WELL, HERE WE GO. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'LL BE READY. >> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. I CALL TO ORDER TODAY'S MEETING OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. VIEWERS CAN WATCH THE COUNCIL MEETING LIVE ON YOUTUBE@BOSTON.GOV BACKSLASH CITY DASH COUNCIL DASH TV. AT THIS TIME I ASK MY COLLEAGUES AND THOSE IN ATTENDANCE TO PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELLPHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES. 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, MR CLERK. WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ? PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO ASCERTAIN THE PRESENCE OF THE QUORUM. COUNCILOR BREADON HERE. COUNCILOR COLLETTA. ZAPATA. COUNCILOR. CULPEPPER. COUNCILOR DURKAN HERE. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR MURPHY. PIPPIN. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. WEBER. AND COUNCILOR. WE'RE HERE. A QUORUM IS PRESENT. THANK YOU. >> IT IS NOW MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE, UH, TO CALL ON COUNCILOR UH, REVEREND CULPEPER TO INTRODUCE TODAY'S CLERGY. AFTER WE HAVE THE INVOCATION WE WILL ALSO RECITE THIS THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU AND TO PRESENT TO OTHERS THE REVEREND REGGIE SMALLS, PASTOR OF THE BETHEL PENTECOSTAL CHURCH IN DORCHESTER ON HUMBOLDT AVENUE. REGGIE SMALLS HAVE BEEN ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR MANY YEARS AS A PASTOR WORKING ESPECIALLY WHEN YOUTH VIOLENCE WAS AT ITS HEIGHT. IT WAS REVEREND SMALLS THAT WAS IN THE STREET WITH THE YOUNG FOLKS TO HELP BRING THE PEACE THAT WE CELEBRATE TODAY. SO I NOW BRING TO THE PLATFORM REVEREND REGGIE SMALLS. HEAR YE HIM. HE'S A GROWN MAN. LET HIM SPEAK FOR HIMSELF. MAYBE I'LL PREPARE TO PRAY. BOW YOUR HEADS. CLOSE YOUR EYES. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU LORD FOR THIS DAY. WE THANK YOU LORD FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING AND ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE. LORD, DURING A TIME WHERE THERE WAS SO MUCH GOING ON IN OUR CITY AND OUR STATE AND IN OUR WORLD, WE NEED TO TURN TO YOU MORE. SO WE TURN TO YOU NOW ASKING FOR YOUR GUIDANCE. ASKING FOR YOUR PROTECTION. ASKING LORD THAT YOU SHOW US WHAT IT IS YOU WOULD HAVE FOR US TO DO. I PRAY LORD, THAT YOU LOOK UPON EACH COUNSELOR, EVERYONE IN LEADERSHIP LORD THAT YOU WOULD JUST BE WITH THEM. HELP THEM TO LEAD WITH INTEGRITY, WITH TRUTH, WITH GRACE AND WITH KNOWLEDGE. I PRAY LORD THAT YOU WILL HELP THIS CITY TO BE UNITED AND NOT DIVIDED. AS YOU GO FORTH IN THIS NEW YEAR. WE THANK YOU AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AS THE LEADER OF ALL OF US . IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. JUST. >> A PLEDGE OF 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 ALL. WE ARE NOW ON TWO PRESENTATIONS. WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS INVITED BY COUNCILOR FLYNN AND MYSELF. FIRST, UM I WANT TO RECOGNIZE. I NEVER DO THIS BEFORE. UH, FIRST I WANT TO RECOGNIZE BOSTON UNIVERSITY STUDENTS JOINING US TODAY UH, FROM SALON. THANKS. UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING IN TO COUNCIL. UM, SO THE TWO PRESENTATIONS. COUNCILOR FLYNN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND AND MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION? THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND MADAM PRESIDENT, WITH YOUR. PERMISSION, MAY I ASK. COUNCIL COLETTE A TO JOIN ME, PLEASE? AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO ASK UM. DOCTOR MICHELLE. ISAN SMITH, THE PRINCIPAL OF THE HORACE MANN SCHOOL AND UM, JODIE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO PLEASE COME FORWARD AS WELL. THANK YOU. >> IT IS MY HONOR TO. INTRODUCE DOCTOR MICHELLE ICE. >> AND SMITH, WHO IS THE PRINCIPAL OF THE HORACE MANN SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND HARD. >> OF HEARING. ALSO WITH US IS JODY WHO IS HELPING FACILITATE COMMUNICATIONS WITH US TODAY. DOCTOR EYES AND SMITH IS A DEDICATED. EXPERIENCED EDUCATIONAL. LEADER AND TEACHER WHO IS DEEPLY COMMITTED TO ENSURING THE DEAF AND. HARD OF HEARING STUDENTS. RECEIVE THE HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION THAT'S LANGUAGE. RICH IN INCLUSIVE EDUCATION. UNDER HER DYNAMIC. LEADERSHIP, THE HORACE SCHOOL. MANN SCHOOL. CONTINUES TO FOSTER ACADEMIC. EXCELLENCE ACCESSIBILITY. AND A STRONG SUPPORTIVE. COMMUNITY FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ALIKE. I HAVE VISITED SEVERAL TIMES AND THE LOCATION. AND IN CHARLESTOWN, THE SCHOOL AND CHARLESTOWN. BUT WHAT I'VE REALLY NOTICED IS HOW. COMPASSIONATE THE TEACHERS ARE AND. WORKING WITH THE STUDENTS AND THAT. COMPASSION AND. >> LOVE OF LEARNING. I KNOW THE. TEACHERS TAKE AND LEARN FROM THEIR. EXCEPTIONAL PRINCIPAL. I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT. THE ROLE OF CITY COUNCIL COLLETTA ZAPATA WHOSE DISTRICT UM THIS SCHOOL IS LOCATED AND. I DO WANT TO ASK. COUNCIL QUIROZ TO IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO. OFFER OPENING REMARKS OR OPENING COMMENTS BEFORE. BEFORE THE PRINCIPAL. BUT I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE. ONE ISSUE IS THE. BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY IS OFFERING LESSONS RIGHT NOW IN SIGN LANGUAGE FOR. EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, HELPING TO ENSURE THAT THE MOST THAT MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. ARE PREPARED. >> AND ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WHEN IT MATTERS MOST. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE IF YOU'D LIKE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE RESOURCES. THIS IS ABOUT. ENSURING THAT EVERYBODY. IS INCLUDED AND EVERYBODY IS TREATED WITH RESPECT AND DIGNITY. AT THIS TIME COUNCIL COLLETTA ZAPATA. THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILOR. FLYNN FOR ALWAYS ENSURING THAT WE ARE CREATING SPACES TO HONOR THE BEST OF US HERE IN BOSTON AND IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT DAY WHEN WE'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE OUR SCHOOL LEADERS WHO ARE SHAPING AND MOLDING YOUNG MINDS ,FOLKS WHO ARE GOING TO THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT THE WORLD AND BE SUCCESSFUL WITH THE TOOLS THAT WE GIVE THEM HERE AND VEEPS AND I CAN'T THINK OF ANYBODY BETTER THAN DOCTOR I HAD MISS HERE BUT DOCTOR WE'RE GOING TO PUT SOME RESPECT ON HER NAME. DOCTOR MICHELLE ISAN SMITH WHO HAS DONE INCREDIBLE WORK IN CHARLESTOWN I THINK AFTER FIVE LOCATIONS 5 OR 6 LOCATIONS I'M NOT SURE. MAYBE YOU CAN, UM CORRECT ME ON THAT OF THE HORSEMEN BEING IN BOSTON THEY FOUND A HOME IN IN CHARLESTOWN AT THE OLD EDWARD'S BUILDING A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND IT HAS BEEN SUCH AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO HAVE THESE PROGRAMS IN 02129 OUR BELOVED ONE SQUARE MILE IN CHARLESTOWN. IF YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN A CHANCE TO GO OVER AND VISIT THEM PLEASE DO. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF GETTING A TOUR FROM DOCTOR ISAN SMITH AND SEEING UP CLOSE THE EXCEPTIONAL AND DEDICATED STAFF THAT ARE PROVIDING EVERYTHING THAT A CHILD NEEDS AGAIN TO BE SUCCESSFUL TO ACHIEVE THEIR HIGHEST POTENTIAL AND THE KIDS THEMSELVES THEY ARE AMAZING. I THINK LAST YEAR IT WAS LEADING UP TO THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL AND THERE WAS A TEACHER WHO WAS TALKING ABOUT A PHOTO THAT DEPICTED THE BATTLE AND THAT PROMPTED QUESTIONS I MEAN THAT A STRANGER COMES INTO THEIR CLASSROOMS, A CLASSROOM AND THEY ASKED WHO IS THIS? WHAT DO YOU DO? AND I SAID THAT I'M THEIR ELECTED OFFICIAL. I WORK FOR YOU. AND IT PROMPTED SUCH POIGNANT QUESTIONS BETTER THAN BOSTON GLOBE SOME TIME AND OTHER OTHER OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS ABOUT WHAT I DO, WHAT MY JOB IS ABOUT GOVERNMENT AND REPRESENTATION AND IT WAS JUST SUCH A BEAUTIFUL MOMENT SO I'M SO HAPPY TO BE HERE. THANK YOU AGAIN TO COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR INVITING ME, UM, TO COME UP AND UH, HONOR YOU IN THIS WAY BUT JUST THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE. UH, DOCTOR, THANK YOU TO YOUR STAFF AND TO THE ENTIRE SCHOOL COMMUNITY AT THE HAUSMAN. AND NOW WE CAN HONOR AND HAVE, UH, DOCTOR ISAAC SMITH COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY IN THIS RECOGNITION . I'M HUMBLED TO BE HERE IN FRONT OF ALL OF YOU FOR ACCEPTING THIS RECOGNITION. BUT WITHOUT MY SCHOOL COMMUNITY I WOULD THIS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE. SO THANK YOU FOR OUR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING CHILDREN IN BOSTON BOSTON BEST CITY WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT NONE OF THIS WOULD BE UM POSSIBLE TO EDUCATE OUR STUDENTS. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PARTNERSHIP AND CONTINUING TO WORK TOGETHER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. >> WE HAVE. UH THIS IS AN OFFICIAL RESOLUTION OFFERED BY COUNCILOR FLYNN. BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL EXTEND ITS RECOGNITION TO HORACE MANN SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING PRINCIPAL DOCTOR MICHELLE ISAN SMITH IN RECOGNITION AS THE FIRST DEAF LEADER IN THE SCHOOL AND THE SCHOOL'S HISTORY, YOU HAVE SET A POWERFUL EXAMPLE OF EXCELLENCE, REPRESENTATION AND POSSIBILITY THROUGH YOUR VISIONARY, VISIONARY LEADERSHIP AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO BILINGUAL EDUCATION AND SIGN LANGUAGE IN ENGLISH YOU HAVE CREATED AN INCLUSIVE AND EMPOWERING ENVIRONMENT WHERE STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO THRIVE AND. LEAD AND. BELIEVE IN THEIR OWN POTENTIAL. YOUR DEDICATION TO LANGUAGE ACCESS, COMMUNITY AND STUDENT SUCCESS CONTINUES TO INSPIRE LASTING IMPACT WITHIN THE SCHOOL AND THROUGHOUT THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU. UH. WELL THANK. >> YOU SO MUCH. COULD COULD I ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO PLEASE JOIN US FOR A PHOTO? WORKSHOP? >> WHAT IF YOU. >> SENT SOMETHING CENTER. STAFF. >> I'M GOING TO. WE'RE GOING TO WAIT FOR THE STAFF. OH YEAH. SO? >> YEAH. COME ON. I'M OKAY. UM. YEAH. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO. THANK YOU EVERYONE. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU. UM. OKAY. APPRECIATE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR. THAT. >> WE HAVE A SECOND PRESENTATION. AT THIS POINT I'D LIKE TO INVITE VINEET GUPTA TO COME UP. AND COUNCILOR DURKAN IS ALSO HERE. UM WELCOME, VINEET. UH, TODAY I'D LIKE TO PRESENT THIS CITATION TO VINEET GUPTA IN HONOR OF THE GREAT WORK THAT HE HAS DONE FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON OVER THE LAST 37 YEARS. I WOW. I'M HONORED. I'M HONORED TO CELEBRATE WITH HIM AS HE PREPARES FOR HIS RETIREMENT AT THE END OF FEBRUARY, VINEET BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH THE CITY OF BOSTON PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT WORKING ON SUCH MEANINGFUL PLANNING INITIATIVES AS THE BLACK BACK TO THE BEACHES PROGRAM, WHICH HELPED TO RECONNECT RESIDENTS AND TO SOUTH BOSTON BEACHES. FOLLOWING HIS TIME WITH THE BOSTON PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, VINEET HAS WORKED WITH THE BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT FOR 30 YEARS. HE CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND PLANNING FOR THE STREETS CABINET, SERVING UNDER MULTIPLE MAYORS AND COMMISSIONERS. HE'S WORKED TIRELESSLY TO IMPROVE STREET SAFETY AND ACCESS FOR ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN BOSTON. VINEET HAS LED EFFORTS THAT INCLUDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ACCESS BOSTON 2010, THE CITY'S FIRST COMPREHENSIVE MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN. THE CREATION OF THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION ACTION FORUM WORKING GROUP, A BODY THAT DIRECTLY SHAPED THE BIG DIG AND THE ROSE THE ROSE KENNEDY GREENWAY THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY'S COMPLETE STREETS GUIDELINES AND THE GOAL BOSTON 2030 TRANSPORTATION PLAN VISIONARY DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE SET THE CITY ON THE PATH TO A SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION FUTURE UNDER VINNY'S LEADERSHIP ,WE'VE SEEN BOSTON'S FIRST CENTER RUNNING BUS LANES, ITS FIRST BIKE LANES AND PROTECTED BIKE LANES AND A MAJOR EXPANSION OF OUTDOOR DINING AND OPEN STREETS. AND THROUGH IT ALL HE HAS WALKED THE WALK TAKING THE TEA AND WAR AND WALK OR WALKING TO CITY HALL NEARLY EVERY DAY. I AM DEEPLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE NEEDS DEDICATED WORK FOR THE CITY, HIS EFFORTS TO MAKE OUR STREETS SAFER AND HIS CONTINUOUS WORK TOWARDS CREATING MORE LIVABLE AND A CONNECTED CITY FOR ALL ITS FOCUS ON COLLABORATION AND RELATIONSHIP BUILDING WILL LEAVE A LONG LASTING LEGACY FOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING IN BOSTON. I ALSO WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK HIM FOR HIS PARTNERSHIP OVER THE LAST AND OVER MY TIME IN THE CITY COUNCIL AND ADDRESSING TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY ISSUES AND ALLSTON BRIGHTON DISTRICT NINE. SO THANK YOU VINEET. I JUST WANT TO ALLOW COUNCILOR DUNCAN A FEW UM. THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL PRESIDENT BRIGHTON UM VINEET IS MORE THAN QUALIFIED TO HAVE DONE THIS WORK HAVING DONE IT FOR 37 YEARS. I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH HOW MUCH WE ARE LOSING AND HIS INSTITUTIONAL EXPERTISE, HIS PLANNING SAVVY AND HIS DEDICATION TO BOSTON RESIDENTS. THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER HE HAS PIONEERED NEW POLICIES AND DESIGNS TO MAKE OUR STREETS SAFER, MORE WALKABLE AND MORE LIVABLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. FARE FREE BUSSES EV CHARGING IF YOU NAME ALMOST ANY TRANSPORTATION POLICY IN THE CITY OVER THE LAST TWO DECADES HE'S BEEN BEHIND IT AND HE HAS BEEN NOT ONLY CRUCIAL TO THE STREETS CABINET BUT HAS BEEN THE ENERGY AND FORCE DRIVING OUR NEW IDEAS IN THE CITY. TO BE FULLY HONEST, I ACTUALLY ,YOU KNOW, SNUCK UP HERE, UH, SO THAT I COULD TRY TO CONVINCE YOU TO STAY. BUT WE KNOW WE KNOW THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK. UM, YOU'D LIKE TO RETIRE AND YOU'VE GIVEN YOUR LIFE 37 YEARS THE CITY OF BOSTON. SO YOU DESERVE ALL THE VACATION EVERY EVERY SINGLE BIT OF COM UM AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK. I WANT TO SAY THAT I'LL PERSONALLY MISS YOU AND, UM, I WISH YOU THE BEST IN ALL AND ALL OF YOUR RETIREMENT. UM, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY ON BEHALF OF THE, UM, COMMITTEE, UH, PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION THAT I CHAIR, UH ,THERE HAS BEEN NO BETTER PARTNER AND I'M SO GRATEFUL I'VE ONLY GOTTEN TO WATCH YOU FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS. BUT WHEN THE NEWS HIT THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON, A LOT OF PEOPLE TEXTED ME WITH SORROW. AND I HOPE YOU KNOW HOW MUCH YOU'RE LOVED, HOW MUCH OF AN IMPACT YOU'VE MADE AND HOW MUCH THE CITY OF BOSTON LOVES YOU. AND SO, UM, YOU NEED TO, UH. THIS IS. >> AN OFFICIAL RESOLUTION FROM THE CITY OF BOSTON CITY COUNCIL BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY OF, UH, THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL EXTENDS ITS CONGRATULATIONS TO, UH, VINEET GUPTA, HIS RETIREMENT AND 37 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON, HIS EFFORTS TO MAKE OUR STREETS SAFER. HIS DEEP COMMITMENT TO THE RESIDENTS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND HIS CONTINUOUS WORK TOWARDS A MORE LIVABLE AND CONNECTED CITY FOR ALL. WE JUST WANT TO PAUSE AND RECOGNIZE THE INCREDIBLE CONTRIBUTION YOU HAVE MADE AND UH, WISH YOU ALL THE BEST IN YOUR RETIREMENT. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW MORE? >> JUST A FEW. UH, I'M DEEPLY HONORED AND EXTREMELY PRIVILEGED TO BE RECOGNIZED BY, UH BY THE CITY COUNCIL. UH, AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED, I'VE BEEN WORKING FOR THE CITY FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF COMING AND TALKING WITH THIS ALL OF US BODY MANY A TIMES UH, ESPECIALLY DURING BUDGET, UH, BUDGET HEARINGS. UH, I PARTICULARLY RECOGNIZED A LOT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DOES BECAUSE ALL OF YOU HAVE TO CATER TO AND RESPOND TO CONSTITUENT REQUESTS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THE DAY TO DAY. I WAS VERY LUCKY THAT I JOINED THE CITY AT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WITHIN A MONTH I HAD LEARNED THAT MOWING GRASS AND KEEPING THE FOUNTAINS RUNNING WAS AS IMPORTANT AS ANYTHING ELSE THAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT DID AND THAT YOU NEED TO DO THOSE BASIC THINGS THAT ALL OF YOU DO. CITY COUNCILORS BEFORE YOU THINK ABOUT MORE ASPIRATIONAL IDEAS, BEFORE WE THINK ABOUT THE LONG TERM ISSUES AND I THINK THAT EVERYBODY IN THIS HALL UH, INCLUDING ALL MY COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN. UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE TO DO BOTH THOSE THINGS IF YOU WANT THE CITY TO MOVE AHEAD. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I ALSO WANT ONE MORE THING THAT ,UH THE CITY COUNCIL IN MY OPINION HAS REALLY HELPED ME UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF CHECKS AND BALANCES AND THAT HAS INFORMED MY WORK THAT HAS INFORMED THE WORK THAT ALL CITY OFFICIALS DO BECAUSE ON THE ONE HAND, UH, WE DON'T WANT UH, ONE VALUE SYSTEM INFORMING EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. WE WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION. WE WANT IT TO BE ITERATIVE BECAUSE EVERY TIME WE GET A BETTER SOLUTION. SO THE CITY COUNCIL HAS PLAYED A HUGE ROLE IN THAT. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH ABBY. WHEN? YOU TAKE ANOTHER. >> UM, I'D LIKE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO COME UP FOR A PHOTOGRAPH. THANK YOU. OKAY. >> I LIKE. >> TO SAY UP HERE. YOU DON'T GET TO HIDE. OKAY. >> THANK YOU. UM, THANK YOU FOR. SAFE STREETS. THANK SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR. >> THANK YOU EVERYONE. FOR. >> THAT'S OKAY. >> I RECORDED THE ENTIRE. THINGS ARE. >> GOING TO BE A PRETTY DECENT RECORDING. THERE SHOULD. >> BE YES. SO I. GOT SOME. >> GOOD OVER HERE. >> I'M. NICE TO SEE IT. ANYWAYS. I. THAT WAS NICE, BUT I WAS LIKE 30 WORDS. >> THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR. THIS. >> THAT'S I WAS. I USED TO SEE IT. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU EVERYONE. AND I CALL ON UM, COUNCILOR CULPEPER. UM AND IN TODAY'S AGENDA WE HAVE A RESOLUTION AT THE BOTTOM OF THE AGENDA RECOGNIZING UH, UH, RAMADAN AND UH, AS A COURTESY, UH, WE USUALLY DON'T TAKE THINGS OUT OF ORDER. WE'RE NOT TAKING IT OUT OF ORDER. WE WILL BE VOTING ON THIS RESOLUTION LATER. BUT I KNOW THAT THERE'S FOLKS FROM THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY HERE . UH, AND, UH, I'M GOING TO OFFER UH, OUR COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR UH ,CULPEPPER THE OPPORTUNITY TO ,UH, REALLY SPEAK TO HIS RESOLUTION THAT WE WILL VOTE ON LATER. COUNCILOR CULPEPER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. ISLAM IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S MAJOR RELIGIONS PRACTICED BY AN ESTIMATED 2 BILLION PEOPLE GLOBALLY. AND THE MUSLIM PRESENCE IN THIS COUNTRY STRETCHES BACK MORE THAN FOUR CENTURIES. MUSLIMS HAVE LONG BEEN WOVEN INTO THE FABRIC OF AMERICAN HISTORY AND TODAY THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS CONTINUE TO ENRICH OUR SHARED CIVIC, CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC LIFE. HERE IN BOSTON, THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY PLAYS A VIBRANT AND ESSENTIAL ROLE IN OUR CITY. MUSLIM RESIDENTS CONTRIBUTE ACROSS EVERY SECTOR FROM SMALL BUSINESSES AND UNION LABOR, HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION, PUBLIC SERVICE, THE ARTS, MEDIA, NONPROFIT AND COMMUNITY ADVOCACY. MOSQUES AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS BOSTON SERVE NOT ONLY AS PLACES OF WORSHIP BUT AS CENTERS OF CARE, SERVICE AND BELONGING . RAMADAN THE NINTH MONTH OF THE ISLAMIC LUNAR CALENDAR, COMMEMORATES THE REVELATION OF THE HOLY KORAN TO THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD. IT IS OBSERVED THROUGH DAILY FASTING, THROUGH DAILY PRAYER, CHARITY AND DEEP REFLECTION. IT IS A TIME OF SPIRITUAL RENEWAL DISCIPLINE GENEROSITY AND A PERIOD THAT EMPHASIZES COMPASSION, GRATITUDE AND CARE FOR THOSE FACING HARDSHIP. THE PRACTICE OF FASTING DURING RAMADAN IS NOT ONLY AN ACT OF PERSONAL DEVOTION, BUT A REMINDER OF THE REALITIES OF POVERTY AND HUNGER AND A CALL TO GREATER EMPATHY AND SERVICE. IT IS A MONTH THAT STRENGTHENS COMMUNITY BONDS AND ENCOURAGES GENEROSITY TOWARDS OTHERS. THROUGH THIS RESOLUTION, THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL RECOGNIZES THE SIGNIFICANCE OF RAMADAN AND AFFIRMS OUR RESPECT, SOLIDARITY AND APPRECIATION FOR THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY. WE EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT WISHES FOR A BLESSED, PEACEFUL AND MEANINGFUL RAMADAN TO ALL WHO OBSERVE. MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, COUNCILOR ZAPATA AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR OF THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. COUNCILOR COLLETTE IS A PART OF. SO ADDED COUNSELORS COLLECT THIS. I'M GOING TO TRY AND LIMIT THAT. YEAH GO AHEAD. OH SORRY. WRONG. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I DO WANT TO THANK MY, UH MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE FOR ADDING ME ON. UM, I'M VERY PROUD TO RISE IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION EMBRACING OUR MUSLIM COMMUNITY AS THEY BEGIN THE SACRED MONTH OF RAMADAN. UM, IN EAST BOSTON, UH, WE HAVE AND MANY FOLKS DON'T KNOW THIS WE HAVE A HUGE COMMUNITY OF FOLKS FROM UM FROM MOROCCO AND AND FOLKS FROM ALGERIA WHO ARE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS. THEY'RE PUBLIC SERVANTS AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE BROUGHT IN TO HAVE BEEN BROUGHT IN TO THIS PROCESS BY MY FORMER INTERN WHO'S NOW WORKING FOR ME TO JONNA RAMADAN WHO IS HERE, UM, AND WHO I LOVE VERY MUCH. I LOVE HER FAMILY AND SHE'S AN INCREDIBLE LIGHT AND PUBLIC SERVANT HERE IN THE COMMUNITY. BUT THEY'RE PARENTS, STUDENTS AND FAITH LEADERS AND UM UH, SIMILAR TO WHAT COUNCILOR CULPEPER HAS SAID, RAMADAN IS MORE THAN JUST FASTING AND I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH OF THIS HOLIDAY FROM MY TWO COUSINS WHO CONVERTED FROM CHRISTIANITY CHRISTIANITY UM, TO BE MUSLIM AND THEY HAVE TAUGHT ME THAT IT IS ABOUT GENEROSITY. IT'S ABOUT EMPATHY. UM, IT CALLS US TO SERVICE AND REMINDS US TO SUPPORT AND UPLIFT OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH SHARED SACRIFICE AND SHARED HOPE. SO TO EVERYONE WHO IS PREPARING TO OBSERVE RAMADAN RAMADAN MUBARAK AND AGAIN JUST GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF OF OUR FOLKS, UM, AND THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR CULPEPPER FOR INVITING ME ON TO THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR COLLETTA. UH, CONTRA PEPEN, YOU'RE ALSO A CO-SPONSOR ON THIS. WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES? YEAH. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. >> AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. CULPEPER AND. >> COUNCILOR FOR ORDER ME AS A CO-SPONSOR. UM YOU. >> KNOW, AS RAMADAN. BEGINS NEXT WEEK, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR DISTRICT FIVE NEIGHBORS WHO OBSERVE THIS SACRED HOLIDAY. MUSLIM BOSTONIANS ARE A PART OF A VIBRANT COMMUNITY THAT HONORS A MONTH OF PRAYER, FASTING, CHARITY AND REFLECTION. WE EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT WISH TO THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN BOSTON ,ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. AND AROUND THE WORLD THROUGH BLESSED AND MEANINGFUL RAMADAN . THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. WE WISH OUR MUSLIM COMMUNITY A BLESSED. UH. >> SEASON OF RAMADAN AND UH, THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPER. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR COLLETTA. THANK YOU, HUNTER PEPEN. WE WILL BE FORMALLY TAKING A VOTE ON THIS, UH, RESOLUTION LATER IN THE AGENDA. BUT THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. >> NOW ON TO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MEETING OF FEBRUARY 4TH, 2026. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. UH. >> ALL ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE MINUTES OF FEBRUARY OF THE FEBRUARY 4TH MEETING ARE APPROVED. UH MR. UH. >> WE ARE NOW ON TO COMMUNICATION FROM AROUND THE MAYOR. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 032030321? DOCKET NUMBER 0320 MESSAGE NOT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $577,500 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR FISCAL YEAR 25. 