:38:00	03:25:41:00	REQUEST THANKS FOR INFORMATION
03:25:41:00	03:25:41:00	REGARDING BOSTON HOUSING
03:25:41:00	03:25:44:00	AUTHORITY OPERATION AND
03:25:44:00	03:25:47:00	STANDARD PRACTICES DUNCAN
03:25:47:00	03:25:47:00	NUMBER 1854 FILED ON
03:25:47:00	03:25:50:00	OCTOBER 20TH, 2025 SINCERELY
03:25:50:00	03:25:54:00	MAYOR WILL THANK YOU.
03:25:54:00	03:25:55:00	THIS RESPONSE WILL BE PLACED ON
03:25:55:00	03:25:58:00	FILE.
03:25:58:00	03:25:58:00	WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO THE
03:25:58:00	03:25:59:00	CONSENT AGENDA.
03:25:59:00	03:26:02:00	I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE
03:26:02:00	03:26:02:00	CLERK THAT THERE ARE THAT THERE
03:26:02:00	03:26:05:00	IS ONE ADDITION TO THE CONSENT
03:26:05:00	03:26:05:00	AGENDA.
03:26:05:00	03:26:06:00	THE QUESTION NOW COMES ON
03:26:06:00	03:26:09:00	APPROVAL OF THE VARIOUS MATTERS
03:26:09:00	03:26:09:00	CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONSENT
03:26:09:00	03:26:10:00	AGENDA.
03:26:10:00	03:26:13:00	ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I TAKE
03:26:13:00	03:26:14:00	YOU THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN
03:26:14:00	03:26:16:00	ADOPTED.
03:26:16:00	03:26:17:00	OKAY WE ARE NOW ON TO
03:26:17:00	03:26:20:00	ANNOUNCEMENTS PLEASE REMEMBER
03:26:20:00	03:26:20:00	THESE ARE FOR UPCOMING DATES
03:26:20:00	03:26:21:00	AND EVENTS.
03:26:21:00	03:26:24:00	TODAY IS ANGUS BIRTHDAY ANDREW
03:26:24:00	03:26:24:00	BRUTUS HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
03:26:24:00	03:26:27:00	YOU ALSO HAVE SOME DISSENT
03:26:27:00	03:26:28:00	DECEMBER AND EARLY JANUARY
03:26:28:00	03:26:31:00	BIRTHDAYS JUDITH EVERS JULISSA
03:26:31:00	03:26:35:00	GONZALEZ I JUST HAPPY BIRTHDAY
03:26:35:00	03:26:39:00	JULISSA JACK SPRAGUE, CARA
03:26:39:00	03:26:42:00	MONTREAL AND DORA PIERRE LOUIS
03:26:42:00	03:26:46:00	, LIAM REMUS, MELISSA LEO JULIA
03:26:46:00	03:26:50:00	HERE ON THE FIRST AND EMILY
03:26:50:00	03:26:51:00	POSTED SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE
03:26:51:00	03:26:54:00	UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS IF ANYONE
03:26:54:00	03:26:58:00	ELSE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE
03:26:58:00	03:27:02:00	ANNOUNCEMENTS NOW IS THE TIME
03:27:02:00	03:27:02:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR
03:27:02:00	03:27:03:00	CLAUDIA ZAPATA AND THANK YOU TO
03:27:03:00	03:27:05:00	MICHELLE FOR PASSING OUT THE
03:27:05:00	03:27:05:00	MUGS.
03:27:05:00	03:27:09:00	HOPEFULLY THIS YEAH THEY HAVE
03:27:09:00	03:27:09:00	EVERYONE'S NAME ON IT OVER HERE
03:27:09:00	03:27:12:00	ALL SPELLED CORRECTLY SO SHOUT
03:27:12:00	03:27:15:00	OUT TO STUDIO 24 IN MATTAPAN
03:27:15:00	03:27:16:00	THAT HELPED US WITH THESE
03:27:16:00	03:27:17:00	ORDERS SO HOPE YOU LIKE THEM.
03:27:17:00	03:27:20:00	SO MY COLLEAGUES AND TO OUR
03:27:20:00	03:27:23:00	STENOGRAPHER, TO OUR CLERK TO
03:27:23:00	03:27:24:00	OUR ASSISTANT CLERK AND TO ALL
03:27:24:00	03:27:28:00	OF OUR INCREDIBLE CENTRAL STAFF
03:27:28:00	03:27:28:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:27:28:00	03:27:28:00	COUNCILOR CARLA ZAPATA.
03:27:28:00	03:27:31:00	YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
03:27:31:00	03:27:31:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:27:31:00	03:27:32:00	I WANTED TO UTILIZE THIS TIME
03:27:32:00	03:27:33:00	NOT FOR AN ANNOUNCEMENT JUST
03:27:33:00	03:27:36:00	FOR DEEP GRATITUDE FOR ALL
03:27:36:00	03:27:36:00	OF CENTRAL STAFF.
03:27:36:00	03:27:36:00	THANK YOU.
03:27:36:00	03:27:37:00	THANK YOU.
03:27:37:00	03:27:37:00	THANK YOU.
03:27:37:00	03:27:39:00	I WANT TO SPECIFICALLY THANK
03:27:39:00	03:27:40:00	THE MEGS FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE
03:27:40:00	03:27:43:00	DURING GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
03:27:43:00	03:27:43:00	HEARINGS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS.
03:27:43:00	03:27:47:00	I WANT TO THANK MY STAFF FOR
03:27:47:00	03:27:47:00	THEIR HARD WORK.
03:27:47:00	03:27:48:00	I WANT TO THANK ALL STAFFERS
03:27:48:00	03:27:51:00	WHO MAKE ALL OF US LOOK GOOD.
03:27:51:00	03:27:52:00	IN ORDER TO DO GOOD WORK YOU
03:27:52:00	03:27:54:00	NEED GOOD STAFF AND SO I JUST
03:27:54:00	03:27:55:00	WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR
03:27:55:00	03:27:57:00	THEIR PARTNERSHIP THIS YEAR AND
03:27:57:00	03:27:58:00	I DO WANT TO UTILIZE THIS TIME,
03:27:58:00	03:27:59:00	MADAM PRESIDENT, JUST TO
03:27:59:00	03:28:01:00	EXPRESS GRATITUDE FOR YOU AND
03:28:01:00	03:28:02:00	SERVING ALONGSIDE YOU IN THIS
03:28:02:00	03:28:05:00	CAPACITY YOU HAVE EXEMPLIFIED
03:28:05:00	03:28:09:00	THE POSITIVE GROUNDED STUDY
03:28:09:00	03:28:09:00	HAND THAT WE HAVE NEEDED DURING
03:28:09:00	03:28:12:00	THESE CHALLENGING TIMES AND I
03:28:12:00	03:28:13:00	AM GRATEFUL FOR THE FACT THAT
03:28:13:00	03:28:13:00	YOU'VE COMMITTED YOURSELF TO
03:28:13:00	03:28:14:00	REAL SOLUTIONS AND YOU ARE A
03:28:14:00	03:28:17:00	FIRM BELIEVER IN THE POWER
03:28:17:00	03:28:17:00	OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND WHAT IT
03:28:17:00	03:28:20:00	CAN DO FOR FOR EVERYBODY AND
03:28:20:00	03:28:23:00	THE IMPACT THAT WE HAVE ON ON
03:28:23:00	03:28:24:00	PEOPLE'S LIVES.
