. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ED FLYNN, I AM THE CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT. VIEWERS CAN WATCH THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING LIVE ON YOUTUBE BY VISITING BOSTON DOT GOV SLASH CITY COUNCIL TV. I'D LIKE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES AND THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE TO PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES, ELECTRONIC DEVICES. THANK YOU. I'D ALSO LIKE TO ASK EVERYONE TO BE RESPECTFUL OF EACH OTHER AND DO NOT DISRUPT THE MEETING WHILE YOU WERE HERE. IF YOU ARE DISRUPTIVE YOU WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE AND IF YOU FAIL TO COMPLY YOU'LL BE ESCORTED OUT. PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT ACCORDING TO CITY COUNCIL RULES THERE ARE NO SIGNS ALLOWED IN THE CHAMBER . MR CLARK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO ASCERTAIN THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM OF A.. YEAH. HERE COUNCILOR EVERY COUNCILOR COLLETTA COUNCILOR FOR AN END TO SANDISON COUNCIL FLORIDA COUNCIL FLYNN YEAH. CANCELLARA COUNCIL LUZHIN COUNCIL WITH HERE COUNCILOR MURPHY AND COUNCIL WERE A QUORUM. I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE COURT THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT . MR CLARK, CAN YOU ENSURE THE RECORD IS REFLECTED THAT COUNCILOR TANYA FERNANDES ANDERSON IS PRESENT COUNCILOR ARROYO WAS PRESENT. TODAY'S CLERGY IS GOING TO BE INTRODUCED BY CITY COUNCILOR TANYA FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCILOR AFFINITAS ANDERSON, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM PLEASE? THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. IT IS A PLEASURE FOR ME TO INTRODUCE EMAM TALIBE OF MUSHIR KURAN BORN AND RAISED IN CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS. IMAM TALIBE IS A RESPECTED COMMUNITY LEADER AND SPIRITUAL GUIDE. HE IS A LOVING HUSBAND AND FATHER OF SIX CHILDREN. HIS JOURNEY TO ISLAM BEGAN DECEMBER 8TH, 1978 RIGHT HERE IN BOSTON'S MASJID OKURA AND SINCE THEN HE HAS BEEN A DEVOTED MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY SERVING AS THEIR IMAM SINCE JUNE 1992. IMAM TALIB IS NOT ONLY COMMITTED TO MUSLIM COMMUNITY BUT ALSO TO THE GREATER COMMUNITY OF HUMANITY AS A WHOLE. HE BELIEVES IN SUPPORTING AND UPLIFTING PEOPLE IN NEED AND HE HAS DEDICATION TO THIS WORK HAS EARNED HIM ADMIRATION AND RESPECT ACROSS VARIOUS COMMUNITIES TODAY WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE HIM HERE WITH US TO KICK OFF THIS CITY COUNCIL MEETING. WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING HIS WORDS OF WISDOM AND GUIDANCE AND KINDNESS AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS A BETTERMENT OF OUR CITY AND ITS PEOPLE. PLEASE HELP ME WELCOME IMAM TALIB. OH, THANK YOU ALL. WE ALWAYS GREET THE AUDIENCE WITH THE REASONS THAT WE GIVE IN THE RELIGION OF ISLAM WE SAY ISLAM WELCOME WHICH MEANS PEACE BE UPON. I'M GOING TO RECITE THE OPENING CHAPTER OF OUR HOLY BOOK THE HOLY KORAN IN IT'S CALLED THE OPENING. IT'S A VERY SHORT CHAPTER SEVEN VERSES SAY IN ARABIC AND THEN TRANSLATE TO ENGLISH AND THEN I THINK THEY TOLD GOT ABOUT 30 MINUTES TO SAY SOMETHING ELSE WHICH I'LL TAKE ABOUT TWENTY NINE. I'M GLAD SOME OF YOU ARE THERE BECAUSE THAT WAS HUMOR. SO AS WE NORMALLY SAY I GUESS LET US PRAY THIS MAN RAHMAN AND RAHIM AL HUNT LAST YEAR OF BILAL AMIN RUSHMERE RAHIM MALEKI OMAR MATEEN YUKA NABU DUET YAKA JUSTIN DID NOT SERRATO MUSTAQEEM SERRATO LADINE AN ALLEGATION I GROW TO BE LAY HIM TORLINE I MEAN THAT MEANS WITH GOD'S NAME A MERCIFUL BENEFACTOR THE MERCIFUL REDEEMER THE PRAISE BELONGS LORD AND SAVIOR SUNSTEIN OF ALL THE WORLD THE MERCIFUL BENEFACTOR, THE MERCIFUL REDEEMER MASTER OF THE DAY OF JUDGMENT DAY ALONE DO WE WORSHIP IN THAT AID WE SEEK SHOW US TO STRAIGHTWAY THE WAY OF THOSE ON WHOM YOU HAVE BESTOWED THAT PERSON'S NOT UPON THOSE WHO INCURRED YOUR ARREST NOR OF THOSE WHO GO ASTRAY. I MEAN YOU CAN SIT DOWN NOW SO THAT I FIRST I'LL TAKE MY TWENTY NINE MINUTES I WANT TO REALLY CONSTABLE ANDERSON FOR THIS INVITATION I'VE SEEN PRAYER TO YOU THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE WAS IN ON THE INVITATION OF CHARLES YANSI. SO YOU KNOW THERE HAS BEEN SOME SOME TIME IN FROM CHARLES YES. THIS TIME UNTIL NOW WE KNOW THAT HAS BEEN MANY MANY MANY MANY CHANGES AND SO I'D LIKE TO JUST END WITH ANOTHER VERSE IN OUR HOLY KORAN. I JUST MAKE A FEW REMARKS AND THEN I'LL HAVE MY SEAT AND LISTEN TO YOU. THERE'S A CHAPTER IN THE KORAN SAYS WE HAVE CREATED YOU VERILY WE HAVE CREATED YOU FROM A MALE AND A FEMALE MADE YOU INTO NATIONS AND TRIBES THAT YOU MAY GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER THE MOST HONORED OF YOU IN THE SIGHT OF ALLAH, THE GOD, THE CREATOR OF THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH IS THE ONE WAS MORE CONSCIOUS AND WE SAY THAT GOD KNOWS AND SEES I JUST WANT TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS ON THE PART WHERE IT SAYS TO GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER. I BELIEVE AND I THINK YOU UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER AS THE IMAM OF MR. ELKWOOD AND OUR COMMUNITY HAS CHANGED THE CITY HAS CHANGED BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS IN FACT THE WHOLE WORLD HAS IT IS INCUMBENT UPON NOT ONLY MYSELF AS RELIGIOUSLY INCUMBENT UPON YOU AS OUR REPRESENTATIVES TO GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER NOT IN THE SUPERFICIAL WAY TO GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER IN A WAY BECAUSE YOU REPRESENT ME IN US. SO THE MORE YOU GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER OUTSIDE OF THE WALLS OF THE CITY HALL, THE MORE YOU ALL CAN COME TOGETHER AND SEE EACH OTHER, TALK TO EACH OTHER, KNOW EACH OTHER WILL GET THE BENEFIT OF YOUR RELATIONSHIP. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO IMPERATIVELY ENCOURAGE YOU TO PLEASE COUNCIL MEMBERS. IN FACT ALL OF US TRY TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER BECAUSE AGAIN THE MORE WE KNOW EACH OTHER THE MORE WILL BE ABLE TO SERVE EACH OTHER AND IT'S ALL ABOUT NOT SERVING IN AN ETHNIC GROUP. IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT SERVING A PARTICULAR PERSON OR PERSONS. IT'S ABOUT SERVING HUMANITY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MAY GOD BLESS US ALL IN MAY HE CONTINUES TO GUIDE US IN ALL OF OUR ACTIONS. THANK YOU. PEACE BE UPON YOU. THANK YOU. COULD YOU PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WHICH IS AN INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO PRESENTATIONS THIS MORNING MR WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS THIS MORNING. THE FIRST ONE WILL DO IS TODAY IS INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY IN CELEBRATION OF THIS DAY WE WILL NOW HAVE JAZZ BOSTON TO GIVE US A SHORT PERFORMANCE JAZZ BOSTON HAS PERFORMED IN THIS CHAMBER IN YEARS PAST IN RECOGNITION OF INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY SO I'M DELIGHTED TO HAVE THEM BACK IN THE CHAMBER AGAIN TODAY. I WOULD NOW LIKE TO INVITE KENTFIELD, THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF JAZZ BOSTON TO PLEASE COME FORWARD. YEAH. WOULD YOU WOULD YOU INTRODUCE YOUR TEAM AND ASK THEM IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO PERFORM AS WELL? I WILL WELCOME THANKS. THANK YOU PRESIDENT FLYNN COUNCILORS FOR GIVING ME A FEW MINUTES TO SPEAK AND I'D LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE PRESENCE OF THE CHIEF OF ARTS AND CULTURE KARA ELLIOTT ORTEGA OVER HERE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I'M KENFIELD. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF JAZZ BOSTON SINCE 2000 THE SIX WE'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR THE BOSTON AREA JAZZ COMMUNITY OF MUSICIANS AUDIENCE IS VENUES AND MEDIA. WE HAVE ABOUT FORTY SIX HUNDRED MEMBERS AND ABOUT 60 PERCENT OF THEM OPEN OUR MONTHLY NEWSLETTERS ON A REGULAR BASIS . THEY'RE ENGAGED AND PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS IMPORTANT MUSIC AND I DID SAY IMPORTANT THE MUSIC NOT JUST THE MUSIC WE ENJOY OR PLAY JAZZ WAS CREATED IN THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND WE THINK IT'S VALUABLE TO SHINE AN ONGOING SPOTLIGHT ON THAT HISTORY AND JAZZ IS A SOMEWHAT UNIQUE MUSICAL STYLE IN THAT FOCUSES ON SPONTANEOUS IMPROVIZATION GIVING IT A POWERFUL ENERGY. BOSTON HAS PLAYED AND CONTINUES TO PLAY A CENTRAL ROLE IN THE HISTORY OF JAZZ. THIS MUSIC HAS SPREAD FROM THE U.S. ACROSS THE GLOBE IN JAZZ BOSTON IS PROUD TO BRING YOU THIS AFTERNOON A SHORT PERFORMANCE BY THE NIGERIAN BORN SAXOPHONIST PIANIST TALKING DRUMMER, COMPOSER AND EDUCATOR. REALLY YOU'RE ALL THOSE THINGS ? I GUESS SO. TEMIDAYO BALAGAN NOW A BOSTON RESIDENT WITH WITH BASSIST WITH BASSIST SAM SMITH THEY'LL PLAY A COMPOSITION OF TEMIDAYO IS CALLED EJIRO WHICH TRANSLATES TO DISCUSSION WHICH IS APPROPRIATE WHICH IS AN APPROPRIATE CONCEPT FOR THIS DELIBERATIVE BODY. RIGHT. PLEASE ENJOY IF YOU'D LIKE TO BE INFORMED ABOUT JAZZ POSSUM'S ACTIVITIES, PLEASE SIGN UP FOR OUR EMAIL NEWSLETTER AT JAZZ BOSTON. DOUG WELL, FROM THE THANK YOU GENTLEMEN, MR CLARK IN THE RECORD REFLECTED THAT COUNCILOR COLLETTA IS PRESENT AT THIS TIME. I'D LIKE TO INVITE A FRIEND WHO'S BEEN THE LEGAL COUNCILOR BUT ALSO FROM THE ATTORNEY AT THE CITY LAW DEPARTMENT FOR MANY YEARS, HENRY LUTIN IS ONE OF THE CITY'S ATTORNEYS AT THE LAW DEPARTMENT THAT HAS BEEN WITH US PROBABLY PROBABLY THE LONGEST AND SOMEONE WHO HAS SERVED THE CITY WITH DISTINCTION FOR FOR MANY DECADES. HENRY IS HIS WIFE. HIS WIFE MARYANNE IS HERE WITH US AS WELL. HENRY IS KNOWN FOR HIS KNOWLEDGE, PROFESSIONALISM, HIS KINDNESS, HIS INTEGRITY AND HE SERVES AS AN INSPIRATION TO MANY OF US IN CITY GOVERNMENT. HE'S RETIRING NOW AFTER HIS EXCEPTIONAL WORK ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON. I KNOW THAT HE WILL BE MISSED. MANY OF HIS COLLEAGUES FROM THE HIGH DEPARTMENT AND FROM OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS WITH US AS WELL AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE HENRY LUTIN, AN OUTSTANDING AN ATTORNEY AND AN OUTSTANDING NEIGHBOR TO SO MANY TO PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM. AND ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON, WE WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU FOR AN INCREDIBLE CAREER AND YOU DID A TREMENDOUS JOB WORKING FOR THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON. MR PRESIDENT, COUNCILORS, I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH FOR THIS THIS RECOGNITION I STARTED AS AN AIDE TO BOSTON CITY COUNCILOR RAYMOND FLYNN IN 1982. SO IN MANY WAYS THIS IS COMPLETING THE CIRCLE AND I SURVIVED THAT AND WENT ON TO SERVE IN THE FLYNN ADMINISTER AND SUBSEQUENT ADMINISTRATIONS AND YOU KNOW, THEY SERVING ON THE STAFF OF THE CITY COUNCIL CERTAINLY MADE ME COGNIZANT OF THE FACT THAT THIS HONORABLE BODY WAS ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON AND YOU HAVE A HEAVY RESPONSIBILITY WHICH I KNOW THAT YOU'RE WELL AWARE OF . SO I DON'T WANT TO KEEP YOU FROM THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS AND I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR PRESIDENT. THAT I CAN I ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO PLEASE JOIN US FOR A PHOTO WITH HENRY AND HIS WIFE ? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS. THANK YOU HENRY AND THANK YOU MARYANNE FOR THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT YOU PROVIDE TO THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON. ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE DEDICATED PROFESSIONAL CITY OF BOSTON EMPLOYEES THAT ARE HERE AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROFESSIONALISM. HARD WORK AND WE DO HAVE ANOTHER SPECIAL GUEST, A GROUP A GROUP OF YOUNG STUDENTS FROM BRIGHTON HIGH IS ALSO IN THE CHAMBER. WE WANT TO WELCOME THESE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. WELCOME. WE'RE ONTO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES SEEING AND HEARING NO DISCUSSION ON THE MATTER. THE CHAIR MOVES TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING AS PRESENTED ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING SAY I OPPOSED SAY NAY. THANK YOU. THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING STAND IS APPROVED COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE MAN MR CLARK PLEASE READ DAWKINS' 081 TO BUCKENHAM ZERO EIGHT ONE TWO MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE THAT MEMBERS OF THE BUILDING EMISSIONS REDUCTION AND DISCLOSURE REVIEW BOARD ALSO KNOWN AS BRDO AS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION OF THE CITY OF BOSTON CALLED ORDINANCE CHAPTER SEVEN SECTION SEVEN DASH TWO POINT TWO SHALL BE DEEMED SPECIAL MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES FOR THE PURPOSES OF CHAPTER 268 OF THE GENERAL LAWS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON APRIL TWENTY FOUR TWENTY TWENTY THREE. THANK YOU. THIS DOCKET ZERO EIGHT ONE WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR CLARK PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO EIGHT ONE THREE MEZZOGIORNO OF DOCKET NUMBER ZERO EIGHT ONE THREE MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER THEY WILL AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH A TERM OF UP TO SEVEN YEARS FOR DATA CENTER HOSTING WITH ECHOLOCATE AND FIBER INTERCONNECTION TO PROVIDE UNINTERRUPTED FUNCTIONALITY. SUCH A CONTRACT WOULD SUPPORT CITYWIDE SERVICES IN OPERATIONS STANKA THE STOCK AT ZERO EIGHT ONE THREE WILL BE TO THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY. MR QUEASILY DOCKET ZERO ONE FOUR AND ZERO EIGHT ONE FIVE DOCKET NUMBER ZERO EIGHT ONE FOUR MESSAGING ON AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED NINETEEN DOLLARS IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR. TWENTY THREE SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM AWARDED BY THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE TO BE ADMINISTERED THE EACH STRONG COMMISSION. THE GRANT WILL FUND REIMBURSEMENT FOR TRAVEL MEALS PLAY PLUS STIPENDS FOR VOLUNTEERS WHO PROVIDE COMPANIONSHIP TO HOMEBOUND AND FRAIL SENIORS AND MEMBERS ZERO EIGHT ONE FIVE MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF 137 THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY THREE DOLLARS IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. TWENTY THREE RETIRED SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM AWARDED BY THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE AGE DRAWN COMMISSION. THE GRANT WILL FUND REIMBURSEMENT FOR MEALS AND TRAVEL FOR SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICE VOLUNTEERS. THANK YOU THESE DIAKITE 081 FOUR ZERO EIGHT ONE FIVE OF THE FOUR TO THE COMMITTEE ON STRONG WOMAN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. MR CLARK PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO EIGHT ONE SIX DOCKET NUMBER ZERO EIGHT ONE SIX MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF FORTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FROM THE GALILEE AND FUND FOR THE BOSS AT THE BOSTON FOUNDATION AWARDED BY THE CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE FAY CHANDLER EMERGING ARTISTS AWARDS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL AQUATA, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE AND ARTS CULTURE AND SPECIAL EVENTS COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU PRESIDENT FLYNN AS CHAIR OF THE ARTS CULTURE COMMITTEE I'M ASKING CONSIDERATION OF MY COLLEAGUES TO SUSPEND AND PASS DOCKET ZERO EIGHT ONE SIX. THIS IS A GRANT THAT WOULD FUND THE CHANDLER ARTISTS AWARDS THROUGH THE GALA LAND FUND AT THE BOSTON FOUNDATION AWARDED BY THE CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION OF AMERICA AND ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE. I'VE BEEN ASKED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO PUSH THIS FORWARD EXPEDITIOUSLY AND I'M YET AGAIN I'M ASKING FOR CONSIDERATION TO SUSPEND A PASS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR GALATA COUNCIL . QUITE A SUSPENSION OF THE RULES PASSAGE OF DOCKET ZERO EIGHT ONE SIX ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALSO OPPOSED THE AYES HAVE IT. THE DOCKET IS FAST. MR COURT, PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO EIGHT ONE SEVEN TWO ZERO EIGHT TWO FIVE PLEASE. TIKHONOV ZERO EIGHT ONE SEVEN MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT ,CAN WILLOWRA AS A MEMBER OF THE BUILDING EMISSIONS REDUCTION AND DISCLOSURE REVIEW BOARD ALSO KNOWN AS BERTEL FOR THE TERM EXPIRING APRIL TWENTY FOUR TWENTY TWENTY SIX DOCKET NUMBER ZERO EIGHT ONE MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF GALE LATIMORE AS A MEMBER OF THE BUILDING EMISSIONS REDUCTION AND DISCLOSURE REVIEW BOARD ALSO KNOWN AS BRDO FOR THE TERM EXPIRING APRIL TWENTY FOUR TWENTY TWENTY SIX DOCKET NUMBER ZERO EIGHT ONE NINE MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION APPOINTMENT OF KAY PALMER. DONE DONE AS A MEMBER OF THE BUILDING EMISSIONS REDUCTION AND DISCLOSURE REVIEW BOARD FOR A TERM EXPIRING APRIL TWENTY FOUR TWENTY TWENTY SIX DOCKET NUMBER ZERO EIGHT TWO ZERO MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF LEE MATSUURA AS A MEMBER OF THE BUILDING EMISSIONS REDUCTION AND DISCLOSURE REVIEW BOARD FOR A TERM EXPIRING APRIL TWENTY FOUR TWENTY TWENTY SIX DARK NOS ZERO EIGHT TWO ONE MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION THE APPOINTMENT OF RASHEEDA BOY AS A MEMBER OF THE BUILDING EMISSIONS REDUCTION AND DISCLOSURE REVIEW BOARD FOR A TERM SPRAYING APRIL 24TH TWENTY TWENTY SIX DARCIE NUMBER ZERO TWO TWO THAT SAID UNITED FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF MATT O'MALLEY AS A MEMBER OF THE BUILDING EMISSIONS REDUCTION AND DISCLOSURE REVIEW BOARD FOR A TERM EXPIRING APRIL TWENTY FOUR TWENTY TWENTY SIX LOOKING AT THE ZERO EIGHT TWO THREE MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF JACK NELSON AS A MEMBER OF THE BUILDING EMISSIONS REDUCTION AND DISCLOSURE REVIEW BOARD FOR A TERM EXPIRING APRIL TWENTY FOUR TWENTY TWENTY SIX DUNCAN IN ZERO EIGHT TWO FOR A MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF LOVETH JACOBS AS A MEMBER OF THE BUILDING EMISSIONS REDUCTION AND DISCLOSURE REVIEW BOARD FOR A TERM EXPIRING ON APRIL TWENTY FOUR TWENTY TWENTY SIX AND DR. NOS ZERO EIGHT TWO FIVE MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF STEPHEN ELLIS AS A MEMBER OF THE BUILDING EMISSIONS REDUCTION AND DISCLOSURE REVIEW BOARD FOR A TERM EXPIRING FOR TWENTY FOURTH TWENTY TWENTY SIX. THANK YOU THESE DOCKERTY EIGHT ONE SEVEN FOUR ZERO EIGHT TWO FIVE WILL BE REFERRED TO ME ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RESILIENT RESILIENCY PARKS MR REDHAWK AT ZERO EIGHT TO SIX HAVE A ZERO EIGHT TO SIX MESSAGE TRANSMITTING CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER SECTION SEVENTEEN RELATIVE TO THE CITY OF BOSTON'S REDISTRICTING COURT CASE LEGAL COUNCILOR AND WITNESS HIRED TO TESTIFY DAQUAN EMBER ZERO SEVEN FIVE EIGHT PASSED BY THE COUNCIL ON APRIL 5TH. TWENTY TWENTY THREE THANK YOU ZERO EIGHT TWO SIX ZERO TWO SIX WILL BE PLACED ON FILE REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICES. IN OTHER WORDS MR CLARK PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO EIGHT TWO SEVEN TWO ZERO EIGHT TO NINE NUMBER ZERO EIGHT TO SEVEN CHANCELLOR GREEN FOR THE FOLLOWING COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL WAS GREEN DISCLOSING FOR RELEASE TO THE PUBLIC CERTAIN ELECTRONIC CORRESPONDENCE DATED APRIL 5TH TWENTY TWENTY THREE I CAN HAVE A ZERO OR A TWO NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER SIX OF THE ORDINANCES OF 1979 RELATIVE TO THE ACTION TAKEN BY THE MAYOR ON PAPERS ACTED UPON BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING ON MARCH 22ND. TWENTY TWENTY THREE TIKHONOV ZERO EIGHT TO NINE. MY NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR FOR ABSENCE FROM THE CITY FROM TUESDAY APRIL 1820. TWENTY THREE AT 12:00 P.M. RETURNING SATURDAY APRIL 22ND TWENTY TWENTY THREE AT 12:00 P.M. THANK THESE DOCKET ZERO EIGHT TWO SEVEN TO ZERO EIGHT TO NINE PLACED ON FILE MR CLARK PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO EIGHT THREE ZERO DARK NUMBER ZERO EIGHT THREE ZERO COUNCILOR SOON AFTER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FROM COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN TO THE LAW DEPARTMENT ON ADDRESSING OPEN MEETING LAW COMPLAINTS. WE RECEIVED THESE COMPLAINTS LAST WEEK AND THE COMPLAINTS ALLEGED FOUR INSTANCES OF POTENTIAL OPEN MEETING LAW VIOLATIONS. THIS ORDER WOULD ALLOW THE LAW DEPARTMENT TO REVIEW THE COMPLAINTS AND PREPARE RESPONSES THAT SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF THIS ORDER ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY OF I SAY NAY SOMEONE SAY NO, NO, NO. OK, OK. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE THE ORDER HAS PASSED REPORTS OF COMMITTEE. MR CLARK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DAWKINS'S SEVEN EIGHT NINE FOUR ZERO EIGHT ZERO NINE TOGETHER ONE ZERO SEVEN EIGHT NINE THE COMMITTEE OF THE HALL TO WHICH WAS REFERRED ON APRIL 12TH TWENTY TWENTY THREE DOCKET NUMBER ZERO SEVEN EIGHT NINE ORDER FOR A SPECIAL PRELIMINARY MUNICIPAL ELECTION FOR DISTRICT EIGHT CITY COUNCILOR ON JUNE 27 TWENTY TWENTY THREE AND SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION ON JULY TWENTY FIFTH TWENTY TWENTY THREE SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE ORDER ARE TO PASS AND DOCKET NUMBER ZERO EIGHT ZERO OR NINE THE COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION TO WHICH WAS BEFORE IT ON APRIL 12TH TWENTY TWENTY THREE DOCKET NUMBER ZERO EIGHT ZERO NINE ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF BOSTON CALLED ORDINANCES SECTION TWO DASH NINE POINT TO IN REGARD TO COUNCIL DISTRICT DATE SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE ORDER OUGHT TO PASS IN THE NEW DRAFT. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON RULES ADMINISTRATION AND CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE OF A WHOLE COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU COUNCILOR BREADON. I WOULD LIKE TO SUBSTITUTE THE LANGUAGE FOR THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND AMEND ORDINANCE IN DOCKET ZERO EIGHT ZERO NINE THE SUBSTITUTION FOR THE COMMITTEE REPORT IN THE SUBSTITUTION FOR THE AMENDED ORDINANCE INCLUDE ONE ADDED SENTENCE CLARIFYING THAT THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE ADDRESSES IF NEEDED DUE TO ONGOING VOTER REGISTRATION. I BELIEVE THESE SHOULD BE ON EVERYONE'S DESK OK AND SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS. THE COMMITTEE REPORT AN AMENDED ORDINANCE ON DOCKET ZERO EIGHT ZERO NINE ARE SUBSTITUTED. DOES DOES EVERYONE HAVE THE SUBSTITUTE COMMITTEE REPORT AN AMENDED ORDINANCE ON THEIR DESK ? MR FLYNN, I'M SORRY MR. FLYNN. PRESIDENT FLYNN, PLEASE CONTINUE. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BRIGHTON DOCKET ZERO SEVEN EIGHT NINE IS THE ORDER FOR A SPECIAL PRELIMINARY MUNICIPAL ELECTION A DISTRICT EIGHT CITY COUNCIL ON JUNE TWENTY SEVEN THOUSAND TWENTY THREE AND A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION ON JULY TWENTY FIFTH TWENTY TWENTY THREE. THIS WAS FILED AT THE LAST MEETING AND THERE IS NO ISSUE FROM THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT WE WOULD NEED TO VOTE ON THIS ORDER TODAY SO THAT THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT CAN PREPARE FOR THESE ELECTIONS. DORKBOT. THEN I'M GOING TO HAVE A ZERO EIGHT NINE. DO YOU WANT TO DEAL WITH ZERO SEVEN EIGHT NINE FIRST? SO THE COUNCILOR FLYNN AND THE CHAIR CHAIR ON THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE SIX ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF ZERO SEVEN EIGHT NINE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALSO OPPOSED THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED. COUNCILOR FLYNN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONTINUE WITH DAWKINS' EIGHT OR NINE? YES, THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR BREADON. SO AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE ENROLLS, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND PAULSEN'S ALSO OF THE NEXT DOCKET. I'M GOING ASK COUNCILOR AT THIS TIME IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS AND GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR I THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO PRESIDENT FLYNN THIS THIS DOCKET AS FILED AS WE DISCUSSED LAST MEETING IS DESIGNED TO ALLOW THE MAPPING OF THE NEW PRECINCTS WHICH ARE NOW WHAT VOTERS INFORMATION IS AFFILIATED WITH IN ELECTIONS SYSTEMS TO THE OLD DISTRICT FOR THE REELECTION FOR THE SPECIAL ELECTION SINCE FILING ELECTIONS AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER ON THAT INFORMATION. AND SO THE DOCKET NOW REFLECTS ALL OF THE ADDRESSES THAT FALL WITHIN EACH PRECINCT WITH THAT NOTHING. AND AS COUNCILOR FLYNN ALLUDED TO AT THE REQUEST OF THE ELECTIONS COMMISSIONER TARVARIS, IT ALSO INCLUDES A LINE JUST SAYING THAT IF SOMEBODY WERE TO SHOW UP TOMORROW AND REGISTER AN ADDRESS THAT FALLS IN THE PRECINCT THAT ISN'T CURRENTLY ON THE LIST, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO ADD THAT. SO IT'S IT'S REALLY A DATA ADMINISTRATION MANAGEMENT CLARIFICATION FOR OUR ELECTIONS DEPARTMENTS THAT IT'S CLEAR THAT THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO USE THE VOTER ROLLS AS AS THEY HAVE THEM IN THEIR SYSTEM. SO THANK YOU, MADAM. THANK YOU, MADAM. THANK YOU, CONSTABLE. PRESIDENT FLYNN, HAVE YOU ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR JUST AS THE AS THE CHAIR I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF THIS STOCK AT 08 09. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF XHAKA ZERO EIGHT ZERO NINE AND THE NEW DRAFT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AY AND ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE STOCK ACT IS PASSED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR BREADON WILL RANCHO NATTERS RECENTLY HEARD FOR POSSIBLE ACTION. MR DOCKET ZERO SEVEN SIX ZERO TWO ZERO SEVEN EIGHT TWO PLEASE . WHICH ONE IS IT. ZERO SIX ZERO SEVEN OK THANK YOU I I LIKE TO GO BACK WE'RE ON DOCKET ZERO SIX ZERO SEVEN TWO ZERO SIX ONE ZERO AH WITHDRAWN MR COULD YOU READ DOCKET THE WITHDRAWN MR CAN YOU PLEASE READ THAT ZERO FIVE TO ONE PLEASE. I CAN HAVE ZERO FIVE TO ONE THE COMMITTEE AND CITY SERVICES AND INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY TO WHICH WAS REFERRED ON MARCH EIGHT TWENTY TWENTY THREE DOCKET NUMBER ZERO FIVE TWO ONE ORDER FOR OUR STUDY ON CITY WAGES AND SERVICES FOR THE LOWEST PAID MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE ORDER OUGHT TO PASS IN A NEW DRAFT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BOK, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL . BOK YOU OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR LUCIENNE FOR FILING THIS ORDER ALONG WITH COUNCILOR ANDERSON AND MYSELF. IT'S IT WAS ACTUALLY NOT AN ORDER FOR A HEARING WAS IN ORDER TO COMMISSION THE ADMINISTRATION TO PRODUCE THIS REPORT ON OUR LOWEST PAID CITY WORKERS WITH AN EYE TO THE QUESTION OF HOW WE SET A HIGHER KIND OF MINIMUM STANDARD AND REALLY TACKLE THE QUESTION THAT COUNCILOR LUJáN AND SO MANY COUNCILORS HAVE RAISED AROUND MAKING SURE THAT ESPECIALLY IN A CITY WHERE WE DO REQUIRE RESIDENCY OF SO MANY OF OUR WORKERS THAT PEOPLE ARE MAKING ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY LIVE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. SO WHAT I'M RECOMMENDING AS THE CHAIR IS THAT THE ORDER PASS IN ORDER TO COMMISSION THE REPORT IT'S BEEN AMENDED JUST TO REFLECT A DEADLINE OF JULY 1ST FOR THE REPORT BUT ALSO UNDERSTANDING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION OF AN INTENTION TO TRY TO PROVIDE INTERMEDIATE DATA UPDATES ALONG THE WAY PRIOR TO JULY 1ST. AND SO THAT'S THE THAT'S THE NEW DRAFT. AND BEFORE MOVING TO A VOTE, MR SHERIFF, COUNCILOR LUJáN WANTED TO SAY ANYTHING THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR REGION COUNCIL REGION YOU HAVE THE FLOOR YOU I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR FOR HER HELP WITH THIS ORDER MAKING SURE THAT THIS WAS TAKEN CARE OF BEFORE SHE SADLY DEPARTS THIS BODY. A STUDY LIKE THIS IS LONG OVERDUE AND I'M ENCOURAGED THAT THE ADMINISTRATION ALSO AGREES AND AGREES ON THE ATTENTION TO OUR LOWEST PAID WORKERS TOGETHER WE'RE TAKING THE NEXT STEPS TO ENSURE THAT EMPLOYEES ARE BEING FAIRLY COMPENSATED FOR THEIR HARD WORK AS A CITY WE RELY ON THE DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES AT ALL LEVELS TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS AND TO US HERE FROM OUR MUNICIPAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE OFFICERS TO OUR JANITORIAL STAFF AND BEYOND. THESE EMPLOYEES WORK TIRELESSLY TO HELP KEEP OUR CITY RUNNING SMOOTHLY AND COSMIN AND JEFFERSON WAS A CO-SPONSOR WITH ME ON THIS. I KNOW THAT SHE HERSELF AND COUNCILOR FLYNN ALSO HAD A HEARING ORDER OR RESOLUTION FOR OUR MUNICIPAL OFFICERS. SO JUST WANT TO THANK ALL THE WORKERS FOR ELEVATING THIS ISSUE TO US. I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK JO SCOTT WHO IS A REALLY COMMITTED CITY EMPLOYEE, FORMER JANITOR WHO HAS NOW MOVED ON TO A DIFFERENT OFFICE BUT WHO CAME AND SPEND TIME WITH ME COURAGEOUSLY EVEN OTHER WORKERS WANTED TO BE THERE BUT WERE FEARFUL HE CAME INTO MY OFFICE AND REALLY URGED ME TO DO THIS WORK AND SO I WANT TO JUST GIVE HIM A SHOUT OUT WHO COME FROM A GREAT A GREAT FAMILY HERE IN OUR CITY. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY TO EXAMINE THE WAGES AND BENEFITS OF OUR LOWEST PAID MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES . THIS STUDY WILL INCLUDE A REVIEW OF ALL SALARIES SO WE'RE NOT JUST RESTRICTED OR RESTRICTING IT TO ME AS THE EMPLOYEES BUT IT'S GOING TO BE THE FOCUS. THE FOCUS WILL BE ON OUR LOWEST WAGE WORKERS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING MUNICIPAL MINIMUM WAGE AND REPORT FINDINGS. THE CITY COUNCIL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING IS AN IMPORTANT ESPECIALLY AS WE HAVE EMPLOYERS IN THE CITY AND WE ASKED THEM TO DO RIGHT BY OUR RESIDENTS. WE ARE OFTEN ON PICKET LINES AND STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH WORKERS DEMANDING THAT THEY GET EXTRA PAY BUT WE NEED TO BE ALSO SELF OF SELF REFLECTIVE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING A GOOD EXAMPLE TO EMPLOYERS IN THE CITY. THE FINAL IN THE STUDY WILL BE USED TO BETTER INFORM BUDGET DECISIONS AND FUTURE BUDGET ALLOCATIONS AND I SUSPECT THE STUDY WILL AFFIRM THE NEED FOR INCREASED WAGES AND CODIFYING MUNICIPAL MUNICIPAL MINIMUM WAGE TO ENSURE WE ARE SUPPORTING OUR LOWEST PAID MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES LIKE ALASANIA TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR HARD WORK. I KNOW THAT EVERYONE ON THIS BODY REALLY CARES ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND I WANT TO THANK THE MUSEUM EMPLOYEES FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS CITY. AS COUNCILOR STATED, WE REQUIRE PEOPLE TO LIVE IN WHAT IS THE SECOND MOST EXPENSIVE CITY TO RENT A CITY IN WHICH WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE AT LEAST AN INCOME OF ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS TO PURCHASE A HOME. I AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO DO BETTER BY OUR MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES IN RECOGNIZING REALITY. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THIS REPORT FROM THE ADMINISTRATION AND URGE THEM TO WORK VERY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME DATA AT LEAST BEGINNING IN JUNE TO HELP INFLUENCE BUDGET. AND I ALSO IS ONE OF THE THINGS, CHIEF LAWRENCE, BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHE DEEPLY CARES ABOUT AND I THINK THIS FOCUS ON LOWEST PAID WORKERS IS GOING TO GIVE THEM THE URGENCY THAT WE ALL WANT AND NEED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SERGEANT. DID YOU ALREADY SAY OK, BEFORE BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE I JUST WANTED TO ADD ONE ONE BRIEF COMMENT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LOWEST PAID CITY EMPLOYEES DURING THIS CONVERSATION AND THEY ARE THE MOST DIVERSE UNION IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IS THE MINISTER POLICE OFFICERS THEY COME UP HERE AND THEY PROTECT US. THEY PROTECT THE PUBLIC MOST OF THEM ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR AND WOMEN. THEY'RE NOT GETTING IT FEEL FAIR WAGE. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WE AS A BODY I WE WE WE SUPPORT THEM BUT AS A BODY WE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WORKERS ARE TREATED WITH RESPECT IN MY OPINION NOT BEING TREATED WITH RESPECT AND THE MOST DIVERSE WORK DIVERSE UNION IN THE CITY OF BOSTON I'M NOT EVEN RECEIVING A FAIR WAGE. THANK YOU COUNCILOR BLOCK AND THANK YOU CONSUL LOUISIANA COUNCILOR BLOCK, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND POSITIVE ZERO FIVE TO ONE IN A NEW DRAFT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE THE AYES OF IT. THE DOCKET HAS PASSED FOR THE POSSIBLE ACTION AGAIN. YEAH, THE NEXT THE NEXT TOPIC IS MATTERS RECENTLY HEARD FOR POSSIBLE ACTION. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ TOGETHER THE DOCKETS ZERO SEVEN SIX ZERO TWO ZERO SEVEN EIGHT TWO AND THESE ARE THE THESE REGARDING TWO WAYS AND MEANS ISSUES DOCKET NUMBER ZERO SEVEN SIX ZERO TWO ZERO SEVEN SIX TWO ORDERS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR TWENTY FOUR OPERATOR BUDGET INCLUDING ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR DEPARTMENT OF OPERATIONS FOR THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT AND FOR OTHER POST EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS ALSO KNOWN AS OPEN DOCKET NUMBER ZERO SEVEN SIX THREE ZERO SEVEN SIX FIVE AND ZERO SEVEN SIX SIX ORDERS FOR CAPITAL FUND TRANSFER APPROPRIATIONS DOCKET NUMBER ZERO SEVEN SIX FOUR ZERO SEVEN SIX SEVEN AND ZERO SEVEN SIX EIGHT ORDERS FOR THE CAPITAL BUDGET INCLUDING LOAN ORDERS AND LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENTS. DOCKET NUMBERS ZERO SEVEN SIX NINE THROUGH ZERO SEVEN EIGHT ZERO ORDERS ARE AUTHORIZED LIMITS FOR DEPARTMENT OR REVOLVING FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY FOUR INCLUDING LAW, TOURISM, ARTS AND CULTURE ENVIRONMENT BOSTON CENTERS FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES SCHOOLS PARKS DOCKET NUMBER ZERO SEVEN EIGHT ONE MESSAGE NOT AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE INCOME OF THE GEORGE FRANCIS PAKMAN FUND. THE FUNDS ARE TO BE EXPENDED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE COMMISSIONER PARKS AND RECREATION FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF BOSTON COMMON IN PARKS IN EXISTENCE SINCE JANUARY 12TH 1887 AND DOCKET NUMBER ZERO SEVEN EIGHT TO MESSAGE IN NOT APPROVING AN APPROPRIATION OF FOUR MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE TWENTY FIRST CENTURY FUND ALSO KNOWN AS THE PUBLIC EDUCATION OR GOVERNMENTAL ACCESS ALSO KNOWN AS PAY AND CABLE RELATED PURSUANT TO SECTION FIFTY THREE AND THREE QUARTERS CHAPTER FORTY FOUR OF THE GENERAL LAWS THAT FUNDS MAY BE USED TO SUPPORT PIG ACCESS SERVICES TO MONITOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE CABLE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT AND FOR PREPARATION RENEWAL OF THE FRANCHISE LICENSE. THANK YOU MR CLARK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS COUNCIL FERNANDES YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS HELD THE FIRST HEARING FOR THE BUDGET SEASON. WE JUMPED RIGHT IN THE OVERVIEW OF THE OPERATING BUDGET MYSELF AND COUNSELOR PRESIDENT FLYNN JOINED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN MEAT COUNCIL MEJIA CASTLEBAR COUNCIL BREADON COUNCILOR BAKER COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR WARRELL COUNCILOR AND COUNCIL WILL PRESENT. WE WERE JOINED BY JIM AND CHIEF GRAHAM BURGER FROM THE MAYOR FROM THE OBM OFFICE AND CONDUCTED AT LEAST ATTEMPTED TRANSPARENT CONVERSATION MAIN TOPICS OF SOURCES OF BUDGET ALLOCATIONS SUCH AS PROPERTY TAXES AND REVENUE AND ALLOCATIONS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY FOUR FOR THEN THE IN THE AFTERNOON WE HELD A CAPITAL HEARING ON CAPITAL BUDGET AND I WAS JOINED BY THE ADMINISTRATION ASHLEY GOFF AMBERGER JIM WILLIAMSON DIRECTOR OF CHIEF OF EQUITY MARIANGELA ALSO THEIR CHIEF STREETS YASHAR FRANKLIN HODGE CHIEF OF ENERGY ENVIRONMENT AND OPEN SPACE ROBERT MARIAMA WIFE HAMMEN CHIEF OF OPERATIONS JOHN IRISH PARKS COMMISSIONER RYAN WOODS CHIEF OF CAPITAL PLANNING FOR BAPS DEL STANDARDLESS SAM DAPENA DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF OPERATIONS FOR WEEKS AND ALSO THERE WERE WE WERE JOINED BY OTHER ADMINISTRATION FOLKS THAT WERE IN THE AUDIENCE TO OBSERVE FOR SUPPORT WITH THE CONVERSATION THE ADMINISTRATION PRESENTED MAYOR WUS NY TWENTY FOUR TO TWENTY EIGHT FIVE YEAR CAPITAL PLAN TOTALING FOUR POINT TWO BILLION DOLLARS PRESENTING A SIX HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR INCREASE THE CITY'S FIVE YEAR CAPITAL PLAN IS SPLIT INTO TWO TYPES OF PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS. THE ADMINISTRATION REVIEWED THE CITY'S INVENTORY OF CAPITAL ASSETS AND ASSOCIATED FUNDING SOURCES AS WELL AS FIVE PROCESS TO BUILDING THE BUDGET WHICH INCLUDES IDENTIFYING AND PRIORITIZING MARRIAGE AND COMMUNITY VALUES. MEETING WITH DEPARTMENT EXPERTS ,EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF NEW PROJECTS ON THE FINANCIAL NEED OF EXISTING PROJECTS AND COMMITMENTS. INTRODUCING THE PLAN TO THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY AND THEN ENGAGING THE COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY ABOUT THEIR PRIORITIES AND GOALS. THE ADMINISTRATION REVIEWED WHERE THE CAPITAL PLAN FUNDS WILL BE SPENT WITH THE TOP THREE SPENDING AREAS BEING STREETS AND INFRASTRUCTURE, SCHOOLS AND ENVIRONMENT AND OPEN SPACE AND THEN ON TO PUBLIC SAFETY. THE ADMINISTRATION PLANNED A CAPITAL PLAN WILL UNDERTAKE MAJOR PROJECTS ACROSS THE CITY THAT SUPPORT GREEN AND GROWING CITY ENSURE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY. BUT BOSTON FAMILIES FIRST AND DELIVER EXCEPTIONAL CITY SERVICES FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY. THERE WERE MANY PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO AFTER THE BREAK DOWN OF THE BUDGET OR DATA VISUALIZATION PRESENTED OR REQUESTED BY MYSELF TO A NEW BUDGET ANALYST, THE COMMUNITY FELT THAT THE CAPITAL PLANS WERE HIGHLY INEQUITABLE OR RACIALLY INEQUITABLE, THAT THERE WERE STILL A LOT OF WORK TO BE ON AND THAT THEY ALSO EXPRESSED THAT THEY WANTED MORE OF THESE HEARINGS IN PERSON AND IN COMMUNITY. SO WITH THAT IN MIND, THE ADMINISTRATION EXPRESSED THAT IT IS STILL A PROPOSAL THAT IT WASN'T FINAL, THAT IT COULD BE IT WAS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION. THE COMMUNITY THEN EXPRESSED, YOU KNOW, SENTIMENTS ABOUT HISTORICAL HARMS AND HOW A LOT OF THESE INFRASTRUCTURE KIND OF FOCUSES WERE PRIORITIZING THE MORE AFFLUENT COMMUNITIES STILL AND THAT THERE WAS STILL NOT ENOUGH INVESTMENTS IN BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES. SO WITH THAT IN MIND, THE SCHEDULE THAT I'VE PUT TOGETHER SO FAR OBVIOUSLY I THINK SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES KNOW THAT IS SUBJECT TO TO SOME CHANGE IN TERMS OF THE RECEPTION OR FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY. I WILL DEFINITELY NOTIFY DEPARTMENTS AT LEAST SEVEN DAYS ,SEVEN BUSINESS DAYS IN ADVANCE OF ANY CHANGES THAT I MAKE. ALSO THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS I HELD A HEARING YESTERDAY IN THE IN THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON OF AND WE FIRST HELD A HEARING WITH THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE AND DISCUSS NEW PROGRAMS SUCH AS PIPELINE PROGRAMS TO CULTIVATE SPACE FOR YOUNG ARTISTS AND ALLOCATION OF BUDGET TO THEATER, THE STRAND THEATER AND CULTURAL ART SPACES AND PLACEMAKING ADDITIONALLY PROACTIVE ABOUT DISPLACEMENT IN COMMUNITIES WAS DISCUSSED AND ITS IMPLICATION THROUGH THE ART COMMUNITY JUST WANTED TO COMMEND CHIEF CARRER FOR HER GREAT LEADERSHIP AND JUST STEPPING IN AND ENSURING PLACEMENT FOR ARTISTS THAT WERE GETTING DISPLACED FOR THIS DEPARTMENT DISCUSSION I WAS JOINED BY MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR FLAHERTY COUNCIL GREAT RAIDEN COUNCIL MEMBER HERE COUNCILOR FLYNN, COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILORS AND COUNCIL . WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR FEEDBACK THEN ALSO THE COMMITTEE HELD A HEARING WITH THE OFFICE OF TOURISM SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT. WE ARE JOINED BY JOHN WATERS, THE FOURTH OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF TOURISM, THE SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT NEW PLANS OF SPORTS ARENA ACROSS BOSTON. WE'RE DISCUSSING CREATING MORE EQUAL STANDING GROUND FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR IN THE SPORTS WORLD AS WELL. ALSO IN HOW TO CONNECT OFFICE TOURISM WITH ALREADY OCCURRING ARTS AND INITIATIVES IN NOBE AND SQUARE. IN THIS HEARING I WAS JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUE OR IN THIS DISCUSSION WITH DEPARTMENT BY MICHAEL MAHILA COUNCIL MEDIA CONSOLIDATION COUNCILOR AND MYSELF ALSO WE IN THE AFTERNOON WE HELD A HEARING WITH THE DEPARTMENT JOINED BY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MURPHEY COUNCIL BRADIN COUNCIL FLAHERTY COUNCILOR COLLETTA COUNCIL ME HERE AND COUNCIL ROLE AND IN ALSO THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT JOINED BY COUNCILOR BRADIN COUNCIL MEDIA COUNCIL CONSUL GENERAL COUNCIL FLYNN AND THEN AUDITING I WAS JOINED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HERE IN COUNCIL LUCIENNE THE HEARING THAT WE THAT WAS HELD OVERALL DISCUSSED THE EXCITING FUNCTIONS OF AUDITING AND TREASURY DEPARTMENT AND ALL THAT GOES ON IN LAW. MY COLLEAGUES HAD VERY GOOD QUESTIONS ON IN TERMS OF THE ROLE AND THE PROCESS OF DETERMINING WHO GETS PRIORITIZE IN TERMS OF REPRESENTATION AND JUST REVIEW OVERALL ALLOCATIONS IN TERMS OF NEED FROM THE LAW DEPARTMENT THERE WAS FEEDBACK THAT THEY HAD PLENTY OF FUNDS IN THE BUDGET TO DO EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO IN ORDER TO REPRESENT EVERYONE IN THE CITY AND EVERYONE IN TERMS OF WHO THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL FERNANDES ANDERSON THOSE DOGOOD ZERO SEVEN SIX ZERO ZERO ZERO SEVEN EIGHT TWO WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. SORRY COUNCILOR. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL FRIEND IS INNOCENT. JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT TOMORROW APRIL 27 WE WILL HAVE THE TWO VIRTUAL FORMAT HEARINGS DEDICATED TO BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH AT 10 A.M. AS WELL AS AT 2:00 P.M. I I I ASKED THAT THESE TARGETS REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES OR AT LEAST ONE OR TWO HAVE REACHED OUT AND A REPORTER HAS REACHED OUT ABOUT THE SCHEDULE FOR THE HEARINGS. I PERSONALLY DON'T HAVE A PREFERENCE AND I I ACTUALLY LIKE BEING IN PERSON BUT IN ORDER FOR ME TO LEAD THIS IN A DEMOCRATIC WAY I HAVE TO ACCOMMODATE EVERYONE. SO SOME FOLKS HAVE EXPRESSED THAT THEY PREFER VIRTUAL HEARINGS AND SOME FOLKS SAY THAT THEY PREFER THAT THE COMMUNITY IS BETTER HEARD AND THERE'S ACTUALLY RESEARCH THAT SHOWS THAT THERE'S MORE PARTICIPATION FROM COMMUNITY VIRTUALLY ALTHOUGH WHEN I'VE HELD HEARINGS IN PERSON THE COMMUNITY ALTHOUGH LESS PARTICIPATION THEY PREFER IN PERSON. SO IT'S A JUGGLE AND IT'S A BALANCING ACT THAT I HAVE TO CREATE AND SO I WILL BE HOLDING SEVENTEEN HEARINGS VIRTUALLY AND THE REMAINING IN PERSON AND ALSO THERE'S A LOT OF CONTENTION ABOUT THE PROCESS TO WHICH THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL DISCUSSES DISTRICT PRIORITIES AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR A MORE TRANSPARENT CONVERSATION ABOUT COUNCILORS EXPRESSED THAT THEY THEY MADE REQUESTS TO THE MAYOR AND IT WAS NOT RESPONDED TO OR THEY DID NOT GET ANYTHING THAT THEY ASKED FOR IN THEIR DISTRICT. AND SO IN ORDER FOR ME TO BE TOTALLY HONEST WITH THIS PROCESS, I FEEL THAT IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO AND I OWE IT TO THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON TO SAY THIS PROCESS IS ACTUALLY NOT A PROCESS. IT'S ONE THAT IT'S JUST BY CHOICE AND IT'S STILL A CONVERSATION WE HOPE THAT THE MAYOR CAN OPEN UP TO DISCUSSING MORE PRIORITIES AND FEEDBACK FROM THE COUNCILORS, ESPECIALLY DISTRICT COUNCILORS WHO ARE CLOSE TO THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY ADVOCATE FOR THEIR COMMUNITY AND GET SOMETHING IN THE IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET. THUS FAR AT LEAST FIVE OF THE COUNCILORS HAVE EXPRESSED OVER SEVEN RATHER HAVE EXPRESSED THAT FOR THE REQUEST IN THE HEARING. YOU CAN SEE IT LIVE FROM THE REQUEST THAT THEY MADE TO THE ADMINISTRATION THAT THEY GOT NOTHING THAT THEY ASKED FOR. SO I'M NOT SURE HOW ACCURATE THAT IS. I'M JUST MAKING SURE THAT I'M TRANSPARENT ABOUT IT. THIS POSITION HOLDS A LOT OF CONFLICT AND CONTENTION, A LOT OF POLITICS AND WITH THAT I'M NOT SURE IF THE BOSTON GLOBE OR THE HERALD I DON'T EVEN CARE WHICH NEWSPAPER DID IT. BUT FROM WHAT I HEAR SOMEONE SCREENSHOT IT AND SENT ME MESSAGES AS A CHAIR WAYS AND MEANS AND AS A BLACK WOMAN TRYING TO REPRESENT PEOPLE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN ROXBURY IN DISTRICT SEVEN IT'S BEEN QUITE A PROCESS A SPIRITUAL QUESTIONING, A TEST, A SACRIFICE. EVEN MY OWN CHILDREN ARE BEING ATTACKED. IN FACT, RETALIATION FROM POLLIT, FROM POLITICIANS AND FROM POLITICS AND FROM PEOPLE IN CITY GOVERNMENT IS COMING IS COMING CLOSE TO MY HOME. I AM NOT GOING TO DISCLOSE HERE TODAY EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING BECAUSE I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR AN INVESTIGATION BUT IT IS NOT OK WHEN YOU RETALIATE IN HER PEOPLE'S FAMILIES AND IT'S NOT OK FOR PEOPLE TO BE SO EMOTIONALLY REACTIVE BECAUSE WHEN YOU DISAGREE WHETHER IT'S REDISTRICTING OR WHETHER IT'S WAYS AND MEANS OR WHETHER IT'S YOU DON'T GET STUFF THEN YOU GET YOUR CRONIES AND YOUR PEOPLE TO GO IN NEWSPAPERS AND ATTACK PEOPLE ON A PERSONAL LEVEL. I SAW WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT YOU, MR PRESIDENT. I'M SORRY THAT THEY SAID THAT I'M SORRY TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES FOR ALL OF THE HURTFUL THINGS THAT WERE SAID BUT FOR ME PERSONALLY NOT ONLY DO I GET DEATH THREATS, I GET CAUGHT OUT. I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE I GET CAUGHT OUT MAGAZINE THREATS I GET FIND JESUS MOHAMMED IS A FAKE PROPHET. I GET ALL THIS STUFF AND I GET YOU KNOW, GO BACK TO YOUR GO BACK TO AFRICA. YOU HEARD THE MESSAGE AND PLUS NOW THIS ARTICLE THEY WANT US TO DIE. THEY WANT US TO DISAPPEAR. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT FUNNY AND AGAIN, I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT HOW THEY RETALIATED AGAINST MY OWN SONS AND SOON ENOUGH I WILL BECAUSE THIS INCLUDES PEOPLE IN THIS BUILDING. THIS INCLUDES POLITICIANS. THIS INCLUDES PEOPLE OUT THE PROTESTERS. THIS INCLUDES EVERYBODY. IT'S GETTING UGLY AND I WANT NO PART OF IT. I'M NOT A VINDICTIVE PERSON BECAUSE I WANT TO SAVE MY OWN SOUL. I WANT TO REPRESENT MY COMMUNITY AND BE SAFE. I OWE NO ONE BUT MY CONSTITUENTS AND GOD I SERVE MY CONSTITUENTS BECAUSE I LOVE PEOPLE BECAUSE THAT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY AS MY JOB. I SERVE PEOPLE BECAUSE I'M A MUSLIM AND I WANT TO BE A GOOD PERSON. I'M NOT SAYING I AM. I'M SAYING I'M TRYING TO BE A GOOD PERSON BUT NONE OF US HERE DESERVE EVEN FRANK BAKER DOESN'T DESERVE IT. WOW, I GOT IT. AND YOU KNOW I LIKE YOU BECAUSE YOU KNOW I LIKE YOU EVEN FRANK AS A DESERVING PEOPLE COME DOWN HARD ON HIM. EVEN FRANK BAKER IS A NOBODY DESERVES THE PEOPLE DOING THEIR JOB. PRESIDENT WARCHUS THREE TIMES THAT I CAN CALLED COUNCILOR BAKER COUNCIL BAKER CAN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES FRIEND IS EVEN FRANK BECAUSE THE COUNCIL BAKER THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCILOR BAKER OK COUNCILOR BAKER MA'AM MA'AM CAN YOU PLEASE BE QUIET? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON HAS THE FLOOR WHEN SOMEONE HAS THE FLOOR NO ONE ELSE SHOULD BE SPEAKING. I APOLOGIZE FOR DEFENDING COUNCILOR BAKER. I WILL NOT MENTION YOUR NAME AGAIN. I NO ONE DESERVES IT. MY POINT IS NO ONE DESERVES IT. I'M NOT THE BEST ENGLISH IS MY FOURTH LANGUAGE. I'M NOT THE BEST IN EXPRESSING MYSELF SO I APOLOGIZE. I AM EXPRESSING THIS IN THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE REPORT BECAUSE PEOPLE TAKE THIS COMMITTEE OR THE REDISTRICTING ONE OR ANOTHER ONE AND THEY RETALIATE. PEOPLE CALL THE GLOBE, PEOPLE TELL ON EACH OTHER PEOPLE ARE CUSSING OUT EACH OTHER AND THEN THE PUBLIC SAYS CAN'T YOU GET ALONG? THE PUBLIC IS THE PUBLIC SOMETIMES IS AT FAULT TOO BECAUSE THEY GET TOGETHER AND THEY GET MESSY AND PEOPLE ARE ATTACKING EACH OTHER IN THE CITY LIKE IT'S LIKE WE DON'T HAVE LIVES LIKE WE DON'T DESERVE TO DO OUR JOBS WITH DIGNITY AND GO HOME. SO MAYBE PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT. MAYBE PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF HAVING HONEST CONVERSATIONS. BUT THE POLITICS IT'S NONSENSE . IT'S FILTHY, IT'S DIRTY, IT'S CORRUPT. WHATEVER YOU GOT TO DO, KEEP YOUR CHIN UP FOR ALL OF YOU MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES I'VE GOT INSULTED AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY SHOULD DISAPPEAR FOR ALL OF THE INSULTS THAT THEY SAID TO MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR COUNCILOR COUNCILOR ARROYO FOR EVERYBODY THAT GOT INSULTED IT'S NOT TRUE AND I'M HERE TO SAY THAT IT'S NOT OK. NOBODY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT IT. I'M STANDING UP AND I'M SAYING IT'S RIDICULOUS. I DON'T GIVE A ABOUT YOU ROBERT'S RULES I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW THAT PEOPLE ARE HUMAN BEINGS AND WE DON'T DESERVE IT. SO WITH THE POLITICS OF NOT GETTING ANYTHING IN OUR DISTRICT AND IS SUPPOSED TO BE A PROCESS WITH THE POLITICS OF DISCUSSING IT IN THE COUNTY DEPARTMENT HEADS HAVE TO ASK FOR PRIORITIES. BUT WE COUNCILORS THAT ARE CLOSE TO THE ISSUE, WE DON'T GET TO ADVOCATE FOR THE PRIORITIES ON TOP OF THAT I GOT TO FIGHT THE ADMINISTRATION. I GOT TO FIGHT THE DEPARTMENT. I GOT TO FIGHT THE TROLLS. I GOT TO FIGHT EVERYBODY BECAUSE I'M BLACK OR BECAUSE I'M MUSLIM OR BECAUSE I'M A WOMAN. I'M NOT AFRAID OF Y'ALL OR ANYBODY ELSE. I'M ONLY AFRAID OF MY LORD. SO I'M STANDING HERE AND I'M SAYING THAT IT'S NOT OK. COME FOR ME. I DON'T CARE. I OWE YOU NOTHING BUT TO SERVE MY LORD AND DO RIGHT BY MY PEOPLE AND MY CHILDREN COME FROM MY FAMILY. I'M BRINGING ALL THE SMOKE AND THAT'S WHAT I'M TELLING YOU NOW EVERYBODY CAN PLAY THEIR PRETTY POLITICS AND TAKE PICTURES AND PRETEND EVERYTHING'S OK. DON'T TAKE PICTURES WITH ME IF YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE THREATENING MY FAMILY DON'T SMILE AT ME. DON'T COME OUT NEXT TO ME BECAUSE I HAVE A RIGHT TO DEFEND MY SON'S. I APPRECIATE YOU COUNCIL FLYNN. I KNOW YOU ALLOW ME TO RANT BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT WAS NECESSARY AND I'M SORRY THAT I TOOK TOO LONG TO SPEAK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON FOR AS WE GO FORWARD DURING THE THE BUDGET THE THE CHAIR OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE IN MY OPINION HAS AS MUCH TIME AS THE CHAIR NEEDS TO DISCUSS WHAT TOOK PLACE RECENTLY ON ON ON A HEARING. I'M NOT GOING TO LIMIT THE MINUTES OF A CHAIR WHETHER IT'S WAYS AND MEANS OR ANOTHER CHAIR TO TALK ABOUT AN ISSUE THAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT THEY NEED TO SPEAK ON. AND I THINK I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE THE CHAIRS OF COMMITTEES ARE ABLE TO SPEAK ON A SUBJECT THAT THEY PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO WHEN I'M NOT I'M NOT GOING TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF MINUTES A CHAIR SPEAKS ON A TOPIC DURING MATTERS RECENTLY HEARD FOR POSSIBLE ACTION. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON. SO THESE DOCKETS THERE WAS THOSE TWENTY TWO DOCKETS THESE DOCKET ZERO SEVEN SIX ZERO ZERO ZERO SEVEN EIGHT TWO WILL WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. WE'RE ON TWO MOTIONS, ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO TAKE ONE OF THEM OUT OF OUT OF ORDER. MR CLARK, CAN WE FIRST GO TO DAWKINS' ZERO EIGHT THREE SIX PLEASE? I CAN HAVE A ZERO EIGHT THREE SIX COUNCIL ON ME HERE COUNCILOR CARLETTO OFF FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION CALLING FOR NONDISCRIMINATION AND QUALITY HEALTH CARE FOR IMMIGRANTS AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR THAT COULD THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ME HERE, COUNCILOR ME HERE YOU HAVE THE FOUR. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. AND I JUST WANT TO SEND MY LOVE TO MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR ANDERSON. IT'S HARD TO JUST GET UP AND DO BUSINESS AS USUAL OR I'LL CARRY ON SO MUCH SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, MR ANDERSON FOR HAVING THE COURAGE TO SPEAK IN THIS CHAMBER THE WAY THAT YOU DO AND KNOW THAT IT IS YOU'RE NOT JUST SPEAKING FOR YOURSELF. YOU'RE SPEAKING FOR A LOT OF US. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. ALL RIGHT. SO MR PRESIDENT, FIRST THANK YOU FOR TAKING THIS OUT OF ORDER. I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE WITH US AND I WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AT COUNCIL LOUISIANA AS A COSPAR HEARING. NO OBJECTION, COUNCILOR LOUISIANA'S ADDED AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR I'M HERE. THANK YOU. AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE OF THIS RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A NONDISCRIMINATORY AND QUALITY HEALTH CARE FOR IMMIGRANTS OF COLOR. SO I'M JUST GOING TO LAY IT OUT FOR YOU. SO I OFTEN TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT I WAS RAISED BY A SINGLE MOM WHO WAS UNDOCUMENTED AND BECAUSE MY MOTHER WAS UNDOCUMENTED, ACCESS TO CARE OFTEN CAME AT THE EXPENSE OF WHETHER OR NOT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE THE COURAGE TO SEEK IT . BUT WHEN YOU ARE UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS YOU DO HAVE ACCESS AND THE RIGHT TO QUALITY CARE. AND SO THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL HAS AN OBLIGATION TO ENSURE THAT ALL BOSTONIANS HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO QUALITY AND AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE SERVICES ,RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISPARITIES IN HEALTH CARE ARE WIDESPREAD AND PERVASIVE, RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER RATES OF HEART FAILURE, STROKE, HOSPITALIZATION, DIABETES RELATED DEATH IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR THAN OUR RIGHT COUNTERPARTS. THE CITY OF BOSTON IS CELEBRATED FOR ITS HIGH QUALITY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. BUT THE CITY OF BOSTON IS NOT IMMUNE TO THE PERSISTENT RACIAL AND ETHNIC INEQUALITIES THE EAST BOSTON NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER CLINIC IS THE LARGEST COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER IN MASSACHUSETTS AND ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE NATION. IT PROVIDES HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO MANY FAMILIES AND CHILDREN IN BOSTON'S IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. HOWEVER, CONCERNS HAVE BEEN SHARED WITH SEVERAL ELECTED OFFICIALS REGARDING EAST BOSTON NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CLINICS QUALITY OF CARE IN MUCH OF 2022 CENTRAL AND EAST BOSTON BASED ORGANIZATION DISCOVERED THAT SEVERAL PATIENTS DID NOT RECEIVE ADEQUATE CARE AND ALL SHARED THE SAME PROFILE. THEY ARE ALL WOMEN IMMIGRANTS PARTICULARLY SPANISH SPEAKING LOW INCOME AND ALL HAVE MASS HEALTH INSURANCE. THE TREATMENT OF CENTRAL PRESENTER'S MEMBERS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW MUCH A LARGER TREND OF HEALTH CARE INEQUITIES WE SEE HERE AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY HIGH QUALITY HEALTH CARE SHOULD BE PROVIDED EQUALLY TO OUR RESIDENTS REGARDLESS OF THEIR RACE, NATIONAL ORIGIN ,SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, IMMIGRATION STATUS, AGE, GENDER OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION. I ASK THAT MY COLLEAGUES JOIN ME IN REAFFIRMING THAT OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE CENTERS SHOULD BE COMMITTED TO THOROUGHLY EXAMINING AND REFORMING TREATMENT POLICIES TO GUARD AGAINST MISDIAGNOSIS AND SUBSTANCE CARE TO AND TO IMPROVE THE TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION SERVICES TO ENSURE LANGUAGE IS NOT A BARRIER TO QUALITY HEALTH CARE AND INSURANCE AND ALL HEALTH CARE AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF IS RECEIVED IS CULTURALLY COMPETENT AND TRAUMA INFORMED CARE TRAINING TO BE BETTER SERVED OF BOSTON'S DIVERSE COMMUNITIES. AT THE END OF THE DAY THE WOMEN IN EAST BOSTON I'M NOT JUST ASKING FOR AN APOLOGY THEY'RE ASKING FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND TO BE AFFIRMED AND I THINK AS A COUNCIL WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY NOT TO JUST SUPPORT THEM IN THIS PROCESS BUT TO STAND UP. AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE AND MY SECOND CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR COLLETTA FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND ALWAYS STANDING UP AND SHOWING UP FOR EAST BOSTON. SO I JUST WANTED TO READ THIS INTO THE RECORD AND THINK CENTRAL PRESENTE AND ALL THE WOMEN THAT ARE HERE WHO SHARED THEIR STORIES WITH US AND SOMETIMES THAT'S THE HARDEST PART IS TO SHOW UP AND TO SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER. BUT OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS WHEN WE HEAR THE TRUTH THEN THE POWER MUST BE CEDED BACK TO THE PEOPLE AND WE MUST RESPOND IN WAYS THAT THEY ASK US TO AND I'M STANDING HERE TO SAY I'M HERE WITH YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CAN'T HOLD ME HERE. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COLLETTA COUNCIL GALERA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU PRESIDENT FLYNN AND I JUST WANT TO THANK MY CO-SPONSORS COUNCILOR MEJIA AND LOUISIANA FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP. I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THEM SORT OF PRESENT DAY IN THE LAWYERS COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS FOR FOR YOUR WORK AND SUPPORTING THESE INDIVIDUALS IN THESE FAMILIES WHO CAME FORWARD TO TELL THEIR STORY. WE'VE HEARD DIRECTLY FROM THESE COURAGEOUS INDIVIDUALS, PREDOMINANTLY IMMIGRANT WOMEN OF COLOR WHO ASSERT THAT THEIR NEEDS WERE NOT ADEQUATELY MET AT THE EAST BOSTON NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTER. EVERYONE DESERVES EQUITABLE TREATMENT AND ACCESS TO THE HIGHEST THE VERY, VERY HIGHEST STANDARD OF HEALTH CARE, ESPECIALLY OUR IMMIGRANT BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN ALL THOSE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY HEALTH INEQUITIES, I STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH FORMER PATIENTS WHO ARE CALLING FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND BETTER PRACTICES BY THE HEALTH CENTER AND THE HEALTH CENTER DOES GOOD WORK THAT WE RESPECT ONE ANOTHER. THEY DID GOOD WORK DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. THEY JUST AS WE ALL DO NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU MADE MISTAKES AND NOT UP TO IT AND BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. THEY'RE CALLING FOR AND THEY AS AS IN THE FAMILIES ARE CALLING FOR BETTER QUALITY CARE OF THESE BOSTON SPANISH SPEAKING POPULATION BECAUSE THAT IS SIMPLY WHAT THEY DESERVE IN GENERAL WE MUST DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO REMEDY THE SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES IN HEALTH CARE THAT ULTIMATELY RESULT IN INSTANCES OF MALPRACTISE HOSPITALIZATION AND EVEN DEATH IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN COMPARISON TO WHITE POPULATIONS, MANY COME TO BOSTON AS A BASTION OF WORLD CLASS HEALTH CARE. MANY PEOPLE MAKE THE JOURNEY TO THIS COUNTRY IN SEARCH OF EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE TO OFFER ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, HOUSING AND YES OUR HEALTH CARE. IT HONESTLY DEVASTATING TO THINK THAT SOME OF THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE MET WITH BARRIERS TO THEIR HEALTH AND NOW IT THREATENS THEIR LIFE. I STAND WITH THEM AND CALL FOR A REAFFIRMATION OF TREATMENT POLICIES TO PROVIDE BETTER TRANSLATION SERVICES AND THAT STAFF RECEIVE CULTURAL COMPETENCY TRAINING SO THAT THEY CAN BETTER SERVE THEIR NEIGHBORS. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TELLING YOUR STORY OF BEING SO BRAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR TO THE CHAIR. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR AND COUNCILOR LOUISIANA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU PRESIDENT FLYNN. I WANT TO THANK THE SPONSORS AND I WANT THANKS AS REPRESENTED AND I WANT TO THANK THE NOT ONLY FOR YOUR ADVOCACY BUT HOW PERSONAL YOUR STORIES ARE THAT YOU SHARED WITH ME. AND HEALTH CARE IS SO PERSONAL IT'S PRIVATE AND YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO SHARE WITH ALL OF US THE INTIMACY OF YOUR HEALTH NEEDS. BUT SOMETIMES THAT'S REQUIRED TO GET JUSTICE THAT YOU DEMAND AND SO I THINK MY COLLEAGUES HAVE MADE A LOT OF POINTS BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK CENTRAL PRESENT DAY. YOU DESERVE AN APOLOGY FOR WHAT YOU'VE EXPERIENCED. YOU DESERVE TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE TRANSLATORS. YOU DESERVE A CENTER THAT'S FOCUSED ON THE NEEDS AND THE HEALTH NEEDS OF IMMIGRANTS, ESPECIALLY UNDOCUMENTED FOLKS. NONE OF THIS IS ASKING FOR TOO MUCH. IT'S ACTUALLY SOMETIMES ASKING FOR TOO LITTLE. I KNOW I'VE SAID THIS ON THE CHAIRMAN'S FLOOR BEFORE. I DON'T WALK AROUND EVER SAYING I'M A LAWYER UNLESS I'M IN A HOSPITAL BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT HOSPITALS TOO OFTEN DISCRIMINATE AGAINST OUR BLACK AND BROWN FOLKS, DISCRIMINATE AGAINST FOLKS WHO ARE UNDOCUMENTED. SO I JOIN MY COLLEAGUES IN ASKING THE EAST BOSTON NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTER TO MEET THIS MOMENT AND LIKE I SAID, THEY MEET THE MOMENT AND THE SITUATIONS YOU WANT THEM TO MEET THE MOMENT HERE TO REALLY LISTEN TO REALLY CENTER WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WE KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING AND THERE'S A MISDIAGNOSIS DIAGNOSIS AND WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITIES DESERVE HEALING NOT ONLY ON THE BACK END BUT ON THE FRONT END PREVENTION AND SO I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR BEING HERE AND FOR YOUR ADVOCACY THIS WORK AS A RESULT OF ALL OF YOU AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO STAND WITH YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL LOUISIANA WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WHAT ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THE NAME PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND MR CLARK, PLEASE HEAD COUNCILOR BLOCK COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCIL OVERALL COUNCIL ROYAL PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR COUNCIL MEMBER HERE CALERA COUNCIL MEMBER HERE COUNCILOR COLLETTA COUNCIL LOUISIANA SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF 083 SIX. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSED SANEI THE AYES HAVE IT. THE DOCKET HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR MR CLARK, BEFORE WE GO ON CAN YOU LET THE RECORD BE REFLECTED THAT COUNCILOR WAS PRESENT. HE WAS HERE A WHILE AGO I I FAIL TO RECOGNIZE MR CARR CAN WE CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO EIGHT THREE SEVEN PLEASE. I'M SO NOW NOW WE'RE GOING BACK IN ORDER THEM NUMBER ZERO EIGHT THREE ONE COUNCILOR BOOK AND FLYNN OFFERED THE FOLLOWING A PETITION FOR A SPECIAL RELATIVE TO ENACT TO MAKE CERTAIN UPDATED CHANGES IN THE LAW RELATIVE TO HISTORIC BEACONHILLS DISTRICT. THANK YOU MR CLARK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BALL COUNCIL FOR YOU OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. THIS IS ACTUALLY THE SAME HOME RULE PETITION THAT WE PASSED PREVIOUSLY BUT THAT VERSION HAS BEEN SIGNED BY THE MAYOR BECAUSE IT CAME UP AFTERWARDS THAT THE VERSION OF THE EXCLUSION LANGUAGE THAT WE HAD RELATED TO THE SIDEWALKS MAKE SURE THAT THAT THERE WOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE THERE WAS FLAGGED BY THE DISABILITY COMMISSION AS THE MEETING A SLIGHT ADJUSTMENT TO IT. SO THERE'S JUST A ONE PHRASE ADJUSTMENT IN THIS VERSION AND AND SO WE'RE HOPING TO HOPING WITH CHAIR'S INDULGENCE TO SUSPEND AND PASS THROUGH TODAY IS THAT THE UPDATED VERSION CAN HIT THE MAYOR'S DESK. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR PRESIDENT AND MR CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . LOOK, I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER BUT WHEN ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ROYAL COUNCIL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT AS CHAIR I SUPPORT A SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE OF THIS DOCUMENT. IT'S A SIMPLE EDIT MADE BY THE DISABILITIES COMMISSION WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S REFLECTED IN THIS. SO I DO SUPPORT A SUSPENSION PASS TODAY. THANK YOU MR THAT. THANK YOU COUNCILOR . I WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SIGN WOULD LIKE TO RAISE YOUR HAND TO SUPPORT THIS MR CLARK PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR ROYALLE COUNCILOR BRIGHTON COUNCILOR CARTER COUNCILOR AND COUNCILOR HERE COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR RALPH SO THE CHAIR IS GOING TO RECOGNIZE COUNCILOR COUNCILOR BUT THE CHAIR OF ROYAL IS AGREEING NOT TO HOLD A HEARING AND WE'LL GO STRAIGHT TO A VOTE YES, THAT'S OK WITH YOU. OK, SO COUNCILOR BAUK IN COUNCIL FLYNN SEEK SUSPENSION THE RULES IN PASSAGE OF DOCKET 083 ONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY THIS MR CLARK CAN WE DO A ROLL-CALL VOTE PLEASE. ROLL CALL VOTE ON DAWKINS'S EIGHT THREE ONE COUNCILOR ROYAL YES COUNCILOR ROYAL YES COUNCILOR BAKER COUNCILOR BART COUNCILOR BART YES CASTLEBURY COUNCILOR BREADON YES COUNCILOR COLOR COUNCILOR YES COUNCILOR FOR ANANDA SANDERSON COUNCILOR FLAHERTY COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR COUNCILOR LOUISIANA COUNCILOR AND YES COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES AND COUNCILOR WERE YES COUNCIL WELL YES. DARK NUMBERS ZERO EIGHT THREE ONE IS RECEIVED EIGHT VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR WORK THIS HAS PASSED WE'RE ON TO DOC DOC ZERO EIGHT THREE TWO PLEASE DR NOS ZERO THREE TO COUNCILOR FLYNN OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE CREATION OF AN OFFICE OF PEST CONTROL IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU MR. CLERK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES FLYNN COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU COUNCILOR COUNCILOR BREADON MAY I ADD COUNCILOR QUATER AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR HEARING NO OBJECTION COUNCILOR HAS ADDED HIS ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT COUNCILOR FIGHTER IN ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES FOR THE TREMENDOUS WORK YOU HAVE DONE ON PEST CONTROL WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS. SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE JOHN ELLIOT AS WELL AND SO MANY DEDICATED AND PROFESSIONAL CITY OF BOSTON EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE DONE TIRELESS WORK ON PEST CONTROL. AS YOU KNOW, PEST CONTROL LIKE LIKE YOU IT'S ONE OF MY TOP PRIORITIES. IT'S AN IMPORTANT QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE. IT HAS AN IMPACT ON ALMOST EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS AND OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS ISSUE AT GREAT LENGTH. BUT RECENTLY I HAVE TALKED ABOUT A POTENTIAL DEDICATED OFFICE FOR PEST CONTROL IN THE CITY OF BOSTON OR A DEDICATED POSITION FOR PEST CONTROL IN OUR OFFICE CURRENTLY PEST CONTROL IS ACROSS DEPARTMENTAL EFFORT WITH INSPECTION SERVICES, PUBLIC WORKS BOSTON AND A COMMISSION AS PEST CONTROL AND OTHERS IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS WELL. RECENTLY NEW YORK CITY HAS APPOINTED ITS FIRST DIRECTOR OF RODENT MITIGATION ALSO KNOWN AS THE RUZZO OPPOSITION TASK OF COORDINATING ACROSS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO STRATEGIZE ON PEST CONTROL AND REDUCE THE RAT POPULATION HAVING A DEDICATED POSITION IN OFFICE ON PEST CONTROL WHAT ALLOW US TO BETTER ADDRESS THE ISSUE ALLOW FOR A MORE STREAMLINED AND COORDINATED PROCESS IN REDUCING PEST AND COME UP WITH A MORE INNOVATIVE WAY AND PREVENT PESTS. IN FACT INFESTATIONS. SO I'M FAILING THIS HEARING AND HOPE THAT WE CAN DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY OF CREATING AN OFFICE OF PEST CONTROL IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND PROACTIVELY ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. AND AGAIN, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE THE HARD WORK OF THE CITY OF BOSTON EMPLOYEES THAT ARE CURRENTLY DOING THIS JOB. THEY WORK HARD. THEY'RE DEDICATED TO THEIR JOB, THE DEDICATED TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY AND I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR THE WORK THEY DO MY MY CHALLENGE IS AFTER THE DURING THE PANDEMIC WE HAVE SEEN THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN RAT RATS THROUGHOUT THROUGHOUT EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD OF BOSTON. WE HAVE SEEN ONGOING CONSTRUCTION THAT ALSO IMPACTS MORE RATS IN VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS. WE HAVE OUTDOOR DINING THAT WE TRADITIONALLY HAVEN'T HAD BEFORE A PANDEMIC AND OUTDOOR DINING IS HERE TO STAY IN MANY NEIGHBORHOODS. SO FOR MANY REASONS I WANT TO WORK WITH MY COLLEAGUES, WORK WITH THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION, WORK WITH THE CITY DEPARTMENTS TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN COORDINATE RESOURCES, COORDINATE SERVICES AND EVENTUALLY IN MY OPINION COME UP WITH A CITY DEPARTMENT THAT WOULD RECOGNIZE HOW SIGNIFICANT THIS PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC SAFETY QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE IS TO SO MANY RESIDENTS AND WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR THE WORK ON THIS ISSUE RECENTLY AND THANK MY COLLEAGUES WORKING ON THIS ISSUE IN THE PAST. BUT I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON BECAUSE THEY REALLY ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE CALLED THEIR DISTRICT COUNCIL IS ALMOST NONSTOP AND THERE ARE LARGE COUNCILORS BUT THEY'VE CALLED US NONSTOP, HAVE TEXTED US. THEY'VE THEY'VE EMAILED US. THEY'VE SEEN US AT THE GROCERY STORES AND THEY TELL US ABOUT CERTAIN STREETS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE RATS ARE RUNNING WILD SO WHEN WE DO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT PEST CONTROL AND POTENTIALLY ADDING THIS AS A CITY DEPARTMENT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON ARE HEARD DURING THIS PROCESS BECAUSE THEY HAVE EXCELLENT FEEDBACK AND EXCELLENT INPUT THAT THEY WANT TO BE PART OF THE PROCESS WORKING WITH CITY DEPARTMENTS AND PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF GOVERNMENT AS WELL. I DO HOPE TO VISIT NEW YORK CITY IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS TO SPEAK TO SOME OF THEIR CITY OFFICIALS ON ESTABLISHING THIS NEW CITY DEPARTMENT, HOW IT'S WORKING, WHAT IMPACT IT'S HAVING AND IF ANY ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO JOIN ME FOR ABOUT A 20 HOUR VISIT TO NEW YORK CITY, I WILL LET YOU KNOW THE DETAILS. BUT AGAIN I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES IN GOVERNMENT FOR THE IMPORTANT WORK YOU ARE DOING WORKING CLOSELY WITH MAYOR BILL CITY DEPARTMENTS ON PEST CONTROL ISSUES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . THANK YOU. PRESIDENT FLYNN, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CONETTA. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILOR BRADIN. I HAVE TO SAY AGAIN REITERATING THIS THE RATS ARE GOING TO HATE THIS. THAT IS THAT IS WHAT WAS SAID IN NEW YORK CITY WHEN THIS OFFICE WAS PROPOSED. AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN TRYING TO BRING THIS TO THE CITY OF BOSTON. I REPRESENT HIGH DENSITY DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOODS OF EAST BOSTON. I'M THINKING OF THE NORTH AND IN PARTICULAR WITH THE AMOUNT OF FOLKS THAT LIVE THERE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY. THERE'S A LOT OF TRASH. WE HAVE A LOT OF RESTAURANTS THAT PROVIDE ORGANIC WASTE WHICH IS WHAT THE RATS LOVE. SO ALWAYS MAKING SURE THAT TRASH AND RATS IT'S AN INTENSIVE CONVERSATION AND THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT THAT'S HAPPENING IN MY NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL. SO I AM GETTING THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE TOP ISSUES THAT FOLKS CALL MY OFFICE ON. IT'S JUST THE AMOUNT OF PESTS AND RATS THAT THEY SEE. THEY'RE ASKING IF SOMEBODY FROM ESTEVAN CAN COME OUT AND GODLOVE THE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY REALLY ARE TRYING TO BE EVERYWHERE. AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S NO CERTAIN INVESTMENTS THAT ARE COMING DOWN THE PIKE TO MAKE THEY HAVE MORE STAFF CAPACITY. BUT I DO THINK THAT THIS IS A GREAT IDEA TO STREAMLINE AND COORDINATE A RESPONSE TO PROCESS AND THIS REALLY IS THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF ISSUE THAT THAT WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING IN ON. THIS IS WHAT I ABSOLUTELY LOVE ABOUT MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT. WHAT ARE WE DOING WRONG? WHAT WE CAN WHAT CAN WE DO BETTER TO BEST SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY? SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN FOR LOOKING ME IN. THANK YOU. TWO INSPECTION SERVICES FOR THEIR WORK PUBLIC WORKS AND THEN ALL MY NEIGHBORS WHO PUT THIS IN FRONT OF ME AND UPLIFTED THIS ISSUE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? CONSIDER ARROYO. WE'LL SEE WHERE YOU THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN AND COUNCILOR COLLETTA FOR MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING LONG PROBABLY FOR AS LONG AS THE CITY OF BOSTON HAS BEEN A CITY WE HAVE DEALT WITH AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN SORT OF A RECURRING THEME IS THAT THERE'S A NUMBER OF ISSUES WHETHER IT'S HOW WE GET THE DRY ICE AND ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS TO SORT OF ADDRESS THE ISSUE THAT WE HAVE WITH SPECIFICALLY RODENTS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. SOME NEIGHBORHOODS BEAR THE BRUNT OF IT MORE DEPENDING ON WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S CONSTRUCTION, WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE HEAVY RESTAURANT DISTRICTS, WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE DOWNTOWN FRANKLY NEAR THE TUNNELS. BUT ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE ISSUES WITH PESTS AND SPECIFICALLY WITH RODENTS ESPECIALLY IT SEEMS LIKE WE'VE HAD AN INCREASE IN SORT OF THE LAST FIVE YEARS AT LEAST IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS THAT WE HAVE. SO I COMMEND THIS. I THINK THERE'S A SOLUTION IN A WAY TOWARDS A SORT OF MORE PERMANENT SOLUTION. SO I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN FOR HIS LEADERSHIP ON THIS ENCOUNTER. COUNCILOR FOR MOVING FORWARD ON THIS. I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT ISSUE. I THINK PEOPLE THINK IT'S FUNNY WHEN YOU SAY RATS, BUT THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT MAKE A REAL CHANGE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE MANAGING RESTAURANTS AND YOU HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF WASTE AND YOU ARE NEIGHBORS WHO LIVE IN THAT AREA. THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT REALLY INCREASE THE QUALITY OF YOUR LIFE, KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES HEALTHY. AND SO I'M GRATEFUL TO THEM BOTH FOR HAVING THEIR EYE ON THE CITY'S WELL-BEING. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CONSERVATION COUNCILOR MARK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MADAM CHAIR. AND JUST IN MY FINAL MEETING AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES AND INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY, A CHAIR WHICH I WAS PROUD TO TAKE AFTER COUNCILOR FLYNN WHO IN THE PRIOR SESSION JUST WANTED TO THANK HIM FOR HIS LEADERSHIP ON THIS AND ALSO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I REALLY THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA. I THINK WE HAVE INCREASINGLY DONE AS THE COMMITTEE IS PULLED TOGETHER PUBLIC WORKS NIST AND BOSTON WATER AND SEWER AND ALL THESE AGENCIES AND HAD THEM COME BEFORE US FOR THIS FOR THE SAME HEARINGS BECAUSE WE GOT FRUSTRATED WITH ALWAYS HEARING LIKE OH NO, IT'S TECHNICALLY IN THE OTHER JURISDICTION AND I THINK THAT'S BEEN REALLY PRODUCTIVE FOR THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE. BUT THE REALITY IS WE ONLY HAVE COUNCIL HEARINGS EVERY FEW MONTHS ON THIS TOPIC AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA OF REALLY STITCHING THE DEPARTMENTAL WORK TOGETHER AND HAVING SOMEBODY WHO'S ACCOUNTABLE AND IN CHARGE IS REALLY GREAT. I ALSO JUST REALLY WANT TO LIFT UP THAT HOW MUCH I THINK THAT INTER-DEPARTMENTAL APPROACH IS IMPORTANT ESPECIALLY NOW THAT I THINK WE'RE INCREASING RECOGNIZING THE CENTRAL ROLE OF PUBLIC WORKS AND TRASHMAN IN THIS CONVERSATION AND I'M THRILLED ABOUT THE ACCELERATION OF THE COMPOST PILOT SO THAT WE'RE NOT JUST DOING ANOTHER TEN THOUSAND FAMILIES NEXT YEAR BUT THIS COMING YEAR BUT ACTUALLY TWENTY THOUSAND BECAUSE FUNDAMENTALLY IF WE CAN GET THAT ORGANIC FOOD WASTE THAT IS WHAT THE RATS ARE GOING FOR OUT OF THE TRASH. THAT'S THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO REALLY TURN THIS PROBLEM AROUND. WE CAN WE CAN DOWNSTREAM TRY TO KILL RATS AS MUCH AS WE WANT BUT FUNDAMENTALLY WE HAVE TO REMOVE THE FOOD SOURCE IF WE WANT TO MAKE A SERIOUS DENT IN THIS PROBLEM. SO JUST REALLY GRATEFUL TO COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AND CERTAINLY CAN VOLUNTEER THE BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY TO PARTICIPATE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ANY RATS ARE SHOULD THEY BE SO NAMED SO THANK YOU AND PLEASE HAVE MY NAME. THANK YOU. CONSIDER COUNCILOR FLANNERY. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. PLEASE ADD MY NAME TO THIS AND IN ADDITION OBVIOUSLY TO THE CZAR AND TO ELIMINATING THE FOOD SOURCE WHICH SPEAKING TO OUR PEST CONTROL REMOTE CONTROL DIVISION THEY'RE SAYING THAT IT'S DOG FECES IS NOW BECOMING SORT OF THE MEAL OF CHOICE FOR FOUR RATS. SO WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE BORROWED UNDER OUR PARKS, OUR PLAYGROUNDS, BACKYARDS. THEY GET INTO HOMES INTO COMMERCIAL RESIDENCE. I THINK A BIG PIECE OF THE SOLUTION IS IN THE WHOLE DRY ICE CONUNDRUM COMPLETELY ILLOGICAL. SOMEONE HAS PATENTED UNDER THE GUISE I THINK OF RAT ICE. BUT IT'S COMPLETELY ILLOGICAL THAT INSPECTION SERVICES HAVE TO DRIVE TO THE NORTH SHORE. I THINK IT'S TO WOMAN TO GET A SPECIFIC TYPE OF LABEL. THEY THEN HAVE TO TURN AROUND, DRIVE BACK THROUGH BOSTON AND OUT TO ROCKLAND TO GET THE DRY ICE AND THEN TURN AROUND AND COME BACK INTO SO SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE AT THAT LEVEL AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S AT THE CITY OR THE STATE OR A COMBINATION OF CITY AND THE STATE LEVEL. BUT FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON TO BE ABLE TO TO USE DRY ICE THEY USED TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO BEFORE IT WAS PACKED AND THERE USED TO BE ABLE TO GET IT OVER IT OVER IN THE OR THE MEATPACKING MEATPACKING DISTRICT AND AND AS A RESULT OF NOW THIS NEW SITUATION WHERE WE'VE GOT A TEAM OF FOLKS GO INTO THE NORTH SHORE AND THEN A TEAM OF FOLKS GO INTO THIS ULTRA COMPLETE INSANITY. SO LOOK FORWARD TO AN EXPEDITED HEARING, LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE LEAD SPONSOR BUT IT'S A SOLVABLE PROBLEM IF YOU WERE IDENTIFIED CLEARLY THE FOOD SOURCES. BUT IF WE'RE ABLE TO USE DRY ICE IN A SMALL CAPACITY EXPEDITIOUSLY WE BE ABLE TO PUT A SIGNIFICANT DENT IN THE NORWEGIAN RAT. THANK YOU MANAGER. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLAHERTY, COUNCILOR REGION. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND ALSO JUST PLEASE R.M. I WANT TO THINK COUNCILOR COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN AND COUNCILOR COLLETTA FOR THEIR WORK HERE ON WHETHER WE GET AND EXCITED FOR THE CONVERSATION. I WILL JUST SAY THAT I THINK AN IMPORTANT EQUATION ALSO TO THIS ISSUE IS AND AS I LIKE TO BE SEEING IT IN CHARLESTOWN, SEEING IT IN MATTAPAN, SEEING IT IN HYDE PARK, A LARGE PART OF THE ISSUE IS DUMPSTER MAINTENANCE AND ABSENTEE LANDLORDS NOT TAKING CARE OF THEIR DUMPSTERS. AND I THINK A HUGE PART OF THE WORK OF THE RATS ARE WILL BE IN WORKING WITH OUR ABSENTEE LANDLORDS, OUR CORPORATE LANDLORDS THAT ALLOW OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TO BE OVERRUN WITH DUMPSTERS THEN BECOME THE FEEDING GROUNDS FOR THESE RATS. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS THIS IS A CENTRAL PART OF THIS CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CONTRIBUTION. COUNCILOR MURPHY, THANK YOU. I JUST ALSO WANT TO STAND AND THANK THE SPONSORS OF THIS OFTEN RELUCTANT TO ADD ANOTHER LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT BUT HAVING THE HEARINGS AND BEING AT THE HEARINGS SO FAR SEEING THAT SO MANY DEPARTMENTS ARE AFFECTED AND THEY'RE WORKING SO CLOSELY TOGETHER, I THINK IT IS SUCH A PUBLIC QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE THAT WE DO NEED TO HAVE ONE PERSON MANAGING ALL THAT INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION WHICH I KNOW THE DEPARTMENTS WHO HAVE COME BEFORE US ESD PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PUBLIC WORKS TRANSPORTATION VHA I HOPE TO SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE SOON. COUNCILOR BOCK, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT STREETS DEPARTMENTS SO MANY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS KNOW THAT THEY CAN BE PART OF THE SOLUTION. SO I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A GOOD IDEA SO PUT ADD MY NAME PLEASE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR MURPHY. I'D ALSO LIKE TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS AS THE DISTRICT COUNCILOR DISTRICT NINE ALSO IN BRIGHTON THE RODENT ISSUE AND IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST THE HIGHEST FREQUENCY NUMBER OF CALLS THAT WE GET FROM RESIDENTS LONG ESTABLISHED RESIDENTS AND RENTERS AND ARE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. IT'S NOT JUST IT'S SO, SO DISTRESSING WHEN RATS ACTUALLY END UP GETTING INTO HOMES AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS. WE HAVE WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO IN TERMS OF COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT AND THEY REALLY WELCOME THANK YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN AND CANADA FOR PROPOSING THIS THIS THIS HEARING TO DISCUSS THE IDEA OF AN OFFICE OF PEST CONTROL. THE CITY OF BOSTON HAS REALLY PASSED YOU AS I SAID MANY TIMES THIS IS AH WE'VE HAD A PERENNIAL HEARING EVERY YEAR WHEN AND WE HAVE THE SAME CONVERSATION BUT WE REALLY NEED TO TRY AND MOVE THE NEEDLE ON THIS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP WHO I'LL JUST TAKE A ACCOUNT ON WHO ARE ADDING THE NAME ARROYO COUNCILOR BOK COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON COUNCILOR FLATTERINGLY COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR I'M HERE COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR OUR COUNCILOR GREEN THANK YOU SO MUCH. ZERO EIGHT THREE TWO WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES AND INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY. THANK YOU. THANK COUNCILOR BRETT AND MR. CLERK. COULD I TAKE ANOTHER DOCKET OUT OF WATER? COULD WE COULD WE GO TO ZERO EIGHT THREE FIVE PLEASE? DOCKET NUMBER ZERO EIGHT THREE FIVE COUNCIL LOUISIANIAN BIOKO FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION URGING MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM'S TO DEMONSTRATE A COMMITMENT TO LABOR HARMONY FOR A FAIR AND LRB ELECTION PROCESS. OK, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSERVATION COUNCIL WHICH AND YOU OF THE FOURTH. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO REQUEST TO SUSPEND ALL TWELVE AND ADD COUNCILOR RADION AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR HAVING HEARING NO OBJECTION COUNCILOR BREADON IS OUT OF THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL LOUISIANA. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. YOU KNOW LIKE WE WERE SAYING I WAS SAYING EARLIER REGARDING OUR MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING A MINIMUM WAGE THERE THAT IS LIVABLE AND WE WANT TO DO THAT TO SET AN EXAMPLE FOR OUR EMPLOYERS HERE IN THE CITY. THAT IS TRUE FOR OUR DR. TRAINEE'S, FOR THE DOCTOR, FOR THE FELLOWS, THE INTERNS AND THE RESIDENTS AT MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM ON APRIL 4TH AFTER MONTHS OF ORGANIZING THAT WAS NOT EASY. I WAS REALLY BUSY BUSY SCHEDULES. ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THEY'RE UNIONIZING RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS AT MGB NATIONAL BRIGHAM FILED A PETITION WITH THE NLRB TO UNIONIZE. THIS IS GOOD NEWS AT MGB IS THE LARGEST EMPLOYER HERE IN THE COMMONWEALTH WITH APPROXIMATELY SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND EMPLOYEES ACROSS THE STATE AND IT HAS THE LARGEST RESIDENCY PROGRAM ON THE EAST COAST. PROPOSED UNIONIZATION INCLUDES RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS ACROSS ALL MGB SPECIALTIES AND PROFESSIONS AND IS THE LARGEST AND ALL NLRB FILING FOR OUR HOUSE STAFF BARGAINING UNIT THAT WAS VERY EVIDENT EARLIER THIS WEEK WHEN WE STOOD IN FRONT OF MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE RESIDENTS AND THE FELLOWS AND UNION BROTHERS AND SISTERS AROUND THE CITY STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH ALL OF YOU WANT A BIG CORALEE FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE WITH SEIU AND IN OREGON HELPING TO GET FOLKS ORGANIZED, MGB RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS ARE STILL CURRENTLY FIGHTING FOR FORMAL RECOGNITION FOR THIS BARGAINING UNIT FOR A REAL SEAT AT THE TABLE AND TO ADVOCATE FOR IMPROVED WORKING CONDITIONS, WAGES AND PATIENT CARE. MGB COULD CHOOSE TO VOLUNTARILY RECOGNIZE A UNION AND THEY HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO. AND SO WE WANT TO JUST MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH ALL OF YOU. YOU WORK INCREDIBLY LONG HOURS GIVING HEALTH CARE TO OUR RESIDENTS ACROSS THE CITY AND SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO ENDURE POOR WORKING CONDITIONS OR SLEEPING ON YOGA MAT DURING AFTER 16 HOUR SHIFTS AND STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET. THIS STEP WILL HELP BUILD A SYSTEM THAT NOT ONLY ENSURES THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF OUR PHYSICIANS BUT ALSO TAKES A LOOK AT OUR HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY IN GENERAL. WE WERE TALKING EARLIER THE RESOLUTION FILED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MY CO-SPONSORS COLLETTA AND MAKIA ABOUT THE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WE HAVE A HEALTH SYSTEM THAT REALLY DOES THE WORK OF MEETING HEALTH CARE FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON REGARDLESS OF STATUS. AND SO MUCH OF OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IS BASED ON PROFIT AND NOT RECOGNIZED INDIVIDUALS AS PEOPLE IN NEED OF REST AND FOR HEALING AND AS BEING MORE THAN JUST COGS IN A WHEEL SO WE CAN'T FORGET THE DOCTORS WERE ALSO ON THE FRONT LINE DURING THE PANDEMIC TAKING CARE OF OUR RESIDENTS AND IT'S OUR TURN TO STAND WITH THEM AND TO MAKE SURE OUR COLLECTIVE VOICES ARE HEARD AS SOMEONE WHO CARES DEEPLY ABOUT THE CITY, ABOUT HEALTH CARE, ABOUT IMPROVING WORKING CONDITIONS AS I AS I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES DO ON THIS RESOLUTION ALONGSIDE MY COLLEAGUES AND WE IN HERE AT BOSTON HAVE A RICH HISTORY OF STANDING WITH OUR WORK WITH OUR WORKERS AND I SEE NO REASON WHY THAT SHOULD NOT BE THE SITUATION TODAY. SO I'M ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN WITH ME AND HOPE THAT WE CAN PASS THIS RESOLUTION, DO THE SPENDING PASS TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL IS ON THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BLOCK COUNCILOR BLOCK YOU OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH MR PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO THE COUNSELORS LUJáN AND BRADIN AS THE COUNSELOR FOR BOTH MASS GENERAL AND BRIGHAM I JUST WANTED TO RISE AND ADD MY VOICE IN SUPPORT OF OUR WORKERS WHO ARE FIGHTING TO UNIONIZE. AND YOU KNOW, I THINK FOR THOSE OF US WHO BELIEVE THAT EVERY WORKER NEEDS A UNION, THAT MEANS WE MEAN EVERY WORKER. AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE CERTAIN SYSTEMS NOT EVERYBODY REALIZES THAT RESIDENTS ARE CALLED THAT BECAUSE THERE WAS THIS LIKE ORIGINAL HISTORY OF THEM LITERALLY LIVING IN THE HOSPITALS AND I THINK THERE'S LIKE SOME KIND OF OLD LEGACY SYSTEMS HERE THAT ALMOST HAVE A KIND OF HAZING APPROACH TOWARDS THIS WORK WHERE IT'S LIKE LOOK, THIS IS JUST A REALLY HARD THING THAT YOU GET THROUGH AND THEN YOU GET OUT THE OTHER SIDE. BUT YOU KNOW, FOR A LOT OF OUR TRAINEES IT'S JUST IT'S IT'S NOT A LIVABLE WORK ENVIRONMENT AND IT CAN CREATE A SITUATION WHERE WE LOSE POTENTIAL GREAT DOCTORS ALONG THE WAY BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T PUT THE PARAMETERS AROUND THE WORK TO REALLY MAKE IT LIVABLE AND TO AND SUPPORT THEM AND HAVE THEM BECOME THE BEST DOCTORS THAT THEY CAN BE AND PROVIDE THE BEST LEVEL OF CARE TO OUR PATIENTS. SO YOU KNOW, TO ME, YOU KNOW, LABOR MANAGEMENT PARTNERSHIP AT ITS BEST IS ALWAYS A WIN WIN LIKE IT RESULTS IN BETTER WORK ENVIRONMENTS AND A BETTER EXPERIENCE FOR THEM IN THIS CASE THE PATIENT AND YOU KNOW, I REALLY THINK THAT THERE'S AN ENORMOUS OPPORTUNITY HERE AND SO DEFINITELY WANT TO JOIN MY COLLEAGUES IN URGING A SORT OF LABOR HARMONY APPROACH FROM MGB AND MOVE TOWARDS FAIR NLRB ELECTION HERE AND AGAIN WOULD LOVE TO HAVE COLLEAGUES SUPPORT IN A SUSPENSION OF PASSAGE TODAY IF THAT WERE TO BE SUCCESSFUL. MR PRESIDENT, POTENTIALLY A PHOTOGRAPH IF YOU WERE TO INDULGE US. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BLOCK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR AND YOU OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. AS A HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL I'M REALLY PROUD TO STAND TO SUPPORT THE INTERNS AND RESIDENTS AND FELLOW PHYSICIANS FOR MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM AS AS BARCA'S ALREADY MENTIONED THIS ARDUOUS AND GRUELING TRINNY PROCESS IS IS A REALLY SORT OF A VERY SORT OF ANTIQUATED LONG STANDING PRACTICE IN OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS ALL OVER THE WORLD. I WITNESSED IT MYSELF WHEN I WAS WORKING IN THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IN NORTHERN IRELAND. THE NOTION THAT WE HAVE TO PUT OUR TRAINEE PHYSICIANS THROUGH THIS RINGER, THIS RINGER OF WORKING OVER 80 HOURS A WEEK SLEEP DEPRIVED, UNABLE TO HAVE A COUPLE OF DAYS OFF AT A TIME IS SORT OF INHUMAN AND IT ALSO IS VERY DETRIMENTAL. WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE HEALTH AND WELLNESS IS ABOUT GETTING GETTING SELF CARE GOOD SLEEP ABLE TO EAT ON A REGULAR BASIS OUR OUR OWN OUR OWN GENERAL POPULATION NEED ALL THOSE THINGS ARE ESSENTIAL TO OUR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING AND NO LESS ARE OUR TRAINEE PHYSICIANS IN A HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. SO I REALLY AM VERY PROUD TO STAND WITH MY FELLOW HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS OVER ON THE ON THE OVER HERE AND SUPPORT THEM AND ASK THAT THEIR ORGANIZING EFFORTS BE BE HANDLED APPROPRIATELY AND FAIRLY AND THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE SOME RECOGNITION THAT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY. WE CAN HAVE A MUCH MORE HUMANE APPROACH TO WORKING WITH OUR TRAINEE PHYSICIANS SO THAT THEY CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THEIR CAREER, BE SUCCESSFUL AND FULLY FLEDGED PHYSICIANS AND CONTINUE SO MANY AS FAR BACK AS I ALREADY MENTIONED SO MANY PHYSICIANS ACTUALLY ESPECIALLY WOMEN AND PHYSICIANS AND TRAINING WHO HAVE FAMILY COMMITMENTS DECIDE TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE AND TAKE THEIR TALENTS AND THEIR THEIR COMMITMENT TO HUMANITY. THEY TAKE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE BECAUSE OF THE GRUELING NATURE OF PHYSICIAN TRAINING. SO I AM VERY HONORED TO STAND AND SUPPORT OF THEM TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR AND COUNCILOR . NO. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR OF ROYAL COUNCILOR . YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I'LL BE BRIEF. I JUST WANT TO STAND IN SUPPORT. I THINK IT'S VITAL TO MAKE CLEAR THAT IN PROFESSIONS LIKE THIS AND FRANKLY IN OUR PROFESSIONS YOU PERFORM BETTER WHEN YOU'RE HEALTHY, PERFORM BETTER UNDER HEALTHY HEALTHY SORT OF GUIDANCE AND GUIDELINES FOR HOW WE SHOULD OPERATE WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATIONS WHETHER IT'S CITY COUNCILOR OR WHETHER IT'S A HOSPITAL AND IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU HAVE A JOB THAT EVERYTHING REQUIRES HUMAN INTERACTION, INTERACTING WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND MAKING REALLY IMPORTANT DECISIONS AND MAKING REALLY IMPORTANT DIAGNOSIS. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT OUR HOSPITALS ARE DOING THEIR VERY BEST TO UPLIFT AND SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH TO UPLIFT AND SUPPORT GOOD REST AND WELL REST. WE GET ALL OF THIS DATA AND ALL OF THIS EVIDENCE BACKED STUDY ON WHAT SLEEP MEANS TO PEOPLE, WHAT EMOTIONAL OR MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS TO PEOPLE IN THE WAYS IN WHICH WE OPERATE DIFFERENTLY AND IN FACT DETRIMENTALLY WHEN THAT HAPPENS AND WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE CARE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS THEMSELVES WHO ARE PROVIDING THIS SERVICE TO US ESPECIALLY I THINK THE PANDEMIC HAS BROUGHT TO LIGHT JUST HOW DIFFICULT WAS THAT KIND OF SERVICE CAN BE. BUT WHEN WE HAVE FOLKS WHO ARE PROVIDING THAT KIND OF SERVICE ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS, IT'S NOT JUST IMPORTANT TO KEEP THEM HEALTHY BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT KEEPING THEM HEALTHY AND KEEPING THEM HAPPY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TREATING THE WHOLE EMPLOYEE ACTUALLY TRICKLES DOWN TO HOW THEY TREAT THE PEOPLE BEFORE THEM AND THE FOLKS WHO ARE INTERACTING WITH OUR HOSPITALS WHICH THEN TRICKLES IN TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR FAMILIES AND WHO'S BENEFITING FROM THAT . AND THE TRUTH IS THE ONLY PERSON WHO BENEFITS IS ALL OF US. AND SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THE THINGS THAT WE CAN'T DO TO PROTECT OUR WORKERS, ESPECIALLY IN THE HEALTH PROFESSION. I WENT TO LAW SCHOOL AND WE ALL KNEW ABOUT SORT OF HOW GRUELING MED SCHOOL STUDENTS HAD IT WHEN THEY FIRST CAME OUT WE WOULD COMPLAIN ABOUT OUR SIMILARLY BASED LOANS SO HOPEFULLY SOMETHING HAPPENS ON THAT. BUT IN TERMS OF WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE ACTUAL SORT OF HAZING RITUAL OF WHAT IT IS TO BE A YOUNG PHYSICIAN, I THINK IT'S CLEAR THAT THERE ARE BETTER, MORE EFFICIENT WAYS TO DO THIS AND THAT FAILURE TO ACT ON THIS IS ACTUALLY A FAILURE TO UPLIFT PATIENT CARE AND SO IS MY HOPE THAT THEY DO SO SWIFTLY AND THAT IT BECOMES A TEMPLATE FOR HOW WE DO WORK IN ALL OF OUR HOSPITALS. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL VERIO THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ME HERE, COUNCILOR ME HERE YOU THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT AND I JUST WANT TO RISE IN SUPPORT AND MY COLLEAGUES ARE BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION TO THE FOREFRONT. I OFTEN THINK THAT WE HAVE THIS ILLUSION AND BELIEF OF WHAT A DOCTOR IS AND WE ALWAYS THINK OH MY GOD THEY MAKE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. RIGHT. BUT WHEN YOU HEAR STORIES LIKE THIS AND YOU HEAR WHAT THIS MOMENT IS REQUIRING US TO DO IS TO SUPPORT YOU ALL SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE THE TYPE OF DIGNITY AND WORKING ENVIRONMENT THAT IS SUITABLE. RIGHT. AND SO I JUST WANT TO AFFIRM AND LET YOU KNOW THAT I SEE YOU I SUPPORT YOU AND PLEASE ADD MY NAME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH HERE. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WHAT ANYONE LIKE TO AIR THEIR NAME PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND MR MR CORREA PLEASE THAT COUNCILOR ARROYO COUNCILOR COLLETTA COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCILOR FLAHERTY COUNCILOR HERE COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR WE'RE ALL PLEASED THE CHAIR I WOULD ADD VERY BRIEFLY THAT THIS BODY THIS CITY COUNCIL BODY HAS ALWAYS STOOD FOR THE RIGHTS OF WORKING MEN AND WOMEN, THE RIGHTS OF UNIONS, THE RIGHT TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. WE SUPPORT THESE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS IN THEIR QUEST TO ORGANIZE. WE SUPPORT HOSPITAL AND HOTEL WORKERS, RESTAURANT WORKERS IN OUR LOW WAGE SECURITY OFFICES HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON TOO. SO IT'S ABOUT WORKING TOGETHER AND MAKING SURE WORKERS ARE TREATED WITH RESPECT AND DIGNITY COUNCIL COUNCILOR, REGION COUNCIL , BAR COUNCIL RAIDEN SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOGOOD ZERO EIGHT THREE FIVE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE IT. THE DOCKET HAS BEEN ADOPTED. CAN MY COLLEAGUES PLEASE COME FORWARD FOR A PHOTO FOR THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS PLEASE COME FORWARD AS WELL. COME ON UP HERE. YES, YES. NO I FEEL SORRY FOR VERY LITTLE IT'S OK TO TAKE ONE FOOT IN MOUTH. YES. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MY CONGRATULATIONS AND WAS MR THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR CLARK. MR CLARK, WE'RE BACK ON SCHEDULE WE'RE ON DOCKET ZERO EIGHT THREE THREE DOCKET NUMBER ZERO EIGHT THREE THREE COUNCILORS BOOK PLAN OFFERED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION DESIGNATING AS DESIGNATE A CITIZEN'S SQUARE AT THE INTERSECTION OF BOYLSTON AND DARTMOUTH STREETS AND BACK BAY IN RECOGNITION OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL IN WOODY WOODHOUSE. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BALL COUNCIL BORGHI OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH MR PRESIDENT AND THIS MEANS A LOT TO ME BECAUSE SO WE ARE RECOGNIZING ENOCK WHAT HAS TODAY ALTHOUGH HE'S BETTER KNOWN FOR ME AS WOODY AND FOR MANY OF US HE'S MY CONSTITUENT AND ACTUALLY HE WAS A FOCUS OF MY MAIDEN SPEECH THAT I GAVE IN FEBRUARY TWENTY TWENTY A MONTH BEFORE THE PANDEMIC AND SO I THOUGHT THAT TODAY IN MY REMARKS ON THIS DOCKET I WOULD ACTUALLY JUST PULL SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I SAID ABOUT WHAT HE DID BACK IN FEBRUARY TWENTY TWENTY BECAUSE THEY REMAIN JUST AS TRUE TODAY EXCEPT THAT IT'S THREE YEARS LATER AND NOW INSTEAD OF NINETY THREE HE IS NINETY SIX. HE IS STILL WITH US. HE'S A LITTLE UNDER THE WEATHER TODAY SO RESTING UP WE WERE HOPING TO HAVE HIM HERE BUT HE'S STILL DOING GREAT AND HE'S RESTING UP IN PART FOR OUR TRIP THIS WEEKEND SO IT'S STILL GOING STRONG AND IT'S REALLY ONE OF THE LEGENDS OF BOSTON SO I'LL JUST READ SOME OF THOSE REMARKS OF MINE FROM THREE YEARS BACK AND THEN PROUD TO BE COSPONSORING THIS WITH COUNCILOR FLYNN. WOODY IS MY CONSTITUENT IN MISSION HILL BUT THE SQUARE THAT WE WERE HONORING IN AT COPLEY SQUARE WAS ACTUALLY IN COUNCILOR FLYNN'S DISTRICT AND SO THE VETERANS COMMISSION REACHED OUT TO BOTH OF US WHICH I'M GRATEFUL FOR. AND I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE COMMISSIONER SANTIAGO JUST FOR ALL OF THE WORK HE IS HE WAS GOING TO BE HE'S RIDE TODAY AND HE JUST DOES SO MUCH WORK DAY IN DAY OUT FOR ALL OF OUR VETERANS WHETHER THERE ARE SUPER FAMOUS ONES LIKE OUR TUSKEGEE AIRMEN OR OR JUST ANY ANY VETERAN HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO THIS WAS FROM AND FOR A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT MY MAIDEN SPEECH WAS ACTUALLY ABOUT COOPERATIVE'S HOUSING COOPERATIVES DOT MY DISTRICT. THEY'RE ALL OVER FROM FENWAY TO THE WEST END PLACE TO CHARLES IN MISSION HILL WHICH IS WHERE WOODY LIVES. AND SO I'VE LEFT OUT THE BIT ABOUT CO-OPS TODAY. I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT WOODY BUT FOR FOLKS WONDERING THAT WAS KIND OF THE HOUSING COOPERATIVES WAS THE FOCUS MY FIRST SPEECH HERE IN THIS BODY TODAY I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ENOCH WOODHOUSE OR WOODY, A RESIDENT THE CHARLES BANK COOPERATIVES WHO TURNED WELL IN FEBRUARY WAS NINETY THREE JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. IT'S NOW NINETY SIX AND YOU KNOW AS WE ENTER BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN TWENTY TWENTY WE COULD STAND TO LEARN A LOT FROM A MAN BORN IN THE NINETEEN TWENTIES, SOMEONE WHO STILL GIVES SO MUCH TO OUR COMMUNITY. WHAT HE GREW UP HERE IN BOSTON RAISED IN THE ROXBURY HOUSING PROJECTS AFTER HE GRADUATED FROM ENGLISH HIGH IN NINETEEN FORTY FOUR HE ENLISTED HE SERVED AS A TUSKEGEE AIRMAN PART OF THE COMMUNITY THAT SHAMED PRESIDENT TRUMAN INTO INTEGRATING THE ARMED FORCES BY DEFENDING OUR NATION IN UNIFORM . EVEN WHEN I DIDN'T SEE FIT TO TREAT THEM AS EQUAL CITIZENS, WOODY WAS KICKED OFF A TRAIN ON HIS FIRST TRIP SOUTH TO TRAINING CAMP FOR THE COLOR OF HIS SKIN. I ONCE HEARD A MUSE ABOUT WHY SUCH EXPERIENCES HADN'T EMBITTERED HIM, WHY THEY INSTEAD STOKED HIS RESOLVE TO BREAK DOWN BARRIERS. I THINK IT'S BECAUSE WOODY HAD BEEN RAISED IN LOVE AND FAITH TO KNOW FOR SURE THAT HIS DIGNITY WAS HIS OWN AND COULDN'T BE THREATENED. HE WEARS THAT DIGNITY AS EASILY AS HE INHABITS HIS SKIN AND THAT SELF-ASSURANCE MEANS HE'S ALWAYS BEEN READY TO STRETCH OUT A HAND TO OTHERS WHAT HE WENT TO OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL AND BECAME LIEUTENANT COLONEL WHITE HOUSE. HE LATER ATTENDED YALE AND THEN THE LAW SCHOOL HE SERVED IN JAG PRACTICE LAW IN THE CITY, WORKED FOR THE STATE DEPARTMENT AND AT ONE POINT WORKED AS ASSISTANT CORPORATION COUNCILOR FOR BOSTON HERE. SO AGAIN IN THE SAME STORY DEPARTMENT WE WERE HONORING HENRY ROUTINE A FEW MINUTES AGO WHAT HE WAS HERE WORKING ON OUR BEHALF. HE'S BEEN A PATH BREAKER AT EVERY STAGE OF HIS LIFE. HE WAS ALSO VERY INVOLVED IN 1960 AND CHARLES BANK WAS FIRST BUILT NOT WITHOUT A FIGHT IN MISSION HILL AS A LIMITED EQUITY CO-OP OF TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY SIX UNITS STRETCHING TWENTY FOUR STORIES TALL. IT WAS ACTUALLY DONE ON VRA LAND AND I THINK IN A MOMENT WHERE AGAIN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PRODUCING HOUSING IN A CONTEXT WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE AS MUCH FEDERAL MONEY AS YOU WISH YOU HAD THIS IS ACTUALLY I THINK THE VERY FIRST REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN ALL OF BOSTON WASN'T FUNDED BY FEDERAL MONEY WHERE THE CITY PULLED TOGETHER MONEY TO CREATE THIS AND 60 YEARS LATER IT HAS HOUSED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE AND IT'S ONE OF THE MOST VIBRANT RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES IN MY DISTRICT. IT'S A PLACE PEOPLE REALLY KNOW THEIR NEIGHBORS ARE VERY INVOLVED AND WOODY IS ITS MOST TREASURED RESIDENT. HE'S CONTENT NOW MOSTLY TO SIT BACK AND LET OTHERS RUN THE CO-OP MEETINGS BUT HE'S ALWAYS THERE. IF YOU NEED HISTORICAL CONTEXT OR A WARNING ABOUT THE LITTLE COURSE CORRECTIONS REQUIRED TO KEEP A DIVERSE EQUITABLE, SELF-GOVERNING COMMUNITY ON TRACK, HE'S THE CONSCIENCE OF THE PLACE A BLESSING AN EXAMPLE TO ALL WHO KNOW HIM WHETHER AT CHARLES BANK OR AT TRINITY CHURCH WHERE HE AND I WORSHIP TOGETHER OR AT ONE OF THE MANY OTHER PLACES WHERE HE ASTONISH US AT AGE 96 WITH HIS MIX OF INFECTIOUS ENERGY, LAWYERLY WIT AND DEEP PERSONAL WISDOM AND JUST THE LAST BIT OF THIS I WAS IN MY SPEECH IN 2020 AND IT'S SOMETHING I FEEL VERY KEENLY NOW AS WELL. IT SHOULD GO WITHOUT SAYING BUT I WILL SAY IT BOSTON HAS TO BE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN LIVE THEIR WHOLE LIVES, A PLACE WITH HOMES FOR OUR ELDERS TO SHARE THEIR WISDOM WITH US AND HOMES FOR OUR LITTLE ONES TO THE OTHER END OF THE AGE SPECTRUM THAT IS BEING DRIVEN OUT OF BOSTON WHEN MARKET LOGIC TAKES OVER OUR HOUSING STOCK YOU GET A CITY THAT ONLY HAS HOMES FOR CURRENT HIGH WAGE EARNERS NOT THE TWO ENDS OF EVERY LIFE WHERE WE MOST FEEL OUR DEPENDANCE ON ONE ANOTHER TO DO THAT TO SQUEEZE OUT OUR ELDERS AND OUR CHILDREN IS COMMUNITY DESTROYING SANITY. THERE HAS GOT TO BE A PLACE NOT AS A NOT AS A SORT OF INCONVENIENT THING THAT HAPPENS TO PEOPLE BUT THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR ELDERLY BUT A RECOGNITION THAT THAT'S A HUGE PART OF THE AND THE NATURAL ROUND OF LIFE AND WE HAVE TO HAVE PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN AFFORD TO LIVE AS YOUNG ONES IN US AND AS ELDERS PEOPLE MIGHT LOOK AT CHARLES BANQUO WHAT HE LIVES RIGHT ON AN AD AND SEE A TALL TOWER. IT LOOMS SO HIGH IT MAY NOT OCCUR TO ANYONE TO CALL IT HUMAN SCALE BUT HUMAN SCALE IS NOT JUST FIVE TO SIX FEET TALL. HUMAN SCALE IS RELATIONAL. SO ARCHITECTURE THAT CREATES A HOME FOR COMMUNITY THAT'S HUMAN SCALE AND HUMAN SCALE IS TEMPORAL. IT'S AT HUMAN SCALE OF TIME AS A LIFETIME. SO WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO CREATE TOGETHER IS A BOSTON WHERE PEOPLE CAN LIVE FULL LIVES IN DIVERSE COMMUNITIES OF BOSTON. THAT'S REALLY THAT AT THAT HUMAN SCALE EVEN WHEN AS WITH WOODY THE HUMANS IN QUESTION ARE LARGER THAN LIFE. SO I JUST REALLY WANT TO TODAY MARCOTTI WOODHOUSE IS ONE OF THOSE LARGER THAN LIFE HUMANS AMONG US. SOMEBODY WHO TEACHES US WHAT A LIFE OF SERVICE LOOKS LIKE AS A VETERAN BUT ALSO JUST WHAT A SIGNIFICANT MEANINGFUL LIFE MEANS IN EVERY ASPECT OF HIS WORK. AND I'M REALLY, REALLY EXCITED AT THE MOMENT THAT WILL PUT HIS SQUARE UP AND BE ABLE TO KNOW THAT WHENEVER WE'RE GOING TO COPLEY SQUARE THERE'S ALSO THAT MARKET MARKERS WOODY HERE. SO THANK YOU. THANKS SO MUCH, MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . BOOK I WILL SPEAK BRIEFLY ON IT. I THINK COUNCILOR BOXSET SAID IT BEST IN DESCRIBING LIEUTENANT COLONEL WOODHOUSE DURING THE PANDEMIC OF CURRENT LIEUTENANT COLONEL WOODHOUSE WAS A LIEUTENANT COLONEL AND I SAW HIM TWO YEARS LATER AND HE WAS PROMOTED TO GENERAL AT THE AGE OF 88 OR 89. I SAID I SAID COLONEL, HOW DID YOU GET PROMOTED TO GENERAL? HE SAID DON'T CALL ME COLONEL. CALL ME GENERAL. SO I SAID OK GENERAL, HOW DID YOU GET PROMOTED? HE SAID HE GOT A SPECIAL SPECIAL PERMISSION FROM THE ARMY SECRETARY. SO NOW WE HAVE TO CALL HIM GENERAL AND WILL TELL COLONEL. BUT WHEN I THINK OF LIEUTENANT WOODHOUSE, I THINK OF WHAT WHAT IS GREAT ABOUT BOSTON IS HE IS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN VETERAN SERVING OUR COUNTRY LIKE MANY AFRICAN-AMERICAN VETERANS DID IN WORLD WAR TWO. TUSKEGEE AIRMEN SERVE SERVING OUR COUNTRY WILL ASSIGNED AS MANY COUNCILOR FERRIGNO'S WILL ASSIGNED US WHO WAS A SUPERINTENDENT IN BOSTON POLICE OUT OF BOSTON, BOSTON WERE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN ACCORDING TO THE LIEUTENANT COLONEL. BUT HERE THEY ARE. THEY WERE WILLING TO LAY DOWN THEIR LIFE FOR OUR COUNTRY IN WORLD WAR TWO AND THEN THEY COME BACK TO BOSTON AND THE NOT TREATED AND COME BACK TO THE UNITED STATES AND THEY'RE NOT TREATED WITH WITH RESPECT AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME SAME RIGHTS AS EVERYBODY ELSE BUT THEY CONTINUE SERVING OUR CITY. THEY CONTINUE SERVING OUR COUNTRY AND MAKING OUR COUNTRY BETTER. AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK ABOUT WHEN I WHEN I SEE LIEUTENANT COLONEL WOODHOUSE IS A DEDICATION, A COMMITMENT SERVICE SACRIFICE IN HELPING PEOPLE ALONG THE WAY. SO THANK YOU, COUNCILOR , FOR ADDING ME. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR TELEVISION COUNCIL REGION. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT FLYNN. I JUST WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR FILING THIS AND ASK TO PLEASE ADD MY NAME. LIEUTENANT COLONEL GENERAL WOODHOUSE IS A WALKING INSTITUTION. I SOMETIMES I CAN'T BELIEVE HE'S NINETY SIX YEARS OLD. I REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, ANALOGY GUNS ARE GOING FROM NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE'S ONE MORNING I WAS AT AN EVENT AT 8:00 A.M. AND HE WAS THERE AND I ENDED MY LAST EVENT AT 7:00 P.M. AND HE WAS THERE. I WAS LIKE HOW CAN YOU KEEP THE SAME SCHEDULE? SO I JUST AM THANKFUL THAT HE IS RECOGNIZED AS WHEN HE PROBABLY NEEDS TO PROBABLY STAY HOME AND GET SOME REST. BUT I'M GRATEFUL THAT HE'S BEEN KEPT SO LONG AND THAT HE CONTINUES TO BE A WALKING HISTORIAN. WHAT I CALL A REAL LEGEND HERE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN AND YOU HEAR FROM HIM ALL THE TIME EASY BEING A BLACK PERSON IN THE ARMY GIVEN HIS TENURE AND GIVEN EVERYTHING THAT HE'S EXPERIENCED. I WAS AT A ST. PATRICK'S DAY EVENT IN DORCHESTER AND HE PULLED ME ASIDE TO TELL ME ALL THE WORK THAT HE'S DONE AND TRIED TO DO IN HAITI WHICH REALLY JUST WARM MY HEART. AND HE TALKED ABOUT THE STORY OF OF LIBERATION IN HAITI AND THE WORK THAT HE TRIED TO DO TO REALLY CONTINUE AND PUSH THAT FORWARD. AND I JUST WAS FURTHER ENAMORED WITH HIM AND EVERYTHING THAT HE'S GIVEN THE CITY AND HOW HE STILL FINDS TIME TO KEEP GOING. SO I JUST ASKED MY PRAYER IS THAT GOD CONTINUES TO KEEP HIM IN GOOD HEALTH SO THAT HE CAN CONTINUE TO TEACH ALL OF US. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR ALWAYS. AND THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY, DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN AND I WANT TO THANK VETERAN SERVICES FOR MAKING SURE WE'RE MAKING THE HERO SQUARE FOR GENERAL WOODHOUSE AND ALSO THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BOCK FOR TAKING THE TIME ON YOUR LAST MEETING TO RECOGNIZE HIM. HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST CONSTITUENTS AS AN AT LARGE CITY COUNCILOR AND LIKE COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE SAID EVERYWHERE WE GO WE SEE HIM. I'VE WALKED OUT OF FAIRMONT COPLEY AND THERE HE IS AT NINE O'CLOCK AT NIGHT AND I'VE BEEN SEEING HIM HERE IN THE HALLWAYS AT CITY HALL OFTENTIMES LOOKING FOR COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN. BUT HE HE TALKS TO ME IF YOU'RE NOT AVAILABLE HE'S JUST A WONDERFUL PERSON AND WHEN YOU SPEAK TO HIM YOU CAN JUST TELL HE'S FULL OF LOVE AND HE'S JUST WHAT YOU KNOW WHAT'S THE CITY TO ME IS ALL ABOUT THE HISTORY HE TELLS YOU IN A FIVE TEN MINUTE CONVERSATION IS SOMETHING THAT'S SO IMPORTANT. I KNOW THAT THE VETERAN SERVICES HAS RECORDED A LOT OF IT. IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE DOING MAKING SURE THAT WE TALK TO OUR OLDER VETERANS. MY DAD AND MY STEP DAD ARE TWO OF THEM THAT MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE HEARING THEIR STORIES AND WE'RE CAPTURING THEM BECAUSE ONCE THEY'RE GONE I DON'T WANT THOSE STORIES TO BE GONE WITH THEM. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CELEBRATION WHEN WE MAKE THE HERO SQUARE FOR HIM AND HOPE HE'S RESTING UP AND JUST WANT TO SEND MY LOVE TO HIM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MURPHY, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ROYAL COUNCILOR ROYAL, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU PRESIDENT FLYNN. I ALSO AM REALLY EXCITED THAT WE HAVE SOME SOMETHING OFFICIAL HAPPENING FOR GENERAL WOODHOUSE . I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL ABOUT INDIVIDUALS LIKE HIM AND OTHERS WHO HAVE SERVED WHO HAVE SERVED KNOWING THAT THEY ARE SERVING IN A COUNTRY THAT DOES NOT FULLY RESPECT THEIR BEING OR THEIR HUMANITY AND HAS MADE IT HARDER FOR THEM TO BOTH SERVE AND TO THRIVE AND HAVE MADE IT THEIR GOAL TO MAKE THIS COUNTRY MORE REPRESENTATIVE AND MORE REFLECTIVE OF WHAT IT SHOULD BE AND WHO BELIEVE IN THE PROMISE OF THIS COUNTRY ENOUGH TO SERVE IN A MANNER WHERE THEY ARE MAKING OR POTENTIALLY MAKING THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. AND SO FOR FOLKS LIKE GENERAL WOODHOUSE WHO DID THIS AT A TIME WHERE IT WAS EVEN MORE DIFFICULT TO DO SO AND SERVE COURAGEOUSLY AND WITH HONOR AND DIGNITY, THIS IS A WONDERFUL TRIBUTE FOR HIM AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL THAT HE IS GETTING IT. AND SO I COMMEND ALL WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THAT BUT MOST ESPECIALLY HIMSELF FOR EARNING THIS DISTINCTION TODAY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL ROYAL THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR OF FLAHERTY COUNCIL TO YOU OF THE FALL. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. PLEASE ADD MY NAME TO WOODIES RESOLUTION THINK THE LEAD SPONSOR BODY IS A FOUNTAIN OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE DOESN'T MISS A TRICK AND I WAS WATCHING SO HOPEFULLY HE FEELS BETTER AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HIM AT THE DEDICATION OF A HERO SQUARE. THANK MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL FARIDEH WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND MR CLARK PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR ROYAL COUNCILOR BAKER COUNCILOR AND COUNCILOR LOCAL COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ INNOCENT COUNCIL FLORIDA CONSTITUTION COUNCIL MEDIA COUNCIL MURPHY COUNCILOR COUNCILORS PORK AND FLENSING SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET ZERO EIGHT THREE THREE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSED SAY THE AYES HAVE IT THE DOG HAS BEEN ADOPTED MR CLARK WE'RE ON OUR DOCKET ZERO EIGHT THREE FOUR PLEASE GIVE THEM A ZERO EIGHT THREE FOUR COUNCILORS BY OUR CONCLUSION OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING ME AS NATIONAL PRESERVATION MONTH. THANK YOU MR CLARK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL BAR COUNCIL BELLOCCHIO THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. MR PRESIDENT, MAY I AM SUSPENDING ALL TWELVE AND AT COUNCIL BREADON AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR HEARING NO OBJECTION COUNCILOR BREADON HAS ADDED THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BOK. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU. IT'S A FEW DAYS BEFORE MAY OFTEN WE DO THESE IN THE ACTUAL MONTH BUT SINCE I'M NOT GOING TO BE HERE FOR THE FIRST MEETING I WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO RECOGNIZE THE NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND AND SHOUT OUT TO THE BOSTON PRESERVATION ALLIANCE AND REALLY LIKE REALLY SAY WHAT AN IMPORTANT THING I THINK IT IS FOR A CITY LIKE BOSTON TO TAKE HISTORIC PRESERVATION REALLY SERIOUSLY. IT WASN'T THAT LONG AGO THAT WHEN THEY BUILT THIS BUILDING THE ASSUMPTION WAS THAT WE WERE GOING TO KNOCK DOWN OLD CITY HALL BECAUSE WE DIDN'T NEED IT ANYMORE AND IT WAS ONLY ACTUALLY BY SOME LIKE PRETTY BELATED EVERYBODY PULLING TOGETHER THAT THAT BUILDING WAS SAVED OVER ON GOOGLE STREET. AND I THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH IT MEANS TO US TO STILL HAVE IT AND ACTUALLY WILL BE GOING A LITTLE BIT LATER AFTER THE MEETING. I'VE INVITED ALL MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME OVER THE OLD STATE HOUSE WHICH IS ALSO OLD CITY HALL. IT WAS THE CITY HALL FROM 1830 TO 1840. AND YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK THAT THOSE THOSE BUILT MARKERS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO CHRONICLING THE CITY'S HISTORY. BUT IN PARTICULAR ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT MORE OR MORE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS IS THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE REALLY DOING HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOR ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND THAT WE'RE PRESERVING THE REALLY IMPORTANT SITES AND MARKERS FOR OUR BLACK COMMUNITIES, OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, THE STORIES THAT DON'T GET TOLD AS MUCH EVEN WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REVOLUTIONARY WAR STUFF WE'VE GOT AS MUCH IF NOT MORE REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY IN DORCHESTER, ROXBURY, HYDE PARK IN THE CITY AS WE DO DOWNTOWN AND THOSE HAVEN'T ALWAYS BEEN THE STORIES THAT WE'VE TOLD IN THE SITES THAT WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED. AND SO AS WE AS WE MOVE TOWARDS AMERICA'S TWENTIETH IN TWENTY TWENTY SIX AND THEN THE CITY'S FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY THIRTY I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR BOSTON TO REMEMBER ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES US DIFFERENT FROM A LOT OF AMERICAN CITIES IS OUR HISTORY AND IT'S PART OF WHAT DRAWS TOURISTS HERE AND IT'S PART OF WHAT GIVES US AS A CITY OUR SENSE OF IDENTITY AND WE WANT THAT IDENTITY TO BE REALLY INCLUSIVE AND WE WANT THERE TO BE RESOURCES FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION AGAIN AND ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT A FEW THINGS KIND OF ON THE RECORD ON THE AGENDA ON THAT FRONT. SO ONE OF THEM IS I THINK THERE REALLY NEEDS TO BE A LOOK LOOKING AGAIN AT ARTICLE EIGHTY FIVE THAT'S THE DEMOLITION DELAY PIECE AND IT'S COME UP AGAIN AND AGAIN IN THIS CHAMBER BECAUSE IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING FOR ALL CONCERNED RIGHT NOW IT STARTS A 90 O'CLOCK BUT FROM A DEVELOPER PERSPECTIVE IT TENDS TO JUST BE LIKE ANOTHER ADDED LAYER OF TIME WASTING AND THEN FROM THE PRESERVATION COMMUNITY IT'S NOT REALLY AFFECTING WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO WHICH IS A REAL EFFORT TO DO ADAPTIVE REUSE AND LOOK AT HOW TO SAVE A BUILDING. SO I THINK THERE'S A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO RETHINK THAT. AND I ALSO THINK THAT AS THE CITY RETHINKS ARTICLE 80, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNPACK ARTICLE EIGHTY IN A WAY THAT ACTUALLY REALLY LIKE PUSHES FOLKS TOWARDS ADAPTIVE REUSE AND THINKS ABOUT THE WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN PUT OUR WONDERFUL BUILDINGS THAT HOLD SO MANY OF OUR CITIES MEMORIES TO GREAT NEW USES. AND I KNOW IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD A LOT OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON BEACON HILL IS ACTUALLY IN OLD SCHOOLS OF THE CITIES. AND SO THINKING ABOUT YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ABOUT PRESERVING EVERYTHING AND AMBER AND NOTHING CHANGES. THE CITY'S GOT TO GROW AND THE CITY'S GOT TO HAVE NEW USES. BUT THINKING ABOUT REALLY PROACTIVELY HOW DO WE HAVE RESOURCES FOR THAT? THE OTHER THING IS IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S COME UP HOW DO WE MAKE IT SO THAT MORE FOLKS IN ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES CAN APPLY FOR KPA HISTORIC PRESERVATION GRANTS AND THAT THOSE DON'T JUST GO TO FOLKS WHERE YOU ALREADY HAVE AN ENDOWMENT, A BOARD AROUND A BUILDING. SO MORE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ON THAT IS SOMETHING I LADY AND HER TEAM HAVE STARTED TO WORK ON. I THINK THERE IS STILL AN ARGUMENT FOR A REAL CITYWIDE HISTORIC SURVEY SO THAT WE ACTUALLY GO OUT PROACTIVE AND LOOK AT THE IMPORTANT RESOURCES IN ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS INSTEAD OF RELYING ON THE SQUEAKY WHEELS. AND I THINK THAT KIND OF INCLUSIVE COMMEMORATION AND RELATED TO THESE UPCOMING ANNIVERSARIES CAN HELP US CAN HELP US GET THERE. SO I JUST YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT SIDE OF THINGS BECAUSE IT'S A MAY IS A HISTORIC PRESERVATION MONTH TO CELEBRATE ALL THE THINGS WE HAVE PRESERVED IN BOSTON. BUT THERE'S LOTS MORE WORK TO DO AND AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO UPHOLDING THE CITY'S HISTORY AND REALLY TELLING ALL OF OUR STORIES, OUR INDIGENOUS STORIES, OUR BLOCK STORIES ARE IMMIGRANT STORIES. BOSTON HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT KIND OF RICH TAPESTRY ALL THE WAY BACK. SO THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. AND AND I WOULD ASK FOR THE COUNCIL'S SUPPORT AND SUSPENSION OF PASSAGE OF THIS RESOLUTION TODAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BOOK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCIL . OK, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COUNCILOR LOUISIANA COUNCIL WILL JOIN YOU OVER THE PHONE. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR BOK FOR AGAIN LIKE THESE LAST FILINGS TODAY HONORING ME AS NATIONAL PRESERVATION MONTH OBVIOUSLY PRESERVING OUR HISTORY WHETHER WE'RE MARKING A PARTICULAR MOMENT OR JUST RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF ALL THE DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO MAKE UP OUR CITY IS IS AND DOESN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT THE DEDICATION OF FOLKS MAKING SURE THAT THIS HISTORY IS UPLIFTED. YOU KNOW, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT GENERAL WOODHOUSE AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO NAME THE SQUARE AFTER HIM RECOGNIZING HIM AS A TUSKEGEE AIRMAN AND ALL THAT HE'S GIVEN OUR CITY. WE DID IT MORE RECENTLY AND RECOGNIZING CRISPUS ATTUCKS DAY, WE'RE DOING IT WHEN YOU RECOGNIZE THE INDIGENOUS LAND IN WHICH WE STAND AND THINKING ABOUT WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT LONG ISLAND, THINKING ABOUT THE SENSITIVITY TO THE HISTORIC CENTRALITY OF A PLACE LIKE THAT TO OUR INDIGENOUS RESIDENTS. SO THE PRESERVATION OF HISTORY MUST BE INCLUSIVE. AND I ALSO WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO DAVID BROWN WHO'S DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB AND CONTINUES TO DO A GOOD JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE ABLE TO MAKE USE OF THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT WORKING WITH MY OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THAT FIRST HAITIAN BAPTIST CHURCH, A CHURCH WHERE I GREW UP THAT IS A HISTORIC LANDMARK HAS THE FUNDS NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN THE BUILDING ON THE ROXBURY DORCHESTER LINE. OFTENTIMES MONEY THAT THEY WOULDN'T OTHERWISE HAVE. WE AS A CITY WE'RE HOME TO MANY ICONIC LANDMARKS INCLUDING THE BLACK HERITAGE TRAIL, THE US CONSTITUTION MUSEUM, THE FREEDOM TRAIL, PLACES WHERE MLK LIVED JAZZ SQUARE CORNER OF TREMONT AND COLUMBUS PAYING HOMAGE TO THE HIGH HAT THE WIGWAM WHICH ARE NO LONGER THERE. BUT WE DO STILL HAVE WALI'S THE LONGEST RUNNING FAMILY OWNED JAZZ CLUB IN THE COUNTRY. AND SO THESE LANDMARKS REMIND US OF OUR RICH HISTORY, THE HISTORY OF ABOLITION EMANCIPATION BUT ALSO MORE RECENT HISTORY OF OF PERSECUTION AND DISCRIMINATION ARE IMPORTANT LANDMARKS IN OUR CITY THAT WE MUST PRESERVE IN ORDER TO TRULY MOVE FORWARD. WE ALWAYS HAVE TO LOOK BACK AND HOMAGE TO ONE OF OUR LATEST INCLUSIONS THE EMBRACED MONUMENT WHICH REALLY NOT ONLY TRIES TO PAY HOMAGE TO THE IMPORTANCE OF SCOTT KING AMONG THE KING BUT TO ALL THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS HERE IN OUR CITY WHO HAVE MADE THE MAKEUP OF THIS BODY, WHO HAVE MADE THE MAKE UP OF THIS CITY WHAT IT IS. SO CELEBRATING PRESERVATION IS ONLY ABOUT HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE. IT'S ABOUT HOW WE CAN BRING ECONOMIC BENEFITS TO ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AS A WALKING MY FIRST JOB AGAIN AS A WALKING TOUR GUIDE IN ROXBURY AND IN THE SOUTH AND THERE'S SO MUCH RICHNESS RICHNESS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT KENT MEEKS IN HYDE PARK WITH THE FIFTY FOURTH REGIMENT TRAINED OR OTHER PLACES THROUGHOUT OUR CITY THEY'RE UNDER APPRECIATED AND UNDER UTILIZED HISTORICAL SITES THAT COULD ATTRACT TOURISM AND YESTERDAY BUDGET HEARING WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND HOW WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PUTTING MORE MONEY INTO THAT OFFICE IF WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ENTERING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS IN THEIR ABILITY TO BE THESE BEACONS OF TOURISM FOR OUR CITY. SO AS WE CELEBRATE THIS MONTH, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND FUTURE GENERATIONS CAN ENJOY OUR CULTURAL TREASURES HERE IN OUR CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL AND THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON, COUNCILOR BREADON AND YOU OF THE. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR BALKAN COUNCIL LOUISIANA INCLUDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AS A LONG TIME MEMBER OF THE BRIGHTON AUSTEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY. THIS IS AN ISSUE VERY CLOSE TO MY HEART THE THE AWESOME BRIGHTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY BEFORE THE PANDEMIC USED TO DO A WALKING TOUR OF IN AND AROUND BRIGHTON CENTER AND THEY HAD A BINDER FULL OF ACCOUNTED FOR MANY, MANY HISTORIC STRUCTURES THAT WERE DEMOLISHED OVER THE YEARS AND THEY'RE LOST AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT THE LOCAL SIGNIFICANCE AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR BOK FOR REALLY PUSHING TO HAVE A HISTORIC STRUCTURES AND LOCATIONS IF THEY HAVE A STATE OR FEDERAL SIGNIFICANCE AND THERE'S PROTECTIONS THERE. BUT IF THEY HAVE LOCAL SIGNIFICANCE, WE DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF PROTECTION AT THE MOMENT. SO WE REALLY WANT TO KEEP WORKING ON THAT. WHAT IS SIGNIFICANT LOCALLY HAS TO BE DECIDED BY THE POPULATION, THE LOCAL POPULATION, WHAT THEY SEE AS IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW, WHEN I ARRIVED IN ALLSTON, BRIGHTON YEARS AGO WE USED TO DRIVE PAST THE OLD SPEEDWAY. IT WAS AN OLD FORMER STATE POLICE STATION. IT WAS THE FORMER HEADQUARTERS OF THE SPEEDWAY THAT HAD A TROUGHING TRACK AROUND DONEL OF THE ROAD. AND EVERY TIME WE DROVE PAST MY PARTNER WOULD SAY OH MY GOODNESS, I HOPE THE SAVE THAT PLACE SOMEBODY IS GOING TO SET IT ON FIRE AND IT'S GOING TO BURN DOWN TO THE GROUND BUT THANKFULLY THROUGH THROUGH THE GOOD OFFICES OF OUR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE SENATE HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER MICHAEL MORAN HAD IT ON HIS TO DO LIST TO TRY AND SEE IF THAT STRUCTURE SO THROUGH WORKING WITH HISTORIC BOSTON, THE WHOLE PLACE HAS BEEN RENOVATED AND IT IS A BREWPUB AND ALL SORTS OF GREAT THINGS ARE HAPPENING THERE AND IT IS TOTALLY REJUVENATED. THE ORIGINAL ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURE IS PRESERVED AND IT'S BECOME A COMMUNITY A COMMUNITY PLACE TOGETHER WHICH IS AN INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL THING. IT'S WELL ACTIVATED AND HAS BEEN WELL-USED. SO THAT'S JUST ONE INSTANCE THAT JUST SOMETHING THAT LOOKS OLD AND DECREPIT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT CAN'T BE RESTORED TO BE BECOME A VERY IMPORTANT COMMUNITY ASSET. SO I AM VERY HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS THIS RESOLUTION TODAY AND RECOGNIZE THE NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION MONTHS AND I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO JUST KEEP ADVOCATING JUST BACK TO ONE OTHER ISSUE THAT BAUCUS MENTIONED THE ARTICLE 85 90 DAY DEMOLITION DELAY VERY OFTEN DEVELOPERS APPLY FOR AND THEY APPLY FOR A DEMOLITION PERMIT AND THEY'RE GIVEN A 90 DAY DELAY AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE PRESENTED A SERIOUS ADAPTIVE USE ALTERNATIVE TO DEMOLISHING AND VERY OFTEN IT'S JUST LIKE A SORT OF TOKEN EXERCISE, NOT A REALLY SERIOUS EFFORT TO TRY AND PRESERVE A STRUCTURE AND BASICALLY JUST RUN THE CLOCK OUT SO THEY CAN DEMOLISH IT AND VERY OFTEN WE ARE LOSING SO MUCH OF OUR HISTORIC FABRIC ALL ACROSS THE CITY THAT WE NEED TO BE MORE MINDFUL IN TERMS OF PRESERVING THESE THESE HISTORIC STRUCTURES. THEY ARE THAT THEY ARE THE STRUCTURES AND THE PLACES THAT ADD CHARACTER TO OUR CITY AND MAKE IT INTERESTING AND AND VERY VITAL PLACE TO LIVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CAN'T OPERATE IN COUNCILOR BORCK COUNCILOR BREADON I AM I'M SORRY JUMPING THE GUN OUT OF IT . WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO HAVE YOUR NAME PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND MR CORBETT PLEASE. COUNCILOR ARROYO COUNCILOR CLADDAGH COUNCIL FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCIL FLORICULTURE WILL BE HERE COUNCILOR . WE'RE ALL PLEASED THAT THE CHAIR COUNCILOR BARTóK COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AND COUNCILOR BREADON SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET ZERO EIGHT THREE FOUR. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE AYE OPPOSED SAY NEARBY HAVE IT THE DOCKET HAS BEEN ADOPTED. WE DID THE NEXT DOCKET ALREADY. WE DID THE FOLLOWING ONE. WE'RE ON TO THE DOCKET ZERO EIGHT THREE SEVEN MR BEAZLEY DOCKET ZERO EIGHT THREE SEVEN DUFKA NOS ZERO EIGHT THREE SEVEN COUNCILOR I'M HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION CALLING ON BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND FULL TRANSPARENCY IN THE ONGOING EFFORTS TO CLOSE AND MERGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR HERE COUNCILOR ME HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO ADD MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR WE'RE ALL FROM DISTRICT FOUR WHO ALSO REPRESENTS THE SCHOOL THAT I'M ABOUT TO APPLY TO THE COUNCIL . WE'RE OUT OF THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. YOU KNOW BEFORE I EVEN DIVING INTO THIS I KIND OF WANT TO JUST LEVEL SET FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT BACK IN THE DAY DURING A WHITE FLIGHT WHEN OUR SCHOOL WERE DEPLETED OF EVERY SINGLE RESOURCE BLACK AND BROWN FAMILIES DID NOT HAVE THE MEANS TO BE ABLE TO JUST SEND THEIR KIDS TO THE PAROCHIAL SCHOOL AND SOME OF US DID NOT KNOW ABOUT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. AND SO YOU KNOW, WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE HISTORY AND EDUCATION HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, I THINK ABOUT THE IMMENSE LACK OF INVESTMENTS THAT WE HAVE MADE IN OUR BOSTON PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM AND AS A PARENT, A PARENT, A BAPS GRADUATE AND A EDUCATION ACTIVIST, I HAVE SEEN TIME AND TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT PARENTS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE STAKEHOLDERS WHO ARE ALWAYS UP IN ARMS ABOUT THE THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO SEE IN THEIR SCHOOLS ARE ALWAYS THE LAST TO BE HEARD AND OFTENTIMES THEY ARE AN AFTERTHOUGHT. AND SO WE HAVE ALL OF THESE MOVING PIECES AND PEOPLE THAT SHOW UP AND SPEAK ON OUR BEHALF AND OFTENTIMES DO SO WITH SO MUCH CONVICTION AND PASSION. AND YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF WHAT DO THEY REALLY KNOW? SO THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE HERE, THE GREEN DEAL, THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS LONG TERM FACILITIES ACTION PLAN THAT INCLUDES MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WILL AFFECT AT LEAST 20 SCHOOL COMMUNITIES. THESE DISTRICT WIDE INITIATIVES INTEND TO ADDRESS ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS WITHIN OUR SCHOOL FACILITIES AND EXPAND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS. SOME OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS INCLUDE CLOSING EMERGING SEVERAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. THE PROCESS TO MERGE SCHOOLS HAS BEGUN WITH THE SUMMER AND PHILBROOK SCHOOLS IN ROSENDALE THE SHOT AND TAYLOR SCHOOLS IN DORCHESTER AND MATTAPAN AND THE HYDE PARK BASE BOSTON COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AND THE DORCHESTER BASED MCCORMICK SCHOOL BAPS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO CONSOLIDATE SMALL SCHOOL COMMUNITIES INTO LARGER NEW ONES OR RENOVATED BUILDINGS, NECESSITATING MORE SCHOOL CLOSURES AND MERGERS. SUCH DECISIONS IMPACT OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES GREATLY AND IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO COMMUNICATE ANY PROPOSAL TO CLOSE OR MERGE SCHOOLS AND MAKE THE PUBLIC THE REASONS FOR THESE SCHOOLS AND OTHER SCHOOLS SHOULD BE CLOSED OR CONSOLIDATED. MOREOVER, IN THE EVENT THAT SCHOOLS ARE TO BE CLOSED OR CONSOLIDATED IN ANTICIPATION OF BETTER FACILITIES FOR STUDENTS, CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS SHOULD BE COMPLETED BEFORE SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED OR MERGED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN ELECTED SCHOOL COMMITTEE THERE IS NO GOVERNANCE BODY FOR BAPS THAT IS DIRECTLY ACCOUNTABLE TO THE FAMILIES THEREFORE DIRECT COMMUNICATE MISSION AND ENGAGEMENT WITH SCHOOL COMMUNITIES IS IMPERATIVE AND SYSTEMS WIDE LEVEL. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS AND OFFERING FULL TRANSPARENCY TO THE CHANGES. THEREFORE I ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME IN CALLING THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND FULL TRANSPARENCY IN THE ONGOING EFFORTS TO CLOSE EMERGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THIS INCLUDES ONE PROVIDING A LIST ALL THE SCHOOL CLOSINGS SINCE 2010 BY NEIGHBORHOOD TYPE SCHOOL SIZE STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS. THE REASONING FOR THESE CLOSINGS AND THE IMPACT ON MARGINALIZED STUDENTS AS SPECIFIED IN THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN INTO THAT THEY HAVE COMMITTED TO TO PROVIDE DATA ON THE STUDENT ATTENDING ANY SCHOOL PROPOSED FOR CLOSURE OR MERGER WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE TRAUMA OF PREVIOUS SCHOOL CLOSINGS AS INCLUDED IN THE EQUITY IMPACT ANALYSIS AND PRE ALL SCHOOL COMMUNITY MEETINGS ABOUT CLOSURES AND CONSOLIDATION MUST BE ADVERTISED AT LEAST TEN DAYS IN ADVANCE AND CONDUCTED IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES AND CHILD CARE MUST BE PROVIDED IN REGARDS TO THESE MERGERS. IT'S GOTTEN SO BAD THAT AS AN AT LARGE CITY COUNCILOR NOT ONLY AM I THE CHAIR OF EDUCATION, I ALSO HAPPEN TO BE A BUSYBODY AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DO IS NOT JUST TALK ABOUT IT, I DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. SO ROLL UP MY SLEEVES AS A PART OF THE WORK. SO I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE SUMMER SCHOOL LITERALLY TRAINING THEIR PARENTS THE LATINO SPANISH SPEAKING PARENTS ABOUT PARENT COUNCILS AND WHAT IS HAPPENING AROUND THESE MERGERS. SO THERE'S ONE THING TO HOLD THE DISTRICT ACCOUNTABLE AND THEN THERE'S THE OTHER TO ACTUALLY DO THE WORK TO HELP SUPPORT THOSE SITUATIONS. SO NOW THE STUDENTS AT THE SUMMIT, THE PARENTS AT THE SEMINAR, THE SPANISH SPEAKING ONES UNDERSTAND WHAT A PARISH COUNCIL IS. THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR ROLE IS. THEY ALSO UNDERSTAND WHAT RIGHTS ARE. SO NOW THEY'RE BEING ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS AND I UPLIFT THIS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THE DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF TACTICS THAT THAT WE SEE HERE. APLEY OFTENTIMES WHEN THERE'S ISSUES HAPPENING IN OUR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY WE'RE REALLY GOING TO CHANGE THINGS IS IF WE ACTUALLY DOVE INTO THE ISSUES AND WORK IN COMMUNITY AND IDENTIFY OTHER VIABLE SOLUTIONS. IT'S ALL GREAT AND DANDY TO GO BACK TO BAND-AID SOLUTIONS. WE'RE WE'RE AT A MOMENT IN TIME WHERE WE COULD BE MORE INNOVATIVE AND THAT IS WHAT I'M ASKING THE DISTRICT TO DO IS TO BE INNOVATIVE IN THEIR APPROACH AND I'M ASKING THE COMMUNITY TO LEAD THE CONVERSATION THANK THINK. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN . HERE WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER BECAUSE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR , WE'RE ALL COUNCILOR . WE'RE ALL YOU HAVE. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR FILING US. ALSO WANT TO THANK THE ADVOCATE BARBER FIELDS AND THE MANY SCHOOL ADVOCATES AND THE FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN LENDING THEIR VOICES TO THIS MERGER ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. BOSTON SCHOOL MERGERS NEED TO BE A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS THAT CENTERS THE OPINIONS OF STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND PARENTS NEGLECTING TO ENGAGE WITH ANY OF THESE GROUPS WILL JEOPARDIZE A SCHOOL'S ABILITY TO EFFECTIVELY SERVE THE STUDENTS WAS CONSIDERING SCHOOL CLOSURES OR MERGERS IT BECOMES EVEN MORE CRITICAL FOR BP TO ACTIVELY SEEK OUT, ENGAGE WITH AND INCORPORATE THEIR OPINIONS AND PERSPECTIVE OF ALL STAKEHOLDERS ESPECIALLY THOSE AFFECTED STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. AS FAR AS BP WORKS, IT BECOMES RESPONSIVE AS CHANGES IN STUDENT POPULATIONS. IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THEY PRIORITIZE EQUITY AND ENSURE THAT ANY DECISION MADE IS NOT DISPROPORTIONALLY IMPACTED. HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES AS PART AS POLICY MAKERS IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE DIFFICULT DECISIONS WITH A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF THE SCOPE AND IMPACT WE MUST WORK TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE ACTING IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF ALL STUDENTS PARTICULARLY PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO HISTORICALLY BEEN UNDERSERVED AND THAT OUR DECISIONS ARE GROUNDED IN COMMUNITY EQUITY AND WHATEVER WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARING IN THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS IS THAT THE PROCESS FEELING RUSHED AND THAT FAMILIES OPINIONS AND STUDENTS OPINIONS ARE NOT FEELING HEARD. SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE MURDER PROCESS AT LEAST FOR THE SCHEID TAYLOR BE SLOWED DOWN QUITE A BIT AND THAT THE DATA BE MOVED OUT AND I LOOK TO HAVING THE SUPPORT OF THE COUNCIL AND VOTING IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION. THANK THANK YOU COUNCIL ROLE THE CHAIR ANYONE ELSE I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ME HERE I MEAN I'M SORRY COUNCIL LOUISIANA COUNCIL REGION YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. ALISON IS RIGHT TO SAY THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THESE MERGER THESE MERGERS RIGHT AS AN ALUM OF THE TAYLOR SOMEONE NEEDS TO GO TO TAYLOR AND IF SOMEONE HERE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE WORK THAT SHE'S BEEN WITH LATINO PARENTS MY OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH MY FATHER FOUNDED THE PARENT COUNCIL AT THE TAYLOR SCHOOL THAT WE WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE IN NEED OF SO MUCH, INCLUDING MORE SAFE CLASSROOMS. I'LL SAY IT AD NAUSEUM FOR OUR STUDENTS LIMITED IN INFORMAL AND LIMITED AND INTERRUPTED FORMAL EDUCATION THAT WE GET IT RIGHT THAT AS WE ARE THINKING ABOUT WHAT THE MERGER LOOKS LIKE THAT PARENTS, ADMINISTRATORS AND STUDENTS ARE CENTERED IN THE CONVERSATION IN MY OFFICES HAS BEEN DOING THAT WORK AND WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ONE THINGS THAT WE DON'T DO SO WELL IS COMMUNICATING TO PARENTS AND FAMILIES WHAT WE THINK THE BENEFITS OF THE MERGER WILL BE AND WHY THE MERGERS MUST HAPPEN BEFORE WE HAVE A NEW PHYSICAL STRUCTURE. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE TRY TO GET THE CALM'S PIECE OF THIS RIGHT TO BUILD TRUST AND A LOT OF COMMUNITIES WHERE THAT TRUST HAS BEEN LOST JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I PUT IT ON THE RECORD AS AS AS THESE MERGERS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF BEING BOTH DISRUPTIVE FOR STUDENTS AND TRANSFORMATIVE. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET IT RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO HEAR THEIR NAME PLEASE RAISE PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MR CONNOR, CAN YOU PLEASE COUNCILOR ROYAL COUNCILOR COUNCILOR CREDIT COUNSELOR COLLETTA COUNCILOR LOUISIANA PLEASE ADD THE CHIEF COUNCILOR HERE COUNCILOR RALPH SEE EXPANSION OF THE ROLES AND POSITIVE DOCKET ZERO EIGHT THREE SEVEN ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I AM OPPOSED SAY NO THE AYES HAVE IT. THE DOCKET HAS BEEN ADOPTED. WE'RE ON WE'RE ON TO PERSONNEL . MR CLARK PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO EIGHT THREE DUCKING NUMBER ZERO EIGHT THREE EIGHT COUNCILOR FOR AND FOR COUNCILOR ABOARD SCHLESWIG SUSPENSION OF RULES AND POSITIVE DOCKET ZERO EIGHT THREE EIGHT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I AM OPPOSED SAY NEARLY HAVE THE DOCKET IS PASSED. WE'RE ONTO LATE FILES. I AM INFORMED BY THE COURT THAT THERE ARE FOUR LEAD FILE MATTERS. THESE INCLUDE ABSENCE OF DATA FROM COUNCILOR IRA TO PERSONNEL ORDERS, A RESOLUTION FROM COUNCILOR BAKER DEBATE FILE DELAYED FILE SHOULD BE ON EVERYONE'S DESK. WE'LL TAKE A VOTE TO ADD THESE LATE FILE MATTERS INTO THE AGENDA. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE ON EVERYONE'S DESK. I'LL TAKE A COUPLE OF SECONDS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADDING THE LEAD FILE MATTERS TO THE AGENDA. SAY I THANK YOU. THE LATE FILE MATTERS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE AGENDA, MR CLARK. THE FIRST SLATE FILE INTO THE AGENDA IS A LETTER OF ABSENCE FROM COUNCILOR IRA, A COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN AND REGRETFULLY UNABLE TO ATTEND TODAY'S COUNCIL MEETING. THOUGH I AM NOT THERE I'D LIKE TO THANK COUNCILOR KUENSSBERG FOR NEARLY FOUR YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON AS CHAIR OF THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING IN TANDEM AS SHE ENTERS HER NEW ROLE AT THE BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY IF HER COMMITMENT TO POOR AND WORKING CLASS PEOPLE PROVES TO BE AS STRONG AS HER COMMITMENT TO THE POLITICAL INSTITUTION, WE'RE IN GOOD HANDS. A MEMBER OF MY STAFF WILL BE PRESENT TO TAKE NOTES AND REPORT TO ME AS NEEDED. I LOOK FORWARD TO REVIEWING THE RECORDINGS OF THE MEETING COUNCILOR CAN DO A LOT. THANK YOU MR CLARK. PLEASE READ THE SECOND LATE FAIL MATTER WHICH IS A WHICH IS A PERSON OF OUR PERSONAL ORDER COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR COUNCIL OF THE CHAIR SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF THIS SECOND FILE AT ALL. THOSE WHO SAY I OPPOSE NAVIOS HAVE AT THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED . YEAH. MR CLARK CAN I REVISIT THE PREVIOUS SLATE FILE OUT OF THE LETTER FROM COUNCIL ? CAN WE PLEASE PLACE THAT ON FILE? WE'RE ON TO THE NEXT SLATE FILE MATTER WHICH IS ALSO A PERSONAL PERSONAL ORDER OF COUNCIL FOR COUNCILOR BUT THE CHAIR SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF THIS LATE FILE MATTER ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSING THE AYES HAVE AT THE DOCKET HAS PASSED THE FINAL EIGHT FILE MATTER IS A RESOLUTION SOME COUNCILOR BAKER FOR A FLAG RAISING MR OFFERED BY COUNCILOR BAKER ON BEHALF OF THE BUS AND CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE TWO HUNDRED AND SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE GREEK REVOLUTION AND FLAG RAISING FOR GREEK INDEPENDENCE WHEREAS MARCH 25TH IS THE TWO HUNDRED SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF GREEK INDEPENDENCE AND WHEREAS WE WE RECOGNIZE THE STANDING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BOSTON AND THE GREEK PEOPLE AND WHEREAS THE COMMUNITY ENRICHES AND ENHANCES THE CITY OF BOSTON THROUGH ITS FRIENDSHIP BUSINESS ,EDUCATION, DANCE, LITERATURE, ARTS AND HISTORY AND NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDERED THAT ON SUNDAY APRIL 30TH TWENTY TWENTY THREE IN RECOGNITION OF THE TWO HUNDRED AND SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF GREEK INDEPENDENCE, THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL ORDERS THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT TO RAISE THE FLAG OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC ON THE THIRD FLAG POLE ON CITY HALL PLAZA IN PLACE OF THE CITY OF BOSTON FLAG FAILED APRIL 26 TWENTY TWENTY THREE. THANK YOU MR GRANT. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BAKER COUNCILOR BAKER ,YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. THIS IS AGAIN JUST A FLAG RAISING THAT WILL HAPPEN AT THE END OF THE GREEK INDEPENDENCE PARADE TO RECOGNIZE TWO HUNDRED SECOND ANNIVERSARY AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE ALEX HERE BECAUSE HE'S PART OF THE PARADE. HE'S PART OF THE GREEK COMMUNITY THAT'S THAT'S ADDED SO MUCH TO US. WE HAD THE ISRAELI FLAG RAISING EARLIER SO I'LL DO THE ISRAELI FLAG RAISING EARLIER TODAY AND THEN THE GREEK ON SUNDAY. THAT'S A COUPLE OF THE ORIGINAL TRIBES THERE. THE ORIGINAL CIVILIZATIONS AND I THINK IT'S TIME TO ONE OF THEM AND IT ALSO WILL HELP ME WITH POINTS AT HOME BECAUSE MY WIFE IS HALF GREEK. YOU KNOW, YOU ALWAYS GOT TO KEEP THE WIFE HAPPY SO I'M THRILLED TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS AND AND IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED, I WILL BE THERE AROUND PARADE STARTS AT ONE O'CLOCK ON BOYLSTON COMES DOWN TRAMLINE AND THERE'LL BE CELEBRATION ON THE PLAZA THAT WILL START WHAT WITH THE GREEK FLAG RAISING AND JUST A POINT OF PREFERENCES. I THINK THE GREEKS HAVE THE BEST FOOD. DAIGO, THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BAKER, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WHAT I KNOW I'D LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND, MR. CLERK. PLEASE THAT COUNCILOR ROYALLE COUNCILOR BALL COUNCIL BRIGHTON COUNCILOR CARTER COUNCILOR FLAHERTY COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL HERE COUNCILOR COUNCILOR, WE'RE ALL PLEASED THAT THE CHAIR COUNCILOR COUNCILOR BAKER SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF THIS FILE. MR THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE SANEI THIS FILE THAT HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR CLARK WE'RE ON YOUR GREEN SHEETS. OK, SO ANYONE WISHING TO REMOVE A GREEN MATTER FROM GREEN SHEETS MAY DO SO AT THIS TIME THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BY COUNCIL BOOK YOU HAVE THE FULL THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. MR PRESIDENT I'D LIKE TO CALL DOCKET ZERO SEVEN ONE ONE FROM PAGE THREE OF TWENTY ONE IN THE GREEN SHOOTS. MR CARO, CAN YOU PLEASE PULL THE COMMITTEE AND READ IT TO SEE IF THEY WOULD ALLOW THE DOCTOR TO COME BEFORE THE BODY . YEAH DUCKING NO ZERO SEVEN ONE ONE FROM THE COMMITTEE OF CITY SERVICES INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF A MINDEL GUN COP GONCALVES AS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON WATER AND SEWER COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING ON JANUARY 4TH TWENTY TWENTY SEVEN THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES AND INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL BOK YES COUNCILOR L YES COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR BAKER YES AND COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDISON. THIS STOCK AT ZERO SEVEN ONE ONE IS NOW PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY COUNCIL BACK YOU OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH MR PRESIDENT. MR PRESIDENT THE WATER AND SEWER COMMISSION IS RUN BY THREE COMMISSIONERS AND SO THERE'S A VACANCY RIGHT NOW OUR MENDICANTS OFFICE IS THE MAYOR'S NOMINEE FOR THAT BECAUSE OF THE BUDGET SCHEDULE WE WEREN'T ABLE TO SCHEDULE A HEARING BUT I DID INTERVIEW HIM DIRECTLY AS THE CHAIR AND ALSO SENT HIS RESUME OUT TO THE WHOLE COUNCIL . ARMINDA LIVES IN BOSTON. HE'S ACTUALLY GOT HISTORY WORKING FOR THE CITY HE WAS AT BRIEFLY AND THEN AT THE PPTA AS HIS RéSUMé SHOWS FROM EIGHTY SEVEN TO TWENTY FOURTEEN. SO FOR A VERY LONG TIME DOING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLANNING OVER THERE AND HE ACTUALLY WENT AND DID CAPITAL PLANNING AND DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION FOR RHODE ISLAND'S DIVISION OF CAPITAL ASSETS. SO IT HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE AND KIND OF LIKE BIG INSTITUTIONAL CAPITAL PORTFOLIOS HOW TO MAINTAIN THEM AND INVEST IN THEM AND BUT AGAIN I THINK GOT TIRED OF DRIVING BACK AND FORTH TO RHODE AND SO NOW HE'S BACK WORKING IN THE CITY. HE'S BEEN LIVING IN THE CITY AND AND I THINK JUST BRINGS A LOT OF A LOT OF GREAT EXPERIENCE PROFESSIONALLY IS DEFINITELY VERY INTERESTED IN HOW WE CONTINUE TO KEEP OUR GRAY STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE IN A STATE OF GOOD REPAIR AND ALSO EXPAND GREEN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CITY INTEGRATING GREEN BUILDING DESIGNS INTO THE WORK AT THE CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT RHODE ISLAND WAS A PIECE OF HIS WORK. HE ALSO IS REALLY INTERESTED IN HOW BOSTON WATER AND SEWER CAN DO MORE INTERNSHIPS FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND KIND OF PULL MORE PEOPLE INTO THIS REALLY IMPORTANT WORK WITH GREAT CAREERS AND YEAH, I THINK HE'LL BE A WONDERFUL PERSON ON THE COMMISSION AND OBVIOUSLY IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE COMMISSION TO BE AT FULL FORCE. SO ASKING TODAY FOR COLLEAGUES SUPPORT IN PASSING HIS NOMINATION. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. BOOK COUNCIL BLOGSITE SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DORKBOT ZERO SEVEN ONE ONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE SAY NAVIOS HAVE IT THE DOCKET HAS PASSED. ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO PULL SOMETHING FROM THE GREEN SHEET ? OK, WE'RE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA OK I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CORRECT THAT THERE ARE THERE'S ONE ONE EDITION THE CHAIR MOVES FOR ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA CONSENT AGENDA ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF SAY I THANK YOU. THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED TODAY IS COUNCILOR KENZIE BLOCK'S LAST COUNCIL MEETING BEFORE SHE DEPARTS TO BE THE HEAD OF THE BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY. I WOULD LIKE NOW TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO GIVE ANY COMMENTS OR REMARKS AT THIS TIME IN RECOGNITION OF THE EXCEPTIONAL WORK COUNCIL BORGAS DONE ON THIS BODY. BUT SHE'S ALSO BEEN A GREAT A GREAT COLLEAGUE AS WELL. LET ME START WITH COUNCILOR FIHRI, COUNCIL THREE OF THE FOUR DEGREES PRESIDENT OBVIOUSLY THROUGH THE CHAIR JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE MY COLLEAGUE OUR COLLEAGUE IN HER MOVING ON TO THE QENOS. I THINK HOW FINE I AM OF PUBLIC HOUSING BEING BORN THERE. I THINK MY FAMILY HAS ONE HUNDRED COMBINED HUNDRED YEARS BETWEEN MYSELF. MY MOM, MY GRANDMOTHER AND SO IN WHAT PUBLIC HOUSING TO TO MY FAMILY YOU KNOW AND I KNOW WE'RE IN PUBLIC HOUSING PRETTY REGULARLY AND SO IN COUNCIL DOCTORS AS WELL FROM HER TENURE AT THE WE WOULD SEE EACH OTHER REGULARLY. SO IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH HER. I WANT TO COMMEND HER AND HER FAMILY FOR THEIR SERVICE TO OUR CITY AND THAT WHEN SHE CAME HERE AND HAVING SPENT SOME TIME HERE AS A STAFFER BUT WAS WAS A SORT OF A QUICK LEARNER IN TERMS OF HOW THINGS WORKED AND AND DROVE RIGHT INTO PROCESS AND INTO OUR COUNCIL RULES. IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH AND ALSO HAS BEEN SOMEONE THAT I'VE EVEN BEEN ABLE TO LEAN ON WHEN THERE'S SOME DISAGREEMENTS OR WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT SORT OF DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR CITY BUSINESS COUNCIL BUSINESS AND THE RULES ALWAYS GREAT TO BOUNCE THINGS OFF OF EACH OTHER. SO WISHING HER AND THE VERY BEST IN HER NEW ENDEAVOR I KNOW THAT THIS WE'LL BE SEEING EACH OTHER PROBABLY MORE REGULARLY ACROSS THE CITY. SHE'LL BE NOW CITYWIDE INSTEAD OF JUST FOCUSING ON DISTRICT. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MANY MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP PEOPLE TO SERVE PEOPLE AND TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE THAT ARE LIVING IN PUBLIC HOUSING. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND AGAIN IT'S BEEN GREAT TO SERVE WITH YOU AND I OF ALL FOLKS I'VE SERVED I THINK PROBABLY I'VE SERVED WITH PROBABLY THE MOST COLLEAGUES. MR PRESIDENT, OUT OF ANYONE NOT ONLY HERE BUT IN THE HISTORY OF THE COUNCIL GIVEN PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TURNOVER OVER THE LAST DECADE. AND SO WITH THAT I KNOW THAT AS COLLEAGUES MOVE ON TO OTHER OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS WILL CONTINUE TO PATH. SO YOU ALTHOUGH BE OVER AT THE PEOPLE WILL STILL ASSOCIATE YOU AS THE DISTRICT EIGHT CITY COUNCILOR PEOPLE WILL CONTINUE TO CALL YOU ASKING FOR HELP OUTSIDE. SO I KNOW THAT YOU CAN ALWAYS CALL ME YOU'RE AT LARGE COUNCIL TO HELP SORT OF EFFECTUATE CITY SERVICES FOR THOSE FOLKS AND BECAUSE YOUR PHONE WILL CONTINUE TO RING AND SO IS THE WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING AS A CITY COUNCILOR TAKES YOU ON TO ANOTHER GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND CHALLENGE KNOW THAT YOUR COLLEAGUES HERE IN PARTICULAR I MYSELF WILL ALWAYS BE WILLING TO TO TAKE THAT CALL AND TO RETURN THAT CALL AND TO TRY TO FIND WAYS TO HELP PEOPLE. AT THE END OF THE DAY IT'S NOT ABOUT US. IT'S ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE. AND IN DOING THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T FORGET WHERE WE CAME FROM AND ALSO KNOW THAT OUR ROLES IN CITY GOVERNMENT ARE LED BY RELATIONSHIPS AND THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE ENJOY AS COLLEAGUES AND EVEN PRIOR TO THAT IN YOUR OTHER CAPACITIES THAT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF MUTUAL RESPECT AND APPRECIATION OF SERVICE TOO. I SEE. SO BEST OF LUCK AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL FIHRI THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY, COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU PRESIDENT. AND I JUST ON A RISE TO SAY GOOD LUCK COUNCILOR BOK 17 MONTHS WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER. I APPRECIATE THAT THE FIRST FEW TIMES I REACHED OUT AND YOU IGNORED MY PHONE CALLS, YOU EXPLAINED TO ME THAT YOU'RE YOU'RE YOUNG, YOU'RE MY KID'S AGE SO YOU'RE A MILLENNIAL AND THAT YOU YOU DON'T PICK UP THE CALLS SO THAT I LEARNED HOW TO TEXT TO COMMUNICATE OR IF IT'S HARD. BUT I DO APPRECIATE THAT WE'VE HAD SOME SOME TOUGH CONVERSATIONS BUT IT'S BECAUSE I KNOW WE BOTH LOVE THE CITY. WE CARE ABOUT THIS INSTITUTION THAT IS THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE IMPORTANT ROLE THAT WE PLAY ON THE COUNCIL AND I KNOW THAT IN YOUR NEW ROLE AT THE VHA WHICH I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO AS AN AT LARGE COUNCILOR , I WILL BE SEEING AND MORE LIKE COUNCILOR FLAHERTY SAID AROUND THE CITY AND I KNOW THAT YOUR HEART IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE AND YOU ARE READY FOR THIS NEW ADVENTURE AND I KNOW THE CITY IS IN GOOD HANDS SO I WILL MISS YOU HERE ON THE COUNCIL BUT I KNOW I WILL TEXT YOU IN THE FUTURE. I'LL MAKE SURE NOT TO CALL. THANK YOU. COMFORTABLE. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MURPHY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COUNCILOR RIDGEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. KENZIE THAT'S YOU GO YOU ARE SO COMMITTED TO THE PEOPLE OF DISTRICT EIGHT AND I I SAW THAT EVERY TIME I ENTERED YOUR DISTRICT AND I COULD ONLY IMAGINE WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT I WAS LIKE HAVE YOU HAVE YOU TOLD YOUR CONSTITUENTS YET BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE UPSET BECAUSE OF YOUR LEVEL OF RESPONSIVENESS AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL. YOU GET INTO THE THICK OF IT, YOU GET INTO THE WEEDS AND WE ARE ALL BETTER BECAUSE OF YOUR COME INTO THE UNDERSTANDING OF THIS INSTITUTION TO THE HISTORICAL TO THE HISTORIC KNOWLEDGE THAT HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU BRING TO THIS BODY ABOUT THIS WORK THAT WE DO EVERY DAY ABOUT THE CITY OF BOSTON AND ABOUT HOW YOU JUST ENTER THE CONVERSATION AROUND WHAT THE PUBLIC GOOD IS AND WHAT IT SHOULD BE AND HOW WE SHOULD BE THINKING EVERY DAY ABOUT WHAT WHAT WHETHER WE'RE DOING IS SERVING THE PUBLIC GOOD. SO I APPRECIATE THAT THAT YOU'RE GOING BUT HAPPY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO THE I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WHEN I FIRST STARTED AS AN ATTORNEY THE THAT I WAS REALLY ANNOYING WOULD GO ALL THE TIME WITH QUESTIONS. SO I GET TEXT WHATEVER. SO I GUESS I WILL BE BOTHERING YOU EVEN MORE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MEETING THE NEEDS OF ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS IN THE CITY, NOT JUST DISTRICT EIGHT EVERYWHERE IN THE CITY. AND I JUST I APPRECIATE YOUR EAGERNESS TO TO NOT ONLY FOR CAMARADERIE BUT ALSO TO JUST SHARE YOUR LOVE FOR THE CITY WITH OTHERS. WHEN MY TEAM AND I AND OUR FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES ARE WALKING THE BLACK HERITAGE TRAIL, WE'RE LIKE A WE'RE ON KENZIE'S STREET CALLED KENZIE KANSAS LIKE I'LL COME OUTSIDE AND SHE JOINED US AND ENRICHED OUR TRIP THE TRAIL SO MUCH MORE BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE PERSONAL HISTORY AND KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO ADD. SO I JUST I'LL MISS YOUR ENTHUSIASM FOR THIS CITY, YOUR WORK ETHIC ON THE WAY IN WHICH YOU REALLY DO UPLIFT YOUR RESIDENTS AND THE DIVERSITY OF YOUR RESIDENTS WHETHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MISSION HILL OR BEACON HILL LITERALLY THERE WAS NEVER AN ISSUE THAT I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE INS AND OUTS BASICALLY TATTOOED SOMEWHERE ON YOUR BODY SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT AND I KNOW THAT YOUR WORK IS GOING TO CONTINUE AT THE BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY AND THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN CONTACT TO DO THE WORK OF THE PEOPLE. SO THANK THANK YOU COUNCILOR VISION THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COLLETTA COUNCIL COLORANT. YOU HAVE THE FOUR CANDY I SAY THIS AS WITH ALL THE LOVE IN THE WORLD AND AS A TERM OF ENDEARMENT BUT YOU REALLY ARE OUR OUR DUMBLEDORE AND I FEEL LIKE THERE'S NOBODY IF YOU'RE HARRY POTTER FAN, YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I MEAN. YOU'RE PROFESSORIAL. YOU YOU ARE INSANELY INTELLIGENT AND YOU'RE YOUR SAGE AND YOUR WISE BEYOND YOUR YEARS. I'M VERY, VERY SAD TO TO SEE YOU GO. IT'S IT'S IT'S BITTERSWEET BUT I'M JUST SO PROUD OF YOU VERY, VERY PROUD OF YOU AND YOU REALLY HAVE SOLIDIFIED YOURSELF TO BE INCREDIBLY INTELLIGENT, THOUGHTFUL AND EFFECTIVE MANOEUVERING THIS INSTITUTION. AND I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU AS AS THE COUNCILOR WHO JUST WANTED TO WORK AND SERVE THE RESIDENTS THE POWERCORE BOSTON IS AN INCREDIBLE LEGACY THAT YOU HELPED PUT TOGETHER. IT WILL TRAIN AND FOSTER GENERATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDS BECAUSE OF YOUR WORK. I'M THINKING ABOUT BACK IN TWENTY EIGHTEEN WHEN I WAS AN AIDE AND YOU WERE ALSO WORKING ON THIS BODY YOU KNOW DOING THE BUDGET PILOT FOR HOUSING LIKE THIS IS JUST AN INCREDIBLE LEGACY AND YOU HAVE A LOT TO STAND ON AND SO I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW YOU FIRST AS A FRIEND THROUGH VARIOUS PARTY EVENTS I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW YOUR FAMILY AS WELL. THEY'VE THEY'VE WELCOMED ME WITH OPEN ARMS AND WE'VE JUST HAD INCREDIBLE CONVERSATIONS ON HOW TO SOME TO WORK AND TO MAKE THE CITY BETTER, BRIGHTER AND MORE VIBRANT FOR EVERYONE. AND I KNOW YOUR HEART AND I KNOW YOU ARE COMMITTED TO BOSTON HOUSING RESIDENTS AND I KNOW THAT YOU'VE ALREADY WORKED TO MAKE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR FOR THE RESIDENTS DECENT, SAFE AND STABLE. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT WORK. I ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO GET DONE. I'M NOT GOING TO START NAMING ALL OF THE VARIOUS DEVELOPMENTS IN MY DISTRICT BUT THERE'S A LOT THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AND SO RISING TO THE OCCASION AND MEETING THE NEEDS OF RESIDENTS IS I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN DO AND SO I'M JUST SO INCREDIBLY PROUD OF YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR . THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BAKER COUNCILOR BAKER, YOU THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS AND GOOD LUCK IN YOUR IN YOUR NEW JOB. MY THANK YOU. YOU BRING A GOOD GOOD ATTITUDE AND A GOOD SKILL SET TO THE JOB. SO I LOOK FORWARD WELL I'M LEAVING TOO SO I AM ACTUALLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK COUNCILOR BAKER, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR OF THE ROYAL COUNCIL ROYAL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR CHAIR. I WOULD JUST SAY I WOULD HAVE GONE TO PROFESSOR MCGONAGALL MYSELF BY DUMBLEDORE IS A FINE REFERENCE PERSONALLY I IS LIKE HAVING SOMEBODY WHO GOES THROUGH DETAILS AS MUCH AS I DO WHEN IT COMES TO LANGUAGE BEFORE US AND SORT OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SHALL AND ME AND ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT. I THINK HONESTLY WE BOTH CAME IN IN THE SAME CLASS AND VERY SHORTLY INTO THAT CLASS FACED SORT OF HUGE INTERNATIONAL CRISIS THAT HAS MADE SORT OF THIS TERM IN THE TERM BEFORE IT DIFFERENT THAN MOST TERMS HAVE COME BEFORE US. AND I THINK IN THAT SENSE IT WAS TRIAL BY FIRE PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THE TIME IN IT EVERY STEP OF THAT. I'VE BEEN GRATEFUL TO HAVE SOMEONE WHO THINKS THROUGH THINGS TO THE LEVEL THAT YOU THINK THROUGH THINGS. I THINK THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION. SOMETIMES WE AGREE ON SORT OF WHAT THE INTERPRETATION IS. SOMETIMES WE DON'T. BUT I'VE ALWAYS FOUND THOSE CONVERSATIONS REALLY ENLIGHTENING AND COMING FROM A PLACE OF LOOKING AT POLICY AND SORT OF LANGUAGE IN AN INSTITUTIONAL HISTORY AND THERE'S DEVIATIONS I THINK ON HOW WE INTERPRET IT THROUGH DIFFERENT LENSES OR PERSPECTIVES. BUT THE GOAL BEHIND IT HAS ALWAYS TO GET IT RIGHT AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT ABOUT YOU THAT WORK CONSTANTLY TRYING TO JUST GET THIS STUFF RIGHT BECAUSE YOU HAVE AN OVERARCHING SENSE OF THE FACT THAT THESE THINGS MATTER AND THEY TOUCH PEOPLE'S LIVES AND THEY SORT LAST ON FOR LONGER THAN OUR TERMS IN OFFICE. AND SO IF WE GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME THEN THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF RESIDUAL GOOD THAT COMES FROM THAT. AND SO I AM REALLY EXCITED TO SEE YOU STEP OUT THE STEP INTO THE DETAIL BECAUSE I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU CARE ABOUT IT AND I THINK THAT WHEN PEOPLE CARE DEEPLY ABOUT A THING IT JUST IT GRAVITATES THROUGH ALL OF THE WORK AND IT SHOWS IN THE PRODUCT AND HOW THEY GO INTO IT AND HOW THEY GO ABOUT. SO I THINK THAT THE CITY OF BOSTON IS IN FOR A REALLY GOOD TIME WITH YOU AT AHEAD OF THE BOARD IN TERMS OF WHERE WE GET OUT OF IT AND WHERE YOUR FOCUS IS AND ON HOW THAT WORKS . AND I SAY THAT GENUINELY THAT I REALLY, REALLY AM EXCITED TO SEE HOW YOU STEP INTO THAT ROLE BECAUSE I KNOW HOW YOU ARE WHEN YOU FEEL PASSIONATE ABOUT A SPECIFIC THING AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY GOOD FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO CALLING UNDERTAXING OR I GUESS DROPPING IN AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU ABOUT PROJECTS IN MY DISTRICT. BUT ALSO I THINK AS WE LOOK AT HOW HOUSING WORKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND I KNOW THAT STUFF THAT YOU'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT I KNOW YOU'RE ALREADY PROBABLY GOT LIKE A TWENTY PAGE POWERPOINT SLIDE FOR HOW YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT. YOU PROBABLY PRIOR TO THE INTERVIEW BUT REALLY GRATEFUL FOR YOU AND FOR THE WAYS IN WHICH YOU'VE SORT OF SERVED ON THIS BODY. I KNOW THAT YOUR DISTRICT IS GOING TO MISS YOU PROFOUNDLY AND SO MY HOPE IS THAT YOU DON'T STRAY TOO FAR FROM THE PUBLIC SERVICE SIDE OF IT BEYOND JUST BEING IN THE VHA BECAUSE I KNOW HOW MUCH ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND HOW MUCH LOCAL ISSUES THAT MATTER TO YOU THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFE SO GRATEFUL TO YOU LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN THIS NEW ROLE. I REALLY THINK YOU'LL DO GREAT AND NOW I CAN HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU AS AS A FRIEND AND NOT JUST A COLLEAGUE. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THANK YOU COUNCIL REALLY. I'M GOING TO GO TO COUNCIL . WE'RE ALL THEN COUNCILOR AND THEN COUNCIL HERE BUT THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL . WE'RE ALL COUNCIL . WE'RE ALL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR KENZIE YOU'LL BE MISSED. IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU THE TECHNICAL AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT YOU BRING INTO THE CITY COUNCIL AS ALWAYS CHALLENGED ME TO DOVE DEEPER INTO THE INTO THE THE TOPIC AND I KNOW THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE I REMEMBER ONE DAY WE WERE OUT AND ONE OF THE CONSTITUENTS CAME UP AND JUST SAID THANK FOR MAKING THAT HEARING EASY TO UNDERSTAND AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'LL MISS AND THE WHOLE CITY OF BOSTON WILL MISS. BUT I ALSO WANT TO JUST SAY CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW ROLE AND I'M EXCITED AND HAPPY FOR YOU THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO PURSUE YOUR PASSION AT THE BANK AND I HAVE A LONG LIST OF INVESTMENTS I WON'T GET INTO NOW BUT LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN YOUR NEW ROLE. CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCIL GREAT. AND YOU HAVE THE. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. YOU'RE NOT MADAM CHAIR. YOU'VE HEARD GENDER. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. I'M I'M GOING TO MISS KENZIE AS A COLLEAGUE AND MY RIGHT HAND WOMAN HERE NEXT TO ME A DISTRICT AIDE WE WERE IN THAT CLASS OF TWENTY TWENTY THAT WE WERE IN TEN WEEKS AND THEN COVID HAPPENED AND WE WERE ALL WORKING REMOTELY BUT WE WE SORT OF IT WAS A TRIAL BY FIRE AND WE WE DEVELOPED WORKING RELATIONSHIPS AND SUPPORT FOR EACH OTHER UNDER VERY DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES. I COULD ALWAYS RELY ON KENZIE TO HAVE A VERY INCISIVE AND THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION OF ALL THE ISSUES THAT WE WERE DEALING WITH IN ANY GIVEN MOMENT. AND I ALSO CONSTANTLY REMINDED RECOGNIZED HER COMMITMENT TO THE COMMON GOOD. EVERY ISSUE THAT CAME BEFORE US THERE WAS THAT QUESTION HOW HOW DO WE SERVE THE COMMON GOOD AND THE POWER FOR A PROGRAM IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IS REALLY PART OF HER LEGACY AS A CITY COUNCILOR HERE AND WE'RE GOING TO BE INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR GOING FORWARD. SHE'S ALSO IN OUR ENERGY EXPERTIZE AND INTEREST IN HOUSING IS ALWAYS TRYING TO EXPAND THE ENVELOPE IN TERMS OF FUNDING CREATIVE WAYS TO INCREASE AFFORDABLE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, INCREASE TENANT STABLE STABILITY AND JUST TO REALLY MAKE BOSTON A PLACE WHERE EVERYONE CAN LIVE. SO I'M REALLY DELIGHTED THAT SHE'S GOING TO BE IN CHARGE OF RENT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HER ON ON THE BIG PROJECTS IN MY DISTRICT. YOU KNOW, I I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE HER HER HER CREDENTIALS AS A HISTORIAN AND I THINK SHE BRINGS A HISTORIC PERSPECTIVE TO OUR CONVERSATIONS. SHE HAS AN ACUTE UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE WE'VE COME FROM AS A CITY IN OUR LONG HISTORY AND SHE ALSO IS VERY MINDFUL OF WHERE WE'RE HEADED TO AND HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO BUILD AN INCLUSIVE, EQUITABLE, EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE FUTURE. SO I'M DELIGHTED AND CONGRATULATE DELIGHTED THAT SHE'S GOING TO BE OK. WE'RE GOING TO MISS HER GREATLY HERE IN THE BODY BUT I KNOW WHERE SHE LIVES AND AND I DON'T SUPPOSE THIS IS THE END OF THE CONVERSATION OR THE END OF OUR WORKING TOGETHER BUT I WISH YOU MANY CONGRATULATIONS, KENZIE AND I DO KNOW HOW TO TEXT YOU KNOW, NOW THAT I FIGURED OUT HOW TO USE A CELL. YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL BREAD IN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. KENZIE IT'S SO CRAZY BECAUSE BOTH MACKENZIE AND I HAVE A SPECIAL LONG HISTORY THAT GOES BACK TWENTY SOMETHING IF NOT MORE YEARS AGO BECAUSE WE BOTH HAD SOME DEEP ROOTS AT MTV. I REMEMBER I WAS WORKING AT MTV, I WAS A POLITICAL REPORTER THEN AND WE DID AN EVENT HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AT THE HOUSE OF BLUES AND I THINK KENZIE WAS IN THE CROWD AS A LITTLE YOUNGSTER THERE. SO EVEN AT THE AGE OF 12 I CAN SEE YOU ARE ALREADY POLITICKING AND CREATING MASS DISRUPTION IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. SO I JUST THINK THAT THAT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL FOR ME THIS IS LIKE IT CAME FULL CIRCLE WHEN WE DISCOVERED THAT WE WERE BACK IN THE DAY ALREADY IN THE TRENCHES TRYING TO GET PEOPLE ACTIVATED AND ENGAGE IN THEIR OWN LIVES SO THAT ALWAYS STOOD NEAR AND DEAR TO ME AND THE FACT THAT I GREW UP ON BSG AND YOU'RE GOING TO GO THERE TO HELP SAVE IT SO I'M SO INCREDIBLY ENCOURAGED BECAUSE OF YOUR WORK HERE ON THE COUNCIL , ESPECIALLY AROUND DIGITAL EQUITY ACCESS LANGUAGE. YOU HAVE BEEN SUCH A LEADER IN THE SPACE IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT INFORMATION JUSTICE IS AT THE CENTER OF MAKING THINGS EASIER FOR PEOPLE. AND I THINK I THINK THE VHA IS GOING TO BE BETTER BECAUSE OF YOU AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO AND THEN THERE'S THREE THINGS THAT I WANT TO UPLIFT IN TERMS OF OUR WORK TOGETHER LOWERING THE VOTING AGE AS A RESULT OF OUR MTV ROCK THE VOTE AND EXPERIENCES. IT WAS SUCH A PLEASURE TO WORK ALONGSIDE YOU IN YOUR OFFICE IN GETTING THAT WHOLE PETITION OUT OF COMMITTEE AND INTO THE STATE HOUSE. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP FOR BRINGING SO MUCH INSIGHT AND BRINGING YOU SOMEBODY FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO PARTICIPATE IN HELPING TO INFLUENCE US IN THAT SPACE. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK THERE AS WELL AS THE WORK THAT WE DID TOGETHER UNDER DIGITAL EQUITY. YOU WERE AT THE FRONT AND CENTER ALWAYS ADVOCATING AND I KNOW THAT AGAIN WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR I'M GOING TO SAY TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS BECAUSE THOSE ARE GOING TO BE YOUR CONSTITUENTS AT THIS POINT ARE GOING TO REALLY REAP THOSE BENEFITS IN TERMS OF THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE. AND THEN LASTLY AND I THINK THE ONE THAT I FEEL WAS THE BIGGEST THE MOST I WOULD SAY AT LEAST IT WAS FOR ME THE ONE THAT I HAVE THE MOST GRATITUDE FOR IS WHEN I ASKED YOU TO BE MY CO-SPONSOR WITH THE HEARING ORDER FOR REPARATIONS HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IN 2021 AND AT THE TIME IT WAS AN ELECTION YEAR. SO YOU WOULD BE CRAZY TO THINK ABOUT TALKING ABOUT ELECTION YEAR DURING AND DURING A I MEAN REPARATIONS DURING AN ELECTION YEAR BUT YOU LEANED INTO AND YOU STOOD UP AND JOINED ME AS A CO-SPONSOR AND YOU EVEN HAD RESERVATIONS BECAUSE YOU SAID I'M A WHITE WOMAN AND YOU WERE SO INCREDIBLY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT WHAT THIS MOMENT MEANT. BUT YOU STOOD UP AND JOINED ME AND SUPPORTING ME AND AND THE COMMUNITY NOT ONLY HAVING THE HEARING BUT WORKING ALONGSIDE COMMUNITY TO DEFINE FOR THEMSELVES WHAT THIS MOMENT WAS ALL ABOUT. AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT COUNCILOR BLOCK. IT MEANT A LOT TO THE FOLKS WHO WERE WHO WERE LEADING THE EFFORT AND WHEN THAT THE CONVERSATION AROUND THE TASK FORCE CAME UP, THEY WERE REALLY EAGER TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY AND WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS WERE ON THAT. I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT LEGACY HERE AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IN SO MANY WAYS YOU PLAYED A BIG ROLE IN HELPING US TO ESTABLISH A REPARATIONS TASK FORCE HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. AND I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE IS IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BROUGHT YOU SO NEAR AND DEAR TO THAT CONVERSATION. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THAT SPACE AND FOR SUPPORTING US THROUGH THAT PROCESS. AND THEN LASTLY, I BISCUIT AROUND, YOU KNOW, YOUR DOCTOR, DR. BALKAM GET THAT TITLE RACE YOU RIGHT OR IT WAS AN HONORARY DID YOU EARN SHE EARNED IT EVEN WORSE. SHE EARNED IT AND I THINK IT WAS A CONSTITUENT THAT BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTENTION THE OTHER DAY THAT DR. YOU BETTER RESPECT THAT NAME. I WAS LIKE OK SO YOUR FIRST YEAR HERE YOU WERE A PROFESSOR I HARVARD I BELIEVE YOU WERE A PROFESSOR SOMEONE AND I WAS JUST SO INCREDIBLY IN ALL THAT YOU WERE A PROFESSOR WHILE YOU WERE ALSO A CITY COUNCILOR AND I DIDN'T KNOW HOW YOU WERE ABLE TO JUGGLE ALL OF THAT BUT YOU FOUND A WAY TO IN DOING SO EVEN DURING COLVERT WHICH SPEAKS VOLUMES TO YOUR WORK ETHIC AND TO YOUR COMMITMENT. AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BUARQUE, DR. BOK FOR EDUCATING US AND FOR BEING SO GENEROUS WITH EVERYTHING THAT YOU SHARED WITH THE COUNCIL . I THINK WE'RE ALL BETTER FOR IT AND I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU AND THANK YOU AS YOU MOVE ON YOUR JOURNEY BAMIDELE BOBBY . THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN . HERE. NO IT'S MY TURN. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE COUNCIL BOUGHT FOR THE EXCEPTIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS YOU'VE MADE TO THE BODY AND WHAT I ADMIRE MOST ABOUT YOU IS THE YOU ALWAYS SHOWED UP TO A MEETING PREPARED AND YOU WOULD NEVER WIN IT. YOU WERE ALWAYS ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS. YOU WERE ALWAYS YOU ALWAYS TOOK THE JOB SERIOUSLY AND NEVER YOURSELF AND DIDN'T TAKE YOURSELF SERIOUSLY AND WE ALWAYS WERE ABLE TO LAUGH. BUT YOU WERE ALWAYS ABLE TO WORK IN A PROFESSIONAL MANNER FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND I KNOW HOW MUCH THEY MEAN TO YOU AND HOW IMPORTANT THIS JOB WAS TO BECAUSE THERE'S IS REALLY NOTHING LIKE BEING A DISTRICT CITY COUNCILOR AND I KNOW HOW MUCH RESPECT YOU HAD FOR THE POSITION AND FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS ESPECIALLY DURING THE PANDEMIC. I WOULD GO ON THESE MEETINGS WITH MY CONSTITUENT IN THE BAY VILLAGE AND KENZIE'S PARENTS ARE MY CONSTITUENTS AND EVERY TIME I GO ON THE ZILL MEETING I WOULD ALWAYS SAY TO KENZIE'S PARENTS GAY AND ALEX THEY WOULD SAY I'M THEIR I'M THEIR FAVORITE CITY COUNCILOR AND GAY WOULD ALWAYS SAY NO. ED, YOU'RE THE SECOND FAVORITE CITY COUNCILOR AND I BRING I BRING YOUR PARENTS UP BECAUSE EVERY TIME I THINK OF KENZIE I THINK OF OUR PARENTS AND I KNOW HOW PROUD YOUR PARENTS ARE OF YOU AND I KNOW HOW I KNOW HOW PROUD YOUR COMMUNITY OF THE BAY BAY VILLAGE AND BACK BAY AND BEACON HILL REVEAL AND DO THE HARD WORK YOU PUT INTO BECOMING A COMMUNITY LEADER, THE HARD WORK YOU PUT INTO PASSING THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT, GETTING GETTING ON GETTING ELECTED TO THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL , BEING BEING AN EXPERT REALLY ON CITY CITY FINANCES AND IN QUALITY LIFE ISSUES. SO WE HAVE THE MOST RESPECT FOR YOU, KENZIE, BECAUSE OF THE WAY YOU CONDUCTED YOURSELF HERE IN THIS BODY AND YOU'VE REPRESENTED YOURSELF WELL AND YOU REPRESENTED YOUR FAMILY WELL IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. I'M PROUD TO CALL YOU A FRIEND AND I'M SOMEWHAT A LITTLE JEALOUS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO THE BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY. THAT'S THE JOB I ALWAYS WANTED BUT I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO DO A TREMENDOUS JOB. YOU'RE DEDICATED TO THE RESIDENTS AND TENANTS OF PUBLIC HOUSING. WE'RE PROUD OF YOU ON THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL . CONGRATULATIONS. YOU ARE ATTORNEYS RIGHT NOW THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR KENZIE, BOOK COUNCILOR KENZIE YOU OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES FOR SUCH KIND WORDS . AND AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT THE FOLKS OVER AT THE OLD STATE HOUSE KNOW THAT WE MIGHT BE A FEW MINUTES LATE. SO JUST FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE JOINING ME AFTERWARDS THAT I JUST WANT TO RECIPROCATE WITH A FEW WORDS ABOUT COLLEAGUES AND THEN JUST A COUPLE OTHER WORDS AND I'LL DO THE COLLEAGUES WHO ARE NOT WITH US JUST BRIEFLY BECAUSE YOU KNOW, AS WE ALWAYS SAY, YOU CAN WATCH THE TAPE AFTERWARDS SO THAT POTENTIALLY ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I PREFER A QUICK TEXT TO PHONE CALLS IS THAT WHEN I WAS RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL COUNCILOR ARROYO AND I HAD ONE PHONE CALL WHICH LASTED MORE THAN AN HOUR AND AND I LEARNED THAT SOME OF US ARE TAUGHT FOR A LONG TIME. BUT BUT I THINK AS HE SAID, WE CAME IN IN THE SAME CLASS HERE AND BOTH OF US ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN LEGISLATIVE DETAIL, REALLY INTERESTED IN KIND OF LIKE THE INSTITUTIONS, THE CITY AND HOW THEY WORK. AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE ALWAYS APPRECIATED IS THAT WE BOTH GREW KIND OF STEEPED IN THIS BOSTON POLITICAL CONTEXT AND REALLY STARTING OUT FROM THE SENSE OF HOW MUCH IT MATTERS LIKE HOW MUCH WHAT WE DO IN THIS BUILDING MATTERS AND AND I THINK THAT THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT THING TO KNOW. I BELIEVE WHEN WE DO THIS WORK EVERY DAY AND SO REALLY APPRECIATE COUNCILOR FOR SHARING THAT COUNCILOR BAKER I COUNCILOR BAKER IS LIKE THE ONE OF US WHO DOESN'T GIVE HIS SIGN ON EASILY ON LEGISLATION AND SO I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE PARTICULARLY ACCOMPLISHED WHEN FRANK SIGNS ON TO MY RESOLUTIONS AND SO BUT JUST AND AGAIN I THINK SOMEBODY WHO TAKES THIS WORK REALLY SERIOUSLY AND AND I'VE ALSO ALWAYS APPRECIATED THAT BOTH OF US ARE VERY STRONGLY PRO YOU KNOW, PUBLIC WORKERS DOING PUBLIC WORK NOT SORT OF FARMING EVERYTHING OUT TO PRIVATE CONTRACTS BUT REALLY SAYING LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE WE SHOULD HAVE AS IMPORTANT WORK BEING DONE IN THE CITY. AND FRANKLY I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TRASH CONTRACTS AND STUFF WE'RE SEEING THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF FARMING IT OUT OVER TIME. SO REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AND AND I THINK ALSO JUST THE AMOUNT THAT COUNCILOR BAKER BRINGS HIMSELF INTO THE SPACE AND AND ESPECIALLY SOME OF WHEN WE'VE HAD ANNOUNCEMENTS AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PERSONAL THINGS IN OUR LIFE, I THINK FRANK IS PROBABLY RESPONSIBLE FOR REDUCING ME TO TEARS MORE OFTEN THAN ANYONE ELSE IN THE COUNCIL JUST KIND OF TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALL GO THROUGH IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND FAMILIES LIZ. LIZ, LISTEN, I HAVE GREAT DINNERS AND I'M NOT GOING TO MISS THEM BECAUSE WE CAN STILL DO THEM. I FIRST MET LIZ AGAIN LIKE RICARDO WE WERE IN THE SAME COUNCIL CLASS AND LIKE I SAID SO WITH LIKE THAT HE AND I WE HAD WE HAD ONE CONVERSATION DURING THAT WE WERE OBVIOUSLY IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS SO WE WERE KIND OF COMPARING NOTES SIMILARLY LIZ AND I GOT A DRINK LATE KIND OF EARLY AND TOWARDS THE GENERAL ELECTION AND I REMEMBER FEELING LIKE PRETTY PLEASED WITH MYSELF ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE RAISED A LOT OF MONEY IN DISTRICT EIGHT WHICH IS PROBABLY THE MOST EXPENSIVE DISTRICT TO RUN IN IN THE CITY BECAUSE IT'S THE WEALTHIEST DISTRICT IN THE CITY . AND THEN I WAS TALKING TO LIZ AND I WAS JUST LIKE OH MY GOSH, LIKE LIZ HAS RAISED VERY LITTLE MONEY AND YET HAS THIS UNBELIEVABLE CAMPAIGN APPARATUS AND IT'S JUST LIKE AN ENORMOUS GRASSROOTS POWER AND I FELT VERY HUMBLED BY IT. I WAS VERY MUCH LIKE YEAH, OK, SO IT'S NICE TO BE ABLE TO CALL PEOPLE AND ASK THEM FOR DONATIONS BUT YOU CAN'T FAKE THAT REAL COMMUNITY BY AND SUPPORTING YOU AND I'VE CONTINUED TO BE SO IMPRESSED BY LIZ'S GRASSROOTS SPIRIT AND OBVIOUSLY AS THE DISTRICT EIGHT DISTRICT NINE COUNCILORS WITH AN ENORMOUS NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT, LOTS OF HOUSING THAT WE FEEL IS NOT UP TO. I THINK THAT LIZ AND I DEAL WITH A LOT OF THE SAME CONSTITUENT ISSUES DAY IN, DAY OUT, THE RATS, THE TRASH AND IT'S JUST BEEN REALLY GREAT TO HAVE A VERY SENSIBLE GROUNDED FRIEND TO TALK THROUGH THOSE THINGS ABOUT. YEAH. AND AGAIN, I'M NOT SAYING I'M GOING TO MISS ANYBODY BECAUSE I'M ABOUT TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU IN THIS CONTEXT AND IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT. SO COUNCILOR COLLETTA ACTUALLY ALLUDED I JUST WANT TO CLEAR BE CLEAR FOR THE RECORD AND SHE SAID WE KNEW EACH OTHER FROM PARTY THINGS SHE MEANT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY NOT NOT THE PARTY CIRCUIT JUST TO BE CLEAR . SO MY CLAIM TO FAME IS THAT WHEN BUT WHEN SAL LAMATTINA SEAT CAME UP IN TWENTY SEVENTEEN I CALLED JGI AND I SAID YOU SHOULD RUN LIKE GETTING READY TO RUN AND SHE WAS LIKE NO NO NO I'M GETTING READY TO RUN THIS AMAZING WOMAN LYDIA EDWARDS I ALSO KNEW OF AND OBVIOUSLY DID A FANTASTIC JOB AND BECAME ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS ON BODY BUT JUDY WAS THE FIRST PERSON I THOUGHT OF FOR THE SEAT BECAUSE OF HOW MUCH SHE WAS REPRESENTING HER COMMUNITY ALREADY EVEN IN HER LATE TEENS AND EARLY TWENTIES. AND SO IT JUST FEELS EXTREMELY NATURAL AND RIGHT THAT YOU'VE ENDED UP HERE AND IT'S JUST ONE OF MY REGRETS. WE WON'T OVERLAP FOR LONGER. I THINK WE'RE NOT EVEN QUITE MAKING IT A YEAR AS COUNCILORS OVERLAPPING BUT JUST CONTINUE TO BE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU DO ESPECIALLY LIKE CLIMATE CHANGE, RESILIENCY . THANK YOU FOR THE POWERCORE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. THAT'S SOMETHING IT DOES MEAN A LOT TO ME AND BUT I'M REALLY YOU KNOW, IT'S A IT'S A GREAT RELIEF WHEN YOU LEAVE A LEGISLATIVE BODY TO FEEL LIKE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE CONTINUING AND EXTENDING THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE IN AREAS THAT YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT. AND THERE'S A LOT OF HOUSING CHAMPIONS ON THIS COUNCIL TOO. I'M EXCITED TO WORK WITH THERE'S A LOT OF GREEN CHAMPIONS ON THIS COUNCIL AS WELL AND CLIMATE RESILIENCY AND AND YEAH, JUST AND AND ALSO THESE ARE THINGS THAT I KNOW ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE A BIG FOCUS TANYA'S ON HERE. BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I WHEN I FIRST WALKED INTO TYNAN'S HEADQUARTERS IN THE FALL OF TWENTY ONE SHE THERE WAS LIKE A YOUTH ARTS ACTIVITY GOING ON AS I WALKED IN AND THEN EVERY TIME I CAME BACK TO THE HEADQUARTERS FOR PACKET'S OR ANYTHING THERE WAS LIKE ALWAYS LIKE A FASHION SHOW OR LIKE SOME OTHER THING THAT WAS KIND OF ACTIVITY ARTS IN THE COMMUNITY. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT JUST IT REALLY STUCK WITH ME AT A TIME AND THAT CONTINUED FOCUS ON THE ARTS CORRIDOR AND ARTS IN ROXBURY HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPRESSED ME. MICHAEL, WHEN I WALKED IN HERE I START I TOOK A JOB TO BE BUDGET DIRECTOR FOR COUNCILOR AND HE SAYS OF GEORGE AND I WAS TWENTY SIXTEEN AND I HAD JUST BEEN IN ALL THE COUNCILORS OFFICES BOTHERING THEM ABOUT SIGNING ON TO THE COMMITTEE PRESERVATION ACT AND PUTTING IT ON THE BALLOT. AND SO IT WAS LIKE A MONTH AFTER I'D BEEN VISITING WITH EVERYBODY AND MICHAEL FLAHERTY WAS NOT SOMEBODY WHO HAD TO CONVINCE MICHAEL HAD BEEN FOR THE COMMITTEE PRESERVATION ACT IN 2001 WHEN IT HAD GONE DOWN TO DEFEAT AND HE WAS RIGHT BACK ON THE TRAIN RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING AND AND SO BUT I HAD RECENTLY BEEN IN HIS OFFICE. HE MAKES HE DOES MY FATHER AND I I REMEMBER WALKING INTO THE LOBBY RIGHT THERE AND I SAW COUNCILOR FLARED AND I SAID, OH, COUNCILOR FLAHERTY, I'M ACTUALLY WORKING FOR NASA NOW FOR A BIT FOR THE BUDGET. SO I YOU KNOW, I WON'T BE BOTHERING YOU ABOUT ANY CONSTITUENT STUFF LIKE I'M ON THE STAFF SIDE NOW SO DON'T WORRY I WON'T BE KNOCKING DOWN YOUR DOOR AND I REMEMBER MICHAEL BEING LIKE CAN I STILL WORK FOR YOU LIKE YOU? IS THIS KIND OF LIKE SORT OF LIKE I'M STILL YOUR AT LARGE COUNCILOR LIKE YEAH YEAH YOU'RE AN ISA STAFFER BUT IF YOU NEED SOMETHING COME TO ME AND IT IT JUST JOGGED MY MEMORY BECAUSE HE JUST SAID THAT JUST NOW THE SORT OF LIKE WHEN YOU'RE THE PERSON IF YOU NEED SOMETHING FROM A COUNCILOR CALL ME AND I JUST THINK THAT KIND OF EXPANSIVE APPROACH TO YOUR WHEN YOU'RE AN AT LARGE COUNCILOR YOU'RE EVERYBODY'S SERVICE IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE ALWAYS APPRECIATED FROM FROM MICHAEL IS NOT HERE BUT REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER ON PUBLIC HOUSING. I THINK WE'RE BOTH BIG BELIEVERS IN PUBLIC GOODS INVESTING IN THEM KIND OF TRYING TO BREAK A CAPITAL LOGIC WHERE IT REALLY HURTS OUR COMMUNITIES AND YEAH AND I'M ALTHOUGH NOT A MEMBER OF DSA BASICALLY A CHRISTIAN SOCIALIST SO I APPRECIATE HAVING HAVING THAT PERSPECTIVE ON THE BODY COUNCILOR . SEE, I'M GOING TO MISS SHARING A WALL AND AND I FEEL LIKE AND YOUR AMAZING PURPLE COUCH SHE HAS A PURPLE COUCH. I HAVE A BLUE COUCH THERE SEEMED AND YEAH IT'S JUST YOU KNOW, I THINK I AS SOMEBODY WHO THINKS ABOUT THINGS A LOT MAYBE OVERTHINKS THINGS I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND YOU AS WELL. I AM NOT A LAWYER BUT I WAS RAISED BY A FAMILY OF LAWYERS AND SOMETIMES IT SHOWS AND I AGAIN REALLY APPRECIATE THAT KIND OF LAWYER NERVINESS BUT ALSO JUST HUGELY GRATEFUL FOR, YOU KNOW, SO MANY OF THE HEARINGS THAT I'VE BEEN IN THAT YOU'VE ORGANIZED. I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE LENDING DISCRIMINATION ON THAT WE HAD A FEW WEEKS BACK UM JUST I THINK HAVE BEEN SO ON POINT AND SO GOOD ABOUT KIND OF THINKING ABOUT WHAT'S THE WHOLE ISSUE AND BRINGING THE RIGHT STAKEHOLDERS TO THE TABLE AND THEN ASKING LIKE WHAT ARE THE ACTION ITEMS LIKE WHAT'S COMING NEXT OUT OF THIS AND AND AGAIN IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I FEEL REALLY COMFORTABLE, YOU KNOW, THE BIG JOB THERE'S A HUGE PIECE OF IT THAT IS ABOUT ,YOU KNOW, MANAGING AND INVESTING IN AND GROWING OUR PUBLIC HOUSING PORTFOLIO. BUT THERE'S ALSO A HUGE PIECE OF IT THAT'S ABOUT MAKING A PRIVATE HOUSING MARKET FAIR FOR OUR SHAREHOLDERS, WHICH IS ALSO AN ENORMOUS PROPORTION OF THE PART OF THE PUZZLE. AND I THINK THAT LIKE WHEN WE THINK ABOUT AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHER FAIR HOUSING AND FAIR HOUSING TESTING AND STUFF, THERE'S A LOT THAT WE CAN DO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THIS BODY AND WITH CITY HALL AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO DO THAT WORK TOGETHER. JULIA, I WAS GOING TO TELL THE MTV STORY IF YOU DIDN'T SO YOU KNOW, CHOOSE OR LOSE THAT WAS THE MOTTO THAT YEAR AND YEAH, I WE GO WE GO WAY BACK AS YOU SAY AND I AND WE'RE KLATT AND WE'RE CLASSMATES AGAIN SO RICARDO AND JULIA AND LIZ AND I WE CAME IN TOGETHER AND HAD THIS INSANE EXPERIENCE OF HAVING THE THIRD MONTH BE COVID I THINK THAT ONE OF THE THINGS YOU MENTIONED SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WE'VE WORKED ON TOGETHER FLORIDA VOTING AGE OPERATIONS, DIGITAL EQUITY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE ALWAYS REALLY APPRECIATE IT IN MY WAYS AND MEANS ROLE AND THEN MY ARPA ROLE IS THAT LIKE A LOT OF THE BUDGET OR ARPA AMENDMENTS THAT JULIA WAS PUSHING FOR WERE LIKE THINGS I ALSO WANTED. SO LIKE IN THAT 20 20 IS THAT WE GOT THAT LAST MINUTE EXPANSION, THE THOUSAND YEAR ROUND YOUTH JOBS AND THEN LIKE IN TWENTY ONE WE GOT THE MONEY FOR THE MUNICIPAL BROADBAND STUDY AND AND WE THERE'S JUST BEEN AND THEN LIKE THIS IN ARPA RIGHT THERE WAS THE MONEY FOR THAT FOR US TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT HOW WE CAN HAVE CHILD CARE THAT'S OFF OURS AND THAT RAISES THE WAGES AND QUALITY FOR OUR CHILD CARE WORKERS AND HAVE CO-OPS THERE AND KIND OF REALLY THINK ABOUT THIS WHOLE CHILD CARE ECOSYSTEM DIFFERENTLY AND IT'S REALLY LIKE OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU'RE IN THOSE ROLES OF TRYING TO NEGOTIATE APPROPRIATION WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, IT'S LIKE REALLY HELPFUL WHEN THINGS ARE NOT YOUR THINGS YOU GET TO BE LIKE OH NO, THIS OTHER COLLEAGUE REALLY NEEDS THIS TO HAPPEN AND I JUST FEEL LIKE WE'VE BEEN SO ALIGNED ON SO MANY OF THOSE THINGS AND I'VE REALLY APPRECIATED THAT AND I ALSO LOVE YOUR REFRAINS. YOU KNOW THE LIKE THAT THE LITTLE REPEATED PHRASES LIKE THAT ALL MEANS ALL OR FOOD ON THE TABLE ALL BECAUSE IT'S NOT A STRENGTH OF MINE LIKE I FEEL VERY SELF-CONSCIOUS ABOUT REPEATING THINGS BUT I THINK IT ACTUALLY YOU KNOW, I THINK THESE THINGS ACTUALLY REFRAINS GO ALL THE WAY BACK LIKE IN SPANISH POETRY. THEY'RE ONE OF THE WAYS THAT YOU GET ORIENTED TO WHERE YOU ARE IN THE POEM LIKE THE REFRAIN COMES BACK AND I JUST I THINK THAT THEY CAN BE REALLY IMPORTANT. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE TAUGHT ME A LOT ABOUT IS COMMUNICATIONS AND LIKE HOW TO KIND OF COMMUNICATE WITH PEOPLE HERE IN THE CITY SO THEY KNOW WHAT WE'RE UP TO HERE IN THIS IMPOSING BUILDING ON THE SUBJECT APPROPRIATIONS AARON, I I WAS REALLY GLAD TO SEE YOUR ADVOCACY FOR THE RECOVERY COMMUNITY IN THAT PROCESS AND I LOVE THAT VISIT. WE DID THE ROCK CLIMBING GYM AT THE PHENIX. I YOU KNOW, I DO REGRET THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE MORE OF THOSE THINGS TOGETHER. UM, I I DIDN'T REALLY THINK I WOULD MAKE IT TO THE TOP OF THE ROCK CLIMBING WALL. SO IT'S ALSO LIKE A PERSONAL MOMENT OF ACHIEVEMENT. IT YEAH IT IS TRUE. I FEEL LIKE ON THE GENERATIONAL GRADIENT LIKE YOU REFERENCED MY PREFERENCE FOR TEXTING OVER PHONE CALLS I ALSO FEEL LIKE THE GENERATIONAL GRADIENT IS REFLECTED IN THE PART IN THE FACT THAT AARON GIVES ME RIDES PLACES I REALLY APPRECIATE FOLKS KNOW THAT I'M A I'M A NBPA AND WALKING PERSON BUT THERE HAVE BEEN MANY OCCASIONS ON WHICH YOU'VE SAVED ME ON THAT FRONT SO THANK YOU AND THANKS ALSO FOR BEING SO KIND TO MY STAFF BRIAN I'M LIKE SAD TO BE JUMPING OFF. THIS GOES FOR ALL THE NEW COUNSELORS BUT JUST WHEN LIKE YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE REALLY GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER I'M SO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU ON THE BODY. I THINK LIKE THERE'S JUST A PRACTICAL NURSE AND I KIND OF LIKE WHAT CAN WE GET DONE ORIENTATION THAT YOU HAVE TO WORK AND I'M SO EXCITED THAT AGAIN TO KEEP THE ARPA THEME GOING THAT THAT YOU PUSH FOR ALL THIS MONEY FOR YOU TO DO HOMEOWNERSHIP. SO LIKE THANK YOU AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO GIVE US A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER TOGETHER AND ANOTHER ANOTHER ANOTHER LONG PHONE CALL GUY BUT UH BUT IT'S IT'S GOOD AND YEAH. AND AND ED, AS YOU SAID, YOU'RE MY PARENTS COUNSELOR AND I'M SO GLAD TO HAVE THEM IN YOUR DISTRICT. I, UH HAVE ALWAYS ESPECIALLY WHEN LIKE THE ALLEY BEHIND MY PARENTS AND THEIR NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE HAD LIKE A RAT INFESTATION. I JUST FELT LIKE ED WAS THE BEST MAN FOR THAT JOB AND AND AS HE'S CONTINUING TO SHOW REALLY LIKE AN AMAZING FOCUS ON THAT. BUT YOU KNOW, THE I MENTIONED I WAS TALKING ABOUT COUNCILOR ARROYO. I THINK WHAT IT WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE THESE LIKE MULTIPLE GENERATIONS OF YOUR FAMILY THAT HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN LOCAL PUBLIC SERVICE AND I FEEL VERY DEEPLY ABOUT THE FLINS MY MY DAD AND MY GRANDFATHER WERE INVOLVED IN YOUR FATHER'S CAMPAIGN AND SO I'VE ALWAYS GROWN UP HEARING THE STORIES ABOUT THAT. I THINK THAT THE WHOLE REASON THAT BILLY MCGONIGLE HIRED ME TO THE VHA IN THE FIRST PLACE WAS THAT MY GRANDFATHER HAD SUPPORTED RAY FLYNN LIKE I DON'T IT WAS DEFINITELY NOT THE PHD AND AND I JUST AND THAT FOCUS ON HOUSING YOU KNOW YOUR FATHER'S CAMPAIGN THAT LAUNCHED PUBLIC HOUSING IS JUST SOMETHING THAT YOU CONTINUE SO MUCH. AND SO I'M SO EXCITED TO WORK TOGETHER ON PUBLIC HOUSING AND AND I REMEMBER WHEN THERE WAS THAT WHEN YOU DID RUN IN TWENTY SEVENTEEN MY DAD AND I WERE ON OPPOSITE SIDES. I BACKED MIKE KELLY, MY FATHER ACT ED FLYNN MY FATHER'S EXPLANATION LOOKING AT ME UNCOMPRESS TINGLEY WAS HE'S A FLYNN OF COURSE I'M WITH HIM AND I WAS YOUNG YOU KNOW AND I AND WENT THE OTHER WAY BUT IT TURNED OUT THAT MY DAD WAS RIGHT AND YOU'VE BEEN A REMARKABLE COUNCILOR FOR MY PARENTS AND I'M JUST REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT AND I'M SORRY TO BE TAKING YOUR DREAM JOB. IT'S ALSO MY AND YEAH IT'S IT'S GOOD IN THAT SENSE THAT CERTAIN THINGS WORKED OUT CERTAIN WAYS FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. YOU KNOW, BESIDES BESIDES TWELVE CURRENT COLLEAGUES I DO JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE I'VE HAD SIX OTHER COLLEAGUES ON THE COUNCIL . I'VE HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO TALK ABOUT THEM IN THESE KINDS OF SETTINGS SO I WON'T DO THAT NOW. BUT I DO JUST WANT TO THANK AINISSA WHO BROUGHT ME HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE AND ANDREA AND MATT AND KIM AND LYDIA LYDIA WHO I WILL JUST SAY HAS ALWAYS BEEN A DANGEROUS FRIEND FOR ME BECAUSE YOU'D BE TALKING AND YOU'D BE SORT OF HYPOTHETICALLY SAYING WELL WE COULD DO THIS THING AND THEN LYDIA IS THE ONE WHO'S ALWAYS LIKE LET'S DO IT. WE'RE DOING IT NOW. IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING AND AND I'M EXCITED TO GET A CHANCE TO WORK WITH HER IN A NEW ROLE AS THE HOUSING CHAIR AT THE SENATE AND DOING HOUSING AND THEN AND THEN OF COURSE MICHELLE WHO IS FINALLY GETTING ME TO COME WORK FOR HER AND I'M OBVIOUSLY EXTREMELY EXCITED AND WOULD NOT BE MAKING A MOVE FROM REPRESENTING CONSTITUENTS DIRECTLY MYSELF TO WORKING FOR THE MAYOR IF I DIDN'T BELIEVE TREMENDOUSLY IN HER AND HER LEADERSHIP AND HER BELIEF IN PUBLIC GOODS AND AND REAL BELIEF IN THE BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY AND PUBLIC HOUSING AND OR VOUCHER FAMILIES AND EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO DO FOR THEM IN THIS MOMENT. I JUST I WANT A COUPLE I HAVE A FEW MORE. THANK YOU. SO I WOULD APPRECIATE EVERYONE BEARING WITH I WOULD BE REMISS IN THIS MOMENT NOT TO THANK THE IGR TEAM AND I MEAN BOTH CLAIRE AND CHANTELLE AND NEIL NOW BUT ALSO CAITLIN FERNANDO WHO ARE EVERYBODY WHO'S KIND OF WORKED WITH US OVER THIS CRAZY PERIOD. I THINK THAT AND IN THE I WAS JUST GETTING TO KNOW IJAW AND WHAT THEY EVEN DID IN THE OPENING MONTHS OF THE PANDEMIC AND IT WAS A STRANGE THING BECAUSE THE KIND OF LIKE OPPOSITIONAL DYNAMIC BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND SORT OF BROKE DOWN IN THIS WEIRD WAY WHERE WE WERE OBVIOUSLY JUST ALL BOSTONIANS TRYING TO FIGURE THINGS OUT AND I WAS THE NEW WAYS AND MEANS CHAIR AND WE WERE SUPPOSED TO START OUR BUDGET HEARINGS AND THE PANDEMIC HIT AND THERE WAS THIS REAL QUESTION OF LIKE ARE WE GOING TO DO BUDGET HEARINGS? AND ULTIMATELY WE DECIDED THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO THEM TOGETHER AND THAT THAT WAS ACTUALLY AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF THE PUZZLE FOR THE CITY TO SEE THAT WE WERE CONTINUING TO DO THAT WORK AND AND THAT EVEN AS EVERYTHING WAS TURNING UPSIDE DOWN, WE STILL HAD TO TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE AND HOW WE WERE GOING TO STEWARD THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAD AND SO WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT AND I THINK ABOUT EMMA AND JUSTIN ON THE ON THE FINANCE SIDE IN THAT MOMENT IT WAS IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME HOW WE WERE ABLE TO PARTNER AND AND I DO WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO NEIL WHO HAS BEEN MY ONLY CONSISTENT DANCE PARTNER THROUGH THE BUDGET OF TWENTY TWENTY THE BUDGET OF TWENTY ONE AND THE GROUP OF OF TWENTY TWO AND HE'S REALLY IN THE PROCESS BECOME A FRIEND. IT'S SOMETHING LIKE STOCKHOLM SYNDROME BUT I'M NOT SURE WHICH OF US IS THE PRISONER IN THE SCENARIO. SO YOU KNOW IT'S JUST IT'S BEEN GREAT WORKING TOGETHER. I I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO CITY STAFF IN GENERAL I WAS THINKING ABOUT HENRY LUTEIN AND THEN ALSO LEAVING THIS WEEK IS JOHN VASELLA WHO'S BEEN UNBELIEVABLE AT PUBLIC WORKS AND TO ME THOSE TWO PEOPLE JUST KIND OF LIKE SYMBOLIZE THE LEGIONS OF CITY WORKERS WHO JUST DAY IN DAY OUT THEY MAKE THINGS ACTUALLY HAPPEN. THEY MAKE US LOOK GOOD IF WE CALL THEM AND I GET THE WORK DONE AND ESPECIALLY IN COVID THEY JUST REALLY WERE UNSUNG HEROES AND WE SAY THAT BUT I JUST I DON'T KNOW THAT PEOPLE KNOW REALLY HOW MUCH PEOPLE TOOK THEMSELVES IN THAT IN THAT SEASON AND AND I THINK IT'S STILL SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE SAID AND NEEDS TO BE RECOGNIZED. AND SPEAKING OF STAFF REALLY WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR CENTRAL STAFF. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I SAY SOMETIMES A LITTLE JOKINGLY BUT NOT THAT JOKINGLY ABOUT THE COUNCIL IS I SAY WELL, THE THING YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER IS THAT ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE FIRST AND FOREMOST PRINCIPALS WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM MANAGERS. AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO LIKE ALL OF US WE COME WITH LIKE A LOT OF CAPACITIES AND A LOT WE BRING TO THE TABLE WITH THE QUESTION OF KIND OF LIKE HOW DOES THE DAY IN DAY OUT LOGISTICS OF THE COUNCIL HAPPEN LIKE THAT? LANCE ON CENTRAL STAFF AND MICHELLE GOLDBERG IS AMAZING. GILARDI DID A GREAT JOB AS STAFF DIRECTOR BEFORE HER MICHELLE AND SHAYNE AND CORA WERE LIKE MY TEAM AND BUDGET. I'M LIKE JUST YOU KNOW, RON AND MEGAN AND JUAN NOW I'VE STARTED MY LIST SO I GOT TO MAKE SURE I GET EVERYBODY I LORRAINE OBVIOUSLY HANDLING OUR PERSONNEL ORDERS, CHRISTINE WITH ALL OF HER WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE CANDICE ASHLEY HE WAS HERE KERRY WHO INVENTED A WAY FOR US TO DO REMOTE HEARINGS IN THOSE EARLY MONTHS THAT INVOLVED HIM BEING ALONE IN THIS CHAMBER BECAUSE WE COULDN'T RUN THINGS REMOTE REMOTE AND SO IT WAS ALL OF US WERE HOME AND KERRY WAS HERE MAKING IT HAPPEN. JUST CENTRAL STAFF HAS BEEN UNBELIEVABLE AND AND THERE'S MY STAFF STARTING ON THE CAMPAIGN WITH CAROLYN AND HENRY AND HENRY CAME IN HERE THEN JOINED BY EMILY AND JOHN AND LAUREN AND THEN SINCE THEN WE'VE ADDED KENNEDY AND ANTHONY AND JAKE AND JUST YOU KNOW, EVERY ONE OF MY STAFFERS I DON'T HAVE TO TELL THIS AUDIENCE BECAUSE YOUR COUNCILORS THAT YOUR STAFFERS ARE THE ONES WHO MAKE YOU LOOK GOOD. THEY DO THE WORK. NOTHING HAPPENS WITHOUT WHEN I THINK ON THE POLICY SIDE ABOUT FAMILY FOR THERE AND FOR HOUSING FOR BOSTON OUR ZONING AMENDMENT JUST A MILLION THINGS THAT WE'VE WORKED ON. I'VE RELIED SO MUCH ON MY POLICY STAFF AND ON THE CONSTITUENT SERVICE SIDE THERE ARE JUST THINGS THAT I LEARN THAT OUR OFFICE HAS DONE ALL THE TIME THAT I CAN'T REALLY CLAIM ANY HAND IN EXCEPT HAVING HIRED GOOD PEOPLE AND I JUST I REALLY WANT TO EXPRESS MY THANKS TO ALL OF THEM AND I GUESS JUST A COUPLE MORE MY ELECTED COLLEAGUES I WON'T LIST THEM ALL BUT WHEN YOU'RE IN DISTRICT EIGHT YOU HAVE LIKE A MILLION OVERLAP STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE DISTRICTS ARE DRAWN. SO I'VE JUST HAD A GREAT SET OF COLLEAGUES RELATIONSHIPS WHICH IS KEY BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF STATE LAND IN THE DISTRICTS THAT WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO THEM FOR THINGS AND THEY'VE JUST BEEN WONDERFUL FOR OUR MAYOR MARTY WALSH, A REALLY GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP AND OBVIOUSLY JUST HE CARRIED A LOT OF WEIGHT IN COVID AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIM THE ALL OF OUR LABOR PARTNERS I THINK A LOT ABOUT DISTRICT EIGHT, THE FACT THAT IT'S A PLACE WHERE ON AVERAGE THE RESIDENTS ARE WEALTHIER, ALTHOUGH THERE'S STILL A VERY GREAT INEQUALITY GRADIENT IN DISTRICT EIGHT IN TERMS OF WHO LIVES THERE. BUT IT'S ALSO WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THE CITY OF BOSTON WORK AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT JANITORS AND HOTEL WORKERS AND JUST LIKE SO MANY PEOPLE IT'S SO CRITICAL TO LIKE WHAT SHARED PROSPERITY LOOKS LIKE IN THE CITY THAT THESE FOLKS HAVE GREAT, GREAT JOBS AND UNION JOBS AND THERE'S JUST BEEN A LOT OF REALLY STRONG ADVOCACY THAT I'VE BEEN PROUD TO BE PART OF ON THAT FRONT. SO I WANT TO THANK ALL THE LABOR PARTNERS AND I CAN'T BEGIN TO THANK ALL OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS AND THE PEOPLE WHO MANAGE THEIR PATCHES IN EVERY CORNER OF DISTRICT EIGHT. I SEE ALISON US OVER HERE SO I'M GOING TO SHOUT HER OUT BECAUSE SHE'S MY ONE CONSTITUENT IN THIS ROOM RIGHT NOW. BUT ALISON, I MEAN LITERALLY KNOWS EVERY INVASIVE SPECIES THAT IS IN MCGLAUGHLIN PARK AND IS LIKE ACTIVELY WORKING ON HELPING TO PULL THEM OUT AND IT'S MANAGING LIKE A LITTLE WOOD THAT'S ON A PAPER STREET IN MISSION HILL AND I JUST THINK LIKE THAT'S THE THING ABOUT BEING A COUNCILOR IS THAT YOU YOU GET TO DO SOME THINGS BUT MOSTLY YOU GET THIS LIKE RINGSIDE SEAT ON EVERYTHING THAT EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IS DOING TO MAKE THE CITY GREAT AND YOU HAVE KIND OF KALEIDOSCOPE OPPORTUNITY TO CROSS PEOPLE'S THRESHOLDS AND SEE THE CITY AS THEY SEE IT. AND I HAVE BEEN SO PRIVILEGED TO GET TO DO THAT WITH THE RESIDENTS OF MISSION HILL AND FENWAY AND BACK BAY AND BEACON HILL IN THE WEST END. AND AS COUNCILOR FLAHERTY SAID, I WILL CONTINUE TO BE THEIR DISTRICT EIGHT SHADOW COUNCILOR IN SPIRIT AND I'M REALLY EXCITED AS I SAID IN A LETTER TO THEM TO SORT OF PULL THE ARCHIPELAGO AND A DISTRICT EIGHT ARCHIPELAGO CLOSER TOGETHER BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHAT KIND OF THE WHOLE CITY OF BOSTON LOOKS LIKE IS IS THAT ALL THOSE THINGS INTERTWINE TOGETHER. AND OF COURSE I WANT TO THANK ALL MY FRIENDS WHO KNOCK DOORS AND IT A MILLION THINGS TO GET ME ELECTED TO THIS JOB BUT I'M NOT LEAVING SO THANK YOU AND SORRY AND AND SPECIAL THANKS TO MY PARENTS AGAIN ALEX MY SISTER ABBY, MY BROTHER OLIVER WHO PEOPLE IN MY DISTRICT ARE STILL ASKING AFTER BECAUSE THEY KNOCKED A LOT OF DOORS FOR ME A LOT OF DOORS AND YOU KNOW AND AND ALL MY FAMILY MY AUNT AND UNCLE, MY COUSINS MY GRANDFATHER JOHN LESTER WHO PASSED HAVE ALL BEEN PART OF IT. MY GRANDMOTHER JUMBUCK AND THEN A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO MY GRANDFATHER JOHN WHO PASSED LONG BEFORE I RAN FOR CITY COUNCIL . BUT HE HE WAS REALLY A HOWSER JUST SORT OF A PHRASE THAT SOME OF US USE FOR PEOPLE WHO JUST THINK THAT FIRST AND FOREMOST PEOPLE NEED TO BE HOUSED AND THAT'S GOT TO BE A REALLY ANIMATING POLICY GOAL FOR ALL OF US. AND SO YEAH, HE HE WAS A HOWZAT AND I'M PROUD TO BE A HOWZAT AND I FEEL LIKE I'M ABLE TO EXTEND SOME OF THE WORK THAT HE DID AND AND AND THAT MEANS A LOT FOR ME. UM, MR PRESIDENT, I JUST CAN I TAKE TWO MORE MINUTES? IT'S JUST YES. GO AHEAD COUNCILOR . I WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL . I'VE BEEN THINKING RECENTLY ABOUT THE COUNCIL AND I SORT OF AND KIND OF HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT AND AND WHAT I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND AND AND I THINK I THINK SOMETIMES AND FORGIVE ME THIS WEIRD AND FOR BUT I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT LIKE A SORT OF MOVIE WHERE THE LIKE THE CREDITS START ROLLING AND YOU SEE YOU'RE IN THIS KIND OF LIKE ONE ROOM AND THERE AND INSIDE THE WOODEN ROOM THAT'S SORT OF MOVING ARE LIKE ALL OF THESE CREATURES LIONS AND TIGERS, BEARS AND LIZARDS AND MICE AND THEY'RE ALL KIND OF LIKE HISSING AT EACH OTHER AND THERE'S LIKE A MORGAN FREEMAN TYPE VOICE THAT'S LIKE YOU KNOW, THIS IS A STORY ABOUT RIVALRY AND YOU KNOW, YOU'RE READY TOOTH AND CLAW AND LIKE YOU SORT OF LIKE YOU THINK YOU'RE IN ONE STORY AND THEN LIKE HIS VOICE BREAKS AND THEN YOU ZOOM OUT AND YOU GO THROUGH SO YOU'RE NO LONGER IN THE ROOM. YOU GO UP ABOVE AND YOU SEE THAT ACTUALLY THE ROOM YOU WERE IN IS A BOOK. IT'S ACTUALLY LIKE AN ARC THAT WOULD AN ARC THAT'S BEING TOSSED IN THESE TEMPEST WAVES AND AND YOU REALIZE OH I'M LOOKING AT NOAH'S ARK LIKE ALL THESE CREATURES ARE TOGETHER AND ACTUALLY THEY'RE STUCK IN A STORM LIKE THEY'RE IN A TEMPEST. AND THE REAL QUESTION HERE IS LIKE ARE YOU GOING TO ARE THEY GOING TO MAKE IT OUT TOGETHER? AND YOU KNOW, IN THE MORGAN FREEMAN VOICE CUTS BACK IN AND SAYS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT ACTUALLY NO. THIS IS A STORY ABOUT A COMMUNITY GOING THROUGH A STORM AND HOW IT STAYS AFLOAT. AND THE REASON I SAY I GIVE YOU THAT METAPHOR I THINK TO EXPLAIN I HAVE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ONE MORE TIME ABOUT COVID COVID HIT IN MARCH TWENTY TWENTY AND I FEEL LIKE THOSE OF US ARE IN PUBLIC LIFE COULD GO OUR WHOLE LIVES WONDERING WHAT WE WOULD DO IN A CRISIS AND NOBODY WHO'S BEEN IN PUBLIC LIFE LATELY HAS TO WONDER BECAUSE WE ALL GOT HIT WITH IT AND IT WAS SO SCARY AND YOU KNOW I WAS UPSTAIRS ON THE NINTH FLOOR WITH SOME PPTA FOLKS DOING SPREADSHEETS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO WE NEED TO DELIVER FOOD TO AND HOW WE WERE GOING TO GET THAT DONE AND YOU KNOW AND LIKE MY CHRISTOPHER IS CALLING EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO MIGHT HAVE A FREEZER AND I YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIND PEOPLE WHO ARE FANS AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE BOXES AND THEN MEANWHILE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IS EVEN SAFE TO DO SO YOU DON'T WANT TO ASK YOUR STAFF ANYTHING . RIGHT. AND SO THERE'S LIKE THERE WERE A LOT OF SORT OF PRINCIPLES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. YOU ENDED UP DOING A LOT OF THAT WORK BECAUSE NONE OF US KNEW ENOUGH TO WANT TO ASK ANYBODY ELSE TO DO IT. AND FOR ME IT WAS I MEAN JUST THIS MONSTER LIKE THIS BLUR OF JUST LIKE DELIVERING THOUSANDS OF THOUSANDS OF BOXES OF FOOD AND AND NOT KNOWING HOW LONG IT WAS GOING TO BE AND THEN ALSO KNOWING A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WERE GETTING SICK. RIGHT. AND DYING. I MEAN I THINK I I HAD THE EXPERIENCE OF TALKING TO A LOT OF FRIENDS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD LIKE A FEW MONTHS INTO THE PANDEMIC AND REALIZING THAT OH LOOK, MOST OF MY FRIENDS DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW ANYONE WHO'S DIED OF COVID OR THEY KNOW LIKE ONE AND LIKE I'M IN BOSTON WHERE WE GOT HIT SO EARLY AND LIKE I KNOW DOZENS AND THE PEOPLE WHO I KNOW BETWEEN RIGHT KNOW HUNDREDS AND IT WAS JUST LIKE THIS EXTREMELY TRAUMATIC COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE AND WE AND THERE WAS SO MUCH THAT WAS SO INSPIRING ABOUT HOW PEOPLE RESPONDED, WHETHER IT'S THE FOOD STUFF, WHETHER IT'S LIKE I SAID, THE IDEA THAT WE SORT OF CARRIED ON BUDGET WITH HOSPITALS AND UNIVERSITIES PULLED TOGETHER JUST LIKE THE MILLION THINGS WE DID, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZING HEALTH DISPARITIES BUT THEN LIKE THE AGGRESSIVE WORK WHEN WE HAD VACCINES TO GET THAT MESSAGE OUT AND THE FACT THAT WE ACTUALLY SAW THAT REFLECTED IN THE DATA LIKE THIS COMMUNITY DID SO MUCH THAT WAS SO GOOD. BUT I THINK SOMETIMES THAT WE DON'T ACKNOWLEDGE LIKE A TRAUMA THAT WE ALL WENT THROUGH AND I ALSO THINK THAT WE'VE ENDED UP IN A PLACE OF BEING A LITTLE BIT COMPETITIVE ABOUT THAT TRAUMA. AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS LIKE I THINK THAT I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, COVID BROUGHT TO LIGHT HOW MUCH THE DISPARITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE JUST OUR LIFE AND DEATH. RIGHT. THEY BROUGHT TO LIGHT THAT YOU'RE CROWDED INTO HOUSING THAT'S TOO TOO DENSE AND NOBODY'S GOT MY SPACE. YOU KNOW, THE MORTALITY WENT UP OR THAT IF LIKE PEOPLE DON'T SPEAK YOUR LANGUAGE AND YOU'RE PROVIDING CRITICAL PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATION LIKE YOU'RE REALLY IN TROUBLE AND SO THEY LIKE ADDED THIS KIND OF SENSE OF URGENCY TO EVERYTHING THAT WE NEEDED TO DO ON A POLICY LEVEL BUT ALSO EVERY ONE OF OUR COMMUNITIES. LOTT WAS LOSING SO MANY PEOPLE RIGHT. LIKE NOBODY WAS SPARED AND EVEN YOU KNOW, EVEN IN BOSTON, EVEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE RACIAL DISPARITIES, LET'S REALLY SEE THEM. YOU HAVE TO CONTROL FOR AGE BECAUSE SO MUCH OF OUR OLDER POPULATION IS WHITE AND SO WE LOST A TON OF PEOPLE IN THOSE COMMUNITIES BECAUSE OF WHO WAS LIKE IN THEIR 80S AND 90S IN THE CITY TO PROPORTIONATELY AND I THINK THAT LIKE I THINK WE JUST LOST SO MUCH AND THEN AND AND WORK AND WE'RE ALL RAGING STILL IN THIS CITY WITH KIND OF LIKE THAT GRIEF AND LOSS AND ALSO THAT SENSE OF URGENCY LIKE NONE OF THESE ISSUES THAT WERE UNCOVERED CAN WAIT AND AND THEN SOMETIMES WHAT WE HEAR WHEN WE SPEAK TO EACH OTHER IS LIKE I HAVE NO ROOM FOR YOUR LOSS, YOUR GRIEF, YOUR URGENCY. I HAVE MY OWN AND AND THE THING THAT I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IS THAT THE BIGGEST LESSON FROM THIS MOMENT FOR ME IS THAT YOU CANNOT RASHON SYMPATHY LIKE THAT TO ME IS WHAT THAT PHRASE AT MILKING SAID THAT'S BEEN ECHOING ALL THIS MONTH IS ABOUT THE LOVE IS THE QUESTION AND THE ANSWER IS THAT EVERY TIME WE TRY RASH AND SYMPATHY, RASH AND LOVE WE TRY TO SAY LOOK, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH OF THIS AND WE CAN ONLY AFFORD IT FOR CERTAIN THINGS LIKE IT COLLAPSES IN ON ITSELF BECAUSE LOVE IS A MUSCLE THAT LIKE THE MORE THAT WE WORK IT THE MORE OF IT THAT THERE IS. AND I THINK THAT IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN THE CITIES OF BOSTON'S STRENGTH HISTORICALLY TO TRY TO TO TRY TO EXPAND THE PIE AND SPECIFICALLY TO TO REALLY, REALLY LIKE LOVE ONE ANOTHER IN A CIVIC CONTEXT. I THINK THAT A BOSTON WHERE WE RATION SYMPATHY FOR ONE ANOTHER CANNOT BE THE CITY THAT WE NEEDED TO BE IN THIS MOMENT. IT CAN'T MEET OUR PRESENT CRISES OF RECOVERING FROM THE PANDEMIC OF FIGHTING THE CLIMATE CRISIS MAKING THIS THAT CITY FOR SHARED PROSPERITY THAT I MENTIONED A CITY FOR PEOPLE RATHER THAN A SITE FOR CAPITAL PROFIT INTERESTS. AND SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I MEANT WITH MY WEIRD METAPHOR ABOUT THE BOAT. LIKE TO ME WE'RE ON BOAT TOGETHER AND THE SEA AROUND US IS WILD AND DEEP AND WE CAN'T AFFORD TO SET ANY FIRES ON BOARD. YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE MADE THIS IT'S KIND OF LIKE THIS PRECIOUS WOODEN CRAFT, THIS MUNICIPAL BOAT OF STATE IN MY VISION WITH GENERATIONS OF EFFORT CARVED THAT PHRASE IN THE LIBRARY FREE FOR ALL INTO ITS BEAMS. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS BOSTON CIVIC PRIDE AND BELIEF IN THE PUBLIC GOODS THAT WE CONSTRUCT AND CARE FOR TOGETHER. IT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING THE PHILOSOPHERS CALL CIVIC FRIENDSHIP WHICH IS NOT PERSONAL FRIENDSHIP BUT IT'S ALSO NOT JUST CIVILITY. I ACTUALLY THINK IT'S WHAT THE IMAM WAS TALKING ABOUT AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR MEETING CIVIC FRIENDSHIP. THIS IDEA THAT THERE'S A KIND OF TRUST THAT WE'RE ALL WORKING FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD AND COMMONWEALTH EVEN WHEN WE PASSIONATELY DISAGREE AND THAT WE'RE KIND OF BONDED TOGETHER BY THIS SHARED PURPOSE IN THIS SHARED CRAFT THAT WE'RE ON AND I DON'T ACTUALLY THINK THAT THERE'S A CITY IN AMERICA THAT HAS CULTIVATED THAT ETHIC, THAT BELIEF IN PUBLIC GOODS THAT WE DO IT TOGETHER MORE SUCCESSFULLY THAN BOSTON AND I THINK WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO NAVIGATE THE WATERS BEFORE US TODAY. AND SO I WANTED TO SAY THAT BECAUSE I'M NOW GOING TO GO CARE FOR ONE OF THOSE CRUCIAL PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS THAT WE CARE FOR TOGETHER THE BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY WHICH I LOVE AND I WANT TO LEAVE THIS COUNCIL WHICH I ALSO LOVE WITH THAT PLEDGE OF ONGOING CIVIC FRIENDSHIP TO YOU ALL AND GRATITUDE FOR EVERYBODY ON THE DECK OF THIS SHARED BELOVED SHIP. SO THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . SO WE'RE GETTING TOWARDS THE END OF THE MEETING AND I WOULD ASK IF MY COUNCIL IS MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WOULD STAY TO THE VERY END BECAUSE IF I IF WE LOSE ONE MORE PERSON WE MIGHT NOT HAVE A QUORUM. SO WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO IT. MEMORIALS TODAY WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN OUR MEETING IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS FOR COUNCILOR BREADON BEVERLEY CREEGAN ARE VERY FOUR COUNCILOR COLLETTA GEORGE FARRO COUNCIL FIHRI KEVIN JOIS GEORGE LUCAS FOR COUNCIL AF1 WILLIAM BILL FRODE EDWARD JOSEPH CONNERTY FOR COUNCIL ALARA VIVIEN KARARA KAREN WEBSITE JOY ALICE COTCHIN A MOMENT OF SILENCE PLEASE. THE CHAIR MOVES THAT WHEN THE COUNCIL ADJOURNS TODAY WE DO SO IN MEMORY OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS MENTIONED. WE ARE NOW SCHEDULED TO MEET AGAIN IN THE IN OUR CHAMBER ON WEDNESDAY MAY 3RD AT 12:00 NOON. BEFORE WE ADJOURN I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY CLERK IN THE CLERK'S TEAM. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE COURT STENOGRAPHER CITY COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF, MY CITY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE TEAM THAT DOES A TREMENDOUS JOB WORKING WITH US AS WELL AND ALSO BEFORE WE ADJOURN, I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT IF MY COLLEAGUES CAN JOIN US WE DO HAVE A SPECIAL PRESENTATION WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE COUNCILOR BLOCK RIGHT AFTER THIS RIGHT TO THIS MEETING I AM IN FAVOR OF GERMAN. PLEASE SAY HI AND THE COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. OK,