96 TO 3. >> FISCAL YEAR 25 PORT SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WOULD FUND THE PURCHASE OF A NEW 31FT BIKE PROOF BOAT AND THE REPLACEMENT OF ENGINES ON THE 31FT SAFE BOAT AND 38 FOOT SAFE BOAT. AND FINALLY THE RECALLING OF A CZECH PATROL BOAT AND ICE RESCUE TRAINING DUCKY NUMBER 0321 MESSAGE ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $140,426 IN AND FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 25 PORT SECURITY. GRANT AWARDED BY THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WOULD FUND STRENGTHEN PORT WIDE RISK MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION OF CRITICAL SERVICE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE FROM ACTS OF TERRORISM, MAJOR DISASTERS AND OTHER EMERGENCIES. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. DOCKET 032030321 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. UH ON TO REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS PARALLEL 39 OF THE CITY COUNCIL RULES NO SPEAKING IS ALLOWED ON COMMUNICATIONS. WE ARE UM MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 03220 THROUGH 0323? OFFLINE. YEAH. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. JUST, UM I JUST WANT TO GET I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY SO. REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS COUNCILORS WILL NOT BE SPEAKING ON THOSE BUT SO THEY WOULD BASICALLY. HAVE TO TURN THEIR COMMUNICATION INTO. A HEARING ORDER OR. >> A RESOLUTION. UM IF THEY DID WANT TO SPEAK ON IT IS THAT. >> IS THAT ACCURATE TO. SAY MADAM CHAIR? THAT'S CORRECT. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 032230323. TALKING HIM A0322 COMMUNICATION FROM COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PILOT REGARDING THE BOSTON LOGAN AIRPORT 2023 2024 ENVIRONMENTAL DATA. REPORT EPA NUMBER. 3247 AND DOCKET NUMBER 0323. COMMUNICATION FROM COUNCILOR MURPHY REGARDING PUBLIC ACCESS TO CITY COUNCIL WORKING SESSIONS AND HEARINGS. THANK YOU. DOCKETS 0322 THROUGH 00323 WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. RIGHT WELL ON TO MATTERS RECENTLY HEARD FOR POSSIBLE ACTION. UM, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0128 THROUGH. 0129.0 12A MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO APPROPRIATE THE AMOUNT OF $6,500,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING COSTS FOR THE WINDOW AND DOOR REPLACEMENT PROJECTS AT THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS THE EDWARD EVERETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THE RICHARD J. MURPHY K THROUGH EIGHT SCHOOL. THIS INCLUDES PAYMENT OF ALL COSTS INCIDENTAL OR RELATED THERE TO AND FOR WHICH THE CITY OF BOSTON MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A GRANT FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY SET AMOUNT TO BE EXPENDED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE PUBLIC FACILITIES DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC. SCHOOLS NUMBER 0129 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO APPROPRIATE THE AMOUNT OF $3 MILLION FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING COSTS FOR THE ROOF REPLACEMENT PROJECTS AT THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS. THE THOMAS J. KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE HUGH ROAD O'DONNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THIS INCLUDES THE PAYMENT OF ALL COSTS INCIDENTAL RELATED THERETO FOR WHICH THE CITY OF BOSTON MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A GRANT FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY SET AMOUNT TO BE EXPENDED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE PUBLIC FACILITIES DEPARTMENT AND ON BEHALF OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES, UH, COUNCILOR. WEBER. >> YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. OKAY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM ON. >> MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9TH, THE. COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS HELD A HEARING ON DOCKET NUMBERS UH, 01280129 UH ORDERS AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO APPROPRIATE THE AMOUNT OF $9.5 MILLION FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING COSTS FOR WINDOW, DOOR AND ROOF REPLACEMENT PROJECTS AT FOUR SCHOOLS. UH, THESE TALKS WERE SPONSORED BY MAYOR MICHELLE WU AND REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE LAST WEDNESDAY ON FEBRUARY 4TH. UH, IN ATTENDANCE WERE COUNCILORS FLYNN MURPHY, BREADON DURKIN. FITZGERALD. PEPEN COLETTA ZAPATA, LOUIJEUNE WORRELL AND COLE PEPPER. I'D LIKE TO THANK PUBLIC FACILITIES EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CARLTON JONES AND SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER BRIAN MCLAUGHLIN FOR ATTENDING THE HEARING. I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK KARISHMA AND ETHAN FROM CENTRAL STAFF FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE. UH, DURING THE HEARING. DIRECTOR JONES THE PROJECT MANAGER AND MANAGER MCLAUGHLIN GAVE A PRESENTATION WITH A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE MSB A UH WHICH INCLUDES UH TWO COMPONENTS OF THE CORE UH WHICH DEALS WITH LARGE PROJECTS LIKE THE UH BOSTON ARTS ACADEMY AND THE ACCELERATED REPAIR PROGRAM OR ARP UH, WHICH UH DEALS WITH UH REPAIRS OF ROOFS, WINDOWS, DOORS AND BOILER SYSTEMS. UM, IN 2024 THE CITY SUBMITTED EIGHT PROJECTS TO THE MSBA FOR CONSIDERATION IN THE ARP UH. PROGRAM SIX WINDOWS AND DOORS PROJECTS AND TWO ROOF PROJECTS AT THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS THE GARDINER PILOT ACADEMY LINDEN K THROUGH EIGHT SCHOOL MURPHY K THROUGH EIGHT SCHOOL EVERETT ELEMENTARY, KENNY ELEMENTARY, O'DONNELL ELEMENTARY ADAMS ELEMENTARY UH AND AND CHISWICK WHICH HAS SINCE BEEN REMOVED. THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO SUPPORT THESE SUBMISSIONS TO THE MSBA ON FEBRUARY 14TH 2024. THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO APPROVE A $1.2 MILLION APPROPRIATION FOR THE FOR DESIGN AND THESE AND THESE PROJECTS UH OF THESE PROJECTS IN NOVEMBER OF 2024, THE MSBA BOARD APPROVED THE TOTAL UH PROJECT BUDGETS FOR THE GARDINER AND LINDEN PROJECTS AT THEIR MEETING IN OCTOBER 2025 AND IT VOTED TO APPROVE THE TOTAL PROJECT BUDGETS FOR THE MURPHY, EVERETT, KENNY AND O'DONNELL PROJECTS AT THEIR MEETING ON DECEMBER 12TH 2025. THE MSBA BOARD GIVES THE CITY 90 DAYS FROM THEIR VOTE OF APPROVAL TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE COMPLETION OF DESIGN THROUGH THE UH COMPLETION THROUGH TO COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT. AFTER THE AFTER CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL, THE ARCHITECT SHOULD FINISH DESIGN THROUGH, UH, THE WINTER SPRING OF 2026 UH, WITH CONSTRUCTION SLATED FOR THE SUMMER OF 2027. THE ADAMS ELEMENTARY SUBMISSION SHOULD BE APPROVED BY THE MSBA BOARD AT THEIR MEETING IN FEBRUARY WITH UH, US TAKING UP UH, THAT TO UH FOR A VOTE IN MARCH. UM. >> UH, YOU KNOW, DIRECTOR JONES AND PROJECT MANAGER MCLAUGHLIN ANSWERED QUESTIONS AND EXPLAINED IN DETAIL WHY THE REPAIRS AT THESE SCHOOLS WERE NEEDED, PARTICULARLY IN REGARDS TO THE WINDOW REPLACEMENTS AT THE EVERETT AND MURPHY K THROUGH EIGHT. REPLACING THESE WINDOWS WOULD NOT ONLY MODERNIZE THEM, THEY WOULD ALSO MAKE THEM MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT. UH, FOR THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF EVERYONE IN THE SCHOOL. UH PROJECT MANAGER UH PROJECT UH MANAGER MCLAUGHLIN EXPLAINED THE CRITERION FOR BEING ACCEPTED IN THE MSBA ART PROGRAM WHICH REQUIRES WINDOWS BE AT LEAST 25 YEARS OLD. UH, THERE UH THAT'S 13 TO 20 PAGE APPLICATION NEEDS TO BE FILED AND REVIEWED UH, FOLLOWED BY AN IN-PERSON UH VISIT TO ASSESS THE WIND WINDOWS AND AN IN-PERSON VISIT BY A THIRD PARTY ENGINEER TO ENSURE THE BUILDING IS OTHERWISE STRUCTURALLY SOUND. UH, THIS IS LIKELY THE FIRST OF MANY MSBA HEARINGS THAT WILL BE HELD IN THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE. SO AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK ALL MY COLLEAGUES, UH, FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION AND PARTICIPATION AS CHAIR OF THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE. UH, MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THESE MATTERS OUGHT TO BE READ FOR THE FIRST TIME AND ASSIGNED FOR FURTHER ACTION. THIS REQUIRES TWO VOTES. SO I BRING THIS UP FOR A VOTE UH, TODAY AND AGAIN UH, AT OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORTS AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0128. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 0128006. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. THANK YOU. >> I WAS AT THIS HEARING AND I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT. A COUPLE OF ISSUES THAT WERE. IMPORTANT TO ME. I WANT TO COMMUNICATE TO MY CONSTITUENTS AND TO BOSTON RESIDENTS THIS PROGRAM. UH, ACTUALLY ADMINISTERED BY THE BY THE STATE TREASURER'S OFFICE ULTIMATELY, UM, TREASURER GOLDBERG AND OUR SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY, UM, IS AN EXCEPTIONAL PROGRAM THAT BOSTON IS PART OF IT. BOSTON IS REALLY HAS DONE EXCEPTIONALLY WELL IN RECEIVING UM SO MUCH FUNDING FOR THIS PROGRAM. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE INCREDIBLE SUPPORT THE STATE TREASURER AND STATE LEGISLATORS HAVE AND GOVERNOR HAVE MADE TO THE CITY OF BOSTON, ESPECIALLY DURING THESE DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING TIMES. MAKING SURE. >> THAT WE HAVE SCHOOLS THAT ARE HEALTHY AND SAFE FOR OUR CHILDREN IS A TOP PRIORITY THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO ADDRESS AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US TO SUPPORT. ESPECIALLY DURING THESE TIMES. BUT WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS AND TEACHERS, UM, HAVE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT THEY CAN TEACH AND LEARN AND THAT INCLUDES MAKING SURE THAT OUR UM, WINDOWS ARE UH, WORKING OUR AIR CONDITIONERS HVAC SYSTEM IS WORKING, THE BUILDING IS HEALTHY AND SAFE FOR EVERYBODY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. MISTER KIRK, UH, PLEASE DO PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL. VOTE ON DOCKET 0128. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES, COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARENT. YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER. YES. COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKIN. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY. YES. COUNCIL PUT. PEN. COUNCILOR. PEN. YES. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES AND COUNCILOR ZERO. YES. COUNCILOR EARLE. YES. TALKING ABOUT 0128 AS RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS SIX ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0129. UM, DOES ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? UH, MISTER KIRK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 0129. COUNCILOR BREADON? YES. >> COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS OPPOSED? YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS OPPOSED TO YES. COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. YES. COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKIN. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR THIS. JOE. YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN. YES. COUNCILPERSON. YES. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCILOR. PEN. COUNCILOR. HAPPINESS. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. COUNCILOR WEBER. YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL. YES. UH. COUNCILOR ZERO. YES. DOCKET NUMBER 0219 HAS RECEIVED . 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MR CLERK. WE ARE NOW ON TO MOTION DOCKET. OH THAT'S CORRECT YES. BOTH THESE DOCKETS, UH, HAVE BEEN READ FOR THE FIRST TIME AND ASSIGNED FOR FURTHER ACTION . WE NOW WANT TO MOTIONS, ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS. UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE. CONTRACTION. NOPE. >> I'M I'M WAITING. ON THIS STARTED. IS IT? WHICH DOC? NO. HOLD ON A SECOND. AS A REMINDER UNDER RULE 39 REMARKS AND NEW MATTERS WILL NOT BE WILL NEW MATTERS NOT UP FOR A VOTE TODAY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES FOR THE LEAD SPONSOR AND TWO MINUTES FOR CO-SPONSORS FOR RESOLUTIONS OR OTHER MATTERS BEING VOTED ON. REMARKS WERE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES FOR A DOCKET SPONSORS AND TWO MINUTES FOR OR FOR ANY OTHER COUNCILOR WISHING TO SPEAK. FOR REFILING MATTERS, I KINDLY ASKED COUNCILORS TO LIMIT THE REMARKS TO NO MORE THAN ONE MINUTE AND CO-SPONSORS TO FAIR TO LEAD SPONSORS FOR REMARKS. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET. UM THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM WE. >> SPOKE BEFORE THE MEETING AND I THOUGHT YOU MADE IT CLEAR THAT IF IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE VOTING ON, WE EACH HAVE UP TO TEN MINUTES TO SPEAK. YOU JUST SAID THREE, I BELIEVE. IF IT'S A RESOLUTION THAT'S BEEN PROPOSED. UM. >> THE MARKS BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES FOR DOCKET SPONSORS. UM, IF IT'S NOT UP FOR IF IT'S A RESOLUTION THAT'S NOT BEING VOTED ON. BUT WHEN WE SPOKE AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE RULES WE WORKED ON AND VOTED ON LAST MEETING THAT ANY. MATTER THAT IS UP FOR A VOTE COLLEAGUES HAVE UP TO TEN MINUTES TO SPEAK ON IT. JUST CHECK AND. AND WHEN WE SPOKE BEFORE THE COUNCIL MEETING I REMEMBER WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. SO. >> YOU CAN FIND. THOSE I CAN'T SEE YOU. I DON'T HAVE THE RULES HERE. CAN YOU FIND THAT PARTICULAR ROLE IN THE IN THE. ROOM YOU COULD PUT. IT'S ROOM 39. IT WILL CHANGE. UM YEAH I KNOW WHAT WE'LL VOTE. WE TALKED ABOUT. >> THE CHANGES. COMMITTEE SHOULD BE 2 TO 3. MHM. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM. WE'LL TAKE A SHORT RECESS. THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANK YOU. UM, THE QUESTION THAT COUNTRY MURPHY ASKED WAS PERTAINING TO ,UH, WHETHER UH, FOLKS WERE ALLOWED TO SPEAK ON UH, A RESUME, UM, ON THE MATTER. ANY MEMBERS OF 39 NO MEMBER SHALL SPEAK MORE THAN ONCE ON A QUESTION WHEN ANOTHER MEMBER WHO IS NOT SPOKEN CLAIMS THE FLOOR AND NO MEMBER SPEAKING SHALL WITHOUT CONSENTING BE INTERRUPTED BY ANOTHER EXCEPT BY A POINT OF ORDER. A MEMBER SHALL SPEAK ONCE A SHALL SPEAK UPON A MATTER FOR NO MORE THAN TEN MINUTES, EXCEPT AS FURTHER LIMITED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THIS RULE. A MEMBER WHO IS NOT SOLELY SPEAKING ON THE MATTER SHALL HAVE PRIORITY AND RECOGNITION BY THE CHAIR WHENEVER THE SAID MEMBER UH SHALL RISE DOCKETS FILED AS COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE MAYOR PETITIONS, MEMORIALS AND REMONSTRANCES, REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICES AND OTHERS AND PERSONNEL ORDERS SHALL NOT BE OPEN FOR REMARKS AND DEBATES AT THE TIME THEY ARE INTRODUCED EXCEPT AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. REMARKS BY COUNCIL AT THE CONCLUSION AT THE TIME A MATTER IS ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE AND UM I READ THAT AGAIN REMARKS BY COUNCILORS AT THE TIME A MATTER THAT IS TO BE ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE IS INTRODUCED SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES FOR THE LEAD SPONSOR AND TWO MINUTES FOR ANY ADDITIONAL CO-SPONSORS. THE APPROPRIATE TIME FOR QUESTIONING AND DEBATE IS AT PUBLIC HEARINGS AND WORKING SESSIONS. IF A DOCKET SPONSOR REQUESTS SUSPENSION OF RULE 33 AND PASSAGE OF A NEWLY INTRODUCED DOCKET REMARKS SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES FOR THE DOCKET SPONSORS AND TWO MINUTES FOR ALL OTHER MEMBERS. DOES THAT CLARIFY YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILOR MURPHY? YES. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR. I'LL GIVE YOU THIS BACK. THANK YOU. >> TO THE CHAIR. RECOGNIZE? UH, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0324? THAT'S WHERE WE WERE TALKING. NUMBER 0324 COUNCIL FLYNN FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE OFFICE OF PEST CONTROL IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. A REFILE FROM 2025. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM, AS BOSTON RANKED AS HIGH AS 12TH IN THE COUNTRY ON PEST CONTROL RELATED ISSUES, WE HAD A PRODUCTIVE HEARING WHERE WE HEARD FROM THE CITY'S EXPERT RENOWNED RODENT, UM, PROFESSIONAL DOCTOR BOBBY CORRIGAN. SHORTLY AFTER THE CITY PUBLISHED THE BOSTON RODENT ACTION PLAN TO TO THROUGH MY RECOMMENDATIONS. WELL, THE BOSTON VOTING ACTION PLAN OUTLINED POSITIVE STEPS TO ADDRESS OUR PEST CONTROL CRISIS. THE PLAN FELL SHORT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF BOTH DOCTOR CORRIGAN CORRIGAN AND I THAT THE CITY HAVE A FORMAL AND FORMALLY CREATE A RATS OF SINCE APPOINTING A RATS OUT IN NEW YORK CITY. NEW YORK CITY HAS MADE GREAT PROGRESS. THIS IS A CRITICAL ISSUE. IT'S A QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE. IT'S A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE. I'M ASKING MY CITY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT ME IN HAVING A STANDALONE CITY DEPARTMENT OF RATS, UH, SO WE CAN DEAL WITH THIS TREMENDOUS PROBLEM THAT IS FACING EVERY DISTRICT ACROSS THE CITY. THIS IS PUBLIC HEALTH. THIS IS A PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. >> UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN. UH, THIS IS REFILE MARKS. UH, REMARKS REFERRAL REMARKS ARE LIMITED TO ONE MINUTE FOR THE LEAD SPONSOR. BUT WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR DURKAN. UH, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR MURPHY, COUNCILOR PEPEN CONTRA SANTANA CONTRA WEBER, CONTROLLER, ORAL HEALTH AND COUNCILOR CULPEPER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0324 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MISTER CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0325. DUGGAN NUMBER 0325 COUNCILOR FLYNN OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY OF BOSTON CODE ORDINANCES 17 DASH 22 ROAD SAFETY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR DELIVERY PROVIDERS REFERRAL FROM 2025. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THIS AMENDMENT IS INTENDED TO REMOVE MOPEDS AND E-BIKES FROM THIRD PARTY FOOD DELIVERY. IT'S IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SOMEONE LOST THEIR LIFE LAST YEAR AFTER A CRASH WITH THE MOPED NEAR COPLEY SQUARE. I'M AFRAID OF THIS BODY DOES NOT ACT MORE PEOPLE WILL GET HURT INCLUDING THE DRIVERS THEMSELVES. RESIDENTS REPORTED MOPEDS AND E-BIKES DRIVING OVER 25 MILES AN HOUR THE WRONG WAY. RUNNING STOP SIGNS RED LIGHTS DRIVING BETWEEN CARS AND RED LIGHTS CUTTING IN FRONT OF THEM . DRIVING ON THE SIDEWALK. THESE VEHICLES HAVE NOW TRIPLED IN BOSTON. WHILE WE HIGHLIGHT ENFORCEMENT, IT'S COMPLETELY UNREALISTIC TO EXPECT THE BOSTON POLICE TO CONSISTENTLY ENFORCE ALL OF THE HUNDREDS OF MOPEDS EVERY DAY. WHAT STAFFING LEVELS AND OVERSTRETCHED RESOURCES. UM, THIS IS A CRITICAL PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. UM, WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER TO PROVIDE A SAFE AND HEALTHY UM, ENVIRONMENT FOR RESIDENTS AND DRIVERS ALIKE. AND ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT ME ON THIS CRITICAL PUBLIC SAFETY PLAN. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR CULPEPER. COUNCILOR. UH. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. WEBER. COUNCILOR WORRELL. AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. UM. STOPPED TEACHERS. DOCKET ZERO UM DOCKET 0326 WOULD BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. THANK YOU. PINE TREE TO 325. I THINK I MISS NUMBER THOSE. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, MISTER KIRK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 032726326? OKAY. THANK YOU. DOCKING I'M A0326 COUNCILOR FLYNN. AND FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE REGULATING ALL E-BIKES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, I FILED THIS ORDINANCE TO REGULATE ALL E-BIKES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, INCLUDING THOSE THAT GO OVER 28MPH. RECENTLY THERE WAS A TRAGIC DEATH OF A 13 YEAR OLD WHERE AN E-BIKE COLLIDED WITH THE VEHICLE IN STONEHAM. AS I SAID BEFORE, A MAN HIT BY AN E-BIKE IN THE CROSSWALK ON BOYLSTON STREET TRAGICALLY PASSED AWAY AFTER SUSTAINING LIFE THREATENING INJURIES IN NOVEMBER 2025. MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AT MASS GENERAL HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTED IN A BOSTON GLOBE OPINION ARTICLE THAT STATE LAW IS LIMITED IN ITS REGULATION OF E-BIKES DUE TO THE LACK OF AGE RESTRICTIONS ,HELMET ENFORCEMENT LICENSE REQUIREMENTS. THEY HIGHLIGHT A RECENT STUDY BY THE AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION THAT FOUND A 293% INCREASE IN E-BIKES INJURIES AND AN 88% RISE IN POWERED SCOOTER INJURIES BETWEEN 2019 AND 2023. IN AUGUST 2025, IT WAS REPORTED THAT MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE ON BICYCLES, SCOOTERS AND DIRT BIKES RODE RECKLESSLY OVER THE ZAKEN BRIDGE. ONE MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER CRASHING HIS DIRT BIKE INTO A BOSTON POLICE CRUISER CHARGED WITH DISORDERLY CONDUCT, RESISTING ARREST. NEIGHBORS AND PEDESTRIANS THROUGHOUT BOSTON INCLUDING OUR SENIORS PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. YOUNG FAMILIES CONSISTENTLY BRING UP FEELING UNSAFE ON OUR STREETS AND SIDEWALKS DUE TO TWO WHEELED VEHICLES SPEEDING, RUNNING RED LIGHTS AND STOP SIGNS GOING THE WRONG WAY DOWN THE STREET. LOCALLY WE HAVE SEEN CYCLING RELATED COLLISIONS AND CRASHES INCREASE INCLUDING MANY INCIDENTS THAT GO UNDOCUMENTED UNREPORTED DUE TO A LACK OF REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS FOR BICYCLES, ELECTRIC AND MOTORIZED BICYCLES AND SCOOTERS ACROSS THE STATE. LOCAL MEDIA AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS HAVE HIGHLIGHTED SAFETY CONCERNS AND WARNED ABOUT DANGEROUS DRIVING WITH CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS 12 YEARS OLD ON E-BIKES. DUE TO THE CURRENT LACK OF SAFETY REGULATIONS IN MASSACHUSETTS. ACCORDING TO MASS GENERAL LAW CHAPTER 90 SECTION ONE, AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE IS A BICYCLE OR TRICYCLE WITH FULLY OPERABLE PEDALS AND AN ELECTRIC MOTOR OF 750W OR ONE OR LESS LIMITED TO CLASS ONE A CLASS TWO ELECTRIC BICYCLES AND DISTINGUISHES CLASS ONE ELECTRIC BICYCLES AS PROVIDING PEDAL ASSIST ONLY UP TO 20MPH IN CLASS TWO ELECTRIC BIKES. BICYCLES ARE CAPABLE OF MOTOR ONLY PROPULSION BUT NOT EXCEEDING 20MPH WHILE EXPRESSLY EXCLUDING ELECTRIC BICYCLES FROM THE DEFINITION OF MOTORIZED BICYCLES WHICH ARE SEPARATELY DEFINED BY AN ENGINE CAPACITY. THIS IS ABOUT KNOWLEDGE AND WHAT OUR MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE NOTED AS A GROWING TREND TO TAKE ACTION FOR SAFER STREETS. STREETS PREVENT MORE STRATEGY TRAGEDIES. THIS IS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY. THIS IS ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR CULPEPER. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR MURPHY CONTRA WEBER CULTURAL WORRELL. AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. DOCKET 0326 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MISTER CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0327 WHICH. >> IS A RELIEF. 0327 COUNCIL HAS PUT PEN AND FLYNN OH FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXPLORE THE CREATION OF SCHOOLS SAFE SCHOOL ZONES TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AROUND ALL SCHOOLS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. WE FILE FROM 2025. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. COUNCILOR PEPEN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. MAY I SUSPEND THE RULES AND NOT COUNCILOR FITZGERALD IS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. UH, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD SO I DID. THANK YOU. >> THIS IS A REFILE. SO THANK YOU. YEAH. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, DOCKET 0327 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0328. DUNCAN MA0328 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR THE FOLLOWING FLORIDA. FOR A HEARING ON. SCALABLE FUNDING MODEL FOR AN IMMIGRANT EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM, AND, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD YOURSELF AS A SECOND ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. UM, I'M SO IT I. THINK AND I'D LIKE TO REQUEST A SUSPEND THE RULES AD COUNCILOR APPEND AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. SEEING AND HEARING NO NO OBJECTIONS HAPPEN IS ADDED. THANK YOU. UM, THIS FILING MEMORIALIZES WORK THAT IS ALREADY UNDERWAY AT THIS MOMENT TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE BRINGING ALL OF OUR RESOURCES AND BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CITY TOGETHER TO RESPOND TO THE. CURRENT CHALLENGES THAT OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES ARE FACING AT A TIME WHEN THESE COMMUNITIES ARE UNDER DIRECT THREAT FROM SHIFTING FEDERAL POLICIES. BOSTON HAS TO DEMONSTRATE LEADERSHIP AND WE HAVE BEEN DEMONSTRATING LEADERSHIP. WE CAN'T AFFORD TO BE REACTIVE . AND WE MUST BE PREPARED, COORDINATED AND UNITED IN OUR RESPONSE. THAT'S WHY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS GREATER BOSTON, MY OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING TO CREATE A CENTRALIZED, SCALABLE IMMIGRANT EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND AND I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES BECAUSE LAST YEAR DURING THE BUDGET WE ADDED MONEY UM, IN THE BUDGET PROCESS UH UNANIMOUSLY TO SUPPORT UH LEGAL ENTITIES THAT WERE SUPPORTING OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND THE UH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT CONTINUES TO DO THAT. THIS WORK BUILDS OFF OF THAT WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PHILANTHROPY UH WHERE COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND FAMILIES CAN QUICKLY ACCESS RESOURCES THEY NEED. FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE EVENT THAT TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS IS IN FACT ENDED. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE PROBLEMS, YOU KNOW, PAYING EVERYDAY BILLS, PAYING THEIR MORTGAGES, PAYING FOR UTILITIES AND THIS UH WILL HELP ADDRESS THAT JUST LIKE WE SAW WHAT I'VE BEEN CALLING THE SNAP GAP WHEN SNAP WAS UNDER THREAT. WE WE KNEW THAT THERE WAS NO WAY THAT THE CITY ALONE AND PHILANTHROPY ALONE WOULD BE ABLE TO FILL THAT ENTIRE GAP. BUT WE ALSO WORK SHYING AWAY FROM THE PROBLEM AND WE'RE LEANING IN AND UH, THE BOSTON FOUNDATION CAME TO THE TABLE, UNITED WAY CAME TO THE TABLE. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT MODEL TO MAKE SURE WE'RE READY AND DOING THE SAME THING. THAT WORK IS ALREADY UNDERWAY. BOTH UM A NUMBER. >> OF OUR. FOUNDATIONS ALREADY HAVE FUNDS THE UNITED WAY WITH THE UNITED RESPONSE FUND. UH, THE BOX MANAGER WITH THE SOCIAL SAFETY NET FUND THIS IS BUILDING OFF OF THAT. SO WE HAVE A COORDINATED RESPONSE. UH, PUBLIC PRIVATE IMMIGRANT RESPONSE FUND STRENGTHENS OUR PREPAREDNESS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR MUTUAL AID ORGANIZATIONS WITH THAT IMMIGRANT SERVING ORGANIZATIONS ,WITH OUR LEGAL ENTITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING THEM HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. UM, WHEN FEDERAL IMMIGRATION POLICY SHIFT OVERSIGHT OVER OVERNIGHT IT AFFECTS OUR NEIGHBORS, IT AFFECTS OUR RESIDENTS. AND SO WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE, ALL OF OUR ENTITIES WHO HAVE BEEN STEPPING IN THE GAP, WHO HAVE BEEN CALLING AND ASKING WHAT ARE WE DOING AND WHAT'S THE PLAN? SO THIS IS A PLAN THAT WILL HELP SUPPORT ALL OF OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. THAT ALSO HELPS TO UM, CREATE A STRONGER SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE. WE LEARNED A LOT DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC ABOUT HOW WE SUPPORT MUTUAL AID ORGANIZATIONS, ABOUT HOW WE SUPPORT COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TRANSFERRING WHAT WE'VE LEARNED OVER TO THIS CURRENT CRISIS IN THIS CURRENT MOMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE THE. CHAIR RECOGNIZES. COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCIL. BENTON YOU. >> HAVE. THE FLOOR. THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. AS WE GET. TO THIS, UH, CRITICALLY IMPORTANT DOCKET, AS MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE, LAST NOVEMBER 9TH WORKERS WERE ABDUCTED FROM A CAR WASH LOCATED IN ALLSTON BY ICE. FROM MY PERSPECTIVE PERSPECTIVE AS A DISTRICT COUNCILOR, THE MOST DISORIENTING CHALLENGE WAS THE SPEED WITH WHICH EVERYTHING OCCURRED. OUR NEIGHBORS WERE KIDNAPED AT THEIR PLACE OF WORK BY ICE AND THEN IMMEDIATELY WHISKED AWAY TO DETENTION FACILITIES SOME LOCATED AS FAR AWAY AS TEXAS ICE NEEDS TO CREATE, UH SEEKS TO CREATE CHAOS AND ATTEMPT TO PREVENT COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM RESPONDING EFFECTIVELY TO THEIR ACTIONS IN THE WAKE OF THE ICE RAID IN ALLSTON LAST NOVEMBER, HOWEVER, LOCAL IMMIGRANT RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS IN ALLSTON BRIGHTON WERE PREPARED, ORGANIZED AND READY TO SUPPORT THOSE DETAINED AND THEIR LOVED ONES. AND I'M INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR THOSE ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING LUCY AND THE BRAZILIAN WOMEN'S CENTER FOR THEIR DEDICATION TO THIS WORK. WE KNOW ICE ISN'T DONE WITH BOSTON. JUST RECENTLY WE SAW SOMEONE KIDNAPED IN OUR COUNCILOR PEPPER DISTRICT. WHEN INCIDENTS LIKE THIS OCCUR ,EVERY SECOND COUNTS. THE CREATION OF A SCALABLE EMERGENCY SUPPORT FUND FOR INCIDENTS WILL ALLOW US AS A CITY TO BE BETTER PREPARED FOR WHEN ICE STRIKES NEXT. IT WILL ALLOW US AS A CITY AND THE COMMUNITY TO GET RESOURCES TO LEARN FROM TWO NONPROFITS, SUPPORT THE FAMILIES AND LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO THOSE DETAINED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. I THANK COUNCILOR COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR HER WORK ON THIS MATTER AND LOOK FORWARD TO A CONTINUED DISCUSSION ON THIS TOPIC. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR BREADON. >> THE CHAIR NOW RECOGNIZES COUNCIL FOR CANCER PREVENTION BEFORE. THANK YOU. UM THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AND COUNCILOR UH, BRANDON FOR WORKING ON THIS AND ADAM ME AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR. THIS IS A TOPIC THAT'S VERY, UM ,TIME TIMELY, VERY IMPORTANT FOR WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH. UM, NOT ONLY AS A CITY BUT AS A NATION. I ALSO JUST WANTED TO, UM, GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE OFFICE OF REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANTS OVER AT THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE WHO HAS BEEN A HUGE UM, SUPPORT TO TO ME AT LEAST AS WE CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE THIS AND I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THE WORK THAT COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE HAS BEEN DOING OUTSIDE OF OF THE OF THE CHAMBER HERE AND UM DURING THE PHONE CALLS FOR TPS AND WORKING WITH A LOT OF THE IMMIGRANT ORGANIZATIONS OUTSIDE ACROSS THE CITY HAS BEEN A HUGE UM SUPPORT FOR THOSE THAT ARE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY THIS. SO FOR ME, I'M JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR RESIDENTS. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR. AND WHEN ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MISTER CHAIR, WOULD YOU PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR CULPEPER, COUNCILOR DURKAN, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. SANTANA COUNCILOR. WEBER COUNCILOR. ROW. AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. DOCKET 0328 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, RACIAL EQUITY AND IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT. SO. >> UM, COUNCILOR FLYNN AND. PITTMAN, THANK YOU FOR THIS. UM. THANK YOU, MR CLERK. UM, GOING BACK TO DOCKET 0327 UM, THE DOCKET ON UH, TWO SPARTANS SHE'S GONNA SPONSOR IS A PERMANENT FLYNN, UH, HEARING TO ESCROW THE CREATION OF SAFE SCHOOL ZONES. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR? UH UH, COUNCILOR UH, COUNCILOR CULPEPER. COUNSELOR DURKIN. YOU KNOW. YOU'RE A COUNSELOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR SANTANA, COUNCILOR WEBER. CONSTABLE WORRELL. AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0329. NUMBER 0329? COUNCILS WORRELL AND FLYNN OFFER THE FOLLOWING PHOTO FOR A HEARING TO REVIEW THE MISSION GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND CHALLENGES OF THE OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY. THANK YOU. UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WORRELL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND AD COUNCIL WEB AS THE ORIGINAL THIRD CO-SPONSOR. SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS. COUNCILOR WEBER SO ADDED. UH, THANK YOU. THE OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY WAS CREATED BY THIS BODY TO STRENGTHEN CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT AND PUBLIC TRUST. AS WITH ANY OFFICE CREATED BY THE COUNCIL OR ANY LEGISLATION OR ORDINANCE, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE PERIODICALLY STEP BACK AND REVIEW WHETHER IT'S FULLY LIVING UP TO THE MISSION, GOALS AND PURPOSE WE SET ESPECIALLY AS LEADERSHIP CHANGES AND OFFICE GROWS. THIS AREAS IS SIMPLY ABOUT DOING THAT WORK REVIEWING OUR PAST MISSIONS GOALS AND CHALLENGES AND MAKING SURE THE ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN FOR IT TO FUNCTION AS INTENDED. MY OFFICE HAS BEEN MEETING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ADVOCATES WHO ARE CLOSELY FOLLOWING O PAT'S WORK, AND MANY OF US RECENTLY ATTENDED A PUBLIC FORUM ON THE STATE OF POLICE REFORM IN BOSTON. JUST WANT TO GIVE A BIG SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO JAMAL CRAWFORD IN THE BOSTON POLICE TASK FORCE, WHICH WAS CREATED IN 2020. UH, THERE'S A LOT TO DIVE INTO HERE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO A CONSTRUCTIVE CONVERSATION, UM, AND DISCUSSION THAT STRENGTHENS A KIND OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE OFFICE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WORRELL. UH, COUNCILOR FRIEND, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU COUNCIL WE'RE ALL FOR ADDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR I THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN COUNCIL. WE'RE ALL, UH, SEVERAL WEEKS AGO UH, MA'AM LEO ON COLUMBIA ROAD THE MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION OF UH LAW ENFORCEMENT MINORITIES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT UM SPIRITED IMPORTANT DISCUSSION THEY HAD THERE. UM, YOU MENTIONED JAMAL CRAWFORD AND OTHERS. UH, BUT I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MAMMALIA FOR THE INCREDIBLE ROLE THEY PLAY IN OUR CITY. UM, WE ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UM, THE BLACK AND LATINO POLICE OFFICERS AND HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE TO THE CITY AS WELL. WE ARE ONE OF THE ISSUES I DO WANT TO FOCUS ON WHEN WE DO TALK ABOUT OPIOD UM, IS HOW WE TREAT AND HOW THE CITY TREATS BLACK AND LATINO POLICE OFFICERS. I WANT TO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE TREATED WITH RESPECT AS WELL. THEY CERTAINLY EARNED IT. I RECENTLY VISITED OLD PAD OFFICE AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UM. LAST WEEK WE DISCUSSED SOME OF THE EVERYDAY TASKS OF THE OFFICE AS WELL AS SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY FACE. I LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE. AS COUNCILOR, WE'RE ALL MENTIONED ABOUT THE OFFICE OF OPIATE AND HOW WE'RE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE COMPLIANCE, TRANSPARENCY INTEGRITY DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIPS BUT ALSO SUPPORTING OUR POLICE OFFICERS AS WELL INCLUDING UM SUPERINTENDENT EDDIE CRISPIN INCLUDING SUPERINTENDENT EDDINGS AS WELL . I STILL THINK THAT THEY'RE NOT TREATED FAIRLY. THEY'RE NOT TREATED WITH RESPECT IN THE CITY. UM AND I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR THEM. I KNOW THAT'S POLITICALLY INCORRECT TO DO THAT, BUT I DON'T THINK THESE TWO GENTLEMEN WERE TREATED FAIRLY AND I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THEM BECAUSE I KNOW THE INCREDIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS THEY HAVE MADE TO OUR CITY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR FLYNN. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THANK YOU TO, UH, COUNCILOR EARLE FOR FOR ADDING ME AS A CO-SPONSOR. UH, AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THE SPIRIT OF THESE, UH, RULES ARE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, ELIMINATE THE SO-CALLED. >> THIN BLUE. LINE WHERE. UH, THE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT COVER UP MISCONDUCT, UH, OF THEIR OWN OFFICERS, UH, OUT OF SOME SENSE OF LOYALTY. UH, AND SO BUT WHAT WE'VE HEARD, YOU KNOW, RECENTLY IS THAT THERE YOU KNOW, THERE'S RELUCTANCE TO COMPLY AND MAYBE THE THE LETTER OF THESE RULES NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED TO ALLOW THE SPIRIT OF THE RULES TO TO YOU KNOW, TO COME TO FRUITION. SO YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION FOR US TO HAVE. I JUST LIKE ALSO TO THANK JAMAL CRAWFORD FOR CONVENING THAT THAT THAT MEETING THAT UH WAS INSTRUCTIVE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION. THANKS. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR WEBER. UH, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR CANADA POWDER COUNSELOR. CULPEPER COUNCILOR DURKAN, COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. MURPHY, COUNCILOR PEPEN CONTRA SANTANA. UH, AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. DOCKET 0329 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0330. DUCK NUMBER 0330 COUNCILOR SANTANA, UM, FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING MASS GRADUATION. REQUIREMENTS AND. >> STUDENT SUPPORTS IN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THANK YOU, MR TRUCK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. FOR THE. PAST FIVE YEARS THE MASS COURT FRAMEWORK HAS BEEN USED TO STRENGTHEN OUR STUDENTS EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES, STRENGTHEN POST-SECONDARY OUTCOMES AND ENSURE THAT STUDENTS GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL PREPARED FOR COLLEGE, A CAREER AND CIVIC LIFE. THIS YEAR, HOWEVER, DATA SHOWS A WORRYING TREND A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF STUDENTS HAVING COMPLETED THE MASK WEAR REQUIREMENTS WITH MANY OF THEM UM BEING LOW INCOME STUDENTS, STUDENTS OF COLOR, STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND ENGLISH LEARNERS. MANY OF THESE STUDENTS FACE THE RISK OF NOT GRADUATING THIS JUNE. OUR SCHOOL NEEDS TO WORK TOGETHER TOWARDS POST-SECONDARY READINESS WHILE ALSO ENSURING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO TO GRADUATION. HOLDING A HEARING WOULD ALLOW US TO HEAR FROM DPS ON HOW THESE GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS ARE IMPLEMENTED AND WHAT ROLES IMPROVED COURSE OFFERINGS AND STUDENT SUPPORT RESOURCES CAN PAY IN IMPROVING OUR MARCH FOR COMPLETION RATES. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE DISCUSSION WITH OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR COMMUNITY ON FURTHERING EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL EQUITY WITHIN THE MASK FRAMEWORK. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAD A QUESTION. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I SPEAK ON THIS? UH, ARE YOU A CO-SPONSOR? NO. UM NO. I THINK, UH, WE'LL JUST ADD YOUR NAME IF YOU WISH TO IT CAN SPEAK TO IT. ALSO NEW FILING? YES CERTAINLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM, I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR BRINGING THIS IMPORTANT HEARING ORDER FORWARD. I THINK IT'S PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT HEARING ORDER I'VE HEARD ALL YEAR. UM, CRITICAL HEARING ORDER. WE'VE READ THE NEWS FROM THE BOSTON GLOBE. I BELIEVE IT WAS A WEEK AGO. UM, HOW ONE THIRD OF SENIORS MAY NOT GRADUATE BECAUSE THEY DON'T MEET THE NECESSARY ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS. THAT WAS DEVASTATING NEWS. I THOUGHT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A BIGGER ISSUE HERE IN THE CITY. BUT WE HAVEN'T DONE ENOUGH IN THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND IN THE CITY OF BOSTON TO SUPPORT MOSTLY STUDENTS OF COLOR IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM GIVING THEM PROVIDING THEM A GOOD EDUCATION. AND IT'S NOT FAIR. IT'S NOT FAIR THAT WE'RE GIVING PEOPLE A EDUCATION WHERE THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO COMPETE IN THIS GLOBAL CHANGING WORLD, UH, TRYING TO GET A JOB. BUT I THINK WE NEED TO FINALLY, FINALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE'RE STRUGGLING IN OUR PUBLIC PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AND WHEN NOT WHEN NOT SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS BY SAYING EVERYTHING IS GREAT AND THERE ARE NO ISSUES AND THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS AND WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS. THAT REPORT FROM THE BOSTON GLOBE LAST WEEK UH, WAS DEVASTATING DEVASTATING TO FAMILIES THAT RELY ON PUBLIC EDUCATION TO EDUCATE THEIR CHILD. DURING THIS BUDGET PROCESS WE MUST REMEMBER THE HEARING OR COUNCIL SANTANA IS FAILING. THAT SHOULD BE THE BASIS OF HOW WE MOVE FORWARD. UM ON THE BUDGET IS MAKING SURE STUDENTS OF COLOR ESPECIALLY UM ARE ABLE TO HAVE THE TOOLS TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE AND THAT INCLUDES A GOOD EDUCATION. THANK YOU MADAM. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNSELOR COLLETTE AS A POWDER COUNSELOR. CULPEPER. COUNSELOR. FITZGERALD. COUNSELOR. UH. FLYNN. COUNSELOR LOUIJEUNE. COUNSELOR. MURPHY. OH, AND PEOPLE. UM, COUNSELOR SANTANA, YOU'VE HAD A QUESTION. UM, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO, UM, ADD COUNCILOR MURPHY AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. UH, COUNCILOR MURPHY HAS ADDED THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ADDING THE NAMES SO SHE'S. YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH A LOT OF COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND I'LL CONTINUE UM, ADDING NAMES WHEN YOU'RE FINISHED. OKAY. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR SANTANA. I HAVE FILED A SIMILAR NOT EXACTLY THE SAME. I KNOW I SPOKE TO THE CLERK ON MONDAY TO MAKE SURE, UM, JUST HAPPY TO CO-SPONSOR THIS AND I'M GOING TO ADD YOU TO MINE AND WE CAN WORK TOGETHER ON THIS. THE ONE THING I'LL SAY THAT MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT WITHOUT OUR STUDENTS MEETING THIS MASK REQUIREMENT, I KNOW THERE'S A HEARING ORDER ABOUT COLLEGE ACCESS. WITHOUT THAT REQUIREMENT, NO MATTER WHAT WE GIVE THEM, IF WE GIVE THEM A CERTIFICATE IN GRADUATION, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR MANY OF OUR TUITION REIMBURSEMENTS OR FREE TUITION AND BEING ABLE TO MOVE ON. SO I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HOLD THESE TWO HEARINGS AND GET ANSWERS TO MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL. THAT'S WHY WE EDUCATE OUR STUDENTS HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. SO UM, COUNCILOR MURPHY'S ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR UM, CONTRA PEPEN CONTRA UH, WEBER COUNTY WHERE L AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR I HAVE TO START OVER AGAIN. COUNSELOR COLLETTE IS A PART OF COUNCILOR CULPEPER DURKAN COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FLYNN, COUNCILMAN DIVISION UH COUNCILOR PEPEN COUNCILOR WEBER, CONSTABLE ROWLAND, PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. OKAY. >> DOCKET 0330 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0331. DUCKING OF A0331 COUNCIL HAS PUT PEN AND DURKIN OFF FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS WAYS TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN PRIVATE WAYS A REFILE FROM 2025. THANK YOU. >> UH, MR. CLERK, COUNCILOR. UH, PEPEN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM PRESIDENT, I SUSPEND THE RULES AND NOW COUNCILOR AS WELL AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR . SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS. COUNCILOR UH WORRELL IS ADDED AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU. THIS IS A REFILE. >> SO THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POWDER COUNCILOR. CULPEPER COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR MURPHY UH COUNCILOR SANTANA CONSTABLE WEBER AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. DOCKET 0331. UH WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0332. DUCKING NUMBER 0332 COUNCILOR FLYNN ON FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE IMPORTANCE OF. CRUISE OF THE CRUISE INDUSTRY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON A REFERRAL FROM 2025. UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND THIS IS DOCKET 033332. I'VE GOT THE MISS NUMBER THREE. OH YES. GOT IT. THANK YOU. 332. UM, COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UH, THE CRUISE INDUSTRY, UM, PLAYS A HUGE ECONOMIC IMPACT ROLE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THROUGHOUT NEW ENGLAND. BOSTON HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CITY WITH A RICH MARITIME HISTORY AND OUR PORTS INCLUDING THE CONNOLLY TERMINAL, CONNOLLY TERMINAL, THE FLYNN CRUISE PORT HAVE BEEN VITAL TO OUR ECONOMY. MASS PORT IS A WONDERFUL NEIGHBOR TO BOSTON. BOSTON'S CRUISE INDUSTRY GREW SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS AND HAD A PASSENGER COUNT OF OVER 480,000 JOBS AND PASSENGERS IN 2024. THE CRUISE INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTED $256 MILLION TO THE ECONOMY, A 90% INCREASE SINCE 2018. IN NOVEMBER 2024, MASSPORT ANNOUNCED PLANS FOR A 100 MILLION INVESTMENT IN THE CRUISE PORT. UH, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO STATE SENATOR NICK COLLINS AND LEGISLATORS AS WELL. THESE INVESTMENTS ARE CRITICAL FOR OUR FOOT OPERATIONS TO CONTINUE AND BE COMPETITIVE. WE MUST CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEIR. WORK AND LEVERAGE OUR ROLE AS A PORT CITY AND CONTINUE TO GROW OUR ECONOMY. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE LONGSHOREMEN ASSOCIATION AS WELL. INCREDIBLE ROLE THE INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN ASSOCIATION PLAY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? CONSIDER THIS A POWDER. COUNCILOR CULPEPPER CONSTRUCTOR FOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILMAN MURPHY COUNCILORS UM PEPEN CULTURAL WEBER, COUNCILOR WORRELL. AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR DOCKET 0332 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. UM, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ UH, DOCKET 0333. DUNCAN OF A0333 COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, TRAFFIC CALMING AND VISION ZERO IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I GET COUNCILOR PEPEN, PLEASE? COUNCILOR PEPEN IS SO AT IT. THANK YOU. WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK COUNCILOR PEPEN HAS DONE ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE AGAIN, AS YOU MENTIONED, MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS A RE FILE ON PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. I HAVE CALLED THIS HEARING ALMOST EVERY YEAR SINCE 2018. I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR UM SAFE STREETS, SAFE SIDEWALKS ENSURING PEDESTRIANS ARE SAFE BUT ESPECIALLY PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. I WAS SEEING AS WE SEE A LOT OF YOUNG YOUNG CHILDREN GOING TO SCHOOL, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A SAFE AND HEALTHY CITY FOR THEM AND THAT INCLUDES UH PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, UH SAFE ACCESS BUT ALSO TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT ENFORCING THE RULES THAT ARE ON THE BOOKS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. >> SO DOCKET 033. OH YES. PLEASE. ANYONE LIKE TO ATTORNEY AND CONCERN ABOUT A CONCEPTUAL PAPER CONSIDERED DURKAN COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE MURPHY COUNCILOR WEBER CONCERT AROUND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. DOCKET NUMBER 333 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING, DRUG DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. UH DOCKET. UH, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0334. DOC NUMBER 03330334. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING ON COMMUNITY COLLEGE ACCESS AND STUDENT SUCCESS FOR BOSTON RESIDENTS. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. OOPS. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM, THIS FILING IS FOR US TO DO A DEEP DIVE ON COMMUNITY COLLEGE ACCESS AND OUR STUDENT SUCCESS. WE ALREADY HAVE SUCCESS STORIES SUCCESS STORIES THAT WE DON'T TALK ENOUGH ABOUT ABOUT OUR STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO ACCESS OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND GET COMMUNITY COLLEGE CREDIT WHILE THEY'RE STUDENTS AND COLLEGE CREDIT IN GENERAL WHILE THEY ARE STUDENTS AT BP'S UH, BUT COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS SO INTEGRAL TO THIS TO THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR STUDENTS. THERE'S DATA THAT COMES OUT SHOWS THAT THE PAY BUMP OF GRADUATES FOR EXAMPLE FROM BUNKER HILL COMMUNITY COLLEGE. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO DO A DEEP DIVE, ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERMATH OF UH, THE GOVERNOR MAKING UH, ACCESS TO COMMUNITY COLLEGE FREE FOR MASSACHUSETTS RESIDENTS AND THE WORK THAT THIS BODY HAS DONE UM, AND UH, ALONG WITH THE STATE HOUSE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT REALLY MEANT ALL STUDENTS REGARDLESS, UM, OF IMMIGRATION STATUS. AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THIS BODY TO THINK ABOUT HOW OUR THE PIPELINE TO OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGES. MY OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH EMPLOYERS TO STRENGTHEN THE PIPELINE OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR FOR OUR GRADUATES FROM COMMUNITY COLLEGES. AND THERE'S GREAT THINGS HAPPENING AT BUNKER HILL. THERE'S GREAT THINGS HAPPENING AT UM. IN CHARLESTOWN. THERE'S GREAT THINGS HAPPENING AT ROXBURY COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN ROXBURY BOTH ON THIS FRONT AND ON OTHER REALLY INNOVATIVE FRONTS. AND SO I JUST WANT US TO DO A DEEP DIVE HERE. I KNOW THAT FOLKS HERE IN OUR SCHOOLS ARE ALSO WORKING ON THIS. UM, SO MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT I LOVE AND CARE ABOUT ARE IN COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND WANT UM AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT WE CAN DO TO STRENGTHEN SUPPORT FOR THOSE STUDENTS. AFTER COLLEGE I WORKED AT THE POSSE FOUNDATION. THAT WAS ALL BASED ON HOW WE UH NOT ONLY SEND OUR KIDS OFF TO COLLEGE, WE MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WRAPPING THEM WITH SUPPORT . AND I THINK THAT A LOT OF THOSE MODELS CAN UM, BE HELPFUL HERE. SO I'M JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS HEARING. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGES ON THE WORK THEY'RE ARE DOING. THANK YOU THANK YOU COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR COLLETTE IS A POWDER COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR DURKAN FITZGERALD COUNCILOR. FLYNN COUNCILOR. MURPHY COUNCILOR. PEPEN COUNCILOR. WEBER, COUNCILOR MORRELL AND PLEASE OF THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0334 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0335. DORKING NUMBER 0335 COUNCIL OF FLYNN OFF OF THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS ACCESSIBILITY IN BOSTON CITY HALL. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ADD COUNCILOR MURPHY PLEASE? COUNCILOR MURPHY SO ADDED. THANK YOU. >> AS I HAVE MENTIONED MANY TIMES, I BELIEVE THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF FEDERAL LEGISLATION ON THE BOOKS. I FILE THIS HERE HEARING ORDER BECAUSE IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE MAKE ACCESSIBILITY A TOP PRIORITY FOR OUR CITY, ESPECIALLY OUR SENIORS. PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. UM I LOVE THIS BUILDING LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE DO AND I SOMETIMES WANDER AROUND THE BUILDING LOOKING AT ELEVATORS, LOOKING AT STAIRWAYS AND HOW WOULD A PERSON WITH DISABILITIES ACCESS BASIC CITY SERVICES OR AN OFFICE? THAT'S WHAT I ENJOY DOING. UM, LAST YEAR I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH OUR 14TH CITY COUNCIL ON MIKE AND HE WASN'T ABLE TO ACCESS A CERTAIN DOOR HERE AT CITY HALL THAT I HAD TO HELP THEM WITH. UM, BUT IT'S ABOUT IMPROVING CONTINUING TO PROVE CONDITIONS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT CHIEF IRISH COMMISSIONER SHELTON AND COMMISSIONER MCCOSH ARE DOING IN CITY HALL TO MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE. I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM TO GET TO MAKE MORE PROGRESS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? THIS IS A REFERRAL. SO. UM. >> COUNCILOR COLLETTE PARTNER COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR DURKAN, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR DIVISION CONSUME. MURPHY COUNCILOR PEPEN CONSTABLE REL AND PLEASE ARE THE CHAIR. DOCKET 0335 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0336? IT'S ANOTHER REFILE. NUMBER 0336 COUNCILOR FLYNN OFF OF THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE IMPACT OF QUARRY ON ACCESS TO AN EMPLOYMENT AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THIS IS A REFILE, BUT IT'S AN IMPORTANT UM IT'S IMPORTANT HEARING SO WE CAN DISCUSS HOW RETURNING CITIZENS ARE ABLE TO COME BACK TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THEY WERE BORN AND RAISED . BUT ALSO WHAT IMPACT DOES THEIR QUARRY HAVE ON THEM? I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE COMING OUT OF JAIL OR PRISON OUR RETURNING CITIZENS UM, HAVE ACCESS TO UM JOBS, HAVE ACCESS TO TRAINING AS A FORMER PROBATION OFFICER FOR EIGHT YEARS THIS IS WHAT I DID IS HELPING HELPING RETURNING CITIZENS. THE MOST FRUSTRATING PART OF BEING A PROBATION OFFICER IS WHEN A RETURNING CITIZEN ON PROBATION OR PAROLE WOULD GET A JOB THEY WERE DOING WELL AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEIR BOSS WOULD COME BACK TO THEM AND SAY WE DID A QUARRY ON YOU EVEN THOUGH YOU'VE WORKED WITH US FOR TWO WEEKS, YOU'VE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB. WE HAVE TO LET YOU GO. WE NEED TO BE MORE UNDERSTANDING, MORE EMPATHETIC, MORE COMPASSIONATE. WELCOME OUR RETURNING CITIZENS BACK HOME. UM, THEY'RE THEY'RE OUR NEIGHBORS AND THEY'RE OUR FRIENDS AS WELL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR FLYNN. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNTRY COLOR AS A POWDER COUNSELOR? CULPEPER. COUNSELOR. DURKIN. COUNTRY. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE COUNSELOR. MURPHYSBORO. COUNSELOR. PEPPER AND CONSTABLE. WEBER. CONSTABLE WORRELL AND PLEASE ARE THE CHAIR. DOCKET 0336 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. MR COOK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0337. STOCKING NUMBER 0337 COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO CONSIDER A FULL INDEPENDENT AUDIT OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FINANCES, OPERATIONS AND PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. UM. THE CITY COUNCIL. >> HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO EXERCISE OVERSIGHT. OF THE. >> CITY'S LARGEST PUBLIC INVESTMENT TO ENSURE SOUND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, TRANSPARENCY AND ALIGNMENT BETWEEN SPENDING DECISIONS AND INTENDED OUTCOMES. OPERATES WITH AN ANNUAL BUDGET . >> OF 1.7 BILLION, MAKING IT THE SINGLE LARGEST EXPENDITURE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON'S OPERATING. BUDGET AND ACCOUNTING FOR MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF ALL THE CITY SPENDING. IN ADDITION TO ITS RECURRING OPERATING BUDGET RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY 470 MILLION IN FEDERAL. PANDEMIC RECOVERY. FUNDING CLOSE TO HALF $1 BILLION OVER SEVERAL FISCAL YEARS, SIGNIFICANTLY EXPANDING THE SCALE AND COMPLEXITY OF DISTRICT SPENDING. DURING THAT PERIOD. DESPITE THIS LEVEL OF INVESTMENT, STUDENT ACADEMIC OUTCOMES REMAIN PERSISTENTLY LOW. AND BPA. SCHOOLS HAS NOW IDENTIFIED. >> A $52 MILLION BUDGET SHORTFALL. RESULTING IN HIRING AND SPENDING FREEZES AND RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT LONG TERM FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY. AND WE HAVE RECENTLY HEARD. >> THAT. IT COULD BE UP TO 400 LAYOFFS IN OUR FOR OUR STAFF AT DPS. THE COMBINATION OF HISTORIC FUNDING LEVELS LIMITED EVIDENCE OF IMPROVED OUTCOMES AND CURRENT FISCAL INSTABILITY NECESSITATES A COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION OF HOW. RESOURCES ARE ALLOCATED, MANAGED AND EVALUATED ACROSS THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WHILE INDIVIDUAL PROGRAM REVIEWS AND INTERNAL REPORTS MAY PROVIDE PARTIAL INSIGHT, THE SCALE OF BOSTON. PUBLIC SCHOOLS. BUDGET AND OPERATIONS WARRANTS AN INDEPENDENT SYSTEMWIDE AUDIT TO ASSESS FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP. OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY AND PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS. EDUCATORS FAMILIES. ADVOCATES AND. >> COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE CALLED FOR GREATER TRANSPARENCY REGARDING SPENDING DECISIONS, CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION. COST CONTRACTING PRACTICES IN WHETHER INVESTMENTS ARE REACHING CLASSROOMS AND PRODUCING THE RESULTS FOR STUDENTS WHICH THEY SHOULD BE. A FULL INDEPENDENT. AUDIT WOULD. PROVIDE THE CITY, THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND THE PUBLIC WITH OBJECTIVE INFORMATION NEEDED TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS, IMPROVE ACCOUNTABILITY. >> AND. ENSURE FUTURE. INVESTMENTS THAT WILL. ALIGN WITH OUR STUDENTS. NEEDS AND OUTCOMES. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POWDER COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCIL OF FLYNN LOUIJEUNE PEPEN COUNCILOR. SANTANA COUNCILOR WEBER CONSIDER ORAL AND PLEASE UH THE CHAIR DOCKET 0337 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON POST AUDIT. MR KERR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0338. DOCKET NUMBER 0338 COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS PROPERTY TAX RELIEF FOR LONG TERM RESIDENTS AND ESSENTIAL MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES WHERE REFILE FROM 2025. THANK YOU, MR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ADD COUNCIL ROLE AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR? CONSIDER WHERE L IS SO ADDED. THANK YOU. >> THIS WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF PROGRAMS AND TAX RELIEF THE CITY CAN PROVIDE TO RESIDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, BUT ALSO TO OUR ESSENTIAL MUNICIPAL WORKERS. THEY PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN IOWA CITY UM, THEIR OWN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORS, THEIR OUR LITERALLY COACHES THAT ACTIVE IN THE PTA UM THE COMMUNITY LEADERS AND THEY'VE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB WORKING FOR THE CITY. THEY'RE FINDING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO STAY HERE IN BOSTON WITH PROPERTY TAXES INCREASING SIGNIFICANTLY. BUT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LEARN WHAT RELIEF WE COULD PROVIDE THEM. UM, IT'S CRITICAL THAT THESE RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO STAY AND CONTRIBUTE TO BOSTON, AND THE CITY SHOULD EXPLORE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT POLICIES FROM OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN MASSACHUSETTS TO SEE HOW WE CAN PROVIDE TAX RELIEF TO THESE HOMEOWNERS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. UM. >> WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POWDER COUNCILOR. CULPEPER COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD COUNCILOR. UH LOUIJEUNE. UH COUNCILOR. PEPEN COUNCILOR. SANTANA, COUNCILOR WEBER. AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR DOCKET 033 IT WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0339? .0339 >> COUNCILOR FLYNN OFFERED THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE GOALS AND PRIORITIES OF THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE IN THE OFFICE OF TOURISM, SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. A REFILE FROM 2025. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> MADAM CHAIR. I WAS PROUD TO BE THE CHAIR UM, OF THE ARTS AND CULTURE COMMITTEE AND UH, LEARNED A GREAT DEAL FROM MANY OF THE ARTISTS MUSICIANS UH COMMUNITY LEADERS ACROSS BOSTON THAT CONTRIBUTED GREATLY, UM, TO OUR CITY. BOSTON IS A CITY THAT IS RICH WITH ART, HISTORY, CULTURE, WORLD CLASS MUSEUMS. WE ARE ALSO A MAJOR SPORTS HUB AND HOME TO FAMOUS PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAMS. OUR CITY DRAWS TOURISM ALL OVER THE WORLD WHO IN TURN BECOME AN IMPORTANT DRIVER OF OUR LOCAL AND STATE ECONOMY. OBVIOUSLY THE FIFA WORLD CUP IS COMING. UM CITY HALL IS A IS GOING TO BE THE SITE FOR A FAN FESTIVAL I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM UH THE RESPECTIVE RESPECTIVE UM ,CITY OFFICES HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT UM MANY OF THESE EVENTS BUT ALSO HOW RESIDENTS ARE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE SUCH AS THE TALL SHIPS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TALL SHIPS ARE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL TO PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. THAT'S A TOP PRIORITY FOR ME. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME COUNTRY COLOR AS A POWDER COUNCILOR? CULPEPER COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. UH. PEPEN COUNCILOR. SANTANA COUNCILOR. WEBER, COUNCILOR WORRELL. AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. DOCKET 0339 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ARTS, CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT AND TOURISM. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET. 03400340 COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR THE FOLLOWING FORUM FOR A HEARING TO EXAMINE STUDENT ACADEMIC OUTCOMES AND RETURN ON INVESTMENT IN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> ONE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL IS TO ENSURE THAT MAJOR PUBLIC INVESTMENTS RESULT IN MEASURABLE IMPROVEMENTS IN OUTCOMES, PARTICULARLY WHEN THOSE INVESTMENTS ARE INTENDED TO ADDRESS INEQUITIES AND. IMPROVE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. OPERATES WITH AN ANNUAL BUDGET. >> OF $1.7. >> BILLION, MAKING IT THE SINGLE LARGEST EXPENDITURE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. IN ADDITION TO ITS ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET, IT HAD RECEIVED UM. FORMER ESSER FUNDING THAT I SPOKE OF AT MY LAST. THE HEARING I FILED LAST. DESPITE THIS HISTORIC LEVEL, OUR 2025 MCAT DATA RELEASED. >> BY THE MATH DEPARTMENT. >> OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION. CONTINUES TO SHOW. PERSISTENTLY THOUGH ACADEMIC OUTCOMES ACROSS MULTIPLE GRADE LEVELS IN CPS IN THE THIRD GRADE, ONLY 19% OF BLACK STUDENTS AND 20% OF LATINO STUDENTS MEET OR EXCEED. EXPECTATIONS EN MASSE. AND WHEN DISAGGREGATED FURTHER, ONLY APPROXIMATELY 1% OF BLACK STUDENTS EXCEED. EXPECTATIONS WHICH TRANSLATES TO ONLY A. ONLY EIGHTH OF OUR BLACK CHILDREN CITYWIDE WITH ONLY. 28 LATINOS EXCEEDING CITYWIDE. SIMILARLY LOW. OUTCOMES APPEAR. ACROSS SUBSEQUENT. GRADE LEVELS. INCLUDING IN THE FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE WHERE ONLY SINGLE DIGIT NUMBERS OF OUR BLACK STUDENTS AND ONLY A FEW DOZEN LATINO STUDENTS EXCEED EXPECTATIONS DESPITE THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS WHO ARE TESTED ANNUALLY BY THE SIXTH GRADE, ONLY 17% OF BLACK STUDENTS AND 20% OF LATINO STUDENTS MEET THE EXPECTATIONS. WHILE PERCENTAGES ALONE CAN OBSCURE THE MAGNITUDE OF THESE RESULTS, TRANSLATING THE DATA INTO ACTUAL NUMBERS OF STUDENTS REVEALS THE OUTCOME SO STARK THAT MANY PEOPLE INITIALLY ASSUME THE DATA MUST BE. INCORRECT AND WHEN IT IS IN FACT. ACCURATELY ACTUALLY REPORTED. ,THESE OUTCOMES RAISE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES FOLLOWING YEARS OF UNPRECEDENTED SPENDING, PARTICULARLY AROUND OUR BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS WHO WERE DISPROPORTIONATELY. IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC. THE CITY COUNCIL HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO UNDERSTAND WHETHER THE SCALE OF PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN BEPS HAS TRANSLATED INTO IMPROVED ACADEMIC OUTCOMES. FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING SOME . REAL DATA AND ANSWERS AND HAVING. >> THIS HEARING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MURPHY. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? CONSTRUCTION LETTERS TO COUNCILOR CULPEPER, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD CONTRA FINN COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR PEPEN COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCILOR WEBER CONCERT WORRELL AND CHRIS ARE THE CHAIR. DOCKET 0340 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0341. DUKKHA NUMBER 0341 COUNCILOR FLYNN ON FOR THE FOLLOWING FLORIDA FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE STATUS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON'S APPLICATION TO CERTIFY WITH THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY FOR THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM COMMUNITY RANKING SYSTEM A REFERRAL FROM 2025. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AS YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED A RESOLUTION RESOLUTION URGING BOSTON TO CERTIFY WITH FEMA FOR THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM PROGRAM THAT CAN SAVE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN FLOOD INSURANCE COSTS. I RECENTLY MET WITH CONSTITUENTS OF MINE AT FORT POINT AND THIS IS THE TOPIC THAT WE DISCUSSED. UM SEA LEVEL RISE IS IS. >> A. SIGNIFICANT ISSUE IN MANY NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY, PARTICULARLY DISTRICT ONE, DISTRICT TWO JUST A. VERY UM IN OTHERS UM IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE WORK TOGETHER WITH CITY, STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS BUT PROVIDING THIS SUPPORT TO RESIDENTS IN THESE FLOOD FLOOD ZONES WOULD BE HELPFUL TO THEM. UM, I CONTINUE TO WORK WITH CHIEF UH, CHIEF OSGOOD, UM, WHO'S BEEN WORKING WITH ME AND WITH THE, UM, OTHER LAFAYETTE OFFICIALS AND WITH UH, NEIGHBORS ACROSS MY DISTRICT TO GET THIS DONE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR FLYNN. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCIL COLLETTE AS A POWDER COUNCILOR. CULPEPER CONTRACTOR AND COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. MURPHY, COUNSELOR. PEPEN, COUNSELOR. SANTANA COUNSELOR. WEBER CONTRA WORRELL AND PLEASE OUT THE CHAIR. DOCKET 0341 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RESILIENCY AND PARKS. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0342. DOC NUMBER 0342 COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXAMINE GRADUATION REQUIREMENT IMPLEMENTATION WAIVERS AND EQUITY IN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY COMES FROM MURPHY WITH THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR SANTANA. UH, COUNCILOR SANTANA. SO DID. THIS HEARING IS TO EXAMINE GRADUATION. REQUIREMENT IMPLEMENTATION. IT DIDN'T SUPPORT IT. >> BUT. LAST YEAR WE DID VOTE. TO. >> UM. >> GET RID OF THE MCS REQUIREMENT. AND SO NOW WE ARE HERE. >> WITH. MASK CORE AND. ADOPTED IT BASED ON. GRADUATION REQUIREMENT FOLLOWING THE REMOVAL OF. MCS AS A STATEWIDE. REQUIREMENT WITH THE STATED GOAL OF MAINTAINING RIGOROUS AND MEANINGFUL ACADEMIC EXPECTATIONS FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. RECENT REPORTING INDICATES THAT MORE THAN ONE. >> THIRD OF BOSTON PUBLIC. SCHOOL SENIORS ARE CURRENTLY NOT ON TRACK TO MEET THE DISTRICT'S NEW GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS, RAISING SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION, EQUITY. >> AND. ACCOUNTABILITY BECAUSE STUDENTS WHO ARE BLACK LATINO ENGLISH LEARNERS LOW INCOME. IN OUR SPECIAL. ED STUDENTS ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY NOT. >> ON TRACK. >> TO MEET THE NEW GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS. THE USE OF BROAD WAIVERS WITHOUT TRANSPARENT REPORTING. OR STRATEGIC SUPPORT RISKS OBSCURING. INEQUITABLE ACCESS RATHER THAN ADDRESSING IT. WAIVERS GRANTED AT SCALE DO NOT ADDRESS THE UNDERLYING CAUSES OF STUDENTS NOT MEETING. GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS. INCLUDING INCONSISTENT ACCESS TO. REQUIRED COURSEWORK. LATE OR UNEVEN ACADEMIC INTERVENTION IN THE ABSENCE OF CLEAR ENFORCEABLE IMPLEMENTATION STANDARDS, WIDESPREAD RELIANCE ON WAIVERS RISKS UNDERMINING THE INTEGRITY OF GRADUATION STANDARDS BY MASKING LONGSTANDING AND WELL-DOCUMENTED SYSTEMIC FAILURES TO CONSISTENTLY DELIVER HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION IN ACADEMIC. PREPARATION TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. DESPITE SUBSTANTIAL AND SUSTAINED FINANCIAL INVESTMENT . SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING. ALONGSIDE COUNCIL SANTANA ON THIS HEARING AND. >> MAKING SURE THAT WE DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY CHAIR RECOGNIZES SANTANA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. UM, SIMILAR HEARING ORDERS I THINK I WAS REALLY, UM THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY, FOR ADDING ME. UM. >> I DON'T THINK THIS IS, UM THIS NEEDS TO BE A PRIORITY FOR ALL OF US AND, UH, REALLY LOOKING OUT FOR OUR STUDENTS, UM, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE CURRENTLY STRUGGLING. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION AND BEING ABLE TO ,UH. POTENTIALLY HOLD THESE TWO HEARING DOCKETS TOGETHER. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA. UH, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PART OF COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR DURKAN, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD FLYNN, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. PEPEN COUNCILOR WEBER CULTURAL AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR DOCKET 0342 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0343. DUNCAN NUMBER 0343 COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO CONTINUE EXPLORING STRATEGIES FOR DEVELOPING MIXED INCOME SOCIAL HOUSING TO. INCREASE HOUSING ACCESS AND AFFORDABILITY FOR ALL BOSTONIANS. THIS IS A REFERRAL FROM 2025. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD I'M COUNCILOR PREPARED AS AN OUR ORIGINAL UM CO-SPONSOR CONTRACT. PEPEN IS SO ADDED. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, THIS IS A REFILE. THIS WAS MY UM INAUGURAL SPEECH ON THE FLOOR AND WE'VE COME A LONG WAY IN THE LAST TWO YEARS FROM THIS AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT MORE WORK UM, TO DO. UM, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE WORK AHEAD. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR CONNECTICUT POWDER COUNCILOR CULPEPER. OH. >> I'M SO SORRY, MADAM PRESIDENT. CAN I ALSO ADD COUNCIL? UM, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AS AN ORIGINAL, UM, CO-SPONSOR? JUST SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE SO ADDED UH, WHERE WAS I? I START OVER AGAIN. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COLLETTE AS A POWDER COUNCILOR CULPEPPER COUNCILOR DURKIN CONTRA FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN UH COUNCILOR. UH COUNCILOR UH COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCILOR WORRELL AND PLEASE HAVE THE CHAIR. UH THANK YOU. DOCKET 0343 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0344. DUNCAN EMBER 0344 COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE EDUCATIONAL AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, PAST SUCCESSES AND FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH JOBS OFFERED BY THE CITY OF BOSTON. THIS IS A REFILE FROM 2025. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THE PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, THIS IS A REFILE. WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF OUR YOUTH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR COLLETTE IS A POWDER COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. COUNCILOR. DURKIN. COUNTRY FITZGERALD CONTRA FLYNN. COUNCILMAN LOUIJEUNE. COUNCILOR. PEPEN. COUNCILOR. WEBER. CULTURAL AND PLEASE OF THE CHAIR. DOCKET 0344 BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET. 0345 NUMBER 0345? COUNCILORS DURKAN AND BRAINARD FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXPLORE AMENDING THE BOSTON ZONING CODE TO SHIFT RESIDENTIAL USE TO ALLOWED WHERE APPROPRIATE. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES. COUNCILOR GERKE AND COUNCILOR DURKIN. YOU NOW HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. UM, AND I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND I WOULD ADD COUNCILOR SANTANA AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR. HARRINGTON. NO OBJECTION. COUNCILOR SANTANA IS SO ADDED. THANK YOU. UM, AND THANK YOU FOR CO-SPONSORING THIS HEARING WITH ME. UH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT BRUTON. UH, THIS HEARING ORDER IS ABOUT EXAMINING WHERE OUR ZONING CODE TREATS HOUSING AS CONDITIONAL OR EVEN FORBIDDEN USES AND WHERE WE SHOULD CHANGE THAT TO MAKE HOUSING ALLOWED BY RIGHT WHERE IT'S APPROPRIATE. WE KNOW THAT HOUSING IS THE MOST PRESSING CHALLENGE FACING OUR CITY AND YET IN MANY CASES ARE ZONING CODE RESTRICTS HOUSING FROM BEING BUILT IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DESPERATELY NEED AND WANT IT IN AREAS CLOSE TO TRANSIT THAT ARE WELL SUITED FOR DEVELOPMENT. THIS HEARING ORDER COMES DIRECTLY FROM THE WORK WE BEGAN IN THE BULLFINCH TRIANGLE LAST YEAR, PASSING A ZONING CODE AMENDMENT IN JUST THREE MONTHS WITH ALL OF YOUR HELP ON THE COUNCIL TO MAKE RESIDENTIAL AN ALLOWED USE INSTEAD OF CONDITIONAL. I DEFENDED THAT ZONING AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING COMMISSION. UH, WE KNOW THAT THE BOTH IN TRIANGLE HAS SEEN A LOT OF TRANSFER TRANSFORMATION OVER THE YEARS, AND IT'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHERE WE SHOULD BE ENCOURAGING NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE RESIDENTIAL USE WAS CONDITIONAL. DEVELOPERS NEEDED TO GO THROUGH EXTRA PROCESS TO GET A VARIANCE, BRINGING COST AND UNCERTAINTY THAT CREATED BARRIERS TO BUILDING ESPECIALLY FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZE DEVELOPERS. MOST IMPORTANTLY THAT WAS A PRESERVATION AMENDMENT. REALLY WE'VE ALL HEARD OF THE OFFICE RISING PROGRAM AND ITS SUCCESS. UM BUT THERE WAS A LOT. THERE ARE A LOT OF BUILDINGS THAT ARE UNDER UTILIZED IN THE BOSTON TRIANGLE WITH THE SUPPORT OF BOTH RESIDENTS AND DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY. WE WERE ABLE TO AMEND THE ZONING CODE TO MAKE MORE HOUSING IN THE IN TRIANGLE. THIS CHANGE WAS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE WEST END CIVIC ASSOCIATION AND HAD A CLEAR VISION WHICH HAD A CLEAR VISION FOR UH A DEVELOPMENT AT 222 FRONT STREET. THIS SITE WAS INITIALLY PROPOSED AS LAB BUT NEIGHBORS BELIEVED IT SHOULD BE HOUSING AT THE BEGINNING OF 2024. THE DEVELOPER DID NOT WANT TO TAKE THE RISK OF SEEKING A VARIANCE TO BUILD HOUSING INSTEAD. BUT BY UPDATING THE CODE WE REMOVED THAT BARRIER. THE DEVELOPER HAS ALREADY COME FORWARD WITH A NEW UH, PROPOSAL TO MAKE IT HOUSING AT 2 TO 2 FRONT STREET. IN SHORT, WE WANT TO SEE IF THIS CHANGE THAT WE MADE IN THE BOSTON TRIANGLE HAS OTHER APPLICABILITY THROUGHOUT THE CITY. UM, WE'VE HEARD OF AREAS ON NORTH BEACON STREET IN THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S DISTRICT. WE THERE ARE AREAS INDUSTRIAL ZONES, WATERFRONT DISTRICT DESIGNATED PORT AREAS AND FLOOD PRONE ZONES THAT NEED SPECIAL CONSIDERATION. BUT IN MANY OTHERS THESE RESTRICTIONS ARE OUTDATED AND ARBITRARY AND PREVENT NEIGHBORHOODS FROM GROWING TO FIT OUR NEEDS. THE URGENCY OF OUR HOUSING CRISIS DEMANDS THAT WE THINK INNOVATIVELY AND EVALUATE EVERY TOOL IN OUR TOOLBOX TO MAKE AN IMPACT. THROUGH THIS HEARING, I'M EXCITED TO INVESTIGATE WHETHER WE'LL BE ABLE TO RECLASSIFY HOUSING AS ALLOWED USE IN CERTAIN AREAS WHETHER THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, NICHE AMENDMENTS THAT WE COULD MAKE TO OUR ZONING CODE TO MAKE HOUSING EASIER. UM, AND THIS IS JUST ONE PART OF THE CONVERSATION. SO UH, THANK YOU, CHAIR. AND I WANT TO THANK BOTH MY COLLEAGUES COUNCILOR COUNCIL PRESIDENT BRUTON AND COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR JOINING ME IN THIS EFFORT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN. UH THE. >> CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BRETON. COUNCILOR BRETON AND I HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AS WE'RE ALL AWARE, BOSTON IS FACING A PRESSING HOUSING CRISIS THAT MUST BE ADDRESSED URGENTLY USING ALL STRATEGIES AVAILABLE TO THE CITY. AS THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT UNDERTAKES ITS REVIEW OF THE CITY'S ZONING CODE A STRATEGY THAT I BELIEVE WE MUST CONSIDER AS IS THE POTENTIAL TO EXPAND AS OF RIGHT AND CONDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL ZONING TO INAPPROPRIATE AREAS OF THE CITY. SUCH ZONING AMENDMENTS CAN HELP TO REDUCE BARRIERS TO THE HOUSING TO HOUSING PRODUCTION AND ENCOURAGE THE CREATION OF VIBRANT MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOODS. AND I LOOK FORWARD FORWARD TO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS TOPIC AND THANK YOU TO CONSIDER ,UH DURKAN FOR INCLUDING ME. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BURTON. UH, COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU DON'T HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR DIRECTOR FOR INCLUDING ME IN THIS. UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UH, BOTH, UH, OF THE TWO CO-SPONSORS, UM, SAID IT ALL. UM, WE NEED MORE HOUSING. WE NEED TO BREAK DOWN THE BARRIERS, UM, TO, UH TO OUR HOUSING SUPPLY. UM, AND AS COUNCILOR DUNCAN MENTIONED, WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO ADD, UM, UH, TOOLS TO THIS TOOLBOX THAT WE'RE CREATING. SO, UM, JUST THANKFUL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THIS MATTER AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR SANTANA, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK, PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCIL. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL PREPEND COUNCIL WEBER COUNCIL AROUND PLEASE AT THE CHAIR. DOCKET 0345 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0346. DUCKING NUMBER 0346 COUNCILOR DURKIN UM, FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXPLORE THE INCLUSION OF POLLINATOR CORRIDORS AS PART OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. A REFERRAL FROM 2025. COUNCIL DURKAN. YOU HAVE. >> THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL PRESIDENT I'M EXCITED TO REINTRODUCE THIS HEARING ORDER TO EXPLORE HOW BOSTON CAN INTEGRATE POLLINATOR CORRIDORS INTO INTO OUR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES. POLLINATOR SPECIES ARE DECLINING AT ALARMING RATES THREATENING OUR GLOBAL ECOSYSTEMS AND THE FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN. NOT ONLY DOES ENCOURAGING POLLINATOR HABITATS AND POLLINATOR FRIENDLY PRACTICES SUPPORT BIODIVERSITY, BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO THINK UNIQUELY ABOUT HOW WE CAN ENGAGE RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITIES IN THIS IMPORTANT WORK. UM AND INVESTING AND MAKING OUR CITY MORE SUSTAINABLE AS A WHOLE. SINCE INTRODUCING THIS LAST YEAR I'VE SPOKE WITH BRIAN GIBBONS AT THE ROSE KENNEDY GREENWAY. I'VE DONE A TOUR WITH STEPHEN SNYDER AND OTHERS AT NORTHEASTERN AND HAVE TALKED TO MANY RESIDENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED AND EXCITED TO PARTICIPATE. UM, I KNOW IN BEACON HILL WE HAVE THE BEACON HILL GARDEN CLUB. UH WE HAVE THE CHARLES GATE ALLIANCE. WE HAVE A LOT OF EAGER UH, SUSTAINABLE GROUPS THAT WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR OFFICE. SO I'M EXCITED TO REALLY JUST ACROSS DISTRICT EIGHT AND ACROSS THE CITY GET PEOPLE EXCITED. UM, I'M ALSO ENCOURAGED TO SEE WHERE THIS IS GOING. UM, AND SORRY, LAST YEAR MY CO-SPONSORS WERE CLOSED AS A POTTER AND PIPPIN. UM, OUT OF RESPECT TO ALL THE WORK THAT UM THAT, UH, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE HAS DONE FOR POLLINATOR CORRIDORS, I WANTED TO ADD THAT AS A POTTER AND LOUIJEUNE KNOWING THAT PIPPIN CARES DEEPLY ABOUT THIS . SO THANK YOU. UH, COUNCILOR, UM, COUNCIL TOOK AND WISHES TO, UH COUNCILOR UM LOUIJEUNE UM YOU ALSO ADDED AND AND THEN COUNCILOR AT COUNCILOR COLOR THIS HEARING AND SEEING NO OBJECTIONS CONTRA COLOR DISSIPATED IS SUPPORTER IS SO ADDED. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. PEPEN CONTRA SANTANA. CULTURAL WEBER COUNCIL ORAL AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. UH. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0346. UH, IT WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION . MR TRUCK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0347. DOCKET NUMBER 0347 COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXPLORE PROGRAMS THE CITY OF BOSTON OFFICE OR COULD ESTABLISH TO PREVENT ILLEGAL DISCRIMINATION BY LANDLORDS AND REAL ESTATE BROKERS AGAINST PROSPECTIVE TENANTS UTILIZING HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS A REFILE FROM 2025. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCIL SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, MADAM PRESIDENT, CAN I PLEASE ADD HISTORICAL PEPPER UM ,TO THIS FILING? COUNCILOR CULPEPER. >> IS ADDED AS A SECOND. GREAT. >> THANK YOU. THIS IS A REFILE. UM, WE NEED MORE HOUSING. WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RESIDENTS, UM, WHO ARE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW THEY'RE NOT SUBJECT TO, UM, ILLEGAL DISCRIMINATION. UM, SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION. UM, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT . THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR. UH DURKAN. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. PEPEN. COUNCILOR. WEBER. COUNCIL. WORRELL. AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. DOCKET 0437 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. MR COOK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0348. CAN HAVE A0348 COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING LGBTQ PLUS YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT HOMELESSNESS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, A REFERRAL FROM 2025. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSCIOUS ANTENNA. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM THIS IS A REFILE WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO, UM, WORK ON UM, UH, PROTECTING OUR LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY AS WELL AS UM, REALLY ADDRESSING UM, THE HOMELESSNESS ISSUE ESPECIALLY AMONGST THIS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR CULPEPER, COUNCILOR DURKAN. CONTRA FITZGERALD. CANCER. FLYNN COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE CANCER COUNCILORS. UH. WEBER COUNCILOR MURPHY, COUNCILOR WORRELL UM PLEASE OF THE CHAIR. DOCKET UH. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0348 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH ,HOMELESSNESS AND RECOVERY. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0349. DUNCAN NUMBER 0349 COUNCIL PLANNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER REGARDING A TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE BOSTON ZONING CODE RELATIVE TO ADULT ENTERTAINMENT A REFUND FROM 2025. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I FILED THIS TEXT AMENDMENT, UM, HOPING TO MOVE IT FORWARD. UM, WHICH WOULD ESSENTIALLY CHANGE ADULT ENTERTAINMENT FROM ALLOWED USE TO CONDITIONAL USE AS WRITTEN IN ARTICLE 43. I DO BELIEVE THE RESIDENTS OF CHINATOWN. THE RESIDENTS OF. THE BAY VILLAGE DOWNTOWN BOSTON SHOULD HAVE A SAY IN THEIR COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT GOES IN THERE. IF YOU HAD A COFFEE SHOP GOING INTO INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD YOU WOULD OFTEN HAVE A HEARING AT ZBA. UM, BUT WE'RE HAVING A MAJOR IMPACT ON THE RESIDENTS OF CHINATOWN. I WANT TO DO MY DUE DILIGENCE AND ADVOCATE FOR THEM. I THINK IN THE INTEREST OF TRANSPARENCY AND ENSURING RESIDENTS THAT HAVE TRADITIONALLY BEEN SHUT OUT OF THE POLITICAL PROCESS PEOPLE OF COLOR IN CHINATOWN, THEY DESERVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE HEARD AND RESPECTED. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. THIS IS A REFERRAL. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR. CULPEPER COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. WEBER COUNCILOR WORRELL AND PLEASE UH THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0349 REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION . MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0350. SO I CAN NUMBER 0350? COUNCILOR CULPEPER FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING ON THE STATUS OF THE SOUTHEND BRANCH LIBRARY REOPENING. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR CULPEPER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER REMARKS ON VOTE DOCKET 0350 AND 0351 AND I'D LIKE TO SUBSTITUTE THE FOLLOWING FOR DOCKET 0351, WHICH RECOGNIZES THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF MARLENE NAM HOUSE WHO THE COMMUNITY ROOM AT THE SOUTHEND LIBRARY WAS NAMED AFTER. JUST A SECOND. THESE WERE. SETTLED WITH SECOND FOR THE SUBSTITUTION OF THE. THEY HAVE TO MAKE 25. OKAY, UM THE CHURCH NEEDS TO READ 351. UM. SO YEAH. PLEASE. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0351? DUNCAN HAVE A0351 COUNCILOR CULPEPER FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF REOPENING THE SOUTHEND BRANCH OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY. THANK YOU. THESE FIVE ISLANDS ADDRESS THE CONTINUED CLOSURE OF THE SOUTHEND BRANCH OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY AND THE VERY REAL IMPACT THE CLOSURE HAS HAD ON THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. THE SOUTH THE SOUTHERN BRANCH HAS BEEN CLOSED SINCE APRIL OF 2021 DUE TO REPEATED FLOODING AND RESIDENTS ARE NOW BEING TOLD THAT A PERMANENT REOPENING IS NOT EXPECTED UNTIL AT LEAST 2027. THAT MEANS 50,000 RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN WITHOUT A NEIGHBORHOOD LIBRARY FOR MORE THAN FOUR YEARS, WITH AT LEAST ANOTHER YEAR STILL AHEAD OF. BEFORE ITS CLOSURE. THIS PLAN THIS LIBRARY BRANCH SERVES AS A VITAL EDUCATIONAL AND CIVIC IT PROVIDE EARLY LITERACY PROGRAMS, HOMEWORK HELP, ACCESS TO COMPUTERS AND INTERNET WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES ENGLISH ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING, SENIOR PROGRAMING IS FREE SPACE FOR COMMUNITY GATHERINGS. THE LOSS OF THESE SERVICES HAS FALLEN HARDEST ON THE CHILDREN, FAMILIES SENIORS IMMIGRANTS AND LOW INCOME RESIDENTS WHO RELY MOST ON PUBLIC LIBRARY ACCESS. THIS BRANCH IS ALL SO BEEN SAVED BY TIRELESS ADVOCACY OF COMMUNITY LEADERS LIKE MARLENE MAIN HOUSE, A LONG TIME SOUTHEND RESIDENT WHOSE COMMITMENT TO THE LIBRARY STRENGTHEN PROGRAMS AND DEEPEN ITS ROLE AS A TRUE NEIGHBORHOOD INSTITUTION. THE COMMUNITY ROOM AT THE SOUTHEND LIBRARY, AS I MENTIONED, IS NAMED IN HER HONOR AND FOR THIS LIBRARY WE OPEN THIS LIBRARY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. IT'S NOT ONLY ABOUT RESTORING SERVICES, MADAM PRESIDENT, BUT IS ALSO ABOUT HONORING THE LEGACY OF MARLENE NAM HOUSE AND THE GENERATIONS OF RESIDENTS WHO FOUGHT TO MAKE THIS BRANCH A CORNERSTONE OF THE SOUTH END . THESE VOLUNTEERS ABOUT TRANSPARENCY ACCOUNTABILITY AND BASIC ACCESS TO PUBLIC SERVICES. THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 CAPITAL BUDGET INCLUDES A $32 MILLION APPROPRIATION FOR THE REOPENING OF THE SOUTHEND LIBRARY. YET THERE REMAIN SIGNIFICANT UNCERTAINTY AROUND THE PROJECT TIMELINE ANTICIPATED MILESTONES AND A CLEAR REOPENING DATE. THESE WEE FILINGS CALL FOR A CLEAR ACCOUNTING OF THE REOPENING PROCESS AND A RENEWED COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE, RELIABLE LIBRARY SERVICES. DURING THE EXTENDED CLOSURE, THE SOUTH SHOULD NOT HAVE TO WAIT NEARLY A DECADE TO REGAIN ACCESS TO A CORE PUBLIC INSTITUTION. I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THESE FILINGS AND ENSURE THAT SOUTHEND RESIDENTS RECEIVE BOTH THE TRANSPARENCY AND THE SERVICES THEY DESERVE. MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AS THE ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR TO DOCKET NUMBER 0350 AND THE SUBSTITUTE FILING FOR 0351. AND I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST A SUSPENSION OF THE RULES TO TAKE A VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE FILING FOR DOCKET NUMBER 0351. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER . SO WE'LL TAKE THESE ISSUES ONE AT A TIME. UH, SO DOCKET 0350. UM. SO YOU FILING. YEAH. >> SO, UH, COUNCILOR CULPEPER LIKE TO ADD, UH, COUNCILORS FLYNN AND FITZGERALD. UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN IS ADDED AS A SECOND. UM, I ALSO LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS. FITZGERALD IS ADDED AS A SECOND TO DOCKET 0350. WOULD AND. YES FLYNN. MHM. >> AND COUNCILOR. >> FLAKE AND COUNCILOR FLYNN. YEAH. >> UM YES COUNCILOR. YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN HAD YOU HAD YOUR LIGHT ON FIRST SO COUNTRY FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND UH, THANK YOU TO REVEREND CULPEPER FOR ADDING ME AND, UM ,THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE SOUTHEND LIBRARY. THE SOUTHEND LIBRARY DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM IT IS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS. UM THAT I LOVE PROBABLY MORE THAN ANY OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD IS VILLA VICTORIA. UM, AND I KNOW IT'S THE SOUTHEND LIBRARY PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN SUPPORTING AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE AT VILLA VICTORIA SENIORS AS WELL. UM, RIGHT UP THE ROAD A LITTLE BIT IS THE BLUE SPARKLY DEVELOPMENT THE OLD CATHEDRAL CASTLE SQUARE AND CERTAINLY DOWN THE ROAD IS UM ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SOUTH END INTO ROXBURY BUT IT'S HELPING FAMILIES AND STUDENTS IN NEED. IT'S A CRITICAL IT'S A CRITICAL ASSET TO THE SOUTH END COMMUNITY AND TO THE AND TO THE ROCK SPORTING COMMUNITY AS WELL. UM, WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO REVEREND COLE PEPPA TO COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UM, FORMER CITY COUNCILOR KIM JANEY THAT DID A LOT OF WORK ON THIS AS WELL. WORKING WITH ME OVER THE YEARS. UM, BUT IT'S ABOUT ENSURING THAT THE RESIDENTS OF THE SOUTH END AND THE RESIDENTS OF ROXBURY ARE TREATED WITH RESPECT, HAVE ACCESS TO LEARNING, HAVE ACCESS TO A LIBRARY. A LIBRARY BRINGS US TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY. IT BRINGS OUT THE BEST IN US AND THERE'S NOTHING BETTER AS A CITY COUNCIL THAN TO SEE A YOUNG CHILD READING. AND LEARNING. AND DOING THEIR HOMEWORK. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCILOR CULPEPER, UH, FOR ADDING ME AS WELL. UH, WELL, THE THE LOCATION OF THE LIBRARY IS NOT NECESSARILY IN ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS. IT IS THE LIBRARY OF THE SOUTH END IN TOTAL. AND SO ALL OUR CONSTITUENTS HAVE COME UP TO US SEPARATELY. UH, I THINK IT ADVOCATED FOR THIS AND SO, UH, IT IS IT IS IRONIC TO GO OUT THERE AND CARRY ON THAT MESSAGE FOR THEM. UH, A LIGHT FROM WHETHER IT'S FROM VILLA VICTORIA ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE INK BLOCK. UH, THIS IS UH, THE LIBRARY FOR THE SOUTH END NEIGHBORHOOD, SO WE'D REALLY LOVE TO SEE THIS GET GOING. AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAD A QUESTION. SPEAK. >> YES. THANK YOU. UM. THANK YOU. CULPEPER. >> UM, COUNCIL CULPEPER FOR FILING THIS, UM. CUTS FROM MURPHY. UM. ARE YOU GOING TO ADDRESS THE SOLUTION? NO, THIS IS THE THIS IS THE HEARING ORDER THAT'S GOING TO THE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES . DOCKET 05035100350. SO WE'VE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE RESOLUTION WHEN IT COMES UP NEXT. I'M JUST SEPARATED TO ADD TO THAT FOR FLAHERTY FOR EVERYONE . BUT I WAS GOING TO SPEAK ON THIS ONE NOT. THE RESOLUTION YEAH. ONLY SPONSORS SPEAK ON NEW FILING. SO UH. >> BUT THE LAST TIME THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN I. >> WAS GOING. TO ADDRESS IT BUT WE HAVEN'T YET SO I. YES WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THAT. I'M ADDRESSING IT. NO I MADE AN ERROR IN ALLOWING COUNCILOR FLYNN TO SPEAK AT THE LAST THE LAST TIME THAT'S OCCURRED. BUT I'M TRYING TO GET EVERYBODY STRAIGHT ON THIS. COUNCILOR 13, UH, RULE 39 SAYS ONLY SPONSORS CAN SPEAK ON NEW NEW FILINGS UNLESS IT IS A RESOLUTION BEING VOTED ON. SO EVERYONE IS GOING TO GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THE RESOLUTION. THAT'S ALSO IT'S A DOCKET 0351 . SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INQUIRY COUNCILOR CULPEPER. UH ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME TO THE DOCKET 0350? THIS IS A HEARING ORDER FOR A HEARING ON, UH. THE SOUTH END LIBRARY REOPENING CONCERT. DURKAN COUNCILOR. UH LOUIJEUNE. COUNCILOR. UH SANTANA. COUNCILOR. WEBER. CONSTABLE ROWLAND, PLEASE. AH! THE CHAIR. DOCKET 0350 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES . AND MR. CLERK, WE'VE ALREADY READ DOCKET 0351 SUBSTANCE AND . >> USE. . WOULD ANYONE A DOCTOR CULPEPER IS OFFERED IT A SUBSTITUTION UH FOR. UH THE RESOLUTION IN DOCKET 0351 AS SECONDED BY COUNCILOR DUNCAN. UM, MR. CLERK, DO YOU NEED TO READ THAT AGAIN OR ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. UH. THANK YOU. UM, SO THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL CULPEPER. WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS YOUR RESOLUTION? MADAM PRESIDENT? SEEING ON THE REMARKS THAT I'VE ALREADY GIVEN WITH REGARD TO 0351 AND 035. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME TO, UH, DOCKET 0351 ? A CANCER CULPRIT OF CANCER? DURKIN, YOU HAD A QUESTION. WELL, SINCE IT'S A RESOLUTION, MAY I SPEAK ON THE DOCKET? YES. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY I'VE KNOWN, UH, MARLENE FOR A VERY LONG TIME. UH, SHE'S AN INCREDIBLE WOMAN. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HONORING HER. UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW THE FEW TIMES I'VE STEPPED FOOT IN THE SOUTH END, UM, YOU KNOW, FOLKS HAVE COME TO ME ABOUT THIS LIBRARY AS WELL REPRESENTING THE PRUDENTIAL CENTER AND AROUND THERE FOR SOME FOLKS THEY UM THEY THEY UTILIZE THIS LIBRARY AS WELL. SO I THINK I JUST WANT TO THANK UM THE CHIEF OF OPERATIONS AND TRISH COFER AND THOSE THAT WORK IN OPERATIONS TO GET THIS STUFF UP AND RUNNING. NONE OF THESE THINGS ARE SIMPLE. FLOODING IS NOT SIMPLE. UM, BUT I THINK WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE CELEBRATING WHEN THIS IS OPEN AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF HARD WORK THAT GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENES. UM, HAVING YOU KNOW, I'M RIGHT NOW FIGHTING FOR AN AC AND GYM IN MY DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW HOW LONG SOME OF THESE CONTRACTING AND OTHER THINGS TAKE, BUT I'M GRATEFUL, UH, TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR STEPPING UP FOR THEIR LOCAL LIBRARY. I THINK LIBRARIES ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. AND I PARTICULARLY WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR CULPEPER FOR, UM, ACKNOWLEDGING THE WORK OF MARLENE. SHE'S AN INCREDIBLE WOMAN. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE CONCLUSION. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> AND I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR FILING THIS. AS COUNCILOR THEY'RE GOING TO SAID LIBRARIES ARE IMPORTANT CIVIC SPACES. I LITERALLY GREW UP IN MY LIBRARY. MY OFFICE HAS BEEN ON A LOT OF THE MEETINGS ABOUT THE SOUTH AND LIBRARIES. I JUST WANT TO JOIN IN SUPPORTING THIS TO REOPEN. AND I ALSO WANT TO ECHO MY COLLEAGUES MARLENE HAS JUST BEEN SO LASER FOCUSED ON THIS ISSUE AND I WANT TO THANK HER AND THE ADVOCACY OF ALL THE RESIDENTS ON MAKING SURE THAT THIS LIBRARY THE COMMUNITY CAN HAVE THEIR LIBRARY. SO THANK YOU AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO VOTING IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. COUNCIL DIVISION. UM, COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YEAH. >> THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU AGAIN TO COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. >> FOR. FILING THIS. UH, JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL LIBRARIES UNDER RENOVATION YOU KNOW, UH, AROUND THE CITY, INCLUDING ONE ON THE BORDER OF OUR DISTRICTS AND EGGLESTON SQUARE AND I HOPE, UH, COUNCILOR CULPEPER WILL JOIN ME IN ADVOCATING FOR THE SPEEDY, UH, RENOVATION OF THAT UH, PROJECT AND FOR IT TO BE UH, RESTORED AND, UH, YOU KNOW, A REAL ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? OKAY SO THIS IS TO THE RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE REOPENING OF THE, UH, SOUTH UH, SOUTH END LIBRARY. COUNCILOR WEBER IT'S. JUST NOT NOT THAT IMPORTANT. BUT, UH, WHEN WE VOTE ON SOMETHING, DO WE ALSO ADD OR I DON'T YOU NAME WHEN YOU VOTE ON IT. ADD YOUR NAME AND THEN WE VOTE ON IT. WELL WE WILL SO WE ADD OUR NAME AND I MEAN IT SEEMS. IT NOW. >> DUPLICATIVE OKAY I JUST WAS UH BUT WE DO DO THAT WHEN WE VOTE YES. THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES. UM, WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR DURKIN? COUNCILORS FITZGERALD. THIS IS A SEPARATE DOCKET. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCIL WEBER. COUNCILOR WORRELL. AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. UH MR. MR COOK, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL IT TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET. UM. WHICH ONE IS IT? DOCKET 0351. ROLL CALL AND I CAN NUMBER 0351 COUNCILOR BREADON. YES, COUNCILOR BREADON. YES, COUNCILOR COLETTA ZAPATA, COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKIN. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKIN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILS. JOE. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCIL. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR 15. COUNCILOR. SANTANA COUNCILOR DNA. YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. YES AND COUNCILOR. WORLD. YES. COUNCILOR. DULL. YES. NINE VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0352? TALKING NUMBERS 0352 COUNCILOR SANTANA OH FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING JUNE 2026 AS PRIDE MONTH. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. UM, MADAM PRESIDENT, UM, I'M PRESIDENT. CAN I ADD OF YOURS YOURSELF AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSORING? CAN I SUSPEND THE RULES AND I START TALKING AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR? UM. >> COUNCILOR BREADON HAS ADDED AND SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COUNCILOR. DURKIN BECAUSE. COUNCILOR DUNCAN IS SO AT IT. THANK YOU. >> GREAT. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, WHEN I I'M NOT GOING TO PUT UP FOR A VOTE TODAY I WILL SPEAK ABOUT THIS AND UM JOHN THANK YOU. OKAY. >> WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR CULPEPER. UH, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. COUNCILOR WEBER CULTURAL. UM PLEASE. UH OH. I'M ALREADY OTHERS. THANK YOU. UM. >> COUNCIL COUNCILOR SANTANA SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES ADOPTION? HE DOES NOT I DON'T HE DOESN'T WANT IT JUST KIND OF GO TAKE. A GOOD LOOK. SEND IT TO COMMITTEE. EXCELLENT. UM. THANK YOU. UM, SO THIS ONE WOULD HAVE SO THIS ONE IS GOING TO GO TO UH THIS THIS WILL GO TO THE COMMITTEE OF HUMAN SERVICES. THANK YOU. MR CLERK. PLEASE READ DOCKET 0353. DOCKET NUMBER 0353 COUNCILOR CULPEPER UH, FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE AVOIDABLE TRAGIC DEATH OF CARVELL CURRY AND URGING THE CITY AND MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY TO ADOPT COMPASSIONATE COLD WEATHER EMERGENCY SHELTER POLICIES. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR CULPEPER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. OOPS SORRY. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I RISE TODAY TO OFFER REMARKS ON THIS RESOLUTION IN MEMORY OF CARVELL CURRY. CORPORAL CURRY WAS 62 YEARS OLD . HE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS IN BOSTON FOR DECADES AND DESPITE THE CHALLENGES HE FACED, HE WAS KNOWN BY OUTREACH WORKERS, HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS A GENEROUS AND CARING PERSON WHO LOOKED UP OTHERS. ON DECEMBER 5TH 2025, HE DIED FROM EXPOSURE TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES OUTSIDE SOUTH STATION. HIS DEATH WAS UNAVOIDABLE AND IT DEMANDS ACCOUNTABILITY AND ACTION. I WANT TO BEGIN BY ACKNOWLEDGING THE EFFORTS OF MAYOR WU, THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE SERVICE OF PRIVATE PROVIDERS WHO WORK TIRELESSLY DURING WINTER DURING EXTREME COLD, INCLUDING GETTING UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS TO WARMING CENTERS. AND THOSE EFFORTS MATTER. BUT THIS TRAGEDY MAKES CLEAR THAT THERE'S STILL SERIOUS GAPS, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO COORDINATION WITH THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY. THE MTA'S CURRENT POLICY OF STRICTLY ENFORCING STATION CLOSURES AND REMOVING UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS FROM ITS FACILITIES DURING EXTREME COLD IS INHUMANE AND ETHICAL AND IMMORAL. AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES, MADAM PRESIDENT, WHEN DOES THE ENFORCEMENT OF ACCESSIBILITY AND PROPERTY POLICIES OUTWEIGH HUMAN LIFE? FOR YEARS THERE WAS AN UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY ,THE STATE AND THE MTA THAT DURING DECLARED WEATHER EMERGENCIES PEOPLE WOULD NOT BE FORCED OUT OF TRANSIT FACILITIES INTO LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS THAT IN WRITTEN AGREEMENT PRIORITIZE SAFETY AND HUMANITY OVER RIGID ENFORCEMENT. THIS RESOLUTION CALLS ON THE MBTA TO RETURN TO THAT PRACTICE. TO BE CLEAR, THIS RESOLUTION IS NOT ASKING THE MBTA TO KEEP ITS FACILITIES OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY. WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR IS BASIC HUMAN DECENCY DURING EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE DEADLY, NO ONE SHOULD BE FORCED ONTO THE STREETS WITHOUT A SAFE ALTERNATIVE. THIS RESOLUTION URGES THE CITY AND THE MBTA TO ADOPT CLEAR, COMPASSIONATE AND COORDINATED COLD WEATHER EMERGENCY POLICIES THAT GROW BY ALL TIMES HUMAN LIFE OVER AND DIGNITY. COVID CURRY SHOULD STILL BE ALIVE TODAY AND IN HIS LIFE MEANS MAKING SURE THAT THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN. MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR DURKIN AND COUNCILOR FLYNN AS ORIGINAL CO-SPONSORS AND I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST SUSPENSION OF THE RULES TO TAKE A VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 0353. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPER. UM, COUNCILOR DURKAN IS ADDED AS A FIRST CO-SPONSOR AND HEARING AND SEEING NO OBJECTIONS UH COUNCILOR FLYNN IS ADDED AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR A COUNCILOR DURKAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, MADAM CHAIR, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR, UM, FOR UH INCLUDING ME. UM, I TOTALLY AGREE THAT CARVILLE CURRY SHOULD BE ALIVE AND I THINK WHAT'S SO UPSETTING TO ME, UH, IS THAT I HEARD FROM SERVICE PROVIDERS IN MY DISTRICT WHO WERE DOING EVERYTHING THEY POSSIBLY COULD DURING, UM, THE LATEST COLD EMERGENCY TO GET FOLKS INSIDE, UM, THAT IF ONE OF THE SERVICE PROVIDERS IN MY DISTRICT EVEN BOUGHT PEOPLE BUS TICKETS SO THAT THEY COULD BE INSIDE UM, I YESTERDAY OR TWO DAYS AGO BEFORE EVEN SEEING THIS FILING EMAILED UM, ONE OF THE PEOPLE I WORK WITH AT THE MBTA AND I JUST WANT TO READ THAT EMAIL INTO THE RECORD I HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED A RESPONSE AND UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING FAMILY MEMBERS THAT HAVE DEALT WITH UM, YOU KNOW, THIS AND HOMELESSNESS AND BEING TRANSIENT AND NOT REALLY HAVING SOMEWHERE TO GO BEING HOUSING INSECURE IT REALLY UPSETS ME THAT UM UH IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE THE COLDER IT GETS THE MORE CRUEL THE POLICY GETS AND I, I WE CAN'T STAND FOR THAT. WE NEED TO SAY SOMETHING AND UM SO MY EMAIL TODAY I RECEIVED AN E-MAIL FROM A CONSTITUENT WITH UPSETTING NEWS THAT SOMEONE DIED OUTSIDE OF SOUTH STATION DURING A COLD EMERGENCY THE CITY IS CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH . I'M HOPING TO CONNECT WITH THE APPROPRIATE PERSON AT THE MBTA TO DISCUSS HOW WE CAN PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. THERE IS MIXED REPORTING ABOUT HOW FLEXIBLE THIS POLICY IS AND WE NEED TO GET TO WORK TO ACCOMMODATE PEOPLE DURING EXTREME CIRCUMSTANCES. WE HEARD FROM A LOCAL NONPROFIT THAT THIS THAT THOSE IN NEED OF SHELTER COULD NOT SHELTER INSIDE OF SOUTH STATION WITHOUT A BUS TICKET. I WOULD LIKE TO ADVOCATE FOR A POLICY THAT IS COMPASSIONATE ON THE COLDEST OF DAYS GIVEN THE EXTREME WEATHER WE ARE EXPERIENCING. THOUGH SOUTH STATION IS NOT LOCATED IN MUCH OF OUR HOUSING INSECURE POPULATION MOVES THROUGH DISTRICTS. I WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR THEIR SAFETY AND I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS. THANK YOU. I'M STILL WAITING ON A RESPONSE FROM THE MBTA. I WANT TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM THEM WHY THIS IS HAPPENING, AND I THINK THIS RESOLUTION GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE THE ALARM HERE. BUT I WANT ANSWERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR FOR THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL FRIEND WHEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UM THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO, UM, REVEREND COLE PEPPER FOR ADDING ME. I WENT TO THE FUNERAL FOR MR CURRY AT SAINT ANTHONY'S SHRINE. ON ARCHER STREET. AND JOINED HUMAN SERVICE PROVIDERS THERE PRAYING FOR HIM. I KNOW HIM BECAUSE I SPENT A LOT OF TIME JUST WALKING AROUND DOWNTOWN BOSTON. HE'S BEEN THERE 15 OR 20 YEARS SO I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW HIM. UM, AND I DID TALK TO A LOT OF THE HUMAN SERVICE PROVIDERS AFTER THE MASS AND BEFORE THE MASS. BUT I DO WANT TO I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE I DON'T WANT TO CRITICIZE THE MBTA. I WHAT I WOULD ADD IS THAT THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE MBTA WORK TOGETHER. I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE GOVERNOR HEALEY AS BEING A COMPASSIONATE LEADER AS WELL. BUT DURING THESE DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING TIMES IN OUR ECONOMY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE WORK TOGETHER, WE RESPECT EACH OTHER AND WE KNOW THAT THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY, UM NEEDS OUR HELP ESPECIALLY DURING THESE COLD WINTER NIGHTS. WE KNOW THE BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS UNDER UNDER DOCTOR JIM DOES PHENOMENAL WORK. WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF OUTREACH HAPPENING FROM HUMAN SERVICE PROVIDERS FROM UM SAINT ANTHONY'S FROM FROM OTHER LOCATIONS FROM PINE STREET AS A VAN THAT GOES OUT EVERY NIGHT I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE UM MARY AND PARTY AS WELL THE INCREDIBLE. >> WORK SHE DOES. BUT DURING THE LOSS OF THE LIFE WE PRAY FOR THE PERSON WE PRAY FOR THE PERSON'S FAMILY, FOR THE COMMUNITY BUT IT'S ALSO AND IT'S ALSO ABOUT US COMING TOGETHER AND KNOWING THAT THAT PERSON DIDN'T DIE IN VAIN AND WE'RE WILLING TO WORK TOGETHER. WE'RE WILLING TO RESPECT EACH OTHER. WE'RE WILLING TO ASK DIFFICULT QUESTIONS, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO BE CRITICAL OF ONE PARTICULAR AGENCY OVER ANOTHER PARTICULAR AGENCY. IT'S ABOUT RESPECT, ESPECIALLY DURING THESE CHALLENGING TIMES . THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR UH, FLYNN, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCILOR WEBER CONSTANT MORALE . PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. COUNCILOR CULPEPPER SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0354. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. I SEE. THE NUMBERS. THIS 0353. UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE . UH ALL THOSE UM AND SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. 00353 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. UH. >> MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0354. DOC NUMBER 035 FOR COUNCILOR CULPEPPER FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF ESTABLISHING A CROSSING GUARD CORPS AT TROTTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I KNOW. >> THESE ARE MISS NUMBERED. UH, MR TRUCK AND REMIND ME AGAIN WHICH DOCKET IS IT? 30354 UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES UH, COUNCILOR CULPEPER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU MADAM. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE A SUBSTITUTE FILING THE DOCKET NUMBER 0354 THAT ADDS LANGUAGE REQUESTING INCREASED SUPPORT FROM THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND COORDINATING CROSSING GUARDS REFLECTED IN BOTH THE THIRD WHEREAS THE THIRD WAS CLOSED AND WE FURTHER RESOLVED CLAUSE. SIX AFTER A SECOND. COUNCILOR WEBER IS A SECOND. THANK YOU. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. UH THANK YOU MR. UM, MR TRUCK, COULD YOU READ UH, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A SUBSTITUTE OF DOCKET 0354. DO WE HAVE, UH, THE NEW VERSION YOU DO? UH, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0354? DO YOU HAVE TO READ IT? OKAY. UM. THANK YOU. UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER THAT YOU MAY CONTINUE WITH YOUR CONTENT. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT. BOSTON IS CURRENTLY FACING A SHORTAGE OF CROSSING GUARDS. THAT SHORTAGE HAS REAL CONSEQUENCES FOR FAMILIES AND STUDENTS ACROSS THE CITY AT SCHOOLS IN MY DISTRICT, LIKE THE TROTTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT I PASS EVERY MORNING ON MY WAY TO THE CITY COUNCIL OFFICE . ,UH. >> WHERE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC IS HIGH DURING ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL TIMES, THE ABSENCE OF CONSISTENT CROSSING GUARD COVERAGE CREATES UNNECESSARY AND PREVENTABLE SAFETY RISKS CROSSING GUARDS PLAYING INDISPENSABLE ROLE IN KEEPING CHILDREN SAFE AS THEY TRAVEL TO AND FROM SCHOOL. THEY PROVIDE SUPERVISION AT BUSY INTERSECTIONS. THEY HELP MANAGE TRAFFIC DURING PEAK HOURS AND GIVE FAMILIES CONFIDENCE THAT THEIR CHILDREN CAN WALK OR BIKE TO SCHOOL SAFELY WHEN THOSE POSITIONS GO UNFILLED. STUDENTS ARE PLACED IN SITUATIONS THAT COULD AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED. ADDRESSING THIS CHALLENGE REQUIRES PROACTIVE COORDINATION . THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN IMPROVING CROSSING GUARD LOCATIONS AND SUPPORTING PEDESTRIAN SAFETY PLANNING AND STRONG COORDINATION IS NEEDED TO ENSURE THE COVERAGE IS TIMELY, CONSISTENT AND RESPONSIVE TO THE SPECIFIC CONDITIONS AROUND TROUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE ROXBURY SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROJECT IS AN IMPORTANT INITIATIVE AIMED AT IMPROVING PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND ACCESS FOR STUDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. HOWEVER, TO FULLY REALIZE ITS CODE IT MUST INCLUDE A CLEAR AND DEFINED STRATEGY FOR INCREASING CROSSING GUARD STAFFING AND COVERAGE AT HIGH INTERSECTIONS, HIGH TRAFFIC INTERSECTIONS SERVING TROTTER ELEMENTARY, CALLING ON THE CITY TO ESTABLISH A CROSSING GUARD COURSE THAT INCLUDES BOTH PAID CROSSING GUARDS AND TRAIN MADAM PRESIDENT AND TRAIN COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS. A MODEL LIKE THIS CAN PROVIDE MORE RESILIENT COVERAGE, STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND ENSURE THAT STUDENT SAFETY DOES NOT DEPEND ON STAFFING SHORTAGES ALONE. ULTIMATELY, THIS IS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT CHILDREN TRAVELING TO AND FROM TROTTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE CITY CAN DO SO SAFELY WITH CONSISTENT ADULT SUPERVISION. A KEY INTERSECTION AND MADAM PRESIDENT AND MY COLLEAGUES, I BRING THIS RESOLUTION AND I HAVE OFTEN VOLUNTEERED TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE EVERY MORNING I PASS BY THEY HAVE THE CROSSING GUARDS THERE. I TOLD THEM THAT I WOULD GO OUT MYSELF AND I WOULD SERVE AS A CROSSING GUARD. WELL THEY RECOMMENDED THAT I NOT DO THAT. SO I'M HERE TODAY, MADAM PRESIDENT. UH, AND ON THIS RESOLUTION I'D LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR SANTANA AS ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR TO SUBSTITUTE TO THE SUBSTITUTE FILE FOR DOCKET NUMBER 0354 AND I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST SUSPENSION OF THE RULES TO TAKE A VOTE ON THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU, MADAM PRINCIPAL. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCILOR CULPEPER. UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA. SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU TO TO MY CITY COUNCILOR UM COUNCILOR CULPEPER FOR FILING THIS. THE CHARTER SCHOOL, UM, DESERVES UM SAFETY. UM, OUR STUDENTS REPRESENT ONE IN EVERY TEN UM, BOSTON RESIDENTS AND AS WE, UM AS A CITY NEEDS TO DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO ENSURE THAT THE THAT THEY CAN ARRIVE AT SCHOOL SAFELY. WHAT EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT AREAS NEAR SCHOOLS EXPERIENCES MORE ACCIDENTS ON SCHOOL DAYS? WE NEED TO TAKE THAT SERIOUSLY AND PROVIDE THE RESOURCES NEEDED TO PROMOTE PEDESTRIAN SAFELY SAFETY. THE BEST SOLUTION WOULD SUPPORT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CROSSING GUARD COURSE AT THE TROTTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. UM CROSSING GUARDS ARE ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES FOR PROTECTING PEDESTRIANS IN OUR HIGH TRAFFIC INTERSECTIONS. THEY PLAYED AN ESSENTIAL ROLE BY ASSISTING YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR CARETAKERS ACROSS BUSY INTERSECTIONS DURING PEAK TRAFFIC HOURS AND INTO THE ESSENTIAL THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO THIS KEY COMPONENT OF PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. SO UM THANK YOU UM COUNCILOR CULPEPER FOR INCLUDING ME. I LOOK FORWARD TO UM, SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION TODAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THERE ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR COLLETTA ZAPATA, COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE COUNTRY MURPHY COUNCILOR WEBER CULTURAL AND PLEASE UH THE CHAIR. COUNCILOR CULPEPER SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0354. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON THIS ONE DOCKET 0354. ROLL CALL VOTE ON NUMBER 0354. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTNER. YES. COUNCIL COLORED AS OPPOSED TO YES. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKIN. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD COUNCILOR THIS SHOW. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. MEDIA. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCILOR. VIPIN. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCIL. SANTANA. YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. YES AND COUNCIL. WORLD. YES. COUNCIL. WORLD. YES. TALKING NUMBERS 0354 AS RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MR DUNCAN 0354 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 050355? I'LL GIVE YOU. >> A MINUTE. NUMBER 0355 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION AFFIRMING BOSTON'S RANKED CHOICE VOTING HOME RULE PETITION. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE CONSIDERATION. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I OFFER THIS RESOLUTION, UM, AS PART OF THE WILL TO CONTINUE THE WORK THAT THIS BODY DID LAST TERM IN ADVANCING OUR, UH, PETITION IN SUPPORT OF RANKED CHOICE VOTING THAT WAS PASSED BY THIS COUNCIL AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR AND WAS IN COMMITTEE YESTERDAY I WAS AT THE STATE HOUSE, UH, SPEAKING ON THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A NUMBER OF CITIES AND A NUMBER OF ADVOCATES, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ELECTED AT THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL ARE THOSE WHO, UH, HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE MAJORITY OF UH VOTERS HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. I WANT TO THANK ED SHOEMAKER, WHO HAS BEEN SUCH A GREAT ADVOCATE IN PUSHING THIS FORWARD. I WANT TO THANK MEMBERS OF THIS BODY WHEN WE DELIBERATED, UH, LAST YEAR VERY THOUGHTFULLY THE LAST TWO YEARS VERY THOUGHTFULLY ON THIS RESOLUTION ON THIS UH, LEGISLATION AND EVEN UH IT WAS STRENGTHENED EVEN BY THOSE WHO UH, HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR RANKED CHOICE VOTING. UM, I THINK THAT WE CAME OUT WITH A STRONGER PIECE OF LEGISLATION ONE THAT NOT ONLY TALKS ABOUT RANKED CHOICE VOTING BUT ALSO TALKS ABOUT VOTER EDUCATION AND VOTER ACCESS. I WANT TO THANK THE REALLY BROAD COALITION OF PEOPLE AGAIN WHO ARE IN SUPPORT FROM LAST VOTE TO NAACP TO THE URBAN LEAGUE TO JEWISH COMMUNITIES RELATION COUNCIL TO LAWYERS COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS STOP THE VOTE VETERANS FOR ALL VOTERS. UM I THINK WE'VE SEEN IT WORK ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE ARE NOT THE FIRST UH AND I THINK IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE DO THE WORK OF DEMOCRACY AND BRING MORE PEOPLE IN. AND IT WAS A GREAT HEARING YESTERDAY AT THE STATE HOUSE. UM, AND UH, A NUMBER OF REALLY GOOD ADVOCATES SHOWED UP TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE THINKING ABOUT ESPECIALLY IN THESE TIMES HOW WE'RE DOING THE WORK OF SUPPORTING AND STRENGTHENING OUR DEMOCRACY. SO UM, I THINK UH, SUPPORT FOR THIS RESOLUTION AND A VOTE ON THIS TODAY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM, I'M GOING TO BE VOTING IN OPPOSITION TO THIS CHANGE. UH, FOR MANY REASONS. UM, ONE OF THEM, MADAM CHAIR, IS OUR CITY OF BOSTON ELECTION DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY UNDER STATE RECEIVERSHIP. AS YOU KNOW, 2024 THE ELECTIONS UM, WEREN'T ADMINISTRATED PROPERLY WHERE WE RAN OUT OF BALLOTS UM IN MANY PRESENTS ACROSS ACROSS THE CITY. UM IT'S UNDER THE RECEIVERSHIP OR SUPERVISION OF SECRETARY BILL GALVIN AT THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE. UM, THERE ARE LEGITIMATE CONCERNS UM AGAINST RANKED CHOICE VOTING. UM BUT I DO BELIEVE THE CURRENT SYSTEM IS WORKING IN PRACTICE. THE ADDED COMPLEXITY CAN POTENTIALLY CONFUSE RESIDENTS IN MY OPINION. UM, THE PROCESS OF TRANSFERRING VOTES FROM ELIMINATED CANDIDATES IS ALSO CHALLENGING UM, WHICH COULD LEAD TO UNCERTAINTY IN LOWER PARTICIPATION AS WELL. OUR CURRENT SYSTEM WITH A CANDIDATE WITH THE MOST VOTES WINS IS SIMPLE IT'S SIMPLE TO UNDERSTAND AND INCLUSIVE TO. ALL WE WE ALMOST HAVE THAT. AS DISTRICT CITY COUNCIL IS IN THE PRELIMINARY IT'S IT'S REDUCED TO HAVE UM TWO IN THE ON ELECTION NIGHT ON ON THE PRIMARY THEN THE TOP TWO VOTE GETTERS MOVE ON TO THE TO THE FINAL SIMILAR TO SIMILAR TO AT LARGE UM ANOTHER CONCERN IS THE FINANCIAL BURDEN THAT CONVERTING OUR ELECTIONS TO RANKED CHOICE VOTING WOULD IMPOSE ON THE CITY OF BOSTON. THE CITY OF BOSTON ELECTION DEPARTMENT WAS HERE TESTIFYING . THEY BASICALLY SAID TO US THAT THEY ARE UNABLE TO ADMINISTER RANKED CHOICE VOTING. IT'S TOO CONFUSING. IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE. IT'S NOT THE TIME THEY SAID IT IS NOT THE TIME. LET US GET THROUGH WITH THIS RECEIVERSHIP AND MAYBE HAVE A DISCUSSION. UM I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S THE TIME RESIDENTS HAVE CALLED FOR AN ELECTED SCHOOL COMMITTEE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE VOTE WAS 80%. MAYBE WE HAVEN'T MOVED ON THAT . UM, LET'S GET OUR ELECTION DEPARTMENT IN ORDER GIVE THEM THE SUPPORT THEY NEED DURING THIS BUDGET PROCESS. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS SUPPORT THEM. THEY HAVE MAJOR CHALLENGES DOWN THERE. WE DON'T NEED TO CRITICIZE THEM . BUT WHAT WE DO NEED TO DO IS SUPPORT THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE FUNDING AND THE RESOURCES TO DO THEIR JOB EFFECTIVELY. THANK YOU MA'AM THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN, UM, SINCE YOU'RE OBJECTING THIS UP TO THIS TALK AT. THE TIME I WAS. GOING TO VOTE IS GOING TO VOTE NO. BEG YOUR PARDON, I MISUNDERSTOOD. UH, ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS MATTER? COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RECORD IS ACCURATE. LIKE THE WE TALKED A LOT TO THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT ABOUT IT AND THEY ARE THEY ARE THEY ARE AGNOSTIC JUST AGNOSTIC ON RANKED CHOICE VOTING. IT IS ACTUALLY VERY WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT'S REQUIRED FOR THE SOFTWARE FOR RANKED CHOICE VOTING IT ACTUALLY ALREADY CURRENTLY EXISTS. UM AND THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO IN ORDER TO IMPROVE OUR EQUIPMENT. SO IN TERMS OF LIKE COST AND BURDEN THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE THAT MEAN WE SAT HERE WITH THE COMMISSIONER WITH SABINO. THEY PROFESS NO OPINION ON RANKED CHOICE VOTING AS A POLICY CHOICE. WE ARE THE LEGISLATORS AND WE DECIDED ON THIS BODY ABOUT RANKED CHOICE VOTING. AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO BACK AND YOU REVIEW THE UH, TESTIMONY IN THE RECORD UH ,THIS THIS WHOLE PETITION WHICH WAS SIGNED BY THE MAYOR, THE UH THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT THEY REALLY CAME IN AND SORT OF EXECUTED US AS TO WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO EXECUTE IT. BUT THEY WERE AGNOSTIC ON A POSITION THEY DID NOT EXPRESS A POSITION ON RANKED CHOICE VOTING. HOWEVER, I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT RIGHT? THIS LEGISLATION PASSED THIS BODY AND I DO WANT TO HAVE ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS WITH MY COLLEAGUES. UM, AND SO I'M GOING TO UH THIS RESOLUTION WILL YOU WILL PUT IT IN COMMITTEE WILL NOT BE SEEKING A VOTE ON THIS TODAY. BUT I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO REALIZE AND FOR US TO STATE, YOU KNOW, THE CHAIR OF THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS UM ,UH, COMMITTEE WITH WITH COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTNER. UM WE HAD A LOT OF DELIBERATIONS ON THIS. WE SPOKE TO SABINA ON THIS UH AND THEN COMMISSIONER TAVARES ON THIS ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS THAT WERE AGNOSTIC ON UH ON IT AS A POLICY CHOICE AND JUST TALKED ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATION. I THINK THAT'S VERY CLEAR TO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKE CLEAR THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL DIVISION UM, COUNCILOR CULPEPER I'M. IT'S NOT CONNECTED. OH. THANK YOU. >> GOT IT. UM, SO, UM, THIS DOCKET WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CENSUS REDISTRICTING AND ELECTIONS. THANK YOU EVERYONE. DOES ANYBODY WANT TO HEAR? YES. >> COULD ANYONE WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME TO THIS DARK OF THE DOCKET? UM, THE RANKED CHOICE VOTING DOCKET. UM. COUNCILOR SANTANA. ANYONE ELSE RANKED CHOICE VOTING COUNCIL WHOEVER POSSIBLE . OKAY, I'M TO. COUNCILMAN WORRELL THANK YOU. THIS DOCKET WOULD BE FOR. COLLETTE COUNTRY COLLETTE IS THE PADDOCK UM, ANYONE ELSE FOR THE NAME? OKAY. THIS DOCKET WILL BE SENT TO THE COMMITTEE ON CENSUS REDISTRICTING ON ELECTIONS. MR CHAIR. MR. CLERK. >> MR. CLERK SORRY, I DON'T WANT MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE ADD DOCKET ZERO READ DOCKET 0356. TALKING NUMBERS 0356 COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT AND EXECUTIVE ORDER TO PROTECT BOSTONIANS FROM UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND VIOLENT VIOLENT FEDERAL OPERATIONS. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. ACROSS THE COUNTRY OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO VIOLENT ATTACKS BY FEDERAL AGENTS AND RESPONSE MAYOR, WE ALSO HAD AN EXECUTIVE ORDER NEARLY A WEEK AGO TODAY WHICH WOULD PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS FROM THESE VIOLENT FEDERAL OPERATIONS. THE EXECUTIVE ORDER PREVENTS THE, UH, WARRANTLESS USE OF CITY PROPERTY FOR CIVIL IMMIGRATION OPERATIONS AND INSTRUCTS THE BPD TO INVESTIGATE VIOLENCE AND CRIMINAL CONDUCT BY FEDERAL OFFICIALS AND PROTECTS OUR COMMUNITY SPACES, OUR LIBRARIES, SENIOR CENTERS, SCHOOLS AMONG AMONGST OTHERS. THIS LEGISLATION REAFFIRMS BOSTON COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY IN THE FACE OF STATE VIOLENCE. IN TIMES LIKE THESE, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE AS A PUBLIC OFFICIALS SHOW SOLIDARITY IN THE FACE OF DIVISION AND TERROR. THAT'S WHY I'M PROUD TO INTRODUCE THIS RESOLUTION WHICH WOULD REAFFIRM MY BODY'S COMMITMENT TO THE SAME VALUES THAT UNDERLINE THE MAYOR MAYOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER AND OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO THE PROTECTION OF OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM. MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, I I'VE READ THE MAYOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER. I BELIEVE IT WAS 6 OR 7 PAGES I THINK, UM, THERE WERE SEVERAL CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT WERE MENTIONED AS COUNCIL. SANTANA MENTIONED THE BOSTON POLICE. CERTAINLY THE UM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, UM OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS WHERE UM UNDOCUMENTED RESIDENTS COULDN'T IN FACT GO. BUT IS IT APPROPRIATE, MADAM CHAIR, FOR ME TO ASK FOR A HEARING JUST SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT IMPACT THIS WOULD HAVE OR HOW THE RESPECTIVE CITY DEPARTMENTS WOULD CARRY OUT THEIR DUTIES BASED ON THE SEVEN PAGE UM EXECUTIVE ORDER, IS IT APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO ASK UM OUR COLLEAGUES IF WE CAN HEAR DIRECTLY FROM THESE CITY DEPARTMENTS? I WOULD LIKE TO I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT. UM I DON'T WANT TO BE DIFFICULT TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR SANTANA, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT IT AND I'M RESPECTFULLY ASKING HIM IF HE WOULD CONSIDER HAVING A HEARING SO I CAN BE MORE INFORMED BEFORE I VOTE. THAT'S NOT A LOT FOR ME TO ASK FOR, MADAM CHAIR. UM. >> SO ARE YOU ARE YOU OBJECTING TO IT? YOU JUST OBJECTING? >> I DO I DO WANT TO GIVE MY COLLEAGUE AN OPPORTUNITY. IF HE WANTS TO RESPOND, HE CAN. IF NOT I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO OBJECT TO IT BUT I I WANT TO LEARN FROM IT. THAT'S THE DILEMMA I HAVE. I WANT TO LEARN ABOUT THE SEVEN PAGE DOCUMENT. I JUST DON'T WANT TO VOTE FOR SOMETHING WITHOUT KNOWING ALL THE DETAILS. THAT'S WHY I'M RESPECTFULLY ASKING FOR FOR A HEARING IF IF THE IF THE CITY COUNCILOR SANTANA WOULD AGREE TO THAT. UM COUNCILOR SANTANA, COUNCILOR FLYNN IS ASKING IF YOU'D CONSIDER HAVING A HEARING ON THIS DOCKET. UM WE MAY WE WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER THAT. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER FLYNN. I, UM YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND, UH, THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION HERE. UM, YOU KNOW, I'M BRINGING THIS FORWARD, UM, REPRESENTING MANY IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A VOTE TODAY. UM, SO IF YOU DO IF YOU KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE A HEARING, I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR HIM TO, UM, BLOCK THE RESOLUTION AND WOULD PROCEED WITH THAT. UM, BUT THAT'S RIGHT. I WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED WITH A VOTE, UM, TO REPRESENT THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES THAT I'M REPRESENTING ON THIS BODY. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA. MADAM CHAIR, THANK. OH THANK YOU. I'M ALSO REPRESENTING IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES TOO. I HAVE AN EXCEPTIONAL RECORD IN SUPPORT OF IMMIGRANTS. I DON'T WANT TO TAKE A BACK SEAT TO ANYBODY HERE, UM, IN SUPPORT OF IMMIGRANTS, BUT I STILL WANT TO DO MY DUE DILIGENCE AND ASK APPROPRIATE QUESTIONS TO CITY DEPARTMENT HEADS ABOUT WHAT ROLE, IF ANY, THEY WILL HAVE. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT ROLE THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT ROLE THE LAW DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IF AN UNDOCUMENTED PERSON IS IN A PUBLIC LIBRARY, WHAT WHAT WILL BE EMPLOYEE DO AT THAT PUBLIC LIBRARY? I THINK THOSE ARE APPROPRIATE QUESTIONS FOR ME TO ASK. I THINK THEY'RE APPROPRIATE FOR MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL TO KNOW SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION. WHEN THE MAYOR WROTE THE SEVEN PAGE MEMO, I'M SURE THE MAYOR WORKED WITH SEVERAL LAWYERS AND THE VOICE IN THE BOSTON TO POLICE DEPARTMENT. I'M SURE THEY READ IT AND THEY DISCUSSED IT AND THEY MOCKED IT UP. THEY EDITED IT AND THEY. MADE RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO IMPROVE IT. THAT'S CALLED THAT'S CALLED DOING THE DUE DILIGENCE BUT ON THE SAME ON THE SAME PAGE. AM I ABLE TO HAVE THAT SAME COURTESY OF ALLOWING ME TO LEARN ABOUT THIS ABOUT THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER KNOWING HOW IT WILL BE ENFORCED, HOW WILL IT IMPACT IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS, HOW WILL IMPACT CITY OFFICIALS? HOW WILL IMPACT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS? I THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS. I'M TRYING TO DO MY DUE DILIGENCE. I DON'T WANT TO BE DISAGREEABLE. I WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL TO MY COLLEAGUES. BUT I DO THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A HEARING ON IT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. UM, ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? ARE YOU ARE YOU FORMALLY OBJECTING, COUNCILOR FLYNN? YES. I WAS TRYING TO COMMIT. OKAY. DOCKET 0356 WOULD BE REFERRED TO. THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. THANK YOU. >> MR CLERK. COULD YOU READ PLEASE READ DOCKET 0357. DUKKHA NUMBER 0357 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION SUPPORTING U.S. DISCHARGE PETITION NUMBER 15 TO ADVANCE FEDERAL LEGISLATION PROVIDING TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS STATUS FOR HAITI. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR AND COUNSELOR LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM, COUNCILOR REPENTANT HAD ASKED TO BE ADDED TO THIS BUT HE IS UM, NOT HERE SO BUT I JUST WANTED TO, UH, RECOGNIZE COUNCILOR PIPPEN AND HIS ASK. UM, THIS IS WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN UNDER THE SUN TO TRY TO PROTECT ,UM AND PRESERVE TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS. UM, THIS IS THE RESOLUTION I'M SEEKING SUSPENSION OF THE RULES FOR US TO SUPPORT, UH, DISCHARGE PETITION NUMBER 15 TO ADVANCED FEDERAL LEGISLATION PROVIDING, UM, A FORCING A VOTE ON TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS IN THE HOUSE. THIS LEGISLATION HAS BEEN OFFERED BY, UH, CONGRESSWOMAN AYANNA PRESSLEY THAT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY THE ENTIRE MASSACHUSETTS DELEGATION. UM, IT WOULD FORCE A VOTE ON TPS AND IT IS HOPEFULLY HELPING TO BUILD PUBLIC PRESSURE. UM, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE DEMOCRACY IN HAITI UM WITH SO MANY OTHERS IN MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE CALLING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS THAT WE ARE PUTTING PRESSURE ON, UH, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION THAT WE ARE UH, WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BUSINESSES AND OTHER COMMUNITIES, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE ELEVATING THE NEED FOR US TO SUPPORT TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS. AND SO, UM, I ENCOURAGE ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES TO DO WITH WITH WHAT THEY CAN DO AS WELL TO HELP US PRESERVE TPS. THERE WAS A JUDICIAL UM ORDER LAST WEEK. THERE IS UM THERE ARE MOTIONS BEING FILED BACK AND FORTH BY PLAINTIFFS AND DEFENDANTS IN THE DC COURT BEFORE IT ADVANCES TO AN APPELLATE COURT. UM, SO THERE IS BOTH THE LEGAL PROCESS THAT'S PLAYING OUT. BUT I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ADVOCACY PROCESS. AND SO I AM ASKING MY COLLEAGUES FOR THE 353,000 PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, UH, WHO ARE UH HAITIAN WHO HAVE TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS THAT WE SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION AND FOR THE THOUSANDS WHO ARE IN MASSACHUSETTS AND IN THE CITY WHO ARE UH, WORKING AND LIVING AMONG US, WHO ARE OUR NEIGHBORS AND OUR RESIDENTS THAT WE UH, SUPPORT, UH, THIS RESOLUTION. YOU KNOW, JUST LAST WEEK THERE WERE THREE PEOPLE WHO WERE FIRED FROM THEIR JOB EVEN AFTER THE JUDGE'S RULING WHICH STATED AGAIN THAT UH, DURING THE PENDENCY OF THE CASE EVERYONE'S TPS PROTECTIONS ARE IN PLACE WHICH MEANS THAT THEY CONTINUE TO HAVE WORK AUTHORIZATION THAT THEY CAN'T BE DEPORTED. AND STILL WE HAD THREE RESIDENTS IN A MASSACHUSETTS FACILITY HERE WHO WERE TERMINATED BECAUSE OF UH, WORK OF JOURNALISM AND THE EFFORTS OF UH, MY OFFICE AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ISSUED GREAT GUIDANCE ON THIS. WE WERE ABLE TO GET THEM THEIR JOBS BACK. BUT THE I'M JUST IT'S JUST OVERWHELMING THE AMOUNT OF CONFUSION THAT IS BEING CAUSED THAT WE ARE HAVING TO TRY TO DEAL WITH JUST RIGHT NOW GETTING A TEXT MESSAGE FROM A CONSTITUENT WHO'S JOB LICENSURE IS IN JEOPARDY AND IT SHOULDN'T BE UM, AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PROTECT UH, TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS HERE AND I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? OH, UH, COUNCILOR ACCOLADE IS A PANDA CONSTRUCT. CULPEPER COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNTRY. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. WEBER. COUNCIL. GRAIL. AND PLEASE UH. THE CHAIR. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 030357. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. UH, THE I, UH THE AYES HAVE IT . THANK. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKETS 0357. COUNCILOR BREEN. YES. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS OPPOSED. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS PART OF YES, COUNCILOR CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKIN. COUNCILOR. DURKIN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. PHYSIO. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCIL. AUSTIN. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCIL. BUT THEN COUNCILOR SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL. YES. COUNCILOR EARLE YES. TALKING OF A0357 HAS RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. UH, DOCKET 0357 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0358. DOCKET NUMBER 0358 COUNCILOR MURPHY. AH, FOR THE FOLLOWING UNLESS. YOU RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING IRISH-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YOU HAVE A BACKGROUND TO THE BACK. COUNCILOR FLYNN IS ADDED AND OH ,BEG YOUR PARDON, I. MIX IT. >> YOU GOT IT. YOU KNOW YOU WANT REPEAT. THAT'S, UH COUNTRY MURPHY. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR FLYNN AND I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN IS, UH, ADDED AS A SECOND AND SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD IS ADDED AS A THIRD. THANK YOU. PLEASE CONTINUE. UM. OVER THE PAST TWO CENTURIES, IRISH IMMIGRANTS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS HAVE PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. THE IRISH AMERICAN COMMUNITY HAS ENRICHED OUR CULTURAL, SOCIAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC FABRIC, MAKING ENDURING CONTRIBUTIONS THAT HAVE HELPED SHAPE THE CITY INTO WHAT IT IS TODAY. AS WE CELEBRATE IRISH HERITAGE MONTH NEXT MONTH STARTING IN MARCH WILL HONOR NOT ONLY THE NATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF IRISH AMERICANS BUT ALSO THE PROFOUND AND LASTING IMPACT THEY HAVE HAD ON BOSTON'S IDENTITY, HELPING TO FOSTER THE SPIRIT OF PERSEVERANCE, INCLUSION AND CULTURAL RICHNESS. SO UM, AS WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD, THERE WILL BE A FLAG RAISING ON MARCH 4TH AND WE WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION BEFORE THE COUNCIL MEETING. SO WE'LL HAVE IRISH TECH DANCERS AND THE SINGERS FROM THE ELLIOTT SCHOOL AND OTHER UM UM, WAYS TO CELEBRATE OUR HERITAGE AND I WILL BE ASKING FOR SUSPENSION AND PASS AFTER COUNCILOR FLYNN AND FITZGERALD SPEAK ON THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. THANK YOU FOR ADDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. PROUD TO JOIN YOU. PROUD TO JOIN COUNCIL FITZGERALD AND ALL OF MY CITY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES CELEBRATING THE CONTRIBUTIONS SACRIFICES THE IRISH HAVE MADE TO OUR CITY AND NATION. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD FITZGERALD. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, I ALWAYS GET HAPPY AROUND THIS TIME OF YEAR. I THINK WHEN ANY OF US LOOK AT OUR HERITAGE, UH, WHETHER IT BE OUR OLYMPIC OUTFITS ON OPENING CEREMONIES, THE SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW, WHATEVER EACH OF OUR OWN INDIVIDUAL CULTURES ARE WHEN THE TIME COMES UP TO CELEBRATE IT, UH, I THINK IT'S I GET EXCITED FOR ALL OF US BECAUSE I KNOW THE FEELING I GET ABOUT MINE AND I GET EXCITED FOR OTHERS WHEN THEY GET THAT ABOUT THEIRS. AND SO UH, THIS MONTH IT'S COMING UP. IT'S A SLOG. IT'S A TOUGH ONE. UH IT'S UH IT'S A LOT OF UH A LOT OF LATE NIGHTS BUT UH IT CERTAINLY AGAIN BRINGS ME BACK TO THE ROOTS, UH, AND GETS ME PROUD OF MY OWN HERITAGE, UH, IN THE HISTORY IN THIS CITY. AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING IT THIS MONTH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN COMES TO TALK AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WANT TO THANK THE, UH, SPONSORS FOR SPONSORING THIS. UM, AS A PROUD IRISH-AMERICAN, MY FAMILY'S FROM COUNTY MAYO AND SLIGO. I KNOW THAT, UM, THE BEGINNINGS OF MY FAMILY'S TIME IN THE US WERE NOT EASY. UH, THEY WORKED REALLY HARD, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT I COULD BE WHERE I AM TODAY. AND SO, UM, TO MY GRANDFATHER, UM, AND UH, TO ALL THE FAMOUS IRISH AMERICANS IN MY FAMILY WHO WORKED REALLY HARD TO BE WHERE THEY ARE, I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM FOR ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK. UM, I'M ALSO THE FIRST, UH, CITY COUNCILOR EVER OF IRISH HERITAGE TO REPRESENT THE BACK BAY, UM, THE RESIDENTIAL BACK BAY UM, THAT WAS A COMMUNITY THAT WAS CREATED UM, TO KEEP THE IRISH OUT. AND SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT IN A MOMENT OF UM BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER THAT UM THAT WE CELEBRATE UM, HOW FAR WE'VE COME. UH, I'M ALSO VERY PROUD TO REPRESENT, UM, THE WEST END WITH LOTS OF GREAT IRISH HERITAGE AND MISSION HILLS SO UM SO EXCITED UH, TO CELEBRATE AND EXCITED TO HOST THINGS IN MY DISTRICT. UM, UH, WITH SENIORS SO EXCITED . THANK YOU. UM, CONSIDER COLON CANCER CULPEPER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. OOPS. >> THANK YOU. GET THAT? YEP. >> SLEEVE THE BUTTON. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UH, THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR FILING THIS RESOLUTION. I MEAN, IT'S INTERESTING I WAS JUST AN OFFICE YESTERDAY PLAYING BACK, UH, SOME REMARKS THAT I GAVE AT THE SAINT PATRICK'S BREAKFAST, UH, SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND, UH, I JUST GOT INVITED AGAIN BY NICK COLLINS TO COME TO THE SAINT PATRICK'S BREAKFAST AND HAVE REMARKS AGAIN. BUT WHEN I THOUGHT ABOUT THOSE REMARKS THAT I MADE AND THE FUN THAT WE HAD BUT COUNCIL MEMBER FLYNN, DO YOU REMEMBER THAT UH ,IT'S IT BRINGS WARMNESS TO MY HEART TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE CELEBRATE IT. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CELEBRATING AGAIN AT THAT BREAKFAST I'LL HAVE REMARKS PREPARED AGAIN AND UH, WE JUST HAD A GREAT TIME. I THINK IT'S AWESOME MURPHY FOR FILING THAT. THANK THE TOWN FOR INVITING ME THAT BREAKFAST AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING, UH, SAINT PATRICK'S DAY AND DURING THIS MONTH. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR A COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POWDER COUNCILOR. CULPEPER COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNSELOR. WEBER. COUNCILOR WARREN, PLEASE UH THE CHAIR. >> CANCER. MARCUS MURPHY SPEAKS SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0358. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. I KNOW. UH, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE, UH, TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 0358. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTNER. YES. COUNCIL COLLETTE AS PER YES. COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. YES. COUNCILOR. CULPEPPER. YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCIL. FLYNN. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCILOR. PEPEN. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES AND COUNCILOR. WORLD. YES. COUNCILOR. WORLD. YES. TUCKER. NUMBER 0358 AS RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. DOCKET 0358 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR TRUCK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS C0359? DOCKET NUMBER 0359 COUNCILORS CULPEPER UH, PUT PEN AND COLETTE AS A PART OF THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION TO EMBRACE AND EXTEND HEARTFELT WISHES TO THE BELOVED MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND ACROSS THE GLOBE, INVOKING BLESSINGS UPON THEM AS THEY EMBARK UPON THE SACRED JOURNEY OF RAMADAN A MONTH REVERED FOR ITS RITUALS OF PRAYERS, FASTING ,CHARITY AND DEEP REFLECTION. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM CHAIR. >> OUTSTANDING REMARKS ABOUT THE ANNUAL SESSION. THANK YOU. AND WHEN ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER. OKAY. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR. UH, YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN ADDED COUNCIL DURKAN. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD, COUNCILOR FLYNN. CULTURAL LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCIL WHETHER COUNCILOR WERE WELL AND PLEASE UH THE CHAIR. UH COUNCILOR COUNCILORS CULPEPER, PEPEN AND UH COLETTE IS THE PADDLE SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0359. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. UH, MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 0359. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES, COUNCILOR BREADON. YES, COUNCILOR COLETTE AS OPPONENT COUNCILOR. CLOSE. BUTLER. YES. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. COUNCILOR. CULPEPPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. DURKIN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCIL IS JOE. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. CONCEPCION. YES. COUNCIL. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. ILLUSION. YES. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCIL. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. UH. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL. YES. COUNCILOR EARLE. YES. DOCKET NUMBER 0359 AS RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MR CLERK. DOCKET 0359 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. WE'RE MOVING ON TO PERSONNEL ORDERS. UM. I WOULD. >> 336. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOG? UH, READ UH, THE PERSONNEL ORDERS AND DOCKET 036 AND 036360361. TALKING OF A0360 COUNCILOR BREADON FOR COUNCILOR FLYNN PERSONNEL ORDER AND DOCKET NUMBER 0361 COUNCILOR BREADON. BUT COUNCILOR SANTANA, PERSONNEL ORDER. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR, UH, ASKED FOR PASS MUSTER PASSAGE OF DOCKET 036010361. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I THANK YOU. PERSONNEL ORDERS HAVE BEEN PASSED BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO GREEN SHEETS. UH, I'D LIKE TO, UH UH, IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME TO A DOCKET THAT THEY HAVE MISTER MOVE TO RECONSIDER A VOTE. UH, ANYONE? COUNCILOR DURKAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UM, I KNOW THAT ON DOCKET 0128 AND 0129 WE NEED TWO VOTES. BUT I'D LIKE TO BE REGISTERED IN SUPPORT OF THOSE TWO. UM. >> TO THE THIS TWO GRANTS. THANK YOU. IT'S. >> YES. UH THAT. >> JUST THAT NEED UH OKAY. SHOULD WE NEED A SECONDER TO CONSIDER UM RECONSIDERATION. THE VOTE TOTALS CHANGE FROM THE LOCAL THANK GOOD. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. WE'RE NOW ON TO GREEN SHEETS. IS ANYONE LOOKING TO PULL ANYTHING FROM THE GREEN SHEETS? UM. >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA. UH, THE CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, AND MR. CLERK HAS NOTIFIED OF, UM AHEAD OF TODAY'S HEARING . UH, MEETING I WOULD LIKE TO PULL DOCKET UM, 0130 AND DOCKET 0136. UM, FOR THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. UM, THE DOCKET ARE ON PAGE NINE OF THE GREEN SHEETS. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU READ BOTH THOSE DOCKETS INTO THE RECORD. FROM THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE DOCKET NUMBER 0130 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $1,700,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 TRAINING ACADEMY EARMARK GRANT AWARDED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF FIRE SERVICES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT TRAINING ACADEMY TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND INSTRUCTION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND MUNICIPAL AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH. PER LINE ITEM 8320 4-000 OF THE FISCAL YEAR 26 GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT AND DOCKET NUMBER 0136 MESSAGE YOU THE WEALTH ARISING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $100,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 DELTA UNIT EARMARK GRANT AWARDED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF FIRE SERVICES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WOULD FUND THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT TO CONDUCT DEDICATED EMERGENCY SERVICES THROUGH ITS DELTA UNITS BUSINESSES CONSISTING OF THREE DELTA UNIT VEHICLES ASSIGNED TO CASTLE ISLAND, PLEASURE BAY AND CARSON BEACH. RESPECTFULLY WITHIN THE OLD HARBOR RESERVATION IN THE SOUTH BOSTON SECTION OF THE CITY OF BOSTON SEASONALLY FROM MEMORIAL DAY TO LABOR DAY INCLUSIVE PER LINE ITEM 8320 4-0050 OF THE FISCAL YEAR 26 GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. ABSENT OBJECTION, THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS ACCEPTED ON THE DOCKET 0136013 UM ZERO A PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY. COUNCILOR UH, SANTANA, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I AM GOING TO I WAS GOING TO REQUIRE TWO SEPARATE VOTES BUT I'M GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT, UM, BOTH OF THESE DOCKETS. UM, THE FIRST ONE AS MENTIONED 0130 UM THE FY 26 TRAINING ACADEMY EARMARK GRANT IS A REOCCURRING GRANT EARMARKED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND WAS DISCUSSED IN PREVIOUS ANNUAL BFD GRANT HEARINGS BY THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. UM AND IN JUNE OF 2024 AND MOST RECENTLY ON APRIL 25TH 2025 AS CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE. UH, WE'LL BE WORKING TO SCHEDULE THE COMMITTEE'S ANNUAL FIRE GRANTS HEARING TO GO OVER ALL BFD FIRE GRANTS COMING TO THE COMMITTEE IN 2026. UM UH, DOCKET 0130 APPARENTLY FUNDS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S TRAINING ACADEMY TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND INSTRUCTION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. BFD PROVIDED THE COMMITTEE WITH A ONE PAGE ON THIS GRANT, WHICH I HAVE REVIEWED AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE UM AND WHICH UM ECHOES THE TESTIMONY THE COMMITTEE HEARD IN PERSON DURING THE HEARING LAST APRIL. THE URGENCY FOR THIS GRANT IS DUE TO THE NATURE OF THIS OF ITS GRANT EXPIRATION DATE OF JUNE 30TH, 2026. WITH THIS GRANT, THE BUDGET CAN ONLY BE SET UP AT 50% UNTIL THEY RECEIVE THE COUNCIL APPROVAL. UM THE SECOND GRANT DOCKET 0136 THE FY 26 DELTA UNIT EARMARK GRANT IS IN THE AMOUNT OF $100,000. THIS IS A NEW ALLOCATION FOR THE BFD AS OF 20 OF THE AS THE AS OF FY 26 AND IT HAS NOT BEEN DISCUSSED IN THE PREVIOUS ANNUAL HEARINGS. THIS GRANT IS FUNDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FIRE SERVICES, NOT THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY. THIS NAME CHANGE UM AND THE DOCKET HAS ALREADY BEEN UM RESOLVED WITH THE CLERK. THIS GRANT WOULD FUND THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT TO CONDUCT DEDICATED EMERGENCY SERVICES TO ITS DELTA UNITS CONSISTING OF THREE DELTA UNITS VEHICLES ASSIGNED TO CASTLE ISLAND BAY, UM PLEASURE BAY AND CARSON BEACH UM SEASONALLY FROM THE MEMORIAL DAY TO LABOR DAY. THIS GRANT WOULD ALLOW FOR IN THE HANDS OF MERCY RESPONSE AND PUBLIC SAFETY AND THESE POPULAR HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS UM SIMILAR TO DOCKET 0130 THIS GRANT IS SUBJECT TO UM A GRANT EXPIRATION DATE ON SIX UM ON JUNE 30TH, 2026 MAKING THE APPROVAL OF THESE FUNDS BY THIS BODY ESSENTIAL AND ENSURING THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO LIFESAVING, SPECIALIZED FIRST RESPONDERS CARE WHEN NEEDED. AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, I RECOMMEND THESE TARGETS FROM THE COMMITTEE TO FULL UM TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND FOR A FORMAL ACTION AT THAT TIME MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL COUNCIL WILL BE THAT DOCKET NUMBER 0130 AND 0136 ARE TO PASS. I'D LIKE TO GIVE MY COLLEAGUES AN OPPORTUNITY UM, TO SPEAK IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO UM OTHERWISE I WOULD LIKE TO PUSH FOR A VOTE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA. UM. LET'S START WITH UM WE'LL START WITH DOCKET 0130. UH, CONSCIOUS AND TANNER, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE MOVES TO PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0130. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. I. >> UH ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. MR TRAYER, COULD YOU PLEASE, UH, TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON THE DOCKET 0130. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR. COLLETTA. ZAPATA. YES. COUNCIL HAS VOTED YES. COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. YES. COUNCIL. CULPEPPER. YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FISCAL. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCILOR. PIPPIN. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. CONSENT TEN. YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. YES AND COUNCILOR. WORLD COUNCIL ORAL. YES. TALKING OF A0130 HAS RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. COUNCILOR SANTANA, UH, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SEEKS SUSPENSION 066 MOVED FOR PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0136 MR TRUCK . UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL THOSE AGAINST IN A TELEPHONE. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 0136. COUNCIL AGREED? YES COUNCILOR. BRAIN. YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTNER? YES. COUNCIL CLOSE THE PARTY. YES. COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. YES. COUNCIL. CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR. DURKIN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCILOR. PIPPIN. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. YES AND COUNCIL. WORLD. YES. COUNCIL. WORLD. YES. DUCKY. NUMBER 0136 HAS RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MR COOK. DOCKET 0136 HAS BEEN PASSED. NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO LATE FILES. UM, I'M INFORMED BY THE TRUCK THAT WE HAVE THERE ARE FIVE FILE MATTERS. EIGHT OH, THERE ARE EIGHT. EIGHT. >> YEAH. UM, WE HAVE ONE. >> IS A MAYOR THE MAYOR FOR PERSON? IS IT'S HERE COUNCILOR TO ABSENCE LAWS. OKAY, SO, UH, I'M INFORMED BY THE TRUCK THAT THERE ARE FOUR PERSONNEL THAT FILE MATTERS ONE COMMUNICATION FROM THE MAYOR. UH, AN EMERGENCY, UH, HEARING ORDER FROM COUNCILOR MURPHY AND. TWO UH. TWO LINES TWO LETTERS OF ABSENT UH APOLOGIES. MR CHAIR, CAN WE START WITH THE LETTERS OF APOLOGY AND THEN WE'LL GO TO OUR COMMUNICATION? THE MAYOR SHE GOES FIRST. YES, FIRST. LATE FILE FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR I TRANSMIT HERE WITH WITH YOUR APPROVAL AND ORDER APPROPRIATING FROM THE EDWARD INGERSOLL BROWN FUND THE SUM OF $650,000 FOR PROJECTS PROJECTED DESCRIBED IN THE ATTACHED LETTER THE EDWARD INGERSOLL BROWN FUND COMMISSIONERS VOTED TO APPROVE THESE PROJECTS AT THEIR LAST MEETING. IT IS MY BELIEF THAT THE COMMISSION THAT THESE PROJECTS WILL WILL FOR THE ORNAMENT OF ITS STREETS WAY SQUARES AND PARKS IN SUCH A MANNER AS WILL PROMOTE THE PLEASURE, COMFORT, EDUCATION, PATRIOTISM AND GOOD TASTE OF ITS CITIZENS AS MR BROWN DIRECTED IN HIS WILL IN THE YEAR 1892. THE TWO PROGRAMS UH RELATED TO THE BOSTON HISTORIC MARKERS PROGRAM FOR 300,000 AND UH THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND BOSTON COMMEMORATION COMMISSION UH MANAGEMENT COSTS FOR $350,000. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. UM, I SHOULD HAVE ASKED. UH. ABSENT OBJECTION, THESE LATE SIGN MATTERS HAVE BEEN ADDED. UH. THANK YOU. UM, SO WE'VE HAD THE MAYOR'S COMMUNICATION. UH, THAT WILL, UM, BE REFERRED. IS THAT PREFERRED. SUSPENSION? >> THEY WANT TO SUSPEND AND PASS. UH, MR AND OAK. COUNCIL FLYNN. >> COUNCILOR FLYNN, UH, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? YES. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, I'M A MEMBER OF THE BROWN FUND COMMITTEE. MAY I SPEAK ON THIS? CERTAINLY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE OF THIS TALKING TO ALLOW THE EDWARD BROWN FUND COMMISSION TO ADVANCE A TIME SENSITIVE HISTORIC MARKET PROGRAM IN RECOGNITION OF THE NATION'S 250TH ANNIVERSARY ON JULY 4TH, 2026. I I THE OPPORTUNITY UM, RECENTLY TO MEET WITH THE UM MAYOR'S STAFF ABOUT THESE ABOUT THESE GRANTS AND UM I MEAN APPROVAL OBVIOUSLY TO ENSURE THE PROGRAM IS READY FUNDING MUST BE AVAILABLE IN FEBRUARY. THIS INCLUDES THE $300,000 FOR MANY GRANTS TO NONPROFITS ORGANIZATIONS TO ENGAGE COMMUNITIES RESEARCH AND POTENTIAL AND DOCUMENT POTENTIAL MARKERS AND PREPARE APPLICATIONS AS WELL. AN ADDITIONAL $350,000 WILL SUPPORT THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN PARTNERSHIP UM WITH THE COMMEMORATION COMMISSION TO DESIGN, FABRICATE AND INSTALL THE FIRST ROUND OF HISTORIC MARKERS. THIS IS THE FIRST PHASE OF A CITYWIDE EFFORT RECOGNIZING AMERICA'S 250TH AND BOSTON'S UPCOMING 400TH ANNIVERSARY. I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO SUSPEND AND PASS THIS GRANT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. >> UH, THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. THE CHAIR MOVES FOR SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE OF THIS GRANT. I UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS AN APPROPRIATION AND REQUIRES A ROLL CALL VOTE. SO, UH, MR TRUCK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ,UH, TO, UH, SUSPEND AND PASS THIS GRANT. COUNCIL AGREED. YES, COUNCILOR BREDON? YES. COUNCIL COLOR AS A POWDER. YES COUNCILOR. CLOZAPINE. YES. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES COUNSELOR. DURKIN. COUNSELOR. DURKIN. YES. COUNSELOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCIL. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNSELOR. FLYNN. COUNSELOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNSELOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCIL. YES, COUNSELOR. MEJIA. COUNSELOR. MURPHY. COUNSELOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNSELOR. COUNSELOR. SANTANA. COUNSELOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNSELOR. WEBER. COUNSELOR. WEBER. YES AND COUNSELOR. WORLD. YES. COUNCIL. ORAL. YES. THE MAYOR'S LATE FILE HAS RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. NEXT UM. FOR THE FOR PERSONNEL ORDERS. COULD YOU, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE FULL PERSONNEL ORDERS INTO THE RECORD FIRST? UH, PERSONNEL ORDER UH, FROM COUNCILOR BREADON REGARDING CENTRAL STAFF. SECOND PERSONNEL ORDER FROM COUNSELOR BREEN REGARDING CENTRAL STAFF UH THIRD PERSONNEL UH COUNSELOR BREADON UH YEAH. HER OFFICE STAFF AND FOURTH PERSONNEL COUNSELOR BRAIN FOR COUNSELOR SANTANA. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF PASSAGE OF THE PERSONNEL ORDERS? UM, PLEASE SAY I. UH. >> THANK YOU. UM, NEXT WE HAVE. RECEIVED EMERGENCY HEARING ORDER. MR TRUCK, IS IT A NO. NO NO NO. I'M GOOD NUMBER. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE EMERGENCY HEARING ORDER. OFFERED BY COUNCILORS? UH, MURPHY AND FLYNN. EMERGENCY HEARING ORDER REGARDING CHRONIC SCHOOL BUS DELAYS AND SPECIAL EDUCATION TRANSPORTATION FAILURES. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNSELOR FITZGERALD, PLEASE. UM. >> THANK. UH, SEEING NO OBJECTION, COUNSELOR FITZGERALD WILL BE ADDED AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR. DPS PROVIDES TRANSPORTATION TO OVER 20,000 STUDENTS ACROSS THE CITY EACH DAY IN CONCERNS REGARDING CHRONIC AND EXCESSIVE BUS DELAYS HAVE BEEN ONGOING AND ARE NOT NEW. >> TO THE DISTRICT'S. FAMILIES. >> EDUCATORS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. CONTINUE TO REPORT TRANSPORTATION. FAILURES AFFECTING SCHOOLS ACROSS MULTIPLE. NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE VOLUME AND REPETITION OF THESE COMMUNICATIONS. HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED, PROMPTING THE FILING OF THIS EMERGENCY HEARING ORDER AT ONE BOSTON HIGH. >> SCHOOL BUSSES. >> HAVE REPORTEDLY ARRIVED HOURS AFTER DISMISSAL, FORCING STUDENTS TO REMAIN AT SCHOOL INTO THE EVENING ON A RECURRING BASIS IN ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD. A REGULARLY ASSIGNED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUS ROUTE HAS REPORTEDLY ARRIVED MORE THAN AN HOUR LATE ON MULTIPLE DAYS PER WEEK, INCLUDING A RECENT DELAY OF APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR IN 18 MINUTES AT PICKUP TIME. ANOTHER REPORT INDICATED THAT A HIGH SCHOOL HAD WITH DOOR TO DOOR TRANSPORTATION. FOR A. SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENT WHO WAS IN A WHEELCHAIR HAD NOT ARRIVED FOR MORE THAN TWO HOURS AFTER DISMISSAL, LEAVING THIS STUDENT AT SCHOOL UNTIL AFTER 6 P.M. AT A SCHOOL THAT. IS RELEASED AT 335 IN THE AFTERNOON. SUCH DELAYS LEAVE STUDENTS AT SCHOOL WELL BEYOND NORMAL HOURS. FOR TEACHERS AND. SCHOOL STAFF. WHO ARE NOT CONTRACTUALLY REQUIRED TO REMAIN TO STAY ON SITE TO ENSURE STUDENT SAFETY AND IT LEAVES MANY FAMILIES WITHOUT SAFE AND PRACTICAL TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES. WHEN PARENTS AND GUARDIANS ARE AT WORK BUT DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO A VEHICLE, EXTENDED DELAYS AFTER DISMISSAL. DISRUPT FAMILY. SCHEDULES AND ROUTINELY. CAUSE STUDENTS TO MISS AFTERSCHOOL. PROGRAMS, SPORT PRACTICES, TUTORING, DANCE CLASSES AND. FOR MANY OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PAID WORK SHIFTS THAT THEY RELY ON. THESE EXAMPLES ARE. ILLUSTRATIVE OF A BROADER AND ONGOING PATTERN OF TRANSPORTATION UNRELIABILITY ACROSS THE DISTRICT. BLOCK ALLOCATES APPROXIMATELY $189 MILLION ANNUALLY FOR STUDENT TRANSPORTATION, REPRESENTING A SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC INVESTMENT THAT MUST RESULT IN SAFE AND DEPENDABLE SERVICE. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO. HAVING THIS HEARING. SOONER THAN LATER SO WE CAN ADDRESS THESE INCREASING CONCERNS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, I WILL BE BRIEF. I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ONE INCIDENT I HEARD AMONG MANY INCIDENTS I HEARD. FREQUENTLY IS THE. STUDENT THAT WAS IN A WHEELCHAIR AND PICKED UP A BLADE AT HIS SCHOOL THREE HOURS LATE. THAT JUST CAN'T BE ACCEPTED HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. I BELIEVE THAT'S A CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE. WE CAN'T JUST LEAVE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, STUDENTS IN WHEELCHAIRS, UM SITTING WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO PICK THEM UP FOR THREE HOURS. IT'S IT'S IT'S UNFAIR. IT'S IT'S AN EMBARRASSING AND I DO I DO THINK IT'S A CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE. STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES DESERVE TO BE TREATED WITH RESPECT AND DIGNITY AND WE CAN'T ACCEPT THE STATUS QUO. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COMES WITH THE CHAIR. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY, FOR HAVING ME AS A CO-SPONSOR. UH, WE HAVE SEEN AN UPTICK, UH, IN EMAILS AND CALLS TO THE OFFICE UH, AROUND THIS ISSUE. UH, WE'RE IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH DAN ROSEN. TRANSPORTATION. UH, AND I KNOW HE IS WORKING WITH TRANSDEV ON TRYING TO SOLVE A LOT OF THESE SOLUTIONS. UM, SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT HIM, UH, AND HAVE A HEARING AND BRING SOME LIGHT AS TO WHAT THE ISSUES ARE AND HOW WE CAN BETTER SUPPORT THOSE ISSUES TO MAKE SURE, UH, THESE INCIDENTS DON'T HAPPEN. THAT'S WHAT WE'LL TRY TO DO. BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THE LIKE I LIKE TO ADD THE NAME COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POWDER COUNCILOR CULPEPER. UH, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE UH COUNCILOR SANTANA CONSTABLE WEBER COUNCILOR WORRELL AND PLEASE UH THE CHAIR. YES. UM, WE DON'T HAVE A NUMBER TWO. NO, THIS WILL BE SORRY. UH THANK YOU. COUNCILORS. UH, MURPHY AND FLYNN AND FITZGERALD. UM, THIS HEARING, UH, ORDER WILL BE SENT TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER LATE? FINE. ARE WE DONE? OH YES. AND UH MR. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE, UH, THE ABSENCE LETTERS? THANK YOU. FIRST LETTERS FROM COUNCIL OF, UH MEJIA. I'M WRITING TO INFORM YOU THAT UNFORTUNATELY BE UNABLE TO ATTEND TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING DUE TO MY COMMITMENT AT A CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON DC. A REPRESENTATIVE FOR MY STAFF WILL BE LISTENING IN AND FOLLOWING UP UPON MY RETURN. SINCERELY, COUNCILOR JULIA MEJIA IN THE SECOND ABSENCE LETTER TO THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT BREADON AND MR. CLERK AND COUNCIL COLLEAGUES I REGRET TO INFORM YOU THAT I HAD TO LEAVE THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING EARLY DUE TO A FAMILY MAN OF THE RECORD BECAUSE MY ATTENTION, COUNSELOR. UH. >> WE KEEP IN. >> THANK YOU, MR TRACK. WE'VE COVERED LATE FILES NOW WE'RE MOVING ON. ONE OF THOSE THOSE TWO, UH, LETTERS OF ABSENCE WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. THANK YOU. NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. THIS 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 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. WE'RE NOW ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. PLEASE REMEMBER THESE ARE FOR UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS. UH, A REMINDER THERE WILL BE NO COUNCIL MEETING NEXT WEEK BECAUSE OF THE PRESIDENT'S DAY. I'D LIKE TO WISH, UH, A HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE. UH, COUNCILOR FINN FILED A RESOLUTION LAST WEEK. IT, UH. BUT BUT IT'S ON THE 17TH SO NEW YEAR'S NEW THE NEW HAPPY NEW YEAR OF THE HORSE. SO TO UH TO EVERYONE UM AND WE'VE AS WE'VE ALREADY UH, MENTIONED EARLIER, RAMADAN IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER AND WE WISH OUR, UH, MUSLIM BROTHERS AND SISTERS A BLESSED RAMADAN SEASON TO THOSE WHO CELEBRATE AND ALSO HAPPY VALENTINE'S TO EVERYONE. THANK YOU. I THINK WE GOT LITTLE, UH, GOODIES FROM UH, COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR DURKAN. THANK YOU. SWEETNESS. UM, SO WE MOVE ON TO MEMORIALS. UH, ANYONE FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS? ANYONE? OKAY. >> UM OKAY GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD TO SPEAK. UH, WHEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO MEMORIALS. WHAT ANNOUNCEMENTS? AND THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THERE. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE HAVE THE FLOOR. UM. >> THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO, UM, ANNOUNCE THE COUNCIL AND TO EVERYONE THAT NEXT SATURDAY, UM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HUSTLE LIST, MY OFFICE AND IN CELEBRATION OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH, WE'RE DOING A MOBBING. THE HOUSELESS HAS DONE THESE MAPPINGS BEFORE IN SUPPORT OF A THRIFT STORE IN DORCHESTER, AND WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THEM TO GO TO FIVE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND I INVITE ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES IT'S NEXT SATURDAY FROM 1 TO 7. WE'RE STARTING AT BOGO SPLIT IN THE BACK BAY GOING TO JUST BOOKISH IN DORCHESTER, MAMA IN DORCHESTER, BOSTON FLOWER COMPANY IN MATTAPAN IN DISTRICT SEVEN TAVERN IN ROXBURY AND SO I INVITE EVERYONE TO JOIN US, UM, TO SUPPORT UH, BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES WHICH DESERVE OUR SUPPORT UM, DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND EVERY MONTH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COMES FROM MURPHY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I WOULD JUST. LIKE TO RISE TO WISH MY. DAUGHTER A. HAPPY 28TH BIRTHDAY. THANK YOU. >> HAPPY 28TH UH, COUNCILOR. UH CULPEPER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD. JUST LIKE TO. MIND EVERYONE THAT NEXT WEDNESDAY IS OUR BLACK HISTORY CELEBRATION WILL BE HERE FROM 12 TO 2. WE'VE SENT OUT MEMO TO EVERYONE ASKING FOR YOUR. UH. >> NOMINEE TO BE, UH, RECOGNIZED NEXT WEDNESDAY. IF YOU HAVEN'T SENT YOUR NOMINEE AND PLEASE GET THAT NAME INTO MY OFFICE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS RECOGNIZED. LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT CELEBRATION NEXT WEDNESDAY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CELEBRATION. COUNCILOR DUNCAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. UH, JUST WANTED TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT I HAVE A NEW, UH, MEMBER OF MY STAFF, JESSE FRAZIER, UM, HAS JUST COME ON. SO I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE HER ON GETTING THE JOB AND THEN WE HAVE SOMEONE IN MY OFFICE THAT'S MOVING TO A NEW GREAT CITY HALL JOB, UH, WORKING FOR THE MAYOR SAM COURAGE. SO WE HAVE COMINGS AND GOINGS IN THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE THEM BOTH ON THEIR NEXT STEPS. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKIN. ANYONE ELSE? UH, MOVING ON TO MEMORIALS. UM, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO UPLIFT THE NAME? COUNCIL A COUNCILOR? UH, WE START WITH COUNCILOR MURPHY. THANK YOU. >> I WOULD LIKE TO UPLIFT MR DONOVAN. UM, I WENT TO GRAMMAR. >> SCHOOL WITH HIS. SON, BUT I'M KEEPING HIS WIFE CHRIS, HIS CHILDREN ERIC. KELLY. >> AMY AND ANDREW. AND ALL OF HIS. GRANDCHILDREN IN. >> OUR PRAYERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> UM, I WANTED TO UPLIFT THE PASSING OF, UH, PHILIP COHEN MERRICK WHO IS THE FATHER OF MY FORMER STAFFER AS IS NOW BAEZ WHO NOW WORKS IN THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND INCLUSION. UM, PHILIP HAS DONE SO MUCH FOR OUR COUNTRY. UM, A BLACK VETERAN, UM, I BELIEVE HIS LIFE EXEMPLIFIES THE VALUES OF SERVICE, COURAGE AND COMMUNITY THAT WE CELEBRATE. HE'S A DECORATED VIETNAM WAR VETERAN WHO SERVED AS A PARATROOPER AND WAS AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART FOR HIS BRAVERY. HE'S AN HE WAS AN EDUCATOR DEDICATED TO EMPOWERING YOUNG PEOPLE, A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER COMMITTED TO POSITIVE CHANGE, A TIRELESS ADVOCATE FOR TENANTS RIGHTS AND HOUSING JUSTICE OFTEN FOUND AT THE STATE HOUSE FIGHTING FOR THOSE IN NEED. A SNOWBOARDING INSTRUCTOR WHO BROUGHT WINTER SPORTS TO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH YES YOUTH ENRICHMENT SERVICES AND A PROUD MEMBER OF VETERANS FOR PEACE ADVOCATING FOR JUSTICE AND RECONCILIATION BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY FOR MY FORMER STAFFER FOR NOW HE WAS A DEVOTED FATHER. UM, AND HE REPRESENTS THE BEST OF WHAT IT MEANS TO SERVE NOT ONLY THIS COUNTRY DURING WARTIME BUT HIS COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE. HE DEDICATED HIMSELF TO OPENING DOORS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES STANDING UP FOR TENANTS AND FAMILIES FACING HOUSING INSECURITY AND BUILDING BRIDGES OF UNDERSTANDING AND PEACE. SO I WANTED TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM ENDED TODAY'S COUNCIL MEETING IN MEMORY OF PHILIP COHEN MERRICK I ALSO WANTED TO THANK UH, COMMISSIONER SANTIAGO FOR BEING UM, SUPPORTIVE AND HELPFUL AS WE THINK ABOUT HOW WE HONOR, UM ,PHILIP, UH, A VETERAN WHO GAVE SO MUCH FOR THIS COUNTRY. UM, AND JUST WANT TO GIVE MY EXTENDED CONDOLENCES TO HIS NOW AND TO HER ENTIRE FAMILY DURING THIS TIME. UM, I ALSO WANTED TO LIFT UP TO CONTINUE TO LIFT UP MY FAMILY AS WE MOURN THE LOSS OF, UM, OUR ONE OF OUR MATRIARCHS OF VENETO, UH, VALERIA LOUIJEUNE UM, AS WE CELEBRATE HER LIFE. UM, I JUST WANTED TO CONTINUE TO UPLIFT HER AND, UM, JUST BROKE NEWS. I KNOW THIS MATTERS FOR. A FEW OF US HERE WHO GREW UP IN THE TIME OF, UH, DAWSON'S CREEK BUT JAMES VANDERBEEK. UM. >> IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT HE JUST PASSED AWAY FROM HIS BATTLE WITH CANCER. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT OTHERS, BUT FOR. ME. >> I GREW UP ON DAWSON'S CREEK AND I FELT LIKE HE WAS PART OF MY MY CHILDHOOD AND MY TEENAGE YEARS. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE MY BEST TO HIM AND HIS FAMILY AS THEY, UM, MOURN HIS LOSS. THANK YOU COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE IS VIDEO LOUIJEUNE. YEAH WE ALREADY WE ALREADY ENDED UP. YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAY HERE. . >> AND THEN THE LAST PERSON WE HAVE. IS JAMES VANDERBEEK. JAMES VANDERBEEK YES. BIG B. CANCER. >> UH, CULPEPER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND GOD DOES IT. THANK YOU. DON'T TOUCH IT. YEAH. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I RISE TODAY TO HONOR THE LIFE LEGACY AND EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE OF JUDGE LESLIE HARRIS WHO PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 84. HIS PASSING IS A PROFOUND LOSS OF BOSTON, THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS AND THE MANY COMMUNITIES HE SERVED OVER THE COURSE OF A DISTINGUISHED CAREER IN LAW AND PUBLIC SERVICE. THIS HARRIS DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO JUSTICE THROUGHOUT HIS DECADES IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION, INCLUDING HIS SERVICE ON THE BENCH. HE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS INTEGRITY, FAIRNESS AND DEEP RESPECT FOR THE RULE OF LAW. HE APPROACHED HIS WORK WITH THOUGHTFULNESS AND DISCIPLINE BUT ALSO WITH HUMANITY. THOSE WHO APPEARED BEFORE HIM UNDERSTOOD THAT THEY WOULD BE HEARD AND TREATED WITH DIGNITY . BEYOND HIS JUDICIAL SERVICE, JUDGE HARRIS WAS A MENTOR, EDUCATOR AND ADVOCATE FOR EXPANDING OPPORTUNITY WITHIN THE LEGAL PROFESSION. HE BELIEVED DEEPLY IN PREPARING THE NEXT GENERATION OF LAWYERS AND STRENGTHENING INSTITUTIONS THAT SERVE THE PUBLIC GOOD. HIS COMMITMENT TO LEGAL EDUCATION AND TO UPLIFTING STUDENTS, PARTICULARLY THOSE FROM UNREPRESENTED BACKGROUNDS, LEAVES A LASTING MARK ON OUR REGION. JUDGE HARRIS UNDERSTOOD THAT THE LAW IS NOT ABSTRACT IT SHAPES LIVES, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. HE CARRIED THAT UNDERSTANDING WITH HIM THROUGHOUT ALL OF HIS CAREER. HIS LEADERSHIP EXTENDED BEYOND THE COURTROOM AND TO CIVIC LIFE, WHERE HE WORKED TO ENSURE THAT JUSTICE WAS NOT ONLY ADMINISTERED BUT ACCESSIBLE AND PRINCIPLED. TODAY WE REMEMBER A MAN WHO DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO SERVICE, TO FAIRNESS, TO MENTORSHIP AND TO STRENGTHENING THE INSTITUTIONS THAT ANCHOR OUR DEMOCRACY. WE EXTEND OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY, COLLEAGUES, FORMER STUDENTS AND ALL WHO WERE INFLUENCED BY HIS EXAMPLE. HIS LEGACY WILL ENDURE AND THE COUNTLESS INDIVIDUALS THAT HE GUIDED AND IN THE LEGAL COMMUNITY THAT JUDGE HARRIS HELPED SHAPE. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. TODAY WE ADJOURN OUR MEETING IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ON BEHALF OF COUNCILMAN MURPHY EDWARD T DONOVAN ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR FLYNN FRANCES H. KELLY ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR PEPEN, MONSIGNOR FRANK KELLY, UH ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR PEPEN AND LOUIJEUNE PHILIP COHEN MYRICK UH ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL DIVISION UH JAMES VAN DER. BEAT UH UH ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR CULPEPER JUDGE AND ALL OF THE CITY COUNCIL JUDGE LESLIE HARRIS AND ALSO REMEMBERING UH CARNIVAL CURRY. MAY WE TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE, PLEASE? THE CHAIR MOVES THAT THE COUNCIL ADJOURNS TODAY AS IT DOES IN MEMORY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS. THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO MEET AGAIN IN THE IRON CHAMBER ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25TH, 2026 AT 12 P.M. THANK YOU TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES, CENTRAL STAFF, THE CLERK, THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE COUNCIL STENOGRAPHER. ELLEN IT IS SO GOOD TO SEE YOU BACK. WE MISSED YOU. UH, ALL IN FAVOR ADJOURNMENT PLEASE SAY I THE COUNCIL MEETING IS ADJOURNED. >> THANK YOU.