03:28:24:00	03:28:25:00	AND SO I WANTED TO THANK YOU
03:28:25:00	03:28:27:00	AND EVERY SINGLE TIME I'VE
03:28:27:00	03:28:28:00	STOOD UP AND I SAID MADAM
03:28:28:00	03:28:28:00	PRESIDENT, I HAVE BEEN VERY
03:28:28:00	03:28:31:00	PROUD TO DO SO.
03:28:31:00	03:28:32:00	SO JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR
03:28:32:00	03:28:33:00	LEADERSHIP AND I LOOK FORWARD
03:28:33:00	03:28:35:00	TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU AS
03:28:35:00	03:28:36:00	YOU MOVE ON THIS SIDE OF THE
03:28:36:00	03:28:39:00	DAIS IN THE NEXT YEAR.
03:28:39:00	03:28:39:00	SO THANK YOU.
03:28:39:00	03:28:40:00	THANK YOU.
03:28:40:00	03:28:43:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:28:43:00	03:28:44:00	COUNCILOR DURKIN, YOU HAVE THE
03:28:44:00	03:28:44:00	FLOOR.
03:28:44:00	03:28:44:00	THANK YOU SO MUCH.
03:28:44:00	03:28:47:00	I WANTED TO MIRROR THE THANKS
03:28:47:00	03:28:51:00	OF COUNCILOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA,
03:28:51:00	03:28:51:00	COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE YOU
03:28:51:00	03:28:52:00	HAVE BEEN AN AMAZING PRESIDENT
03:28:52:00	03:28:55:00	AND YOU KNOW I'M NOT THE
03:28:55:00	03:28:56:00	EASIEST PERSON TO WORK WITH
03:28:56:00	03:28:58:00	SOMETIMES SO I APPRECIATE
03:28:58:00	03:28:59:00	EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE TO
03:28:59:00	03:29:02:00	MAKE SURE THAT WE AS A BODY
03:29:02:00	03:29:05:00	MOVE TOGETHER AND WE HAVE SO
03:29:05:00	03:29:06:00	YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 1213
03:29:06:00	03:29:07:00	DIFFERENT OPINIONS DEPENDING ON
03:29:07:00	03:29:09:00	THE DAY.
03:29:09:00	03:29:10:00	AND SO THE IDEA THAT WE'VE ALL
03:29:10:00	03:29:13:00	BEEN ABLE TO COME TOGETHER OVER
03:29:13:00	03:29:14:00	THE LAST TWO YEARS AND I THINK
03:29:14:00	03:29:15:00	IT'S BECAUSE OF YOUR LEADERSHIP
03:29:15:00	03:29:17:00	AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL THAT
03:29:17:00	03:29:20:00	THERE ARE SO MANY TIMES IN
03:29:20:00	03:29:23:00	WHICH YOU HAVE TO PUT YOURSELF
03:29:23:00	03:29:24:00	SECOND WHEN YOU'RE IN THIS JOB
03:29:24:00	03:29:28:00	AND BEING PRESIDENT I IMAGINE
03:29:28:00	03:29:29:00	IT WAS EVEN MORE THAN JUST
03:29:29:00	03:29:32:00	REGULARLY BEING A CITY
03:29:32:00	03:29:32:00	COUNCILOR.
03:29:32:00	03:29:33:00	SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING
03:29:33:00	03:29:33:00	THAT YOU PUT IN.
03:29:33:00	03:29:35:00	THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP IN MY
03:29:35:00	03:29:36:00	DISTRICT ALL THE TIME AND BEING
03:29:36:00	03:29:39:00	AN INCREDIBLE LEADER.
03:29:39:00	03:29:40:00	LOOKING FORWARD TO TWO MORE
03:29:40:00	03:29:41:00	YEARS WITH YOU AND WITH ALL MY
03:29:41:00	03:29:43:00	COLLEAGUES.
03:29:43:00	03:29:44:00	I THINK THIS HOLIDAY SEASON
03:29:44:00	03:29:47:00	LOOKING AT ALL OF MY
03:29:47:00	03:29:47:00	COLLEAGUES, I'M JUST REALLY
03:29:47:00	03:29:48:00	GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF YOU.
03:29:48:00	03:29:51:00	I THINK WE YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES
03:29:51:00	03:29:51:00	WE HAVE A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION
03:29:51:00	03:29:54:00	AND THERE CAN BE FRICTION.
03:29:54:00	03:29:55:00	BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY LIKE I'M
03:29:55:00	03:29:58:00	REALLY GRATEFUL TO BE SERVING
03:29:58:00	03:29:59:00	ALONGSIDE EVERY SINGLE ONE
03:29:59:00	03:30:02:00	OF YOU AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE LIKE
03:30:02:00	03:30:02:00	ALL OF US HAVE PARTNERED ON
03:30:02:00	03:30:05:00	SOMETHING AND SO I JUST WANT TO
03:30:05:00	03:30:06:00	THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR
03:30:06:00	03:30:09:00	PARTNERSHIP AND I DIDN'T GET MY
03:30:09:00	03:30:10:00	GREAT HOLIDAY GIFTS.
03:30:10:00	03:30:10:00	YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE
03:30:10:00	03:30:11:00	GETTING SOMETHING IN THE NEW
03:30:11:00	03:30:13:00	YEAR.
03:30:13:00	03:30:14:00	I DIDN'T GET IT DONE IN TIME
03:30:14:00	03:30:14:00	BUT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE
03:30:14:00	03:30:15:00	GETTING SOMETHING IN THE NEW
03:30:15:00	03:30:16:00	YEAR JUST TO SAY I'M GRATEFUL
03:30:16:00	03:30:16:00	FOR YOU.
03:30:16:00	03:30:19:00	I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY TEAM
03:30:19:00	03:30:24:00	LILY, SAM, HOLLY SHUM WHO IS
03:30:24:00	03:30:25:00	PART OF MY TEAM THIS YEAR.
03:30:25:00	03:30:28:00	I WANT TO THANK MAME, I WANT TO
03:30:28:00	03:30:29:00	THANK LAUREN KAMI LIKE YOU GUYS
03:30:29:00	03:30:31:00	HAVE BEEN JUST LIKE SO
03:30:31:00	03:30:32:00	INCREDIBLE AND I JUST FEEL LIKE
03:30:32:00	03:30:35:00	WE ARE YOU KNOW THAT FEELING
03:30:35:00	03:30:35:00	WHEN LIKE YOUR WHOLE TEAM
03:30:35:00	03:30:38:00	CLICKS WHEN YOU FINALLY HAVE
03:30:38:00	03:30:39:00	THAT AND IT'S I'M SO EXCITED TO
03:30:39:00	03:30:42:00	HAVE TWO MORE YEARS ON THIS
03:30:42:00	03:30:43:00	COUNCIL AND THANK YOU ALL
03:30:43:00	03:30:43:00	WONDERFUL.
03:30:43:00	03:30:47:00	THANK YOU SHARON SORRY.
03:30:47:00	03:30:48:00	THANK YOU COUNCILOR DURKIN THE
03:30:48:00	03:30:48:00	CHAIR AND AS IT COMES FROM HERE
03:30:48:00	03:30:50:00	YOU GET THE FLOOR.
03:30:50:00	03:30:50:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND
03:30:50:00	03:30:53:00	THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO
03:30:53:00	03:30:54:00	UTILIZE THIS TIME FOR
03:30:54:00	03:30:54:00	GRATITUDE.
