GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. WELCOME TO THE CHAMBER. SO MANY NEW VISITORS THIS MORNING. GOOD FOLKS, STUDENTS AND MUSIC PROGRAM FROM THE WIND CHAPEL HERE. THANK YOU. UH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME PRELIMINARY, UM, THINGS TO DO BEFORE WE HAVE YOU PLAY AGAIN FOR EVERYONE. UM, SO BEAR WITH US. GOOD AFTERNOON. I CALL TO ORDER TODAY'S MEETING OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. VIEWERS MAY WATCH THE COUNCIL MEETING LIVE ON YOUTUBE@BOSTON.GOV BACKSLASH CITY COUNCIL DASH TV. AT THIS TIME I ASK MY COLLEAGUES AND THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE TO PLEASE SILENCE THEIR CELLPHONES AND RESTRICT ELECTRONIC DEVICES MYSELF INCLUDED. UM 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. I APPRECIATE THAT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT TODAY, BUT MR. CLERK ,WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO ASCERTAIN THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM AND I WILL SWITCH ON YOUR MIC. THERE YOU GO. COUNCIL AGREED. HERE. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PODIUM. COUNCILOR CULPEPER. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE. YEAH. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. COUNCILOR MURPHY HERE. COUNCILOR. PEPEN. COUNCILOR SANTANA HERE. COUNCILOR WEBER AND COUNCILOR EARL. A QUORUM PRESENT. THANK YOU, MR CLERK. I UNDERSTAND THAT COUNCILOR UH ,FITZGERALD'S CLERGY HAD TO, UH, A LAST MINUTE CONFLICT AND IS UNABLE TO ATTEND. THEREFORE, UH, MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU KINDLY PERFORM THE INVOCATION FOR US TODAY AND THEN WE WILL RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR. UH, BEFORE I START THE PRAYER, I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT TODAY IS GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY. IT'S THE 205TH ANNIVERSARY. SO I WANT TO WISH ALL, UH, RESIDENTS OF GREEK DESCENT A HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY AND CORONA PULA AND ZITO. YOU LOVE IT. OKAY. LET US STAND. HONORING THE DIVERSITY OF OUR SPIRITUAL HERITAGE AND THE UNITY OF OUR HUMAN CONDITION. I INVITE YOU SILENTLY TO CALL UPON WHAT IS HIGHEST AND DEEPEST BY THE NAME YOU HOLD SACRED AND DEAR SPIRIT OF LOVE AND LIFE, MOTHER OF THE COMPASSIONATE HEART AND HUMAN MIND, MOLDER OF COMMUNITY. BE PRESENT TO US AS WE GATHER IN CELEBRATION AND ENDEAVOR. MAY WE BE ALIGNED WITH YOUR FIRE AND ALL OUR WORKS. WE WELCOME THE MANY PRESENCES HERE EACH PERSON UNIQUELY FORMED AND STILL FORMING IN LIFE'S CRUCIBLE, EACH ONE IN TURN A GIFT AND A GIVER TO THE WORLD CREATING SUSTAINING RENEWABLE SPIRIT. BE WITH US TODAY IN OUR GLAD GREETINGS, IN OUR HEARTFELT THANKSGIVINGS AND OUR BITTERSWEET FAREWELLS. BE WITH US AS WE SEEK TO EMBODY YOUR LOVE IN ALL OUR WORKS. BE WITH US NOW AND ALWAYS. NOW INVITE EACH OF US TO SIMPLY ADD A WORD OF OUR OWN YOU KNOW TO THE ONE WHO HEARS. AND NOW LET US BRING OUR MEDITATION AND PRAYER TO A CLOSE EACH IN OUR OWN WAY. SO BE IT. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS TODAY . UH, COUNCILOR PEPEN IS RECOGNIZING SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL MASSACHUSETTS FOR CROSSING GUARD APPRECIATION DAY AND I AM RECOGNIZING THE WINSHIP SCHOOL ORCHESTRA WHOM YOU'VE HEARD REHEARSING IN PREPARATION FOR THIS PERFORMANCE. SO THIS WAS GREAT PLEASURE THAT I AM. UH, I'M EXCITED TO WELCOME THE SCHOOL ORCHESTRA TO CITY HALL. THE WINSHIP IS, UH, LOCATED IN BRIGHTON CENTER. AND, UH, I WANT TO THANK ANDY AND CHRISTOPHER WITH THE BOSTON MUSIC PROJECT WHICH PARTNERS WITH DPS AND PROVIDING BEFORE SCHOOL ORCHESTRA AND IN SCHOOL MUSICAL MUSIC EDUCATION. THANKS AS WELL TO ANDREA IS THE DIRECTOR AT THE WINSHIP AND SAM AND VINCENT ALLSTON. BRIGHTON HAS SUCH A VIBRANT TRADITION OF LIVE MUSIC AND PERFORMANCE, AND IT'S SO WONDERFUL TO SEE ALL THESE YOUNG MUSICIANS CARRYING ON THAT TRADITION. UH, SO I WANT TO INVITE CHRIS UP TO UH, INTRODUCE THE ORCHESTRA AND UH ALSO TO RECEIVE A UH A RECOGNITION FROM CITY COUNCIL. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THE MIC IS ALL YOURS. WONDERFUL. >> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE OR GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, MY NAME IS CHRIS SCHROEDER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE BOSTON MUSIC PROJECT. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR 15 YEARS TO ENSURE THAT EVERY SINGLE CHILD IN THE CITY HAS ACCESS TO MUSIC EDUCATION. UH, THE LAST, UH, HANDFUL OF YEARS OVER ABOUT SEVEN YEARS WE HAVE SEEN A CONTINUED NEED FOR MUSIC BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL AND ALSO IN SCHOOL ACROSS THE CITY AND OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS WE HAVE BEEN PROUD TO EXPAND UH, FROM THE ONE SITE THAT WE HAD AT THE QUINCY SCHOOL IN IN CHINATOWN TO NOW PROVIDING OVER 32 SCHOOLS AND AFTERSCHOOL CENTERS . UH, WE HAVE A TEAM OF 75 TEACHERS AND A DECENTRALIZED MUSIC SCHOOL THAT IS WORKING TO SUPPORT OVER 2400 STUDENTS THROUGH EITHER BEFORE SCHOOL EDUCATION FIVE DAYS A WEEK, UH ,OR ANY VERSION OF THAT. WE'RE PROUD TO BE PART OF THE BIG WAVE CREATES AND THE FUTURE BASS PROGRAM AS WELL HIRING STUDENTS OVER THE SUMMER TO RECORD AN ALBUM AND PRODUCE LIVE CONCERTS. SO IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLE TO PARTNER WITH BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE CITY OF BOSTON ON ALL THESE WONDERFUL INITIATIVES. THE WINSHIP SCHOOL IS ONE OF OUR PARTNERS AS OF ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO, AND WE'VE BEEN ABSOLUTELY THRILLED TO CONTINUE TO BUILD THIS PARTNERSHIP AND CREATE THESE PATHWAYS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. UH, AT THE SCHOOL IN UH IN BRIGHTON, UH, AND ALL ACROSS THE CITY. SO WE'RE REALLY PLEASED THAT ANDRE AND, UH, THE VICTOR WOOTEN ORCHESTRA IS HERE TODAY, UH, TO PERFORM FOR YOU. SO WE'VE GOT A COUPLE TUNES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT. UH, OVER THE YEARS I JUST WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE TO THE PARENTS, UH ,THAT THAT TRULY MAKE THIS PROGRAM AT THE WINSHIP SCHOOL, UH, POSSIBLE FOR ALL THE STUDENTS AND THE FAMILIES AND THE PRINCIPAL AND LEADERSHIP THERE. SO, UH, THANK YOU ALL. UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE THE WONDERFUL WORK OF THE STUDENTS. AND BEFORE WE START, YEAH, BEFORE WE STARTED, I ALSO ALSO OFFER AN OFFICIAL, UH, RESOLUTION. UH, THIS IS FROM THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE CITY COUNCIL UH, AN OFFICIAL RESOLUTION. BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY OF BOSTON CITY COUNCIL EXTENDS ITS CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINSHIP SCHOOL ORCHESTRA IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR DEDICATION TO REHEARSAL PERFORMANCE AND TO CELEBRATE AND THE CELEBRATION OF MUSIC EXEMPLIFYING THE VALUES OF ARTS EDUCATION AND PROUDLY CARRYING ON THE TRADITION OF MUSIC MUSICIANSHIP THAT MAKES ALLSTON BRIGHTON COMMUNITY SPECIAL. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL EXTENDS ITS BEST WISHES FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS. THAT THIS RESOLUTION BE DULY SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND ATTESTED TO AND A COPY THEREOF TRANSMITTED BY THE CLERK OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. SO THANK YOU ALL AND WELCOME AND I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR PERFORMANCE AND. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS IS AWESOME. THANK YOU. UM. I. UM. >> I HAVE. AN. >> WITH MY COLLEAGUES LIKE TO COME IN BEHIND THE, UM THE, UH ,MUSICIANS FOR A PHOTOGRAPH OR. THANK YOU EVERYONE. THAT WAS WONDERFUL. SO FOR US. >> UM. JUST BECAUSE. OF. OUR, UH. YEAH. UH, ONE AND 2 OR 3. MY BOARD PULLED OUT OF MY ON, UH, THEIR BREAK. THAT WAS. EXCITING. JUST A SUBSTITUTION. YES. AFTER THAT. >> THANK YOU EVERYONE. AS OUR FRIENDS FROM THE WIND SHIP ARE, UH, MOVING THEIR INSTRUMENTS. UM, I'LL INVITE MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR PEPEN TO COME UP, UM, FOR THE NEXT PRESENTATION. COUNCILOR. >> COUNCILOR PEPEN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. MAY I INVITE. ALL THE CROSSING PARTIES. THAT ARE STILL IN ATTENDANCE WITH US UP TO THE PODIUM. PLEASE STAND BEHIND ME. AWESOME. >> THANK YOU. HOW MANY? ARE YOU GUYS READY FOR THIS? WELL GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. TODAY IS CROSSING GUARD APPRECIATION DAY NOT JUST IN THE CITY OF BOSTON BUT FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. UM, IT'S ALSO SAFE FOR US TO SCHOOL APPRECIATION MONTH FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW, UM, SINCE SINCE MY FIRST DAY ON COUNCIL SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL SAFE SCHOOL ZONES, SAFE STREETS HAS BEEN MY NUMBER ONE PRIORITY AND IT JUST IT'S VERY EVIDENT THAT THE PEOPLE THAT DO THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK IN OUR STREETS PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN WHEN THEY'RE WALKING TO AND FROM SCHOOLS ARE CROSSING GUARDS. SO BEHIND ME WE HAVE CROSSING GUARDS FROM ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY OF BOSTON REPRESENTING THEMSELVES AND JUST WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY THAT THEY DO FOR OUR CITY . AND I WAS ABLE TO MEET CROSSING GUARDS TODAY WHO HAVE SERVED FOR 22 YEARS, FOR 11 YEARS, FOR TEN YEARS SOME OF THEM THAT JUST STARTED BY JUST SHOWING YOU THE COMMITMENT THAT THEY HAVE TO MAKE OUR STREETS SAFER. WE UM UH EARLIER BEFORE THE COUNCIL MEETING WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR SEVERAL OF THEM FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE. MY COLLEAGUES WERE ABLE TO CHOOSE AND NOMINATE A CROSSING GUARD OR TWO FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE AREAS, AND IT WAS JUST A BEAUTIFUL MOMENT. UM, THE STATE IS ALSO DOING WHAT THEY WHAT THEY CALL THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL APPRECIATION MONTH WHERE YOU ARE ABLE TO NOMINATE YOUR FAVORITE CROSSING GUARD AT THE AT THE STATE LEVEL. SO THIS IS AN HONOR. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME EVER IN THE CITY COUNCIL THAT WE DO CROSSING GUARD APPRECIATION DAY. SO I JUST WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GOT YOUR FLOWERS THAT WE THANK YOU TO CONTINUE TO SCREAM AT THOSE CARS. THAT ARE THAT ARE NOT. UM STOPPING WHEN WHEN THEY SEE YOU SO YOUR WORK IS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. SO THANK YOU. AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF BOSTON WE SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> OF COURSE WE. I WANT TO INVITE VERY QUICKLY THE PRESIDENT OF THE CROSSING GUARDS ASSOCIATION PLEASE TO THE PODIUM. HI EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ELENA JOHNSON. I AM THE UNION'S UH, PRESIDENT FOR THE CROSSING GUARD. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY BECAUSE I THINK WE ALL DESERVE IT. UM, WE DO THE IMPORTANT WORK OF MAKING SURE YOUR CHILDREN GET ACROSS THE STREET TO THEIR SCHOOLS IN THEIR DESTINATION SAFELY. AND IT'S NOT ONLY THE CHILDREN. WE ALSO HAVE ELDERLY. WE ALSO HAVE PARENTS THAT WE DO THIS TO UH, FOR IT AS WELL. UM, I THINK WE NEED TO BE RECOGNIZED A LITTLE BIT MORE IN MY OPINION AND I THINK THEY WILL AGREE. UM, WE JUST ASK THAT YOU WILL LISTEN TO US WHEN WE HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT HOW DIFFICULT JOB CAN BE OKAY AND WHAT WE NEED AS FAR AS SUPPORT GOES. SO AGAIN THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY FROM ALL OF US. I JUST LIKE TO INVITE OUR COLLEAGUES UP FOR A PHOTOGRAPH . BECAUSE THAT WAY YEAH THAT'S PREFERABLE. THAT THEY'LL GET IN FRONT. I DON'T WANT TO. BRING THEIR. >> OWN MATTERS. WE WILL BE HERE AND SOMEBODY WHO WISHES. THIS SHOT PEOPLE GET UP FRONT. YEAH. THIS IS EVERYBODY IN. YOU KNOW MY TIPPY TOES IS. THANK YOU. >> GOOD JOB. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU GUYS THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS. FOR SEEING THIS. SHE'S DOING. LET YOUR DAUGHTER. UH YOU KNOW TEENAGERS. RIGHT ON. YOU SHOULD. SEE A FEW THINGS THAT OKAY. YOU HAVE A SMILE. GIVE ME 37 YEARS. I KNOW YOU. RIGHT NOW. YEAH? YEAH. YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU EVERYONE. >> UH, WE MOVE ALONG WITH OUR AGENDA. UH, THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS. UH, MR. CLERK. UH UH, WE GOT EVERYBODY IN ATTENDANCE. UH, COULD YOU PLEASE RECORD THAT COUNCILOR WORRELL HAS JOINED US. THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE MEETING OF MARCH 18TH, 2026. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE AYE. OPPOSED? SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE MINUTES OF THE MARCH 18TH MEETING HAVE BEEN APPROVED. UH, WE NOW I WANT TO COMMUNICATIONS FROM HER HONOR THE MAYOR. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0619 AND 0620? DOCKET NUMBER 0619. MESSAGE YOU KNOW, TO, UH, FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER TO REDUCE FISCAL YEAR 26 APPROPRIATION FOR THE RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY $1,046,178 TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 INCREASES CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE UNITED STEELWORKERS 2936 BUS MONITORS DOCKET NUMBER 0620 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION ORDER FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 AND THE AMOUNT OF $1,046,178 TO COVER THE FISCAL YEAR 26 COST ITEMS CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE UNITED STEELWORKERS 2936 BUS MONITORS THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT SAID JULY 1ST, 2025 TO JUNE 30TH 2028. THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE CONTRACTS INCLUDE BASE WAGE INCREASES OF 2% TO BE GIVEN IN JULY OF EACH FISCAL YEAR OF THE CONTRACT TERM, AS WELL AS $1 FLAT INCREASE IN JANUARY 2026 AND $0.70 AN HOUR FLAT INCREASE FOR ASSIGNED MONITORS ONLY IN JANUARY 2028. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0619 AND DOCKET 0620. YOU REFER TO COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. UH DOCKET 0621 WAS FILED IN ERROR AND HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0622. TALKING NUMBERS 0622 MESSAGING ON AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $20,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FISCAL YEAR 26 EARMARKED FOR A FAIR AMOUNT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AWARDED BY THE MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WOULD FUND SUPPORT OF POLICE OVERTIME FOR VISIBLE PATROLS IN THE FAIRMOUNT DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SON SANTANA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, I RISE TO, UM I WOULD LIKE TO, UM SUSPENDED PASS UM THIS RIGHT. I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO UM WITH YOUR PERMISSION, I WOULD LIKE TO PASS IT TO COUNCILOR PREPARED UM, TO GIVE IT UH UH TO SPEAK MORE IN DETAIL ABOUT THIS GRANT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR PEPEN. COUNCILOR PEPEN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YES. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA. MADAM PRESIDENT, THIS IS A GRANT FOR FAIRMONT HOUSING. IT IS A STATE FUNDED PUBLIC HOUSING IN MY DISTRICT. THIS GRANT IS COMING FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE ROB CONSALVO. UM, IT'S BEEN A REQUEST FROM THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE UP THERE IN THE IN THE IN THE PROJECT AND THE PROPERTY MANAGER THAT THEY WOULD JUST LIKE UM A LITTLE BIT MORE MORE SUPPORT WITH PATROLLING AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS UP THERE UM, FOR THEIR EVENTS AND MAKING SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS NEEDS ARE REQUESTED. SO THIS IS WHY WE'RE ASKING SUSPENSION. PASS UM FOR THIS GRANT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR PEPEN CONTRA SANTANA SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0622. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSED. SAY NO. THE AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU. DOCKET 02622 HAS BEEN PASSED. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0623. TALKING NUMBER 0623 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF CHRISTOPHER OSGOOD AS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON WINE AND SEWER COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING MARCH 30TH, 2030. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0623 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE UH, ON CITY SERVICES. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0624. DOCKET NUMBER 062 FOR A MESSAGE TRANSMITTING CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17 OF RELATIVE TO THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND EXTERNAL ENTITIES PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON JANUARY 30TH, 2026. THANK YOU. >> DOCKET 0624 WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. OKAY COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? UM, COMMENT YOUR ITEM. YES. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WANTED. >> TO SPEAK ON 0622. UM. >> I HAD MY LIGHT ON BUT WASN'T CALLED. I KNOW WE PASSED IT, BUT I WANTED TO SPEAK ON IT. UH. >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES, UH, CONSTRUCTION. UM, THE DOCKET 0622. THANK YOU. UM. >> WELL, THE. THE SOME. >> OF THE REASON. I I WANTED TO SPEAK ON IT, UM, THE ISSUE IS OFF THE TABLE NOW SINCE WE ALREADY. APPROVED IT. BUT I GUESS I'LL JUST SAY I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE. UM. >> THE LEADERSHIP OF REPRESENTATIVE CONSALVO FOR WORKING WITH THE THE HIS COLLEAGUES AT THE MASSACHUSETTS UM, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE STATE SENATE, UH, FOR GETTING THIS FUNDS. BUT THERE WAS OTHER COMMENTS I DID WANT TO MAKE BUT UM IT WOULD BE MUTE NOW TO MENTION THEM SINCE THE GRANT HAS ALREADY PASSED. THANK YOU. >> UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY CANCER MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? YES. >> UM, I ALSO HAD MY LIGHT ON TO SPEAK BEFORE THIS WAS PASSED . UM. BUT I DO. I GUESS I'LL STILL SPEAK ON IT. UM. THROUGH THE CHAIR. UM, IS THIS ONE CAUSE I KNOW I'VE HEARD, UH, REP CONSALVO SPEAK ON IT IN THE COMMUNITY AND HE WAS HAPPY THAT AND I KNOW MANY OF THE RESIDENTS WERE HAPPY THAT HE GOT THIS. IS THIS A SECOND TIME HE GOT IT BECAUSE WAS THIS ALREADY IMPLEMENTED OR IS THIS THE FIRST TIME? COUNCILMAN PEPEN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION BRIEFLY. THROUGH THE THROUGH THE CHAIR? UM, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME UH, FOR THIS SPECIFIC ONE. THE FIRST ONE WAS ACTUALLY FOR THE TRUMAN. PARKWAY HIGHWAY. UH, SO TWO SEPARATE THINGS. IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT IN MY DISTRICT THERE'S A LOT OF STATE JURISDICTION, WHICH IS WHY, UM, REP CONSOLE WELL, THERE'S A LOT OF. ADVOCACY WORK FOR EARMARKS FOR. >> FOR THAT PORTION OF MY DISTRICT. THANK YOU. >> CORRECT. >> YES. TRUMAN PARK HIGHWAY IS THE ROAD THAT, UM, IS THE STATE PROPERTY AND THEN FAIRMONT HOUSING IS UP THE HILL AND VERMONT. >> HILL THAT'S ALSO STATE. >> UM. PUBLIC HOUSING. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. WE'RE ON TO REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS. UM, MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 062530629. DOCKET NUMBER 0625 NOTICE RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR THE APPOINTMENT OF MAX ROHM AS A CONSTITUENT TRUSTEE OF THE BOSTON GROUNDWATER TRUST SO I CAN MOVE 0626 NAUGHT AS WE SEE FROM THE CITY CLERK IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER SIX OF THE ORDINANCES OF 1979 REGARDING ACTION TAKEN BY THE MAYOR AND PAPERS ACTED UPON BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING OF MARCH 11TH 2026 NUMBER 0627 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK OF THE FILING BY THE BOSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY REGARDING PROPOSED MINOR MODIFICATION TO THE CHARLESTOWN URBAN RENEWAL PLAN PROJECT NUMBER MASS R DASH 55 WITH RESPECT TO PARCEL C-1A TRACKING NUMBER 0628 COMMUNICATION AND SEE FROM COUNCIL MURPHY RECORD REQUESTING A BRIEFING FROM THE BUDGET OFFICE REGARDING RECENT CITYWIDE SPENDING CONTROLS AND HIRING CONSTRAINTS REFERENCED IN PUBLIC REPORTING IN DOCKET NUMBER 0629 COMMUNICATION RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL MURPHY REGARDING AN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING IN ROXBURY. THANK YOU, MR TRUCK DOCKET SERIES 6252 DOCKET 0629 WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. MR COOK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0630. DUCKING THEM A0630 COMMUNICATION RECEIVED BY THE CITY CLERK FROM THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION ON THE DESIGNATION OF THE PETITION NUMBER 228.07 THE BUSSEY HOUSE 1203 TWO DASH 1205 HAD ON THE STREET IN DORCHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS 0212 FOR IN EFFECT AFTER APRIL 22ND 2026 IF NOT ACTED UPON. THANK YOU. UM I CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR ON THE COMMITTEE OF PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION CONSULTANT OR CAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT AS THE CHAIR OF PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND. TRANSPORTATION I'M IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION'S UNANIMOUS DECISION . TO DESIGNATE THE BUSSEY HOUSE IN DORCHESTER. AS AN OFFICIAL CITY OF BOSTON LANDMARK, AND I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING THIS DESIGNATION TODAY. UH, YOU MIGHT KNOW THAT WE'RE JUST HITTING 50 YEARS, UM, OF IMPACT OF THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION. UM, AND THIS IS JUST. >> THE LATEST. EXAMPLE OF THEIR LEADERSHIP LOCATED AT 1203 TO 1205 ADAMS STREET IN LOWER MILLS. THE BUSSEY HOUSEHOLD'S SIGNIFICANT HISTORICAL VALUE AS ONE OF THE FEW SURVIVING 18TH CENTURY PROPERTIES IN BOSTON, IT WAS ONCE THE HOME OF CAPTAIN JOHN BUSSEY, A REVOLUTIONARY WAR OFFICER WHO BECAME A WELL KNOWN SEA CAPTAIN IN THE 19TH CENTURY. BUILT IN 1792, THE ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANT REMAINS REMARKABLY INTACT DESPITE SOME ALTERATIONS IT STANDS AS AN EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLE OF AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE A TWO STOREY, FIVE BAY FEDERAL STYLE HOME WITH A DISTINCTIVE CLASSIC REVIVAL SHOPFRONT. ACCORDING TO THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION STUDY, IT MAY BE AMONG THE 5050 OLDEST SURVIVING BUILDINGS IN BOSTON TODAY, MAKING IT A RARE AND IMPORTANT PIECE OF OUR CITY'S BUILT ENVIRONMENT. IT IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT AND ONE OF THE GREATEST HONORS AS CHAIR TO HELP BRING FOR LANDMARK DESIGNATIONS BEFORE THIS BODY. THIS HOUSE CARRIES BOTH ARCHITECTURAL AND HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND ITS DESIGNATION REFLECTS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO PRESERVING BOSTON SPECIAL PLACES AND THE RICH HISTORY OF THE WAY I PRESENT TODAY. I HOPE YOU REAFFIRM THAT THE COMMITMENT THIS COMMITMENT BY UH, AFFIRMING THIS BOSTON LANDMARK UM THE MAYOR I JUST UH FOR THOSE THAT HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED THIS UM THE MAYOR HAS ALREADY SIGNED THIS DESIGNATION. IT HAS BEEN UNANIMOUSLY PASSED. THROUGH THE UH LANDMARKS COMMISSION AND UH, WITHOUT ACTION IT WILL SLIDE INTO LANDMARK STATUS. BUT I THINK AS A BODY WE SHOULD AFFIRM THIS STATUS AND VOTE TODAY ON ON THIS. SO I AM ASKING MY COLLEAGUES FOR UH, SUSPEND AND PASS ON THIS LANDMARK DESIGNATION AND FOR ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE. TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER, UM, FEEL FREE TO DO SO. THANK YOU. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YET? >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM, MADAM CHAIR, DID WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS DOCKET? UM. >> UH, COUNCILOR UH, DURKAN UH I DO WE HAVEN'T HAD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS. HAVE WE HAD A PUBLIC HEARING PART FROM THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION? NO WE. >> HAVEN'T NO, WE HAVEN'T HAD A HEARING IN CITY COUNCIL ON THIS DOCKET. OKAY. >> I'D LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT. THIS PROPOSAL. SO I'D ASK, UH, THAT WE DO NOT SUSPEND TO PASS. UM, COUNCILOR MURPHY. MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. WELL. >> SO OBJECTION. OKAY. IT GOES TO COMMITTEE. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, SINCE WE, UH, THERE'S A REQUEST FOR A HEARING ON THIS DOCKET, DOCKET 0630 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. THANK YOU. UH, WE WILL MOVE TO ON TO MATTERS RECENTLY HEARD. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO SIX NO 0166. DOCKING HIM A0166 ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT ATHLETE TRANSFER AND ELIGIBILITY POLICIES. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR OF, UH UH, THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. COUNCILMEMBER HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR CLARISSA FOR HER LEADERSHIP. UM. >> SHE. WAS THE LEAD SPONSOR OF DOCKET 0166 UM, WHICH WAS PLACED IN MY COMMITTEE UM, AND AND ORDERED UH, THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO EXAMINE THE STUDENT ATHLETE TRANSFER AND ELIGIBILITY UM, UH POLICIES COUNCILOR COLETTA SO PART OF IT BEING SANTANA, MURPHY, FLYNN, CULPEPER AND LOUIJEUNE WERE IN ATTENDANCE. UH, THE THE HEARING AIM TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW TRANSFER RULES ARE APPLIED, HOW ELIGIBILITY DECISIONS ARE MADE AND WHETHER CURRENT PROCESSES ARE TRANSPARENT, CONSISTENT AND CENTERED ON STUDENT WELL-BEING. THE HEARING WAS PROMOTE UM PROMOTED IN PART BY A RECENT CASE INVOLVING A STUDENT WHO. TRANSFERRED SCHOOLS. FOR ACADEMIC AND DISABILITY RELATED AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL REASONS AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DEEMED INELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN ATHLETICS DURING THEIR SENIOR YEAR. TESTIMONY RAISED CONCERNS THAT THE STUDENT AND THEIR FAMILIES WERE NOT ADEQUATELY INFORMED AND WERE NOT MEANINGFULLY ENGAGED IN THE REVIEW PROCESS, FACED LANGUAGE BARRIERS AND RECEIVED DELAYED RESPONSES. PARENTS AND ADVOCATES EMPHASIZED GAPS IN COMMUNICATION ACCESS AND LANGUAGE SUPPORT AS WELL AS A LACK OF MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES FOR FAMILIES TO BE HEARD. THERE WERE CALLS FOR CLEARER POLICIES AND STRONGER ACCOUNTABILITY TO PREVENT SIMILAR UM SITUATIONS OUTLINED THE CURRENT FRAMEWORK GOVERNED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETE. ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION RULES STUDENTS WITH TRANSFER ARE PRESUMED INELIGIBLE FOR ONE YEAR UNLESS AN EXCEPTION IS GRANTED THROUGH THE. FORM 200 PROCESS. THE RECEIVING SCHOOL SUBMITS THE FORM UNDERSTANDING SCHOOL MUST APPROVE OR DENY IT. IF THE SENDING SCHOOL DECLINES TO SIGN, THE STUDENT IS PRESUMED INELIGIBLE BUT NOTED THAT THESE RULES ARE INTENDED TO PREVENT RECRUITMENT, ENSURE FAIRNESS AND PROTECT STUDENTS. THAT AND THAT THE DISTRICT DOES NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO OVERRIDE THEM. COUNSELORS RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT WHETHER STUDENTS ARE EFFECTIVELY PENALIZED BEFORE INVESTIGATIONS ARE COMPLETE, INCONSISTENCIES ON HOW CASES ARE HANDLED AND THE LACK OF ACCESSIBLE DATA ON HOW THIS OFTEN OCCURS. ADDITIONAL OVERSIGHT IS NEEDED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW THESE POLICIES ARE IMPLEMENTED IN PRACTICE, INCLUDING DATA ON TRANSFER CASES, CLEARER STANDARDS FOR DETERMINING AVAILABILITY AND STRONGER SAFEGUARDS TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS AND. FAMILIES INFORMED AND SUPPORTED THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. THIS MATTER WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE AND I'D LIKE TO GIVE THE LEAD SPONSOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY A FEW WORDS. THANK THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HERE UH THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL AS A PART OF THE LEAD SPONSOR ON THIS TOPIC. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I WANT TO THANK THE CHAIR FOR HER FLEXIBILITY AND HOLDING THIS HEARING FOR HER LEADERSHIP ON ALL THINGS EDUCATION AND MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION. UM, AS WE EXAMINED HOW VEEPS HANDLES STUDENT ATHLETE TRANSFERS AND ELIGIBILITY, THE CORE ISSUE IS THAT STUDENTS WHO TRANSFER ARE PRESUMED INELIGIBLE UNTIL A FORM 200 IS APPROVED, BUT THE PROCESS FOR APPROVING OR DENYING THAT FORM FOR SOME AND NOT OTHERS HAS BEEN INCONSISTENT. WE DISCUSSED THE ROLE OF THE STUDENT ATHLETIC REVIEW BOARD AND UH CENTRAL'S ROLE IN IN ALL OF THIS WE FOCUS ON WHETHER UH THE SYSTEM IS TOO SCHOOL DRIVEN, ROOTED IN OLD GRUDGES OR ISSUES BETWEEN ADULTS THAT ULTIMATELY LEAVE KIDS. DISADVANTAGED. >> ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH ADDITIONAL NEEDS. WE CALLED FOR CLEARER RULES, BETTER OVERSIGHT AND A MORE TRANSPARENT STUDENT CENTERED PROCESS AND THERE IS A DESIRE TO ENSURE AN APPEALS PROCESS FOR A STUDENT WITHOUT CLEARANCE FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL AND CLEAR PROTOCOLS FOR INVESTIGATIONS NOT JUST FOR ELIGIBILITY BUT ALLEGATIONS OF RECRUITMENT WHICH IS THE WHICH IS WHAT THE MYRIAD LEAVES UP TO THE RESPECTIVE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHICH I FELT WAS LOST IN YESTERDAY'S CONVERSATION. I WANT TO THANK THE CHARLESTOWN HIGH STUDENTS WHO CAME TO ADVOCATE FOR THEIR FRIEND AND THEIR TEAMMATE COACH WHO COLEMAN WHO TOLD ME AFTER THE FACT THAT IN 1997 HE WAS HONORED HERE IN THE COUNCIL FOR BEING A STUDENT ATHLETE OF THE YEAR BOSTON HE'S JUST AN INCREDIBLE INDIVIDUAL, ONE OF A KIND. AND THIS TESTIMONY WAS UM WAS WAS REALLY GREAT. I WANT TO THANK AMIR MOHAMMED AND HIS MOTHER WHO PROVIDED STATEMENTS THROUGH UH. THROUGH OUR REPRESENTATIVE. AND I WANT TO SAY THAT THERE IS MORE WORK TO BE DONE. UM, IT IS MY INTENTION TO WORK WITH THE CHAIR TO RECEIVE OUTSTANDING INFORMATION, UH, FROM DPS THROUGH AN RFI. I WILL SAY RESPECTFULLY IT IS ALSO MY INTENTION TO FILE A 17 S AND SO THIS IS AN OPEN CALL FOR ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO COLLABORATE ON THAT WITH ME THAT WE WORK TOGETHER ON IT. THANK YOU. >>. >> THANK YOU COUNCILOR DOCKETS 0166 WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO TWO UH 0201 AND 0202 TOGETHER. TALKING NUMBER 0201 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS BOSTON'S FISCAL YEAR 27 OPERATING BUDGET AND DOCKET NUMBER 0202 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS CLOSED AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS FISCAL 27 OPERATING BUDGET. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER, THE CHAIR OF WAYS AND MEANS. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. WE HELD TWO HEARINGS ON THESE DOCKETS. SHE ADDRESSED BOTH OF THEM. >> GO AHEAD. YOU CAN ADDRESS BOTH OF THEM TOGETHER. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, SO, UH, ON MONDAY, UH, MARCH 23RD, THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS HELD A HEARING ON ON THESE DOCKETS, UH, YOU KNOW, ON THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR. >> FY 27. UH, AND THE BUDGET FOR. FY 27. UH, I'D LIKE TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES WHO ATTENDED COUNCILOR FLYNN, COUNCILOR MURPHY, MADAM PRESIDENT BREADON, COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR PREPARED COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR WORRELL AND COUNCILOR COLLETTA ZAPATA. WE ALSO RECEIVED A LETTER OF ABSENCE FROM. COUNCILOR SANTANA. UH WE HEARD TESTIMONY FROM UH CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER ASHLEY FROM BURGER AND DIRECTOR OF OBM UH, JIM WILLIAMSON UH, ABOUT THE UH THE THE BUDGET ENVIRONMENT WE ARE FACING UH, IN FY 27 UM, UH WE HAD A HEARING SIMILAR TO THIS LAST YEAR UH, AND WE WERE PRESENTED WITH DATA ABOUT THE CITY'S REVENUES, UH, FROM FY 27 MID-YEAR UPDATES FROM FY 26 AND A PREVIEW OF THE FY 27 UH, BUDGET NUMBERS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF REVENUE, UH, AND EXPENSES THE COMMITTEE LEARNED THAT FY 26 REVENUES ARE EITHER MEETING OR EXCEEDING UH, THE BUDGET. BUT THE CITY HAS SIGNIFICANT UH ,CONCERNS SURROUNDING EXPENSES . THOSE INCLUDE. UH, POLICE OVERTIME SNOW REMOVAL COSTS AND AS WE'VE HEARD IN A PRIOR HEARING, UH UH, JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, UM, RISING HEALTH CARE COSTS LOOKING AHEAD TO FY 27, THE CITY IS PROJECTED UH TO UH PROPERTY TAX REVENUE WILL GROW UH TO LEGALLY THE THE LEGALLY ALLOWABLE 2.5% PLUS NEW GROWTH WHILE OTHER REVENUE SOURCES, UH, WILL EITHER DECLINE OR GROW MORE MODESTLY, CREATING A SITUATION WHERE REVENUE GROWTH WILL ONLY BE BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5%. UH, WE'VE HEARD UH, AT THE SAME TIME THAT EXPENSES ARE GROWING FASTER THAN THAT IN FY 27, HEALTH INSURANCE IS EXPECTED TO GROW SIGNIFICANTLY UP ABOUT $80 MILLION. UM AND THE UM UH THERE ARE CONTRACTUAL INCREASES IN BASIC CITY SERVICES AND EMPLOYEE WAGES ALSO UH PUT TOGETHER THIS MEANS THAT FOR THE FY 27 BUDGET UM WILL REQUIRE OUR, YOU KNOW, THOROUGH REVIEW OF THE EXPENDITURES AND AND TARGETED REDUCTIONS OF SPECIFIC LINE ITEMS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING THE. SERVICES THAT UM, YOU KNOW, UH, ALL OF OUR FAMILIES RELY ON. SO UM, THAT'S UH I'D ASK THAT UH THAT THIS UH I DON'T KNOW, I GUESS DOCKETS NUMBER 201 2 OR 2 FOR THAT PURPOSES REMAIN IN COMMITTEE ALSO LAST NIGHT, UH, WE HELD A PUBLIC LISTENING SESSION UH, THAT UH, STARTED AT 6 P.M. AND WENT TO ABOUT 10 P.M. UH, AND WE HEARD FROM UH, DOZENS OF UH, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT US TO WORK ON IN THE BUDGET. UH, I WAS JOINED BY MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES. UH, I DON'T HAVE IT LISTED HERE, SO I APOLOGIZE IF I DID IF I WAS YOU, COUNCILOR MEJIA, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNSELOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. PAPIN. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR COLE PEPPER UH, IF I IF I MISSED SOMEBODY RAISE YOUR HAND NOW I SAID COUNCILOR MEJIA WAS COUNCILOR MURPHY HERE? UH, OKAY. UM, UH, AND WE. WE HEARD FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE I'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE WE HEARD FROM DOZENS OF FOLKS FROM ,UH, THE BTU AND PARENTS WITH KIDS IN THE SYSTEM ASKING FOR US TO PROVIDE, UH, 40 PLUS MILLION DOLLARS IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO THE BUDGET TO PRESERVE, UH, YOU KNOW, PRESERVE, UH, STUDENT FACING POSITIONS. THEY'RE ADVOCATING FOR THAT MONEY TO COME FROM OUR RESERVES . UH, WE ALSO HEARD FROM A GROUP OF FOLKS FROM WE ARE BETTER TOGETHER. UH, WHO THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO, UH, HAVE RELATIVES WHO ARE INCARCERATED AND IT'S A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION. I KNOW IN THE PAST THEY'VE RECEIVED, UH, STATE FUNDING. THEY'RE ASKING FOR, UH, THE MAYOR TO FUND THIS PROGRAM. IT'S NOT FOR US TO STEP INTO IT DURING THE AMENDMENT PROCESS. AND, YOU KNOW, UH, I THINK WE HAD ABOUT 12 PEOPLE. FROM THAT ORGANIZATION. TESTIFY AND I KNOW EVERYONE HERE WHO HEARD IT WAS DEEPLY MOVED. UH, WE, UH, LIKE THE LAST UH, UH, PUBLIC LISTENING SESSION WE HEARD MORE ABOUT UH, PUBLIC RESTROOMS, UH, AND THE NEED FOR THEM AND FOR CITY FUNDING. UH, WE ALSO HEARD FROM ENGLISH FOR NEW BOSTONIANS ABOUT THE FUNDING WE'VE PROVIDED IN THE PAST FOR ESL, UH, FOR ADULTS. AND WE HEARD UH, FROM UH, THE ADMINISTRATOR THE ACCESS TO COUNCILOR PROGRAM THAT THAT PROGRAM IN THE LAST YEAR HAS HELPED KEEP 100 FAMILIES FROM LOSING. THEIR HOUSING. UH. >> WITH KIDS IN SCHOOL HERE IN BOSTON. SO, UM, AGAIN, I'D JUST REALLY LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME. UH, I BROUGHT SOME OF THE FLOWERS. UH, THESE ARE SILK FLOWERS. YOU DON'T HAVE TO WEAR WATER THEM. THERE ARE MORE IN THE CLOSET IF ANYBODY WANTS. FLOWERS FOR THEIR OFFICE THAT. >> WE GOT FOR KIDS AND IT WILL BE A REMINDER I THINK AT LEAST FOR ME AND I'M SURE FOR ALL OF YOU ABOUT WHO WE'RE FIGHTING FOR IN THIS BUDGET, UH, CYCLE. UM. >> SO WITH THAT SAID, UH, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME GO ON THIS LONG AND I HOPE THESE MATTERS I WOULD I RECOMMEND THESE MATTERS. STAY IN COMMITTEE. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> UH, COUNCILOR WEBER, UH, DOCKET 0201 AND DOCKET 0202 WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. MR COOK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0587? DEACON NUMBER 0587, ORDER FOR A HEARING TO REVIEW ADMINISTRATIVE TRANSPARENCY, EQUITABLE STUDENT REPRESENTATION AND STUDENT FREEDOMS IN HIGHER EDUCATION. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR CONTRA BEHAVIOR THE CHAIR OF EDUCATION. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UH, THE COMMITTEE AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR CULPEPPER FOR JOINING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND ALSO FACILITATING THE FIRST PART OF THE HEARING. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR FLYNN, UH, FOR HIS ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN THE SPACE. UM, THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION HELD A HEARING ON MONDAY, MARCH 23RD AT 2 P.M. ON DOCKET 0587. IN ORDER FOR A HEARING TO REVIEW ADMINISTRATIVE TRANSPARENCY, EQUITABLE STUDENT REPRESENTATION AND STUDENT FREEDOMS IN HIGHER ED UM ON THE FIRST PANEL WE HEARD FROM EMILY SPATZ WHO IS THE EDITOR IN CHIEF AT THE HUNTINGTON NEWS, KYLEE BUTLER MEANING THE SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW AT THE AMERICAN COUNCIL OF TRUSTEES AND ALUMNI AND ADAM OMAR HUSSEIN, WHO'S THE PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY AND AFFILIATED PROFESSOR OF LAW. THE DIRECTOR OF. UH POLITICAL EXCUSE ME POLITICS ,PHILOSOPHY AND ECONOMIC PROGRAM AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE NORTHEASTERN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS AT NORTHEASTERN SPEAKERS UM EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF UH AND SOME CONCERNS AROUND TRANSPARENCY AND GOVERNANCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION. UM AND MISS PAT'S NOTED LIMITED COMMUNICATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY LEADERSHIP AND CHALLENGES REPORTED WITHOUT ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS. MR. BUT BOTH TERMINI STRESSED THAT THE BOARD TRANSPARENCY AND ENGAGEMENT ARE KEY TO PUBLIC TRUST AND SHARED GOVERNANCE. PROFESSOR HUSSAIN HIGHLIGHTED HIGHER EDUCATION ROLES IN SUSTAINING DEMOCRACY AND CALLS FOR GREATER TRANSPARENCY TO SUPPORT IT COUNSELOR'S QUESTIONS FOCUSED ON STUDENT ACCESS TO UNIVERSITY AND ADMINISTRATION, THE LACK OF INFORMATION ON THE DEI OFFICE REBRAND DEMOCRACY UM DECLINING AND PUBLIC VIEWS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. ON THE SECOND PANEL WAS HENRY MORGAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION NETWORK OF MASSACHUSETTS JILL SIENA COLONIA DOMINICAN STUDENTS ASSOCIATION, STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION, SENATE REPRESENTATIVE AND STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT FOR DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION DYLAN LEE, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE NORTHEASTERN STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION AND SY GOLDSMAN, THE PRESIDENT AND CO-FOUNDER OF THE EDUCATIONAL FREEDOM PROJECT. SPEAKERS RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT HIGHER EDUCATION, GOVERNANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY. MR MORGAN STRESSED THE NEED FOR A FREE PUBLIC UM COLLEGE AND WARNED OF THE DECLINING DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION DUE TO FEAR SPEAKING OUT. MISS CALL CRITICIZE ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS MADE WITHOUT COMMUNITY INPUT, LACK OF FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AND REDUCED ENGAGEMENT WITH STUDENT GOVERNMENT. MR LEE NOTED THAT STUDENT GOVERNMENT LACKS REAL POWER WHICH WE KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. WHILE MR GUZMAN ADVOCATED FOR SHARED GOVERNANCE THROUGH HIS WORK WITH THE EDUCATIONAL FREEDOM PROJECT, COUNCILORS QUESTIONED FOCUSED ON FINANCE AND STUDENT GOVERNMENT LEGISLATION AND POWER ADMINISTRATION COMMUNICATION WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ADVOCACY, ORGANIZING AND POTENTIAL NEXT STEPS WERE DISCUSSED. PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND DISCUSSIONS RAISED A WIDE RANGE OF CONCERNS INCLUDING THE REBRANDING LACK OF COMMUNICATION ABOUT INTERNATIONAL STUDENT PROTECTIONS AND ICE PRESENCE, FREE SPEECH POLICIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRANSPARENCY. PARTICIPANTS ALSO HIGHLIGHTED STUDENT AND FACULTY EXPERIENCES ,FEARS ABOUT SPEAKING OUT GOVERNANCE ISSUES, FUNDING AND PROGRAM CUTS AND BROADER CONCERNS ABOUT EQUITY, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND HIGHER EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES. THIS MATTER WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE, UH, YOUNG ADULTS WHO SHOWED UP UH, TO HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD. OFTENTIMES WE SEE A DISCONNECT BETWEEN STUDENTS UM, JUST BECAUSE THEY MAY NOT BE FROM THE CITY OF BOSTON BUT THEY'RE OCCUPYING SPACE HERE AND IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO OPEN UP THE CHAMBER TO ALLOW THEM TO EXPRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS. AND AS PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS I LEARNED THAT, UM, NORTHEASTERN I THINK IT'S ALMOST $3 BILLION THAT THEY MAKE OUT OF STUDENT UM, TUITION AND THERE'S NO REPRESENTATION. SO IT'S TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION AND I THINK IT'S A WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY UM, EVEN THOUGH THESE ARE PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS BUT WE DO HAVE UH AN OPPORTUNITY HERE ON THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL TO UTILIZE OUR PLATFORM TO HOLD THESE HIGHER ED INSTITUTIONS ACCOUNTABLE TO SOME SENSE OF DEGREE BECAUSE THEY ARE LITERALLY BUYING UP BLOCKS AND OCCUPYING SPACE. AND SO THERE IS A ROLE FOR US TO PLAY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE YOUNG PEOPLE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER HERE DOCKET 0587 WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. WE ARE NOW ON TO MOTIONS ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS A REMINDER THAT UNDER RULE 20 UH 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. MR MAYOR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0631. TALKING NUMBER 0631 COUNCIL IS CALLED PEPPER AND MORELLO FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXAMINE DIVERSITY IN REPRESENTATION WITHIN THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT INCLUDING LEADERSHIP POSITIONS . THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM PRESIDENT. UH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PLAYS AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN PROTECTING RESIDENTS ACROSS EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT IS CRITICAL THAT ITS WORKFORCE REFLECT THE DIVERSITY OF THE CITY IT SERVES . WELL, WE HAVE SEEN PROGRESS IN RECENT YEARS STANDING DISPARITIES IN RECRUITMENT, HIRING AND ADVANCEMENT PARTICULARLY FOR FIREFIGHTERS OF COLOR CONTINUE TO RAISE SERIOUS CONCERNS. THIS HEARING IS AN IMPORTANT STEP TOWARD WHERE THE GAPS REMAIN, ESPECIALLY IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS WHERE REPRESENTATION FALLS SHORT OF BOSTON DIVERSITY BY BRINGING TOGETHER THE DEPARTMENT, LABOR PARTNERS AND RED BEAN STAKEHOLDERS, WE CAN IDENTIFY BARRIERS, EVALUATE CURRENT PRACTICES AND WORK TOWARD A MORE EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE PATH FORWARD. I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS ORDER SO WE CAN ENSURE OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT IS A STRONG REPRESENTATIVE AND EFFECTIVE AS THE CITY SERVES. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REMIND THE MAYOR THAT CITY COUNCIL WILL WELL AND ALL THE ELECTED COLOR SUBMITTED A LETTER ASKING FOR THE FIRST THE FIRST BLACK FIRE CHIEF IN THE HISTORY OF BOSTON TO BE APPOINTED. MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR WEBER AS A THIRD ORIGINAL COUNCILOR. THANK YOU. SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS WHEREVER IS ADDED AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WORRELL CLENCH YOUR WELL. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCIL CULPEPER FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS HERE IN ORDER UH, MY OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING TO INCREASE DIVERSITY ON THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THESE ARE GOOD JOBS, GOOD CITY JOBS IN BOSTON. YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE A REAL PATHWAY TO THEM. THAT IS WHY I FILED A HOME RULE PETITION, UH, THAT THIS BODY PASSED TO STRENGTHEN THE FIRE CADET PROGRAM AND BROUGHT IN ACCESS TO THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. THE COUNCIL ACTED. NOW THE STATE HOUSE NEEDS TO ACT. IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT BOSTON'S YOUNG PEOPLE WILL BE MISSING OUT ON OPPORTUNITY WHILE LEGISLATION STAYS WAITING FOR MORE THAN 175 YEARS, THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS SERVED BOSTON WITH REAL BRAVERY AND DEDICATION. WE RESPECT THAT LEGACY, BUT THE TRUTH IS THE DEPARTMENT'S DEALS THAT STILL DOES NOT FULLY REFLECT THE DIVERSITY OF THE CITY IT SERVES. AND IF WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT EQUITY, THEN DIVERSITY CANNOT STOP AT THE RANK AND FILE. IT HAS TO EXTEND TO LEADERSHIP . I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER BURKE FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE CITY OF BOSTON, AND HE HAS PUSHED THE DEPARTMENT FORWARD BY ADVANCING DIVERSITY, INVESTING IN THE CADET PROGRAM AND EMBRACING THE HYBRID RESIDENCY MODEL. I ALSO WANT TO SHOUT OUT MICHAEL GASKIN IN THE BALKANS AS WELL. UH, NOW AS THE COMMISSIONER NEARS MANDATORY RETIREMENT WE SHOULD BE BUILDING ON THAT PROGRESS AND THAT MEANS GIVING REAL CONSIDERATION TO QUALIFIED DIVERSE LEADERS FROM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. WILL AFFECT. >> THE FULL DIVERSITY OF THE CITY THEY SERVE BECAUSE REPRESENTATION IS NOT JUST ABOUT WHO GETS HIRED IT'S ABOUT WHO GETS PROMOTED, WHO GETS SUPPORTED AND WHO GETS THE CHANCE TO LEAD. THANK YOU AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCILOR WEBER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YEAH THANK YOU TO COUNCILORS CULPEPER AND WELL FOR FOR ADDING THE UH YOU KNOW I THINK THAT UM IT'S IT'S THERE'S AN OBSTACLE TO GETTING, UH, LEADERS A DIVERSE LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE WHERE YOU DON'T HIRE UH YOU DON'T HAVE DIVERSITY IN HIRES. AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD COMMISSIONER BURKE HERE SAY HE'S, UH, DEDICATED TO HAVING A DIVERSE FIRE DEPARTMENT BUT THAT HIS HANDS ARE TIED BY THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW. WE NOW HAVE THE ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYS IN MASSACHUSETTS. UH, WE HAVE TO LOOK FOR WAYS, UH, TO, UH, YOU KNOW, FIND QUALIFIED DIVERSE UH CANDIDATES FOR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT, YOU KNOW, RISING THROUGH THE RANKS IF WE DON'T HAVE UM, YOU KNOW, SORT OF THE RANK AND FILE UH, MEMBERS BE DIVERSE, IT'S GOING TO BE MUCH HARDER TO TO HAVE SORT OF COMMANDING OFFICERS OR FIREFIGHTERS UP THE LINE. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING ON THIS AND UH UH, THANK YOU FOR ADDING ME. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR UH, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POWDER COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILMEMBER HERE COUNCILMAN MURPHY. PEPEN. CASTRO SANTANA. AND PLEASE UH THE CHAIR. DOCKET 0631 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, RACIAL EQUITY AND IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0632. SO I CAN NUMBER 0632 COUNCIL IS CALLED PEPPER AND SANTANA. OH FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXAMINE MEASURES TO PREVENT HUMAN AND DRUG TRAFFICKING DURING THE 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP IN BOSTON. THANK YOU. >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM PRESIDENT, AS BOSTON PREPARES FOR TO WELCOME A GLOBAL AUDIENCE, WE MUST ALSO RECOGNIZE THE RISKS THAT CAN ACCOMPANY LARGE SCALE INTERNATIONAL EVENTS INCLUDING THE POTENTIAL FOR SEX TRAFFICKING AND EXPLOITATION, ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES, DRUG TRAFFICKING AND DRUG DISTRIBUTION. IN PARTICULAR, WE KNOW THAT SEX TRAFFICKING AND SEXUAL EXPLOITATION CAN INCREASE DURING EVENTS OF THIS SCALE AND THESE ISSUES FREQUENTLY INTERSECT WITH PATTERNS OF COERCION AND DOMESTIC ABUSE. THIS MOMENT CALLS FOR PROACTIVE PLANNING, STRONG COORDINATION AND A CLEAR COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE. THIS HEARING WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING TOGETHER PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC HEALTH AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO ASSESS OUR PREVENTION STRATEGIES, ENFORCEMENT PLANS AND VICTIM SUPPORT SYSTEM BY ENSURING ALIGNMENT ACROSS CITY ,STATE AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, WE CAN STRENGTHEN OUR RESPONSE AND CLOSE ANY GAPS WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE TOURNAMENT AS BEST WE CAN. I UNDERSTAND THAT GOVERNOR HEALEY IS HOLDING A 230 EVENT TODAY DETAILING PUBLIC SAFETY THREATS FOR THE FBI FOR 2026 WORLD CUP. UH, AND IF WE FINISH THIS WORK BY 230 I WILL BE JOINING LISTENING TO THE PLANS THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS FOR THE 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR SANTELLI, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, WITH THE. WORLD CUP APPROACHING, PUBLIC SAFETY IS AT THE FRONT OF MY MIND. OUR CITY WILL SEE AN INFLUX OF VISITORS AND WITH AN INCREASE OF TOURISTS AND A MAJOR SPORTING EVENT ON THE HORIZON, CERTAIN PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY. AMONGST THESE ARE HUMAN TRAFFICKING, DRUG TRAFFICKING AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. UH THE COUNCIL IT'S IMPORTANT WE HIGHLIGHT THE SERVICES WHICH WILL KEEP EVERYONE AND BOSTON SAFE OUR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR CULPEPER FOR TAKING A PROACTIVE ACTION TO AMPLIFY THESE EFFORTS, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM OUR PANELISTS ON THIS MATTER. PUBLIC SAFETY IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE AND PUBLIC AWARENESS IS A PART OF THAT. I LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE ABOUT THESE INITIATIVES ALONGSIDE OUR COMMUNITY, AND I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR COUNCILOR. UM LET US ABOUT THAT. AND COUNCILOR DURKAN, I KNOW WE UH I UH CHAIRED A HEARING A FEW WEEKS AGO ON ON DRINK SPIKING. UM AND THAT'S ALL PART OF THE CONVERSATION AS WE'RE HEADING INTO UM. >> INTO. THE SOUTHERN. SO THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPER FOR INCLUDING ME. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD A SUBSTITUTE FILING FOR THIS DOCKET AND I'D LIKE TO REQUEST SUSPENSION OF THE RULES. UH, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AS THE THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR TO THIS FILE. SEEING AND HEARING NO, UH OBJECTIONS UH COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AS ADDED AS A THIRD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD DO UH. THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE. AND THE SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF A SUBSTITUTION PLEASE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. COUNCILOR DURKAN SECONDED. UM, DO WE HAVE SUBSTITUTE LANGUAGE, MR. CLERK? YES. VERY GOOD. UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD CONTRA FITZGERALD. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. >> I THANK THE SPONSOR. FOR, UH, MAKING ME A CO-SPONSOR ON THIS. UH, I DO HAVE A HEARING COMING UP ABOUT LARGE SCALE EVENTS AND PUBLIC SAFETY AND, UH, THIS ISSUE SPECIFICALLY IS THE INTERSECTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC HEALTH. AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO INCORPORATING THAT INTO THE OVERALL CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? UM, COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR FLYNN, COUNCILOR UH, COLLETTE IS A POWDER COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL MEMBER HERE. COUNCILOR MURPHY, COUNCILOR. PEPEN COUNCILOR. WEBER, CONSTABLE ROWLAND, PLEASE OF THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET 063 TO REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0633. DOC NUMBER 0633 COUNCILORS FITZGERALD AND MEJIA FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO AUDIT AND REVIEW THE CITY COUNCIL BUDGET AMENDMENT PROCESS. THANK YOU. >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I BELIEVE WE HEAD INTO OUR FIFTH YEAR OF THE AMENDMENT PROCESS WITH THIS AND ALTHOUGH I'VE ONLY BEEN AROUND IT FOR ONE TERM AND GONE THROUGH TWO BUDGETS UH, TYPICALLY IN A BUSINESS IT'S GOOD YEAR AFTER FIVE YEARS OF A PRACTICE TO SORT OF JUST TAKE A REVIEW, UH ,REFLECT UPON IT AND SEE IF IT IS STILL THE RIGHT REVIEW, THE RIGHT WAY TO APPROACH UH, UH, THE BUDGET PROCESS FOR US UH, AND ULTIMATELY IT JUST UH NOT TO ASK FOR ANYTHING TO CHANGE NECESSARILY BUT TO SAY WE SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THIS IS DONE. I KNOW FOR ME PERSONALLY, UH, THERE'S BEEN SOME FRUSTRATION OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS WHEN UH, WE WE SPENT MONTHS AND A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY MAKING AMENDMENTS UH, MAYBE TO ONLY FIND THAT OUR AMENDMENTS DO NOT ACTUALLY GO TOWARDS WHAT WE FOUGHT FOR. UH, AND RATHER JUST GO TO THAT DEPARTMENT AND ARE DISPERSED OTHERWISE, UH, JUST LOOK FOR UH ,OTHER IDEAS FROM MY FELLOW COUNCILORS AS TO HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE IN THE BUDGET PROCESS. UH, AND AND THINK ABOUT DIFFERENT WAYS TO APPROACH IT. UM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT CONVERSATION WITH ALL MY CITY COUNCILORS. THANK YOU. >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR. AND HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT . AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR FITZGERALD FOR HIS LEADERSHIP, UM, AND ADDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR TO THIS HEARING ORDER. EXACTLY. WE'RE ENTERING OUR FIFTH YEAR WITH THESE POWERS AROUND AMENDMENTS. UM, AND THERE'S STILL A WE'RE STILL KIND OF LEARNING THINGS AND, UH, IT'S STILL PRETTY MUCH A NEW RESPONSIBILITY AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE TIME TO EVALUATE HOW IT'S FUNCTIONING BOTH IN TERMS OF PROCESS AND OUTCOMES. WE NEED A CLEARER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW AMENDMENTS ARE PROPOSED ,REVIEW AND PRIORITIZED AND WHETHER THAT PROCESS IS CONSISTENT AND TRANSPARENT ACROSS THE BOARD. ARE THERE ARE THESE FUNDS BEING ALLOCATED, TRACKED AND ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED IN THE WAYS THAT WE HAVE FOUGHT FOR AND WE APPRECIATE COUNCILOR RAO'S LEADERSHIP AS HE'S ALSO BEEN ADVOCATING TO GET THESE ANSWERS . THIS HEARING IS ABOUT STRENGTHENING ACCOUNTABILITY, MAKING THE PROCESS MORE ACCESSIBLE AND UNDERSTANDABLE TO THE PUBLIC. AND IF WE WANT TO LEAD WITH TRANSPARENCY AND BUILD TRUST, THEN WE MUST EXAMINE UM AND IMPROVE OUR OWN SYSTEMS. I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO KNOW AS THE PREVIOUS CHAIR OF THE POST AUDIT GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY COMMITTEE, I THINK THESE ARE THE THESE ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO BE REFLECTIVE AND REALLY DIVE IN DEEPER UH WITH THINGS THAT HAPPEN AFTER THE BUDGET UM IS ALLOCATED AND APPROVED UM, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WE GET AHEAD OF UM AHEAD OF THINGS. AND SO LOOKING FORWARD TO UH, HOSTING THIS HEARING AND FIGURING OUT HOW WE MOVE FROM HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. UH, UM, CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER. UM. >> JUST. A THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO THE FIVE I JUST I WANTED TO POINT OUT I DID FILE A HEARING ORDER ON WHAT'S HAPPENED TO OUR AMENDMENTS AND WE WERE TONIGHT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO HAVE THAT HEARING. I DON'T KNOW TO THE EXTENT THAT IS PART OF THIS CONVERSATION. UH, I'M I'M HAPPY I THINK I CAN'T REMEMBER COUNCILOR WU WHO WAS ON THAT HEARING ORDER BUT UH, THAT'S THE PURPOSE I MEAN, JUST. TO HAVE THAT HEARING TOGETHER. BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I'D ASK THAT THE AT LEAST BE PLACED IN THE SAME COMMITTEE. I I DON'T KNOW WHY IT WASN'T RULE 15 ON THAT, BUT, UH, THAT'S THE. THE CLERK'S DISCRETION. >> SO I'M JUST ASKING THAT THEY BE ASSIGNED TO THE SAME. UM, THAT'S A POINT OF INFORMATION WHICH WHICH, UH, COMMITTEE DID YOUR DOCKET GO TO ? POST ORDER. WAS CLOSED. OKAY. >> EXCELLENT. UM, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? YEAH. >> NO, JUST TO RESPOND ABSOLUTELY AND UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT JUST ON THE AMENDMENT PROCESS BUT IT'S REALLY THE OVERALL. PROCESS AS A. WHOLE AND THE WHERE. THINGS END UP SO WELL IT MAY HAVE OVERLAPPED SLIGHTLY. THERE ARE OTHER PARTS OF THIS PROCESS I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS. UH, MAYBE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WAY OF LOOKING AT. WHAT OUR AMENDMENT PROCESS IS. IT WAS ONLY CREATED FIVE YEARS AGO. WE AS A BODY COULD CREATE A NEW METHOD IF WE THINK ONE IS ADAPTABLE. I'M NOT SAYING THERE IS AT THIS MOMENT BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD TIME AFTER FIVE YEARS, UH, GOOD FISCAL BUSINESS TO REVIEW THE PROCESS, SEE IF IT'S WORKING FOR US AND WE'RE GETTING THE RESULT WE WANT OUT OF IT. AND IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER IDEAS OUT THERE WE COULD PUT THEM ON THE TABLE AND HAVE A DISCUSSION. >> THANK YOU, COACH FITZGERALD. UH COUNCILMEMBER HERE I'M GOING TO MOVE ON AND THIS IS GOING TO UM UH I'D LIKE TO ASK PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME AND THEN WE'LL WE'LL SEND IT TO COMMITTEE IF THAT'S OKAY. UH, WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR UH, CULPEPER COUNCILOR MURPHY, COUNCILOR SANTANA, COUNCILOR PEPEN, COUNSELOR WORRELL. AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0633 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON POST ORDER. MR COOK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 660634? TALKING OF A063 FOR COUNCILOR MURPHY OR FOR THE FOLLOWING OR FOR A HEARING REGARDING CITYWIDE SPENDING CONTROLS, HIRING CONSTRAINTS AND FISCAL OUTLOOKS ACROSS DEPARTMENTS. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. A RECENT PUBLIC REPORTING HAD INDICATED THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAD HAS IMPLEMENTED CITYWIDE SPENDING CONTROLS INCLUDING LIMITATIONS ON HIRING OVERTIME TRAVEL CONTRACTS AND OTHER DEPARTMENTAL EXPENDITURES. THESE DIRECTIVES WERE COMMUNICATED TO DEPARTMENT HEADS THROUGH A CENTRALIZED MEMORANDUM ISSUED BY SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION ESTABLISHING CONSISTENT GUIDANCE ACROSS CITY DEPARTMENTS. SUCH DIRECTIVES HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPLICATIONS FOR STAFFING, SERVICE DELIVERY, PROGRAM OPERATIONS AND THE OVERALL FUNCTIONING OF CITY GOVERNMENT AND COULD IMPACT THE CITY'S WORKFORCE AS WELL AS THE RESIDENTS WHO RELY ON ESSENTIAL SERVICES. THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL AS WE KNOW WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING, APPROVING AND PROVIDING OVERSIGHT OF THE CITY'S BUDGET INCLUDING DEPARTMENTAL SPENDING AND PERSONNEL LEVELS AND REQUIRES FULL TRANSPARENCY TO EFFECTIVELY CARRY OUT THESE RESPONSIBILITIES. I'D LIKE TO SAY ON MONDAY WHEN WE HAD A WAYS AND MEANS HEARING UM ON THE 23RD AFTER I FILED THIS LAST WEEK AND ALSO MY COMMUNICATION ASKING FOR A BRIEFING ON IT BECAUSE I HAD ONLY HEARD ABOUT IT THROUGH UH, BOSTON GLOBE ARTICLE AND OTHER REPORTING THAT THERE WAS AN EMAIL THAT WAS SENT OUT ON MARCH 1310 DAYS PRIOR BUT WAS NOT SENT TO ALL OF US SINCE THEN WE HAVE RECEIVED THAT MEMO SO SOME INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED AFTER I FILED THIS. I DO NOT WANT TO PULL THIS HEARING ORDER IF MORE COMMUNICATION DOES COME UP OR IF OTHER QUESTIONS. SO I WOULD UM I WANT TO KEEP IT AND SEND IT TO COMMITTEE BUT I CAN WORK WITH WHATEVER COMMITTEE CHAIR IT GOES INTO TO SEE IF IT'S NECESSARY TO HOLD A HEARING AT THIS POINT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> UH, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? CONTROL. UH, COUNCILOR COLOR TO SUPPORT COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE CONSUME IT HERE. UH, COUNCILOR PEPEN. COUNCILOR SANTANA. CONSTABLE WEBER COUNCILOR, ORAL AND COUNCILOR CULPEPER. UH PLEASE. ON THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0634 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0635. NUMBER 0635 COUNCILOR MURPHY, UH, FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXAMINE THE DENIAL OF A LONG STANDING NONPROFIT EVENT PERMIT AND THE CITY'S POLICIES GOVERNING USE OF PUBLIC CAR CLEAN. THANK YOU, MR TRUMP. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> I'D LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR FLYNN, PLEASE. UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN. SO I ADDED. FRANKLIN PARK AND THE EMERALD NECKLACE ARE CRITICAL PUBLIC OPEN SPACES SERVING RESIDENTS ACROSS BOSTON. THE EMERALD NECKLACE SERVICE CONSERVANCY IS A LONGSTANDING NONPROFIT PARTNER THAT SUPPORTS THE MAINTENANCE, STEWARDSHIP AND PROGRAMING OF THESE PARKS. FOR MORE THAN 21 YEARS, THE CONSERVANCY HAS HELD ITS ANNUAL PARTY IN THE PARK FUNDRAISER WITHIN THE PARK SYSTEM WITH PERMITS ISSUED BY THE CITY OF BOSTON. THIS ANNUAL EVENT HAS RAISED OVER $11 MILLION SINCE IT FIRST STARTED IN 2003 AND WITH SUPPORT IMPROVEMENTS AND PROGRAMING ACROSS THE EMERALD NECKLACE IN 2026, THE CITY OF BOSTON DENIED THE CONSERVANCY PERMIT REQUEST CITING POLICY RESTRICTIONS ON PRIVATE TICKETED EVENTS IN PUBLIC PARKS. IT SEEMS A BIT IRONIC TO ME BUT REPRESENTING A SIGNIFICANT DEPARTURE FROM PAST PRACTICE, THE CONSERVANCY IS CURRENTLY ENGAGED IN LITIGATION WITH THE CITY OF BOSTON REGARDING THE REDEVELOPMENT OF WHITE STADIUM IN FRANKLIN PARK, RAISING PUBLIC CONCERNS ABOUT WHETHER THE PERMIT DENIAL MAY REFLECT A BROADER BREAKDOWN IN THE CITY'S RELATIONSHIP WITH NONPROFIT PARTNERS. IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT PERMITTING DECISIONS FOR PUBLIC SPACES BE TRANSPARENT, CONSISTENT AND APPLIED EQUITABLY TO ALL ORGANIZATIONS. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HOLDING THIS HEARING, GETTING MORE INFORMATION AND HOPEFULLY COMING TO SOME AGREEMENT AND SUPPORTING THIS NONPROFIT THAT HAS RAISED OVER $11 MILLION FOR OUR PARKS ACROSS THE CITY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY . AS COUNCILOR. MURPHY NOTED FOR. MORE THAN. 21 YEARS THE CONSERVANCY HAS HELD THIS PARTY. UH, PARTY IN THE PARK. ,UM. >> FUNDRAISER WITHIN THE PARK SYSTEM WITH PERMITS ISSUED BY THE CITY OF BOSTON. UM, A GOOD PORTION OF THIS MONEY THIS ANNUAL EVENT. RAISED OVER $11 MILLION SINCE 20 ZERO THREE TO SUPPORT IMPROVEMENTS IN PROGRAMING ACROSS THE EMERALD. NECKLACE UM SUPPORTING BOSTON RESIDENTS THAT UM LOVE OUR PARK SYSTEM. I BELIEVE IN 2026. RECENTLY THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. DENIED THIS PERMIT REQUEST. NOT SURE WHY THEY WHY. >> THEY DENIED IT. UM I GUESS CITING POLICY. RESTRICTIONS ON PRIVATE TICKETED EVENT. IN PUBLIC. PARKS REPRESENTING A. SIGNIFICANT DEPARTURE FROM. PAST PRACTICES. UM. >> I BELIEVE IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT PERMITTING DECISIONS FOR PUBLIC SPACES. BE TRANSPARENT, CONSISTENT. AND APPLIED. EQUITABLE TO ALL ORGANIZATIONS . IT'S NOT THE TIME FOR POLITICS . LET'S GIVE THEM A PERMIT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. >> WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? THANK YOU. UH, DOCKET 0635 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RESILIENCY AND PARKS. MR CLERK, PLEASE READ DOCKET 0636. DUCKING NUMBER 0636 COUNCIL FLYNN OFF OF THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS CITY SERVICES AND QUALITY OF LIFE CONCERNS IN COPLEY SQUARE. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. IN RECENT MONTHS RESIDENTS HAVE RAISED CONCERNS TO ME ABOUT THE CURRENT STATE OF. COPLEY SQUARE. WHICH I REPRESENT INCLUDING THE GENERAL AREA FROM THE BORDER OF THE SOUTH AND UH GOING TOWARDS THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY ON BOYLSTON STREET. A MAJOR CONCERN THAT RESIDENTS . >> HAVE. RAISED TO. ME IS ABOUT THE ONGOING QUALITY OF LIFE SANITATION ISSUES INCLUDING TRASH ON SIDEWALKS. >> ON. THE PLAZA NEAR STOREFRONTS AS WELL AS CONSISTENT 311 RESPONSE AND ENFORCEMENT. THERE IS A GLARING. >> NEED FOR STRONGER PARTICIPATION FROM ABUTTING. BUSINESSES AND IMPROVED COORDINATION FROM CITY DEPARTMENTS AND PARTNERS SUCH AS THE MBTA ON TRASH DISPOSAL HAS JURISDICTION IS NOT ALWAYS CLEAR FROM NEIGHBORS. CONCERNS ALSO. REMAIN ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE OF SIDEWALKS, LIGHTNING, PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE WHAT WAS ONCE AN OPEN GREEN SPACE FOR NEIGHBORS . COPLEY SQUARE. IS NOW. >> A CONCRETE PLAZA WITH REPORTED PLANS FROM THE CITY TO INCLUDE A NEW GREEN SPACE FURTHER DOWN THE. STREET IN THE FUTURE. NEIGHBORS HAVE REPORTED A LACK OF LANDSCAPING WHICH CAN BE UNSIGHTLY FOR VISITORS AND MAY LEAD TO IMPROPER STORMWATER. RELATED ISSUES. ONGOING CONSTRUCTION IN VACANT STOREFRONTS IN THE SURROUNDING . AREA HAVE RAISED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CITY'S INVESTMENT MAINTENANCE. THE OVERALL CONDITION OF THE COPLEY SQUARE AREA IN THE AREAS AROUND TITUS. FARRELL PARK THROUGH BOYLSTON STREET. IT'S CRITICAL THAT. COPLEY SQUARE BE REVAMPED, REVITALIZED AND RECEIVE THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF CARE AND COMMITMENT FROM THE. CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. >> WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? UH, COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. UH LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILMAN. MURPHY COUNCILOR. PEPEN COUNSELOR. SANTANA, COUNCILOR WEBER AND COUNCILOR WORRELL UH THANK YOU. DOCKET 0636 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES . MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0637 TALKING? I'M A0637 CONCILOR MEJIA HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING. ORDER REQUESTING CERTAIN INFORMATION AS A SECTION 17 OF REGARDING WHITE STADIUM. THANK YOU. >> THE CHAIR RECORD RECOGNIZES CONSUMER HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, UH, FOR HOSTING THIS HEARING. AND UM ALSO COUNCILOR A DURKAN FOR HOSTING ME UH, IN ASKING LOTS OF QUESTIONS AND SO UM, THE 17 F REQUEST IS ABOUT ENSURING THAT THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC HAVE A CLEAR AND FACTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE STADIUM PROJECT FOLLOWING THE JOINT PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AND POST AUDIT COMMITTEE HEARING ON MARCH THE 16TH, WE'RE STILL REQUESTING DOCUMENTATION ON ANY PUBLICLY FUNDED ALTERNATIVES THAT WERE DISCUSSED DURING THE HEARING. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU GUYS HEARD BUT APPARENTLY ALLEGEDLY THERE WAS UM ONE THAT WAS PRESENTED BY THE CITY. I DON'T REMEMBER IT. UM AND SO WE'RE ASKING FOR UH ALL THE RECORDS THAT FULLY, UH, DEMONSTRATE THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT WENT TO THIS PUBLIC PROCESS WHAT WAS WHAT WAS PRESENTED WHEN AND TO WHOM . WE'RE ALSO SEEKING TRANSPARENCY AND HOW THE PUBLIC INPUT HAS BEEN COLLECTED, ANALYZED AND REPRESENTED INCLUDING BOTH SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION. AND WE ALSO WANT TO KNOW, UM, THE AFFILIATIONS OF THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT SUPPORT OR OPPOSE JUST BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS GOOD INFORMATION TO HAVE ON THE FINANCIAL SIDE, THIS REQUEST CALLS FOR A FULLY FULL ACCOUNTING OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COSTS INCLUDING ANY FINANCIAL FINANCING STRUCTURES, REPAYMENT OBLIGATIONS AND LONG TERM FISCAL IMPACTS. WE'RE ALSO REQUESTING ALL VERSIONS OF THE KEY UH AGREEMENTS INCLUDING LEASE AND CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND HOW THIS PROJECT HAS EVOLVED OVER TIME. THIS IS ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY AND MAKING INFORMED DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF BOSTON RESIDENTS, I LOOK FORWARD TO REVIEWING THE ADMINISTRATION'S RESPONSE AND MORE EXCITED TO SEE THE PUBLIC UM, PROPOSAL THAT WAS PRESENTED THAT I MISSED. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER HERE UM COMES FROM HERE SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0637. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I. MR TRAYER, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 0637. COUNCILOR BREEN. YES. >> COUNCILOR. >> BREADON. YES COUNCILOR. COLOR ZAPATA. COUNCIL FIRST. BUTLER. YES. COUNCIL. CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YEAH. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. >> COUNCILOR. >> LOUIJEUNE. YES COUNCILOR. MEJIA. YES. >> COUNCIL. >> MEJIA. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES, COUNCILOR HERE. PEN. COUNCILOR. PIN. YES COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES AND COUNCILOR. WORLD. YES. COUNCIL. WELL, YES I NUMBER 0637 HAS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. >> DOCKET 0637 IS PASSED. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 063? IT DOCKET NUMBER 0638 IS CULPEPER AND WE'RE ALL OFF WITH THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXAMINE THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT'S PROTOCOLS FOR RELEASING POLICE BODY CAMERA AND DASHBOARD CAMERA FOOTAGE. THANK YOU. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. RIGHT NOW AT THE CENTER OF ANGER AND CONFUSION LAY THREE FAMILIES THE FAMILY OF MR. KING, THE FAMILY OF NICHOLAS O'MALLEY AND THE FAMILY OF THE VICTIM OF THE CARJACKING WHOSE IDENTITY I WILL PROTECT ON THIS FLOOR AS A BODY WE HAVE NO GREATER MANDATE AT THIS MOMENT THAN TO ENSURE THE PUBLIC, NO MATTER WHERE THEY LAND ON TRAGIC EVENTS THAT UNFOLDED ON MARCH 11TH, GET THE ANSWERS THAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR AS PART OF THEIR SOLEMN DUTY AS CITY COUNSELORS, WE MUST RECOGNIZE THE LIVES WILL FOREVER BE CHANGED ALL JUST TRYING TO BUILD A LIFE IN THE SAME CITY NOT A BLACK CITY VERSUS A WHITE CITY. NOT A CITY JUST A FIRST RESPONDERS VERSUS A CITY FOR OUR COMMUNITIES BUT ONE CRY COLLECTIVELY WE REPRESENT ALL OF BOSTON NOT JUST SOME OF IT. THIS CITY COUNCIL HAS A CENTRAL ROLE IN HOW THIS CITY MOVES FORWARD BASED ON WHAT WE SAY AND WHAT WE DO COLLECTIVELY WE REPRESENT ALL OF US AND NOT JUST SOME OF IT THE EASY WORK IT'S A SPLIT INTO OUR CAMPS TO OFFER THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS, TO ISSUE STATEMENTS AND TO FUEL THE COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION. THE HARD WORK FOR THIS COUNCIL IS TO PROTECT DUE PROCESS, TO RECOGNIZE THE EXPERIENCE OF ALL OF THESE FAMILIES. THE CALL FOR TRANSPARENCY THROUGH THE RELEASE OF THE BODY CAM FOOTAGE AND TO CONTINUE OUR PROGRESS OF BUILDING BRIDGES BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COMMUNITIES. WE'VE COME TOO FAR IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND WE WORK TOO HARD TO TURN BACK NOW RESEARCH SHOWS THAT BODY CAMERAS CAN REDUCE USE OF FORCE INCIDENTS AND CIVILIAN COMPLAINTS WHEN IMPLEMENTED EFFECTIVELY. THIS SAME RESEARCH SHOWS THAT BODY WORN CAMERAS PROVIDE OFFICERS IN THEIR EVERYDAY INTERACTIONS WITH THE PUBLIC AND THE EXECUTION OF THEIR DUTIES. HOWEVER, THE EFFECTIVENESS OF BODY CAMERA DEPENDS ON CLEAR POLICIES, ESPECIALLY AROUND HOW AND WHEN FOOTAGE IS RELEASED AND THIS IS WHERE WE CAN STEP UP AS LEADERS AS A CITY COUNCILOR NOT JUST AS POLITICIANS BUT AS ONE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL RIGHT NOW THERE'S STILL A LACK OF FLAHERTY ABOUT HOW AND WHEN BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE IS RELEASED, ESPECIALLY IN CASES INVOLVING THE USE OF DEADLY FORCE. DOES THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE POLICIES OR PROTOCOLS IN PLACE FOR RELEASING BODY CAMERAS? IF SO, WHAT ARE THEY? IF NOT, WHY NOT? THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT MUST BE ASKED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND THIS HEARING ORDER WILL ALLOW THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL AS ONE BODY TO ASK THEM AND TO GET ANSWERS. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSTABLE. ROYAL CONSTABLE, WILL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO COUNCIL CO PEPPER FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP ON THIS HERE IN ORDER I WANT TO FIRST START OFF BY JUST OFFERING UH MY PRAYERS FOR ALL THE FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT. THIS IS ABOUT FLAHERTY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRUST. WHEN A SERIOUS INCIDENT HAPPENS ,RESIDENTS SHOULD NOT BE LEFT IN THE DARK ASKING WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? WHEN WILL THE PUBLIC BE UPDATED AND WHERE AND WHAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE DURING AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE CONTROLS THE EVIDENCE. BUT THE PUBLIC IS ASKING FOR FLAHERTY AROUND THE PROCESS AND A CLEAR TIMELINE FOR THE RELEASE OF THE BODY CAM FOOTAGE BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE ARE MET WITH SILENCE INSTEAD OF A PROCESS, TRUST BREAKS DOWN AND WHEN FOOTAGE IS NOT RELEASED THE BURDEN SHIFTS TO THE EYEWITNESS. PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED TRAUMA ARE NOW BEING ASKED TO CARRY THAT MOMENT AND TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF SOMEONE WHO NO LONGER HAS THAT VOICE. BODY CAMERAS AND DASH CAMERAS WERE INTRODUCED TO CREATE AN OBJECTIVE RECORD, STRENGTHEN PUBLIC CONFIDENCE AND HELP DELIVER THE TRUTH. BUT THE RULES AROUND ACCESS, OVERSIGHT AND COMMUNICATION REMAIN UNCLEAR AND WE ARE FALLING SHORT OF THAT PURPOSE. I WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE UH, THE WORK UH, FROM MEMBERS OF THIS BODY WHO HAVE PUSHED FOR POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY UH, COUNCILOR ARROYO, ATTORNEY GENERAL CAMPBELL, STATE SENATOR LYDIA EDWARDS AND MANY OF THE COUNCILORS HERE UM AND ALSO THE ADVOCATES WHO HAVE PUSHED THIS CONVERSATION FORWARD. THIS HEARING IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING EVERYONE TO THE TABLE SO WE CAN BUILD A PROCESS THAT IS CLEAR, CONSISTENT AND WORTHY OF PUBLIC TRUST. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WORRELL . AND COUNCILOR CULPEPPER, DID YOU CHOOSE LANGUAGE ON THIS ONE? I'M STICKING WITH YOU. YOU'RE STICKING WITH THE ORIGINAL FINE. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? UH, COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE CONSUMER HERE, COUNCILOR PEPEN CONTRA SANTANA COUNCIL WEBER AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR AND COUNCILOR UM, COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PATTERN COUNCILOR DURKAN. THANK YOU. COUNCILORS CULPEPER AND WORRELL SIX SUSPENSION. I GOT. LONG ONE UH, WOULD ANYONE LIKE, UH THANK YOU. DOCKET 063 EACH WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0639. TALKING NUMBER 0639 COUNCILORS CULPEPER AND WORRELL FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION CALLING ON THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT TO UPDATE BODY CAMERA AND DASH CAMERA RELEASE PROTOCOLS TO INCLUDE ACCESS TO OVERSIGHT ENTITIES FOLLOWING POLICE INVOLVED SHOOTINGS, MASS SHOOTINGS AND MAJOR EVENTS. UM, COUNCILOR MURPHY, UH, YOU KNOW. I'M JUST. >> YOU'VE GOT YOUR LIGHT ON. OKAY. UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER. COUNCILOR CULPEPER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS MATTER JUSTICE. JUSTICE MUST BE AFFORDED TO THE VICTIM TO THE KING FAMILY, TO OFFICER O'MALLEY AND TO ALL THOSE IMPACTED. AT NO POINT HAVE I CALLED FOR AN ARREST OR VERDICT IN THIS CASE. BUT WHAT WE HAVE CALLED FOR AND WILL CONTINUE TO CALL FOR IS TRANSPARENCY. BODY WORN CAMERAS EXIST FOR A REASON. THEY ARE MEANT TO PROVIDE AN OBJECTIVE ACCOUNT OF EVENTS NOT ONLY TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES BUT ALSO TO PROTECT OUR POLICE OFFICERS. THEY ENSURE THAT OFFICERS THE CHURCH BASED ON A FULL AND ACCURATE RECORD NOT SPECULATION OR INNUENDOS. THEY ENSURE THAT OFFICE OF THE JUDGE BASED ON EVENTS THAT ARE CORROBORATED THEY CLARIFY DIFFICULT SITUATIONS, SUPPORT FAIRNESS FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED . BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE BECOMES A BRIDGE THAT ALLOWS OVERSIGHT ENTITIES AND ELECTED OFFICIALS TO RESPONSIBLY UNDERSTAND AND COMMUNICATE THE STATE THE FACTS TO THE PUBLIC AS THEY TOOK PLACE. I HAVE STRONGLY SUPPORTED COMMUNITY POLICING AND THE WORK TO REBUILD RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR COMMUNITIES. WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS RELATIONSHIP HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN EASY, PARTICULARLY IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. BUT REAL PROGRESS HAVE BEEN MADE AND WE CANNOT LET THAT PROGRESS TO BE DONE. THIS IS ABOUT ENSURING THAT OVERSIGHT ENTITIES AND ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO SERVE AS A BRIDGE TO THE PUBLIC HAVE APPROPRIATE ACCESS TO FOOTAGE FOLLOWING SERIOUS INCIDENTS NOT TO INTERFERE, MADAM PRESIDENT, NOT TO LITIGATE BUT TO ENSURE THAT INFORMATION IS GROUNDED IN FACT AND SHARED RESPONSIBILITY. ULTIMATELY THIS CREATES A PATH FOR THE FULL RELEASE TO THE BROADER PUBLIC. THE BROADER PUBLIC HAS THE ULTIMATE INTERESTS HERE TRANSPARENCY PROTECTS THE PUBLIC. IT ALSO PROTECTS OUR OFFICERS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY IT PROTECTS THE TRUST THAT HOLDS OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER. I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION AS ONE COUNCIL AS ONE COUNCIL SO WE CAN CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD NOT BACKWARD AND BUILDING A MORE TRANSPARENT, ACCOUNTABLE AND TRUSTED SYSTEM FOR ALL BOSTONIANS. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL ORAL CANCER. WELL YOU'RE THE SECOND CO-SPONSOR SO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. AND AGAIN THANK YOU COUNCIL CO PEPPER FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE AND WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY AND BUILDING BACK THE TRUST BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND OUR OFFICERS. AND I JUST WANT TO ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK UH THAT MEMBERS OF THIS BODY COUNCIL ME HERE AND COUNCIL FLYNN AND BRADING HAVE DONE AROUND OPAC AND WE CAN'T COME THIS FAR TO JEOPARDIZE THAT TRUST. OUR POLICE OFFICERS HAVE A DANGEROUS JOB AND IF WE WANT TO BE THE BEST POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTRY AND WE SHOULD HOLD THEM TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS, THIS COUNCIL HAS MADE REAL INVESTMENTS IN PUBLIC SAFETY. WE'VE INCREASED THE POLICE BUDGET ACCESS AND SUPPORTED HISTORIC PAY INCREASES FOR OFFICERS AND THE DEPARTMENT HAS BUILT A STRONG REPUTATION THROUGH COMMUNITY POLICING. WE KNOW THAT COMMUNITY POLICING DONE RIGHT HELPS KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SAFE, BUT COMMUNITY POLICING ONLY WORKS WHEN THERE IS PUBLIC TRUST AND THAT TRUST IS BUILT WITH TRANSPARENCY. MORE THAN A WEEK AGO COUNCILOR CULPEPER AND I ACTUALLY SEE THE BODY CAM FOOTAGE AND THE DEATH OF STEVENSON KING. ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE OFTEN LEFT PIECING TOGETHER INFORMATION IN REAL TIME WITH LIMITED FACTS AND NO CLEAR TIMELINE OVERSIGHT BODIES AND OTHER TRUSTED LEADERS SUCH AS OUR CLERGY END UP STANDING DOWN RATHER THAN LEANING IN AND THAT GAP CREATE CONFUSION, LUSTRATION AND MISTRUST. WE'VE ALREADY SEEN THAT HAPPEN . I REJECT THE FRAMING THAT PUBLIC SAFETY COMES AT THE EXPENSE OF TRANSPARENCY. IN THE PAST, OVERSIGHT BODIES WERE ABLE TO REVIEW BODY CAM FOOTAGE. WE NEED TO CONTINUE THAT PRACTICE THAT BUILDS TRUST. DUE PROCESS SHOULD ALSO NOT COME AT THE EXPENSE OF TRANSPARENCY. THERE IS STILL A RESPONSIBILITY TO COMMUNICATE, TO PROVIDE UPDATES AND TO MAKE SURE OVERSIGHT BODIES HAVE INFORMATION THEY NEED. I BELIEVE TRUTH, ACCOUNTABILITY AND JUSTICE MATTERS AND THAT'S WHY I RISE IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE LEAD SPONSOR COUNCILOR CULPEPER. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST SUSPENSION OF THE RULES TO VOTE ON THE PASSAGE OF THIS DOCKET. AND I MIGHT ADD THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS A PRECEDENT WHERE WE SAT WITH COMMISSIONER GRASSE WHO BROUGHT US IN AND ALLOWED US TO REVIEW BODY CAMERAS. MADAM PRESIDENT, I ASK FOR FULL PASSAGE ON THIS DOCKET. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES FROM MURPHY CAN SEE MURPHY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO THE SPONSORS. UM, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS RESOLUTION BUT ALSO JUST WANT TO SAY HOW BODY CAMERAS ARE A TOOL FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. AND THE LAST TIME I VISITED THE ACADEMY, UM, WITH THE LAST CLASS, ONE OF THE INSTRUCTORS POINTED TO THE CABINET WHERE THE BODY CAMERAS WERE HELD AND JUST REFERENCED IT AS ONE OF THE WHAT HE CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TOOLS THAT OUR POLICE HAVE SO AGREED THAT THE BODY CAMERAS ARE USEFUL IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. BUT DO UM HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS TO THE MAKERS IS THIS ASKING. TO LOOK AT ONE SPECIFIC CASE BODY CAMERA AND ALSO 0683 IS A HEARING TO REVIEW THE PROTOCOLS AROUND BODY CAM FOOTAGE AND THE RELEASING OF IT IN THIS RESOLUTION IS ASKING TO UPDATE THOSE PROTOCOLS BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD THE HEARING YET SO I'M JUST THOSE TWO QUESTIONS ARE ON THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ASKED FIRST AND ALSO JUST WANT TO PUT ON THE RECORD THAT I KNOW MYSELF COUNCILOR. FLYNN COUNCIL FLAHERTY AND BAKER AT THE TIME HAD ASKED TO SEE NOT JUST THE BODY CAM. FOOTAGE BUT POLICE AND EMS FIRE REPORTS OF A CASE OF A DEATH AT A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND WERE DENIED THAT. SO IF THIS RESOLUTION I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO FIND OUT ARE WE ASKING THAT WE SEE ALL FOOTAGE OF ALL OR ARE WE JUST TALKING ABOUT A SPECIFIC CASE. >> THAT HAPPENED RECENTLY? I UH THE LEAD SPONSOR COUNCILOR CULPEPER. UM, COULD YOU ADDRESS THOSE QUESTIONS PLEASE? THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UH, TO MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR MURPHY WITH REGARD TO THE HEARING ORDER, WE HAVE THE HEARING ORDER THAT RAISES THE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IF ANY POLICIES AND PROTOCOLS ARE AND IF THERE AREN'T ANY IT MIGHT AND WE SHOULD LOOK CLOSELY AT WORKING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ESTABLISH SOME WITH REGARD TO THIS RESOLUTION AND WITH REGARD TO THIS POLICE OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING. WE ASK THAT THIS BODY CAM FOOTAGE AND THIS CASE BE RELEASED TO THE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND TO THOSE WHO HAVE OVERSIGHT RESPONSIBILITY IN THIS MATTER. SO IT'S UNDER. THE HEARING ORDER. INVITE AND I'M SAYING THIS THIS RESOLUTION IS SPECIFIC TO THAT . ONE TO THAT ONE TO THAT ONE INCIDENT. YES. THANK YOU. >> YOU UM I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT UH CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNTRYMAN HERE COUNCILMEMBER HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I WANT TO THANK BOTH COUNCILOR RURAL AND COUNCILOR CULPEPER FOR THEIR STEADFAST LEADERSHIP. YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING ME TO CLAP BACK, STAND UP AND SAY SOMETHING. AND IT HAS BEEN. >> SO REFRESHING, UM, TO HAVE TWO BLACK MEN LEADING ON ISSUES THAT ARE IMPACTING OUR COMMUNITY THE WAY THAT YOU GUYS HAVE I'VE BEEN STANDING UP NOT JUST IN THIS CASE BUT IN OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE IMPACTING DISTRICT FOUR AND DISTRICT SEVEN. SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILOR CULPEPER, UH AND COUNCIL EARL, UH, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN VARIOUS ISSUES THAT HAVE BUBBLED UP TO THE TOP. UM AND I AND I WOULD. I IT WOULD BE LOST ON ME IF I DID NOT UM SPEAK UP UH, IN THE IMPORTANT MOMENT THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN HERE UM, IN TERMS OF REALLY RESTORING TRUST AND I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT FIVE YEARS AGO OR MAYBE SEVEN I DON'T REMEMBER A LONG TIME AGO I KNOW THAT THE NAACP, UM, SHAGUN AND OTHER FOLKS WERE ADVOCATING IN THE COMMUNITY. GOD BLESS YOU TO UM, HAVE BODY CAMS AT A TIME WHEN RACIAL AND CIVIL UNREST AND AND AND BLACK MEN AND BOYS UM, WERE UNDER ATTACK AND ASSAULT AND SO BODYCAMS ARE MEANT TO PROTECT UM THE INTEGRITY OF THOSE THAT WE SERVE. AND I THINK THAT FIGHTING FOR AND ADVOCATING UM FOR THAT SHOULD NOT BECOME A FOR TAT SITUATION BUT WHAT IS RIGHT TO DO IN THIS MOMENT. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCIL EARL AND COUNCIL CULPEPER FOR THE LEADERSHIP IN THE SPACE AND I AM RISING UM IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION. UM AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU NEED AS SOMEONE WHO WORKED ON ESTABLISHING THE OFFICE OF OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY ALONGSIDE COUNCILOR ARROYO AND UM CAMPBELL, IT WAS WITH THAT INTENTION IN MIND AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE CHECKS AND BALANCES HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND I THINK THAT THIS MOMENT CALLS FOR US TO BE ONE BOSTON AND A UNITED FRONT. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. >> THANK YOU CONCILOR MEJIA HERE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM. BEFORE BEFORE I MAKE MY COMMENTS I WAS PREPARED TO SPEAK ON THIS BUT ON THIS RESOLUTION WE'RE ASKING BOSTON . POLICE TO. UPDATE IN. TO UPDATE. BODY CAMERA AND DASH CAMERA RELEASE PROTOCOLS TO INCLUDE. TO INCLUDE. ACCESS TO OVERSIGHT ENTITIES INVOLVING A POLICE INVOLVED SHOOTING. UM, CAN I ASK THE MAKER OF THIS ? HAVE YOU I WANT TO BE CERTAIN. WHEN I. >> VOTE FOR SOMETHING THAT. THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM. HAS BEEN. BRIEFED ON WHAT THE PROPOSAL IS IF WE ARE GOING TO VOTE ON SOMETHING BUT ALSO. I BELIEVE UNDER. CONTRACTS COUNCIL WEBB WEBB MIGHT KNOW THIS BUT UNDER CONTRACTS. WITH UM. THE BOSTON POLICE PATROLMEN ASSOCIATION ISN'T THERE A LANGUAGE IN THERE RELATING TO BODY CAMERAS IN IF WE ARE VOTING ON SOMETHING WOULDN'T WE WANT THE INPUT FROM THE. BOSTON POLICE PATROLMEN'S ASSOCIATION, THE DETECTIVES UNION, THE SUPERIOR OFFICERS UNION IF WE'RE IF WE'RE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO PROTOCOLS? UM, I DO THINK IT WOULD BE FAIR TO ASK THE POLICE COMMISSIONER TO GIVE HIS INPUT FOR THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND TO GET THE UNION INPUT. AS WELL. UM. >> THAT MAY OR MAY NOT UM, ALSO IMPACT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN A IN A SIGNED CONTRACT BETWEEN POLICE OFFICERS AND IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. I DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE RIGHT ANSWER FOR. THAT AT THIS TIME. BUT I. >> DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. UM, MADAM MADAM CHAIR, I KNOW MY TIME IS UP BUT COULD I ASK UM. YES. >> UM, YOU'RE DIRECTING A QUESTION TO THE LEAD SPONSOR. CERTAINLY. I WILL ASK THE LEAD SPONSOR TO ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR FLYNN AND I HAVE TALKED DIRECTLY TO THE POLICE COMMISSIONER. HE'S MADE IT CLEAR THAT HE'S NOT WILLING TO RELEASE HIM AT THIS TIME. IN FACT, HE SAID THAT, UH, IT WAS UNDER THE INVESTIGATION AND WAS UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY WHEN I LOOKED AT THE STATUTE REGARDING THE AUTHORITY TO OVERSEE THIS INVESTIGATION. HE WAS RIGHT. IT GIVES THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY THE AUTHORITY. BUT IF. >> YOU LOOK CLOSELY AT THAT STATUTE, IT ALSO SAYS THAT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY IN COOPERATION WITH THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT IT DOESN'T SAY HAS AUTHORITY. IT SAYS AND IN COOPERATION COOPERATION WITH THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT MEANING THAT THE POLICE COMMISSIONER DOES HAVE THE RIGHT IF HE SO SEES FIT TO RELEASE HIS BODY CAM SO THAT, UH, OVERSIGHT AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS CAN REVIEW THE BODY CAM AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT I THINK. TO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER . UH, I WANT TO MOVE ON TO COUNCILOR JULIAN. UH, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE HAD A I HAD A LIGHT ON. I HAVE ONE OF THE QUESTION POSED TO BE ABLE TO. HOLD ON. HOLD ON. JUST LIKE CONSTRUCTION. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YEAH. >> MY MY OTHER QUESTION IS. DOES THIS IMPACT A. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING CONTRACT SIGNED BY THE PATROLMEN ASSOCIATION IN THE CITY OF BOSTON BOSTON POLICE BUT DID DID WE HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE PATROLMEN ASSOCIATION. HOW WE DID I DON'T KNOW WHETHER COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. WITH THE. POLICE UNION AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. NOW LOOK, I MAY BE WRONG, BUT I THOUGHT SOMEWHERE I HEARD THAT THE PATROLMEN. UNIONS ALSO WERE SUPPORTING RELEASE OF THE BODY CAM. UM, THIS IS NOT THE PLACE TO GET INTO THE MY NEW CHANNEL. NO, BUT BUT MADAM CHAIR, THE IT'S WE'RE GOING TO BE VOTING ON A MAJOR DECISION. >> THAT I I DON'T HAVE ALL THE FACTS. THAT'S THAT'S THE ISSUE. THANK YOU. >> IF I IF I IF I DON'T HAVE ALL THE FACTS I I WOULD ASSUME MY COLLEAGUES DON'T HAVE ALL THE FACTS EITHER. THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND I RISE AND I THANK MY COLLEAGUES, COUNCILORS CULPEPER MORRELL FOR FILING THIS RESOLUTION OF WHICH I AM IN FULL SUPPORT. UM, WHAT HAPPENED WAS A VERY TRAGIC INCIDENT FOR IT LED TO THE DEATH OF. OF UH STEVENSON KING FOR THE OFFICER INVOLVED FOR THE VICTIM INVOLVED. UH, WE NEVER WANT TO HAVE TO EXPERIENCE THIS AS A CITY, BUT HERE WE ARE. I DO JUST WANT TO MAKE CLEAR JUST I'M READING THE PLAIN LANGUAGE OF THIS RESOLUTION. AND ALTHOUGH THIS RESOLUTION MENTIONS THAT INCIDENT. THIS RESOLUTION IS A GENERAL RESOLUTION NOT CONNECTED TO ONE SPECIFIC EVENT BUT MY PLAIN READING OF THIS RESOLUTION. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CLEAR THAT THAT IS HAPPENING SO THAT THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL CALLS ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO UPDATE ITS PROTOCOLS FOR THE RELEASE OF BODY CAMERA AND DASHBOARD CAMERA FOOTAGE TO INCLUDE TIMELY ACCESS FOR OVERSIGHT ENTITIES FOLLOWING POLICE INVOLVED SHOOTINGS, MASS SHOOTINGS AND MAJOR EVENTS IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH DUE PROCESS, ONGOING INVESTIGATION AND THE PRINCIPLES OF TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. TO ME, ESPECIALLY AS A LAWYER, WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE DUE PROCESS THAT NEEDS TO BE AFFORDED EVERYONE IN THIS SITUATION UM THAT LANGUAGE GETS RIGHT AT THE SWEET SPOT OF ENSURING THAT WE ARE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION SOME OF THE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE MENTIONED BECAUSE IT TALKS ABOUT RESPECTING ALL OF THE OTHER CONTOURS THAT MAY BE AT PLAY THAT MAY AT SOME POINT BE A RESTRICTION TO WHAT IS BEING ASKED HERE. IT'S NOT SORT OF A BLANKET STATEMENT, BUT IT'S SAYING THAT THESE BODY WORN CAMERAS ARE ARE NECESSARY. THEY'VE BEEN FOUGHT FOR I MEAN AND IF WE WANT TO HAVE A REAL CONVERSATION ABOUT BODY WORN CAMERAS THERE ARE EVEN LIMITATIONS WITH THEM AS WELL. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC INSTANCE, BUT PROPUBLICA DID A FASCINATING REPORT ON THE LIMITATIONS OF BODY WORN CAMERAS ON OFTENTIMES AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY YOU WANT TO HAVE THEM IS THEY ARE OFTEN THEY CAN OFTEN BE SEEN AS IN WITH THE UNDERSTANDING AS WRITTEN IN POLICE REPORTS OR POLICE ACCOUNTINGS OR EVEN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTINGS UH THAT'S WHY UH, BODY WORN CAMERAS ARE NECESSARY BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE THEY TEND TO PROVIDE A LEVEL OF OBJECTIVITY ALTHOUGH STILL SUBJECT TO ONE'S INTERPRETATION THAT YOU MAY NOT FIND WITH AN EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY OR IN A WRITTEN REPORT. AND SO I THINK THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THIS BODY AS WE CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT IN A CITY WHERE WE DO HAVE A POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT IS DEDICATED IN THAT SO MANY ARE WORKING ON COMMUNITY POLICING, IT DOESN'T MEAN, YOU KNOW, UH YOU'RE GOING TO ABOUT 101 WE DON'T WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE REVIEWING OUR POLICIES SO THAT WE CAN GET BETTER, UH, BETTER WITH EACH NEW DAY. SO UH, JUST RISE IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION AND I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES CAN DO THE SAME. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. UM, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY COMES FROM A FEW OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I DO JUST HOPE THAT THIS CONVERSATION IS AT RAUSCH BECAUSE IT WILL COME TO A VOTE. UM. >> AND I DO NEED TO ASK TO THE TO MAIN SPONSORS BECAUSE WHAT REVEREND CULPEPER TOLD ME IS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT I THINK COUNCILOR WORRELL WAS JUST SHAKING IN SUPPORT BECAUSE WHAT COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE JUST SAID IS EXACTLY WHAT I ASKED AND IT'S NOT WHAT I WAS TOLD THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A FULL CONVERSATION ABOUT PROTOCOLS AND BODY WORN CAMERAS AND WHEN WE CAN AND CANNOT AND I HOPE THE ANSWER IS THAT WE ALWAYS CAN SEE IT WHICH IS DOCKET 0638 BUT THIS IS A RESOLUTION VERY SIMILAR IN SOME WAYS I THINK REDUNDANT BUT I KNOW THAT IF IT'S A DIFFERENT TYPE OF LEGISLATION IT WON'T GET BROUGHT 15 BUT UM HEARING SO IF WE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL KNOW IS THIS ONLY ASKING FOR ONE BODY CAMERA BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT COUNCIL CULPEPER TOLD ME OR ARE YOU EXPECTING TO HAVE ACCESS TO ALL OF THEM. COUNCILOR WORRELL. BECAUSE IF I WOULD BE MORE INCLINED TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS IF I KNEW THAT MEANT THAT THIS BODY IS SAYING TO THE COMMISSIONER THAT WE WANT TO HAVE ACCESS TO ALL BODY CAMERAS ,WE CAN'T PICK AND CHOOSE. >> WHICH ONES. WE WANT TO SEE BECAUSE ONCE THEY'RE SEEN THAT INFORMATION IS SHARED WITH. >> OTHER PEOPLE. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MURPHY TO CHAIR UH, LEAD SPONSOR COUNCILOR CULPEPER. WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT? MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY, LET ME JUST READ THE THEREFORE BE RESOLVED AND THAT MIGHT RESOLVE IT. WE ARE ASKING FOR IT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE BUT WE'RE NOT LIMITING IT. WE DO WANT IT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT EVERYONE IS DISCUSSING. EVERYONE IS LOOKING FOR, EVERYONE IS ASKING FOR IT. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE FINAL LANGUAGE BE RESOLVED THAT THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL CALLED ON THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT TO UPDATE ITS PROTOCOLS FOR THE RELEASE OF BODY CAMERA AND DASHBOARD CAMERAS FOOTAGE TO INCLUDE TIMELY ACCESS FOR OUTSIDE ENTITIES FOLLOWING POLICE INVOLVED SHOOTINGS, MASS SHOOTINGS AND MAJOR EVENTS IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH DUE PROCESS. ONGOING INVESTIGATION THE PRINCIPLE OF TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IT'S ASKING FOR BOTH AND WITH REGARD. OKAY GO AHEAD. NO. >> EXCUSE ME. DON'T INTERRUPT PLEASE I'M. NOT I. KNOW I'M SPEAKING. HEY. SPEAKING OF, I'LL DEFER TO COUNCILOR MURPHY. NO THANK YOU. NO WAY WAS I INTERRUPTING HIM. SO THAT CONFLICTS THOUGH TO ME SAYING THAT WE WANT TO VOTE TODAY TO SUPPORT A CHANGE IN THE PROTOCOLS BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD THE HEARING YET TO FIND OUT AND WE KNOW BECAUSE I CITED JUST ONE INCIDENT WHERE MYSELF AND COUNCILOR FLYNN REQUESTED AND IT WAS DENIED. SO THERE ARE MANY TIMES AND NOT JUST MEMBERS OF THIS BODY BUT OTHER DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY AND THE PUBLIC REQUESTING . SO I'M JUST KIND OF CONFUSED HOW WE CAN VOTE IN FAVOR OR AGAINST UPDATING PROTOCOL WHEN WE HAVEN'T HAD THE HEARING YET ON WHAT THE PROTOCOL MADAM BECAUSE CLEARLY IT'S IT'S DIFFERENT ANSWERS TO DIFFERENT THANK. YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY. IF I MAY HELP HER WITH HER CONFUSION, THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL CALLS ON THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT TO UPDATE ITS PROTOCOLS FOR THE RELEASE OF BODY CAMERA AND DASHBOARD DASHBOARD CAMERA FOOTAGE. THERE'S NO CONFUSION ABOUT THAT. SO LET'S BE CLEAR THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR THIS RESOLUTION AND WE ALSO ASKED FOR IT AND CALLED FOR IT AND THE HEARING ORDER. IT ALSO GOES ON TO SAY ENTITIES FOLLOWING POLICE INVOLVED SHOOTINGS, MASS SHOOTINGS AND MAJOR EVENTS. SO WE ARE ASKING FOR BOTH AND DON'T LIMIT US TO TO BOTH. WE'RE ASKING FOR THIS BODY CAM IN THIS CASE AND FOR BODY CAMS AND OTHER CASES. SO I HOPE THAT CLEARS UP. ITS NO CAN WE THIS IS NOT WHEN WE PLEASE JUST TAKE UM. THANK YOU FOR. COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR ALL RIGHT. >> THE OFFICIAL TRANSLATOR. >> HAS. GOTTEN UP AND DOES. STOP ALL OF THIS OKAY. THAT'S RIDICULOUS. BUT NO. YOU CAN LAST ALL THE QUESTIONS YOU WANT. HELLO. UM. >> BUT HERE IS WHAT I UNDERSTAND. SO JUST SO THAT YOU KNOW, I'M TRACKING. RIGHT ACCESS TO BODY CAMS AND DASHBOARD CAMS FOOTAGE FOLLOWING POLICE INVOLVED SHOOTINGS, MASS SHOOTINGS AND MAJOR EVENTS. UM, THAT IS CRITICAL TO UNDERSTANDING THE FACTS, RIGHT ? THAT IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT HERE AND WHAT WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS CONVERSATION IS GETTING A LITTLE POLITICAL BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE VESTED INTEREST IN CERTAIN SPACES AND PLACES. AND SO I AM GOING TO BE HERE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ASKING FOR. ANSWERS. >> AND THE BEST WAY FOR US TO GET ANSWERS IS FOR US TO HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE WHEN IT'S TIME TO. HOLD THE POLICE ACCOUNTABLE WHEN THINGS LIKE THIS. HAPPEN AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY REASON FOR US TO BE CONFUSED AND I THINK THAT WHAT WE SHOULD ALLOW. THIS TO DO. IS JUST TO GO FOR A VOTE. MADAM PRESIDENT, I JUST WANT TO CALL FOR A VOTE AND THAT'S IT. LET'S JUST KEEP IT MOVING AND LET'S VOTE ON IT. AND IF YOU DON'T WANT IT, DON'T VOTE. YOU CAN SAY NO. BUT LET'S. >> DO OUR JOBS, TAKE THE VOTE AND KEEP IT MOVING. COUNTRYMAN HE HAS ASKED TO MOVE THE VOTE. MOVE QUESTION. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME TO THIS RESOLUTION? UH, THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME WHO WOULD LIKE TO SECOND COUNCILMAN HUGHES RESOLUTION. UH, MOTION TO COUNCILOR WEBER SECOND. ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? UM. OH. VOTE UH, TO MOVE TO A VOTE. UH, MR UH, CHART, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THE MOTION TO MOVE TO A VOTE? COUNCILOR BREEN YES. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POWDER COUNCILOR. AS A PARTY AS COUNCILOR CULPEPER. COUNCILOR. COPPER, PLEASE. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. NOW COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES COUNCILOR. FLYNN. UH. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. NO. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCIL MEMBER HERE. SEA COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY. NO. COUNSELOR. THE PEN. YES. COUNCILOR. PEN. YES. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. NOT SO OBVIOUS. AND COUNCIL WORRELL. YES. COUNCIL. WELL YES. TEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND THREE VOTES IN THE NEGATIVE. THANK YOU, MR COOK. >> WAS IT SEVEN? YES. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? YES. THANK YOU. UH, ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCIL DIVISION. COUNCIL. MEJIA. CONSTANT PEPEN CONSCIOUS INTERNAL CONTROL. WEBER AND PLEASE. AND COUNCILOR UH COLLETTE AS A PARTNER. COUNSELOR IS CULPEPER AND MORALES SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0639. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 0639. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. >> COUNCILOR BREADON. YES, COUNSELOR COLLETTE AS A POLAR CONSECRATE AS BUTLER. YES. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. PRESENT COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. NO. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCIL THIN NO COUNCIL. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. ILLUSION. YES. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR MEJIA SEE COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY NO COUNCIL. PET PEN. COUNCIL FOR PEN. YES. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCIL. SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. YES AND COUNCILOR EARL. YES. COUNCIL ORAL. YES. NINE VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THREE VOTES IN THE NEGATIVE AND ONE PRESENT. THANK YOU. >> DOCKET 0639 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0640? DOC NUMBER 0640 COUNCIL TO PAN OFF OF THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING CROSSING GUARD APPRECIATION DAY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR PEPEN. COUNCILOR PEPEN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, THIS IS JUST ANOTHER FOLLOW UP TO THIS MORNING'S CELEBRATION THAT WE HAD RECOGNIZING OUR CROSSING GUARDS AND THANKING THEM FOR THE AMAZING WORK THAT THEY DO ACROSS THE CITY. WE WERE ABLE TO ALSO LEARN ABOUT SOME OF THE ACTS THAT THEY HAVE FOR US TO CONSIDER TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR SAFER STREETS, TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THEM ON THEIR BEHALF. UM, I'M JUST VERY THANKFUL FOR THE WORK THEY DO BUT UM, ASKING FOR UM MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? CANCER IS A PART OF CANCER CULPEPER COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNTRY FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FLYNN LOUIJEUNE CONTRA MEJIA COUNCILOR MURPHY CONSCIOUS ANTONOV COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCILOR WORRELL AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR COUNCILOR PEPEN SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0640. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0460640 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET. 064120641 COUNCIL IS CULPEPER AND MEJIA FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF HOUSE 4683 IN NASHVILLE TO TEACHER PREPARATION AND STUDENT LITERACY. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO START BY SAYING I'M PROUD OF MY FRIEND, STATE REPRESENTATIVE JOHN MORAN, FOR INTRODUCING THIS BILL AND ADVANCING IT AS FAR AS IT HAS GOTTEN. NOW IN THE. CONFERENCE COMMITTEE. LITERACY IS THE FOUNDATION OF A CHILD'S EDUCATION AND A KEY DRIVER OF LONG TERM OPPORTUNITY . YET FAR TOO MANY STUDENTS PARTICULARLY IN HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES CONTINUE TO FALL BEHIND IN READING. THIS LEGISLATION TAKES A COMPREHENSIVE AND EVIDENCE BASED APPROACH BY STRENGTHENING TEACHER PARTICIPATION AND ENSURING EDUCATORS ARE EQUIPPED WITH THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO EFFECTIVELY TEACH READING AND SUPPORT DIVERSE LEARNERS IN EVERY CLASSROOM. EQUALLY IMPORTANT, MADAM PRESIDENT, THIS BILL ADVANCES ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY SO FAMILIES, EDUCATORS AND POLICYMAKERS HAVE THE DATA NEEDED TO DRIVE BETTER OUTCOMES . THIS INCLUDES PRIORITIZING EVIDENCE BASED TEACHING PRACTICES GROUNDED IN THE SCIENCE OF READING TO ENSURE ALL STUDENTS RECEIVE EFFECTIVE RESEARCH BACKED INSTRUCTION BY INVESTING IN HIGH QUALITY LITERACY INSTRUCTION AND EDUCATOR DEVELOPMENT. WE ARE MAKING A COMMITMENT TO EVERY STUDENT IN BOSTON AND ACROSS THIS COMMONWEALTH. I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION AND ADVANCING A FUTURE WHERE ALL STUDENTS HAVE THE LITERACY SKILLS THEY NEED TO SUCCEED. MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST SUSPENSION OF THE RULES TO VOTE ON PASSAGE OF THIS DOCUMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMEMBER HERE. COUNCILMEMBER HERE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I WANT TO THANK UH, COUNCILOR CULPEPER, UH, FOR HIS I FEEL LIKE EVERY TIME I TURN AROUND YOU ARE RIDING MY LITTLE COATTAILS BECAUSE I ESTABLISHED THE LITERACY TASK FORCE HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. AND SO IT'S HUMBLING TO SEE THAT WERE SO ALIGNED THAT EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE DONE YOU HAVE STEPPED UP TO KEEP CHAMPIONING. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, UH, FOR THAT UM FOR YOUR FOR YOUR STEADFAST LEADERSHIP IN ALL SPACES AND PLACES. UM SO I RISE TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION BACKING H 4683 AND ACT RELATIVE TO TEACHER PREPARATION AND STUDENT LITERACY. STRONG LITERACY SKILLS ARE THE FOUNDATION OF STUDENT SUCCESS AND WE KNOW EARLY READING. >> IS ONE OF THE. CLEAREST PREDICTORS OF LONG TERM ACADEMIC OUTCOMES. THIS BILL. TAKES AN IMPORTANT STEP BY STRENGTHENING TEACHER APPRECIATION. EXCUSE ME PREPARATION AND GIVING EDUCATORS THE TOOLS. THEY NEED TO SUPPORT OUR. LEARNERS UM, ESPECIALLY STUDENTS IN COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED. IF WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT CLOSING OPPORTUNITY GAPS, WE HAVE TO BE SERIOUS ABOUT LITERACY AND I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION AND URGE ITS PASSAGE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT AS SOMEONE WHO WORKED IN THE EDUCATION SPACE IS THE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE IS REAL. WHEN OUR STUDENTS ARE BEING PASSED FROM GRADES GRADE AND CAN'T READ ON GRADE LEVEL, THESE ARE THEN THEY TURN. INTO OUR. >> ADULTS THAT ARE BEHIND THE WALL AND THEN THEY COME BACK AND CAN FILL OUT A JOB APPLICATION. LITERACY IS DEFINITELY THE FOUNDATION. AND IT IS SO IMPORTANT. AS A TOOL IN THE. TOOLKIT EVEN INTERRUPT CYCLES OF POVERTY. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO. SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION AND THANK COUNCILOR CULPEPPER FOR HIS LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. UM, THANK YOU FOR FILING THIS. I DO WANT TO UPLIFT THE HARD WORK THAT MARY TAYMOR HAS BEEN DOING FOR DECADES NOW CHAMPIONING LITERACY FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND I KNOW THE QUESTIONS ARE STILL NOT ANSWERED, BUT I BROUGHT UP AT ALL OF THE BUDGET HEARINGS HOW MANY CLASSROOMS HOW MANY SCHOOLS ARE STILL NOT USING EVIDENCE BASED LITERACY PROGRAMING TO TEACH OUR STUDENTS. SO IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE SUPPORT THIS BILL AND THAT THAT TRICKLES DOWN TO MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR KIDS ALL OF OUR TEACHERS ARE TRAINED AND THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT TO MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS WHEN WE SEE THE DISMAL RECORD OF STUDENTS READING ON GRADE LEVEL, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE STAND TOGETHER AND INSIST THAT IT GETS BETTER FOR OUR STUDENTS. SO THANK YOU FOR FILING THIS. I'LL BE IN FULL SUPPORT. THANK YOU. AND NOW ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO UM OTHER NAME COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS THE PADDOCK COUNCILOR UH, FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNTRY LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. COUNCILOR. MURPHY COUNCILOR. PEPEN COUNCILOR SANTANA HUNTER WEBER CULTURAL WELL AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR COUNCILORS CULPEPER AND BE HERE SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0641. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I, UH ALL OPPOSED. SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. DOCKET 0641 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0642? DOCKET NUMBER 0642 COUNCILORS DURKAN AND SANTANA FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MARCH 31ST, 2026 AS TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSIDER CAN CONSIDER. CAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT BREADON I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD YOU AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU. SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTION. I'M SO AT IT. UM, I'M SO PROUD TO INTRODUCE THIS RESOLUTION ALONGSIDE SANTANA AND OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT IN RECOGNITION OF INTERNATIONAL TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY ON MARCH 31ST. THIS DAY HONORS RESILIENCE, STRENGTH AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR TRANSGENDER, GENDER AND NON-BINARY COMMUNITIES. I WAS PROUD TO FIRST INTRODUCE THIS RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY FOR THE FIRST TIME TWO YEARS AGO, WHERE IT RECEIVED UNANIMOUS SUPPORT. LAST YEAR IT WAS INCREDIBLY MEANINGFUL TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE WORKING TO PROTECT AND ADVANCE TRANS RIGHTS TRANS RESISTANCE NAMESAKE MASSACHUSETTS TRANSGENDER POLITICAL COALITION UM AND THE THEATER OFFENSIVE WE'RE HERE ALONGSIDE THE OFFICE OF LGBTQIA TO S PLUS ADVANCEMENT. THIS IS A DAY TO CELEBRATE THE BEAUTY AND DIVERSITY OF THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY, TO AMPLIFY VOICES THAT ARE TOO OFTEN OVERLOOKED OR SILENCED, TO CHALLENGE HARMFUL STEREOTYPES AND TO FOSTER GREATER EMPATHY AND ACCEPTANCE. IT IS A DAY TO RECOGNIZE THE INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS HAVE MADE IN OUR CITY AND TO AFFIRM THAT THEY BELONG HERE AND ARE ESSENTIAL PART OF BOSTON. AT A MOMENT WHEN TRANSGENDER COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE FACING ESCALATING ATTACKS ON THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS. IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER THAT WE NOT ONLY PROTECT EQUALITY AND THE DIGNITY OF ALL RESIDENTS, BUT WE ALSO CELEBRATE THEM LOUDLY. THIS IS WHY I RISE TODAY TO HONOR OUR TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY ,TO RECOGNIZE THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS AND TO STAND IN ON WAVERING SOLIDARITY WITH THEM ON THIS TRANS DAY OF VISIBILITY. WE ARE ALSO REAFFIRMING THE CITY COUNCIL'S COMMITMENT TO DOING THE WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY TO ENSURE THAT BOSTON REMAINS A CITY WHERE EVERYONE CAN LIVE, WORK AND STAY AUTHENTICALLY WHO THEY ARE WITH PRIDE. UM I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILOR MEDIA'S WORK. UM AND I KNOW SHE FILED A SIMILAR RESOLUTION THAT ENDED UP GETTING REAL 15 SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK, COUNCILOR MCKEE. UH, ON, UH, ADVANCING OUR TRANS COMMUNITIES. UM THANK YOU. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA. SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK. >> YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN FOR INCLUDING ME. UM, ON THIS RESOLUTION. UM, TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY IS A DAY TO CELEBRATE TRANS. PEOPLE, TRANS LIVES. >> AND TRANS JOY VISIBLE VISIBLY AND LOUDLY. IT SERVES AS A DAY OF EMPOWERMENT AND CELEBRATION NOT TO GLOSS OVER DISCRIMINATION OR THREATS AND TANGIBLE HARM BUT TO CARVE OUT AN INTENTIONAL SPACE FOR CELEBRATION. UM EXCUSE ME? OUR TRANS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF MOVEMENTS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND LIBERATION FOR DECADES. TODAY THEY ARE IN NEED OF THE SAME SOLIDARITY UM, THAT THEY HAVE SHOWN TIME AND TIME AGAIN TO OTHER MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. TRANS DAY OF VISIBILITY IS MEANT TO CENTER JOY AND RECOGNITION, BUT IT SHOULD NOT IGNORE THE SEVERITY OF THE LEGISLATIVE ATTACKS ON OUR TRANS COMMUNITY. THEIR RECOGNITION OF THIS DAY IS MEANT TO ALLOW THE TRANS AND NON-BINARY AND GENDER EXPANSIVE ,UH, EXPANSIVE COMMUNITIES TO CELEBRATE THEMSELVES WHILE CALLING ALLIES TO ACTION TO CONTINUE TO PROTECT THAT JOY. THIS MOMENT CALLS FOR MORE THAN A RECOGNITION OF VERBAL SUPPORT . AS PUBLIC OFFICIALS, WE MUST SEE NO GROUND WHEN IT COMES TO ATTACKS AGAINST OUR TRANS COMMUNITIES. FIERCE ALLYSHIP, UM AND UNWAVERING SUPPORT HARDLY BEGIN TO COVER THE MANDATE THAT THIS MOMENT UM PLACES ON OUR PUBLIC OFFICIALS. FOR SOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, CELEBRATION IS PUBLIC AND VISIBLE. FOR OTHERS IT'S PRIVATE. UH, IT'S A PRIVATE REFLECTION. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT VISIBILITY IS NOT POSSIBLE, UM, FOR EVERYONE AND THAT THERE MAY THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO RECOGNIZE TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY NO MATTER HOW OR WHETHER YOU RECOGNIZE, UM YOU ARE ENOUGH AND UM, I SEE YOU AND I KNOW THE CITY COUNCIL SEES YOU AS WELL. CELEBRATION AND VISIBILITY ARE NOT ENOUGH. I WILL CONTINUE TO PURSUE REAL PROTECTIONS FOR OUR TRANS AND LGBT LGBTQ TO US PLUS COMMUNITY. AND I PLEDGE TO MEET THIS MOMENT WITH A GRAVITY AND ACTUALLY REQUIRES. UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION AND I ALSO JUST. >> WANT TO UM SHOUT OUT COUNCILMEMBER HERE. UM AND THE AMAZING COALITION, UM THAT YOU. UH, AS WELL HAVE LED IN YOUR OFFICE AND ALL THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA . I KEEP MY MY COMMENTS BRIEF. I WANT TO THANK YOU AND COUNCILOR DURKAN FOR BRINGING FORWARD THIS RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY. UH, WE ALSO MARK IN THE CALENDAR THE DAY OF TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE AND THAT IN ALLSTON BRIGHTON HAS A PARTICULAR DAY IN WHICH WE REMEMBER RITA HESTER. AND THERE'S A BEAUTIFUL TALKING ABOUT VISIBILITY. THERE'S A BEAUTIFUL MURAL IN UNION SQUARE OF RITA, UH, THAT REMINDS US OF HER PRESENCE IN OUR IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, AND REC AND SORT OF MEMORIALIZES HER UNTIMELY DEATH IN 1998. UM, THE REALITY UH, IT'S IT'S A DIFFICULT TIME FOR TRANS FOLKS. UH, WE'RE IN A MOMENT WHEN THERE'S A SERIOUS ATTEMPT TO SEPARATE THE LGB FROM THE UH TO I.E. IT'S ATTEMPTS TO WEAKEN OUR, UH, WEAKEN THE COMMUNITY THE SOLIDARITY THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN AT THE HEART OF THIS MOVEMENT FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS. AND UH, TODAY WE AFFIRM SOMETHING SIMPLE BUT POWERFUL TO TRANSGENDER PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND HERE IN BOSTON WE SEE YOU, WE VALUE YOU AND WE AFFIRM YOU EXACTLY AS YOU ARE. AND IT'S A WONDERFUL MOMENT AS AS COUNCILOR SANTANA UH, MENTIONED IS TO A MOMENT FOR JOY AND CELEBRATION AND UH, RECOGNITION OF THE UH, TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY HERE IN THE CITY. SO WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR? UH, COLLETTE AS A POWDER COUNCILOR. CULPEPER COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL DIVISION COUNCILOR. MEJIA UH, COUNCILOR. MURPHY COUNCILOR. PEPEN COUNCILOR. WEBER, COUNCILOR L. THANK YOU. UM COUNCILORS DURKAN, SANTANA AND BRITTANY SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0642. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OH. >> MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 0642. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. >> COUNCILOR. >> BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR. COLOR AS A PART OF COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS OPPOSED TO YES, COUNCILOR. CULPEPER, COUNCILOR CULPEPER. YES, COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCIL AUSTRALIA HAS COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCIL. YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL. YES COUNCILOR. MEJIA. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCIL. PIPPIN COUNCIL. PEN. YES. COUNCIL. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. ANTENNA. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. YES. AND COUNCILOR. YEAH COUNCILOR. WELL. YES. DUCKY. NUMBER 0642. YOU RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MR CHURCH. DOCKET 0642 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR TRUCK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0643. NUMBER 0643 COUNCIL IS MEJIA AND FLYNN FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION UPHOLDING ALCOHOL RESTRICTIONS AT ALL BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES INCLUDING WHITE STADIUM. CHAIR RECOGNIZES MEJIA. COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE FOR THE RECORD THAT, UM. COUNCILOR FLYNN ASKED A SERIES OF QUESTIONS DURING OUR HEARING LAST WEEK THAT REALLY INSPIRED, UH, THIS RESOLUTION. SO I WANT TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT WE HAVE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THIS IN A PUBLIC HEARING SPACE. SO I THINK I'M VERY CLEAR ON THE DYNAMICS REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR RESOLUTION. SO IN THE EVENT THERE IS AN ATTEMPT TO BLOCK I FEEL LIKE WE'VE HEARD IT PLEASE WE UNDERSTAND IT OR AT LEAST I DO. UM SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT FOR THE. RECORD UM SO TODAY I RISE AS THE SPONSOR OF THIS RESOLUTION AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MOVE TO SUBSTITUTE LANGUAGE FOR THIS DOCKET WHICH SHOULD ALREADY BE IN FRONT OF YOU. THE UPDATES ARE MINIMUM. THEY ARE INTENDED TO. CLARIFY THE LANGUAGE AND MAKE THE INTENT. OF THIS RESOLUTION EVEN. MORE EXPLICIT. INCLUDING ADDING LANGUAGE AT THE END OF THE BOSTON THAT THE BOSTON LICENSING BOARD SHOULD NOT GRANT LIQUOR LICENSES ON THE SITE. WHETHER YOU SUPPORT A FULLY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP FOR THIS PROJECT, THE. BOSTON PUBLIC. SCHOOL POLICY IS CLEAR AND THE STATE LAW IS CLEAR ALCOHOL IS NOT PERMITTED ON PUBLIC SCHOOL PREMISES EXCEPT UNDER VERY LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH THIS SITUATION DOES. NOT MEET. WHITE STADIUM AND THE ENTIRE WHITE STADIUM FUND PARCEL REMAINS A BOSTON PUBLIC. SCHOOL FACILITY. AND A PUBLIC SCHOOL PREMISES FOR PURPOSES OF. MAINTENANCE. >> REPAIR AND OPERATIONS. THAT DESIGNATION DOES NOT CHANGE BASED ON HOW THE SITE IS USED OR STRUCTURED. THERE SHOULD NOT BE A SITUATION WHERE WE ARE TOLD THAT ALCOHOL IS PERMISSIBLE SIMPLY BECAUSE IT IS TIED TO A NEARBY OR ADJACENT USE. THE STANDARD SHOULD BE CLEAR AND CONSISTENT ACROSS THE ENTIRE SITE. WHITE STADIUM AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS HAVE LONG BEEN A FAMILY FRIENDLY STUDENT CENTERED SPACE USED BY STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY. ANY INTRODUCTION OF. ALCOHOL INTO THE SPACE RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT SAFETY, CONSISTENCY AND THE TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT WE ARE MAINTAINING AND REGARDLESS OF WHERE ANYONE STANDS ON THE BROADER PROJECT OR ITS STRUCTURE, WE SHOULD ALL BE. ALIGNED ON THIS POINT. THIS RESOLUTION DOES NOT CREATE NEW RULES. IT REINFORCES WHAT ALREADY EXISTS AND ENSURES THERE'S NO AMBIGUITY IN HOW THESE RULES ARE APPLIED. AND SO I AM RESPECTFULLY ASKING US TO UM. SUPPORT THIS. RESOLUTION WITH THE INTENT OF MAKING SURE THAT IT'S NOT. DIFFERENT STROKES FOR DIFFERENT FOLKS. AND WHEN IT COMES. >> TO OUR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THAT WE ARE STANDING. WITHIN THE POLICY. THAT IS CLEARLY STATED. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU COUNCILOR HERE COMES FROM MEJIA HAS, UH A MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE DIFFERENT A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE. IS THERE A SECOND. THAT WE. >> THANK YOU ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE AYE. UM. THANK YOU. THE AYES HAVE IT. UM, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL FOR CONSTRUCTION. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I BELIEVE SELLING OR SERVING ALCOHOL ON BP'S PROPERTY IS WRONG. WE CAN DEBATE THE MERITS OF WHITE STATING WHETHER WE SUPPORT IT OR AGAINST IT. BUT I THINK WE ALL AGREE THAT SERVING ALCOHOL ON BP'S PROPERTY IS WRONG. IT SETS THE WRONG EXAMPLE. WE NEED TO BE CONSISTENT. WE NEED TO PROVIDE A BETTER UM WE NEED TO PROVIDE IT BE ROLE MODELS REALLY FOR BP'S STUDENTS AND IT JUST SETS THE WRONG EXAMPLE. IT SETS THE WRONG PRIORITY FOR US. UM BP'S CHILDREN AND STUDENTS DON'T NEED TO SEE, UM, ALCOHOL SERVED ON BP'S PROPERTY. IT'S THE WRONG MESSAGE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSTABLE WEBER. CONSTABLE WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. UH, YOU KNOW, TO THE EXTENT THE RESOLUTION IS ASKING US TO MAKE LEGAL DETERMINATIONS, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER, UH, YOU KNOW, UH ,THE SALE OF ALCOHOL OUTSIDE OF A FACILITY, YOU KNOW, IS PROHIBITED BY THE STATE LAW TO THE EXTENT WE JUST WANT TO FOLLOW STATE LAW. I THINK, UH, I AT LEAST I CAN AGREE TO THAT. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, TO THE EXTENT WE HAVE QUESTIONS CERTAINLY, UH, TO THE EXTENT PEOPLE ARE OUR ADVOCATE WHO ARE PLAINTIFFS IN THE LAWSUIT CURRENTLY AT THE SJC, YOU'VE WRITTEN TO ME SAYING THIS IS A FACILITY SJC TAKES NOTE OF THAT . UH, BUT UM, REALLY IS THIS ABOUT OUR KIDS? I JUST I DON'T THINK SO. THIS IS ANOTHER IN A LAUNDRY LIST OF DISINGENUOUS ARGUMENTS TO STOP THE WEIGHT STADIUM PROJECT. UH, YOU KNOW, WE RECENTLY HAD SOMEONE RUN FOR MAYOR JOSH CRAFT, UH, AND HIS MOST OF HIS CAMPAIGN WAS AIMED AT OPPOSING WHITE STADIUM. THE CRAFT FAMILY I LEARNED TODAY HAS ISSUED A BRIEF IN THE SJC CASE SAYING THAT THEY SUPPORT THE WHITE STADIUM PROJECT. UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, EVEN THE OPPONENTS CAN'T STAY CONSISTENT ON THIS. YOU KNOW, I THINK THE PUBLIC DESERVES CONSISTENT, TRANSPARENT, HONEST ADVOCACY AROUND THIS ISSUE. I DON'T THINK THIS RESOLUTION IS PROMOTING THAT. SO I WILL BE VOTING NO. >> THANK YOU. . >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER THIS CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM. IF I MAY THROUGH. YOU. >> MR UH. MADAM PRESIDENT, UM, CAN I ASK A QUESTION TO THE MAKER? YES YOU MAY. UM, SO IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS I MEAN YOU YOU YOU INTENDED IT TO. INCLUDE WHITE. STADIUM BUT AS OF BOSTON PUBLIC. SCHOOLS. >> UM, FACILITIES. I JUST WANT TO, UM, RECOGNIZE THIS AS APPLY TO ALSO. THE BOWLING BUILDING. UM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE BOWLING BUILDING HAS, UM, LIQUOR LICENSES, WHICH I BELIEVE UM, WAS LED OR ADVOCATED BY BY YOU COUNCILMEMBER HERE. SO I JUST WANTED TO KNOW THAT THIS RESOLUTION WILL STOP. THE BOWLING. BUILDING AND MY UH MY OTHER QUESTION WAS, UM, YOU CITED UNDER SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES. UM, I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT OTHER CIRCUMSTANCE WHAT WHAT ARE THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES FOR, UM, THAT YOU THAT YOU REFER TO IN YOUR STATEMENT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN HE WOULD YOU LIKE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION? YES. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THE QUESTION. >> I'M GOING TO. UTILIZE MY PLATFORM BECAUSE I SEE THE LIGHT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TIME YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE. ME. >> BUT I WANT TO ADDRESS A FEW THINGS ONE. IN TERMS OF. WHO I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR HAS ALWAYS BEEN CONSISTENT. AND IT'S NEVER BEEN DISINGENUOUS. OR POLITICS AND I'M ALWAYS HERE TO FIGHT FOR. MY PEOPLE. AND I. >> DO SO. FIERCELY AND SO. I JUST WANT TO KNOW FOR THE RECORD THAT I'VE BEEN CONSISTENT ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE. FULL STOP. AND THEN IN REGARDS TO. >> THE BRUCE BOWLING BUILDING. IT IS A MUNICIPAL BUILDING. UM THAT IS OPERATED AND IT'S NOT A FACILITY PER SE WHERE STUDENTS ARE ENGAGING. IN ON A DAY TO. DAY UM EFFORT. SO IT'S A VERY DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT. NO THANK YOU. IT'S PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SO. THAT'S DIFFERENT. AND THEN IN. REGARDS TO UM WAS THERE ANOTHER PIECE THAT YOU NEED A FLAHERTY ON. JUST UH. YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR STATEMENT UM. THAT THERE. >> WERE SOME SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES. >> WHERE. THIS WHERE. THIS MAY BE ALLOWING FACILITY. MAY BE ALLOWED A LIQUOR. LICENSE AND I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT THAT SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCE. WAS THAT YOU WERE REFERRING TO. IT WAS. I THINK THAT. THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION. >> AND I THINK. >> IT WAS COUNCILOR. UH WEBER THAT MADE A. MENTION REGARDING THE STATE LAW IS. THE ONLY EXCEPTION. UH TO. >> NONPROFITS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL HOURS. SO THOSE ARE THE. >> SORT OF EXCEPTIONS THAT WE SEE. AGAIN THANK YOU. THE CHAIR. >> AND I. WILL UM CUT A WE DON'T WE HAVE OTHER FOLKS WHO WANT TO SPEAK SOME OTHER. >> FOLKS I. >> WANT TO SPEAK UH DO YOU WANT TO FINISH. OH NO. YOU'RE THE LEAD SPONSOR. WELL, I DON'T KNOW. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE GO AHEAD. ALL RIGHT. SO SO. >> FOR THOSE WHO ARE. TUNING IN. >> AND HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING I THINK IT'S. REALLY IMPORTANT. FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THE DYNAMICS THAT THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING. RIGHT NOW. I THINK IT'S. REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO. ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE. INCONSISTENCY ISSUES HERE ON THIS BODY AND. >> IN THIS ADMINISTRATION. AND SO WE HAVE ONE INCIDENTS WHERE THE EMERALD NECKLACE FOLKS GOT SHUT DOWN FOR. >> A. PARTY IN THE PARK AND NOW WE'RE . TRYING TO FIGHT. >> FOR AN ADVOCATE THAT WE HAVE BEER GARDENS. IN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL SPACES. >> SO I JUST IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME. IN TERMS OF THE BATTLES THAT WE CHOOSE TO FIGHT FOR. AND I THINK I'M JUST ASKING FOR PEOPLE TO FOLLOW THEIR HEART. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE TO. THANK YOU COMES FROM HERE. THE CHAIR. THE CHAIR? YES. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL UH, AS A PADDLE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM, I RESPECTFULLY. >> I'M RISING IN OPPOSITION AND WILL BE VOTING NO. I THINK GENERALLY THIS IS AN ANTIQUATED. UH. >> VIEWPOINT OF HOW WE REGULATE ALCOHOL. UM, IT IGNORES HOW BOSTON RESPONSIBLY BALANCES PUBLIC USE, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND COMMUNITY ACTIVATION. WE CAN'T PRETEND THAT A BLANKET PROHIBITION IS THE ONLY PATHWAY FORWARD, ESPECIALLY IN A SHARED USE FACILITY LIKE WHITE STADIUM . AND I'M SAYING THIS RESPECTFULLY, UH, AND UH, ABIDING BY COUNCIL RULES BUT TO AT-LARGE COLLEAGUES DID SPONSOR THAT HOMEOWNER PETITION IN 2022 WHICH UM ALLOWED FOR. FOUR LIQUOR LICENSES WITHIN THE BUILDING BUILDING AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN WHETHER WHAT STADIUM IS AT FROM WHAT I MY RESEARCH UM STATES IT SAYS THAT IT IS A UH CITY OWNED PROPERTY THAT IS A ALSO A FACILITY I KNOW BOWLING BUILDING IS CONSIDERED IT'S A IT'S. >> A. CITY OWNED PROPERTY THAT HOUSES AS A TENANT COULD STILL GO IN THE BOWLING BUILDING. SO I JUST THINK IF WE ARE BEING CONSISTENT AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE TOOLS OF ECONOMIC EQUITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD INVESTMENT, I THINK THEY SHOULD BE SEEN AS SEMI ONE OF THE SAME. SO UH BECAUSE WE'RE ASKED TO TAKE AN OPPOSITE STANCE UM WITHOUT RECOGNIZING THAT CONTRADICTION I'M GOING TO BE VOTING NO ON THIS. UH GENERALLY I THINK IF THIS WERE TO GO FORWARD AND THERE IS A PUBLIC STADIUM THERE, I MYSELF ESPECIALLY AFTER PREGNANCY I WOULD ENJOY UM A BEER OR TWO AND I THINK THAT UH IS INDICATIVE OF OTHER FOLKS IN THE CITY AS WELL. SO I WILL BE VOTING NO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER. CULPEPER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. TO THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND AS I LISTENED TO THE DISCUSSION LIKE COUNCILOR FLYNN ON AN EARLIER ISSUE I'M REALLY CONFUSED. I'M CONFUSED BECAUSE I'M NOT CLEAR ON WHAT THE STATE LAW IS AND AS A LAWYER I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE LAW SAYS. I'D LIKE TO HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME, YOU KNOW, LIKE I LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE LAW IS. THE SUPREME COURT HAS ITS ISSUE AND THEY MAY DECIDE IT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER WITH THE CASE BEHIND THEM. I THINK ARTICLE 17 IS A BIG ISSUE IN THAT CASE I THINK. IT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME. UH WHAT'S. BEING LEASED TO THE SOCCER TEAM . WHAT'S BOSTON SCHOOL PROPERTY WHETHER THIS SO I'M REALLY CONFUSED ON. ALL OF THIS. AND UNLESS THEY SOMEONE CAN CLARIFY FOR ME THE STATE LAW WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SUPREME COURT'S GOING TO DO. BUT I HEARD MENTION OF THE ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTROL COMMISSION. SO THERE'S SO MUCH GOING. ON AND MY MIND IS JUST SPINNING . I'M GOING. >> TO VOTE PRESENT IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. UM I'M. >> JUST GOING TO STATE THAT JUST. >> TO CORRECT THE RECORD BECAUSE I WAS REALLY. PROUD OF THIS LEGISLATION DOING MY FIRST YEAR I WAS THE CITY COUNCILOR, UH, WHO SPONSORED FOR LIQUOR LICENSES. COUNCILMEMBER HILL WAS A. CO-SPONSOR BUT I LED THAT EFFORT FOR THE FOR LIQUOR LICENSES FOR THE BOWLING BUILDING AND THE STRAND THEATER. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. I ALSO THINK I MEAN COUNCILOR CULPEPER IS THE DISTRICT COUNSELOR AND HE'S TALKING ABOUT HIS CONFUSION. SOMETHING THAT THIS BODY HAS TAKEN TO QUITE A BIT IS SUBSTANTIVE. ISSUES VIA. >> A RESOLUTION ON A WEDNESDAY WHEN WE HAVE A MEETING WHEN THERE'S MORE THAT IT'S A IT'S ACTUALLY A CONVERSATION THAT SHOULD BE HAD UM AND SO I WILL BE VOTING NO. I THINK THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE SUPPORT UM LIKE I DID THE BOWLING BUILDING AND I'M AT THE BOWLING BUILDING MOST THE TIME THAT I'M THERE I'M THERE ON BEHALF OF A DPS EVENT OR OF THEIR CHILDREN OR CHILDREN, THEY'RE SENDING SOMETHING TO KIDS AND A FAMILY TO AN ENGAGEMENT CENTER. UM, SO I WANT TO BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT I'VE DONE AND WHAT MY ADVOCACY IS AND THAT CONSISTENCY. UM. >> BUT YOU KNOW, I ALSO THINK THAT THERE THERE'S THERE'S A LOT GOING ON HERE AND TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN HAVE SUBSTANTIVE CONVERSATIONS WE SHOULD BE DOING THAT AND UNTIL WE'RE DOING THAT BUT. >> YOU KNOW THANK YOU. WE'RE CERTAINLY HAVING A SUBSTANTIVE CONVERSATION. UM, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YEAH. >> THANK YOU. AND UM, YOU. KNOW, FOR THE RECORD, UM, I WANT TO SAY. THANK YOU TO COUNCIL ME HERE FOR. ADDING ME. UM. >> BUT YOU KNOW TO WHAT TO ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES THAT SAID THIS RESOLUTION WAS DISINGENUOUS. I WAS I WAS TAKEN ABACK BY THAT. I DON'T THINK IT WAS PROFESSIONAL. I DON'T THINK IT WAS RESPECTFUL. UM I DON'T THINK WHEN COUNCILOR MEJIA FILED IT SHE WAS BEING DISINGENUOUS AND I THINK WHEN I SIGNED ON AS. >> PART. OF IT I WASN'T BEING DISINGENUOUS. WE WERE SIMPLY TRYING TO PROVIDE UM LEADERSHIP ON AN ISSUE BECAUSE WE DISAGREE OR AGREE ON AN ISSUE DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE BEING DISINGENUOUS. SO I'M TAKEN TAKEN ABACK BY THAT BECAUSE I, I PRIDE MYSELF ON TRYING TO BE HONEST AND TRANSPARENT AND WHEN PEOPLE ATTACK MY CREDIBILITY ON A PARTICULAR ISSUE UM I RESPECTFULLY UM DON'T WANT TO GET INTO A BACK AND FORTH WITH MY COLLEAGUE BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS AN UNFAIR CRITICISM OF ME AND CERTAINLY AN UNFAIR CRITICISM OF COUNCILOR MEJIA WE CAN ARGUE OR DEBATE ISSUES, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SO PERSONAL THAT WE HAVE TO. ATTACK THE CHARACTER OF OF THE PEOPLE PROPOSING SOMETHING. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. UM, I'D LIKE TO MOVE ON BUT COUNCILOR UM, HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YEP YEP I. DO UM, SO JUST SO THAT EVERYBODY'S CLEAR. >> IN TERMS OF THE CONFUSION THAT WE'RE ALL. EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW IS THAT. THE BRUCE BOLAND. BUILDING. >> UM, AND THE AND THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING. >> I'M. HAPPY TO. HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE CO-SPONSORS. ALONGSIDE COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE UM, TO UH. LEAD IS THAT IT'S. THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION DOES NOT APPLY. TO NON-PROFITS. THOSE ARE THE EXCEPTIONS. UNDER THE RULE OF THE BRUCE BOLAND BUILDING IS VERY. DIFFERENT THAN. >> WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO YOU KNOW LET'S NOT GET IT TWISTED AND AND AND THE. REALITY IS IS THAT. PEOPLE DON'T. >> WANT TO TAKE THESE VOTES BECAUSE. >> IT'S EASIER TO JUST. LIKE ACT LIKE. THE ISSUE OR. STATE WELL THE WAY STADIUM. >> WE'VE BEEN AT. >> THIS FOR A. YEAR EVERY SINGLE EVERY SINGLE ARGUMENT THAT PEOPLE HAVE. BROUGHT INTO THIS CHAMBER. BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR. IN REGARDS. >> TO THE REASON WHY THEY DO NOT WANT WHY STADIUM IT ALWAYS GETS WATERED DOWN. IT ALWAYS GETS WATERED DOWN. AND COMMUNITIES THAT ARE. MOST IMPACTED ARE ALWAYS LEFT. WITH THE. >> DECISIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING HERE OR NOT MAKING. AND SO I RESPECTFULLY, UH, APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S UH, DESIRE. TO FEEL CONFUSED. UM. >> AND OR NOT WANT TO SUPPORT IT. >> BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS IS THAT THERE'S SO MUCH. MORE POLITICS. HAPPENING HERE. THAN THIS JUST LITTLE CONVERSATION. SO I JUST LIKE TO. UM, ASK FOR. MOVING TO A VOTE. THANK YOU. >> UM, DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MEJIA MOVES FOR A VOTE. UM, AND IT'S BEEN SECONDED BY COUNCILOR FLYNN. UM, CONSCIOUS HERE. UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF, UH, MOVING TO A VOTE? MR CLAIRE, COULD YOU DO. >> A ROLL CALL? YEAH. >> ROLL CALL. VOTE ON THE MOTION TO MOVE TO A VOTE. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES, COUNCILOR BREADON. YES, COUNSELOR COLLETTE AS A COUNSELOR. AS A PARTNER. YES, COUNSELOR. CULPEPER. COUNSELOR. CULPEPER. YES COUNSELOR. DURKAN. COUNSELOR. DURKAN. NO. COUNSELOR. FITZGERALD. COUNSELOR. MICHELLE. NO. COUNSELOR. FLYNN. COUNSELOR. FLYNN. NO. COUNSELOR. COUNSELOR. ILLUSION. NO. COUNSELOR. MEDIA. WE'RE GOING TO THIS SCHOOL. OKAY? YEAH. YES. COUNCILMEMBER HERE. YES COUNSELOR. MURPHY. COUNSELOR. MURPHY. NO. COUNSELOR. THE PEN NOT SO BAD. NO. COUNSELOR. SANTANA. COUNSELOR STANTON KNOWING COUNSELOR WEBER. COUNCIL MEMBER NOW AND COUNSELOR. WE'RE OUT. YES, COUNSELOR. WELL YES. THE FIVE VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND. 123568 VOTES IN THE NEGATIVE. THANK YOU. >> SO, UH, THIS WILL NOT GO TO A VOTE. UM, THEY CAN CONTINUE THE TIME. UM, TO GET TO. THAT BE NINE SO WE DIDN'T GET NINE. THAT YOU KNOW. AND HOW MUCH MORE. IT WAS QUIET. IT WAS CLEAR. UH, COUNSELOR DURKAN, PLEASE. COUNCILOR DURKAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR RESPECTING THE FACT THAT I'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING ON THIS MATTER. UM, AS SOMEONE WHO HAS SUPPORTED NIGHTLIFE, WHO IS SOMEONE WHO HAS SUPPORTED, UH, AN ECONOMIC VIBRANCY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, AND AS SOMEONE WHO HAS MULTIPLE SPORTS STADIUMS AND OTHER SPORTS THINGS IN MY DISTRICT, I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT THIS WOULD THIS IF THIS IF MOVE FORWARD UM, BLOCKING THE SALE OF ALCOHOL AT WHITE STADIUM WOULD SUBTRACT FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS EXPERIENCE IF THEY WERE TO ATTEND. AND I REALLY CAN'T WAIT TO SEE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU IN THIS SPACE ONCE IT'S OPEN BECAUSE I THINK THE CONVERSATION WE'VE BEEN HAVING IS VERY DEVOID OF THE COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE AND WHAT THIS STADIUM IS GOING TO BRING TO OUR COMMUNITIES. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE ALL OF YOU AT THE RIBBON CUTTING. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE ALL OF YOU TAKING PART IN THIS UH, INCREDIBLE INVESTMENT THAT THE CITY IS MAKING. UM, AND I JUST I FEEL LIKE I DON'T YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO SAY WHETHER THIS IS AN DISINGENUOUS CONVERSATION OR NOT, BUT I AM OPPOSED TO MAKING DECISIONS THIS WAY VIA LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION, SO I'LL BE VOTING NO. UM, AND I LOOK FORWARD THIS IS A CITY INVESTMENT THAT I THINK EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THE CITY OF BOSTON SHOULD BE ABLE TO WEIGH IN ON INCLUDING DISTRICT COUNCILORS. UM, GIVEN THE FACT THAT IT'S CITY RESOURCES. UM AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, UM, I THINK ECONOMIC VIBRANCY AND THE WAY THAT WE APPROACH THESE ISSUES PEOPLE ARE WATCHING SO AND THEY'RE WATCHING ON ALL SIDES. SO I'LL JUST SAY THAT I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT UH, THE THE EMAILS THAT I GET FROM MY CONSTITUENTS ARE ABOUT HOW THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES, UM, AND AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO MAKE UH, OUR CITY MORE VIBRANT. AND I JUST THINK THIS IS THIS CONVERSATION WE'VE BEEN HAVING IS VERY DEVOID OF REALITY IN MY OPINION. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM CHAIR. >> I DO WANT TO BE RECORDED ON 0643 IS. YES. SO WE'RE. WE WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO THAT AT THE TIME WHEN WE DO THE GREEN SHEETS FOR TO CATCH UP ON MISSED MISSED. YEAH JUST ON ON THAT ONE I DO WANT TO BE RECORDED AS YES. THAT'S WHY. BUT THEY CUT OFF. DEBATE UM TO COUNCILOR FLYNN THAT THAT A MOTION TO RECONSIDER. >> THE COUNCIL. I KNOW THAT I. WAS AT MY WORD. HOLD ON, HOLD ON. >> COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER YOUR VOTE. NO. >> ABSOLUTELY NOT. >> I MEAN. WE. THOUGHT I. >> WOULD VOTE ON 0060643. WHEN WE WHEN WE GET TO IT. YES. OKAY. COUNCILOR MURPHY. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO RISE. OH, WAIT. PLEASE IT MYSELF OR IS IT COUNCILOR. >> ME. NO YOU'RE JUST YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> I DO. JUST WANT TO RISE FOR SOMEONE WHO. HAS NOT HAD. ALCOHOL IN 16 YEARS, HAS NEVER HAD A DRUG IN. >> MY LIFE. AND THINK I KNOW THAT I LIVE A. FULL. >> FUN ACTIVE. LIFE AND THAT ALCOHOL DOES NOT NEED TO. BE PRESENT FOR. >> THE CITY OF BOSTON TO. >> BE ACTIVATED. >> FOR RESIDENTS TO SHOW UP FOR FAMILIES SENIORS VETERANS ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS TO FEEL LIKE WE HAVE SPACES. >> FOR THEM. SO I FIND IT INSULTING AND. THERE'S MANY TIMES ESPECIALLY IN. THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND. TRYING TO SUPPORT SO MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH ALCOHOL AND DRUG ADDICTION. BUT THEN WE'RE SAYING HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR ANYTHING TO BE SUCCESSFUL IF IT DOESN'T HAVE AN ALCOHOL LICENSE. SO I THINK THAT IS SHORTSIGHTED AND JUST WANT TO. THANK EVERYONE OUT THERE WHO SHOWS UP EVERY DAY AND SUPPORTS THOSE WHO STRUGGLE TO STAY SOBER. SO STAY STRONG. UM, IT'S ONE DAY AT A TIME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. COUNCILOR CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER AND I'D REALLY LIKE TO, UM, BRING THIS TO A CONCLUSION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE. FOLKS WHO ARE TUNING IN AND. FOLLOWING THIS THREAD HERE IS THAT IT IS EASY TO. GIVEN EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING ON THE. NATIONAL LANDSCAPE. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE YOU KNOW. PEOPLE WHO ARE DEALING WITH IMMIGRATION ISSUES. >> WE'RE FIGHTING ICE, WE'RE FIGHTING. DONALD TRUMP, WE'RE FIGHTING EVERYBODY AND THEIR MOTHER. AND YOU MIGHT THINK THAT THIS ISSUE MAY NOT BE OF. IMPORTANCE. >> BUT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS FROM THE LONG GAME WE'RE. LOOKING AT. >> PEOPLE'S PROPERTY TAXES. >> WE'RE LOOKING AT PEOPLE'S ABILITY I MEAN WE'RE LOOKING AT A LOT OF A LOT OF THINGS TO JUST ACT LIKE. THIS ISSUE. >> IS. NOT IMPORTANT TO BOSTON RESIDENTS. IT IS IMPORTANT TO BOSTON. RESIDENTS RIGHT? YOUR PROPERTY TAXES. EVERYTHING IS GOING TO IMPACT US AS IT. >> RELATES TO THE DECISIONS WE MAKE TODAY. ON WHITE STADIUM AND IT HAS BEEN OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. THIS IS LIKE THE HIGHWAY CONVERSATION THAT WAS STOPPED DECADES AGO. BUT WE'RE. >> IN. A VERY DIFFERENT PLACE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE A VERY DIFFERENT. ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE OPERATING UNDER AND SO EVERYTHING IS BEING DONE UNDER THE. GUISE OF PROSPERITY. BUT WHO. >> IS GOING TO. BENEFIT FROM THAT PROSPERITY? RIGHT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SUPPLIER AND DIVERSITY AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT. AND I SAID THIS THE LAST TIME WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE. >> A WHOLE BUNCH OF. PEOPLE HERE. ROCKING LULULEMON GEAR GOING. TO GETTING. >> A BLOWOUT AND. PUTTING THIS ON EXISTING APP. IT'S NOT HAPPENING. ALL OF THIS PROSPERITY IS NOT FOR. THE PEOPLE WHO WERE. ALLEGEDLY FIGHTING FOR ALL OF THIS. PROSPERITY ISN'T FOR THE BLACK AND BROWN CHILDREN OF NO. Y'ALL ARE TRYING TO SELL US ON SOMETHING THAT IS NOT TRUE AND Y'ALL KEEP TRYING TO CHANGE THE CONVERSATION AND GASLIGHT PEOPLE AND MAKE US LOOK LIKE WE ARE NOT STANDING ON THE WALL. I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF. MAKE ME FEEL LIKE I'M NOT STANDING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE IT'S EASIER TO SAY IT'S NOT SUBSTANTIVE. OR WHATEVER. HOWEVER YOU SAY IT BECAUSE OF THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS. LET'S JUST TAKE A VOTE. AND KEEP IT MOVING AND STOP GASLIGHTING PEOPLE. THANK YOU. UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSTRUCTION AND THIS WILL BE SO. OKAY. >> YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. BUT I THINK THIS WANTS US TO MOVE TO A VOTE. WE HAVE TO MOVE. IN SECOND COUNCILOR MEJIA THE THE UH, LEAD SPONSOR SEEKS UH. COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR MEJIA AND FLYNN SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0643. UM, I FORGOT TO ASK IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME. LET'S TAKE A MOMENT. YOU ADD BEFORE YOU HAD YOUR NAMES BEFORE WE DID THE. >> RIGHT TO TAKE A VOTE ON. A VOTE TO CLOSE IT. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO CLOSE TO BED. IS THERE A SECOND? UH MR. COULD YOU TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THE MOTION TO CLOSE DEBATE. MOVE THE VOTE. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM. WE ALREADY TOOK. A THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT EMERITUS. UM, COUNCILORS FLYNN AND ME, MARIA AND FLYNN SIX SUSPENSION THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0643. UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY I. I I'M HOPE. MR. CLERK. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL? OKAY OKAY. PLEASE. QUIET. >> ALL RIGHT. >> DOCKET. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 0643. COUNCILOR BREEN. NO COUNCILOR BREDON. NO COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PART OF COUNCILOR CLOSE BUT NO COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. AS COUNCILOR CULPEPER PRESENT. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN NO COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR. STILL NO COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL ILLUSION NO COUNCIL ME HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE SEE COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES COUNCILOR. PEN COUNCILOR THE PEN NO. COUNCILOR SANTANA. UM. COUNCILOR SANTANA. NO. COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR. WEAPON. NO. AND COUNCILOR. WORLD. NO. COUNCILOR. WORLD. NO. NINE VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE THREE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE I MEAN SORRY. NINE VOTES IN THE NEGATIVE ONE PRESIDENT AND THREE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0643 HAS BEEN, UH, REJECTED HAS NOT PASSED. UH, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO GREEN SHEETS, ARE THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME TO A DOCKET THAT THEY MAY HAVE MISSED? OKAY, WE'RE NOW ON TO THE GREEN SHEETS. UH, IS ANYONE LOOKING TO PULL ANYTHING FROM THE GREEN SHEETS ? UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN, THE CHAIR ON THE COMMITTEE OF CITY SERVICES TRANSFER. FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I PULL DOCKET 0132013501370378. ABSENT OBJECTION. THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS ANY. I OBJECTED TO THE PRESENT. OH. >> THANK YOU, MY, UH, COUNCILOR DURKAN. MR. MR CHAIR, VOTE ON THEM YET. MR. CLERK. HOLD ON, MR. CLERK. EXCUSE ME. YEAH, BUT YOU CAN'T SHE CAN'T OBJECT UNTIL THEN. AND HOLD ON A MINUTE, MR DOES. SORRY, COUNCILOR FLYNN, GIVE ME A MINUTE, PLEASE. UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN, UM, WOULD YOU PLEASE, UH, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 013201350137 AND 0378 INTO THE RECORD. FROM THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES FROM THE GREEN SHEETS DOCKET NUMBER 0132 MESSAGE AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF US TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY $430,340 FROM THE CONNECTED AND ONLINE PROGRAM GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY. YES TO THE MASS TECHNOLOGY COLLABORATIVE TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY. THE EQUIPMENT INCLUDES LAPTOPS ,DESKTOP BUNDLES AND RELATED EQUIPMENT. THE EQUIPMENT WILL SUPPORT PUBLIC ACCESS TO EDUCATION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, DIGITAL LITERACY AND TELEHEALTH SERVICES ACROSS MULTIPLE CITY DEPARTMENTS WITH THE DEPLOYMENTS CENTERED AT PCI CENTERS AND SITES OPERATED BY THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IN THE OFFICE OF RETURNING CITIZENS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS STRONG CROSS DEPARTMENTAL COLLABORATION AND ADVANCES THE CITY'S BROADER DIGITAL EQUITY GOALS. DOCKET NUMBER 0135 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $100,000 AND FORM FOR GRANT, MASSACHUSETTS TECHNOLOGY COLLABORATIVE MASTIC AWARD BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY PASS THROUGH THE MASS TECHNOLOGY COLLABORATIVE TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY. THE GRANT WILL FUND A MULTI SESSION DIGITAL SKILLS WORKSHOP SERIES AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS AND DISTRIBUTE DEVICES TO LEARNERS. DOCKET NUMBER 0137 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $100,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT MISS MUNICIPAL ADA IMPROVEMENT GRANT AWARDED BY THE MISS MASSACHUSETTS OFFICE OF ON DISABILITY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY. THE GRANT WILL FUND UPDATING THE MUNICIPAL ADA SELF EVALUATION AND TRANSITION PLAN TO ADDRESS BARRIERS TO ACCESSIBILITY IN WEB BASED SERVICES AND APPLICATIONS. TOKEN NUMBER 037A MESSAGE NOT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $20,930 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT THE L CENTRAL FELLOWSHIP GRANT AWARDED BY CATHOLIC CHARITIES. WRIGHT STATES AS A BOSTON TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FOR L CENTRAL IT TRAINING PROGRAM GRADUATES. THANK YOU. ABSENT OBJECTION, THE MOTION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS ACCEPTED AND DOCKET 013201350137 AND 0378 OR PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND BEFORE I. BEGIN I DO WANT TO LET MY COLLEAGUES KNOW THAT THERE WAS NOT. >> A. HEARING ON THESE FOUR DOCKETS. THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. ASKED ME. IN THE INTEREST OF. GETTING THESE DOCKETS APPROVED. IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE OF TIME RESTRICTIONS THAT. THEY ASKED ME TO GO FORWARD, UM, ON THESE DOCKETS AND I AGREED. HOWEVER, I DO REALIZE I DID NOT HAVE A UM FORMAL HEARING. I DID SPEAK WITH THE WITH. FIRST AND A CAUTIOUS THE. COMMISSIONER OF UM PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND WITH. SOMEONE FROM. >> THE DO A TEAM AS WELL. NOT SURE IF ANYONE IS OBJECTING BASED ON THAT BUT UM I DO WANT I DO WANT TO BE UPFRONT AND LET PEOPLE KNOW I DID NOT HAVE A HEARING BASED ON. UH, THE MAYOR'S. OFFICE ASKING ME TO GO FORWARD . I TRIED TO BE HELPFUL TO THEM. THESE FOUR GRANTS COLLECTIVELY STRENGTHEN THE CITY OF BOSTON'S COMMITMENT TO DIGITAL EQUITY. ,ACCESSIBILITY. >> WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT THE LARGEST AWARD OVER $430,000 COMES FROM THE CONNECTED IN ONLINE PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE LAPTOPS, DESKTOPS RELATED EQUIPMENT TO EXPAND ACCESS TO EDUCATION, JOB TRAINING, DIGITAL LITERACY, MENTAL HEALTH TELEHEALTH. SERVICES FOR BCA OF CENTERS AND WORKFORCE FOCUSED SITES FOR DEPLOYMENT. THOUGH DEPLOYMENT HAS BEEN DELAYED PENDING APPROVAL, AN ADDITIONAL 100,000 FROM MASS TECH WILL SUPPORT. >> A. MULTI SESSION. DIGITAL SKILLS. WORKSHOP SERIES AND DEVICE DISTRIBUTION. WITH ALL PROGRAM REQUIRED TO BE COMPLETED BY OCTOBER 2026. ANOTHER $100,000 WILL FUND THE CITY'S ADA SELF-EVALUATION TRANSITION PLAN. >> TO IMPROVE. ACCESSIBILITY FOR. >> PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. ACROSS WEB. BASED SERVICES. WITH A JUNE 2026 DEADLINE. FINALLY, A $20,000 $930 EL CENTRO FELLOWSHIP GRANT WILL SUPPORT STIPENDS FOR ITS TRAINING PROGRAM GRADUATES WITH FELLOWS ALREADY SELECTED BUT AWAITING AWAITING FUNDING AUTHORIZATION. SO AS YOU AS YOU CAN SEE THIS IS TIMELY THAT WE WE VOTE ON IT UM TOGETHER THESE INVESTMENTS ADVANCED CROSS DEPARTMENTAL COLLABORATION EXPANDING OPPORTUNITY INCLUSION AND EQUAL ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL DIGITAL RESOURCES FOR BOSTON RESIDENTS ON THESE FOUR GRANTS. UM I AM ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO SUSPEND AND PASS AND AT SOME POINT I DO PLAN TO DO A SITE VISIT FOR ANYONE THAT DID RECEIVE ANY OF THESE AWARDS AND WILL REPORT BACK TO MY COLLEAGUES SOMETIME MAYBE THIS SPRING, MAYBE IN THE SUMMER. BUT I DO WANT TO DO MY DUE DILIGENCE. AND LET YOU KNOW I WILL VISIT THEM AND REPORT BACK ON HOW. >> THE PROGRAMS ARE GOING. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. UM, WE WERE GOING TO TAKE THESE DOCKETS ONE UH, SEPARATELY ONE AT A TIME. COUNCILOR FLYNN, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES MOVES FOR PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0132. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I. THE AYES HAVE IT. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 0132. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. >> COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POWDER COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS PER YES. COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR. CALL UP US COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN. YES. COUNCIL. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCIL AND YES. COUNCIL. LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE. YES, CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. COUNCIL ME HERE. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCILOR. PIPPIN. COUNCILOR. PEN. YES COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER. COUNCILOR. WHERE WE. YES AND COUNCILOR. WORLD COUNCILOR. OH YES. TALKING NUMBER 0132 AS RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0132 HAS PASSED COUNCILOR FLYNN FLYNN MOVES FOR PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0135. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 0135. COUNCIL AGREED? YES. COUNCILOR. BREADON? YES COUNCILOR. COLOR ZAPATA. COUNCILPERSON BUDDY. YES. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. COUNCILOR. CULPEPPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. THE SHOW. YES COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL. FLYNN. YES COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE THAT'S WHAT WE STAND. YES COUNCIL. MEJIA. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY. YES COUNCILOR. PIPPIN. COUNCIL. PIPPIN. YES COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL. AND SO WE'RE ALL YES TALKING ABOUT 0135 AS YOU RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0135 IS PAST. MISS COUNCILOR FLYNN MOVES FOR THE PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0137. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 0137. UH, COUNCILOR BREEN. YES COUNCILOR. BRAIN. YES, COUNCILOR CARLOS UPON COUNCILOR ISABELLA. YES COUNCILOR. CULPEPPER. COUNCILOR. CULPEPPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. SHOW. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL. LOUIJEUNE. YES. YES. COUNCIL. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MEAD. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCILOR. PIPPIN. COUNCIL. OPEN. YES. COUNCIL. SANTANA COUNCIL STANDING. YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES AND COUNCILOR. WORLD. YES. COUNCIL WILL YES. SO I CAN NUMBER 0137 HAS RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0137 IS PASSED. CONSTRUCTION MOVES FOR PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0378. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 0378, PLEASE. BRAIN. >> YES. >> COUNCIL BRAIN. YES. COUNCIL COHOES UPON COUNCILOR CALLS UPON THE YES. COUNCILOR. CULPEPPER. COUNCILOR. CULPEPPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR CAN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FISCAL. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES COUNCILOR. PIN THAT'S ONE. YES COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. ANTHONY. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. COUNCILOR BIAS AND COUNCILOR WORRELL. YES. COUNCILOR EARLE YES. SO I CAN HAVE A0378 HAS RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0378 HAS PASSED. WELL, NOW I'M MOVING ON TO LATE FILES. I'M INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT THERE ARE NO LATE FILE MATTERS ABSENT. WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE A LIKE NEWLY AT FUNDS. WE CAN MOVE ON. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT. OH SORRY. >> I MIGHT HAVE TO ASK IF THERE WERE ANY OTHER MATTERS TO PULL FROM GREEN CHEESE. UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSTABLE WORRELL CONSTABLE. >> AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> I'D LIKE TO PULL DOCKET NUMBER 0134 AND ALSO DOCKET NUMBER 0133. >> FROM THE GREEN SHEETS. 134 AND 0133133. MR COOK, I'LL GIVE YOU A MOMENT. UM, COULD YOU READ THREE DOCKET. 134 AND 1230133. >> INTO THE RECORD, PLEASE. YOU OKAY? FROM THE, UH, COMMITTEE OF LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TALKING NUMBER 0133 MESSAGING ON AUTHORIZING CITY BONDS TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $219,170.03 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE FUNDING AWARDED BY THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT . THE GRANT WILL FUND THE CENTER FOR WORKING FAMILIES BOSTON TAX HELP COALITION AND ASSISTING LOW INCOME TAXPAYERS WITH PERSONAL INCOME TAX FILINGS FOR THE 2026 TAX SEASON AND DUCKY NUMBER 0134 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $120,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM AWARDED BY UNITED WAY AS THROUGH THE BOSTON LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND FINANCIAL EDUCATION CREDIT ASSET BUILDING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS AT THE CENTER FOR WORKING FAMILIES. THANK YOU, MR CLERK. ABSENT OBJECTION, THE MOTION OF THE. COMMITTEE CHAIR TO, UH, IS ACCEPTED AND DOCKET 0133 AND 0134 ARE. PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY. COUNCILOR WORRELL, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THE FUNDING SUPPORTS THE CENTER FOR WORKING FAMILIES BOSTON TAX HEALTH COALITION AND PROVIDING FREE TAX PREPARATION SERVICES TO LOW AND MODERATE INCOME RESIDENTS DURING THE 2026 TAX SEASON. UM BY SUPPORTING FREE TAX PREPARATION SERVICES, THIS GRANT HELPS RESIDENTS KEEP MORE OF THE MONEY THEY EARN, AVOID COSTLY PREPARATION FEES AND ACCESS OF CRITICAL FUNDS THAT ARE OFTEN USED FOR ESSENTIAL EXPENSES SUCH AS HOUSING, FOOD ,TRANSPORTATION AND SAVINGS. THE PROGRAM IS AN IMPORTANT ANTI-POVERTY TOOL THAT RETURNS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO LOCAL HOUSEHOLDS EACH YEAR AND STRENGTHENS THE FINANCIAL WELL-BEING BEING OF BOSTON FAMILIES. ACCEPTING OF THIS FUND WILL ALLOW THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND THE BOSTON TAX HELP COALITION TO CONTINUE PROVIDING THESE VITAL SERVICES TO RESIDENTS DURING THE 2026 TAX SEASON AND THEN DOCKET 0134 UH, THIS FUNDING SUPPORTS OUR FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM. THIS GRANT WOULD FUND FINANCIAL EDUCATION CREDIT AND ASSET BUILDING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS AT THE CENTER FOR WORKING WORKING FAMILIES, UH, THE CENTER FOR WORKING FAMILIES FAMILIES FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM INCLUDES FOUR FINANCIAL COACHES AND ONE OUTREACH COORDINATOR AND PROVIDES COACHING IN ENGLISH, SPANISH AND HAITIAN CREOLE. THE SERVICES PROVIDED. INCLUDE ONE ON ONE LONG TERM FINANCIAL AND EMPLOYMENT COACHING TO OVER 450 INDIVIDUALS ANNUALLY OVER THE PAST FOUR PROGRAM YEARS, 1591 BOSTON RESIDENTS ENGAGE IN FINANCIAL COACHING SERVICES RESULTING IN MEANINGFUL OUTCOMES WITH 31% SHOWING IMPROVED NETWORK ACCEPTANCE OF THIS FUNDING WILL ALLOW THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND THE CENTER FOR WORKING FAMILIES TO CONTINUE PROVIDING THESE FINANCIAL SERVICES TO RESIDENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR WORRELL. COUNCILOR WORRELL. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. MOVES TO PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0133. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THE EYES HAVE ON AND AGAINST NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU. >> DOCKET 0133 IS. PER IS ADOPT IS PASSED. UH, COUNCILOR WORRELL CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR. >> AND ECONOMIC. DEVELOPMENT SEEKS. UH. >> MOVES FOR PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0134. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THE AYES HAVE IT. DOCKET 0134 IS PASSED. ANY OTHER MATTER? >> ANY ALL GREEN CHIEFS. ANYONE WISH TO PULL ANY OTHER GREEN CHIEF? THANK YOU. UH, WE'RE NOW ON TO THE. CONSENT AGENDA. I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT THERE ARE. NO ADDITIONS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE QUESTION NOW. COMES ON APPROVAL. >> OF THE VARIOUS MATTERS. CONTAINED WITHIN. >> THE. CONSENT AGENDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. UH. >> THANK YOU. >> THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ADOPTED. UH. NOW WE'RE ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. UH, PLEASE REMEMBER THESE ARE FOR UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK, PLEASE PUT YOUR LIGHT ON. UM, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS WITH REGARD TO, UH UPCOMING. UH, EVENTS OR DATES? COUNCILOR PEPEN. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES PEPEN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO RISE AND WISH MY SON ENRIQUE JUNIOR A HAPPY THIRD BIRTHDAY. UM. HE IS THE JOY OF OUR FAMILIES IS THE ONLY OTHER BOY IN THE HOUSEHOLD. SO I CHERISH IT DEEPLY. UM, HE'S HOLDING IT DOWN, BUT I JUST I LOVE HIM. HE'S BECOMING SUCH A SILLY AND FUNNY LITTLE BOY AND JUST EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THE WHAT THE REST OF LIFE IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. SO THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. WE WISH HIM, UH. ENRIQUE JUNIOR A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY. ANYONE ELSE? COUNCILOR DURKAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I WANT TO THANK, UM, MY FAMILY MEMBER FOR, UM, THEIR SOBRIETY JOURNEY. THEY, UH, TURNED 44 AND EIGHT YEARS TODAY. SO I WANT TO THANK MY FAMILY MEMBER, UM, AND REALLY GRATEFUL THAT THEY CHOSE SOBRIETY AND, UM, JUST I JUST WANT TO KEEP THEM ANONYMOUS. UM, BUT I'M GRATEFUL TO THEIR JOURNEY AND FOR ALL THEY DO FOR MY FAMILY. THANK YOU. >> ANYONE ELSE? VERY GOOD. WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO MEMORIALS. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO UPLIFT A NAME? UH, IF YOU WISH TO PLEASE PUT. >> YOUR. LIGHTS ON. UH, WE'LL START WITH COUNCILOR. UH PEPEN. YOU HAVE. >> THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, A FEW DAYS AGO, ONE OF OUR OFFICE MEMBERS MY CHIEF OF STAFF DIANA. SHE LOST HER DAD, MR STEVEN BRUN. CHUCK. HE IS, UM HE'S A RESIDENT OF LEMON STAIR, MASSACHUSETTS, BUT OBVIOUSLY, UM, HE'S A BIG FAN OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. HE HE WOULD REACH OUT TO THE OFFICE QUITE A BIT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE WERE DOING. HE APPARENTLY HE WOULD WATCH THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS ON YOUTUBE AND UM, WOULD CALL DIANA JUST TO SEE HOW THINGS WERE GOING. HE WAS A BIG FAN OF LOCAL POLITICS AND WAS ABLE TO MEET MR STEVEN BRUNCH AT DIANA'S WEDDING. UM AND HE WAS JUST A GREAT MAN. HE. >> DIANA HAS A LOT TO SAY ABOUT HIM AND SHE'S MRS. IN AND OUR ENTIRE OFFICE IS HURTING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE WE LOVE DIANA AND WE KNOW DAD AND LOVED HER DAD AND WE JUST WANTED TO UM SEND OUR LOVE AND AND THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS TO DIANA AND THE BRUNSWICK FAMILY. SO. >> UM, IF EVERYONE COULD JUST HAVE DIANA IN YOUR PRAYERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. >> CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. AND PLEASE EXTEND OUR MIKE NOCE AS OUR CONDOLENCES TO DIANA. UM. I WANT TO. UPLIFT THE MEMORY OF LILY MAE KAISER, UH, KNOWN TO SO MANY OF US AFFECTIONATELY AS MOTHER BOARDERS. THE MOTHER OF BISHOP UH JOHN BORDERS A THIRD AT UH MORNINGSTAR BAPTIST CHURCH, MY CHURCH AND SO JUST WANTED. UM, SHE WAS JUST SUCH AN IMPORTANT FIGURE FOR SO MANY IN THE CHURCH. UM, AND I KNOW A LOSS OF A PARENT AT ANY AGE IS AN INJURY. UM, AND SO I JUST WANT TO, UH, EXTEND MY CONDOLENCES TO THE ENTIRE BOARDERS FAMILY. UM, SO CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO LOVED LILY MAE. SO THANK YOU AND REST IN PEACE AND POWER, MOTHER BORDERS. UM, AND I ALSO WANTED TO, UM WE I'VE LIFTED HIM UP ALREADY. EMMANUEL DEMOSS WHO DIED IN ICE CUSTODY OF A TOOTHACHE. UM. >> THE MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR HIM IS THIS SATURDAY? UH, STARTING AT 930. UM. >> A CLOSED CASKET. UH, VIEWING AND, UH, AT 1130 FOR SERVICES. SO I REALLY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE HERE IF THEY'RE ABLE TO SHOW UP IN SOLIDARITY FOR THE FAMILY. UM. >> AND I AGAIN JUST WANT TO THANK THE BOSTON TEACHERS UNION FOR HOW INCREDIBLE THEY HAVE BEEN FOR AND TO THE FAMILY DURING THIS NIGHTMARE OF A PROCESS FOR THEM. SO I. >> JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COACH LOUIJEUNE. THE CHAIR. RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER. PRESIDENT AND ALSO. >> WANT TO LIFT UP ON THE BORDERS THE FATHER. BISHOP JOHN BORDERS AND CONTINUE TO LIFT UP THE BISHOP FIRST LADY OF MORNINGSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH AND THE ENTIRE BORDERS. >> AND. ENTIRE CHURCH FAMILY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? UM. I'M, UM, APPROACHING THE. ANNIVERSARY OF MY FATHER'S PASSING IN 1974. IT'S CALLED MANY YEARS AGO. UM, THIS IS ALWAYS A HARD TIME FOR ME. THE END OF MARCH IS, UH, A TIME WHEN I ALWAYS FEEL A. >> LITTLE LOW. BUT THEN I CHECK IN TO. OH, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT'S. GOING ON. >> BUT ANYWAY, MY DAD, UH, I I JUST WANT TO REMEMBER HIM TODAY. THE CHAIR MOVES THAT THE COUNCIL ADJOURNS. TODAY AS IT. DOES IT DOES AS IT DOES. SO IN. MEMORY OF THE. AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS ON BEHALF OF. CONSTRUCT PEPEN AND THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL. STEVEN RON. . >> BROWN. CHUCK. ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR PEPEN GEORGE REESE ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL DIVISION. LILY MAE KAISER. AND WE. CONTINUE TO REMEMBER EMMANUEL DE MASS AND FOR COUNCILOR. CULPEPER MOTHER BORDERS. A MOMENT OF SILENCE PLEASE. >> THE COUNCIL IS. SCHEDULED TO MEET AGAIN IN THE. IRON CHAMBER ON. WEDNESDAY APRIL. >> 1ST, 2026. >> AT 12 P.M.. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES, CENTRAL STAFF, THE. CLERK, THE CLERK'S OFFICE. AND THE COUNCIL STENOGRAPHER. UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENT, PLEASE SAY HI. COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.