ONE. >> THANKS FOR COMING. CAN I NOT HAVE THIS READY? TRISH. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. 123456. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. I CALL TO ORDER TODAY'S MEETING OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. VIEWERS CAN WATCH THE COUNCIL MEETING LIVE ON YOUTUBE@BOSTON.GOV. BACKSLASH CITY COUNCIL TV. AT THIS TIME I ASK MY COLLEAGUES AND THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE TO PLEASE SILENCE THEIR CELL PHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES. UH ALSO PURSUANT TO RULE 42 I REMIND ALL IN THIS CHAMBER THAT NO DEMONSTRATION OF APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE PERMITTED. THANK YOU. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE, UH, TAKE THE ROLL CALL TO ASCERTAIN THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM? COUNCILOR BREADON. HERE COME AND CIRCULATE AS A PARA COUNCILOR. CULPEPER COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN. YEAH. >> COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. PEPEN. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. WEBER. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL. WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. >> UH, MADAM CLERK. UM. I'M NOW AS COUNCILOR WEBER TO COME UP AND INTRODUCE TO CLERGY. FOLLOWING, UH, OUR INVOCATION WILL ALSO RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. WHILE THEY COUGH. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, YOU KNOW, UH, IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO WELCOME A MAN WHO IS, UH, DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO, UH, SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE AND THE CIVIC WELL-BEING OF OUR CITY. IN FACT, I THINK IS HE JUST INFORMED ME THIS IS HIS 51ST YEAR. UH, WORKING, UH, FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON. UH, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME HIM UP. UH, TO THE TO THE PODIUM HERE. UH, GRAND RABBI. UH, YITZHAK. HOPEFULLY NOT BEING TAKEN OUT BY UH MEGAN. UM UH, HE'S MADE IT 51 YEARS AND UNTIL HE RAN INTO ME. UH OKAY. UH, SO I JUST WANT TO THANK RABBI CORFE FOR ALL OF HIS SERVICE TO, UH, TO THE CITY. A GRADUATE OF COLUMBIA, HARVARD AND, UH, SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. HE'S A MAN OF IMMENSE LEARNING ,UH, HOLDING DEGREES IN LAW, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND THEOLOGY AND DON'T MISS ANYTHING. UM UH, FOR MANY YEARS RABBI CORFE HAS BEEN A FAMILIAR AND CITY PRESENCE IN OUR HALLS OF GOVERNMENT, SERVING AS THE CHAPLAIN OF THE CITY OF BOSTON, PROVIDING COUNCILOR AND COMFORT TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS DURING SOME OF OUR CITY'S MOST DIFFICULT MOMENTS. HE'S A TIRELESS ADVOCATE FOR INTERFAITH DIALOG AND HUMANE HUMANITARIAN CAUSES, WORKING TO BRIDGE GAPS BETWEEN COMMUNITIES AND FOSTER A SPIRIT OF UNITY ACROSS BOSTON. UH, RABBI COURSE, UH, WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE YOU HERE TODAY. AND UH, THANK YOU FOR FOR YOUR WORK. IT'S ALWAYS AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE WITH YOU WITH THE COUNCIL. ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING PLACES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. UM. >> AND I SAY THAT EVEN THOUGH I SERVED AS CHAPLAIN FOR THE POLICE AND FIRE AS WELL. UM. >> MENTIONED THE LONGEVITY. UM. >> I WAS SWORN IN WHEN DAPPER O'NEILL WAS ON THE COUNCIL, SO I KNOW WHAT EXCITING IS. SO LET US PRAY. DEAR LORD, WE GATHER TODAY AS ALWAYS IN SACRED SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON DIVERSE IN BACKGROUND BUT UNITED IN HOPE. MAY THIS CHAMBER CONTINUE TO BE GUIDED BY WISDOM, INTEGRITY AND A DEEP COMMITMENT TO THE COMMON GOOD. FOR EVERY DECISION AS WE KNOW MADE HERE TOUCHES INDIVIDUAL LIVES, INDIVIDUAL FAMILIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS OUR CITY. MAY WE LISTEN WITH OPEN MINDS, DELIBERATE AND SPEAK WITH FLAHERTY AND COMPASSION AND ACT WITH COURAGE AND FAIRNESS. DEAR LORD, GRANT US PATIENCE IN MOMENTS OF DISAGREEMENT. HUMILITY IN MOMENTS OF CERTAINTY AND RESOLVE IN MOMENTS THAT CALL FOR LEADERSHIP THAT OUR WORK REFLECT BOTH POLICY AND HUMANITY. STRENGTHENING THE FABRIC OF OUR CITY. IN YOUR NAME O LORD, WE ASK THIS MAY THIS BE GOD'S WILL. AND LET US SAY AMEN. >> AND. WHICH IS THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA? STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY. THANK YOU, RABBI KOCH. WE HAVE TWO, UH, PRESENTATIONS TODAY. COUNCILOR WEBER IS RECOGNIZING JACK SCHULTZ, UM, THE WINNER OF THE 1976 BOSTON MARATHON AND GRAND MARSHAL OF THE 2026, UH, BOSTON MARATHON. AND THEN THAT'S FOLLOWED BY CONTROVERSY RECOGNIZING 911 CALL CENTER OPERATOR SO WE'LL START WITH COUNCILOR WEBER. YOU'VE GOT FIVE MINUTES AND THEN WE'LL FOLLOW WITH CONSTABLE MURPHY. BRING UP. >> MR FULTZ. OKAY. >> AND I'M BACK. OKAY. >> UH SO YES. UM SO THE. THE KENTUCKY DERBY UH THE ONE WITH THE HORSES IS CALLED THE RUN FOR THE ROSES 50 YEARS AGO IN 1976 WITH TEMPERATURES HOVERING NEAR 100 DEGREES IN BOSTON. WE HELD THE BOSTON MARATHON FOR THE AGES CALLED THE RUN FOR THE HOSES. UH, AND THE WINNER OF THAT RACE IS STANDING UP HERE WITH ME, JACK FOLTZ. UM, THE BOSTON MARATHON WAS JACK'S LAST CHANCE AT RUNNING A QUALIFYING TIME FOR THE 1976 OLYMPIC TRIALS DUE TO EXTREMELY HIGH TEMPERATURES, THAT WAS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE. BUT JACK THOUGHT IF YOU COULD HANG ON WITH THE LEADERS LONG ENOUGH, HE MIGHT FINISH IN THE TOP TEN AND GET HIS QUALIFYING TIME. UH THAT WAS THIS WAS A DIFFERENT ERA OF RUNNING. PEOPLE DIDN'T RUN MUCH FOR EXERCISE. JIM FIXES THE COMPLETE BOOK OF RUNNING WHICH HELPED USHER IN THE RUNNING OF DOOM WOULDN'T COME OUT ON THE 1877. UH, THERE WERE NO SUPPORT TEAMS . MARATHON RUNNERS JUST GRABBED WHAT THEY WERE OFFERED ALONG THE ROUTE. UH, DUE TO THE EXTREME CONDITIONS, IT WAS THE HOTTEST BOSTON MARATHON EVER. RACE ORGANIZERS WENT OUT AND TOLD SPECTATORS TO HOSE DOWN THE RUNNERS. JACK TOOK ADVANTAGE OF WHAT WAS BEING OFFERED, GRABBING WATER AND ORANGES FROM SPECTATORS AND GOD KNOWS WHAT ELSE. UH AND GOING THROUGH THE HOSES AS UM AND AS HE ENTERED THE HEARTBREAK HILLS HE STARTED PASSING THE LEADERS ON HIS WAY TO A VICTORY THAT IS THE STUFF OF LEGEND. HIS WINNING TIME WAS TWO HOURS AND 20 MINUTES. THEN I THINK 19 SECONDS IS THE, UH. UH, THOSE ARE IMPORTANT, BUT, UM, UH, JACK GOT HIS QUALIFYING TIME BUT PROBABLY LEFT TOO MUCH ON THE BOSTON COURSE. HE QUICKLY KNEW AT THE AT THE OLYMPIC TRIALS HE DIDN'T HAVE THE LEGS TO MAKE IT TO A 76 TEAM THAT INCLUDED THE 72 OLYMPIC WINTER UH MARATHON WINNER FRANK SHORTER AND ANOTHER BOSTON ICON, BILL ROGERS. UM THE STORY OF JACK'S VICTORY IN APRIL 1976 STILL RESOUNDS TODAY ALSO. UM UH JUST UH I'D LIKE TO ALSO RECOGNIZE THE WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S RACE THAT DAY KIM MERRITT. UM, BUT SO JACK DID NOT STOP WITH THAT WIN IN 1976. HE WENT ON TO COACH AND WORK AS AN ADVISOR FOR THE DANA-FARBER MARATHON CHALLENGE TEAM, WHICH SINCE 1990 HAS RAISED OVER $140 MILLION FOR CANCER RESEARCH. THE GOAL FOR THIS YEAR TO RAISE NEARLY $9 MILLION. UH HE ALSO COACHED UH A CERTAIN CITY COUNCILOR FROM DISTRICT SIX WHO'S STANDING BEHIND ME OR UH. >> MATT O'MALLEY. UM, JACK IS THE ONLY PERSON UH, MOST LIKELY WHO HAS BOTH FINISHED FIRST AND LAST IN THE BOSTON MARATHON. LATER IN HIS CAREER HE TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO RUN THE COURSE WITH RACE DIRECTOR DAVE MCGILLIVRAY WHO WOULD RUN AFTER ALL THE RUNNERS. UH, JACK RAN WITH HIM AND THEN RIGHT BEFORE THE FINISH LINE TOOK A STEP BACK AND SO HE COULD FINISH ACTUALLY LAST THAT YEAR. UM UM UH AND IN HONOR OF HIS, UH, MOMENTOUS RUN 50 YEARS AGO ,JACK HAS BEEN NAMED THE GRAND MARSHAL OF THIS YEAR'S MARATHON . UH, I LEFT MY GARDEN HOSE AT HOME. UH, BUT IT IS AN HONOR TO WELCOME. UH UH, JACK FOLTZ, UH, TO THE CITY COUNCIL TODAY. I HAVE A RESOLUTION SIGNED BY ALL OF THE CITY COUNCILORS THAT WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU. UH, AND I'M UP HERE WITH COUNCILOR O'MALLEY. UH, THE DISTRICT SIX COUNCILOR EMERITUS. UM, IF YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS. UH, I WILL JUST LEAVE YOU WITH THIS JACK. UH UH, GAVE ME A BRACELET HE GIVES TO HIS RUNNERS WHICH EACH HAVE, UH, SORT OF DIFFERENT PIECE OF ADVICE MINE WHICH I'M GOING TO USE IN MY MY LIFE, UH ,IS, UH DON'T FEEL TOO IF YOU DON'T FEEL TOO SLOW THEN YOU'RE GOING TOO FAST. SO, UH I WILL I WILL USE THAT FROM NOW ON. UM, UH, MR O'MALLEY, COUNCILOR O'MALLEY, UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER. AND, UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. UH. FRIENDS COLLEAGUES CITY COUNCILORS. IT IS WONDERFUL TO BE BACK IN THIS CHAMBER WITH SO MANY FRIENDS, UH, WHO MEANS SO MUCH TO ME AND MEANT SO MUCH TO ME FOR MORE THAN A QUARTER OF MY LIFE WHEN I HAD THE HONOR TO SIT WHERE COUNCILOR MCGEE AND COUNCILOR SANTANA, I MOVED AROUND A LOT. I WAS HERE FOR A WHILE. UM. I AM DELIGHTED TO BE WITH ALL OF YOU. IT WAS TEN YEARS AGO THIS VERY MONTH THAT THE COUNCIL BEGAN HONORING BOSTON MARATHON LEGENDS. UH, AT THE MEETING BEFORE THE MARATHON WHICH OF COURSE WILL BE MONDAY AND UH, WE'VE HAD SUCH LUMINARIES AS, UH, AND RICK HOYT AS JOHN BENOIT SAMUELSON DES LINDEN THE WINNER OF THE 2018 RACE. UH, MEB CAME IN ONE TIME, TWO YEARS AND WE BEGAN BY RECOGNIZING JACK FULTZ BECAUSE THERE IS NO ONE ON THIS PLANET WHO ENCAPSULATES THE SPIRIT OF THE BOSTON MARATHON AS THIS YEAR'S GRAND MARSHAL. UH, AND MADAM PRESIDENT JACK ACTUALLY SPENT THE NIGHT IN ALLSTON BEFORE HE WON. SO I THINK HE'S THE LAST ALL ESTONIAN TO WIN THE BOSTON MARATHON AS WELL. UM, ABSOLUTELY. AND IT'S OBVIOUSLY A SOLEMN DAY TO DAY. IT IS APRIL 15TH. IT IS ONE BOSTON DAY. I KNOW ALL OF US ARE THINKING, UH AND PRAYING AND REFLECTING ON PARTICULARLY THE LIVES LOST MARTIN AND CRYSTAL AND LINDSAY AND SEAN AND JAY. UM, IT WAS THE HEART ONE OF THE HARDEST DAYS IN BOSTON'S HISTORY. IT WAS CERTAINLY THE HARDEST DAY IN THE MARATHON'S HISTORY. UM, BUT IT UNDERSCORED THE RESILIENCY OF SPIRIT THAT THIS CITY HAS AND THAT'S SUCH A GREAT INDICATOR OF WHAT THE RACE MEANS TO SO MANY OF US AND WHAT JACK FULTZ HAS DONE. HIS WORK WITH. >> THE DANA-FARBER MARATHON TEAM IS NOTHING SHORT OF REMARKABLE. AND THERE ARE SEVERAL MEMBERS HERE. UH, I SEE CHRIS AND SARAH FREEMAN AND MY DAD GEORGE O'MALLEY WHO IS UH, ALONE RAISED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO FIND A CURE FOR CANCER. UM, JACK IS THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE TEAM. UH, SO LEE, UH, THE OTHER SOUL OF THE TEAM THE SOUL IS THE INCOMPARABLE JEN ROSS, JACK'S PARTNER WHO HAS DONE BEEN SUCH A DRIVING FORCE BEHIND IT AS WELL. UM, WE WILL FIND A CURE FOR CANCER BECAUSE OF THE EFFORTS OF THESE ATHLETES AND BECAUSE OF THE LEADERSHIP OF JACK FULTZ AND JAN AND SO MANY OTHERS. SO TO BE WITH ALL OF YOU TO CELEBRATE THIS INCREDIBLE MAN, UM IS JUST ASTOUNDING AND I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS. YOU'VE BEEN VERY GENEROUS LETTING THIS OLD GRAY MARE GO ON AND. ON UH. >> TO TALK. BUT YOU KNOW THE THING THAT JACK JACK IS FAMOUS FOR EXPRESSIONS. YOU LEAVE THE HAY IN THE BARN. I MEAN, YOU COULD WRITE A BOOK ABOUT SOME OF HIS FOLKSY BUT REALLY PROFOUND SAYINGS AND WHEN HE'S TALKED ABOUT THAT ALWAYS RESONATED WITH ME BOTH AS A MARATHONER AND AS A FORMER COUNSELOR IS THAT RUNNING IS SUCH A GREAT TEAM SPORT AND IT DOESN'T SEEM THAT WAY. YOU'RE RUNNING BY YOURSELF, YOU'RE RUNNING AGAINST YOUR OWN TIME. YOU'RE BETTER TIME. UM BUT IT'S THE CROWDS ALONG THE WAY. IT'S YOUR FELLOW RUNNERS. IT'S THE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT YOU. THEY GET YOU ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. UM, I THINK THE SAME JACK CAN BE SAID FOR THIS THIS BODY, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ALL INDIVIDUALLY ELECTED. THERE'S SOME OVERLAP OBVIOUSLY ,BUT WORKING TOGETHER AND CONTINUING TO BE THAT TEAM IS WHAT MAKES THIS BODY IN THE CITY AS STRONG AND AS GOOD AS IT IS. SO I'M DELIGHTED TO BE WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR WEBER FOR HOSTING US AND I'D NOW HAVE THE HONOR OF INTRODUCING THE MAN OF THE HOUR UH, YOUR 2026, UH, BOSTON MARATHON GRAND MARSHAL AND THE WINNER OF THE RUN FOR THE ROSES 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK, JACK FULTZ. UH OKAY. >> THE MIC IS MINE. SO UM. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR WEBER FOR THAT. AND AS THE NEXT COUNCILOR OR FORMER COUNCILOR. O'MALLEY KNOWN. >> TO ME AS MATT. UH, GOOD FRIEND, OF COURSE HE RAN ON OUR DANA FARBER TEAM FIVE SIX YEARS AGO. RAISED A LOT OF MONEY. AS HE MENTIONED HIS. FATHER HAS AS WELL 15 YEARS HIS DAD RUNNING. UM. >> BOTH RUNNING IN MEMORY OF MATT SISTER. UH, WHO LOST HER BATTLE TO CANCER. HAVING BEEN TREATED AT DANA-FARBER. AND UH. SO THIS ONE'S FOR THEM AS. WELL AND UH, AND CERTAINLY BACK TO BOSTON ONE UH DAY UM UH, REMEMBERING ALL THAT HAPPENED. THERE AND WHERE. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GO FROM FROM THERE. SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE TO. THANK AS WELL CERTAINLY THE BOSTON. ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OF. WHICH I'VE BEEN AFFILIATED WITH IN A. MULTITUDE OF WAYS WORKING. FOR THEM, BEEN A MEMBER OF THEM AND AND RUNNING THE RACE AS MANY TIMES AS I HAD. UM, BUT TODAY IS JUST A ABSOLUTELY TREMENDOUS HONOR. I DON'T REALLY HAVE THE WORDS TO EXPRESS HOW HOW UM FLATTERED AND AND HONORED I AM TO RECEIVE THIS COMMENDATION. UM AND THANK MY FRIEND MATT AGAIN FOR PRECIPITATING A LOT OF THIS STUFF, IF I MAY, UM, YOU KNOW THE BOSTON CITY AND. THANK YOU ALSO FOR ALL THE CITY COUNCILORS WHO HAVE SIGNED THIS THIS DECLARATION. UM, THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN VERY GOOD TO ME OVER THE YEARS. UM, MATT MENTIONED WHEN I CAME UP HERE IN 76 AND UM, I STAYED IN AUSTIN AT A FRIEND'S. SHE WAS A STUDENT AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY. THEY WERE AWAY IN SPRING BREAK. IT WAS HOT STUDENT UH, APARTMENTS DIDN'T HAVE AIR CONDITIONING. I HAD THE WINDOWS UP 2:00 IN THE MORNING. THEY'RE STILL PARTYING ON THE STREETS OF AUSTIN. I DON'T KNOW HOW I WAS ABLE TO GET ANY SLEEP AND COME BACK AND AND RUN THE RACE AS WELL AS I DID, BUT THEN WHEN I CAME BACK THE NEXT YEAR TO DEFEND MY TITLE, I STAYED WITH ANOTHER FRIEND WHO LIVED RIGHT UP OVER THE HILL HERE ON MOUNT VERNON STREET ON TOP OF BEACON HILL. SHOWED UP FRIDAY NIGHT, PARKED MY CAR, WENT IN, WE WERE PARTYING. WHATEVER. I GET UP SATURDAY MORNING, COME OUT, GO FOR A LITTLE RUN. MY CAR WAS GONE. BUT OH MY GOD MY MY UH MY CAR'S BEEN STOLEN. WELL YOU KNOW CERTAINLY. >> CALLED THE. >> POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY REPORTED THE WHOLE THING AND FINALLY FOUND OUT NO, IT HAD BEEN TOWED. YOU WERE ILLEGALLY PARKED UNBEKNOWNST TO ME I REALLY THOUGHT I WAS LEGALLY PARKED SO ANYWAY, TRACKED IT ALL DOWN. I CALLED AND CALLED THE CITY DEPARTMENT AND FOUND OUT THEY FOUND OUT WHERE IT WAS. IT'S BEEN TOWED. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A FINE. AND I SAID HOW MUCH IS THAT IS A STORAGE FEE EACH DAY. AND I THINK THEY SAID IT'S $3 A DAY. I SAID THAT'S THE CHEAPEST PARKING IN BOSTON. I'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK AFTER THE RACE. AND SURE ENOUGH I JUST LEFT IT THERE I AND SO THE NEXT DAY OR THE DAY AFTER THE MARATHON I SAID I'D BETTER GO GET MY CAR. SO UM THE MAYOR WAS KEVIN WHITE AT THE TIME. UM, HE PRECEDED, UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN'S FATHER, UH, RAY FLYNN AS OUR MAYOR AND, UH, SO MAYOR WHITE KINDLY SENT AN EMISSARY TO GET DOWN TO THE STORAGE DEPOT WITH ME. GET MY CAR OUT OF OUT OF TOW AND DIDN'T CHARGE ME A PENNY. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. UH, BOSTON CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY OF BOSTON. BUT AGAIN, I'M JUST ABSOLUTELY HONORED AND FLATTERED TO, UH, TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR THIS, UH, THE WHOLE GRAND MARSHAL I WAS, UM, HONORED WITH THE SAME POSITION 20 YEARS AGO FOR MY 30TH ANNIVERSARY. SO I'VE HAD 20 YEARS TO KIND OF WORK ON THE WAVE. UH, WE'RE HOPING IT DOESN'T RAIN SO WE GET A CHANCE TO PUT THE ROOF DOWN AND DO THAT ON MONDAY MORNING AND, UH, GET TO GET TO THE FINISH. >> LINE. A LITTLE BIT BEFORE ALL THE RUNNERS. BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL VERY, VERY MUCH FOR ANY OF YOU WHO ARE RUNNING THE RACE I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE HAVE A VERY GOOD RACE ON MONDAY AND UH AND AGAIN THE BRACELET WAS IF YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO SLOW YOU'RE GOING TOO FAST. NOW SPECIFICALLY THAT PERTAINS TO THE BOSTON MARATHONERS THAT I COACH BECAUSE EVERYBODY GOES OUT TOO FAST BUT IT REALLY DOES HAVE UNIVERSAL APPLICATION AS WELL. WE ALL LIKE TO GO INTO THE PROJECTS OF LIFE AND BOOM GO ZOOMING ON ON IN AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN REALITY TENDS TO HIT US AND SLOW US DOWN. SO IT'S ALL ABOUT PROPER PACING AND NO MATTER WHAT ENDEAVORS WE MAY WE MAY TAKE ON. SO AGAIN THANK YOU ALL VERY VERY MUCH. UM WONDERFUL TO BE HERE AND HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN. THANK YOU. >> I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR. COLLEAGUES TO COME UP FOR A PHOTOGRAPH. THANK YOU. MAKE SURE I'M. OKAY. >> GREAT. OKAY. >> AWESOME. >> THANK YOU VERY I THINK IT IF TEAMMATES. WANT TO COME UP, UH, FROM DANA-FARBER FOR. >> THE YES, PLEASE. CHRIS. SARA. YEAH. JEN. YEAH. SHE CAN SIGN UP FOR THIS. THANK YOU I ALWAYS WANTED OH THANK YOU SO MUCH. JEN. PRESIDENT IT'S SO NICE TO MEET YOU. YOU CAN REALLY GET IN. CAN YOU SEE ALL THE THINGS OKAY EVERYBODY SEE. OKAY GREAT. ALL RIGHT THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING TODAY THANK YOU DOCTOR FOR UM I AM OKAY OKAY THANK YOU. YEAH ABSOLUTELY. THANKS PAL. I AM. THANK YOU. >> IT'S BEEN EVEN. WHERE YOU GOING TO BE? THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED MEMORIALS. SO YOU GUYS ARE DEFINITELY GOOD . SO MUCH BETTER TIME. TO. NOW. SAY IT NOW. THANK YOU. THAT I DON'T THINK THAT. ALL THIS IS IN THE VIDEO YET. OKAY. >> COLLEAGUES, I NOW INVITE, UH, CONSTANCE MURPHY TO COME FORWARD FOR HER PRESENTATION. COUNCILMEMBER MURPHY HAS A PRESENTATION RECOGNIZING BOSTON 911 CALL CENTER OPERATORS OF YOU FOLKS WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. THANK YOU. SO EVERY YEAR. IN THE SECOND FULL WEEK OF APRIL WE RECOGNIZE NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATIONS WEEK TO HONOR THE PERSONNEL IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNITY. AND AS WE LIKE TO REFER TO THEM AS OUR 901 CALL DISPATCHERS AND OUR EMS CALL TAKERS AND WE KNOW THE FIRE HAVE THEIR UM, CALL TAKERS ALSO THE 911 DISPATCHERS AND CALL TAKERS IN BOSTON PROVIDE CALM PROFESSIONAL AND LIFE SAVING SUPPORT DURING EMERGENCY AND NON-EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. AND ANYONE WHO HAS EVER NEEDED TO CALL 911 YOU KNOW IT'S PROBABLY THE MOST STRESSFUL TIME IN YOUR LIFE. AND I'M JUST SO GLAD. THANK YOU CHRIS. HE BROUGHT IN I THINK YOU REFERRED TO THE MAJOR SUPERSTARS WE HAVE KALEY AND ALSO ALANI WHO'S TRAINING. SO THANK YOU ALANI FOR TAKING ON THIS NEW CAREER PATH. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR DISPATCHERS AND UM SUPPORT YOU KNOW THE WORK THEY DO. THESE HIGHLY TRAINED PROFESSIONALS INCLUDING THOSE REPRESENTED BY THE SEIU LOCAL 888 IN OUR BOSTON EMS CALL TAKERS AND DISPATCHERS SERVE AS THE FIRST POINT OF CONTACT AND COORDINATE POLICE, FIRE AND EMS RESPONSE PUBLIC SAFETY TO TELL THE COMMUNICATORS ARE OFTEN OUR UNSUNG HEROES WHO MANAGE HIGH STRESS SITUATIONS AND INCREASING CALL VOLUMES TO PROTECT OUR BOSTON RESIDENTS. SO WE'RE JUST HONORED TO CALL YOU UM, I THINK EVERY YEAR WE SHOULD RECOGNIZE YOU. I KNOW COUNCILOR FLYNN HAS A FEW WORDS TO SAY ALSO, BUT WE'RE JUST HAPPY TO SUPPORT ALL YOU DO. THANK YOU. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE INCREDIBLE JOB THESE MEN AND WOMEN DO EVERY DAY. PROTECTING THE RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY, SUPPORTING THE RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY IN OUR VISITORS. HONORED TO BE HERE. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR BRINGING FORWARD THIS NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATIONS WEEK PROCLAMATION TO THESE UNSUNG HEROES OF BOSTON. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. AND I DO JUST WANT TO ADD ONE THING IT TIES INTO THE BOSTON MARATHON AS I SAY THE BUSIEST WEEKEND COMING IN BOSTON. YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE EXTRA BUSY SO THANK YOU AHEAD OF TIME FOR THAT. SO WOULD. YOU LIKE TO SAY A. FEW WORDS? I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK. >> THE COUNCIL. >> MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR RECOGNIZING THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. UM. THEY ARE UNSUNG HEROES. I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF LEADING THE UM OPERATIONS DIVISION OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE LAST 13 YEARS AND UH, THEY TRULY DO GREAT WORK UP THERE. UM, THE CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES AND, UM, THEY ARE, UH, THE UNSUNG HEROES OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. UM, I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T ALSO RECOGNIZE OUR COUNTERPARTS AT BOSTON E-M-S UH, WHO WORK ALONGSIDE US AND ALSO THE FIRE ALARM OPERATORS OVER AT BOSTON FIRE AS WELL. WORK JUST AS HARD. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. JUST JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS RECOGNITION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. UH, I JUST WANT TO SAY. UH THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF. BOSTON EMS FOR YOUR RECOGNITION. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AS WELL. >> FROM. BOSTON EMS. AND UM, TO THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT WORK AT BOSTON EMS AND DISPATCH OPERATIONS. I JUST WANT TO SAY. THANK YOU FOR. >> YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. >> EVERY. SINGLE DAY, DAY IN, DAY OUT AND. >> BEING ONE BOSTON DAY. UM. >> THIS IS. ESPECIALLY, UH, MEANINGFUL AS WE HAVE. MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING IN. DISPATCH OPERATIONS. >> AS. WE. SPEAK THAT HAVE. THAT HAVE WORKED. >> ON THAT DAY AS WELL. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU. JUST ASK OUR COLLEAGUES TO COME UP FOR A PHOTOGRAPH. OH ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK? JUST A FEW WORDS TO. OH NO IT'S GOOD. OKAY. OKAY. >> UH, I'LL ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO COME UP FOR A PHOTOGRAPH. BECAUSE. >> I THINK WE'RE GOOD. YES. THANK YOU. OKAY. JUST ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO SAY BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO, UM. I'M GOING WHATEVER. UH, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A QUICK PHOTOGRAPH WITH THE LUNCH AND LEARNED FOLKS MAYOR FOLKS ARE HERE AS WELL. SO, UM. MR. >> YEAH. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TAKE CARE. SO. >> THIS MORNING. BY THE HERE. >> I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO INVITE THE MASSACHUSETTS IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE COALITION. MIRA, UH, TO JOIN US AT THE FRONT FOR A PHOTOGRAPH. UH, AS THEY'RE ONLY ABLE TO BE HERE BRIEFLY. UH, THEY PROVIDED A REALLY INCREDIBLE, UM, LUNCH AND LEARN, UH, SESSION JUST BEFORE THIS MEETING AT THE INVITATION OF COUNCILOR WEBER. UH, AND JUST A REMINDER THIS IS JUST FOR A PHOTO ONLY. UM, WE WON'T BE TAKING ANY REMARKS AT THIS TIME. SO THANK YOU. >> UM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANK YOU. >> OH, YEAH. UM. YEAH. OH MY GOSH. SO MUCH LIKE DOING SOMETHING. THANK YOU THANK YOU GUYS. UH, WE'LL BE IN TOUCH. I THINK WE SHOULD DO. >> A SMALL. BUSINESS ONE. MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE AMEND THE ATTENDANCE TO REFLECT THE CONCERNS? COLETTE AS A PARTNER. COUNCILOR. UH, PEPEN CONTRA SANTANA AND CULTURE WARRIOR. LOUIJEUNE AND LOUIJEUNE AND AND COUNCILOR WAR WORRELL HAVE JOINED US. >> THANK YOU. NOW ON TO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MEETING OF APRIL 8TH, 2026. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE MINUTES OF APRIL ITS MEETING ARE APPROVED. WE ARE NOW ON TO COMMUNICATIONS FROM HER HONOR THE MAYOR. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0792. DOCKET 079 TO MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON ACTING THROUGH ITS MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING TO APPLY FOR AND TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 2025 CONTINUUM OF CARE GRANT FUND FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $50 MILLION. THESE FUNDS WILL BE USED TO SUPPORT PROGRAM AND PROVIDE SERVICES AND HOUSING TO PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. DOCKET 0792 BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 079330795? DOCKET 0793 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $50,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT AT 5:26 A.M. FOR FOUR CORNERS AWARDED BY THE MAYOR'S EXECUTIVE OF OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WOULD FUND SUPPORT OF POLICE OVERTIME AND VISIBLE PATROLS IN THE UPPER CORNER BOWDOIN STREET, GENEVA OF GROOVE HALL, WASHINGTON STREET, FOUR CORNERS OLD ROAD, BLUE HILL, COLUMBIA AND THE DORCHESTER AND ROXBURY SECTION OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. DOCKET 0794 MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $50,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT F Y 26 AND MARKED FOR AREA A DISTRICT AWARDED BY MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WOULD FUND THE PURCHASE OF ADA COMPLIANT BARRIERS WITH THE AREA AID DISTRICT. DOCKET 0795 MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $45,804.39 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT THE F WHITE 26 MUNICIPAL ROAD SAFETY GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, PASSED TO THE MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICER, OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WOULD FUND HIGH VISIBILITY TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES LAWS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SPEEDING AND AGGRESSIVE DRIVING ,DISTRACTED DRIVING, IMPAIRED DRIVING AND OCCUPANT PROTECTION AS WELL AS TRAFFIC SAFETY EQUIPMENT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA CANCER CENTER AND THE CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. >> I'M SORRY, MOTHER OF THIS. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM. >> ON MONDAY WE HAVE A HEARING ON THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT GRANTS ARE CURRENTLY IN COMMITTEE AND UPCOMING. I'M INCLUDING THESE DARK HISTORY DOCKETS. DURING THE MEETING WE HEARD FROM UM, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT SEAN MARTIN, UM, ASSISTANT BUREAU CHIEF, UH BUREAU OF FIELD SERVICES, UM SUPERINTENDENT ANITA TULANE, BUREAU CHIEF WITH THE BUREAU OF INTELLIGENCE AND ANALYSIS. UM RYAN WALSH, DIRECTOR OF BUREAU OF REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER UM AND MARIA CHEEVERS, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. I WAS ALSO JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES. UM COUNCILOR FANKHAUSER MURPHY, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE HOUSE OF FITZGERALD HOUSE CULPEPER AND COUNCILOR WEBER. WE ALSO RECEIVED A LETTER OF ABSENCE FROM HOUSE UM. AT THE HEARING WE LEARNED THAT THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICE UM OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGES ROUGHLY 28 MILLION ACTIVE GRANTS AT ANY GIVEN TIME AND WRITES ABOUT 13 MILLION AND NEW OR RENEWED APPLICATIONS ANNUALLY. OR. >> IT'S WHICH. WHICH ONE? SORRY MADAM PRESIDENT, WHICH DOCKET WILL BE ON RIGHT NOW? THE FIRST DOCKET UH, THE CLERK READ DOCKET 079320794. SO WE'RE STARTING. WITH DOCKET 0793. I GUESS. YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND AND PASS. I WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND AND PASS THESE GRANTS. I THOUGHT I WAS AT. ,UM I KNOW I. WAS RECENTLY HIRED. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND. UM. >> PAST. THESE UM GRANTS. UM OKAY. >> MADAM PRESIDENT. OKAY, SO COUNCILOR SANTANA, CHAIR OF THE CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SEEKS THE SUSPENSION OF THE RULES ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0793. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE. SAY I. I THANK YOU. UM, THERE'S ANOTHER DOCKET 0794. UM, I UNDERSTAND, UH, COUNCILOR UH, COLLETTE, AS A PASTOR, DID YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON THAT ISSUE? THAT WAS A DISTRICT ONE ONE. BUT IF YOU HAD OR NOT IF YOU HAD IF YOU WANTED TO SPEAK TO THAT I WOULD ALLOW YOU. UM, I THINK TO BE. >> PUT ON. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WAS JUST GOING TO RISE TO SUPPORT THAT BECAUSE IT'S IN. A1 HAS TO DO WITH ADA ACCESSIBILITY UM BARRIERS I BELIEVE SO I JUST WANTED TO RISE IN SUPPORT. MY COLLEAGUE CAN BRING THIS FOR US SO THAT WAS ALL. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR SANTANA SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0794. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. >> ALL OPPOSED. SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. DOCKET 0494 HAS BEEN ADOPTED FOR COUNCILOR SANTANA SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES ON ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0795. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. >> ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. DOCKET 0795 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0796 THROUGH DOCKET 0800? DOCKET 0796 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF DAVID SAMSON AS AN ALTERNATIVE MEMBER OF THE BACK BAY ARCHITECTURAL DISTRICT COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING DECEMBER 31ST, 2030. DOCKET 0797. MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF ROBERT WEINTRAUB AS A MEMBER OF THE BACK BAY ARCHITECTURAL DISTRICT COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRE IN ON DECEMBER 31ST 2029. DOCKET 0798. MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF DAVID DIXON AS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRE IN JUNE 30TH OF 2028. DOCKET 0799. MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF MR. CHRISTIAN HOFFMAN AS AN ALTERNATIVE MEMBER OF THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION FOR YOUR TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30TH, 2026. DOCKET 0800 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF CHRISTINE HOFFMAN AS A MEMBER OF THE FOUR POINT CHANNEL LANDMARKS DISTRICT COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING ON JUNE 30TH OF 2026. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. DOCKET 0796 THROUGH DOCKET 0800 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. WE NOW ON TO REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 08101 THROUGH 8006? DOCKET 0801. NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR OF THE APPOINTMENT OF DANNY BASS. DARLENE LAMBOS ARE IN TRUCK FASO. GREG JENNY HARLEY CHAIR NOW JILL RUNNELS JOANNE JOAN PHILLIPS, KENZIE BOCK KEVIN CHURCHWELL KRISTEN DRISCOLL, MICHELLE ART SCHOLZ, MICHAEL FIRESTONE, RONNIE DUGAN ,SASHA. STEIN, HIRED SHARON SCOTT AS TOUR REALLY MARK NOT AND TONY TITO AS THE BOSTON PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL PAST BOSTON'S MASS HIRE WORKFORCE BOARD EFFECTED APRIL 6TH. 2026 DOCKET 0802 NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR OF HER ABSENCE FROM THE CITY FROM SATURDAY, APRIL 4TH, 2026 AT 9 A.M. RETURNING SUNDAY, APRIL 5TH 2026 AT 5 P.M. DOCKET 0803 NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER SIX OF THE ORDINANCES OF 1979 REGARDING ACTION TAKEN BY THE MAYOR ON PAPERS ACTED UPON BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN ITS MEETING OF MARCH 4TH 2020 SEX DOCKET 0804 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM THE CITY OF BOSTON COORDINATED RESPONSE TEAM REGARDING AN UPDATED AND ONGOING EFFORT TO END OUTDOOR SUBSTANCE USE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON CONNECT INDIVIDUALS TO TREATMENT AND RECOVERY PROGRAMS. DOCKET 0805 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM COUNCILOR MURPHY AND FLYNN CLARIFY AND REQUEST FOR AN INDEPENDENT PERFORMANCE AUDIT OF THE CITY OPERATIONS. DOCKET 0806 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM COUNCILOR AND REGARDING OUTGOING ARPA FUNDS TO NONPROFITS AND SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. DOCKET 080120806 WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. WE ARE NOW ON TO REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0163. DOCKET 0163 THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATION TO WHICH WAS REFERRED ON JANUARY 28TH, 2026 DOCKET 016 STREET PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW AN ACT RELATIVE TO REAL ESTATE TRANSFER FEES AND SENIOR PROPERTY TAX RELIEF. SUBMIT A REPORT RECOMMENDED THE THAT THE THE HOME RULE PETITION OUGHT TO PASS. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL OF COLOR IS A PART OF THE CHAIR OF GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS I RISE TO PRESENT THE COMMITTEE REPORT UM ,UH, IN RECOMMENDING THAT IT OUGHT TO PASS FOR DOCKET 0163A HOME. RULE PETITION. RELATIVE TO THE REAL ESTATE TRANSFER FEES AND SENIOR PROPERTY TAX RELIEF. BOSTON IS FACING A HOUSING EMERGENCY DRIVEN BY RISING COST CONSTRAINED SUPPLY AND OUTDATED TOOLS THAT NO LONGER MEET THE MOMENT. THIS PETITION DOES TWO THINGS IT CREATES A TARGETED, LOCALLY CONTROLLED REVENUE STREAM FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND IT EXPANDS LONG OVERDUE TAX RELIEF FOR OUR SENIORS FIRST ON THE TRANSFER FEE. THIS POLICY IS TIGHTLY CALIBRATED AND NARROWLY DEFINED . IT EXEMPTS THE FIRST 2 MILLION OF ANY TRANSACTION, MEANING THAT IT DOES NOT TOUCH THE VAST MAJORITY OF HOMEOWNERS IN OUR CITY. IT IS EXPLICITLY DESIGNED TO APPLY ONLY TO HIGH VALUE, OFTEN SPECULATIVE TRANSACTIONS WHERE SIGNIFICANT PROJECT PROFIT MARGINS ALREADY EXIST AND THIS IS A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE FOLLOWING NEGOTIATIONS UH, FROM THE STATE HOUSE. THIS IS NOT A BROAD BASED TEXT. IT IS A TARGETED TOOL THAT CAPTURES VALUE AT THE POINT OF SALE WHEN LIQUIDITY WHEN LIQUIDITY IS HIGHEST AND REDIRECTS IT INTO THE PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF HOUSING THAT OUR RESIDENTS CAN ACTUALLY AFFORD. ANALYSIS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE SHOWED THAT THIS COULD HAVE GENERATED APPROXIMATELY $180 MILLION OVER FOUR YEARS REVENUE THAT WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE AT A TIME WHEN FEDERAL RESOURCES LIKE HUD AND ARPA ARE DECLINING AND DEVELOPMENT REVENUES ARE SLOWING. SECOND, THIS IS AN UP TO 2% AUTHORIZATION, NOT A MANDATE. IT REQUIRES LOCAL ACCEPTANCE BY ORDINANCE PRESERVING COUNCIL OVERSIGHT AND FLEXIBILITY. IT ALLOWS US TO CALIBRATE THE POLICY RESPONSIBLY OVER TIME AND DIRECTLY RESPONDS TO PRIOR CONCERNS RAISED AT THE STATE HOUSE ABOUT RIGIDITY AND OVERREACH. THIS BILL ALSO BUILDS LONG TERM SAFEGUARDS. THE 2 MILLION EXEMPTION CAN BE ADJUSTED EVERY FIVE YEARS BASED ON MARKET CONDITIONS, ENSURING THE POLICY REMAINS TARGETED AND DOES NOT CREEP INTO THE MIDDLE MARKET. AND IMPORTANTLY, IT ALLOWS THE CITY TO DEFINE EXEMPTIONS AND ELIGIBILITY THROUGH ORDINANCE SO WE CAN PROTECT FAMILY TRANSFERS, SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND RESPOND TO CHANGING CONDITIONS WITHOUT HAVING TO RETURN TO THE LEGISLATURE EACH. TIME. >> ALL FUNDS ARE DIRECTED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING TRUST, A PROVEN AND DISCIPLINED VEHICLE THAT ALREADY SUPPORTS HOUSING CREATION AND PRESERVATION. AND FINALLY THE SENIOR RELIEF COMPONENT. THIS IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF. THIS HOME. >> A PETITION. THE PROPOSAL INCREASES THE BASE EXEMPTION FROM 500 TO 1500 TAX ELIGIBILITY TO 50% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME AND RAISES OUTDATED ASSET LIMITS. TODAY, TWO THIRDS OF SINGLE SENIORS IN BOSTON CANNOT MEET BASIC LIVING COSTS AND SO THIS IS A DIRECT DATA DRIVEN INTERVENTION TO HELP RESIDENTS AGE IN PLACE WITH DIGNITY. THIS IS AN ALL ABOUT APPROACH WHICH I THINK WE SHOULD ALL GET BEHIND. IT PAIRS REVENUE GENERATED WITH TARGETED RELIEF. IT ADDRESSES BOTH SUPPLY AND STABILITY AND REFLECTS YEARS OF ITERATION, INCLUDING ADJUSTMENTS MADE SPECIFICALLY IN RESPONSE TO STATE HOUSE FEEDBACK. >> FROM. OTHER MUNICIPALITIES. I BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT 19 UH ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH ARE PURSUING SIMILAR TOOLS AND SO I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THE LEAD SPONSOR COUNCIL SANTANA AND SI LOUIJEUNE HAD PUT THIS FORWARD. THIS NEEDS TO GET UP TO THE STATEHOUSE EXPEDITIOUSLY SO WE CAN HAVE A HEARING ON IT BEFORE THE LEGISLATIVE SCHEDULE WRAPS UP IN JULY. AND SO FOR THOSE REASONS, I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE YES AND MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT IT TO PASS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU COUNCIL. CHAIR COLETTE IS A PART OF THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I WANT TO THANK UM, CHAIR. COUNSELOR. COUNSELOR. COLOR OF THE BATTLE FOR YOUR, UM, DILIGENT WORK ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE AND UNDERSTANDING THE URGENCY, UM, THAT THIS REQUIRES RIGHT NOW, UM, BOSTON IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A HOUSING CRISIS, BUT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF TOOLS WITHIN OUR TOOLBOX THAT WE COULD USE TO ADDRESS IT. ONE OF THESE TOOLS IS A REAL ESTATE TRANSFER FEE, WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR THE CITY TO FUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING SOLUTIONS FOLLOWING THE TRANSFER OF HIGH VALUE PROPERTIES. THE FUND WOULD BE DIVERTED TO THE PROGRAMS WITH WHICH WILL HELP OUR NEIGHBORS FIND AFFORDABLE, LONG TERM AND STABLE HOUSING. THESE PROGRAMS ARE TAILORED TO ADDRESS THE IMPACTS OF OUR HOUSING CRISIS HAS ON OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, ESPECIALLY LOW INCOME FAMILIES AND OUR SENIORS. THEY WOULD HELP WITH SENIOR PROPERTY TAX RELIEF, HOUSING UM ACQUISITION, UM HOUSING CREATION PROJECTS AND LOW INCOME RENTER STABILITY UM AND SENIOR UM HOMEOWNER STABILITY. THIS WAY THOSE BENEFITING FROM THE MOST HIGH VALUE PROPERTY TRANSFERS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO HOUSING JUSTICE FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS. THROUGH THIS FEE WE CAN BETTER ADDRESS THE HOUSING CRISIS THAT IMPACTS MOST OF BOSTON A CITY IN WHICH OVER 50% OF RENTERS OUR COST BURDENED BY IMPOSING A MODEST TAX ON THE MOST HIGH VALUE TRANSFERS. I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES WOULD JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING THIS MEASURE AND HAVE THIS HOME RULE PETITION AND PASS THIS HOME RULE PETITION TODAY. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WANT TO THANK THE CHAIR FOR MOVING THIS FORWARD EXPEDITIOUSLY. I WANT TO THANK THE LEAD SPONSOR COUNCILOR SANTANA. I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCILORS WHO'VE COME BEFORE INCLUDING COUNCILOR EDWARDS. NOW SENATOR EDWARDS HAS BEEN CONTINUING TO PUSH THIS ISSUE AND FORMER CITY COUNCILOR FOR MY MAYOR KIM JANEY, THE TRANSFER FEE IS ABOUT US DOING THE WORK TO SUPPORT ONE OF THE GREATEST NEEDS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY. WE ALL GET CALLS EVERY SINGLE DAY FROM PEOPLE FACING EVICTION FROM PEOPLE WHO NEED HOUSING. I CANNOT COUNT THE NUMBER OF CALLS THAT I GET UH, FROM CONSTITUENTS FROM PEOPLE WHO KNOW ME IN MY PRIOR LIFE AS A HOUSING ATTORNEY WHO OUR OUR RESIDENTS NEED HOUSING AND THEY NEED HOUSING THAT IS AFFORDABLE AND THAT MEANS SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO A NUMBER OF PEOPLE . THE ONLY WAY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE RANGE OF HOUSING THAT IS NECESSARY FROM THE VERY LOW INCOME TO THE MISSING MIDDLE UM, IS IF WE HAVE MORE REVENUE TO DO THAT. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EVEN BEFORE THIS ADMINISTRATION CAME FORWARD, ABDICATED ITS RESPONSIBILITY TO HOUSEHOLDS WHO ARE VERY LOW INCOME. SO IT OFTEN FALLS ON US TO DO THAT. WE HEARD TESTIMONY FROM AGENCY FROM THE ASIAN CDC, FROM EAST BOSTON CDC, FROM THE GREATER BOSTON COMMUNITY LAND TRUST NETWORK FROM UH CHINESE PROGRESSIVE UM ASSOCIATION FROM SO MANY OTHERS ABOUT FROM ASKING YOUR ACTION COUNCIL ABOUT THE NEED FOR US TO HAVE MORE REVENUE. THIS IS A MODEST FEE OF 2% ON HOMES VALUED AT MORE THAN $2 MILLION ORIGINALLY WHEN THIS UH WHEN THE STRATEGY WAS FIRST PROPOSED BY COUNCIL THEN COUNCILORS JANEY AND EDWARDS UM IT INCLUDED THE FIRST $2 MILLION THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION IN THE PUBLIC REALM ABOUT WHAT IS THE RIGHT BALANCE, WHAT IS THE RIGHT AMOUNT THAT YOU DON'T STIFLE GROWTH SO THAT WE CAN AND AT THE SAME TIME DO THE WORK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IT IS A BALANCING ACT AND THERE ARE TRADEOFFS. AFTER THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAPPENED, THE FIRST $2 MILLION OF OUR PROPERTY IS NOW EXEMPT UNDER THIS ORDINANCE UNDER UNDER THIS HOME RULE PETITION THAT MEANS THAT IF YOU HAVE A HOME THAT IS VALUED AT $1.99 MILLION UM, NO HOME IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT I LIVE IN ON MY STREET OR THE STREET NEXT TO IT OR THE STREET AFTER ARE VALUED AT THAT AMOUNT. BUT LET'S SAY YOU ARE IN A HOME THAT IS VALUED AT 1.99 MILLION. THIS WOULDN'T COUNT IF YOU WERE AT A HOME THAT IS VALUED AT TWO MEN. IT DOES NOT COUNT IF YOU WERE AT A HOME, IF YOU ARE IN A HOME, IF YOU'RE SELLING A HOME THAT IS VALUED AT $2.1 MILLION, IT WILL ONLY COUNT FOR THAT POINT ONE BECAUSE THE FIRST $2 MILLION YOU KEEP THAT IS IT IS EXEMPT FROM THAT TOLL. THERE WILL BE A FEE ON THAT POINT ONE AND THAT IS $100,000 OF VALUE. THAT'S WHAT THAT EQUALS. AND A 2% FEE ON THAT IS $2,000 TO GO INTO A BUCKET THAT WE DESPERATELY NEED TO DO THE WORK OF CREATING MORE HOUSING IN OUR CITY. UM I THINK THIS IS SMART LEGISLATION WHEN YOU GO AND YOU LOOK AND YOU GO TO A POLICY FORUMS AROUND THE COUNTRY ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO BUILD MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, A TRANSFER FEE IS ALWAYS ONE OF THE TOP RESULTS. THIS WOULD ONLY AFFECT ABOUT 10% OF UH OF TRANSACTIONS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. SO WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A WE'RE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT A SUPER MINORITY OF TRANSACTIONS THAT THIS WOULD IMPACT AND IT DOESN'T IMPACT ANYONE WHILE THEY'RE LIVING IN THE HOME. IT ONLY HAPPENED AT THE TIME OF THE SALE AND I THINK THAT'S INCREDIBLY INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. IT'S ONLY HAPPENING WHEN THERE'S EXTRA WEALTH EXTRACTION HAPPENING WHEN THERE'S MONEY AND TRANSFER UH, TRANSFERS HAPPENING WHEN MONEY IS CHANGING HANDS. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE ARE GOING TO DO THE WORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO OF BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IF WE DON'T HAVE THINGS LIKE THE TRANSFER FEE. WE THAT VERY CLEARLY FROM RESIDENTS HERE. I HEARD IT YESTERDAY FROM MEMBERS OF THE CHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATION WHEN WE WERE IN AUSTIN, BRIGHTON BALLIN WAS THANKING US FOR THE WORK THAT WE DID ON THE TRANSFER FEE AND ALSO THE SENIOR TAX EXEMPTION. WE HAVE SO MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE HOUSE REGION CASH POOR. MANY OF THEM ARE MEMBERS OF UH THE MASTER NEW ACTION COUNCIL WHO CAME BEFORE THIS BODY SEVERAL TIMES TO ASK US TO INCREASE A SENIOR TAX EXEMPTION UNDER 40 1CI HOPE THAT'S A WORK THAT THIS BODY CAN DO. WE ARE GOING TO DO WHAT WE CAN BE A 40 1DI WHICH I INTRODUCED A FEW WEEKS AGO WHICH WAS BE SOMETHING THAT THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL ITSELF CAN DO TO UH MAKE SURE THAT THE CAPS ON 41 C ARE ADJUSTED FOR THE COST OF LIVING TO INCREASE THE ELIGIBILITY AMOUNT. BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO AND I HOPE THAT OUR STATE HOUSE PARTNERS ARE READY TO PARTNER WITH US ON THE TRANSFER FEE SO THAT WE CAN DO THE WORK OF BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. DURING THESE CHALLENGING ECONOMIC TIMES I THINK IT'S CRITICAL FOR US TO DEMONSTRATE FISCAL DISCIPLINE AND FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY. I DO NOT SUPPORT ANOTHER TAX, ESPECIALLY DURING THESE CHALLENGING ECONOMIC TIMES. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU CONSTANTLY. ANYONE ELSE? THE CHAIR ON THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0163. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. UH, MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 0163. ROLL CALL VOTE. ON DOCKET 0163, COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. CONCENTRATE ON YES. COUNCIL COLOR AS A OF. A LET US ABOUT A YES COUNCILOR COLLINS UPPER CONCEPT CULPEPER. YES. COUNCIL DURKAN COUNCILOR DULL COUNCIL FITZGERALD COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. NO. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCIL ON THE ARTS COUNCIL. MEDIA COUNCIL. MEJIA. YES. COUNCIL. MURPHY. COUNCIL. MURPHY. NO. COUNCILOR. PIPPEN. YES. COUNCIL. PAPENFUSE. COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. YES. ON SEVERAL ON SO WE'RE WELL. YES 1236 AND THEN 11 UNDER FOUR MINUTES. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. DOCKET 0163 HAS PASSED. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0755. DOCKET 0755, THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATION TO WHICH WAS REFERRED ON APRIL 8TH, 2026 DOCKET 0755 MESSAGE AND ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A REVOLVING FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027 PURSUANT TO M MASS GENERAL LAW CHAPTER 44 SECTION 53.5 TO SUPPORT THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF BIKE SHARE PROGRAM WITH THE CITY OF BOSTON. SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDED THE ORDINANCE OR TO PASS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTY CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I RISE AGAIN TODAY AS THE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE. >> TO PRESENT. DOCKET 0755 AND RECOMMEND THAT WE OUGHT TO PASS. THIS IS A VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD BUT IMPORTANT ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWS CITY OF BOSTON TO ESTABLISH A BIKE SHARE REVOLVING. FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027. PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 44, SECTION 53 E AND A HALF. IN SIMPLE. TERMS. >> WHAT IT DOES IS CREATE A DEDICATED SELF-SUSTAINING FUNDING MECHANISM TO SUPPORT THE ONGOING. OPERATION AND EXPANSION OF OUR BIKE SHARE SYSTEM INSTEAD. >> OF. RELYING ON. GENERAL FUND DOLLARS, THIS. REVOLVING FUND. CAPTURES THE REVENUES THE. SYSTEM ALREADY GENERATES. USER FEES, SPONSORSHIPS AND ADVERTISING AND REINVEST THOSE DOLLARS DIRECTLY BACK INTO. >> THE PROGRAM. THAT MEANS. >> FOR. BETTER MAINTENANCE. MORE STATIONS, EXPANDED ACCESS AND A STRONGER SYSTEM OVERALL WITHOUT COMPETING AGAINST ANY OTHER CITY SERVICES IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS. REVOLVING FUNDS ARE A WELL-ESTABLISHED FINANCIAL. TOOL THAT. >> PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. THE REVENUES ARE CLEARLY DEFINED AND ALLOWABLE EXPENDITURES ARE LIMITED TO THE OPERATION OF THE BIKE SHARE PROGRAM. AND THE TOTAL SPENDING IS CAPPED HERE AT $1.4 MILLION FOR FY 27 THROUGH THE CORRESPONDING ORDER. IT ENSURES THAT WHAT THE SYSTEM EARNS IS WHAT THE SYSTEM USES AND IMPORTANTLY THIS SUPPORTS OUR GOALS AS A CITY. BIKE SHARE IS NOT JUST A TRANSIT TRANSPORTATION AMENITY IT IS A CLIMATE. TOOL. >> A CONGESTION MITIGATION STRATEGY AND A MEANS OF EXPANDING AFFORDABLE FIRST. AND LAST MILE. CONNECTIVITY FOR RESIDENTS ACROSS BOSTON AS WE CONTINUE TO INVEST IN. MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION AND REDUCE BARRIERS TO ACCESS, HAVING A STABLE FUNDING STRUCTURE IN PLACE IS CRITICAL . I'LL NOTE THAT. >> THIS. IS A. >> TIME SENSITIVE. MATTER TIED TO THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR. ESTABLISHING THIS FUND NOW ENSURES. CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS. AND POSITIONS THE TRANSPORTATION. DEPARTMENT TO. EFFECTIVELY MANAGE AND GROW THE SYSTEM STARTING JULY 1ST. FOR ALL THESE REASONS, I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME IN VOTING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU COUNCILOR COULD I A SUPPORTER. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0755. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED. SAY NAY. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 0755. ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 0755. COUNCILOR BREADON. >> YES. COUNCIL AGREED ON YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE IS ABOUT A YES. I WAS A COLOR SEPARATE. YES. COUNCILOR CULPEPER YEAH CONCEPT CALLED YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN. YES. COUNCIL FITZGERALD. YES. HOW MUCH OF ITS SHOW OF YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN. CONCEPTUAL COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCIL ME HERE. UM YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCIL OPEN CONCEPT BAND. YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCIL SANTANELLA. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER. COUNCIL. WEBER. YES COUNCILOR. UM YEAH. CONSOLE. YES. 12 VOTES IN THE FORMATIVE. THANK YOU. >> UM, MADAM CHAIR, DOCKET 0755 HAS BEEN THE PAST. UH, NO. ON TO MATTERS RECENTLY HEARD. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET. 02180218 ORDER FOR HEARING TO REVIEW THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE BOSTON RESIDENTS JOB POLICY AND IMPROVING EQUITY AND EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ON PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BROWN, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UH, THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HOSTED A VIRTUAL HEARING ON MONDAY, APRIL 13TH AT 10 A.M. TO REVIEW THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE BOSTON RESIDENTS JOB POLICY AND IMPROVING EQUITY AND EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ON PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THE COUNCIL. WE WERE JOINED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT BREADON, COUNCILORS MURPHY LOUIJEUNE WEBER, SANTANA AND COLLETTE AS A PARTNER AND THE ADMINISTRATION. WE WERE JOINED BY JODY UH JODY SUGARMAN, UH DEPUTY CHIEF OF THE WORKER EMPOWERMENT CABINET ALONG WITH CHRISTOPHER BROWN, UH BJP MANAGER OF THE CABINET FOR THE MINUTE THE ADMINISTRATION REVIEW THE LOCAL HIRING GOALS FOR PUBLIC PROJECTS AND PRIVATE PROJECTS OVER 50,000FT2 INCLUDING TARGETS OF 51% FOR BOSTON RESIDENTS, 40% FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR AND 12% FOR WOMEN BETWEEN OCTOBER 2025 AND MARCH 2026, HANA 42 PROJECTS WERE MONITORED TOTALING APPROXIMATELY 3.8 MILLION WORK HOURS. OF THESE, 90% OF HOURS WENT TO BOSTON RESIDENTS, 42% TO PEOPLE OF COLOR AND 7% TO WOMEN, INDICATING THAT BOSTON RESIDENT WOMEN PARTICIPATION REMAINED BELOW TARGET. DEPUTY DIRECTOR SUGARMAN BROSNAN AND BDP MANAGER BROWN NOTED THE CITY'S LIMITED ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY, WHICH PRIMARILY INCLUDES CORRECTIVE ACTION MEETINGS AND POTENTIAL SANCTIONS FOR NONCOMPLIANCE WITH REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. COUNCILORS RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT ONGOING DISPARITIES, PARTICULARLY FOR BOSTON RESIDENTS AND WOMEN, AND EMPHASIZED THAT MEETING BENCHMARKS FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR DID NOT NECESSARILY TRANSLATE TO ACCESS TO QUALITY JOBS BUT LIVING WAGES, BENEFITS AND GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES. DISPARITIES PERSIST ACROSS TRADES WITH WORKERS OF COLORS, BOSTON RESIDENTS, WOMEN AND ESPECIALLY WOMEN OF COLOR DISPROPORTIONATELY REPRESENTED IN LOWER PAID ROLES. COUNCILORS ALSO DISCUSSED THE NEED TO STRENGTHEN ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS OF BTP GOALS FUNCTION AS A FORCE BOTH STANDARDS RATHER THAN AS ASPIRATIONAL TARGETS. PUBLIC TESTIMONY WAS PROVIDED BY WESLEY WALLS WALL STEEN UH JOBS CO-DIRECTOR AT ACTION FOR EQUITY WHO HIGHLIGHTED THAT COVID COMPLIANCE COULD RESULT IN 1500 BOSTON RESIDENTS GAINING QUALITY JOBS, GENERATING AN ESTIMATED 436 MILLION. ECONOMIC IMPACT TESTIMONY ALSO RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT NONUNION CONTRACTS ENGAGED IN AND LOW WAGE UNSAFE LABOR PRACTICES AND RECOMMENDED THIS AGGREGATING DATA BY UNION AND NONUNION CONTRACTORS TO BENEFIT TO BETTER IDENTIFY GAPS IN ADMINISTRATION. ALSO SHARED UPDATES ON IMPROVING DATA COLLECTION AND THE BDP DASHBOARD, EXPANDING WORKFORCE PATHWAYS FOR BSU AND INTEGRATED INTEGRATING CERTIFIED PAYROLL DATA TO REPORT ON WAGE RATES AN IMPORTANT STEP TOWARD ASSESSING JOB QUALITY ALONGSIDE PARTICIPATION AT CHAIR OF THE LABOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AT THIS TIME I RECOMMEND THAT RECOMMEND THAT THESE MATTERS REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR CHAIR. DOCKET 021 IT WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0320? COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT TO THE TO THE CHAIR THAT I WAS AT THIS HEARING. UM, I KNOW MY NAME WASN'T MENTIONED, BUT I JUST WANTED TO UM. SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON ALL US. AS YOU KNOW. >> THANK THANK YOU. >> TO CORRECT THE RECORD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 03200476 AND. 07 5656 0597. >> OKAY. >> DOCKET 0320 MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $577,500 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FY 25 PORT SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WOULD FUND THE PURCHASE OF A NEW 31 UM FEET LIFE PROOF BOAT, THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ENGINE ON THE 31FT SAFE BOAT AND THE 38FT. SAFE BOAT AND FINALLY THE RECOLORING OF THE COVER UM PATROL BOAT AND ICE RESCUE TRAINING DOCKET 0476 ORDER FOR A SERIES OVER HERE IN REGARDING ALL CITY OF BOSTON GRANTS ADMINISTERED BY THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE DOCKET THERE WAS 759 MESSAGE ON ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $10,925,140.07 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR 26 COUNTER UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM GRANT PROGRAM AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY PASS THROUGH THE ARMY EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WOULD FUND INCREASING BPD ABILITY TO DETECT, IDENTIFY, TRUCK AND MONITOR UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS WITHIN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR OF UH PUBLIC SAFETY. UM, COUNCILOR UH, COLLETTE NO THANK YOU FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND UH, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE. >> PART THAT WOULD BE A CLASS NAME FOR PRESIDENT. UM, ON MONDAY WE HELD A HEARING ON THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT'S GRANTS THAT ARE OCCURRING IN COMMITTEE AND UPCOMING INCLUDING THESE THREE DOCKETS. UM, WE HEARD FROM WE HEARD FROM DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT SEAN MARTIN, ASSISTANT BUREAU CHIEF, UM BUREAU FIELD SERVICES SUPERINTENDENT ANITA CULHANE, BUREAU CHIEF UM WITH THE BUREAU OF INTELLIGENCE AND ANALYSIS BRIAN WALSH, UM, WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF BUREAU OF REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER AND MARIA CHEEVERS, THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. UM I WAS JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES COUNCILOR UM AT FLYNN, COUNCILOR EVAN MURPHY, COUNCILOR ROSIE LOUIJEUNE, COUNCILOR JOHN FITZGERALD, COUNSELOR CULPEPER AND COUNSELOR BEN WEBER. WE ALSO RECEIVED A LETTER OF OPTIONS FROM COUNSELOR PEMBERTON. UH. AT THE HEARING WE LEARNED THAT THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGERS OF ROUGHLY 28 MILLION AND ACTIVE GRANTS AT ANY GIVEN TIME AND RIGHT ABOUT 13 MILLION UM DOLLARS AND NEW OR RENEWED APPLICATIONS ANNUALLY. DOCKET NUMBER 0320 UM WILL PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE BOSTON POLICE UM HARBOR PATROL UNIT 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK LAW ENFORCEMENT UNIT RESPONSIBLE FOR PATROLLING 42MI2 OF BOSTON HARBOR. THE PORT OF BOSTON IS HOME TO LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CURRENTLY CARGO TERMINAL UM FLYNN CRUISE TERMINAL THE BOSTON FISH PIER UM THE TRIALS ON THE CHARLESTOWN CARPORT UM THE US SEA G SECTOR BOSTON THE US CONSTITUTION UM AND NUMEROUS HOTELS AND VENUES WHERE THE PUBLIC GATHER PROTECTING THE CITIZENS OF BOSTON AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF BOSTON HARBOR IS ESSENTIAL TO THE SAFETY AND ECONOMIC WELL-BEING OF THE ENTIRE NEW ENGLAND AREA. DOCKET NUMBER 0759 UM, THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED UM THE CIA AS GRANT FUNDING TO DEVELOP A DEPLOYABLE SYSTEM FOR DETECTING AND MITIGATING UNAUTHORIZED DRONES . THIS WILL SUPPORT MAJOR EVENTS LIKE THE 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP UM CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE. THE UM. THE PROJECT INCLUDES UPGRADING THE EXISTING DETECTION SYSTEM, ACQUIRING ADVANCED UM SENSORS AND CREATING A MOBILE PLATFORM FOR REAL-TIME AIRSPACE MONITORING. IT ALSO COVERS PERSONNEL OVERTIME AND TRAINING COSTS. AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, I RECOMMEND THE DOCKET NUMBER 0218 AND DOCKET NUMBER 0779 ARE TO PASS AND DOCKET 0476 REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. 0476 UM OKAY. UM, COUNCILOR UM, COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> UM, THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR FOR HOLDING THIS. I KNOW IN THE PAST I SAID IT AT THE HEARING BUT WE'VE DONE THIS OR YOU'VE DONE IT FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND WE WERE ABLE TO GO THROUGH A LOT OF THE GRANTS FOR THE POLICE AT THIS HEARING. I DID JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING THAT DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT MARTIN TOLD US, WHICH I'M HAPPY TO HEAR ESPECIALLY COMING IN TO TALL SHIPS AND ALL OF THE FESTIVITIES IN THE SUMMER THAT RAMP UP ANYWAY ACROSS THE CITY BUT THAT WE WILL BE PROVIDING SCUBA TRAINING FOR ALL OF OUR POLICE IN THE MARINE UNIT GOING FORWARD AND IT'S NOT GOING TO UM IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT YOU CAN STILL, YOU KNOW, APPLY AND GET UM CALLED UP TO THAT UNIT BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THAT TRAINING. SO THAT WAS SOMETHING I WAS HAPPY TO HEAR. AND ON THE DRONE FRONT TO A LOT OF GOOD QUESTIONS FROM OUR COLLEAGUES ASKED ABOUT THAT BUT IT WAS JUST AN INFORMATIVE HEARING AND LOOKING FORWARD TO PASSING THIS GRANT AND JUST WANT TO ALSO THANK THAT IT WAS SAID IF QUESTIONS DO COME UP OVER THE NEXT YOU KNOW WHAT SEVEN MONTHS OR NINE MONTHS THAT WE CAN STILL CALL THEM IN OR AT LEAST HAVE CONVERSATIONS THROUGH THE CHAIR. SO THANK YOU CHAIR FOR THAT. THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR FLYNN, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU, UH, MAY WISH TO SPEAK ON THE PREVIOUS BATCH OF PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, DOCKET TONIGHT. UH, AND I WAS, UM, DIDN'T SEE YOUR LIGHT. WOULD YOU DO YOU WISH TO COMMENT ON THIS MATTER. AND THEN I'LL COME TO COUNCIL VISION. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT COURTESY. WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR AN INFORMATIVE HEARING? HE HAD THE RIGHT PEOPLE THERE. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES ASKING GOOD QUESTIONS. IT WAS A GOOD FEEDBACK BACK AND FORTH AND I THINK THE I'M SUPPORTING ALL OF THESE UM. DOCKETS AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO PROVIDE THE UH PUBLIC SAFETY PROFESSIONALS WITH THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED TO DO THEIR JOB TO KEEP US SAFE, TO KEEP VISITORS SAFE AS WELL. AND UH, AGAIN, JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCIL SANTANA FOR, UM, A WELL DONE MEETING. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WANT TO START BY ACKNOWLEDGING UM. AND THANKING THE BPD FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO. UM, ESPECIALLY AS WE ENSURE THAT WE ARE AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE DURING THESE LARGE EVENTS THAT ARE GOING TO HAPPEN FIFA WORLD CUP UH, SIDE NOTE FOR THOSE WERE INCIDENT UH, PLANNING ON EVENTS AND COMMUNITY GRANTS JUST CAME OUT YESTERDAY TO HELP COMMUNITY PUT OUT GRANTS UH TO PUT ON EVENTS FOR THE FIFA WORLD CUP. WE HAVE THE FIFA WORLD CUP TALL SHIPS AMERICA 250 HAVE MY 250 BUNKER HILL CUP HERE, MY GEAR AND OTHER MAJOR EVENTS AHEAD. UM AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE PROACTIVE AS POSSIBLE IN GETTING MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR UM PUBLIC SAFETY. THE DRONE GRANT IS NEARLY AN $11 MILLION GRANT AND IT'S A SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC INVESTMENT. IT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HAVE EVER AS A CITY APPLIED FOR THIS FUNDING AND WE'VE ONLY RECEIVED LIMITED AND I DID I WANT TO THANK UM I DR.. WE DID GET REDACTED INFORMATION BUT IT WAS VERY HEAVILY REDACTED YESTERDAY BASED ON THE GRANT APPLICATION AND IT'S THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. WE STILL DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS TO BE PURCHASED. WE KNOW THAT IT'S NOT DRONES THAT IT'S DRONE DETECTION AT THE AMOUNT OF $11 MILLION, BUT THERE'S STILL CLOSE TO $11 MILLION BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF UM OF INFORMATION THAT WE DON'T KNOW INFORMATION FROM THE BRIC UH, RYAN WALSH FROM THE BRIC WAS HE REFERENCED SUBSTANTIAL NEW DETECTION TRACKING MITIGATION AND COUNTER DRONE CAPABILITIES BUT THERE WASN'T A LOT OF SPECIFICITY. SO I HOPE THAT THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE BBD WILL FULLY COMPLY WITH THE SURVEILLANCE OVERSIGHT ORDINANCE BEFORE ANY OF THIS TECHNOLOGY IS DEPLOYED, INCLUDING SUBMISSION OF ANY REQUIRED SURVEILLANCE IMPACT REPORTS AND REQUESTS FOR AUTHORIZATION AS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THE ORDINANCE. WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME SO AS NOT TO RELY ON THE EXIGENT. CIRCUMSTANCES PROVISION OF THE ORDINANCE WHICH WE KNOW LAST YEAR, UH THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH RELYING ON THAT CIRCUMSTANCE PROVISION. SO I HOPE THAT WE ARE PROACTIVE AND THAT THE BPD AND ADMINISTRATION IS PROACTIVE AND GIVING THIS UH, COUNCILOR INFORMATION RATHER THAN UH, RELYING ON A CLAUSE THAT IS ONLY FOR WHEN WE'RE NOT ABLE TO PLAN AHEAD. UM, I ALSO HOPE THAT BPD AND ADMINISTRATION RETURN PREPARED UH, DURING UPCOMING BUDGET SEASON TO PROVIDE A DETAILED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING OF WHAT IS TO BE PURCHASED, WHAT THESE SYSTEMS WILL DO, HOW THEY'LL BE USING, WHAT SAFEGUARDS WILL GOVERN THEM AND WHAT LONG TERM FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS THIS ACQUISITION CREATES BECAUSE THIS IS A ONE TIME GRANT AND SO WE NEED TO KNOW UH. >> IN. ORDER TO SUPPORT THIS WORK GOING FORWARD, UH, BECAUSE THE LIFESPAN IS SOMEWHERE ABOUT THREE YEARS AFTER THAT AFTER THAT MONEY IS GONE WILL THEN BE PART OF THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR US TO MAINTAIN THIS NEW UM ,UH, DATA SYSTEM. SO UM I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE THERE'S STILL A LOT OF UNKNOWNS. UH, PREPARING FOR MAJOR EVENTS IS IMPORTANT AND IT SHOULD, BUT IT SHOULDN'T COME AT THE EXPENSE OF PUBLIC OVERSIGHT. UH, IT IS A BALANCING ACT AND I WANT TO THANK THE CHAIR. IT WAS, UH IT WAS A HEARING THAT YOU ALLOWED ME TO GO 3 OR 4 ROUNDS OF QUESTIONING AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE I DID HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS TECHNOLOGY BECAUSE ANYTIME YOU ARE UM, USING A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF PUBLIC FUNDS TO ENGAGE IN ACTIVITY THAT IS UM SHROUDED IN SECRECY, WE JUST HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY OF OVERSIGHT HERE ON THIS BODY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> UM. THANK YOU. UH, DOCKET 0476 WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0320 AND 0756 AND WILL TAKE A VOTE ON EACH OF THOSE UH, DOCKETS ONE AT A TIME. YES. >> AND IN FIVE NINE. OH, BEG YOUR PARDON? THERE'S A. >> YES. 0759 IS ANOTHER DOCKET CALL 0595. SO UM EXCELLENT. SO WE'LL START OFF WITH DOCKET 070320. THE CHAIR ON THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0320. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. UH. >> MADAM CHAIR, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 0320. ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 2320 COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. CONCENTRATE ON YES. COUNCIL COLOR AS A PARA. COUNCIL COLOR SUPPORTER. YES. COUNCILOR CULPEPER. YES. >> CONCEPT. >> CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DULL CAN. YES. COUNCIL. FITZGERALD. YES. >> COUNCILOR. >> FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. HUNTER. FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCIL. MEJIA WANTS TO MEJIA. YES. COUNCILMAN. MURPHY. YEAH. >> COUNCIL MURPHY AS COUNCILOR PIPPEN. YES. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. COUNCIL OVERALL. YES. ON SEVERAL. YES 13 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0320 HAS PASSED. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0759. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. BUT ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY. UM. >> MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 0759 ROLL CALL. VOTE ON DOCKET 0759 COUNCILOR. BRIGHTON YES. COUNCIL BREEDING COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARA ON SET UP COLLETTE IS ABOUT A YES COUNCILOR CULPEPER. ONCE A COMBAT CANCER DURKAN CONCEPT OPEN YES. COUNCIL FITZGERALD. YES. >> COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE. YES. SO LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILMAN MEJIA. PRESENT. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILMAN. MURPHY. YES. CONCEPT. COUNCILOR PREPARED. YES. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCIL. SANTANA. YES. COUNCIL APPROVED. YEAH. >> COUNCIL. ALVARO. >> YES. COUNCIL. COUNCILOR. WEBER. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. 12 VOTES IN THE FORMAT. EVERYONE PRESENT. THANK YOU. >> DOCKET 0759 HAS PASSED. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0733 THROUGH 0740? >> DOCKET 073 3 TO. >> 2 0735. ORDER FOR THE FY 27 OPERATING BUDGET INCLUDING ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS FOR THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT AND FOR OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. DOCKET 073620737 ORDER FOR CAPITAL FUNDS TRANSFER APPROPRIATIONS DOCKET 073820740 ORDER FOR THE CAPITAL BUDGET INCLUDING LOAN ORDERS AND LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENTS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WASTE MEANS. CONSTABLE WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. UH, YESTERDAY, UH, WE KICKED OFF UH. FORMALLY THE BUDGET SEASON, UM ,WITH UH, A COUPLE HEARINGS ON THE OPERATING BUDGET AND THE CAPITAL BUDGET. UH, YESTERDAY MORNING WE HELD HEARINGS ON DOCKET NUMBERS 073 6 TO 0 740. UH, TO REVIEW THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR FY 27, I'D LIKE TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES, UH, WHO ARE IN ATTENDANCE COUNCILOR FLYNN, MADAM PRESIDENT BREADON, COUNCILORS CULPEPER FITZGERALD PIPPEN SANTANA, DURKAN, LOUIJEUNE AND MURPHY. THE COMMITTEE ALSO RECEIVED A LETTER OF ABSENCE FROM COUNCILOR CLETA ZAPATA. UH, WE WERE JOINED AT THAT HEARING BY UH, CFO ASHLEY GRAHAM BERGER AND THE UH OBM DIRECTOR JIM WILLIAMS AND UH WE WERE PROVIDED WITH AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET OF $4.9 BILLION. UH. >> IT WHICH REFLECTS A 2.1% UH GROWTH OVER LAST YEAR, WHICH IS THE LOWEST RATE OF GROWTH SINCE 2010. UH, THE REASON FOR THAT IS THE CITY, UH, WE WERE TOLD IS THAT THE CITY'S NAVIGATING A TIGHT FISCAL ENVIRONMENT WHERE HEALTH CARE UH, COST INCREASES UM UH DO EAT UP MOST OF THE INCREASES IN THE BUDGET UH, RESULTING IN SOME REALLY TOUGH CHOICES. BUT UH, YOU KNOW, UNLIKE OTHER CITIES, THE PROPOSED BUDGET UH ,YOU KNOW, ACHIEVES UH, ROUGHLY A BALANCE OF PROVIDING CITY SERVICES, UH, WITHOUT RELYING ON A PROP TWO AND A HALF OVERRIDE UH OR UM, A UH, DIP INTO OUR RESERVES, UH, WHICH MIGHT UH, IMPACT OUR BOND RATING MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT TO BORROW MONEY IN THE FUTURE. UH, I JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS. UH, WE HEARD HOW, UH, HEALTH CARE INSURANCE COSTS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE BY $97 MILLION AND THAT IS AFTER SOME SAVINGS HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED. UH, RECENT NEGOTIATIONS UH, WITH UH THE UNIONS UH AND WE'VE ALSO UH ARE GOING TO ACHIEVE SOME SAVINGS BY EXTENDING THE PAYMENTS ON UM SORT OF SCHEDULED PAYMENTS FOR FOR PENSIONS AND FOR UH CAPITAL BUDGET BORROWING. WE'RE GOING TO PAY OFF SLIGHTLY LESS OF THAT IN THE FIRST FIVE YEARS. UM, AND THIS WILL CREATE SOME SAVINGS IN THE BUDGET. UH, AND WE ALSO HEARD HOW UH WE ARE FOCUSED ON OR THE BUDGET FOCUSES ON CORE CITY SERVICES. UH, WHILE THERE'S OVER A $20 MILLION REDUCTION IN UH, ALL DEPARTMENTAL BUDGETS, UH, IT'S DESIGNED TO PROTECT THE BREAD AND BUTTER UH, OF CITY SERVICES, UH, WHICH IS TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE OUR LIBRARIES OR BCF CENTERS, UH, ARE FUNDED ARE UH, RECRUITING CLASSES FOR POLICE, FIRE AND EMS OR FUNDED UM AND YOU KNOW, BUT AT THE SAME TIME THAT THE THE WHAT IS BEING CUT OUR PROGRAMS THAT'S WHY WE TALKED ABOUT UH LARGE CUTS TO OFFICES LIKE THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT AND THE OFFICE OF BLACK MALE ADVANCEMENT. YOU KNOW, OFFICES THAT PROVIDE GRANTS ARE SEEING LARGE CUTS AND THOSE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT PROGRAMS AND I'M SURE WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT IT MEANS TO OUR RESIDENTS TO HAVE GRANT PROGRAMS BEING