03:30:54:00	03:30:58:00	NORMALLY I KNOW YOU JUST WANT
03:30:58:00	03:31:00:00	US TO FOCUS ON ANNOUNCEMENTS SO
03:31:00:00	03:31:01:00	I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
03:31:01:00	03:31:02:00	THE GRACE AND I WANT TO THANK
03:31:02:00	03:31:04:00	YOU FOR YOUR YOUR YOUR
03:31:04:00	03:31:04:00	LEADERSHIP.
03:31:04:00	03:31:08:00	I KNOW IT HAS NOT BEEN EASY TO
03:31:08:00	03:31:08:00	SIT WELL.
03:31:08:00	03:31:12:00	IT'S BEEN A CAKEWALK.
03:31:12:00	03:31:15:00	YOU WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE OKAY
03:31:15:00	03:31:16:00	ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE THESE
03:31:16:00	03:31:20:00	TARGETS RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU
03:31:20:00	03:31:20:00	LOOKING AT YOU DURING
03:31:20:00	03:31:20:00	COUNCIL MEETING.
03:31:20:00	03:31:24:00	SO I JUST WANT TO JUST THANK
03:31:24:00	03:31:27:00	YOU FOR ALWAYS JUST HOLDING IT
03:31:27:00	03:31:28:00	DOWN EVEN WHEN EVERYTHING FELT
03:31:28:00	03:31:31:00	SO UPSIDE DOWN SO I JUST WANT
03:31:31:00	03:31:32:00	TO PUBLICLY THANK YOU AND YOUR
03:31:32:00	03:31:35:00	STAFF AND ESPECIALLY JESSIE.
03:31:35:00	03:31:38:00	I'M NOT SURE IF JESSIE IS HERE
03:31:38:00	03:31:42:00	BUT YOU'RE LISTENING IN JESSIE
03:31:42:00	03:31:43:00	YOU KNOW I CAME FROM THE PUBLIC
03:31:43:00	03:31:43:00	IN CHAMBERS.
03:31:43:00	03:31:46:00	YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
03:31:46:00	03:31:46:00	OKAY.
03:31:46:00	03:31:47:00	WHOSE STAFF STAFFING YOU ARE
03:31:47:00	03:31:49:00	REGISTERED BUT I WANT TO UPLIFT
03:31:49:00	03:31:50:00	JESSIE BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN
03:31:50:00	03:31:53:00	JESSIE THROUGH A NUMBER
03:31:53:00	03:31:54:00	OF DIFFERENT OFFICES AND HE HAS
03:31:54:00	03:31:57:00	ALWAYS BEEN SO INCREDIBLY
03:31:57:00	03:32:01:00	GENEROUS WITH HIS ADVICE TO US.
03:32:01:00	03:32:02:00	AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK
03:32:02:00	03:32:05:00	JESSIE FOR ALWAYS HELPING US
03:32:05:00	03:32:06:00	NAVIGATE THE POLITICS
03:32:06:00	03:32:09:00	OF POLITICS.
03:32:09:00	03:32:12:00	AND I'D BE REMISS WITHOUT
03:32:12:00	03:32:13:00	THANKING MY ENTIRE STAFF.
03:32:13:00	03:32:20:00	YES, ALL OF Y'ALL HAVE BEEN YOU
03:32:20:00	03:32:24:00	HAVE LITERALLY SAVED MY LIFE
03:32:24:00	03:32:24:00	AND HAVE TAUGHT ME SO MUCH
03:32:24:00	03:32:28:00	ABOUT WHAT IT IS TO BE A
03:32:28:00	03:32:28:00	COURAGEOUS LEADER.
03:32:28:00	03:32:32:00	THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY TIMES
03:32:32:00	03:32:35:00	WHEN I'VE RAN INTO MY OFFICE
03:32:35:00	03:32:36:00	JUST FEELING INCREDIBLY
03:32:36:00	03:32:37:00	DESTROYED AND YOU ALL HAVE
03:32:37:00	03:32:40:00	LIFTED ME UP AND REMINDED ME OF
03:32:40:00	03:32:43:00	WHY I EXIST IN THIS WORLD AND
03:32:43:00	03:32:44:00	WHY PEOPLE LIKE ME MATTER IN
03:32:44:00	03:32:48:00	THIS SPACE SO I JUST WANT TO
03:32:48:00	03:32:48:00	SAY THANK YOU FOR STANDING UP
03:32:48:00	03:32:51:00	THE WAY THAT YOU HAVE.
03:32:51:00	03:32:54:00	WE GO HARD FOR THE PEOPLE THAT
03:32:54:00	03:32:54:00	WE SERVE.
03:32:54:00	03:32:58:00	WE DO SO UNAPOLOGETICALLY.
03:32:58:00	03:32:59:00	WE ARE IN ALL SPACES AND PLACES
03:32:59:00	03:33:02:00	AND WE JUST DON'T DO POLICY.
03:33:02:00	03:33:03:00	WE DO PROGRAMING THAT IMPACTS
03:33:03:00	03:33:06:00	THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE
03:33:06:00	03:33:06:00	SERVE.
03:33:06:00	03:33:09:00	AND EVERY TIME I HAVE AN IDEA
03:33:09:00	03:33:10:00	YOU GUYS MAKE IT HAPPEN.
03:33:10:00	03:33:13:00	SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
03:33:13:00	03:33:17:00	AND THE MEGHAN'S OH MY GOD
03:33:17:00	03:33:18:00	MICHELLE YOU HAVE NO IDEA THE
03:33:18:00	03:33:19:00	GIFT THAT YOU HAVE PROVIDED OUR
03:33:19:00	03:33:21:00	OFFICE BECAUSE WE HAVE RELIED
03:33:21:00	03:33:25:00	ON CENTRAL STAFF PARTICULARLY
03:33:25:00	03:33:29:00	IN THIS CYCLE ON HOW TO MAKE
03:33:29:00	03:33:29:00	THINGS HAPPEN.
03:33:29:00	03:33:30:00	AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK
03:33:30:00	03:33:33:00	YOU TO THE MAGS THAT'S WHAT
03:33:33:00	03:33:36:00	WE'VE COINED THEM AS BECAUSE
03:33:36:00	03:33:37:00	THEY HAVE BEEN SO INCREDIBLY
03:33:37:00	03:33:38:00	GENEROUS WITH THEIR THOUGHT
03:33:38:00	03:33:41:00	LEADERSHIP AND HELPING US
03:33:41:00	03:33:44:00	NAVIGATE ALL OF THE LOOPHOLES
03:33:44:00	03:33:45:00	THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY FIND JUST
03:33:45:00	03:33:48:00	TO GET OUR MESSAGE OUT IN OUR
03:33:48:00	03:33:53:00	WORK TO THE FINISH LINE.
03:33:53:00	03:33:53:00	AND I WANT TO THANK COUNSELOR
03:33:53:00	03:33:56:00	CLARISSA THAT AND YOUR STAFF
03:33:56:00	03:34:00:00	PARTICULARLY ELLIE, YOU HAVE
03:34:00:00	03:34:00:00	BEEN SO INCREDIBLY GRACIOUS
03:34:00:00	03:34:04:00	WITH US, YOU KNOW, AND ARE
03:34:04:00	03:34:07:00	DEMANDING GET US IN FRONT
03:34:07:00	03:34:07:00	OF THE COUNSELOR.
03:34:07:00	03:34:11:00	WE WANT TO PASS THIS THIS HAS
03:34:11:00	03:34:11:00	BEEN ONE OF THE I ALWAYS TALK
03:34:11:00	03:34:14:00	ABOUT THE FACT THAT I'VE PASSED
03:34:14:00	03:34:14:00	OVER 15 PIECES OF LEGISLATION
03:34:14:00	03:34:15:00	AND I'VE BEEN VERY PROUD
03:34:15:00	03:34:18:00	OF THAT AND THIS TERM I HAVE
03:34:18:00	03:34:22:00	LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT WHAT IT
03:34:22:00	03:34:25:00	LOOKS LIKE TO NAVIGATE POLITICS
03:34:25:00	03:34:26:00	IN THAT PROCESS.
03:34:26:00	03:34:27:00	AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK
03:34:27:00	03:34:30:00	YOU TO COUNCILOR COMMITTEES
03:34:30:00	03:34:33:00	ABOUT THAT FOR GIVING US THE
03:34:33:00	03:34:34:00	OPPORTUNITY TO PASS TWO PIECES
03:34:34:00	03:34:41:00	OF LEGISLATION AND HOPEFULLY WE
03:34:41:00	03:34:41:00	WILL GET THAT HOME RULE
03:34:41:00	03:34:42:00	PETITION SIGNED THAT IS STILL
03:34:42:00	03:34:45:00	WAITING IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
03:34:45:00	03:34:48:00	I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE IS
03:34:48:00	03:34:49:00	LISTENING IN BUT YOU HAVE UNTIL
03:34:49:00	03:34:53:00	5:00 TODAY RIGHT?
03:34:53:00	03:34:53:00	YOU HAVE UNTIL 5:00 TO SEND
03:34:53:00	03:34:56:00	THAT HOME RULE PETITION OVER TO
03:34:56:00	03:34:57:00	THE STATE HOUSE WE'VE WORKED
03:34:57:00	03:35:00:00	WITH.
03:35:00:00	03:35:00:00	SHAPIRO INSPECTOR GENERAL
03:35:00:00	03:35:04:00	SHAPIRO AND OTHERS TO MAKE THAT
03:35:04:00	03:35:05:00	HAPPEN AND WE DID SO IN DEEP
03:35:05:00	03:35:07:00	COMMUNITY AND IN PARTNERSHIP
03:35:07:00	03:35:07:00	WITH OTHERS.
03:35:07:00	03:35:08:00	SO WE GOT IT TO THE BEST PLACE
03:35:08:00	03:35:11:00	THAT WE COULD.
03:35:11:00	03:35:12:00	AND I'M HOPING THAT THE MAYOR
03:35:12:00	03:35:15:00	WILL DO RIGHT BY THE PROCESS
03:35:15:00	03:35:15:00	AND GET IT SIGNED.
03:35:15:00	03:35:18:00	AND LASTLY, I WANT TO THANK ALL
03:35:18:00	03:35:19:00	OF THE ADVOCATES AND THOSE WHO
03:35:19:00	03:35:23:00	HAVE STOOD UP AND SPOKE UP AND
03:35:23:00	03:35:26:00	TRUTH TO POWER NO MATTER HOW
03:35:26:00	03:35:30:00	DIFFICULT IT HAS BEEN, YOU ALL
03:35:30:00	03:35:31:00	HAVE SHOWN UP AND SHOWED OUT IN
03:35:31:00	03:35:33:00	THIS CHAMBER AND HAVE
03:35:33:00	03:35:34:00	CREATED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US
03:35:34:00	03:35:38:00	TO REALLY TAKE OUR MARCHING
03:35:38:00	03:35:38:00	ORDERS FROM THOSE THAT WE SERVE
03:35:38:00	03:35:41:00	AND WHETHER WE WANT TO HEAR IT
03:35:41:00	03:35:41:00	OR NOT.
03:35:41:00	03:35:42:00	AT THE END OF THE DAY OUR JOB
03:35:42:00	03:35:45:00	IS TO REALLY BE THE THE
03:35:45:00	03:35:45:00	MICROPHONE FOR OUR
03:35:45:00	03:35:45:00	CONSTITUENTS.
03:35:45:00	03:35:49:00	AND LASTLY MY COLLEAGUES I KNOW
03:35:49:00	03:35:52:00	I OFTEN TALK ABOUT MY AWARD
03:35:52:00	03:35:53:00	WINNING PERSONALITY AND I AM
03:35:53:00	03:35:56:00	NOT SURE WHO'S GOING TO BE MY
03:35:56:00	03:35:57:00	SUPPORTING ACTRESS OR ACTOR.
03:35:57:00	03:36:00:00	I DON'T KNOW MAYBE THESE TWO
03:36:00:00	03:36:03:00	RIGHT HERE BUT I JUST WANTED TO
03:36:03:00	03:36:06:00	JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR JUST HOW
03:36:06:00	03:36:07:00	HOW WE'VE MANAGED TO DEAL WITH
03:36:07:00	03:36:10:00	CONFLICT PUBLICLY.
03:36:10:00	03:36:14:00	I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT THIS
03:36:14:00	03:36:15:00	FIRM HAS REALLY DEMONSTRATED
03:36:15:00	03:36:19:00	WHAT IT IS WHAT IS POSSIBLE
03:36:19:00	03:36:22:00	WHEN 13 CITY COUNCILS WITH
03:36:22:00	03:36:22:00	DIVERSE EXPERIENCES AND BELIEFS
03:36:22:00	03:36:27:00	GET TOGETHER AND MAKE THINGS
03:36:27:00	03:36:27:00	HAPPEN BECAUSE OF MORALE YOU
03:36:27:00	03:36:30:00	COULD LEAD A MASTERCLASS IN
03:36:30:00	03:36:30:00	CONSENSUS BUILDING WITH THE
03:36:30:00	03:36:33:00	WORK THAT YOU DID IN THE WAYS
03:36:33:00	03:36:34:00	AND MEANS YOU GOT US AND YOU
03:36:34:00	03:36:38:00	DELIVERED AND YOU DID THAT BY
03:36:38:00	03:36:38:00	BRINGING THIS BODY TOGETHER.
03:36:38:00	03:36:39:00	SO I JUST WANT TO PUBLICLY
03:36:39:00	03:36:42:00	ACKNOWLEDGE YOU FOR BEING ABLE
03:36:42:00	03:36:45:00	TO BRING THE BODY TOGETHER
03:36:45:00	03:36:46:00	DURING THAT TIME WHICH WAS NOT
03:36:46:00	03:36:46:00	EASY.
03:36:46:00	03:36:49:00	SO I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE
03:36:49:00	03:36:50:00	THAT LEADERSHIP AND I HOPE THAT
03:36:50:00	03:36:53:00	EVERYONE WISHING YOU A MERRY
03:36:53:00	03:36:54:00	CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
03:36:54:00	03:37:00:00	AND THEN YOU NEED SOME WATER.
03:37:00:00	03:37:01:00	OKAY, WE NEED TO GET SOME
03:37:01:00	03:37:01:00	WATER.
03:37:01:00	03:37:04:00	COME ON, GET SOME WATER IN MY
03:37:04:00	03:37:05:00	CUP AND MY CUP AND THAT'S MY
03:37:05:00	03:37:05:00	CUP.
03:37:05:00	03:37:08:00	OH, THAT'S MY CUE TO FINISH UP.