CUT, UH, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME KNOWING THAT THOSE ARE BEING CUT TO PRESERVE, UH, CITY JOBS. SO, YOU KNOW, UH IT'S UH OVERALL UH SORT OF THE THE THEME IS AS A BELT TIGHTENING, UH, BUDGET THAT SEEKS TO PRESERVE CITY SERVICES AND OUR TRIPLE A BOND RATING. I LOOK FORWARD TO DIVING DEEPER, UH, INTO SPECIFIC DEPARTMENTAL NUMBERS, UH, DURING OUR HEARINGS. I MEAN, IN FACT, WE HAVE TWO HEARINGS. SO THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS, UH, AND MANY MORE HEARINGS THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, UH, WE'LL BE LOOKING UH UH TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY, UH, YOU KNOW, CONTINUES TO OPERATE AND PROVIDE FOR OUR RESIDENTS UNDER WHAT LOOKS LIKE A TIGHT FRAMEWORK. WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT REVENUE, UH, ESTIMATES AND HOW THOSE ARE CONSERVATIVELY UH ESTIMATED FOR FOR VARIOUS REASONS AND I'M SURE WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT LATER ON. SO AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS, I RECOMMEND THAT DOCKETS UH 733 THROUGH 735 STAY IN COMMITTEE JUST BRIEFLY ADDRESS THE OTHER DOCKETS THAT WE UH THAT WERE READ INTO THE RECORD UM SEVEN THREE 6 TO 740 WHICH DEALT WITH THE CAPITAL PLAN. WE HAD A HEARING YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. UH, I'D LIKE TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES COUNCILOR FLYNN, MADAM PRESIDENT BREADON, COUNCILORS CULPEPER, FITZGERALD PEPEN SANTANA DURKAN, LOUIJEUNE AND MURPHY. THE COUNCIL OF THE COMMITTEE ALSO RECEIVED A LETTER OF ABSENCE FROM COUNCILOR AS A PART OF UM WE ARE UH WE WERE JOINED BY UH SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION INCLUDING CFO GRIFFIN BERGER OB UM DIRECTOR WILLIAMSON, CHIEF OF OPERATIONS DIANE IRISH INTERIM CHIEF OF STREETS NICK GOVE, CHIEF CLIMATE OFFICER BRIAN SWEAT, SENIOR DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF OPERATIONS REEVES DOCTOR. SAM DE PINA, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CAPITAL UH FOR CAPITAL IAN DONNELLY AND INTERIM PARKS COMMISSIONER KATHY BAKER ECLIPSE UH WE WERE PRESENTED WITH A CAPITAL BUDGET OF $4.4 BILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027 TO 2031 UH, COVERING 329 PROJECTS ACROSS THE CITY. UH, A FEW TAKEAWAYS UM, UH THAT UH WE HAVE GENERALLY TO MAINTAIN OUR TRIPLE-A BOND RATING, WE SET A GOAL OF ONLY UH OF LIMITING BORROWING TO 7% OF THE OPERATING BUDGET EACH YEAR WHEREAS IN PRIOR YEARS WE WERE FARTHER AWAY FROM THAT AROUND 5% THE LAST FEW YEARS WHERE AS OUR AS OUR OPERATING BUDGET, YOU KNOW, DOES NOT GO UP BY A LOT, WE ARE BORROWING MUCH CLOSER TO THE 7% LIMIT. UH, SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN UH, DO UH MORE FOR LESS ON THAT UH, CAPITAL BUDGET. UM, ONE THING WE'VE DONE IS TO IS IS WHERE WE USED TO TRY TO PAY OFF 35 TO 40% OF UH CAPITAL UH, BORROWING WITHIN THE FIRST FIVE YEARS. WE NOW HAVE UH TRYING TO PAY OFF 30% OF THAT OVER THE FIRST FIVE YEARS. AND BY EXTENDING THE PAYMENT WE'RE NOT EXPECTING TO SEE SAVINGS NEXT YEAR BUT BUT UH, MAYBE IN THE BUDGET IN A COUPLE OF YEARS ALTHOUGH I WILL ADD WE WERE ALSO TOLD THAT OVER THE LONG TERM THAT WILL COST MONEY BECAUSE EVERYONE WHO'S PAID OFF A MORTGAGE OVER A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME KNOWS THAT IT DOES. YOU KNOW YOU YOU'RE PAYING INTEREST AND UH IT DOESN'T SAVE YOU MONEY IN THE LONG RUN. YEAH. IT'S, UH, USING OUR CAPITAL BUDGET SPENDING WE'RE FOCUSED ON, UH, YOU KNOW, STATE OF GOOD REPAIR $1.4 BILLION WE WERE TOLD IS DEDICATED TO THE, UH TO STREETS. UH, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR REPAIR OF ROADS, SIDEWALKS, UH, AND BRIDGES, UH, DATA DRIVEN UH, SCHOOL INVESTMENTS. WE ARE TOLD HOW THE CITY IS UTILIZING A FACILITIES CONDITION ASSESSMENT TO MAKE APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISONS ACROSS ALL MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS ,WHICH IS INTENDED TO ENSURE THE CAPITAL DOLLARS ARE SPENT WHERE THE MONEY IS NEEDED. UM, I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THOSE HEARINGS LOOK FORWARD TO UH UH, A THOROUGH UH, BUDGET SEASON AND AS AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. I RECOMMEND THAT THESE DOCKETS REMAIN IN COMMITTEE ALSO. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU MADAM. UH, THANK YOU. DOCKET 0733 THROUGH 0740 WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. UM, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0763. DOCKET 0763 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL, AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO SUBMIT TO THE MASSACHUSETTS CODE ALTERNATE OUR TEAM MSBA IS STATEMENT OF INTEREST FROM CONSULTING ACADEMY LOCATED AT 90 WARREN AVE IN THE SOUTH END OF BOSTON. THE STATEMENT OF INTEREST DESCRIBES AND EXPLAINS THE DIFFERENCES AND THE PRIORITY CATEGORIES AND FOR WHICH THE CITY OF BOSTON MAY BE INVITED TO APPLY TO THE MSBA IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER, THE CHAIR OF WAYS AND MEANS. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR OKAY. AND I'M BACK. UH UH SO THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UH, THIS MORNING, UH, WE HELD A HEARING IN THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS, UH, ON DOCKET NUMBER 0763 TO REVIEW A STATEMENT OF INTEREST THAT THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT FOR THE, UH, MEL KING SOUTHEND ACADEMY TO BE CONSIDERED FOR MSBA FUNDING. I'D LIKE TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES WHO ARE IN ATTENDANCE COUNCILORS, UH, FLYNN MURPHY AND LOUIJEUNE UH, AND CHRIS MITCHELL ON AND ETHAN FROM CENTRAL STAFF FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE UH, IN HELPING US UH, CARRY OUT THE HEARING. I'D ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE COMMITTEE RECEIVED A LETTER OF ABSENCE FROM COUNCILOR PEPEN. THE NTSB'S GRANT PROGRAM IS A NON ENTITLEMENT COMPETITIVE PROGRAM. SUBMITTING A STATEMENT OF INTEREST IS A CRITICAL FIRST STEP IN THE MSBA PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION ADDITIONS OR RENOVATION UM OR REPAIR GRANTS. IT ALLOWS DISTRICTS TO INFORM THE MSB OF DEFICIENCIES THAT MAY EXIST IN A LOCAL SCHOOL FACILITY AND HOW THESE DEFICIENCIES INHIBIT THE DELIVERY OF THE DISTRICT'S EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM. DURING TODAY'S HEARING WE HEARD FROM CHIEF OF CAPITAL PLANNING UH DELIVER AND STANISLAUS PUBLIC FACILITIES SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER BRIAN MCLAUGHLIN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PROJECT CONTROLS AND COMPLIANCE ANITA TAVARES AND THE UH UM UH OH I'M SORRY. UH YES. UM AND UH, HEATHER TRUCKEE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN THE OFFICE OF SPECIALIZED SERVICES FOR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. UM, WE HEARD ABOUT THE INTENTION OF THE CITY TO SUBMIT A STATEMENT OF INTEREST FOR A NEW CORE PROJECT FOR THE MILKING ACADEMY IN ORDER TO ADVANCE REPAIRS FOR A FULL STATE OF THE ART THERAPEUTIC SCHOOL. THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE WILL BE PRESENTED WITH A STATEMENT OF INTEREST TONIGHT. UM, IN ORDER FOR THIS APPLICATION TO MOVE FORWARD, UH ,THEY NEED TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION BY UH, FRIDAY. SO THAT IS WHY WE HELD A HEARING. UH, WE HEARD WE THIS WAS SUBMITTED TO US LAST WEEK. WE HAD A HEARING THIS MORNING AND I'M SEEKING ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF THIS DOCKET TODAY SO WE CAN GET THIS APPLICATION PROCESS STARTED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM PRESIDENT, I 100% SUPPORT THIS LETTER OF INTEREST. I MET WITH THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT SOME TIME AGO. WE TALKED ABOUT THE CHALLENGES THAT THE MELBOURNE 18 SCHOOL, THE SOUTH END ACADEMY WAS HAVING. SHE TOLD ME THIS WAS COMING UP AND SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET IT IN BY FRIDAY. I'M EXCITED TO SEE THE COUNCIL UH WAYS AND MEANS CHAIR BRING IT FORWARD IN SUCH AN EXPEDITIOUS WAY. AND WHEN WE LOOK AT WHERE THE MALE KING SOUTHEND ACADEMY IS NOW WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE NEEDS AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE NEEDS INCREMENTALLY. THIS IS A BIG STEP FORWARD AND BRINGING THE MELBOURNE A H KING SCHOOL TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE THE SERVICES AND FOLKS THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU COUNCILOR CULPEPER THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND UM I STAND. BECAUSE THE KING ACADEMY IS IN MY IN MY IN DISTRICT TWO I SHOULD SAY AND I KNOW IT'S ALSO JUST OUTSIDE OF THE BORDER OF COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AND IN REVEREND CULPEPER AS WELL. SO ALL THREE OF US, UM, KNOW THIS SCHOOL VERY WELL. I ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ABOUT A MONTH AGO MYSELF AND COUNCIL ME HERE WENT ON A MEETING WITH SOME PARENTS UM CONCERNED ABOUT THE SERVICES AT THE SCHOOL BUT THIS THE PARENTS WERE REALLY ADVOCATING FOR MORE SERVICES AND SUPPORT FOR THE STUDENTS. YEAH AT THE MILKING SCHOOL WHICH WE. WHICH WHICH WE AGREED AND WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS THERE THEY THEY NEEDED I BELIEVE THIS SCHOOL IS STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW AND EVEN THOUGH WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF ASKING THE SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY, UH FOR MORE FOR FUNDING SO EVENTUALLY THEY COULD BUILD A NEW SCHOOL, WE ALSO HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE CHALLENGES AT THIS SCHOOL, BUT WE CAN'T GIVE UP ON THE STUDENTS. 99% OF THE STUDENTS ARE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. 50% OF THEM ARE AFRICAN AMERICAN. ABOUT 30% OF THEM ARE SPANISH. AND WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT EVERY EVERY CHILD, EVERY STUDENT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET A GOOD EDUCATION AND THAT WE DON'T GIVE UP ON ANY STUDENTS FOR ANY REASON. AND WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THIS BUDGET ESPECIALLY THE BUDGET REFLECTS. >> THE SERVICES. THAT THESE STATE THAT THESE STUDENTS NEED AND DESERVE SO THAT THEY CAN LIVE A HEALTHY AND HAPPY LIFE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS, SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0763. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSED. SAY NAY. MADAME CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 0763. ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 0763 COUNCILOR BRIGHTON. YES I'M SURE BREEDEN. YES, COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARA COUNCIL OF COLLETTE AS A PARISH COUNCIL. CULPEPER. COUNCILOR. >> CULPEPER. >> YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCIL ADOPTED. YES. COUNCIL FITZGERALD. COUNCIL. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL FOR AS COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCIL. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCIL. MAYOR WATSON MEJIA. YES. COUNCIL. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. AS COUNCIL PEPPERED. COUNCILOR. >> PREPAREDNESS COUNCILOR SANTANA. YES. COUNCIL OF SANTANA. YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. OVERALL. YES. >> COST OF OVERALL. YES. >> 13 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. SOCKET 0763 HAS PASSED. WE'RE NOW ON TO MOTIONS, ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS A REMINDER THAT UNDER RULE 39 REMARKS ON NEW MATTERS NOT UP FOR A VOTE TODAY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES FOR THE LEAD SPONSOR AND TWO MINUTES FOR THE CO-SPONSORS. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET. 0807.20807 COMMENTS OF FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE TO ADDRESS PRIVATE WASTE POTHOLES. THANK YOU CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSTABLE ROUND COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR MURPHY AS A ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. UM, COUNCILOR MURPHY SO ADD IT. UH, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, I AM I BELIEVE THAT ALL OF OUR STREETS SHOULD BE PUBLIC ROADS, UH, BECAUSE PRIVATE WAYS ARE A RELIC OF THE PAST. UH, THEY GO BACK TO THE 1700S AND THE REALITY IS THE PEOPLE LIVING ON THOSE STREETS RIGHT NOW AREN'T THE ONES WHO REQUESTED OR MADE THAT DECISION TO MAKE THEIR ROAD A PRIVATE WAY. UH, IN MANY CASES, UH, THAT CHOICE WAS MADE GENERATIONS AGO. YET TODAY'S HOMEOWNERS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE LEFT CARRYING THE FINANCIAL BURDEN. WHAT THIS ORDINANCE DOES IS STRAIGHTFORWARD RIGHT NOW UNDER CITY CODE, UH, THE CITY CAN STEP IN TO, UH, FILL POTHOLES ON PRIVATE WAYS, BUT IT LIMITS THOSE REPAIRS TO TEMPORARY MATERIALS LIKE DIRT, GRAVEL OR CINDER. UH, MEANWHILE ON PUBLIC ROADS WE USE ASPHALT. THIS ORDINANCE SAYS IF THE CITY IS GOING TO FILL POTHOLES ON PRIVATE WAYS, THEN THEY SHOULD DO IT THE SAME WAY THAT THEY DO ON PUBLIC STREETS IS WITH ASPHALT. UH, THIS ORDINANCE NOT IS NOT ABOUT ASKING THE CITY TO DO EVERYTHING. IT'S ABOUT ASKING THE CITY TO DO THE MINIMUM UH, WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY, ACCESSIBILITY AND FAIRNESS FOR RESIDENTS WHO PAY THE SAME AMOUNT AS TAXES OR SAME RATE AS TAXES AS EVERYONE ELSE. UH, THAT IS NOT TOO MUCH. UM, I THINK IT'S A REASONABLE ASK. UH, AGAIN, IT'S NOT FIXING THE WHOLE STREET. UH, JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE GET ASPHALT IN THOSE CRATERS AND THOSE POTHOLES THAT ARE ON THESE PRIVATE WAYS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY AS A SECOND CO-SPONSOR. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU COUNCIL AS WELL FOR ADDING ME. I HAVE, UM, GOTTEN A FLAT TIRE IN ONE OF THESE POTHOLES IN WEST ROXBURY, UM, OFF THE PARKWAY AND WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE A BIGGER CONVERSATION. SO THANK YOU COUNCIL FOR ALL FOR EVEN BRINGING UP IF WE SHOULD EVEN CONTINUE TO HAVE PRIVATE WAYS. I DO THINK THE CONVERSATION NEEDS TO START THERE AND THEN MAKE SURE THAT GOING FORWARD WE'RE HAVING DECISIONS NOT JUST ABOUT POTHOLES BEING FILLED BUT ALSO TRASH PICKUP AND SNOW REMOVAL. I KNOW AS AN AT LARGE CITY COUNCILOR WHEN I'M AT EVENTS ACROSS THE CITY THAT PEOPLE DO COME UP AND TALK TO ME IF THEY'RE LIVING ON THESE STREETS AND THEY'RE STRUGGLING FOR THESE BASIC CITY SERVICES AND THEY'RE NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY. SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION SPECIFIC TO THE POTHOLES BUT ALSO A BIGGER CONVERSATION GOING FORWARD IN THIS BODY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MURPHY WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL ME HERE CONSIDER PEPEN CONTRA SANTANA WEBER AND PLEASE HAVE THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0807 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. YES. >> I GOT IT. YEAH. >> COUNCIL SO THANK YOU 0807 WE REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MADAM CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0808. DOCKET 0808? COUNCILOR CULPEPER OFFERED THE FOLLOWING FOR ORDINANCE AND ESTABLISHING A MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROCUREMENT READINESS PILOT PROGRAM. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD A SUBSTITUTE FILE DOCKET NUMBER 0808 AND I'D LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR MAYOR HERE AS A SECOND ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND I'D LIKE TO REQUEST SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND A COUNCIL AWARE OF AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. SO COUNCILMEMBER HERE AS A SECOND SO ADDED AND THE THIRD ONE. COUNCILMEMBER WELL. >> CANTRELL AND SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COUNCIL WORRELL IS A THIRD. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT. I WANT TO START BY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THIS WORK IS GROUNDED IN COMMUNITY. THIS IDEA CAME DIRECTLY I HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE DISTRICT SEVEN WHITE STADIUM TASK FORCE WHERE WE HAD REAL. NO OBJECTIONS. >> UH, COUNCILOR CULPEPER UH, YOU WANTED TO SUBSTITUTE UH, FROM THE DOCKET THAT WAS ORIGINALLY FOR. YES. >> UM SECOND, UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL RIGHT. YOU MAY CONTINUE. THANK YOU. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, I WANT TO START BY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THIS WORK IS GROUNDED IN COMMUNITY. THIS IDEA CAME DIRECTLY OUT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DISTRICT SEVEN WHITE STADIUM TASK FORCE WHERE WE HAD REAL AND HONEST DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HOW WE CAN CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR BLACK AND BROWN CONTRACTORS TO PARTICIPATE IN LARGE SCALE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROJECTS HERE IN BOSTON. I ALSO WANT TO THANK AARON WRIGHT WHO IS HERE TODAY. HE'S THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE WHITE STADIUM WHITE DISTRICT SEVEN WHITE STADIUM TASK FORCE AND WHO HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY IN HELPING TO DRAFT THIS PILOT PROGRAM. HIS LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN IMMEASURABLE AND HELP HIM TO BRING THIS ORDINANCE TO THE COUNCIL TODAY. AT ITS CORE THIS ORDINANCE IS ABOUT EQUITY BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT OPPORTUNITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT THE NEED TO CLOSE RACIAL WEALTH GAPS AND TO ENSURE THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BENEFITS ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES. BUT THOSE GOALS REQUIRE INTENTIONAL POLICY AND THIS ORDINANCE IS ONE OF THOSE INTENTIONAL POLICY. THEY REQUIRE US TO LOOK AT WHO IS GETTING CONTRACTS, WHO IS BUILDING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, WHO IS BEING LEFT OUT OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. THIS ORDINANCE IS A STEP IN THAT DIRECTION. IT RECOGNIZES THAT FOR TOO LONG, MADAM PRESIDENT AND MY COLLEAGUES BLACK AND BROWN CONTRACTORS HAVE FACED STRUCTURAL BARRIERS TO ACCESSING MAJOR PROJECTS WHETHER IT'S ACCESS TO CAPITAL BONDING REQUIREMENTS OR SIMPLY NOT BEING INCLUDED IN PROCUREMENT PIPELINES. IF WE ARE SERIOUS, IF WE ARE TRULY SERIOUS ABOUT EQUITY, WE HAVE TO BE EQUALLY SERIOUS ABOUT REMOVING THOSE BARRIERS AND IMPEDIMENTS, CREATING CLEAR PATHWAYS FOR PARTICIPATION. AND JUST LIKE WE THINK ABOUT HOW OUR PUBLIC SPACES REFLECT OUR VALUES, WE SHOULD ALSO THINK ABOUT HOW OUR PUBLIC INVESTMENTS REFLECT THOSE SAME VALUES. WHO BENEFITS FROM THE WORK WE FUND? WHO IS AT THE TABLE? YOU KNOW WE CREATING SYSTEMS THAT ARE INCLUSIVE BY DESIGN NOT JUST IN INTENTION. THIS ORDINANCE, MADAM PRESIDENT ,MOVES US TOWARD A MORE EQUITABLE CONTRACTING ENVIRONMENT ONE THAT EXPANDS OPPORTUNITY AND STRENGTHENS OUR LOCAL ECONOMY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPER. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNTRYMAN HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR CULPEPPER FOR ADDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR ON THIS ORDINANCE AND I'M PROUD TO STAND ALONGSIDE HIM, UM. AS WE CONTINUE. TO DO THIS WORK. THIS BUILDS UPON MANY CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD WITH SMALL BUSINESSES AND MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES ACROSS BOSTON WHO CONTINUE TO SHOW UP, STAY READY AND ARE ASKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO COMPETE, TO COMPETE AND TO GROW. AND WE'RE UM, YEARS OUT OF THE UH, DISPARITY STUDY. AND WHILE. WE'RE HEARING COMMITMENTS SUCH AS THE VISION FOR 50% UM WBE PARTICIPATION IN PROJECTS LIKE WHITE STADIUM, WE'RE STILL HEARING FROM BUSINESSES THAT THOSE. DOLLARS ARE NOT CONSISTENTLY REACHING THEM. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS WORK WITH YOU AND OUR COLLEAGUES AND TO MAKING SURE THAT. OUR PROCESSES ARE ALIGNED WITH THE OUTCOMES WE SAY THAT WE WANT TO SEE. AND I JUST WANT TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT, YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY. MOVE THE WORK OF. EQUITY FORWARD, IT'S OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS THAT REALLY HELP US DO JUST THAT. UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY IS IN A CRISIS IN SO MANY WAYS AND I THINK THAT IF WE ARE REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT THE RECKONING THAT WE ARE ALL GRAPPLING WITH, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, DEVELOP THIS INITIATIVE AND GET THIS ORDINANCE PASSED THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS IN A TIMELY FASHION. UM, BUT TO ALSO SEE IT UM IN. FRUITION IN. >> TERMS OF IMPLEMENTATION, I THINK THAT WE OFTEN HAVE A PROBLEM HERE ON THE COUNCIL IS. >> THAT. SOMETIMES WE HAVE THESE BIG IDEAS UM, AND THEY GET PASSED AND SOMETIMES WHEN IT COMES TO THE IMPLEMENTATION THAT'S WHERE WE FALL SHORT. I'M HOPING THROUGH THE WORKING SESSIONS AS WE CONTINUE TO NAVIGATE THIS PROCESS THAT WE CAN PUT SOME REAL UM, GUARDRAILS IN TERMS OF WHAT SUCCESS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, HOW WE'RE GOING TO MEASURE THAT SUCCESS AND WHAT ACCOUNTABILITY IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE WHEN WE'RE NOT HITTING THE MARK. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING THAT WORK ALONGSIDE MY COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU THANK. >> YOU CHAIR RECOGNIZES CANCER AROUND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. >> UH THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR CULPEPER UH AND COUNCIL ME HERE FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AROUND UM EQUITY IN CONTRACTING AND ALSO SMALL BUSINESSES. UM, I THINK CREATING A PROGRAM LIKE THIS ONE PROPOSED HERE IS THE INTENTIONAL, UH, STRATEGIES THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REDUCING BARRIERS AND PROVIDING RESOURCES SUPPORT, UH, FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESSES TO UH, GAIN MAJOR CONTRACTS. UH, WHETHER IT'S REDUCING THE BARRIER TO OBTAIN A BOND OR INSURANCE, UH, OR JUST BUILD UP THE CAPACITY UH, THESE ARE THE TYPES OF PROGRAMS THAT WE NEED, UH, FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESSES. SO LOOK FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION AND TO LOOKING FORWARD TO DESIGNING THIS PROGRAM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WORRELL. UH, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? UM, COUNCILOR UM DURKAN. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. PEPEN. COUNCILOR. SANTANA CONSTABLE. WEBER, COUNCILOR MORRELL AND PLEASE OF THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0808 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 08090809. COUNCIL HAS DURKAN AND SANTANA OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE BOSTON ZONING CODE WITH RESPECT TO PARKING MINIMUMS FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU. >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND UH, THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I I'D LIKE TO ADD YOU AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. SEEING AND HEARING HEARING NO OBJECTIONS. UH, I'M SO I THANK YOU. THIS MORNING COUNCILOR SANTANA AND I ARE INTRODUCING A ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT TO ELIMINATE PARKING MINIMUMS FOR OFF STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT CITYWIDE. THIS REFORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO LOWER HOUSING COSTS AND ACCELERATE HOUSING PRODUCTION. IF YOUR PACKET SEEMED A LITTLE HEAVY TODAY, THERE'S A 35 PAGE AMENDMENT HERE WHICH TOUCHES THE BASE CODE AND EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD ARTICLE AS WE ENTER THE BUDGET CYCLE WITH SLOWING REVENUE GROWTH AND PROJECTED DEFICIT, WE KNOW THAT OUR PROPERTY TAX BASE REMAINS THE CITY'S LARGEST AND MOST STABLE SOURCE OF FUNDING AT THE SAME TIME, TIME AND TIME AGAIN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS THIS BODY HAS CONVENED TO ASK OURSELVES WHAT WE CAN DO FOR THE MOST PRESSING CHALLENGE OF THE DAY THE HIGH COST OF HOUSING IN THIS ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT WE KNOW IT IS HARDER THAN EVER TO BUILD HOUSING PRODUCTION IS AT HISTORIC LOWS, COSTS ARE RISING AND RESIDENTS ARE BEING PRICED OUT OF THE CITY. WE KNOW WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO INCREASE AFFORDABILITY AND EXPAND THE HOUSING PIPELINE. THE PROPOSAL I'M INTRODUCING TODAY IS A CULMINATION OF OVER A YEAR'S WORTH OF WORK. I HAVE FILED A HEARING ORDER LAST JANUARY. IN DECEMBER WE HELD A HEARING AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE WHERE WE HEARD FROM THE HOUSING AND ZONING EXPERTS ABOUT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THESE REFORMS TO LOWER COSTS AND INCREASE HOUSING PRODUCTION. THIS TEXT AMENDMENT ELIMINATES COSTLY PARKING MANDATES FROM OUR ZONING CODE. THESE REQUIREMENTS DID NOT ALWAYS EXIST. IN FACT, MOST OF BOSTON'S HOUSING WAS BUILT BEFORE THESE RULES WERE MADE INTO LAW. THESE RULES WERE ESTABLISHED IN THE 1950S OUT OF THE FALSE THINKING THAT PARKING WOULD REDUCE CONGESTION. INSTEAD, THEY MADE IT HARDER TO BUILD HOUSING AND FORCED DEVELOPERS TO BUILD MORE PARKING THAN WE ACTUALLY NEED. ACCORDING TO THE I'M A PC SHOWS THAT THERE'S A REPORT THAT SHOWS THAT OVER ONE THIRD OF ALL PARKING IN BOSTON SITS EMPTY OVERNIGHT. MEANWHILE, THESE MANDATES INCREASE CONSTRUCTION COSTS, MAKING IT HARDER FOR DEVELOPERS TO GET THEIR PROJECTS OFF THE GROUND ESPECIALLY SMALLER PROJECTS. THE COST DOESN'T STAY WITH THE DEVELOPERS IT'S PASSED TO TENANTS RENTS REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY OWN A CAR OR NOT. LET ME BE CLEAR GETTING RID OF THESE MANDATES DOES NOT ELIMINATE OR BAN PARKING IT SIMPLY WILL REPLACE ARBITRARY MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS WITH FLEXIBILITY. DEVELOPERS WILL BE ABLE TO BUILD PARKING BASED ON THE NEEDS OF EACH PROJECT RATHER THAN THE OUTDATED RULES OF THE ZONING CODE. CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN THE COMMONWEALTH HAVE SHOWN US THAT THIS POLICY WORKS. BOSTON ELIMINATED PARKING MINIMUMS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN 2021 THANKS TO MY PREDECESSOR KENSI PARK. CAMBRIDGE DID THIS CITYWIDE IN 2022, SOMERVILLE IN 2024 AND CITIES LIKE AUSTIN WHICH DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A SUBWAY SEATTLE MINNEAPOLIS BUFFALO HAVE ENACTED SIMILAR REFORMS AT THIS FINANCIAL MOMENT WE MUST USE EVERY TOOL AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT AND MAKE OUR CITY MORE AFFORDABLE FOR BOSTON RESIDENTS. THIS REFORM IS A COMMON SENSE IMMEDIATE STEP WE CAN TAKE TO LOWER HOUSING COSTS, SUPPORT HOUSING PRODUCTION AND BUILD A STRONGER, MORE SUSTAINABLE CITY . I SAID THIS BACK IN DECEMBER AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN THE REAL QUESTION IS WHETHER WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE POLITICAL LEADERSHIP TO GET THIS DONE. THE FACTS ARE ON OUR SIDE. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN. UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR DURKAN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON. >> THIS. AND. >> UM. >> UH. >> ON MANY OTHER FRONTS. UH, ON HOUSING FUNDS. UM. >> TO TRULY ADDRESS HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, WE NEED TO USE EVERY TOOL AVAILABLE TO US AND MOVE AWAY FROM POLICIES THAT MAKE IT MORE EXPENSIVE TO BUILD AND LIVE IN OUR CITY. THIS ZONING AMENDMENT IS A STEP IN THAT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. UM AS COUNCILOR TALKING MENTIONED VERY CLEARLY ELIMINATING PARKING MINIMUMS DOESN'T MEAN ELIMINATING PARKING IT JUST MEANS NOT HAVING A SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF PARKING REQUIREMENT FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT. WE'VE ALREADY ENTERED THAT REQUIREMENT FOR SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, AND IT'S TIME TO EXPAND THAT TO OTHER NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS. MEDIAN RENTS ARE NOW OVER $3,000 A MONTH. MORE THAN HALF OF BOSTON RENTERS ARE COST BURDEN. AND YET OUR CURRENT ZONING CODE REQUIRES PARKING MINIMUMS, ADDING COST AND ENDING PROJECTS BEFORE THEY EVEN GET A CHANCE TO BEGIN. THIS AMENDMENT REMOVES THAT BARRIER. I AM PROUD TO BE A CO-SPONSOR ON THIS AMENDMENT TO ADDRESS OUR CITY'S HOUSING, UM, HOUSING NEEDS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, UM, THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE PLANNING OF THE DEPARTMENT TO SEE IT THROUGH. THANK YOU. UM AND AGAIN, THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA. UH, AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN FOR HAVING ME AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR. UH, IN ALLSTON, BRIGHTON. UH, WE'VE BEEN ON THIS JOURNEY WITH DEVELOPMENT OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS. UH, THERE WERE JUST FUNCTIONALLY ELIMINATED PARKING MINIMUMS, UH UH, WITH HUGE PROJECTS BEING APPROVED WITH LITTLE OR NO PARKING IN SOME CASES GIVING THIS HAS GIVEN DEVELOPERS FLEXIBILITY TO BUILD WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS AND WANTS AND UH, IT'S REALLY UH, AN IMPERATIVE THAT IT'S A WAY TO DECREASE THE COST PER UNIT OF HOUSING IN ORDER TO ADD UH, HOUSING LIKE ONE UNIT PER ONE PARKING SPACE PER UNIT, IT COSTS ABOUT 75,000 TO $100,000 PER PARKING. SPACE TO BUILD. >> A BELOW GRADE PARKING UNIT PARKING SPACE. SO THIS INEVITABLY IS ADDED ON TO THE COST OF THE HOUSING AND MAKES IT MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT FOR DEVELOPERS TO MAKE THE NUMBERS WORK. UH, IN SOME CASES WE'VE WORKED WITH DEVELOPERS TO UH, REDUCE PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND TO REALLY MAKE THE UH THE PROJECT MORE POSSIBLE UH, AND MAKING IT MAKE IT MORE VIABLE AS A PROJECT. SO I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THE PROCESS. UH, AND UH, THE DISCUSSION AS WE UH, MOVE THIS UM THIS OR THIS ORDINANCE FORWARD. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND UH, I APPRECIATE YOUR PARTNERSHIP ON THIS. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCIL DIVISION COUNCILOR PEPEN WEBER AND I'M ALREADY ALL THANK YOU. UH. THANK YOU. THE DOCKET 0809 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0810.0810. COUNCIL LET US OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS WORKFORCE PIPELINE OPPORTUNITIES BETWEEN THE WENTWORTH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND THE CITY OF BOSTON INSPECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PATTERN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I RISE TO INTRODUCE THIS. >> HEARING. ORDER FOCUSED ON BUILDING A STRONGER WORKFORCE PIPELINE BETWEEN THE CITY AND WENTWORTH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY SPECIFICALLY INTO I-S-D. BOSTON IS HOME TO WORLD CLASS INSTITUTIONS. >> THAT ARE. ALREADY TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION. OF ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS. WENTWORTH RIGHT IN OUR BACKYARD IS PRODUCING GRADUATES WITH THE EXACT TECHNICAL FOUNDATION THAT WE NEED FOR CRITICAL ROLES LIKE PLANS EXAMINERS. THESE ARE VERY UM. UH THESE. >> ARE. THE VERY. PROFESSIONALS RESPONSIBLE. >> FOR REVIEWING PROJECTS, ENSURING CODE COMPLIANCE AND QUITE FRANKLY DETERMINING HOW QUICKLY HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT CAN MOVE FORWARD IN OUR CITY. BUT HERE'S THE CHALLENGE TOO OFTEN WE ARE LOSING THIS TALENT. WE'RE WATCHING GRADUATES TRAINED HERE READY TO CONTRIBUTE. LEAVE PUBLIC SERVICE PATHWAYS AND GO DIRECTLY INTO THE PRIVATE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY. I DON'T BLAME THEM THEY PROBABLY MAKE MORE MONEY. THEY'RE AND WHILE THAT INDUSTRY IS IMPORTANT, THE REALITY IS THAT WE'RE LEFT WITH VACANCIES IN KEY MUNICIPAL ROLES THAT SLOW DOWN PERMITTING DELAY HOUSING PRODUCTION AND STRAIN OUR EXISTING WORKFORCE. SO THIS HEARING IS ABOUT BEING INTENTIONAL. HOW DO WE BUILD A DIRECT STRUCTURED PATHWAY FROM CLASSROOM TO CITY SERVICE? THIS CAN MEAN INTERNSHIPS, CO-OPS, APPRENTICESHIPS AND EVEN CURRICULUM ALIGNMENT THAT PREPARES STUDENTS NOT JUST FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR BUT FOR PUBLIC SECTOR CAREERS. IT ALSO MEANS HAVING AN HONEST CONVERSATION ABOUT BARRIERS WHETHER IT'S CIVIL SERVICE REQUIREMENTS, COMPENSATION OR A LACK OF AWARENESS ABOUT THESE CAREER PATHS IN THE FIRST PLACE . THIS ISN'T JUST A WORKFORCE ISSUE IT'S A CAPACITY ISSUE IN CAPACITY AND IT DIRECTLY IMPACTS OUR ABILITY TO BUILD HOUSING, SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVER FOR OUR RESIDENTS. WE ALREADY HAVE THE TALENT AND THE QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE THE SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO CAPTURE IT. AND SO THIS HEARING IS THE FIRST STEP INTO ANSWERING THAT QUESTION THOUGHTFULLY AND COLLABORATIVELY WITH OUR ACADEMIC PARTNERS, THE ADMINISTRATION AND WITH A CLEAR GOAL TO INVEST IN A PIPELINE THAT KEEPS BOSTON'S TALENT WORKING FOR BOSTON. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR COLLETTE. DOES IT MATTER ANYONE LIKE TO OTHER NAME COUNCILOR CULPEPPER COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. MINISTER. PEPEN. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. WEBER. CONSTABLE BROWN AND PLEASE UM THE CHAIR DOCKET 0810 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT . MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 08110811? COUNCILOR MURPHY AND FLYNN OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR HEARING TO REVIEW ANIMAL CONTROL ENFORCEMENT, LEASH LAW COMPLIANCE, DOG LICENSING AND PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR UH, MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. UM, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT . SO WE'RE FILING THIS. ORDER. >> UM, THE CITY OF BOSTON THROUGH. >> THE BOSTON ANIMAL CARE. AND CONTROL AND APPLICABLE MUNICIPAL AND STATE LAWS. MAINTAINS CLEAR. REGULATIONS GOVERNING DOG OWNERSHIP INCLUDING LEASH. REQUIREMENTS. >> LICENSING MANDATES AND PUBLIC SAFETY PROTECTIONS. THE BOSTON LAW REQUIRES THAT. DOGS BE KEPT ON. >> A LEASH AND UNDER CONTROL. WENT OFF AN OWNER'S PROPERTY. IT PROHIBITS DOGS FROM RUNNING AT LARGE. AND MANDATES AT ALL DOGS. OVER SIX MONTHS. >> OF AGE BE LICENSED ANNUALLY WITH. PROOF OF RABIES VACCINATION. AND I DO KNOW UM I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT PERCENTAGE BUT I THINK LESS THAN 10% OF OUR DOGS CITYWIDE ARE LICENSED. SO I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION TO HAVE UM, ADDITIONAL LAWS REQUIRE DOG OWNERS TO PROPERLY DISPOSE OF ANIMAL WASTE AND COMPLY WITH STATE REGULATIONS RELATED TO HUMANE TREATMENT, INCLUDING RESTRICTIONS ON TETHERING AND PROVISIONS GOVERNING DANGEROUS AND AGGRESSIVE DOGS. DESPITE THE EXISTENCE OF THESE CLEAR AND ESTABLISHED LAWS, RESIDENTS ACROSS THE CITY CONTINUE TO REPORT CONCERNS REGARDING OFF LEASH DOGS, UNLICENSED ANIMALS AND INCONSISTENT COMPLIANCES IN PUBLIC SPACES. NUMEROUS CONSTITUENT COMPLAINTS SUBMITTED THROUGH THE CITY'S 311 SYSTEM DIRECTLY TO ANIMAL CONTROL AND THROUGH CALLS AND EMAILS UM TO MY OFFICE AND I BET MANY OTHER OFFICES HIGHLIGHT AN ONGOING CHALLENGE RELATED TO ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE TIMES AND FLAHERTY AROUND JURISDICTION AND RESPONSIBILITY. THESE CONCERNS HAVE ALSO BEEN RAISED THROUGH DIRECT IN-PERSON CONVERSATIONS WITH RESIDENTS ACROSS NEIGHBORHOODS, INCLUDING BOTH THE DOG OWNERS AND THOSE WITHOUT DOGS, REFLECTING A SHARED CONCERN ABOUT SAFETY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN PUBLIC SPACES. THERE REMAINS PUBLIC CONFUSION REGARDING APPROPRIATE RESPONSES TO DANGEROUS DOG INCIDENTS AND THE LEGAL STANDARDS GOVERNING INTERVENTION, INCLUDING RECENT HIGH PROFILE REGIONAL CASES THAT HAVE RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT THE USE OF FORCE AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS. ENSURING THAT ANIMAL CONTROL LAWS ARE NOT ONLY WELL WRITTEN BUT ALSO CONSISTENTLY ENFORCED ,CLEARLY COMMUNICATED AND ADEQUATELY SUPPORTED BY STAFFING AND RESOURCES IS ESSENTIAL TO MAINTAINING SAFE AND RESPECTED SHARED PUBLIC SPACES. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS HEARING. I DO JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ALSO IT HAPPENS TO BE NATIONAL ANIMAL CONTROL WEEK SO LATER IN THE AGENDA WE ARE GOING TO BE RECOGNIZING THE BOSTON ANIMAL CONTROL AND CARE AND THE GREAT WORK DONE BY ALEXIS AND HER TEAM. BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THIS CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE ABLE TO CLEARLY COMMUNICATE TO RESIDENTS. I HAVE TWO DOGS. I AM OUT WITH THEM OFTEN AND AM NOT EVEN MYSELF ABLE TO ANSWER CONSISTENTLY WHAT EXPECTATIONS ARE AND DEPENDING ON WHICH PARK YOU'RE IN OR IF UM, YOU KNOW DIFFERENT PATHS THAT PEOPLE TAKE THEIR DOG SO I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION TO HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR MURPHY, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. AND THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR HAVING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR LAST WEEK I HAD A CALL WITH A NEIGHBOR IN SOUTH BOSTON. HE'S A BCI STUDENT NAMED HOLLY AND HE WAS ASKING ME AND ADVOCATING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT WHEN IT COMES TO LEASH LAWS AND ALSO ABOUT HOW WE ARE ABLE TO DO A BETTER JOB OF DOG OWNERS CLEANING UP AFTER THEIR AFTER THEIR DOG REVIEWING LEASH LAW COMPLIANCE IN BOSTON IS CRITICAL TO ENSURING THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF RESIDENTS, PETS AND VISITORS IN SHARED PUBLIC SPACES. CONSISTENT ENFORCEMENT HELPS PREVENT INJURIES, REDUCES CONFLICT. SUPPORTS RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP WHILE ALSO REINFORCING PUBLIC CONFIDENCE THAT EXISTING LAWS ARE APPLIED FAIRLY AND EFFECTIVELY ACROSS ALL NEIGHBORHOODS. YEARS AGO WE HAD A MEETING AT MEDAL OF HONOR PARK IN SOUTH BOSTON ON THIS ISSUE BECAUSE A FOUR YEAR OLD GIRL WAS BITTEN BY A DOG. WE CONTINUED TO HAVE ISSUES WITH RESIDENTS WILL GATHER AT THIS PARK, UM AND TAKE THEIR DOGS OFF THE LEASH WHILE A MASSPORT DOG PARK IS JUST ACROSS THE STREET. THIS ISN'T JUST A ISSUE IN SOUTH BOSTON IT'S AN ISSUE ACROSS THE CITY. WE ALL HAVE OUR DOGS. WE ALSO HAVE A RESCUE DOG NAMED MOLLY CURLEY, BUT IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE ARE RESPECTFUL TO ALL NEIGHBORS IN THE PUBLIC IN ENSURING THAT OUR LEASH LAWS ARE APPLIED EFFECTIVELY AND WE REALLY HAVE TO HAVE ZERO TOLERANCE FOR IT BECAUSE WE CAN'T TAKE A CHANCE OF A PERSON GETTING BIT BY A DOG. WE OWE IT TO THE RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY TO ENFORCE THE LAW, TO BE RESPONSIBLE AND TO DO OUR BEST TO PROVIDE A SAFE AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. UM, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR CULPEPER. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNTRYMAN HERE. COUNCILOR. PEPEN CONSCIOUS. SANTANA. COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCIL WORRELL PLEASE OF THE CHAIR. DOCKET 0811 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 08120812? COUNCILOR FLYNN AND MURPHY OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE ALLEGED NONCOMPLIANCE AND LACK OF TRANSPARENCY IN THE USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS. THANK YOU. >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THE CITY OF BOSTON RECEIVED A $560 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR PANDEMIC RECOVERY, WHICH WAS FULLY COMMITTED BY THE END OF 2024 AND MUST BE EXPANDED BY THE END OF 2026. IN MAY 2025, IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PARTICULAR BOSTON MAINSTREET PROGRAM ALLEGEDLY MISSPENT ARPA FUNDS. THERE IS CONCERN THAT THIS INCIDENT MAY OR MAY NOT BE ISOLATED AND THAT ADDITIONAL INSTANCES OF POSSIBLE FRAUD UM MAY HAVE TAKEN PLACE OR MAYBE THE CITY OF BOSTON ASKED PARTICULAR GRANTEES TO SEND BACK MONEY. ON MARCH 4TH, 2026, THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED DOCKET 0491 REQUESTING CERTAIN INFORMATION . THE COUNCIL RECEIVED A RESPONSE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION ON APRIL 2026. HOWEVER, WHEN ASKED WHETHER THE CITY OF BOSTON COMMUNICATED WITH ANY ORGANIZATION THAT RECEIVED THESE GRANTS TO RETURN THE FUNDS BACK TO THE CITY, THE LIMITED RESPONSE STATED WE ARE UNABLE TO COMMENT ON THAT ON THIS AT THAT TIME. THAT OBVIOUSLY DID NOT ADDRESS WHETHER THE CITY REQUESTED THE RETURN OF ARPA FUNDS FROM ANY ORGANIZATION. IT DOES NOT MATTER IF IT'S $30 MILLION OR $3. IT'S TAXPAYER MONEY. IT IS CRITICAL TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE CITY OF BOSTON HAS IDENTIFIED SIMILAR CASES AND WHETHER IT HAS COMMUNICATING WITH WITH ANY ORGANIZATIONS REGARDING THE RETURNING RETURN OF ARPA FUNDS. IN JANUARY I WROTE A LETTER TO BOSTON'S FORMER CHIEF OF ECONOMIC AND INCLUSION OFFICE SEEKING INFORMATION RELATING TO THE MISAPPROPRIATION OF FEDERAL FUNDS AS WELL AS WHETHER THE CITY COMMUNICATED WITH ANY ORGANIZATION THAT RECEIVED THESE FUNDS. ULTIMATELY, THESE QUESTIONS WERE UNANSWERED UNTIL THIS DOCKET 0490491 WAS FILED. I ALSO WROTE A FOLLOW UP LETTER TO THE CURRENT CHIEF OF ECONOMIC AND INCLUSION ON MONDAY. IN MY OPINION, IT IS CRITICAL THAT BOSTON IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH CITY, STATE AND FEDERAL GUIDELINES REGULATIONS. WE MUST DEMONSTRATE FISCAL DISCIPLINE, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE SPENDING TAXPAYER MONEY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTRA MURPHY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. UM, I THINK IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA. ESPECIALLY WHEN A ONCE IN A LIFETIME INFUSION OF $560 MILLION CAME THROUGH THE CITY. AND I WAS HERE ON THE COUNCIL WHEN WE ALLOCATED AND SENT ALL OF THAT MONEY BACK OUT TO MANY NONPROFITS. I THINK IT'S TIME NOW TO REALLY TAKE A HARD LOOK AT NOT ONLY HOW THE MONEY WAS SPENT WAS IT EFFECTIVE AND ALSO IF ANY UM, MONEY WAS SPENT INAPPROPRIATELY . I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT YES, WE HAVE HEARD AND KNOW THAT THERE WAS ONE MAIN STREET PROGRAM THAT DID USE THE MONEY INAPPROPRIATELY. IT DOESN'T IN ANY WAY MEAN THAT OTHER THAT THAT PUTS ANY BAD LIGHT ON ANY OF THE OTHER GREAT MAIN STREETS ACROSS THE CITY. BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS MAY NOT BE ISOLATED. WE'RE NOT JUST ADDRESSING THE BOSTON MAIN STREETS, WE'RE ADDRESSING THE HUNDREDS EVERY SINGLE ORGANIZATION NONPROFIT COMPANY THAT RECEIVED ANY FEDERAL FUNDING. WE WANT TO TAKE A LOOK. I THINK IT IS ABSOLUTELY OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO, UM, CHECK ON THAT, MAKE SURE THE MONEY WAS SPENT APPROPRIATELY AND IF NOT ,WHAT ACTIONS WE NEED TO TAKE GOING FORWARD. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS HEARING. UM, HOPING THAT WE'LL GET THE ANSWERS BECAUSE I KNOW MANY TIMES MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TRYING TO USE WHAT LIMITED POWER WE DO HAVE ON THIS COUNCIL. WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THOSE ANSWERS SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS HEARING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? PATRICK CULPEPER. I'M SURE UM WEBER COUNCILMEMBER BROWN AND COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AND PLEASE UM, THE CHAIR. MAY BE. AND COMES FROM HERE. I BEG YOUR PARDON? UH, DOCKET 0812 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON POSTAL AUDIT. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE READ DOCKET 0813. DOCKET 0813. COUNCILOR FLYNN. AH. FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR HEARING TO DISCUSS GAMBLING AND PREDATORY MARKETING IN CHINATOWN. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR AND COUNCILOR MURPHY ON THIS. UH, COUNCILOR MURPHY SO ADDED. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. A PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH TO PROBLEM GAMBLING USE GAMBLING RELATED ISSUES AS MORE THAN JUST AN INDIVIDUAL ADDICTION. IT ALSO RECOGNIZES THEM AS A COMMUNITY INFLUENCED BY ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS, PUBLIC POLICY AND LARGER SOCIAL SYSTEMS. CHINATOWN HAS BEEN THE TARGET FOR CASINO ADVERTISING, MARKETING AND FREE CASINO TRANSPORTATION 52 TIMES A DAY. ASIAN GAMBLERS MAKE UP ALMOST 25% OF LOCAL CASINO PATRONS, ALMOST THREE TIMES THE PERCENTAGE OF THE ASIAN POPULATION IN MASSACHUSETTS. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN THE CITY, STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS SHOULD PRIORITIZE THE IDENTIFICATION AND INVEST AND INVESTIGATION OF ILLEGAL GAMBLING OPERATIONS IN BOSTON'S CHINATOWN IN OTHER IMPACTED NEIGHBORHOODS. IT WAS A THREE PART SERIES RECENTLY ON THE BOSTON IN THE BOSTON GLOBE ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE. WE HAVE ILLEGAL GAMBLING TAKING PLACE IN CHINATOWN, A WELL RESPECTED COMMUNITY LEADER SAID WHY ISN'T THIS LAW BEING ENFORCED? ARE WE LOOKING THE OTHER WAY? YEAH OKAY. I KNOW IT'S NOT POPULAR FOR ME TO SAY THAT, BUT WE CAN'T ALLOW GAMBLING SITES IN ANY NEIGHBORHOOD ILLEGAL GAMBLING SITES IN ANY NEIGHBORHOOD TO TAKE PLACE AND LOOK THE OTHER WAY. THIS WELL RESPECTED COMMUNITY LEADER ALSO SAID WHERE IS THE FBI? ARE THEY PARTNERING WITH BOSTON POLICE AND STATE POLICE ON THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE? CHINATOWN RESIDENTS EXPERIENCE HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF POVERTY ,LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY, SOCIAL ISOLATION. ASIAN-AMERICANS ARE THE LEAST LIKELY RACIAL GROUP IN THE UNITED STATES ALSO TO SEEK MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES DUE TO STIGMA. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT GAP IN AVAILABLE RESOURCES INCLUDING PREVENTION INTERVENTION PROGRAMS THAT ARE CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE AND LINGUISTICALLY ACCESSIBLE. IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS, GAMBLING CULTURE IS EVERYWHERE. IN FACT, ONE HALF OF MEN AGED 18 TO 49 HAVE ON THEIR CELL PHONE AN APP SO THAT THEY CAN GAMBLE LEGALLY. BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THAT PERSON SPENDS THEIR MONEY AT A GAMBLING FACILITY? AND THAT MONEY SHOULD BE USED FOR THEIR CHILD'S MILK OR BREAD OR TO PAY A BILL. THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENED ACROSS SOCIETY AND I'M NOT THE POLICE ON ALL OF THESE SOCIAL ISSUES, BUT I DO FEEL LIKE I HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO STAND UP AND SAY SOMETHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE I SEE A LOT OF FAMILIES BEING NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY LEGAL AND ILLEGAL GAMBLING. AND I DO THINK WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNTRY MURPHY. COUNTRY. MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR ADDING ME. YOU DID A GOOD JOB EXPLAINING THE PROBLEM HERE AND WHY WE NEED TO HAVE THIS HEARING SOON. I'LL JUST ADD THAT WE KNOW THAT LARGE BUSINESSES AND ILLEGAL GAMBLING SITES ARE TARGETING A VERY VULNERABLE POPULATION HERE IN CHINATOWN AND THEY NEED OUR SUPPORT. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS HEARING BUT ALSO ADVOCATING AND GETTING THEM THE SUPPORT THEY NEED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR CULPEPER. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILMAN LOUIJEUNE CONTRA MEJIA. UH COUNCILOR PEPPER AND COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. WEBER. COUNCILOR WERE REAL AND PLEASE OF THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET 030813 WILL BE WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC. HEALTH. AND UH, COUNCILOR CULPEPER. WE TAKE DOCKET NUMBER UH 081 FOR FIRST AND THEN 2081. WE WANT TO TAKE THEM OUT OF ORDER FIRST AND THEN WE CAN RESERVE. YOU TO WANT TO DO ZERO. OKAY. AND THEN COME. THANK YOU. UM, ALL IN FAVOR OF TAKING, UH ,0815 AHEAD OF 014? OKAY. UH COUNSELOR. HANG ON. WHERE WERE WE? UM, THE PREVIOUS DOCKET WAS SENT TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH. MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0810815? DOCKET 0815. COUNCILOR CULPEPER OFFERED A FALLEN ORDER REQUESTING CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17 F REGARDING THE RELEASE OF CERTAIN BODY WORN CAMERA FOOTAGE FROM THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. MADAM CLERK. AND COUNCILOR CULPEPER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. MADAM PRESIDENT, THIS 17 F BILLS DIRECTLY ON THE TESTIMONY WE HEARD ON DOCKET 0638 FROM THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT'S ATTORNEYS. ONE OF THE THINGS HE RECOMMENDED WAS THAT WE FILE A 17 F IF WE WANTED THE INFORMATION AND THE QUESTIONS THAT REMAIN UNANSWERED REGARDING THE RELEASE OF THE BODY WORN CAMERA FOOTAGE. IF THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT'S POSITION IS THAT FOOTAGE IS NOT RELEASED DURING ONGOING CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS ,THEN THIS COUNCIL HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO EXAMINE WHAT HAPPENS IN ALL OTHER CASES. THIS IS WHY THIS ORDER REQUEST BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE AND RELATED RECORDS FOR THE PAST YEAR AN INCIDENT THAT DID NOT RESULT IN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS AS WELL AS THOSE INVOLVING SETTLEMENT CIVIL PROCEEDINGS OR ALLEGED MISCONDUCT. AS A HEARING MADE CLEAR BY THE QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES UH DURING THE QUESTIONING OF THE ATTORNEY FOR THE BOSTON POLICE. WE ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT POLICY PROTOCOL FOR THE RELEASING OF FOOTAGE THAT MUST BE APPLIED AND WE ALL AGREE IT MUST BE APPLIED CONSISTENTLY ACROSS ALL INCIDENTS AT THE SAME TIME. THIS REQUEST ALSO FOCUSES ON SEVERAL RECENT AND SERIOUS INCIDENTS INVOLVING THE USE OF DEADLY FORCE AND THOSE CASES WHERE LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST OR SERIOUS HARM HAS OCCURRED. THE STAKES ARE SIMPLY TOO HIGH TO ACCEPT A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY. THIS BODY DESERVES A FULL AND ACCURATE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT HAPPENED, AND THIS COUNCILOR NEEDS THE INFORMATION NECESSARY TO CONDUCT PROPER OVERSIGHT. MADAM PRESIDENT, THIS IS NOT ABOUT ASSIGNING CONCLUSIONS. IT'S ABOUT ENSURING ACCESS TO FACTS BY REQUESTING FOOTAGE, REPORTS AND INVESTIGATIVE MATERIALS. WE ARE WORKING TO ENSURE THAT DECISIONS AROUND USE OF FORCE CAN BE REVIEWED. POLICY POLICIES CAN BE EVALUATED AND PUBLIC TRUST CAN BE STRENGTHENED. ULTIMATELY THIS 17 F IS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT TRANSPARENCY IS NOT SELECTIVE BUT CONSISTENT AND THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS THE INFORMATION THAT IT NEED TO FULFILL ITS RESPONSIBILITY TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPER. CULPEPER SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0815. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. UH. ALL OPPOSED. SAY NAY. THANK YOU. THE AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0815 IS PASSED AND I WILL GO BACK TO DOCKET 0814. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 08140814. COUNSELORS CULPEPER AND ORAL FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR SUMMONS. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER. >> YOU MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO WITHDRAW. UH, DOCKET NUMBER 0814. I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH COMMISSIONER COX. HE'S ASSURED ME THAT HE'S READY, WILLING AND ABLE TO WORK WITH US TO SET A DATE TO COME BACK FOR THE COUNCIL TO PROVIDE THE TESTIMONY THAT WE NEED IN THIS CASE. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPER. DOCKET 0814 HAS BEEN, UH, WITHDRAWN. MADAM PRESIDENT, I'D ALSO LIKE TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT IN 0815 WE WERE ADDING A SUBSTITUTE FILE THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN PASSED OUT TO ALL OF THE COUNCILORS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. YES, I THINK, UH, CONCERN DURKAN SECONDED THAT SUBSIDY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET. 08160816? COUNCILOR FLYNN OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER REQUESTING CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17 F RELATIVE TO MOPEDS AND E-BIKE IN BOSTON. THANK YOU. >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FRIEND. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I FOR THE 17 F AS A FOLLOW UP ON LAST WEEK'S HEARING. I REQUESTED DETAILED DATA ON CRASHES INVOLVING MOPED CITY BIKES OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS FOR THOSE INVOLVING THIRD PARTY FOOD DELIVERY DRIVERS. I ALSO REQUESTED COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION ON INJURIES, HOSPITAL TRANSPORTS, ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS. INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS, REGISTRATION PROCESSES AND THE ROLE OF DELIVERY COMPANIES IN ENSURING ACCOUNTABILITY. I ALSO RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, LEGAL LIABILITY AND HOW THE CITY TRACKS, REGULATES, PROVIDES ENFORCEMENT AND RESPONDS TO VIOLATIONS OR SERIOUS INCIDENTS INVOLVING THESE VEHICLES. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 00816. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY. YEAH, I HAVE A TALK ON 0816 HAS PASSED. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0817. ON DOCKET 0817 COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER REQUESTING CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17 F RELATIVE TO THE CITY OF BOSTON INSURANCE AND LIABILITY COVERAGE. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. DURING THESE THIS BUDGET PROCESS AND DURING THESE ECONOMIC CHALLENGES, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME TO BE PREPARED FOR THE BUDGET TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE FINANCIAL IMPACTS OF LAWSUITS, LEGAL SETTLEMENT SETTLEMENTS ON THE CITY OF BOSTON IN THE BURDEN THEY PLACE ON TAXPAYERS. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE EXAMINE THE COSTS FOR INSURANCE AND LIABILITY COVERAGE, ALONG WITH TOTAL SETTLEMENT PAYOUTS OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS. IT'S CRITICAL TO ENSURING TRANSPARENCY DURING THESE CHALLENGING ECONOMIC TIMES. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0817. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY. THANK YOU. THE AYES HAVE IT. DOCKET 0817 HAS PASSED. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0818. AND DOCKET 0818 COUNCILOR MEJIA OR FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF PAUL AND THE DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLE OF NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION . THANK YOU. >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES FROM HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED. TODAY IS TAX DAY SO APRIL THE. >> 15TH IF. >> YOU. HAVEN'T DONE YOUR TAXES YOU'VE GOT TO DO IT. UM BUT ANYWAYS IN. CELEBRATION OF. >> EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR THAT WE MAKE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE UH, WE UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE SPENDING OUR DOLLARS. AND IN. CELEBRATION OF OUR 250TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THIS COUNTRY'S FOUNDING. I AM REALLY EXCITED TO FOLLOW THIS RESOLUTION REAFFIRMING THE PRINCIPLES OF LOW. TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION. THIS MORNING WE STOOD WITH COMMUNITY. LEADERS. >> PARENTS, STUDENTS AND ADVOCATES WHO MADE ONE THING CLEAR. RESIDENTS FEEL LEFT OUT OF DECISIONS THAT DIRECTLY IMPACT THEIR LIVES. TOO OFTEN ENGAGEMENT FEELS LIKE A FORMALITY, NOT SOMETHING THAT SHAPES OUTCOMES AND EVEN WHEN IT'S INPUT. IS CLEAR, IT'S NOT ALWAYS REFLECTED IN THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE. THIS IS ESPECIALLY. IMPORTANT AS. >> WE REVIEW THE FY 27 BUDGET. WE'RE SEEING CUTS TO YOUTH JOBS, WORKFORCE PROGRAMS AND SUPPORTS FOR WOMEN, BLACK MEN, IMMIGRANTS VETERANS LGBTQ PLUS RESIDENTS AND WE'RE SEEING REDUCTIONS. IN STUDENT FACING ROLES. AS A COUNCIL WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING. YOU KNOW WE'RE HERE TO BE HOPEFULLY FILING AMENDMENTS. UM, BUT WE SHOULD WE SHOULDN'T ALSO UH, JUST STOP SHORT OF THAT. WE NEED TO START RESTORING WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO HAVE, UH, FAITH IN IN OUR PROCESSES. THIS RESOLUTION PUTS US ON THE RECORD. RESIDENTS DESERVE MORE THAN TO CONTRIBUTE. THEY DESERVE A REAL ROLE IN SHAPING DECISIONS INCLUDING THIS BUDGET. YOU'VE HEARD THAT DIRECTLY. WE HEARD THAT DIRECTLY THIS MORNING FROM VOICES LIKE EDITH BAZIL ZULAIKHA SOTO, JOHN SMITH SEARS UM AND MANY OTHERS FROM THE EDUCATION FREEDOM PROJECT AND OTHERS CALLING. FOR TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND REAL INCLUSION AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS BUDGET PROCESS, RESIDENTS ARE ASKING US TO STAND WITH THEM AND REFLECT THEIR PRIORITIES IN OUR DECISIONS. IF WE'RE GOING TO HONOR BOSTON'S HISTORY, THEN WE HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO PRACTICE IT AND NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION MUST BE A REAL WAY IN HOW WE GO AROUND AND HOW WE DECIDE TO GOVERN. AND SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO PASSING THIS AND UH, DOING THE PEOPLE'S WORK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR FLYNN, COUNCIL DIVISION COUNTRY. MURPHY. COUNCILOR PEPEN. COUNCILORS. UH SANTANA COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCIL. WELL AND COUNCILOR CULPEPER AND COUNTY DURKAN. HAVE WE GOT COUNCILOR FITZGERALD? THANK YOU. AND PLEASE OUT THE CHAIR. CONCILOR MEJIA USING SUSPENSION OF THE RULES ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0818. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. UM, MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE THE ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 0818. THE ROLL CALL. VOTE ON DOCKET 0818. COUNCILOR BRAEDEN. YES. >> CONCENTRATE. >> YES. COUNCIL COLETTE AS A MATTER, COUNCILOR CULPEPER. COUNCIL. >> YES. >> COUNCILOR DURKAN ONSET. DOBKIN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL. FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL. LOUIJEUNE. COUNCIL. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCIL. MAYOR. AND SO MEJIA. YES. COUNCIL. MURPHY. COUNCIL. MURPHY. YES. COUNCIL. PEPPERED. ONTO PEPPERONIS. COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR SANTANA AS COUNCILOR WEBER. YES. COUNCIL WEBSITE. YES. CONTROVERSIAL COUNCIL RIGHT? YES. 12 VOTES IN YOUR FORMATIVE. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0818 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0819? DOCKET 0819 COUNCILOR MEJIA OR FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATE ADMINISTRATIVE TRANSPARENCY STUDENT AND COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVE AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND HIGHER EDUCATION. THANK YOU. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMEMBER HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD UH, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. UH, COUNCILOR CULPEPER SO AND. SO TODAY WE'RE FOLLOWING THIS RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT THE ADMINISTRATIVE TRANSPARENCY AND EQUITABLE UH REPRESENTATION AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN HIGHER EDUCATION. BOSTON IS HOME TO A WORLD RENOWNED INSTITUTIONS. BUT WHAT WE CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF IS CLEAR THEY FEEL SHUT OUT OF DECISIONS THAT IMPACT THEIR DAILY LIVES. AT A RECENT UH EDUCATION COMMITTEE HEARING, MEMBERS OF THE NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT REDUCED CULTURAL CENTER HOURS WITHOUT NOTICE RISING IN TUITION UM PRICES WITHOUT TRANSPARENCY, DECLINING BLACK STUDENT ENROLLMENT, LACK OF COMMUNICATION AROUND PROTECTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AND THE ABSENCE OF ACCOUNTABILITY WHEN STUDENT GOVERNMENT ACTIONS ARE IGNORED . AND THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT NORTHEASTERN. WE'RE SEEING SIMILAR PATTERNS ACROSS ALL INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING OUR VERY OWN PUBLIC COLLEGES, ESPECIALLY AS WE CONTINUE TO SEE ATTACKS ON DEI AND CULTURALLY RELEVANT PROGRAMING. IF THESE. >> INSTITUTIONS ARE MEANT TO BE MODELS OF DEMOCRACY, THEN. TRANSPARENCY. >> SHARED GOVERNANCE AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION MUST BE EMBEDDED AND PRIORITIZED. THIS RESOLUTION CALLS FOR CLEAR COMMUNICATION MEANINGFUL REPRESENTATION IN DECISION MAKING AND ACCOUNTABILITY TO COMMUNITIES THAT THESE INSTITUTIONS SERVE. I WANT TO THANK THE STUDENTS OF THESE INSTITUTIONS AND ESPECIALLY THE EDUCATIONAL FREEDOM PROJECT FOR THEIR ADVOCACY IN BRINGING THESE ISSUES FORWARD. AND NOW WHILE I STILL HAVE THE MIC AND A MINUTE AND 23 SECONDS TO GO, UH, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO JUST NOTE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT PILOT AND SO MANY OF THESE INSTITUTIONS ARE NOT PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE AND THEY'RE OCCUPYING SO MUCH SPACE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THEY HAVE TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND RESPONSIBLE TO LISTENING TO NOT JUST THE STUDENTS BUT THE ALSO THE RESIDENTS THAT UM LIVE IN THE SURROUNDING AREA. SO AS WE CONTINUE TO NAVIGATE THESE CONVERSATIONS, WHILE THIS MIGHT BE A SYMBOLIC RESOLUTION ,MY HOPE IS IS THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO THIS WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE STUDENTS AND MAKING SURE THAT NOT ONLY DO THEY HAVE A VOICE AT THE TABLE, BUT THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE AND WORK WITHIN THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES ALSO FEEL HEARD AND AFFIRMED. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE NORTH OF NORTHEASTERN IS MAKING OVER $3 MILLION. I THINK THAT WAS OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. IT IS CRAZY THAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING PAID AS MUCH AS THEY ARE, BUT THEN THEY STILL UM, CONTINUE TO IGNORE THE PEOPLE WHO THEY'RE PROFITING OFF OF. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO PASSING THIS RESOLUTION. IT'S NOT HOSTILE. EVERYBODY RELAX. UM, IT'S JUST A SYMBOL OF OF AFFIRMING THE VOICES OF YOUNG PEOPLE FACULTY AND STUDENTS. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING JUST THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MEJIA THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM PRESIDENT, I THANK COUNCILMEMBER HERE FOR ADDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND CONTINUED ADVOCACY FOR STUDENTS ,YOUR ADVOCACY FOR FACULTY AND YOUR ADVOCACY FOR ALL THE COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE CITY OF BOSTON. MADAM PRESIDENT, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF CHAIRING PART OF THE MARCH 23RD, 2026 EDUCATION COMMITTEE HEARING ON HIGHER EDUCATION TRANSPARENCY. BUT THAT CANNOT BE THE END OF THIS CONVERSATION. BOSTON IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREAT COLLEGE CITIES, HOME TO STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND THE GLOBE. WITH THAT DISTINCTION COMES RESPONSIBILITY. WHAT WE HEARD AT THE HEARING WAS CLEAR TO MANY STUDENTS, FACULTY AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS FEEL DISCONNECTED FROM DECISION MAKING AT THEIR INSTITUTIONS. CONCERNS AROUND TRANSPARENCY, RISING COSTS, ACCESS TO RESOURCES AND MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATION IN GOVERNANCE PERSIST. HIGHER EDUCATION SHIMANO TRANSPARENCY ACCOUNTABILITY INCLUSION AND OPEN DIALOG. THAT MEANS CREATING REAL PATHWAYS FOR PARTICIPATION, ENSURING CLEAR COMMUNICATION AND PROTECTING FREE EXPRESSION. WE'RE CALLING FOR GREATER TRANSPARENCY, MORE INCLUSIVE GOVERNMENT AND STRONGER ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITIES THESE INSTITUTIONS SERVE BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE FEEL UNHEARD AND UNINFORMED AND WHEN THEY FEEL HEARD AND INFORMED, WE STRENGTHEN NOT JUST OUR CAMPUSES, MADAM PRESIDENT, BUT WHEN THE HEARD AND INFORM WE STRENGTHEN OUR ENTIRE CITY. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU COUNCILOR CULPEPER. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR CANCER MURPHY, COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD COUNCILOR. PEPEN COUNCILOR. SANTANA, COUNCILOR WEBER, CANCER WORRELL AND PLEASE UH THE CHAIR UM AND UH COUNCILOR MEJIA AND COUNCILOR CULPEPER SEEING SUSPENSION THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0819. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I, UH ALL AGAIN ALL OPPOSED. SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. DOCKET 0819 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0820? DOCTOR 0820. COUNCIL FLYNN FOR THE. FOLLOWING RESOLUTION. RECOGNIZING INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY. THANK YOU. >> CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FINN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I. >> OVER THE OVER THE WEEKEND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN SEVERAL SEVERAL COUNCILORS IN THE MAYOR TO HONOR, TO REMEMBER TO RECOGNIZE TO. THINK ABOUT THE 6 MILLION JEWS THAT WERE KILLED IN THE HOLOCAUST. THIS RESOLUTION THIS RESOLUTION UM ACKNOWLEDGES THE 6 MILLION PEOPLE THAT THAT WERE KILLED. BUT WE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THE SURVIVORS FOR THEIR INCREDIBLE RESILIENCY AND THEIR VOWED NEVER TO FORGET WHAT HAPPENED AT THE HOLOCAUST. ACROSS THE STREET FROM BOSTON CITY HALL AS THE HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL AFTER THE EVENT ON ON SUNDAY WE WALKED FROM STATE STREET TO THE TO THE MEMORIAL AND PLACED A WREATH AND THOUGHT ABOUT ALL THE ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WERE WERE KILLED INCLUDING MANY MANY CHILDREN IN THIS DAY IS NOT IS NOT A CELEBRATION. IT'S A VOW REALLY TO REMEMBER AND TO ENSURE THAT THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN. TO ADDRESS ANTI-SEMITISM IN OUR CITY AND IN OUR COUNTRY BECAUSE WE KNOW ANTI-SEMITISM IS A MAJOR PROBLEM. BUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO DO IS IS TO COME TOGETHER AND TO RESPECT EVERYBODY, RESPECT OUR IMMIGRANT ROOTS HERE IN BOSTON BUT ALSO TO VOW THAT WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE 6 MILLION PEOPLE THAT WERE KILLED. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. THE CHAIR I NOTICED CONSTABLE WEBER. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, AS A JEW DESCENDED PRIMARILY FROM AUSTRIAN AND LITHUANIAN JEWS. UH, YOU KNOW, UM, I. YOU KNOW, I'M HONORED TO CONTINUE THE STRUGGLE. FOR SURVIVAL FOR FOR JEWS IN THIS WORLD. UM, YOU KNOW, AUSTRIAN JEWS ONE OF THE FIRST COUNTRIES TAKEN OVER BY THE NAZIS, UH, DURING WORLD WAR TWO AND IN LITHUANIA, UM, WHEN MY DESCENDANTS WERE IN UH VILNA UM ONE OF THE LARGEST JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN EUROPE WITH ABOUT 80,000 JEWS UH, BY THE END OF 1941 ALL BUT 10% OF OF OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THAT COMMUNITY WERE WIPED OUT. UM, I ONE OF MY UH MY GRANDFATHER'S UNCLE, UH, ENDED UP FIGHTING FOR FIGHTING THE NAZIS WITH THE SOVIET UNION. THEY HAD A UM THERE WAS A LITHUANIAN BRIGADE THAT WAS OFTEN. STATIONED IN FRONT OF THE SOVIET TROOPS TO ABSORB, UH, NAZI FIRE. UH, HIS HE WAS WITH A BRIGADE THAT WAS IN FACT WIPED OUT UH AND HE HAD TO, UH, SCRAMBLE ACROSS A FROZEN LAKE TO WARN UH, THE REST OF THE SOVIET ARMY AND WAS LATER RECOGNIZED FOR HIS BRAVERY. IS THAT KIND OF SPIRIT THAT YOU KNOW, UH, DESPITE, YOU KNOW, THE THE HORRIBLE EVENTS OF THE HOLOCAUST, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE COULD RISE UP AND CONTINUE TO UH TO TO FIGHT IS SOMETHING THAT STAYS WITH ME TODAY. UM, AND UH, YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY THAT IT WELL NOT HAPPY BUT I I'M I'M HONORED TO BE ABLE TO STAND HERE UH, YOU KNOW, UM, AS A JEW TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THIS DAY AND REMEMBER THE 6. >> MILLION. VICTIMS, UH, WHO WERE JEWISH IN THE HOLOCAUST. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR WEBER. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, AND I WANT TO THANK, UM, COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. UH WE. >> ALL HAD THE HONOR, UM, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AND COUNCILOR FLYNN AND I HAD THE HONOR OF ATTENDING GCC'S UM YOM HASHOAH COMMUNITY HOLOCAUST COMMEMORATION THIS WEEKEND. UH, WHICH WAS A REMEMBRANCE FOR THE 6 MILLION JEWISH LIVES LOST IN THE HOLOCAUST. UH, WE HEARD FROM MAGNA BATER, A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR THAT WAS, UM, TAKEN FROM HER HOME AT AGE 14 TO AUSCHWITZ. UM, IT WAS INCREDIBLY MOVING AND UM REALLY REALLY GRATEFUL TO JCC FOR FOR BRINGING US TOGETHER BECAUSE, UM, WE CAN NEVER FORGET THE ATROCITIES AND WHAT CAN HAPPEN ,UM, YOU KNOW, BY HUMAN HANDS AND UM, TODAY WE SEE LIES SPREADING ABOUT ALL SORTS OF COMMUNITIES AND SO, UM, WE SHOULD NEVER FORGET AND WE SHOULD ALWAYS REMEMBER. AND SO I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD, UM, AS, UH, THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF A SPANISH, UM, JEWISH IMMIGRANT, UM, UNDERSTANDING THAT ALL OF OUR LIVES ARE SHAPED UH BY UH BY OUR FOREFATHERS AND FOLKS WHO CAME BEFORE US AND UM, IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ALWAYS REMEMBER. THANK YOU. >> CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> MADAM CHAIR. AS COUNCILOR DURKAN STATED ON SUNDAY I WAS. ABLE TO ATTEND THE I'M SHEILA UH, COMMEMORATION. UM, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THE JEWISH UM, UH, JAY CRC AND JEREMY BURTON FOR THE FOR INVITING US IN FOR UM WELCOMING I THINK JUST LIKE THE MOST POWERFUL EVENING I WANT TO THANK YOU KNOW TOLD THIS IS A I KNOW THIS IS VERY PERSONAL. FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY BEN COUNCIL WEBER SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING UM AND UPLIFTING AND ALWAYS FIGHTING FOR IT AND UM, DOING THE WORK OF JUSTICE FROM WITHIN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY. AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE HERE OF MEMORY. AND THIS WOMAN WAS NAMED MAGDA WHO SHARED HER STORY WAS 90 IS 96 YEARS OLD AND AS SHE TOLD THE STORY ABOUT THE LAST TIME THAT SHE SAW HER PARENTS AT THE AGE OF 14 SHE WAS CRYING AND LIKE JUST THE IDEA THE IMAGE OF SEEING A 96 YEAR OLD WOMAN IN A WHEELCHAIR STILL CRYING OVER THE LOSS OF HER PARENTS JUST JUST. IT'S IMPACTS ME UM FOREVER AND IT HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE THAT MEMORY PLAYS IN MAKING SURE THAT ATROCITIES LIKE THAT NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. SHE TALKED ABOUT HOW SHE WAS IN A SWAMP AND SHE HAD NO IDEA WHAT DAY OR TIME IT WAS UNTIL SHE SAW HER FIRST AMERICAN SOLDIER WHO WAS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN SOLDIER THAT TOLD HER ABOUT WHAT DAY AND WHAT TIME IT WAS THAT GAVE HER A SENSE THAT SHE COULD ONE DAY BE LIBERATED. AND SO, UM, I MOURN FOR HER UM ,AT THE AGE OF 96, STILL CRYING AT THE LOSS OF HER PARENTS. AND I WANT TO THANK AGAIN EVERYONE WHO OPENED THAT SPACE SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK OF JUSTICE SO THAT THESE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. UM, I WE SHOULD NEVER FORGET THE HORROR AND THE ANNIHILATION OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN EUROPE ACROSS EUROPE AND WORLD WAR TWO. UH, AND JUST WHAT THE NAZI REGIME DID IN THAT TIME THEY ALSO ANNIHILATED ROMANI. LBGT UH, PEOPLE, LGBT PEOPLE, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND. TRADE UNIONISTS WHO WERE FIGHTING FOR LABOR RIGHTS AND BASIC RIGHTS AND ANYONE WHO DISAGREED WITH THEM WAS ANNIHILATED. SO WHEN THIS MOMENT I THINK IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER AND TRY AND COMMIT OURSELVES TO MAKE SURE THAT A HORROR OF THIS SCALE OR ANY SCALE SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. SO THANK YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR BRINGING FORWARD THIS RESOLUTION. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCIL REGION. CULTURE. MEDIA COUNCILOR. MURPHY COUNCILOR. PEPPA AND COUNTRY. SANTANA COUNCIL WEBER CULTURAL WHEREVER AND PLEASE. THE CHAIR COUNCILOR FLYNN SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0820. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I, UM MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE AND DOCKET 0820 ROLL CALL . VOTE AND DOCKET 0820 COUNCILOR BREDON. YES, WE DIDN'T. >> YES. COUNCIL COLLETTE IS A. POWDER COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES. >> CULPEPER. >> YES, COUNCILOR. DOPING COUNCIL DOPING. YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. YES. HUNTER FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN. I'M JUST LETTING ME AS COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCIL. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER HERE. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY. >> ON SOME OF THESE COUNCIL. PEOPLE ON SUBURBAN COUNCIL SANTANA COUNCIL SANTANA . YES. COUNCILOR WEBER. YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. YES. COUNCIL. OVERALL. YES. >> COUNCIL OVERALL YES 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. UH, DOCKET 0820 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0821? DOCKET 0821. COUNCILOR MURPHY AND FLYNN ALL FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING NATIONAL ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS APPRECIATION WEEK. THANK YOU. >> CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. NATIONAL ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER APPRECIATION WEEK IS OBSERVED EACH YEAR TO RECOGNIZE THE DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS WHO PROTECT THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF BOTH THE RESIDENTS AND THE ANIMALS IN OUR COMMUNITIES. THE CITY OF BOSTON'S ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL DIVISION WORKS YEAR ROUND TO ENFORCE ANIMAL SAFETY LAWS, RESPOND TO CALLS FOR SERVICE, INVESTIGATE CASES OF NEGLECT AND CRUELTY AND PROVIDE CRITICAL SERVICES TO RESIDENTS AND THEIR PETS. BOSTON'S ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL OFFICERS RESPOND TO THOUSANDS OF CALLS EACH YEAR IN RESCUING CARE FOR ANIMALS IN NEED, INCLUDING DOMESTIC PETS AND WILDLIFE ACROSS THE CITY. UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF ALEXIS ,THE ANIMAL CARE CONTROL DIVISION CONTINUES TO PROVIDE COMPASSIONATE CARE, PUBLIC EDUCATION AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO RESIDENTS AND ANIMALS ALIKE. THE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS, SHELTER STAFF, ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL AND VOLUNTEERS WORK TIRELESSLY, OFTEN IN CHALLENGING AND UNPREDICTABLE SITUATIONS AND WE KNOW WE'RE CONTINUING TO ADVOCATE AND HOPEFULLY SOON THEY'LL HAVE A NEW SPACE, A NEW BUILDING TO PROTECT THE ANIMALS, SUPPORT RESIDENTS AND PROMOTE RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP. THESE PROFESSIONALS ARE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF BOSTON'S PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM, SERVING AS FIRST RESPONDERS IN SITUATIONS INVOLVING INJURED ANIMALS, PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS ANIMAL WELFARE AND I HAVE VISITED UM SEVERAL TIMES AND ONE THING I'M NOT SURE IF EVERYONE KNOWS THIS BUT THEY ALSO TAKE IN ANIMALS WHEN THERE ARE RESIDENTS WHO MAY NEED TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL OR WON'T BE HOME AND THEY TAKE THEM IN AND CARE FOR THEM IF THEY DON'T HAVE ANYONE ELSE TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR ANIMALS WHICH. >> IS. A WONDERFUL SERVICE TO PROVIDE TO PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT HAVE OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS TO HELP THEM WHEN THEY NEED TO LEAVE THEIR HOME. I UM HOPE THAT ALL OF OUR COLLEAGUES WILL SUPPORT US IN RECOGNIZING THE COMPASSION, PROFESSIONALISM AND DEDICATION DEMONSTRATED BY THE ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL TEAM AND THAT WE CAN VOTE ON THIS TODAY IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR HAVING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR IN RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER WEEK, LET'S HONOR THE DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS RIGHT HERE THAT WORK FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON WHO. WORK TIRELESSLY TO PROTECT BOTH ANIMALS AND RESIDENTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN PROMOTING PUBLIC SAFETY, ENFORCING LAWS, ENSURING THE HUMANE TREATMENT OF ANIMALS OFTEN IN CHALLENGING AND UNPREDICTABLE SITUATIONS. THEIR COMMITMENT, COMPASSION, PROFESSIONALISM AND SERVICE MAKES OUR NEIGHBORHOODS SAFER AND MORE RESPONSIBLE PLACES FOR ALL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. UH, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR CULPEPER. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNTRYMAN HERE COUNCILOR. PEPEN COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCIL. WEBER CULTURAL AND PLEASE OF THE CHAIR COUNCILORS FLYNN AND MURPHY MURPHY AND FLYNN SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0821. ALL IN FAVOR SAY GOT IT. UH, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 0821 ROLL. CALL VOTE. >> ON. DOCKET 0821. COUNCILOR BREADON YES, IT'S A. BRENDAN. >> YES. CANCER COLORED. AS A FATHER. COUNCILOR CULPEPER. YEAH. >> IT'S A CULPEPER. YES. COUNTER DUNCAN. HUNTER. DUNCAN. YES. COUNCIL. >> FITZGERALD QUANSAH FITZGERALD. THAT'S COUNCILOR FLYNN. YES. CANCER FOR ANY OF US. ARE YOU LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL LUCIAN? YES. COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCIL. MEJIA YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY. ON SOME MURPHY. HAS COUNCIL ON COUNCIL HAS GONE TO SANTANA. OH, IT'S THE SAME. AGAIN AS COUNCIL WEBER COUNCIL. WEBER. YES. COUNCIL ORAL COMFORTABLE? YES. 12 VOTES AND AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. >> DOCKET 0821 HAS BEEN ADOPTED . MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0822 DOCKET 0822. COUNCILORS MURPHY AND FLYNN FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATIONS WEEK. . >> UM. THANK YOU. UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR UH, MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR SANTANA, PLEASE. HEARING AND SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, COUNCILOR SANTANA SO ADDED. UM, THANK YOU. AND I KNOW AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING WE DID RECOGNIZE OUR 911 EMS CALL DISPATCHERS SO I DON'T NEED TO GO TOO FAR INTO IT. BUT THIS RESOLUTION I'M HOPING WE ALL SUPPORT AND IT IS FITTING AND WAS SAID EARLIER THAT THIS IS ONE BOSTON DAY. WE KNOW THE WORK THEY DO YEAR ROUND BUT ESPECIALLY DURING THIS BUSY WEEK IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE UPCOMING EVENTS COMING UP JUST WANT TO UPLIFT AND SUPPORT NOT JUST THE WORKERS THE UNIONS WHO WORK HARD TO GIVE THEM A LIVABLE WAGE AND OF WORKING CONDITIONS THAT THEY DESERVE. SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE TO UPLIFT AND THANK SUCH A CRITICAL UM, DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM CHAIR. >> I'M NOT I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK. UM, CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. >> AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. MURPHY FOR INCLUDING. >> ME IN THIS. I JUST WANTED TO RISE AND. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION. UM, BUT REALLY JUST WANT TO THANK ALL THE WORKERS. UM, UH, I THINK AS WE HEARD DURING THE PRESENTATION UNSUNG HEROES HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON WHO, UM WHO DO AMAZING WORK UM AND OFTEN GOALS UM THANKLESS. SO I WAS VERY HAPPY TO SEE COUNCILOR MURPHY AND COUNCILOR FOR HIM BEING ABLE TO BRING, UM, A GROUP OF THEM ALL TO THE CHAMBER AND THAT WE CAN SHOW THEIR APPRECIATION. UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH ,SUPPORTING THIS, UM, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THE WORK THAT THEY DO EVERY SINGLE DAY ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> UM, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME, COUNCILOR. UH, CULPEPER COUNCIL. DURKAN. COUNTRY FITZGERALD. COUNCILMAN LOUIJEUNE CONSUMER HERE. COUNCILOR. PEPEN. COUNCILOR. WEBER. CONSTABLE ROWLAND, PLEASE. UM THE CHAIR COUNCILORS MURPHY, FLYNN AND SANTANA SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0822. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I. UH, WE TALKED ABOUT. MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON THE DOCKET 0822 ROLL CALL VOTE. ADOPTED 0822 COUNCILOR BRIGHTON . YES. >> READING THAT COUNCIL SAVANNAH COUNCILOR KAUPAPA. YES. >> YES. >> COUNCIL DURKAN IT'S A TOKEN YES. COUNCIL FITZGERALD WANTS A FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. CONSCIOUS OF COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE . LAWSON LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCIL. >> MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER HERE. YES. COUNCIL. MURPHY. COUNCIL MURPHY AS COUNCIL. PEPEN CONCEPT THAT BAND. YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. THAT'S THE SAME DANNY. YES. COUNCIL. WEBER YES. THAT'S A WEBER. YES. CONTROL OVER OUR. CULTURE I WAS 12 VOTES IN THE FORM I DO. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. DOCKET ZERO 8 TO 2 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. DOCKET 0823 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. UM, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0824? DOCKET 082 FOR. COUNCILOR CULPEPER FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF RENAMING RUGGLES STATION TO HONOR AND FOR THE RELATION OF THE BOSTON VALUES REFLECTION OF THE BOSTON VALUES. THANK YOU. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD A SUBSTITUTE FILING FOR DOCKET NUMBER 0824. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THANK YOU. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR HERE AS A SECOND ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND REQUEST SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AT COUNCIL WILL WELL AS THE THIRD CO-SPONSOR THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND IF I COULD ADD A FOURTH I WOULD ADD COUNCILOR DURKAN AS THE FOURTH . BUT I KNOW I CAN'T. HE CONTINUE TO. SO UH THANK YOU COUNCILOR MEJA IS ADDED AS A SECOND CO-SPONSOR UM SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTION. CONSTABLE WORRELL IS ADDED AS A THIRD. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REQUEST SUSPENSION OF THE RULES TO VOTE FOR PASSAGE OF THIS DOCKET 0824 THIS IS ULTIMATELY ABOUT HOW WE CHOOSE TO TELL THE STORY OF OUR CITY WHO WE HONOR, WHOSE CONTRIBUTIONS WE UPLIFT AND WHETHER THE NAMES OF OUR PUBLIC SPACES REFLECT THE VALUES WE STAND FOR TODAY. RUGGLES STATION, AS WE KNOW, IS NAMED AFTER A FIGURE CONNECTED TO A LEGACY THAT INCLUDES SLAVERY AT A TIME WHEN BOSTON CONTINUES TO STRIVE TOWARD EQUITY, INCLUSION AND A MORE HONEST RECKONING WITH OUR HISTORY. IS IT IT IS APPROPRIATE THAT WE REVISIT THOSE DECISIONS AT THE SAME TIME, THIS RESOLUTION IS NOT JUST ABOUT LOOKING BACK IT'S ABOUT MOVING FORWARD. PHILLIS WHEATLEY REPRESENTS THE VERY BEST OF US AS HISTORY. DESPITE BEING ENSLAVED, SHE BECAME A PIONEERING POET AND THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO PUBLISH A BOOK LEAVING A LASTING INTELLECTUAL AND CULTURAL LEGACY NOT JUST IN BOSTON BUT ACROSS THE WORLD NAMELY A MAJOR TRANSIT HUB IN ROXBURY AT THE PHILLIS WHEATLEY WOULD BE A POWERFUL RECOGNITION OF OUR CONTRIBUTIONS AND A REFLECTION OF THE COMMUNITY IT SERVES. WE HAVE TAKEN STEPS LIKE THIS BEFORE, MOST NOTABLY WITH THE RENAMING OF DUDLEY SQUARE TO NUBIAN SQUARE SHOWING THAT WHEN WE ENGAGE COMMUNITIES AND ACT THOUGHTFULLY, WE CAN ALIGN OUR PUBLIC SPACES WITH OUR SHARED VALUES AND ONLINE ACCOUNT. PETITIONING TO RENAME ROCKVILLE STATION HAS OVER 1700 FOLLOWERS. WE NEED TO FOLLOW THE WILL OF THE COMMUNITY. THIS RESOLUTION DOES JUST THAT . IT SENDS A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT BOSTON IS COMMITTED TO HONORING HISTORY IN A WAY THAT IS INCLUSIVE, REPRESENTATIVE AND ROOTED IN TRUTH. I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES FROM HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR CULPEPPER FOR ADDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION FORWARD, RENAMING RUGGLES STATION TO HONOR PHILLIS WHEATLEY IS ABOUT MORE THAN JUST THE NAME. IT'S ABOUT WHO WE CHOOSE TO UPLIFT IN OUR PUBLIC SPACES AND WHOSE STORIES WE CENSOR IN OUR CITY. PHILLIS WHEATLEY WAS A TRAILBLAZER A BLACK WOMAN, AN ENSLAVED PERSON AND ONE OF THE FIRST PUBLISHED POETS IN THIS COUNTRY. HER LEGACY IS DEEPLY TIED TO BOSTON BLACK POETS AND IN THIS COUNTRY THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALIGN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE WITH OUR VALUES TO REFLECT A BOSTON THAT HONORS BLACK HISTORY, RESILIENCE AND CONTRIBUTIONS THAT HAVE SHAPED THE CITY AND THIS NATION. AND I AM PROUD TO STAND IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION. AND I REALLY DO HOPE THAT THIS RESOLUTION TURNS INTO ACTION AND THAT WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTROL ROOM YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU TO COUNCIL CULPEPER, UH, FOR ADDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. UH, YOU CANNOT TELL BOSTON HISTORY WITHOUT TELLING THIS BLACK HISTORY, UH, TO TELL THE REAL STORY OF BOSTON IS TELLING THE STORY OF THE BRILLIANCE OF BOSTON'S HISTORY AND THAT WE SHOULD BE UPLIFTING THE ROLE THAT PHILLIS WHEATLEY PLAYED NOT ONLY FOR FORMER SLAVES, NOT ONLY FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS BUT FOR ALL WOMEN IN THE 18TH CENTURY. THIS IS AN EASY CALL AND I'D BE REMISS NOT TO MENTION THE WORK OF MATTHEW REDMAN WHO FIRST GAVE LIFE TO THIS PUSH AND STARTED THIS PETITION. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COUNCILOR CULPEPER AND THE COMMUNITY THAT'S BEHIND THIS EFFORT AND LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING AND VOTING ON THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AND THEN WE'LL GO TO COUNSELOR PEPEN. THANK YOU. >> I JUST RISE IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION WHEN I THINK OF FILING THIS, I WANT TO THANK MATTHEW WIEMAN, THE LIBRARIAN WHO HAS BEEN ON THIS UM, UH, FOR THE RENAMING UM, FOR QUITE SOME TIME. PHILLIS WHEATLEY HAS SUCH AN IMPORTANT HISTORY HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. UM, IT WOULD PAIR WELL WITH THE STATUE OF PHILLIS WHEATLEY THAT IS ON COMMONWEALTH AVENUE THAT IS PART OF BOSTON'S WOMEN'S HERITAGE TRAIL. UM AND I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT UPON US ESPECIALLY IN OUR 250TH YEAR WE'RE CELEBRATING THAT THE NATION OF THIS COUNTRY UH THE BIRTH OF OF OF THIS COUNTRY AS WE KNOW IT THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK OF RECKONING UM, WITH UH WITH THE PARTS OF OUR HISTORY THAT ARE NOT SO UH, SAVORY BUT ARE STILL IMPORTANT FOR US TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND RECTIFY WERE POSSIBLE. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK UM COUNCIL FOR VIOLENCE AND AND I THINK THE ADVOCATES ESPECIALLY UH, MATTHEW FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE TO BRING US TO THIS PLACE SO WE CAN HAVE A REAL CONVERSATION ABOUT IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES FROM PEPEN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I ALSO WANT TO RISE IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION AND, UM, THANK COUNCILOR CULPEPER FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE CHAMBER. UH, YOU KNOW, FOR MANY YEARS I WOULD GET OFF AT RUGGLES STATION TO GO TO THE O'BRIAN HIGH SCHOOL IN ROXBURY AND I DIDN'T AS AS A TEEN I DIDN'T REALIZE WHAT THAT WHAT THE NAME MEAN. RIGHT. SO NOW THAT YOU KNOW, AS AN ADULT YOU GET TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE THE DARK HISTORY BEHIND PEOPLE UM, AND ESPECIALLY ONE LIKE, UM, THE RUGGLES LAST NAME. YOU REALLY WE REALLY HAVE TO TAKE THAT SERIOUS AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT LAST TO ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO MY OFFICE ACTUALLY PARTICIPATED IN AN EFFORT TO RENAME BUSSEY STREET. TO RENAME BUSSEY STREET IN IN THE INTERSECTION OF OF IT'S. IN THE. DISTRICTS BETWEEN COUNCIL MEMBERS DISTRICT IN MY DISTRICT AND IT HAD ALSO HAD A NASTY HISTORY BUT WE CHOSE A NAME FOR A WAY OF SOMEONE THAT WE TO HONOR, SOMEONE THAT WAS ENSLAVED AND SOMEONE THAT ACTUALLY PLAYED A ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF BOSTON. I KNOW THAT A LOT OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WERE THERE, SO I'M JUST GLAD TO SEE THIS, UM BE BROUGHT UP TO THE CHAMBER TODAY AND I SUPPORT IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL DURKAN TOUCH OPEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I JUST WANT TO THANK UM COUNCILOR CULPEPER I KNOW THAT, UM YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT AN EASY, YOU KNOW, AND SIMPLE PROCESS FOR US TO START A CONVERSATION, BUT I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE AND UM, PARTICULARLY PHILLIS WHEATLEY IS SO IMPORTANT TO BOSTON'S HISTORY. UM, I'M REALLY LUCKY TO HAVE THE WOMEN'S MEMORIAL AND, UM, DISTRICT EIGHT AND THE COMMONWEALTH AVENUE MALL. UM AND GETTING TO WALK BY HER UM AND THE OTHER WOMEN THAT ARE HONORED THERE UM IT WOULD IT WOULD MEAN A LOT TO HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER IMPORTANT THING IN BOSTON NAMED AFTER HER OR THEN IN ADDITION UM THE STATION IS VERY CLOSE TO DISTRICT EIGHT. SO I WALK THROUGH IT ALL THE TIME AND A LOT OF MY CONSTITUENTS TOO AS WELL. SO UH SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION TO BEGIN. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR DURKAN CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND UH, PLEASE ADD MY NAME. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO REVEREND CULPEPER FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. IT'S AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION FOR US TO HAVE TO CELEBRATE THE INCREDIBLE SERVICE TO INCREDIBLE AND TO CELEBRATE AND HONOR THE LIFE OF PHILLIS WHEATLEY AND SACRIFICES AS WELL. AND AS COUNCILOR DURKAN MENTIONED, THE WONDERFUL MEMORIAL ON COMMONWEALTH AVE I WAS AT THE FRIENDS OF THE PUBLIC GARDEN EVENT LAST NIGHT AND THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS OF DOWNTOWN BOSTON ARE BACK IN BEACON HILL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS UM A WONDERFUL MEMORIAL BUT A PHILLIS WHEATLEY. BUT I ALSO WANT TO SUPPORT AND STAND WITH REVEREND COLE PAPA FOR BRINGING US UM BRINGING THIS FORWARD AS WE RIGHTFULLY HONOR A REAL HERO IN OUR COUNTRY, PHILLIS WHEATLEY UM, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR FLYNN. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? I'M SURE DURKAN ALREADY CONTRA COSTA FITZGERALD, COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL DIVISION COUNCILOR. MURPHY COUNCILOR PEPEN EVEN I'M SORRY. COUNTRY SANTANA. CONSTABLE. WEBER. CRENSHAW. CONSTABLE ROUSE ALREADY IN PLACE. I HAVE THE CHAIR. COUNCILORS POPE, UP CULPEPER, MEJIA AND MORALES. SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0824. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I. UH. >> ALL OPPOSED. SAY NAY. UH, MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE RE, UM, TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 0824 ROLL. CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 0824 COUNCILOR. BRENNAN YES AND YES. COUNCIL CLARESSA PARA GONZALES . CULPEPER. YES. >> PRINCIPAL PEPPER. YES. COUNCIL. DURKAN OKAY. YES. COUNCIL. FITZGERALD. YES. LET'S SHOW YES. COUNCIL. FLYNN. FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE. YES ON SOLUTION. YES. COUNCILOR MEJIA. THAT'S HERE. YES. COUNCIL. MURPHY. WANTS A MURPHY. YES. CONCEPT THAT BAND CONCEPT THAT BAND IS COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCIL. SANTANA. YES. COUNCIL WEBER. YES. SO WE'RE COUNCIL. WELL YEAH. AND SO. >> OH YES 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0824 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0825. DOCKET 0825 COUNCIL FLYNN OR FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION OPPOSING THE PROPOSED 1000 CAP ON THE MASSHEALTH ADULT DENTAL BENEFITS. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN CONTROVERSIAL A NEW FOR SURE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. IN RECENT WEEKS DENTAL PROFESSIONALS AT THE MASSACHUSETTS DENTAL SOCIETY HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER A PROPOSED $1,000 ANNUAL CAP ON MASSHEALTH ADULT DENTAL BENEFITS WHICH WOULD LIMIT ACCESS TO MEDICALLY NECESSARY CARE FOR WORKING FAMILIES, OUR SENIORS, IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. CONCERNS WERE RAISED RESTRICTING DENTAL COVERAGE INCREASES EMERGENCY VISITS. TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE IS LOCATED IN THE HEART OF CHINATOWN. IT IS A TRUSTED NEIGHBOR AND COMMUNITY PARTNER NOT JUST IN CHINATOWN ON THE SOUTH END BUT REALLY ACROSS THE CITY ACROSS THE COUNTRY PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE AND QUALITY DENTAL SERVICE FOR STUDENTS ESPECIALLY AT JOSIAH QUINCY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO OUR SENIORS AND IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS. I ALSO SEE THESE DENTAL STUDENTS ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMERTIME IN CHINATOWN AT THE CHINATOWN GATE TALKING TO RESIDENTS, TALKING TO ANYONE THAT COMES UP TO THEM AT THIS LITTLE BOOTH AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR DENTAL HYGIENE A CRITICAL SERVICE THEY PROVIDE WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL STUDENTS AND I LOVE TO SEE THEM GOING INTO JOSIAH QUINCY SCHOOL AS I MENTIONED. AND THEY'RE THEY'RE GIVING KIDS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET A DENTAL EXAM. MANY OF THESE KIDS MANY OF THESE STUDENTS I SHOULD SAY, UM, DON'T REALLY HAVE ACCESS TO DENTAL CARE AND IT'S IT'S IT'S SO DUFF'S TUFTS DENTAL SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT REALLY PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL SERVICES. I ALSO KNOW THAT AT THE VA THEY DON'T OFFER DENTAL FOR MOST UH DISABLED VETERANS FOR VARIOUS REASONS UNLESS UNLESS YOU'RE 100% DISABLED AND FOR OTHER CATEGORIES AS WELL. BUT DENTAL DENTAL CARE IS CRITICAL. IT'S IT'S HEALTH CARE. IF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT IF THE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO DENTAL CARE THEY EVENTUALLY WOULD GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND THAT'S WHERE WE'LL SPEND A LOT MORE MONEY ON THE PATIENT INSTEAD OF WORKING WITH THE PATIENT AS THEY COME IN AND SEEKING DENTAL CARE, I WANT US TO TRY TO DO MORE OUTREACH IN SUPPORT OF PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE DENTAL CARE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, ESPECIALLY TO OUR STUDENTS, TO OUR SENIORS. AND IT'S ALSO IN MY OPINION A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE AS WELL IF PEOPLE ARE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THEIR DENTAL WORK THEY'LL OFTEN NOT, UM, GO OUT IN PUBLIC FOR VARIOUS REASONS. UM I THINK IT'S ABOUT COMPASSION. I THINK IT'S ABOUT RESPECT. I THINK IT'S ABOUT DIGNITY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. YOU COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM, THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR FILING THIS. IT'S, UM, IMPORTANT THAT WE DO RECOGNIZE. AND YOU DID STATE COUNCILOR FLYNN THAT DENTAL HEALTH IS DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO OUR OVERALL PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH. AND I DO JUST WANT TO ALSO UPLIFT THAT MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS ARE EXPANDING SERVICES LIKE SOUTH BOSTON HEALTH CENTER AND OTHERS WHO ARE PROVIDING DENTAL CARE RIGHT THERE AT THE HEALTH CENTERS. AND I KNOW WHEN YOUR UM, DISTRICT TUFTS MEDICAL IS RIGHT THERE IN CHINATOWN AND IS PROVIDING FOR THE RESIDENTS THERE. SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE EXPAND BECAUSE ALMOST ALWAYS WHAT I HEAR FROM PEOPLE IT'S THE LACK OF INSURANCE COVERAGE THAT KEEPS PEOPLE FROM GETTING DENTAL CARE THAT THEY NEED. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS AND MAKING SURE WE CAN DO WHATEVER WE CAN ON THIS BODY TO EXPAND COVERAGE FOR DENTAL CARE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILORS. CULPEPER COUNCILOR DURKAN HUNTER FITZGERALD COUNTRY DIVISION COUNTRY UH COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILORS. UH HAPPEN. COUNCILOR SANTANA, COUNCILOR WEBER AND UH CONSTABLE ROWLAND, PLEASE. UH THE CHAIR. COUNCILOR FLYNN SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0825. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I. UM, MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 0825. ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 0825, COUNCILOR BREADON. YES AND SEPARATE ON YES COUNCIL. UH, COLLETTE IS ABOUT A CONCEPT CALLED PEPPER. WHAT'S IT CALLED FOR BY YES, COUNCILOR DURKAN ONCE AGAIN. YES. COUNCIL FITZGERALD. YES. I'M SO FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN. YES. COME TO FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE CONSULTATION . YES. COUNCIL. MAYOR COUNCIL ME HERE. YES. COUNCIL. MURPHY ONCE A MONTH WE AS COUNCIL AND. YES COUNCIL. SANTANA. THAT'S A SANTANA. YES. COUNCIL WEBER COUNCIL WHEREBY YES CONTROVERSIAL COMMENTS ON WATER VALUE. YES 12 BOARDS AND AFFIRMATIVE THANK YOU DOCKETS ZERO 8 TO 5 IT'S BEEN ADOPTED. WE'RE NOW ONTO PERSONNEL ORDERS. MADAM CLERK UM, CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE MANY DO WE HAVE? WE HAVE. CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE PERSONNEL ORDERS? PERSONAL ORDER DOCKET 0826 COUNCILOR BRAYTON. PERSONAL ORDER DOCKET 0827 COUNCILOR BREADON PERSONAL ORDER DOCKET 0828 COUNCILOR BRAYTON PERSONAL ORDER DOCKET 0829 COUNCILOR BRAYTON FOR CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR MOVES UM FOR PASSAGE OF DOCKET 082620 8 TO 9. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THE AYES HAVE IT. PERSONNEL ORDERS HAVE BEEN PASSED. BEFORE I MOVE ON TO THE GREEN SHEETS, IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME TO A DOCKET THAT THEY MAY HAVE MISSED? MAY HAVE MISSED OR I MAY HAVE MISSED ONE OF THEM MISSED 0809 I'D LIKE TO BE ADDED TO THAT DOCKET 08090809. COUNCILOR DURKAN HAD. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT WAS ON. THE AMENDMENT TO THE BOSTON ZONING CODE. EXCELLENT. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCILOR EVASION. UM THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE CAN YOU PLEASE ADD MY NAME TO DOCKET 0810? GOT THAT? >> SO MAKE SURE THE ASSISTANT. CLERK SORRY 81020810 OKAY. UM 0811. AND 0819. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. UM, WE'RE NOW ON TO GREEN SHEETS. UM, IS ANYONE LOOKING TO PULL ANYTHING FROM THE GREEN SHEETS ? UM, COUNCILOR WEBER, CHAIR OF WAYS AND MEANS. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. I LIKE TO PULL DOCKET UH, NUMBERS 0570 AND 0571 FROM THE GREEN SHEETS. UH, THEY'RE, UH THEY'RE LOCATED ON TO, UH, PAGE 169 IN THE AGENDA PACKET AND PAGE 22 IN THE. >> GREEN SHEETS. ABSENT OBJECTION. THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS ACCEPTED AND DOCKET 0570 AND 0571 UH, PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY COUNSELOR, THE ,UM MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THOSE TWO DOCKETS INTO DOCKET 0570 MESSAGE AND ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF $20,200,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING COSTS FOR THE WINDOWS AND DOORS REPLACEMENT PROJECT AT THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WOULD JUST INCLUDE THE PAYMENT OF ALL COSTS INCIDENTAL OR RELATED THERETO AS FOR WHICH THE CITY OF BOSTON MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A GRANT FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS CODE BUILDING AUTHORITY SET AMOUNT TO BE EXPENDED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE PUBLIC FACILITIES DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. DOCKET 0571 MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO APPROPRIATE THE AMOUNT OF $1,100,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING COSTS FOR THE WINDOWS AND DOORS REPLACEMENT PROJECT AT THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS MARGARITA MENENDEZ ACADEMY MILDRED AVENUE UM K EIGHT SCHOOL ORCHARD GARDEN SCHOOL JUST INCLUDES THE PAYMENT OF ALL COSTS INCIDENTAL OR RELATED TO THERETO AND FOR WHICH THE CITY OF BOSTON MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A GRANT FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY SET AMOUNT TO BE EXPENDED UNDER THE DIRECTIONS OF THE PUBLIC FACILITY DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. UH COUNCIL UH CHAIR OF WAYS MEANS FOR GEORGE. THANK YOU. UH THESE. DOCKETS ARE FOR, UH. APPROPRIATIONS IN THE AMOUNT OF $21.3 MILLION FOR WINDOW AND DOOR REPLACEMENTS AT FOUR SCHOOLS. UH, AND UH, YOU KNOW. UH, MORE SPECIFICALLY. 20.2 MILLION. >> FOR THE ADAMS SCHOOL IN EAST BOSTON, 1.1 MILLION FOR THE MARGUERITA MUNIZ ACADEMY AND UH ,THE MILDRED AVENUE K THROUGH EIGHT SCHOOL MATTAPAN AND THE ORCHARD GARDEN SCHOOL AND ROXBURY UH TO GO THROUGH THE MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY ON THURSDAY, MARCH 26TH, THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS HELD A VIRTUAL HEARING ON THESE TWO DOCKETS AND DURING OUR APRIL. >> 1ST. COUNCIL MEETING THE COMMITTEE UH, ASKED FOR A FIRST READING OF THESE DOCKETS AND FOR FURTHER ACTION. UH, WE VOTED IN SUPPORT OF THEM. AS YOU KNOW, LORNA LONE ORDERS REQUIRE TWO VOTES UH, BY THE COUNCIL A MINIMUM OF TWO WEEKS APART. THEREFORE AS THE CHAIR WAYS AND MEANS I AM ASKING FOR A SECOND READING TODAY AND A VOTE ON THESE TWO DOCKETS IN ORDER TO ALLOW UH THESE MSBA APPLICATIONS TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE PROCESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> UM. COUNCILOR WEBER MOVES FOR SECOND READING AND PASSAGE OF DOCKETS 0570. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 0570. ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 0570, COUNCILOR BREADON YES AND YES. COUNCIL COLETTE AS THE BOROUGH COUNCIL CULPEPER ONTO CULPEPER . YES. COUNCIL DOCKET COUNSELOR DURKAN AS COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. HUNTER. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNSELOR. FLYNN. YES. CONSCIOUSLY ONLY AS COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. YES COUNSELOR. MEJIA. COUNSELOR. MEJIA. YES. COUNSELOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY AS COUNCILOR. PEPEN. YES COUNSELOR. SANTANA. YES. ONCE AS SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. IT'S A WEBER. YES. CONTROVERSIAL? YES. UNTIL WE'RE AROUND. YES. 12 VOTES IN THE FORMATIVE. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0570 HAS RECEIVED A SECOND READING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND HAS PASSED COUNSELOR WEBER MOVES FOR PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0571. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. UM, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 0571. WE'LL CALL VOTE AND DOCKET 0571 COUNCIL BREDON. YES AND YES. LET US COUNCILOR CULPEPER. YES. LOTS OF CULPEPER. YES. COUNCIL DURKAN AND YES, COUNCIL FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCIL. FLYNN. POINTS OF LEARNING AS COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE. YES. >> COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCIL. MAYOR HUNTER. MEJIA. YES. COUNCIL. MURPHY. QUANTUM. MURPHY. YES. CONCEPT WEAPON. CONCEPT POP BAND. YES. COUNCIL. SANTANA. ONCE THE SAME AS CONSUL WEBER. YES. ONCE A WEB. YES. CONSOLE ERA CONSOLE RIGHT? YES. 12 PORTS IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0571 HAS RECEIVED A SECOND READING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND HAS PASSED. WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO LIFT FIVE. UH, I'M INFORMED BY THE. PERSON TO SIGN. OKAY. I'M INFORMED BY MADAM CLERK THAT WE HAVE SIX, UH, PERSONNEL ORDERS AND TO 17 F'S. UM, ABSENT OBJECTION. THESE LATE FINE MATTERS WILL. UM. TAKE. >> UP THE BRAIN FREEZE RIGHT NOW. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, COULD I JUST ASK ARE SOME OF THESE LATE FILES RELATING TO, UM, PERSONNEL MATTERS? WE HAVE PERSONNEL ORDER. SHIFTS THEN THEY'RE NOT AS ARE THEY PART OF THAT. THIS PERSONNEL ORDERS INTERNALLY AT TO UM AND TO UH 17 FS I'M JUST RECEIVED THEM UP HERE. >> NOW UM I I AM CONCERNED ABOUT NOT GOING FORWARD ON PERSONNEL MATTERS IF SOMEONE SHOULD BE IN THE SYSTEM THE HUMAN RESOURCES SYSTEM SO THAT THEY'RE I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW THEY ARE HERE FOR THIS BUT FOR THE PROCESS OF PAYMENT FOR PAY OR TO GET THEM ALL ONTO THE SYSTEM SO THAT WE CAN GET THEM INTO OR IF THEY IF THEY'RE GETTING A RAISE I DON'T WANT I DON'T WANT TO SEE UM, A FAMILY AN EMPLOYEE UH BE IMPACTED BECAUSE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE ON THE COUNCIL. I WOULD I WOULD ASK US WE CAN WE CAN DEAL WITH THE POLITICS AND AND AND ALL OF THAT BUT LET'S NOT TAKE IT OUT ON DEDICATED AND PROFESSIONAL CITY EMPLOYEES THAT MIGHT WANT TO GET ON THE PAYROLL AS CITY COUNCIL IS CITY COUNCIL STAFF. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. YES, I'M TRYING TO I'M TRYING TO BE RESPECTFUL OF SOMEONE. UM, ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES INTERRUPTED ME. UM CONTINUE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND I JUST I JUST WANT US NOT TO, UM, TAKE IT OUT ON A CITY EMPLOYEE THAT WORKS AT THE CITY COUNCIL. SO, UM, I'D ASK US TO GO FORWARD. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. UH, CRUNCHER MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. SO IT SEEMS TO BE A NEW TREND THAT WE BLOCK IT BEFORE THEY'RE EVEN READ. AND IF THEY'RE READ INTO THE RECORD, PEOPLE CAN BLOCK IT AFTER THE FACT. BUT WE HAVE BEEN JUST BLOCKING THEM STRAIGHT OUT WHICH MEANS THEY'RE ALL BLOCKED TOGETHER. BUT I DO WANT TO GO ON RECORD SAYING THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO VIOLATION OF OPEN MEETING LAW WHEN LATE FILES ARE PROCESSED PROPERLY, WHICH ALL OF THESE ARE CURRENTLY MAYOR WHO HAS BEEN FILING LATE FILES WHEN SHE WAS THE COUNCIL SHE DID AND THEN COUNCILOR CAMPBELL OFTEN FILE LATE FILES TOO. IT IS A TOOL WE HAVE. WE SHOULD NOT TAKE THAT TOOL AWAY FROM US IF CERTAIN PEOPLE DON'T WANT ANSWERS. IF 17 FS ARE BLOCKED TODAY, IF THEY ANSWERED THEM ON TIME THE NEXT MEETING ISN'T UNTIL APRIL 29TH WILL BE THREE AND A HALF WEEKS INTO OUR SHORT BUDGET SEASON. UM ASKING FOR QUESTIONS AND ONE OF MY 17 FS IS JUST SAYING THAT THERE IS AN OUTSTANDING 17 F UM REFILING IT THAT IS THREE WEEKS OVERDUE AND I'M ASKING FOR IT TO BE ANSWERED IN A SECOND REQUEST IN ONE IS THAT THREE TIMES KARISHMA HAS FORWARDED AND REQUESTED OUR RFIS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ANSWERED EVEN THOUGH THREE TIMES IN THE LAST MONTH SHE'S BEEN REQUESTING IT SO I HAD PUT IT INTO A 17 F ESPECIALLY AFTER THE MEETING YESTERDAY WHEN BOTH YES WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT IS WHAT UM ASHLEY AND JAMES BOTH SAID YESTERDAY SO I'M HOPING THAT THIS BODY ALLOWS INFORMATION TO COME BACK SO WE CAN DO OUR JOB DURING THE BUDGET SEASON PROPERLY AND THAT WE CAN AND ALSO BECAUSE HEARING'S THE NEXT DATE TO EVEN HOLD A HEARING IS MAY BE THE END OF JUNE BEGINNING OF JULY. SO THIS IS IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND BLOCKING IT JUST TO BLOCK IT IS NOT NOT A GOOD THING TO DO. THANK YOU COACH MURPHY COUNSELOR DARK AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH COUNCIL PRESIDENT BREADON, THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS ROUTINELY TOOK NON-CONTROVERSIAL MATTERS PRIOR AND WERE NOT SO MY OBJECTION IS TO THE TO 17 F MATTERS WHICH I BELIEVE SHOULD BE PUBLICLY NOTICED PRIOR TO BEING VOTED ON . AND SO I WOULD ASK THAT YOU SEPARATE THAT YOU DIVIDE THE QUESTION AND THAT WE PASS THE PERSONNEL MATTERS AND THEN AND THEN UM AND THEN GO TO THE OTHER MATTERS. . >> SO I. MOTION TO TIE. >> THE QUESTION. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR DURKAN. CAN I HAVE A SECOND? UM. >> WE DIVIDE THE QUESTION WE'RE GOING TO START WE'RE GOING TO SET. SECOND HOUR 40. I'M GOING TO DECIDE THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT. WE'RE GOING TO SPLIT THEM. WE'RE GOING TO DIVIDE. THE SEVEN. WE'VE GOT ONE THING FIRST THING TO NOTE. NOTE WE'RE GOING TO TAKE NOTE TO. GO FORWARD BUT. OH I'M I'M SPEAKING WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE PERSONNEL ORDERS I AGREE WITH COUNCILOR FRIEND THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MATTER FOLKS. UH WE WANT TO GET ON THAT. WE GET THEM ON THE PAYROLL. UM WE NEED TO GET TO THE PED SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE, UH THE PERSONNEL ORDERS. COULD, UH MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE THE READ THE PERSONNEL ORDERS, UH, INTO THE RECORD AND WE WILL APPROVE THOSE PERSONNEL ORDER COUNCIL BROUGHT IN FOR COUNCILOR PEPPER AND, UM, SECOND PERSON ON ORDER COUNCILOR BREADON FOR COUNCILOR FLYNN, THE PERSONNEL ORDER, COUNCILOR BREADON FOR COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR UM PERSONNEL ORDER COUNCILOR BREADON FOR COUNCILOR MURPHY FIVE PERSONNEL ORDER, COUNCILOR FREEDOM FOR COUNCILOR MURPHY AND SIX COUNCIL BREDON FOR COUNCILOR MURPHY. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. UM, THE CHAIR MOVES FOR PASSAGE OF THESE LETTER UH, FILE PERSONNEL ORDERS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THE AYES HAVE IT. THESE LEFT FILE PERSONNEL ORDERS HAVE PASSED. UM. >> LITERAL PERSONNEL ORDERS. OKAY, CERTAINLY. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A, UM, ROLL CALL? VOTE ON THE FILE PERSONNEL ORDERS. COUNCILOR BREADON? YES. ONCE I'VE READ YES. COUNCIL COLLETTE AS A COUNCIL. CULPEPER. CONTACT CULPEPER. YES. CONTACT DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN. YES. COUNCIL. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCIL FITZGERALD AS COUNCIL FLYNN ONCE OFFLINE. YES. COUNCIL LOUISIANA. YES. COUNCIL LOUISIANA. YES. COUNCIL. MY HERE COUNCILOR MURPHY ON SOME OF THESE COUNCIL UM ON CONCEPT THAT YES COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCIL SANTANA YES. COUNCIL WEBER COUNCIL WEBER. YES. COUNCIL ROLL. >> YES. COUNCIL OF ROMANS. 611 INTO AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. SO BACK TO THE OTHER QUESTION OF THE THE 17 FS UNDER NORMAL UM ORDER WHEN YOU HAVE A 17 FOR THE ORDINARY UH IN THE REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS IT'S USUALLY A COURTESY TO OUR COLLEAGUES TO PASS THERE'S 17 S REQUESTS. THESE ARE TRULY AT FIVE. UM I. I'M INCLINED TO, UH, ALLOW THEM TO GO FORWARD. UH, GIVEN. OUR THERE. >> WAS AN OBJECTION. NO NO NO NO NO, YOU HAVE NOT THE FLOOR. OPEN DISCUSSION. >> I WILL, UH, BRING THESE TWO FORWARD UH, FOR, UH, CONSIDERATION. ALL THOSE ALL THOSE. CHANGES. >> OKAY OKAY OKAY. AND NO, I DON'T NEED ANY COMMENTARY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SINCE THERE'S BEEN AN OBJECTION TO THESE 217 AFFILIATE FILES, THESE TWO, UH, WILL, UH, GO ON FIVE. THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS . PLEASE REMEMBER THESE ARE FOR UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS. UH, WE WANT TO START BY WISHING ,UH, CANDACE MORALES OF CENTRAL STAFF A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY ON THE 21ST. BUT ANYONE ELSE HAVE, UH, PUT YOUR LIGHT ON IF YOU HAVE, UM, ANNOUNCEMENTS. OKAY, WE'RE MOVING ON TO MEMORIALS. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO UPLIFT A NAME? UM, IF YOU COULD PUT LIGHTS ON? UM, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. UM, A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE MENTIONED HOW TODAY IS ONE BOSTON DAY AND JUST WANT TO UPLIFT THE MEMORY OF THOSE. WHO. >> UM, TRAGICALLY PASSED AWAY AS A RESULT OF THE BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING INCLUDING MARTIN RICHARD LINDSAY, LOU CRYSTAL CAMPBELL, SEAN COLLIER AND DENNIS SIMMONS. UM, SO AS A MARATHON HAPPENS ON MONDAY AS TODAY IS WHEN BOSTON DAY MAY REMEMBER THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY, I ALSO WANTED TO THE NUMBER OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE LOST LOVED ONES AND I JUST WANTED TO UPLIFT THEM AT THIS MOMENT UH, OUR CHIEF OF EQUITY MARIANGELA UH, SOLIS RIVERA LOST HER GRANDMOTHER UM OBO GEMBA FORMER EMPLOYEE OF THE OFFICE OF BLACK MALE ADVANCEMENT. ALSO, UM HE LOST HIS MOTHER, UH ,ROSLINDALE ACTIVIST NANCY HOROWITZ. UH, LOST HER MOTHER. UM. >> ADELE BARTON. UH, OBI'S MOTHER GLADYS BAPTISTE. OH, GEMBA AND UM, MY FELLOW CONGREGANT AND, UM, WE WORKED TOGETHER ON A NUMBER OF ISSUES AT MORNINGSTAR BAPTIST CHURCH. JOYCE DENNIS SHE LOST HER SISTER DORIS ELAINE CHANDLER. SO I JUST WANTED TO, UH, LIFT UP THE MEMORY OF THEIR LOVED ONES AND, UH, HOLD THEM IN OUR PRAYERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE THE COUNCIL RECOGNIZE THIS COUNCIL OFFLINE AND THEN WE'LL GO TO CONS FROM HERE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PASSING OF MISS GIGI PENN AND BOSTON, AN EDUCATOR, FOUNDER OF A VOCAL STUDIO PROGRAM PASSED AWAY RECENTLY AT BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL AFTER AFTER. A COURAGEOUS BATTLE. SHE WAS 45 YEARS OLD. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER PARENTS AND HER DAUGHTER. MISS PENN ARRIVED IN MASSACHUSETTS AS A VISITING SCHOLAR, BECOMING THE FIRST FOREIGN VISITING SCHOLAR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS. SHE FREQUENTLY PARTICIPATED IN PERFORMANCES ORGANIZED BY THE ASIAN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF BOSTON. HER CONTRIBUTIONS INCLUDE THE ASIAN AMERICAN FESTIVAL HELD AT THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE HOUSE. STUDENTS FROM HER VOCAL STUDIO PROGRAM AND HER DAUGHTER, THE BOSTON BASED CHINESE UM ENTERTAINER UM SINGER MARIBEL PON WAS ALSO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING AND MANY OF THESE ASIAN AMERICAN DAY FESTIVALS AT BOSTON COMMON THAT I ALSO ATTENDED WITH THEM. UM, SO JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HER PASSING BUT ALSO REMEMBERING HER CONTRIBUTIONS OF EDUCATING YOUNG PEOPLE ESPECIALLY AND BRINGING THEM UM, BRINGING MUSIC AND ARTS AND CULTURE INTO THE ASIAN COMMUNITY A TREMENDOUS LOSS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. CONSTRUCTION UH, JD JEN AGAIN. YEAH IT'S. IT'S IT'S. >> THE LAST NAME IS IS PAN IT'S . JEFF OKAY THANK. >> YOU. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES FROM HERE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, LAST WEEK. UH. >> WE LOST. MY UNCLE. UM, ANDRES MENDEZ. SO I. >> JUST WANT TO. CLOSE OUT, UH. TODAY IN HIS MEMORY HE CAME TO THIS COUNTRY. IN THE EARLY 80S. AT A TIME WHEN, UM, LEARNING HOW TO. SPEAK ENGLISH. WAS A DIFFICULT TASK FOR MANY FOLKS WHO HAVE COME HERE AT AN OLDER AGE. UM, HE RECENTLY PASSED. HE WAS HE HAD WELL, HE WAS STRUGGLING WITH ALZHEIMER'S AND TO WATCH MY UNCLE UM OVER THE LAST WEEK WE GOT NOTICED THAT HE HAD ONLY A FEW MORE DAYS LEFT WITH US. UM. >> SO WE WERE ALL VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, UH ,TO SEE HIM OFF AND I JUST WANT TO UPLIFT HIS NAME ANDRÉS MENDEZ AND MY ENTIRE FAMILY IN THIS MOMENT, UM, AS WE MOURN THE LOSS OF OUR BELOVED ANDRES A MENDEZ. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HERE. I WILL UM I I OMITTED TO ASK UM ,THE CONSENT AGENDA. UM, SO, UH, I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CHURCH THAT THERE WERE NO ADDITIONS TO THIS CONSENT AGENDA. THE QUESTION NOW COMES ON UH, MOVE COMES ON APPROVAL OF THE VARIOUS MATTERS CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I THANK YOU. THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED. I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL DIVISION DORIS ELAINE ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE ADELE BARTON ON BEHALF OF CONSTANCE LOUIJEUNE GLADYS BAPTIST UH ALL JIMBO ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR FLYNN THE. JD PENN. ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR MEJIA ANDRES MENDEZ ON BEHALF OF. ALL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MARTIN RICHARDS LYNN. LINDSEY YOU. MAY CRYSTAL CAMPBELL, SEAN COLLIER, DENNIS SIMMONS AND ON AND ALSO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL GERALDINE MILLER UH SEAN PARKS UH NOT MOTHER. A MOMENT OF SILENCE, PLEASE. THE CHAIR MOVES THAT WHEN THE COUNCIL ADJOURNS TODAY IT DOES WHEN THE AMENDMENT OF THE AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS. THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO MEET AGAIN IN THE IRON CHAMBER ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29TH, 2026 AT 12 P.M. A REMINDER THAT THERE WILL BE NO COUNCIL MEETING NEXT WEEK AND I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A HAPPY MARATHON MONDAY. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU TO MADAM CLERK FOR STANDING IN FOR THE CHAIR TODAY . THANK YOU TO CENTRAL STAFF, THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND ALL AND THE COUNCIL STENOGRAPHER. ALL IN FAVOR ADJOURNMENT SAY I. >> I. THIS COUNCIL WAS ADJOURNED. >>