03:37:08:00	03:37:09:00	OKAY, WRAP IT UP.
03:37:09:00	03:37:12:00	ALL RIGHT, WELL, COME ON.
03:37:12:00	03:37:13:00	WE NEVER GET TO DO THIS, SO I'M
03:37:13:00	03:37:13:00	TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT.
03:37:13:00	03:37:16:00	THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
03:37:16:00	03:37:16:00	THANK YOU.
03:37:16:00	03:37:17:00	AND ALSO THANK YOU TO YOUR
03:37:17:00	03:37:17:00	STAFF.
03:37:17:00	03:37:19:00	I DO SAY I THINK THIS WAS HER
03:37:19:00	03:37:20:00	IDEA FOR US TO TAKE A BIG
03:37:20:00	03:37:21:00	COUNCIL PHOTO AND IT'S A GREAT
03:37:21:00	03:37:23:00	IDEA.
03:37:23:00	03:37:24:00	SO ANOTHER KUDOS TO EVERYONE
03:37:24:00	03:37:28:00	STAFF OFTEN TOO OFTEN OUR
03:37:28:00	03:37:31:00	UNSUNG HEROES THE CHAIR I HOPE
03:37:31:00	03:37:32:00	SHE LORRAINE GET SMARTER AND
03:37:32:00	03:37:32:00	SMARTER.
03:37:32:00	03:37:35:00	OKAY THE CHAIR AND IT JUST
03:37:35:00	03:37:35:00	COMES WITH ANY OTHER FLOOR.
03:37:35:00	03:37:38:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT I
03:37:38:00	03:37:39:00	ALSO JUST WANTED TO RISE AND
03:37:39:00	03:37:42:00	THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
03:37:42:00	03:37:43:00	IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO KNOW
03:37:43:00	03:37:43:00	AS A FIRST TERM COUNCILOR JUST
03:37:43:00	03:37:45:00	LEARNED THROUGH YOU THROUGH THE
03:37:45:00	03:37:46:00	WHAT HAVE YOU DONE.
03:37:46:00	03:37:47:00	I KNOW THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN
03:37:47:00	03:37:49:00	EASY JUST BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING
03:37:49:00	03:37:50:00	IS HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD.
03:37:50:00	03:37:53:00	HONESTLY INSIDE HERE WHERE JUST
03:37:53:00	03:37:54:00	REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR DEMEANOR
03:37:54:00	03:37:57:00	AND THE WAY THAT YOU CARRY THE
03:37:57:00	03:37:57:00	BODY THROUGHOUT THE TWO YEARS.
03:37:57:00	03:38:00:00	I ALSO WANTED TO THANK MY STAFF
03:38:00:00	03:38:04:00	PERSONALLY THAT WE ARE LEARNING
03:38:04:00	03:38:05:00	AND ARE IN OUR FIRST TERM HOW
03:38:05:00	03:38:06:00	TO JUST MANEUVER EVERYTHING BUT
03:38:06:00	03:38:08:00	I JUST I HAVE AN ALL STAR TEAM
03:38:08:00	03:38:09:00	IN MY IN MY IN MY ROOM, IN MY
03:38:09:00	03:38:11:00	OFFICE JUST EVERY SINGLE ONE
03:38:11:00	03:38:12:00	OF THEM JUST THANK YOU.
03:38:12:00	03:38:12:00	THANK YOU FOR KEEPING ME SANE.
03:38:12:00	03:38:16:00	THANK YOU FOR MAKE SURE THAT MY
03:38:16:00	03:38:16:00	LIFE IS NOT IN SHAMBLES AND
03:38:16:00	03:38:19:00	KEEPING ME ON TIME FOR
03:38:19:00	03:38:19:00	EVERYTHING TO MY COLLEAGUES
03:38:19:00	03:38:23:00	JUST EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU
03:38:23:00	03:38:26:00	THAT THE 11 OF YOU ARE VERY
03:38:26:00	03:38:27:00	DIFFERENT AND I THINK EACH
03:38:27:00	03:38:28:00	OF YOU JUST TEACH ME SOMETHING
03:38:28:00	03:38:31:00	THAT I CARRY WITH ME EVERY
03:38:31:00	03:38:31:00	SINGLE DAY AND IT'S MADE ME A
03:38:31:00	03:38:32:00	BETTER LEADER AND IT MAKES
03:38:32:00	03:38:34:00	ME ACTUALLY FEEL MORE
03:38:34:00	03:38:35:00	COMFORTABLE IN MY OWN SHOES AND
03:38:35:00	03:38:38:00	TO SHOW UP WHO I AM INSTEAD
03:38:38:00	03:38:39:00	OF TRYING TO PRETEND SOMEONE
03:38:39:00	03:38:39:00	I'M NOT AND I MEAN THAT
03:38:39:00	03:38:40:00	GENUINELY.
03:38:40:00	03:38:42:00	THANK YOU FOR FOR EVERYTHING
03:38:42:00	03:38:43:00	AND I'VE MADE FRIENDS HERE I
03:38:43:00	03:38:46:00	MEAN THAT SOME PEOPLE THAT I
03:38:46:00	03:38:47:00	WOULDN'T EXPECT SO JUST REALLY
03:38:47:00	03:38:49:00	THANKFUL FOR FOR EVERYTHING
03:38:49:00	03:38:50:00	THAT YOU DO AND PUBLICLY I JUST
03:38:50:00	03:38:54:00	WANT TO THANK MY MY FAMILY AS
03:38:54:00	03:38:55:00	WELL TO SEE YOU MY WIFE WHO HAS
03:38:55:00	03:38:57:00	PUT UP WITH ME FOR THE PAST TWO
03:38:57:00	03:38:58:00	YEARS AND YOU KNOW, I COME I
03:38:58:00	03:39:00:00	CAME IN HERE AS A FAMILY
03:39:00:00	03:39:01:00	OF FOUR AND FINISHING THIS YEAR
03:39:01:00	03:39:03:00	POTENTIALLY AS A FAMILY
03:39:03:00	03:39:03:00	OF FIVE.
03:39:03:00	03:39:04:00	SO IT'S IT'S A BLESSING AND
03:39:04:00	03:39:10:00	IT'S FOR ANYONE THAT WANTS TO
03:39:10:00	03:39:11:00	KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO HAVE A
03:39:11:00	03:39:11:00	LIFE AS A CITY COUNCILOR, IT'S
03:39:11:00	03:39:13:00	IT'S IT'S A HARD BALANCE.
03:39:13:00	03:39:14:00	THERE'S A LOT OF TOUGH DAYS.
03:39:14:00	03:39:18:00	THERE'S A LOT OF TOUGH DAYS BUT
03:39:18:00	03:39:18:00	A LOT OF GOOD DAYS TOO.
03:39:18:00	03:39:19:00	IT'S NOTHING LIKE RECEIVING A
03:39:19:00	03:39:21:00	CALL FROM A RESIDENTS AND THANK
03:39:21:00	03:39:21:00	YOU FOR HELPING ME.
03:39:21:00	03:39:22:00	I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST
03:39:22:00	03:39:24:00	LESSON THAT WE CAN ALL TAKE
03:39:24:00	03:39:25:00	GETTING EMOTIONALLY JUST
03:39:25:00	03:39:26:00	BECAUSE I'M THANKFUL THE FACT
03:39:26:00	03:39:28:00	THAT I GET TO SERVE THE CITY
03:39:28:00	03:39:29:00	THAT I WAS BORN IN AND THE CITY
03:39:29:00	03:39:29:00	THAT I LOVE.
03:39:29:00	03:39:30:00	SO JUST THANK YOU EVERYONE
03:39:30:00	03:39:32:00	HAPPY HOLIDAYS.
03:39:32:00	03:39:32:00	HAPPY NEW YEAR.
03:39:32:00	03:39:33:00	THANK YOU.
03:39:33:00	03:39:33:00	THANK YOU.
03:39:33:00	03:39:37:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:39:37:00	03:39:37:00	COUNCIL WEBCAMS WILL BE ON THE
03:39:37:00	03:39:37:00	FLOOR.
03:39:37:00	03:39:39:00	THANK YOU.
03:39:39:00	03:39:40:00	I JUST WANT TO JOIN MY
03:39:40:00	03:39:41:00	COLLEAGUES IN THINKING.
03:39:41:00	03:39:43:00	MADAM PRESIDENT, FOR HER WORK
03:39:43:00	03:39:44:00	OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS I KNOW
03:39:44:00	03:39:47:00	A LOT OF US PROBABLY ALL OF US
03:39:47:00	03:39:48:00	GET THANKED FOR OUR SERVICE TO
03:39:48:00	03:39:51:00	THE COMMUNITY IN OUR WORK.
03:39:51:00	03:39:51:00	MADAM PRESIDENT, YOU'VE
03:39:51:00	03:39:55:00	PROVIDED A GREAT SERVICE TO
03:39:55:00	03:39:55:00	THIS COUNCIL FOR TWO YEARS
03:39:55:00	03:39:56:00	STEPPING INTO THE SPOTLIGHT,
03:39:56:00	03:39:59:00	HAVING TO FACE ALL OF US EVERY
03:39:59:00	03:40:02:00	EVERY WEDNESDAY AND I JUST
03:40:02:00	03:40:03:00	APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT
03:40:03:00	03:40:04:00	YOU AND YOUR STAFF HAVE DONE
03:40:04:00	03:40:07:00	AND KEEPING THIS ENGINE GOING
03:40:07:00	03:40:10:00	FOR TWO YEARS AND I.
03:40:10:00	03:40:11:00	I KNOW IT WASN'T EASY BUT YOU
03:40:11:00	03:40:13:00	YOU MADE IT LOOK EASY AND SO
03:40:13:00	03:40:14:00	AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR FOR
03:40:14:00	03:40:14:00	EVERYTHING.
03:40:14:00	03:40:18:00	THANK YOU.
03:40:18:00	03:40:21:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:40:21:00	03:40:22:00	COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
03:40:22:00	03:40:22:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:40:22:00	03:40:24:00	AND I'D LIKE TO ECHO EVERYTHING
03:40:24:00	03:40:25:00	THAT MY COUNCILOR COLLEAGUES
03:40:25:00	03:40:25:00	HAVE SAID.
03:40:25:00	03:40:29:00	THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
03:40:29:00	03:40:29:00	THANK YOU FOR THE INVESTMENTS
03:40:29:00	03:40:30:00	THAT YOU HAVE MADE INTO THIS
03:40:30:00	03:40:30:00	BODY.
03:40:30:00	03:40:33:00	I ALSO JUST WANT TO THANK ALL
03:40:33:00	03:40:33:00	OF MY COLLEAGUES FOR ALL THEIR
03:40:33:00	03:40:36:00	HARD WORK THAT THEY HAVE PUT
03:40:36:00	03:40:36:00	IN.
03:40:36:00	03:40:39:00	THE PASSION CAN CONSTANTLY
03:40:39:00	03:40:40:00	SHOWING UP FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
03:40:40:00	03:40:43:00	ALTHOUGH WE MIGHT DIFFERING
03:40:43:00	03:40:44:00	OPINIONS I COULD SAY ONE THING
03:40:44:00	03:40:48:00	THAT I KNOW TO BE ALL TRUE IS
03:40:48:00	03:40:48:00	THAT WE ALL HAVE LOVE FOR THIS
03:40:48:00	03:40:49:00	CITY AND WE ARE ALL WORKING
03:40:49:00	03:40:51:00	TOWARDS MAKING THE LIVES
03:40:51:00	03:40:52:00	OF BOSTONIANS BETTER.
03:40:52:00	03:40:55:00	SO I JUST THANK YOU FOR JUST
03:40:55:00	03:40:56:00	HAVING THAT LOVE AND HAVING
03:40:56:00	03:40:56:00	THAT COMMITMENT TO MAKING THIS
03:40:56:00	03:40:59:00	CITY BETTER FOR ALL BOSTONIAN.
03:40:59:00	03:41:00:00	I WANT TO THANK THE CLASS
03:41:00:00	03:41:00:00	CLERK'S OFFICE.
03:41:00:00	03:41:03:00	ALSO CENTRAL STAFF FOR THEIR
03:41:03:00	03:41:04:00	HARD WORK AND JUST BEING A
03:41:04:00	03:41:07:00	RESOURCE TO MY TEAM AND TO ALL
03:41:07:00	03:41:11:00	OF US ALSO JUST THANK YOU TO MY
03:41:11:00	03:41:11:00	TEAM.
03:41:11:00	03:41:12:00	I KNOW THAT I COME UP WITH
03:41:12:00	03:41:15:00	IDEAS, YOU KNOW WHETHER IT'S
03:41:15:00	03:41:15:00	POLICY IDEAS, WHETHER IT'S
03:41:15:00	03:41:18:00	PROGRAMING AN EVENT.
03:41:18:00	03:41:19:00	SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM
03:41:19:00	03:41:22:00	FOR YOUR BELIEVING IN THE
03:41:22:00	03:41:23:00	VISION AND CARRYING OUT AND
03:41:23:00	03:41:26:00	EXECUTING.
03:41:26:00	03:41:27:00	I KNOW OUR RESIDENTS AS YOU
03:41:27:00	03:41:30:00	KNOW APPRECIATE IT BUT I JUST
03:41:30:00	03:41:31:00	WANT TO JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR
03:41:31:00	03:41:32:00	ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND ALL YOUR
03:41:32:00	03:41:35:00	DEDICATION AND JUST THANK YOU
03:41:35:00	03:41:35:00	TO ALL THE RESIDENTS WHO
03:41:35:00	03:41:36:00	CONSTANTLY SHOW UP.
03:41:36:00	03:41:38:00	ADVOCATE FOR ADVOCATE TO US AND
03:41:38:00	03:41:42:00	YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT WE
03:41:42:00	03:41:43:00	ARE DOING OUR JOB.
03:41:43:00	03:41:45:00	SO JUST THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR
03:41:45:00	03:41:46:00	MAKING THIS SUCH A GREAT
03:41:46:00	03:41:46:00	EXPERIENCE.
03:41:46:00	03:41:49:00	I ALWAYS SAY THIS IS THE SECOND
03:41:49:00	03:41:49:00	BEST JOB THAT I EVER HAD.
03:41:49:00	03:41:52:00	MY FIRST IS TO MY SON BUT THIS
03:41:52:00	03:41:53:00	IS THE SECOND BEST JOB I'VE
03:41:53:00	03:41:55:00	EVER HAD.
03:41:55:00	03:41:56:00	SO THANK YOU EVERYONE.
03:41:56:00	03:41:56:00	THANK YOU.
03:41:56:00	03:41:59:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:41:59:00	03:42:00:00	COUNCILOR BRADING HAS A GREAT
03:42:00:00	03:42:00:00	AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
03:42:00:00	03:42:03:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:42:03:00	03:42:04:00	I WANT TO JOIN MY COLLEAGUES IN
03:42:04:00	03:42:05:00	THANKING YOU FOR YOUR
03:42:05:00	03:42:08:00	LEADERSHIP THIS PAST YEAR.
03:42:08:00	03:42:09:00	THE LAST TWO YEARS I DIDN'T GO
03:42:09:00	03:42:11:00	THAT CLASS.
03:42:11:00	03:42:12:00	THE DAYS ARE LONG WITH THE
03:42:12:00	03:42:14:00	YEARS OR YES OR SOMETHING LIKE
03:42:14:00	03:42:15:00	THAT.
03:42:15:00	03:42:18:00	AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF MY
03:42:18:00	03:42:19:00	COLLEAGUES HERE BECAUSE I THINK
03:42:19:00	03:42:19:00	WE ALL LEARN FROM EACH OTHER.
03:42:19:00	03:42:22:00	WE ALL WE'RE ALL VERY DIFFERENT
03:42:22:00	03:42:22:00	IN OUR APPROACH TO THINGS.
03:42:22:00	03:42:23:00	WE HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS,
03:42:23:00	03:42:26:00	DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES BUT ALL
03:42:26:00	03:42:26:00	TOGETHER I THINK WE REALLY WORK
03:42:26:00	03:42:30:00	TO TRY AND BRING OUR TRUE
03:42:30:00	03:42:31:00	SELVES INTO THE INTO THE INTO
03:42:31:00	03:42:34:00	THE SPACE AND TO SUPPORT OUR
03:42:34:00	03:42:35:00	COMMUNITIES AND WORK FOR THE
03:42:35:00	03:42:38:00	CITY BOSTON TO MAKE IT BETTER,
03:42:38:00	03:42:39:00	MAKE IT AN EVEN BETTER PLACE TO
03:42:39:00	03:42:39:00	LIVE.
03:42:39:00	03:42:42:00	SO THANK YOU AND WANTS TO THANK
03:42:42:00	03:42:46:00	YOU MR. CLERK FOR YOUR AND YOUR
03:42:46:00	03:42:47:00	STAFF EVERYONE ELLEN THANK YOU
03:42:47:00	03:42:49:00	FOR THE LITTLE PACKETS
03:42:49:00	03:42:53:00	OF LOVELY PACKETS OF IRISH
03:42:53:00	03:42:53:00	BISCUITS THAT YOU BRING ME WHEN
03:42:53:00	03:42:54:00	YOU TRAVEL TO NORTHERN IRELAND
03:42:54:00	03:42:57:00	AND ALSO CENTRAL STAFF.
03:42:57:00	03:42:57:00	WE COULDN'T DO THIS JOB WITHOUT
03:42:57:00	03:43:00:00	OUR CENTRAL STAFF AND AND THEN
03:43:00:00	03:43:01:00	ALSO INDIVIDUALLY FOR ME TO
03:43:01:00	03:43:04:00	THANK THE INCREDIBLE TEAM THAT
03:43:04:00	03:43:05:00	I HAVE THAT WORK WITH ME EVERY
03:43:05:00	03:43:08:00	DAY AND REALLY BRING OUT THE
03:43:08:00	03:43:09:00	BEST IN ME.
03:43:09:00	03:43:12:00	SO THANK YOU.
03:43:12:00	03:43:12:00	THANK YOU.
03:43:12:00	03:43:13:00	THE TRACK HAS COMES FROM A
03:43:13:00	03:43:15:00	JOURNEY ON THE FLOOR.
03:43:15:00	03:43:15:00	THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:43:15:00	03:43:16:00	GOOD YEAR EVERYONE.
03:43:16:00	03:43:18:00	PLENTY OF WORK AHEAD.
03:43:18:00	03:43:19:00	HAPPY HOLIDAYS.
03:43:19:00	03:43:26:00	LET'S TAKE THIS PICTURE NOW.
03:43:26:00	03:43:26:00	THANK YOU EVERYONE.
03:43:26:00	03:43:29:00	THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE KIND
03:43:29:00	03:43:34:00	WORDS ALSO I JUST I ALREADY
03:43:34:00	03:43:35:00	SPOKE BUT I JUST WANT TO AGAIN
03:43:35:00	03:43:35:00	THANK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES.
03:43:35:00	03:43:38:00	I WANT TO AGAIN THANK CENTRAL
03:43:38:00	03:43:38:00	STAFF.
03:43:38:00	03:43:41:00	THERE'S SO MUCH THAT GOES IN TO
03:43:41:00	03:43:41:00	RUNNING THESE MEETINGS.
03:43:41:00	03:43:42:00	SO I WANT TO THANK AGAIN THE
03:43:42:00	03:43:45:00	STENOGRAPHER.
03:43:45:00	03:43:46:00	I WANT TO THANK AGAIN THE CLERK
03:43:46:00	03:43:47:00	AND THIS IS THE CLERK AND NOT
03:43:47:00	03:43:49:00	JUST THEM EVERYONE WHO IS UP IN
03:43:49:00	03:43:49:00	THE CLERK'S OFFICE BECAUSE THEY
03:43:49:00	03:43:52:00	ALL PARTICIPATE AND HELP MAKE
03:43:52:00	03:43:53:00	THIS OFFICE TO MAKE THESE
03:43:53:00	03:43:57:00	MEETINGS RUN WHEN THEY GO WHEN
03:43:57:00	03:43:57:00	A CLERK ISN'T HERE OR ASSISTANT
03:43:57:00	03:43:58:00	CLERK THE ONES WHO STEP IN.
03:43:58:00	03:44:00:00	SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK THEM
03:44:00:00	03:44:01:00	OUR STAFF THE SHINING EXAMPLES
03:44:01:00	03:44:04:00	THAT ALLOW US TO RUN FROM PLACE
03:44:04:00	03:44:04:00	TO PLACE.
03:44:04:00	03:44:05:00	WE THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT
03:44:05:00	03:44:07:00	POSSIBLE AND TO OUR FAMILIES
03:44:07:00	03:44:08:00	I'M INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL AND
03:44:08:00	03:44:11:00	IT'S BEEN THE DREAM TO SERVE AS
03:44:11:00	03:44:12:00	A PRESIDENT OF THIS COUNCIL ON
03:44:12:00	03:44:15:00	THE GOOD DAYS AND ON THE
03:44:15:00	03:44:16:00	INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING DAYS
03:44:16:00	03:44:18:00	THAT HAVE GROWN ME AND HAVE
03:44:18:00	03:44:19:00	HELPED US SERVE THE RESIDENTS
03:44:19:00	03:44:19:00	OF THIS CITY.
03:44:19:00	03:44:23:00	SO THANK YOU EVERYONE OKAY.
03:44:23:00	03:44:24:00	WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO
03:44:24:00	03:44:27:00	MEMORIAL.
03:44:27:00	03:44:28:00	WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO UPLIFT A
03:44:28:00	03:44:28:00	NAME?
03:44:28:00	03:44:28:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:44:28:00	03:44:30:00	COUNCILOR BREADON.
03:44:30:00	03:44:31:00	HAS THERE BEEN ANY ON THE
03:44:31:00	03:44:31:00	FLOOR?
03:44:31:00	03:44:32:00	THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
03:44:32:00	03:44:34:00	I'D LIKE TO REMEMBER MARY
03:44:34:00	03:44:35:00	HEALEY WHO PASSED AWAY ON
03:44:35:00	03:44:38:00	DECEMBER SECOND.
03:44:38:00	03:44:39:00	SHE'S 88 YEARS OLD.
03:44:39:00	03:44:42:00	SHE WAS A NATIVE OF IRELAND,
03:44:42:00	03:44:43:00	BORN IN BANTRY COUNTY CORK AND
03:44:43:00	03:44:46:00	A WAS A LONG, LONG TIME
03:44:46:00	03:44:47:00	RESIDENT IN BRIGHTON AND AN
03:44:47:00	03:44:49:00	ACTIVE MEMBER IN OUR CHURCH
03:44:49:00	03:44:50:00	COMMUNITY AND AT THE CARRIER
03:44:50:00	03:44:53:00	CLUB OF THE VERONICA SMITH
03:44:53:00	03:44:53:00	SENIOR CENTER.
03:44:53:00	03:44:57:00	THE CURRENT LOVERS OF CLUB FOR
03:44:57:00	03:44:58:00	IRISH EMIGRANT TO LIVE IN THE
03:44:58:00	03:45:01:00	NEIGHBORHOOD AND LIVE IN BOSTON
03:45:01:00	03:45:02:00	AT THE VERONICA SO I WISH TO
03:45:02:00	03:45:04:00	REMEMBER MARY AND ALL OF AND
03:45:04:00	03:45:05:00	REALLY SEND OUR CONDOLENCES TO
03:45:05:00	03:45:08:00	ALL OF YOUR FAMILY AT THIS TIME
03:45:08:00	03:45:11:00	THANK YOU.
03:45:11:00	03:45:11:00	THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES
03:45:11:00	03:45:12:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY YOU HAVE THE
03:45:12:00	03:45:15:00	FLOOR.
03:45:15:00	03:45:15:00	I WOULD LIKE TO UPLIFT CHUCKIE
03:45:15:00	03:45:19:00	RAZO IS FROM THE BRICKLAYERS
03:45:19:00	03:45:22:00	UNION AND JUST A GOOD FRIEND
03:45:22:00	03:45:23:00	OVER THESE YEARS AS A KIND MAN
03:45:23:00	03:45:26:00	WHO HAS GONE TO SOON.
03:45:26:00	03:45:33:00	THANK YOU MARY HEALY.
03:45:33:00	03:45:37:00	ANYONE ELSE?
03:45:37:00	03:45:37:00	OKAY.
03:45:37:00	03:45:41:00	ON BEHALF OF THE BOSTON CITY
03:45:41:00	03:45:41:00	COUNCIL I'M SORRY THERE ARE NO
03:45:41:00	03:45:42:00	THERE'S NO SPEAKING FROM THE
03:45:42:00	03:45:45:00	PUBLIC BUT MAKE SURE THAT WE
03:45:45:00	03:45:49:00	CAN HONOR IF THERE'S SOMEONE
03:45:49:00	03:45:49:00	WHO WOULD LIKE IF YOU WOULD
03:45:49:00	03:45:53:00	LIKE TO WRITE DOWN THE NAME AND
03:45:53:00	03:45:54:00	I CAN GIVE THE NAME I'D BE
03:45:54:00	03:45:57:00	HAPPY TO AND THE THE CHAIR
03:45:57:00	03:45:59:00	RECOGNIZES KINDS OF OPINION.
03:45:59:00	03:46:00:00	I THINK THE PERSON THAT WAS
03:46:00:00	03:46:01:00	TRYING TO REMEMBER IS GOVERNOR
03:46:01:00	03:46:02:00	CHARLIE BAKER'S FATHER.
03:46:02:00	03:46:06:00	OKAY.
03:46:06:00	03:46:07:00	THANK YOU.
03:46:07:00	03:46:10:00	THANK YOU.
03:46:10:00	03:46:11:00	CUSTOMER HERE.
03:46:11:00	03:46:13:00	DID YOU HAVE YOUR LIGHT ON?
03:46:13:00	03:46:14:00	OKAY.
03:46:14:00	03:46:17:00	THANK YOU.
03:46:17:00	03:46:17:00	OKAY.
03:46:17:00	03:46:18:00	AND TODAY WE WILL ADJOURN OUR
03:46:18:00	03:46:21:00	MEETING IN MEMORY OF THE
03:46:21:00	03:46:21:00	FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ON BEHALF
03:46:21:00	03:46:25:00	OF COUNCILOR MURPHY I'M HAVING
03:46:25:00	03:46:26:00	COUNCILOR MURPHY AND FLYNN
03:46:26:00	03:46:28:00	CHARLES AND CHUCK RASO.
03:46:28:00	03:46:29:00	I'M HAVING THE COUNCIL BRAIDED
03:46:29:00	03:46:33:00	MARY HEALEY ON BEHALF
03:46:33:00	03:46:36:00	OF COUNCILOR I'M MYSELF GLEN
03:46:36:00	03:46:40:00	GUERRIER ON BEHALF OF MYSELF
03:46:40:00	03:46:41:00	AND COUNCILOR FLYNN NAPOLEON
03:46:41:00	03:46:44:00	JONES HENDERSON MEMBER OF THE
03:46:44:00	03:46:47:00	ARTS BOSTON ARTS COMMISSION AND
03:46:47:00	03:46:47:00	BELOVED NEIGHBOR OF ROXBURY ON
03:46:47:00	03:46:51:00	BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE BOSTON
03:46:51:00	03:46:52:00	CITY COUNCIL AND THOSE WHO ARE
03:46:52:00	03:46:55:00	PRESENT TODAY GOVERNOR CHARLIE
03:46:55:00	03:47:00:00	BAKER'S FATHER AMMONIUM SILENCE
03:47:00:00	03:47:05:00	THE CHAIR MOVES THAT WHEN THE
03:47:05:00	03:47:06:00	COUNCIL ADJOURN TODAY IT DOES
03:47:06:00	03:47:06:00	SO IN MEMORY OF THE
03:47:06:00	03:47:09:00	AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS
03:47:09:00	03:47:10:00	THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES TO
03:47:10:00	03:47:10:00	CENTRAL STAFF, THE CLERK IN THE
03:47:10:00	03:47:12:00	CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE
03:47:12:00	03:47:13:00	COUNCIL STENOGRAPHER TODAY WE
03:47:13:00	03:47:16:00	WILL BE ADJOURNING.
03:47:16:00	03:47:17:00	I'M MOVING FIRST TO ADJOURN
03:47:17:00	03:47:20:00	SENIOR DEAR WHICH MEANS WITHOUT
03:47:20:00	03:47:20:00	A DATE THE CONCLUSION OF A
03:47:20:00	03:47:23:00	MEETING BY A DELIBERATIVE BODY
03:47:23:00	03:47:23:00	.
03:47:23:00	03:47:24:00	WE WILL BE MEETING AGAIN IN
03:47:24:00	03:47:27:00	THIS CHAMBER ON JANUARY 5TH.
03:47:27:00	03:47:31:00	ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY I THE
03:47:31:00	03:47:31:00	CASUALTIES ADJOURNED.
03:47:31:00	03:47:34:00	CINDY HAPPY NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS