I WORK EVERY DAY. NO COME BACK IF YOU. HATE YOUR CONSOLE. REDUCE. REDUCE. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. HE JUST WALKED THROUGH THE HOUSE. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. I CALL TO ORDER TODAY'S MEETING OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. VIEWERS MAY WATCH THE COUNCIL MEETING LIVE ON. YOUTUBE@BOSTON.GOV. >> BACKSLASH CITY COUNCIL TV. AT THIS TIME I ASK MY COLLEAGUES AND THOSE IN ATTENDANCE TO PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES. ALSO PURSUANT TO RULE 42 I REMIND ALL IN THIS CHAMBER THAT NO DEMONSTRATION OF APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE PERMITTED. THANK YOU. MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO ASCERTAIN THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM? OH. LOOK AT THE MIC. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR BREADON HERE. COUNCILOR COLLETTA AS A PART OF COUNCILOR CULPEPER. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCIL. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YEAH. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. PEPEN. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR WEBER AND COUNCIL WERE OUT HERE. A QUORUM IS PRESENT. THANK YOU, MR CLERK. YEAH. I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE WORK THAT A QUORUM IS PRESIDENT PRESENT. NOW IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INVITE OUR COLLEAGUE REVEREND UH, COUNCILOR CULPEPER TO THE DAIS TO INTRODUCE, UH, OUR GUEST CLERGY TODAY. FOLLOWING THE INVOCATION WE WILL RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. IT IS WITH HIGH HONOR AND MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE YOU THIS MORNING. AH. UH, YES, PASTOR WHO WILL BRING THE INVOCATION REVEREND LAURA, THE PAST OF THE UNITED BAPTIST CHURCH AND TO MAKE IT PLAIN I HAVE KNOWN HER ALL OF MY LIFE AND WE HAVE HAD MANY WINS, MANY VICTORIES. AND SO THIS MORNING I INTRODUCE AND PRESENT TO OTHERS THE BELOVED REVEREND LAURA'S. GOOD AFTERNOON. TO ALL THE COUNCILS AND THEIR REPRESENTING DISTRICTS. I GREET YOU THIS AFTERNOON AND THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS IS MY LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE ONCE AGAIN. I WAS HERE YEARS BACK WHEN COUNCILMAN YOUNG THE PRESIDENT WAS HERE AND JOHN LAVERTY AS I JUST WANT TO OFFER A WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT BEFORE WE PRAY AND WE'RE LIVING IN A TIME WHERE THERE'S SO MUCH CHAOS AND SO MUCH TURBULENCE. UM, AND SO WE NEED TO WE'RE BETTER TOGETHER THAN WE ARE APART. AND THAT'S NOT JUST BEING COUNCILMAN BUT COMMUNITY FAMILY WISE, UH, CHURCH FAMILY WHEREVER YOU ATTEND OR DON'T ATTEND A CHURCH, IT'S OKAY, BUT WE NEED TO BE UNIFIED AND WE NEED TO BE ON THE SIDE OF NOT RIGHT OR WRONG BUT JUST SORT OF LIGHT. AND WHEN YOU'RE ON A SIDE OF DARKNESS NOTHING CAN GET ACCOMPLISHED. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU STAY TOGETHER, PRAY TOGETHER, WORK TOGETHER AND YEAH FIGHT TOGETHER TO IS HEALTHY BUT IN EVERYTHING WE DO MAKE SURE SOMETHING IS ACCOMPLISHED AND NOTHING GOES AWAY UNACCOMPLISHED. AND I'M GOING TO LEAVE YOU WITH THIS ONE QUOTE FROM AMOS BEFORE I PRAY. AND IT SAYS BUT LET JUDGMENT RUN DOWN AS WATERS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS AS A MIGHTY STREAM. STAY ON THE SIDE OF LIGHT AND LEAVE DARKNESS TO WHERE BELONGS IN THE DARK. OUR FATHER GOD, WE COME BEFORE YOU THIS AFTERNOON ANTICIPATING THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT MEETING ANTICIPATING BECAUSE YOU'RE A GREAT GOD AND YOU KNOW NONE OTHER THAN LIGHT AND YOU'VE THERE IS NO DARKNESS. SO I PRAY FOR EVERYTHING THAT'S DONE HERE TODAY. GOD WILL BE DONE IN DC IN ORDER. I PRAY GOD THAT EVERYTHING THAT'S DONE HERE TODAY THAT SOMETHING WOULD GET ACCOMPLISHED AND NOTHING WOULD GET UNRESOLVED, THAT THE ANGER WOULD NOT BE AN OPTION BUT ONLY HARMONY WOULD BE AN OPTION. WE PRAY FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THIS COUNCIL. WE PRAY FOR ALL WHO WORK WITH HER, ALL WHO STAND WITH THEM AND EVERYONE IN THIS CITY HALL INCLUDING OUR MAYOR. WILL WE ASK OUR GOD THAT YOU MOVE BY YOUR SPIRIT IN THIS PLACE AND IF YOU MOVE BY YOUR SPIRIT WE KNOW SURELY THAT WE'VE COME UP WITH NOT JUST UH ,JUST BEING AT A MEETING BUT THERE'LL BE JOY IN THIS MEETING TO BE CONTENTMENT AND LONG WORKING WITH EACH OTHER THAT YOU'LL GO HOME BEING WITH NO HEADACHES AND NO FRAILTIES. WE LOVE YOU AND WE ALL KNEW THIS DAY IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. >> AMEN. LIKE DILIGENCE. LIKE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, REVEREND REEVES. THIS MORNING WE NOW GO ON TO PRESENTATIONS. WE HAVE ONE PRESENTATION. I'LL INVITE COUNCILOR MURPHY, UH, TO COME TO THE DAIS. COUNCILOR MURPHY, UM, TO INTRODUCE YOUR. GUESTS THIS MORNING. AND YOU'VE GOT FIVE MINUTES AND COUNCILOR FITZGERALD'S COMING UP AS WELL. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. IT'S WONDERFUL. >> TO BE HERE AND THE FIRST PRESENTATION OF THE NEW SESSION. AND IF YOU COULD COME UP WITH US, PEDRO, WHEN WE RIGHTFULLY SAY SOME WONDERFUL THINGS ABOUT YOU AND THE WORK YOU'RE DOING AND I'M JOINED HERE WITH COUNCILOR FITZGERALD TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU CAN COME RIGHT UP HERE. YEAH. >> OKAY. >> SO BEFORE I PRESENT THIS RESOLUTION I WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT WHY THIS WORK MATTERS AND WHY TODAY IS IMPORTANT. UPLIFTING YOUNG PEOPLE IS NOT SOMETHING WE DO ONCE A YEAR OR AT A SINGLE EVENT. IT IS A RESPONSIBILITY THAT REQUIRES SUSTAINED ATTENTION, INVESTMENT AND LEADERSHIP EVERY DAY. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT YOUTH ENGAGEMENT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WHETHER YOUNG PEOPLE FEEL VALUED, SUPPORTED AND CONNECTED TO THE CITY THAT THEY ALL CALL HOME. PEDRO CRUZ UNDERSTANDS THAT RESPONSIBILITY DEEPLY. HIS LEADERSHIP OF THE OFFICE OF YOUTH ENGAGEMENT AND ADVANCEMENT REFLECTS A YEAR ROUND COMMITMENT TO CREATING SPACE FOR OUR YOUTH TO MAKE SURE THEIR VOICES ARE HEARD, GIVE THEM OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEADERSHIP AND CIVIC PARTICIPATION ACROSS BOSTON. THE PROGRAMS HIS OFFICE OVERSEES DO NOT BEGIN OR END WITH THE SUMMIT COMING UP. THEY ARE PART OF AN ONGOING WORK TO ENSURE THAT YOUNG PEOPLE ARE SEEN AS PARTNERS IN OUR CITY'S FUTURE. THE MAYOR'S YOUTH SUMMIT IS A MOMENT TO CELEBRATE THAT WORK. IT IS A VISIBLE, JOYFUL GATHERING THAT REFLECTS MONTHS OF EFFORT, RELATIONSHIPS AND ENGAGEMENT THAT HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. IT BRINGS TOGETHER YOUNG PEOPLE FROM ACROSS OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TO BE RECOGNIZED, TO CONNECT AND SEE THEMSELVES REFLECTED. THIS RESOLUTION THAT WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU AND LATER IN THE COUNCIL MEETING WILL HOPEFULLY ALL SUSPEND AND PASS RECOGNIZES THE 2026 MAYOR'S YOUTH SUMMIT. THAT IS THE THIRD ANNUAL AND THANK YOU TO YOU PEDRO AND YOUR OFFICE FOR BRINGING IT BACK. UM, MAYOR MENINO HAD IT FOR MANY YEARS AND IT TOOK A LITTLE HIATUS BUT THIS WILL BE THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR. BUT IT ALSO RECOGNIZES THE CONSISTENT WORK BEHIND IT AND THE LEADERSHIP THAT MAKES IT POSSIBLE. SO I'M PROUD BUT BEFORE I PRESENT IT I WILL LET MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR FITZGERALD WHO'S JOINING ME IN PRESENTING THIS TO YOU TODAY. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME UP HERE TODAY. UH, NOT NEW TO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES BUT FOR ANYONE ELSE I AM A, UH, FORMER ALUMNI OR I'M AN ALUMNI FOR I'M A MEMBER OF THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL. UH, CLASS OF 1999 I BELIEVE WAS THE LAST TIME AND I ACTUALLY WAS THE HOST OF THE MAYOR'S YOUTH SUMMIT AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE LAST ONES WE HAD BEFORE PEDRO HERE UH, WITH LINDSAY DID A GREAT JOB ABOUT BRINGING THIS BACK ON. UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT TAPE, UH, THEY WILL TELL YOU, UH, HOW NOT TO HOST A MASSIVE SUMMIT. LOOKING BACK. UH, MAYOR MENINO WAS THE MAYOR AT THE TIME AND, UH, IF I COULD TELL YOU THE WHOLE STORY LOOKING BACK ON IT, IT'S AMAZING. I EVEN GOT A JOB AT CITY HALL IN THE FIRST PLACE. UH, GIVEN, UM, SOME OF MY ANTICS UP THERE. BUT, UM, THAT BEING SAID, I JUST WANT TO THANK PEDRO AND THE WORK HE DID. UH, WHETHER IT'S GOING TO THE SUPPORT THAT YOU GIVE OUR YOUTH IS WHY I CONTINUE TO SHOW UP FOR YOU AND FOR LINDSAY. AND IT'S BECAUSE WHETHER IT'S AN ALUMNI EVENT, WHETHER IT'S THE MAYOR'S YOUTH SUMMIT ITSELF OR ANY OF THE MULTITUDE OF THINGS THAT WE OFFER OUR YOUTH THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY. UH, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALL THERE TO SUPPORT IT. SO PEDRO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS. LINDSAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS. UH, AND CONTINUE DOING THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU DO. SO BEFORE WE HAND THE MIC MICROWAVED THE MICROPHONE OVER TO YOU I DO JUST WANT TO READ THIS OFFICIAL RESOLUTION. IT'S PRESENTED BY MYSELF AND COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AND THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL TO PEDRO CRUZ, TO LINDSAY AND THE ENTIRE TEAM FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION TO UPLIFTING BOSTON'S YOUNG PEOPLE AND FOR YOUR WORK ADVANCING YOUTH ENGAGEMENT, CIVIC PARTICIPATION AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE CITY OF BOSTON, INCLUDING YOUR SUPPORT TO THE MAYOR'S YOUTH SUMMIT, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT LATER IN THE COUNCIL MEETING. BUT HOPEFULLY WE'LL YOU'LL SEE ALL OF US THERE SUPPORTING YOU. BUT YOU HAVE THE MICROPHONE SO CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. >> UM THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM APPRECIATE IT. UM. >> I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO TALK. WE WERE JUST SPEAKING FROM THE HEART HONESTLY. UM, BUILDING THIS OFFICE THESE. LAST TWO YEARS HAS TRULY BEEN. THE BEST JOB THAT I'VE EVER BEEN ASSIGNED. AND I FEEL LIKE EVERYTHING I'VE DONE SINCE I WAS A YOUNG PERSON WORKING A SUMMER JOB UP UNTIL THOSE THREE YEARS AGO, IT'S LITERALLY WORKED MY WAY UP TO THAT. I FEEL LIKE THIS HAS BEEN MY DREAM JOB UM, BEING ABLE TO SERVE EVERY YOUNG PERSON ACROSS THE CITY WITH NO LIMITATIONS AS LONG AS YOU LIVE IN THE CITY AND YOU KNOW WHAT? THE AGE BRACKET IS TRULY BEEN A BLESSING AND I COULDN'T HAVE DONE ANY OF THAT. FIRST AND FOREMOST WITHOUT MY TEAM WHO SHOWS UP EVERY SINGLE DAY AND DEDICATES A LIFE TO THE WORK AND TRUST IS MY CRAZY VISIONS AND IDEAS AND AND SERIOUSLY THE LEADERSHIP YOU KNOW ON THE CHIEF OF MY SOUL AND LISA CONNOLLY JUST FOR THE SUPPORT THEY REALLY PUT ME IN THE POSITION I'M IN AND JUST KIND OF LET ME RUN WITH IT. AND THEN ALSO THE COUNCIL TRULY MAN, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU HAVE SHOWN UP INDIVIDUALLY WHETHER IT'S COMING TO THE EVENTS, WHETHER IT'S GIVING ME GUIDANCE, WHETHER IT'S UM PUSHING ME IN A HEALTHY MANNER OR HOLD OF ME ACCOUNTABLE I COULDN'T HAVE DONE ANY OF THAT WITH ALL OF YOU THAT ARE SITTING HERE TODAY, SO I APPRECIATE IT. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT FEW YEARS AND THE WORK'S ONLY JUST GETTING STARTED. I APPRECIATE BEING CODIFIED RECENTLY, WHICH REALLY PUTS US IN PLAY IN TERMS OF FOR THE FUTURE OF THE CITY. SO IT'S JUST ONE BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU. SERIOUSLY MAN, I CAN'T THANK THIS LEADERSHIP ENOUGH FOR THIS COUNCIL ENOUGH. AND I LOOK UP TO ALL OF YOU AND JUST LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE WORK AND HOLD ME ACCOUNTABLE. PUT ME TO WORK. APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. AND I INVITE LINDSAY. >> AND MY COLLEAGUES UH, FROM CITY COUNCIL. >> TO COME UP FOR A FORMAL THANK YOU. SO I WANTED TO WITH YOU. SWEETHEART NOW OFFICIALLY COUNCIL THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JUST NO ONE ELSE. I'M GOOD. THAT'S GOOD. YEAH IT'S. YEAH. THANK YOU THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANK YOU THANK. >> Y'ALL GO AHEAD. YEAH OKAY SO I THINK THAT'S. >> THAT'S WHAT I WAS KIND OF REMIND. IT WAS YOU. DO. YEAH OKAY SO I'M THIS. IS NO. I DON'T HAVE ANY I. EVERYBODY'S HERE UM. SO THANK YOU EVERYONE UNFORTUNATELY ELLEN OUR STENOGRAPHER IS STILL UNDER THE WEATHER AND SHE WILL AGAIN BE WORKING REMOTELY TO ENSURE UH AND ALSO TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE STENOGRAPHIC RECORD FOR THIS MEETING. UH, WE WISH HER A VERY SPEEDY RECOVERY AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HER BACK IN THE CHAMBER NEXT WEEK AND WE ALL SEND HER OUR BEST WISHES ELLEN FOR A SPEEDY RECOVERY AND HOPE TO SEE YOU VERY SOON. UH, BEFORE WE APPROVE THE MINUTES, I'D LIKE TO CALL AND COUNCILOR DURKAN TO MAKE A SHORT STATEMENT. COUNCILOR DURKAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL PRESIDENT BRATTON AS REQUIRED UNDER RULE 38 I DO WANT TO OFFER AN APOLOGY TO MY COLLEAGUES. ALTHOUGH IT WASN'T CAPTURED ON THE RECORD, OUR BODY HAD A MOMENT OF REFLECTION DURING LAST FRIDAY'S HEARING ONE WHERE MANY OF US PAUSED, ACKNOWLEDGE AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT AND RECOMMITTED TO WORKING TOGETHER. I APOLOGIZE AT THAT TIME BUT I WANT TO REITERATE THAT HERE UM I RECOGNIZE MY BEHAVIOR WASN'T A RIGHT WAY. TO KICK OFF THE TERM. I ALSO WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR BRATTON FOR HER THOUGHTFUL LEADERSHIP AND HELPING GUIDE AND REFOCUS US ON OUR SHARED RESPONSIBILITIES. I THINK WE'VE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS OVER THE PAST WEEK, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A LEADER THAT REALLY DOES CARE ABOUT EVERY SINGLE PERSON'S OPINION. UM, AND. I LOOK. >> FORWARD UM, TO PASSING THE COUNCIL RULES TODAY AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THE IMPORTANT WORK OUR CONSTITUENTS DESERVE. UM, AND JUST WANTED TO SAY A NOTE, UM, TO MY, UH, DEAR COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR FITZGERALD . UM, I DEFINITELY UH THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES UM, WHERE WE YOU KNOW, IT'S WE ARE ALL GOING TO BE ON DIFFERENT SIDES OF DIFFERENT THINGS. BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I REALLY VALUE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND, UM, IN THIS MOMENT, UM, I THINK THE CITY WANTS TO SEE US ALL COME TOGETHER. THEY WANT TO SEE US WORKING ON ISSUES AND THAT'S WHAT I'M COMMITTED TO. AND SO AND I'M GRATEFUL TO WORK ALONGSIDE ALL 12 OF YOU. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN. NOW THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WOULD BE, UH, TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING OF JANUARY 28TH, 2026. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. UH. >> ALL THOSE. OPPOSED SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. >> THE MINUTES OF JANUARY 20TH ITS UH, 28TH MEETING HAVE BEEN APPROVED. UH, MR CLERK, WOULD. >> YOU PLEASE TAKE. DOCKET 0157 OUT OF ORDER? DOCKET NUMBER 015. SO IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE TO WHICH WAS REFERRED ON JANUARY 28TH, 2026 TALKING OF NUMBER 0157 ORDER TO ADOPT RULES FOR THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL FOR MUNICIPAL YEARS 2026 AND 2027 SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THIS MATTER UH TO PASS AND A NEW DRAFT. UM THE THE COMMITTEE. >> OF THE WHOLE HAD A MEETING ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 30TH, 2026 TO DISCUSS DOCKET 0157 IN ORDER TO ADOPT THE RULE TOP. RULES PROPOSED FOR. >> THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL FOR. MUNICIPAL YEARS 2026 TO 2027. THIS DOCKET. WAS FILED IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 47. OF THE TEMPORARY RULES OF THE BODY, WHICH STATES THAT THE. RULES OF THE. CITY COUNCIL SHALL BE ADOPTED BY. >> A MAJORITY ROLL CALL. VOTE NO LATER THAN THE FIRST REGULAR MEETING IN FEBRUARY. THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING WAS TO PROVIDE COUNCILORS. >> WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS, SEEK CLARIFICATION AND DISCUSS THE PROPOSED RULE CHANGES PRIOR TO CONSIDERATION. >> BY THE BODY. IN ATTENDANCE WERE COUNCILORS FLYNN MURPHY FITZGERALD. PEPEN. >> DURKAN, MEJIA. CULPEPER SANTANA COLLETTA ZAPATA. WORRELL AND. WEBER AND A. LETTER OF ABSENCE WAS. RECEIVED FROM COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. AT THE OUTSET OF THE MEETING, COUNCILORS IDENTIFIED. SEVERAL OVERARCHING GOALS AND CONCERNS THAT FRAMED THE DISCUSSION, INCLUDING A DESIRE TO UNDERSTAND. >> THE INTENT BEHIND. PROPOSED RULE AND COMMITTEE STRUCTURE CHANGES. DURING THE MEETING. >> THE COMMITTEE ENGAGED IN A DETAILED DISCUSSION OF SEVERAL . PROPOSED RULE REVISIONS. THE DISCUSSION FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON. >> RULE. SEVEN. . 1248. 46. >> 48 AND 39. AS WELL AS PROPOSED CHANGES TO COMMITTEE DESCRIPTIONS UNDER RULE 36. WITH RESPECT TO. >> RULE. 48. >> COUNCILORS SOUGHT CLARIFICATION. ON REVISIONS MADE. >> TO. VOTING LANGUAGE. IN LIGHT OF THE. SERIOUSNESS OF ACTIONS TAKEN UNDER 48. COUNCILORS PROPOSED. RE ADDING LANGUAGE TO REQUIRE AND ENSURE THAT. >> ANY. SUCH ACTION. BE TAKEN BY ROLL CALL VOTE. REGARDING COMMITTEE STRUCTURES OUTLINED OUTLINED UNDER RULE 36, COUNCILORS EXPRESSED THEIR THOUGHTS AND CONCERNS ABOUT THE DESCRIPTIONS AND OVERSIGHT ABILITIES. COUNCILORS ALSO DISCUSSED THE SCOPE OF THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE AND WHETHER. EDUCATION RELATED BUDGET DOCKETS. ,INCLUDING. >> COMPONENTS OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC. SCHOOLS BUDGET SHOULD BE INCLUDED. WITHIN THE THE COMMITTEE'S. TO RESTRICT JURISDICTION. DISCUSSION SUPPORTED. EXPANDING THE. >> SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S ROLE TO PROVIDE. FOCUSED OVERSIGHT. ON EDUCATION POLICY CONCERNS AREAS THAT. FRAGMENTED FRAGMENTING BUDGET OVERSIGHT. >> AND. ASSIGNING BUDGET MEASURES TO MULTIPLE COMMITTEES WOULD CREATE PROCEDURAL CONFUSION AND . INCONSISTENCIES WITH MATTERS ADDRESSED BY UH. WITH MATTERS ADDRESSED. BY THE. COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. BEFORE ADJOURNING THE MEETING. THE COMMITTEE ALSO DISCUSSED PROCEDURES. FOR SUMMONING MEMBERS WHEN VOTES REQUIRE TWO THIRDS VOTE OF. >> THE FULL COUNCIL. THE RULE THE ROLE OF ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER WHEN CONSENT RULES ARE SILENT. RULE UH RULE 38. >> AND QUESTIONS REGARDING ENFORCEABILITY AND. >> FREE SPEECH CONSIDERATIONS. AND THE VALUE. OF A FUTURE FUTURE. COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. MEETINGS TO ADDRESS CONCERNS OF. >> THE BODY AS A WHOLE. THE RULES AS. PROPOSED HAVE BEEN AMENDED TO INCLUDE. GENDER NEUTRAL LANGUAGE THROUGHOUT A. >> NEW COMMITTEE EVENT TYPE KNOWN AS PUBLIC TESTIMONY SESSIONS HAS BEEN ADDED. >> UNDER RULE 35. A MINOR REVISIONS HAVE BEEN. >> MADE TO. COMMITTEE DESCRIPTIONS FOR THE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES. AND THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH HOMELESSNESS. >> AND RECOVERY UNDER RULE 36 AND LANGUAGE THAT. WOULD EXPLICITLY REQUIRE. A ROLL CALL FOR. ROLL CALL VOTE UNDER 48 HAS ALSO BEEN ADDED. AS CHAIR OF. >> THE. COMMITTEE OF. >> THE WHOLE, I RECOMMEND MOVING. THE LISTED DOCKET FROM THE COMMITTEE TO THE. FULL COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND FORMAL ACTION. BUT THIS. TIME MY. >> RECOMMENDATION IS. >> TO THE COUNCIL. FOR THE. COUNCIL WILL BE THAT THIS MATTER OUGHT TO PASS. >> IN A NEW DRAFT. AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE AS A WHOLE, I'D LIKE TO ALSO ADD THAT THIS HAS BEEN PERHAPS THE. MOST THOROUGH AND TRANSPARENT RULES. PROCESS IN COUNCIL HISTORY. IT IS THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY 30 YEARS THAT THE RULES WERE NOT. SUSPENDED AND PASSED. >> AT THE FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR AND AS FAR AS I OR THE CENTRAL STAFF, I'M AWARE IT'S. >> THE FIRST. >> TIME EVER THAT THERE'S BEEN A WORKING SESSION ON THE RULES. I WOULD LIKE. >> TO THANK MY COUNCIL. COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR. >> COMMITMENT TO. >> THIS EXERCISE. FOR SHOWING UP. AND TO THE WORKING. SESSION WITH IDEAS AND. FEEDBACK AND FOR THE OVERALL SPIRIT OF COOPERATION AND COLLABORATION. I FEEL I FEEL. DEEPLY THAT THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE IS BETTER OFF. HAVING WORKED THROUGH THIS TOGETHER AND BELIEVE THAT MY OWN COMMITMENT. TO TRANSPARENCY AS PRESIDENT HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED. THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS AND MOVING FORWARD I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS COLLABORATIVE. WORK WITH MY COLLEAGUES AS THE BODY ON THE BODY. UH I ALSO. >> WOULD. ANYONE LIKE. >> TO. SPEAK ON THIS DOCKET? COUNCILOR? UH, MICKEY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH. >> THANK YOU, MADAME PRESIDENT . UM, AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE, UH, YOUR LEADERSHIP AND WALKING US THROUGH, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO UNPACK SOME OF THESE RULES. UM, AND I AM RISING BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME RULE AMENDMENTS THAT I'D LIKE TO OFFER. UM, OKAY. UM, I'M GOING TO START. PARDON ME. COUNCILMEMBER. WE UH. DID NOT. RECOGNIZE ME. RECEIVE ANY FURTHER AMENDMENTS. AND HERE WE GO. WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME RULE AMENDMENTS ON THE FLOOR. UM, HERE IS. DID WE JUST GET IT? I JUST GOT IT. OKAY. >> I HAVE ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES GOT, UH, COUNCILMEMBER HIS PROPOSED RULE AMENDMENT. OKAY COMES FROM. COUNCIL. >> MEJIA. UM. COUNCILMEMBER HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH. THANK YOU. UM, SO I AM GOING TO START OFF WITH UH, THE DESCRIPTION OF THE UH, EDUCATION COMMITTEE. UM. HOW SO? AND SO I NOTICED THAT SOME OF THE LANGUAGE THAT WE WANTED UM, IS HAS NOT BEEN INSERTED UM ,WHEREAS THE MATTERS OF THAT FALL UNDER EDUCATION CAN BE UM BUT ARE INCLUDED IN THE FORMAL DESCRIPTION OF THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE AND IT IS ESSENTIAL TO STATE THESE ITEMS EXPLICITLY TO AVOID CONFUSION ABOUT APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE FILINGS, UM, WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE SENT AND WHAT THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE HAS OVERSIGHT AND THEREFORE BE IT I'D LIKE TO ADVOCATE THAT THE DESCRIPTION FOR THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE UM COMMITTEE AND RULE 36 BE AS FOLLOWS THE FOLLOWING WORDS AND PHRASES SHALL BE INSERTED TO THE FIRST SENTENCE UM QUOTE UNQUOTE AND AVAILABILITY AND PROGRAMS AND THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL AS THEIR SERVICES AND PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS, STAFF AND ADMINISTRATORS. THE SENTENCE UM THE COMMITTEE SHALL HAVE OVERSIGHT OF BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES INCLUDING APPLICATIONS, PROPOSALS CONTRACTS CLOSURES. MERGERS. >> RECONFIGURATIONS, MOVE AND OFFICE MATTERS THAT IMPACT EDUCATION. STUDENTS FAMILIES TEACHERS STAFF AND ADMINISTRATORS SHALL BE INSERTED AFTER THE THIRD SENTENCE THE SENTENCE THE COMMIT. THE COMMITTEE SHALL ALSO CONCERN ITSELF WITH MATTERS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND HIGHER ED INCLUDING HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE SHALL BE INSERTED INTO THE FOURTH SENTENCE THE SENTENCE THAT THE COMMITTEE SHALL HAVE REFERENCED UM WE SHALL HAVE REFERRED TO UM IT ALL MATTERS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS, THE BUDGET EXPENDITURES AND LOANS THAT ARE RELATED TO THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN VOTED ON BY THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE SHALL BE INSERTED BEFORE THE LAST SENTENCE. THE PHRASE INCLUDING BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS, STAFF AND ADMINISTRATORS EXCEPT INDIVIDUAL PERSONNEL MATTERS SHALL BE INSERTED TO THE LAST SENTENCE. THE AMENDMENT THE AMENDED RULE IN FULL SHALL READ AS FOLLOWS COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION SHALL UM CONCERN ITSELF WITH THE QUALITY AND AVAILABILITY OF EQUITABLE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND PROGRAMS PROVIDED TO ALL SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN, RESIDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN BOSTON AS WELL AS SERVICES AND PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO ALL BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS. FURTHER. >> THE COMMITTEE SHALL EXPLORE DEVELOPING PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE AND ACADEMICS AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES FOR FAMILIES. THE COMMITTEE SHALL MONITOR EDUCATIONAL POLICY IN. PARTICULAR SPECIAL EDUCATION, BILINGUAL EDUCATION AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION WITH THE GOAL OF ELIMINATING OPPORTUNITY AND ACHIEVEMENT GAPS FOR STUDENTS OF COLOR, ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS, STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND LIVING AND CHILDREN LIVING IN POVERTY. THE COMMITTEE SHALL HAVE OVERSIGHT OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES INCLUDING APPLICATIONS PROPOSALS CONTRACTS CLOSURES MERGERS RECONFIGURATION MOVES IN OFFICE. SOME OF THESE RELATED MATTERS THAT IMPACT EDUCATION STUDENTS ,FAMILIES, TEACHERS, STAFF AND ADMINISTRATORS. THE COMMITTEE SHALL WORK TO STRENGTHEN COOPERATION AMONG CITY AND STATE GOVERNMENT, PRIVATE ENTERPRISE AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THE NECESSARY EDUCATION, TRAINING AND SKILLS FOR FURTHER EDUCATION AND FUTURE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE NEW ECONOMY. THE COMMITTEE SHOULD ALSO CONCERN ITSELF WITH MATTERS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND HIGHER ED, INCLUDING HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES. THE COMMITTEE THE COMMITTEE SHALL HAVE REFERRED IT TO ALL MATTERS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS, THE BUDGET EXPENDITURES AND LOANS THAT ARE RELATED TO THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN VOTED ON BY THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE SHALL EXERCISE OTHER OVERSIGHT WITH RESPECT TO THE BOSTON SCHOOL DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS TEACHERS, STAFF AND ADMINISTRATORS EXCEPT UM INDIVIDUAL PERSONNEL MATTERS, EDUCATIONAL BASED PROGRAMS AND ALL OTHER CITY UM RELATED TO EDUCATION SO WE CAN TAKE ONE STEP AT A TIME. LET'S START OFF WITH THAT. WHICH WAS WHICH AND WHICH ONE. >> UM. >> WHICH POINT OF CLARIFICATION WHICH WENT TRUE? ARE WE. TALKING 3636? 35 BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SEVERAL TOPICS HERE. YEAH. >> DO WE HAVE A SECOND? UM. CONTROL COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UM THANK YOU COUNCIL I'M HERE FOR AND ANYONE WHO HAS AMENDMENTS COMING FORWARD I THINK WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION BUT THERE'S ALWAYS TIME AND PLACE TO CONTINUE TO TALK TO GET THIS BETTER. ONE THING THAT STOOD OUT THAT I APPRECIATE IS THAT THIS UNDERSTANDING OR THIS BELIEF THAT THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE IS ONLY STUDENTS AND B.S. AND WE KNOW SO MANY OF OUR STUDENTS. UM, DO NOT ATTEND. SO TO INCLUDE. ALL THE OTHER SCHOOLS AND WAYS OUR STUDENTS AND OUR CHILDREN IN THE CITY. >> OF BOSTON ARE EDUCATED. I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT. SO I'M GLAD. >> THAT. YOU ADDED THAT LANGUAGE. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD HOPEFULLY TO PUT THAT INTO THE RULES. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL. WELL YOU HAVE THE UM COUNCIL WHAT AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND. THANK YOU TO COUNCIL HERE FOR PUTTING THIS FORWARD. UM, I STAND IN SUPPORT OF THIS AMENDMENT. UH, I THINK IT'S A CONTINUATION OF THE WORK THAT COUNCILOR SANTANA HAS DONE. UM, AND THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE WE'RE HAVING THE POLICY BRIEFINGS LAST YEAR AND I THINK THAT THE NEXT STEP IN THE WORK AROUND EDUCATION IS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR POLICY BRIEFINGS ARE CONNECTED WITH THE BUDGET. UM, OUR BUDGET IS REFLECTIVE OF THE VALUES THAT WE SHARE IN EDUCATION AND THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE INTERCONNECTED IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE HAS CONTROL AND NOT ONLY THE POLICY CONVERSATION BUT ALSO THE BUDGETARY CONVERSATION. SO I'M VERY MUCH SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. UM, AND ALSO JUST HEARING AND SEEING ALL THE CONVERSATIONS AROUND EDUCATION I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A HYPER FOCUS ON THIS CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU COUNCILOR WORRELL ANYONE ELSE LIKE. TO COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU. >> HAVE THE FIFTH. OH SORRY. MY FIRST COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. . >> AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I'M I'M I'M THE LONGEST SERVING CITY COUNCILOR HERE AND I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD THIS LEVEL OF. UM. >> DISCUSSION ON A PARTICULAR ISSUE AS IT IMPACTS RULES. SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCIL ME HERE FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD. MADAM CHAIR, I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR LEADERSHIP THAT YOU HAD IN CONDUCTING A VERY INFORMATIVE MEETING LAST WEEK. I BELIEVE IT WAS 40 HOURS AND YOU GAVE EVERYBODY THE OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON PARTICULAR MATTERS AS IT RELATES TO THE RULES. SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR LEADERSHIP, MADAM CHAIR. UM, AS I MENTIONED, WHAT COUNCIL ME HERE HAS ADVOCATED FOR HAS NOT HAPPENED BEFORE. HOWEVER, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME WE HAVE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR A WOMAN OF COLOR TO PROVIDE CRITICAL REVEALED ON NOT JUST ISSUES BUT ALSO ON THE BUDGET. THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF LEADERSHIP. THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF EXPERIENCES. COUNCIL MAY HE HAS LIVED EXPERIENCE AS A SINGLE PARENT. NAVIGATING IS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF LEADERSHIP THAT WE SHOULD EMBRACE IN THE CITY. SOME TRADITIONS ARE GOOD, SOME TRADITIONS ARE NOT GOOD. BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MANY IN BOSTON HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN HARMFUL TO COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ACROSS THE CITY. AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT TO CELEBRATE AND WELCOME THE LEADERSHIP OF THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE CHAIR. COUNCILOR MCKEE HAS AN IMPORTANT VOICE AND UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE IN MY OPINION ONE THAT SHE SHARES WITH MANY RESIDENTS ACROSS THE CITY AND I FEEL LIKE SHE HAS SHE REACHES A CONSTITUENCY THAT IS NOT NORMALLY HEARD AND AT TIMES NOT RESPECTED IN THE CITY. I BELIEVE SHE HAS A CRITICAL VOICE IN ROLE TO PLAY ON THIS COUNCIL IN REPRESENTING A UNIQUE OPINION ON ON THE ON THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL AS IT RELATES TO THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM LIVED EXPERIENCE. I, I AND I KNOW AND I TRUST THAT COUNCIL HERE WILL HOLD ACCOUNTABLE AND ADVOCATE FOR OUR FAMILIES AND I KNOW SHE WOULD DO A TREMENDOUS JOB IF GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONDUCT THAT IMPORTANT OVERSIGHT NOT JUST OVER ON DPS BUT ALSO THE FINANCIAL ASPECT OF IT AS WELL. I'M HERE TO SUPPORT COUNCIL ME HERE AND HER HER IMPORTANT AMENDMENT. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU MR UM THANK YOU COUNCILOR FRIEND COUNCILOR WHETHER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE BIG TICKET ITEM IN THESE AMENDMENTS IS THE MOVEMENT OF THE BUDGET. UH. >> FROM WAYS AND MEANS TO THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE. I DO NOT SUPPORT THAT. I THINK WE'RE PLAYING POLITICS WITH THE BUDGET. THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE IS SET UP TO HANDLE THE BUDGETS OF VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS, WHICH IT HAS DONE SINCE THE EARLY 1980S WHEN COMMITTEES WERE THIS THIS COMMITTEE WAYS AND MEANS WAS ESTABLISHED BY A COUNCILOR NAMED TOM MENINO. THE PROCESS CREATES EFFICIENCY AND STRONGER ADVOCACY AROUND THE BUDGET. SINCE WE AREN'T ARGUING OVER 20 PLUS BUDGETS AT ONCE, TAKING ONE THIRD OF THE OPERATING BUDGET OUT OF THAT COMMITTEE WOULD CAUSE CONFUSION AND COMPLICATE OUR OVERSIGHT OF THE BUDGET AND IT WOULDN'T SERVE OUR KIDS. THERE IS A CORNUCOPIA OF IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE HAS TO GRAPPLE WITH RIGHT NOW. THERE ARE POLICY DEBATES ABOUT. HOW DPS SHOULD BEST SERVE MULTI-LANGUAGE LEARNERS, HOW THE INCLUSION MODELS. WORKING. >> HOW WE SHOULD TEACH READING, WHAT SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO CLOSE AND WHY WHAT IMPACT THE HUB SCHOOL MODEL IS HAVING DECLINING ENROLLMENT THE EXAM SCHOOL ADMISSION. PROCESS, A DISTRICT. WIDE CELLPHONE BAN AND JUST THIS MORNING THE GLOBE REPORTED THAT ONE THIRD OF SENIORS HAVE NOT COMPLETED ENOUGH MASS CORE CREDITS TO BE ON PACE TO GRADUATE THIS YEAR. THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE CERTAINLY HAS A LOT OF IMPORTANT WORK TO DO. IT WOULDN'T SERVE THE INTERESTS OF OUR KIDS TO FURTHER SADDLED THAT COMMITTEE WITH ONE THIRD OF THE OPERATING BUDGET. ADDITIONALLY, ARGUMENTS ARE BEING MADE ABOUT RACIAL EQUITY . UH UM I THINK SOME OF THESE ARGUMENTS ARE NOT BEING MADE IN GOOD FAITH. AGAIN, THIS IS ABOUT POLITICS WHO THE CHAIR OF THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE IS VERSUS WHO THE CHAIR OF THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE IS. I LOOK FORWARD TO A COUNCIL WHERE THERE IS A CONSENSUS TO PUT RACIAL EQUITY AT THE TOP OF OUR PRIORITIES, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARDS TO OUR SCHOOLS. THAT CERTAINLY HASN'T BEEN THE CASE IN THE PAST. UM, ON MONDAY NIGHT AFTER COMING HOME FROM A NIGHTTIME MEETING AT THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN JP, I TEXTED ELLIOT PAYNE IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO THAT IS, IT'S THE CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR MINNEAPOLIS. HE TOLD ME HOW COUNCIL MEMBERS HAD ORGANIZED LOCAL GROUPS TO PROTEST AND OBSERVE ICE TO BRING FOOD AND MUTUAL AID TO FAMILIES TOO SCARED TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES, UH, AND TO CONNECT FAMILIES WITH LEGAL SERVICES DESPITE DEALING WITH THE WORST CASE SCENARIO, MINNEAPOLIS DEMONSTRATORS HAVE MANAGED TO REMAIN NONVIOLENT. IN MY TEXT I THANKED MR PAYNE FOR THE EXAMPLE MINNEAPOLIS HAS CREATED FOR ALL OF US TO FOLLOW. I WISH I COULD SAY OUR CITY COUNCIL IS READY TO HANDLE THE SAME KIND OF CHALLENGE. UH, I REALLY HOPE WE CAN WE CAN ADOPT THE RULES TODAY AND GET BACK TO BUSINESS. UM, AND DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR KIDS HERE IN THE CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER. UM, COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR I'M GOING TO TRY AND ADDRESS. I HAVE. PEOPLE WHO. >> HAVEN'T SPOKE. I THINK. >> UH, COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU SECONDED. UH. >> THE MOTION. HOLD ON. COUNCILOR CULPEPER. I CALLED. >> YOU OFF. >> THE FLOOR. MADAM PRESIDENT, I RISE IN SUPPORT OF THIS AMENDMENT TO THE. RULES AFTER READING THE ARTICLE THIS MORNING CONCERNING ONE THIRD OF THE STUDENTS MAY NOT GRADUATE IN 2027. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO SOMETHING NOW. I THINK WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. I THINK WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO DO THE SAME THING. WE'VE HEARD IT OVER AND OVER. IF YOU KEEP DOING THE SAME THING EXPECT TO GET DIFFERENT RESULTS THEN UH SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT. SO I MOVE BECAUSE I THINK AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING. WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME CHANGES, SOME AMENDMENTS. EVERYONE MAY NOT AGREE, BUT I DO THINK THAT EVERYONE AGREES THAT SOMETHING HAS TO HAPPEN AND SOMETHING HAS TO HAPPEN NOW I DON'T THINK WE CAN WAIT. I DON'T THINK WE CAN KEEP KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD. I THINK IT'S TODAY THIS DAY THAT WE SAY TO THE STUDENTS IN THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS WE WILL WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY STUDENT WILL GRADUATE IN 2027 AND WE'LL DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER, COUNCILOR MURPHY AND THEN COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. THANK YOU. UM, RISING AGAIN TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO THIS PART OF THE AMENDMENT AND SHIFTING THE BUDGET AS SOMEONE WHO HAS VOTED AGAINST THE. BUDGET EACH OF THE PAST FOUR YEARS, I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT WHY IT HAS NEVER BEEN BECAUSE I OPPOSE INVESTING IN PUBLIC EDUCATION. IT IS BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT A BUDGET NOW EXCEEDING $1.7 BILLION HAS NOT BEEN GIVEN THE TIME, SCRUTINY OR ACCOUNTABILITY IT DESERVES BY THIS BODY. I COME TO THIS AS A FORMER BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT, PARENT OF A BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN AND AS SOMEONE WHO SPENT 24 YEARS AS AN EDUCATOR IN THE SYSTEM, I UNDERSTAND HOW BUDGET DECISIONS DIRECTLY AFFECT CLASSROOM STAFFING, STUDENT SERVICES AND OUTCOMES. I ALSO UNDERSTAND HOW QUICKLY HARM CAN OCCUR WHEN DECISIONS ARE RUSHED OR DISCONNECTED FROM LIVED REALITIES IN SCHOOLS YEAR AFTER YEAR. I HAVE RAISED SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE STATE OF OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM. MORE THAN 80% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE NOT READING AT GRADE LEVEL . CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM CONTINUES TO UNDERMINE LEARNING AND STABILITY FOR THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES. WE SPEND ROUGHLY $180 MILLION A YEAR ON TRANSPORTATION, YET BUSSES ARE OFTEN LATE OR UNRELIABLE DISRUPTING INSTRUCTION AND FAMILY SCHEDULES AT THE SAME TIME, WE INVEST VERY LITTLE PER STUDENT IN ATHLETICS AND EXTRACURRICULAR PROGRAMING WHILE CENTRAL STAFFING BUDGETS CONTINUE TO GROW. I HAVE FILED HEARINGS OVER THESE PAST FOUR YEARS, ISSUED PUBLIC STATEMENTS AND USED MY VOTE TO ELEVATE THESE CONCERNS ,INCLUDING AROUND THE RECENT $52. >> MILLION. SHORTFALL WE KNOW IS NOW FACING . BUT THE REALITY IS THAT WHEN WAYS AND MEANS SCHEDULES DEPARTMENT BUDGET HEARINGS, BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS OFTEN ALLOTTED ROUGHLY THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS DEPARTMENTS WITH BUDGETS OF ONLY A FEW MILLION DOLLARS. A SYSTEM OF THIS SCALE AND COMPLEXITY CANNOT BE MEANINGFULLY REVIEWED UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. THE RESULT IS THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM, EXPRESS. OUR CONCERN. AND STILL PASS THE BUDGET. COUNCILMEMBER HERE GETS THIS RIGHT THIS AMENDMENT IS ABOUT GIVING THE COUNCIL THE OPPORTUNITY TO STOP SAYING WE HAVE NO POWER BECAUSE IT IS THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND INSTEAD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE AUTHORITY AND OVERSIGHT ROLE WE DO HAVE. MOVING THIS WORK TO THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE ALLOWS US TO SLOW DOWN, ASK BETTER QUESTIONS, FOLLOW ISSUES ACROSS THE YEAR AND DIRECTLY CONNECT SPENDING DECISIONS TO STUDENT OUTCOMES. THIS IS NOT ABOUT DIMINISHING WAYS AND MEANS. IT IS ABOUT RECOGNIZING THAT EDUCATION IS TOO IMPORTANT. TOO COMPLEX IN TOO CONSEQUENTIAL TO BE TREATED LIKE JUST ANOTHER LINE ITEM. THIS AMENDMENT GIVES THE COUNCIL A CHANCE TO DO THE WORK THE PEOPLE ELECTED US TO DO FOR THOSE REASONS AND BASED ON MY RECORD AND LIVED EXPERIENCE I STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS. THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UH, JUST SOME. CLARIFYING POINTS AROUND THIS UH, TO COUNCIL WEBERS EARLIER POINT ABOUT TAKING THIS OUT OF THE BUDGET WHEN I'M REVIEWING THE AMENDMENT. UH, I DON'T THINK I DON'T I'M NOT UNLESS I'M MISSING SOMETHING. I'M NOT READING ANYTHING THAT SPECIFICALLY TAKES THE BUDGET OUT OF WAYS AND MEANS. I THINK THAT IS THE WAY I THINK IT SHOULD BE LONG IN WAYS AND MEANS. BUT HOWEVER I JUST WANT TO PROPOSE MAYBE A POTENTIAL HYBRID HERE WHERE THE BUDGET ABSOLUTELY STAYS IN WAYS AND MEANS. I THINK IT'S CORRECT TO KEEP IT THERE. HOWEVER, GIVEN THE STATE OF BP'S AT THE MOMENT AND SOME OF THE THINGS SURROUNDING IT, WE SHOULD HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATION BUILDING ON COUNCILOR SANTANA'S. UH. >> FROM LAST YEAR UH, THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS IN THE MEETINGS WE HAD WITH BP'S UH I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO HAVE, UH, THE COMMITTEE CHAIR FOR THIS UH FOR THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE IN THIS TERM TO DELVE INTO MORE SUBJECTS BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE ALL GETTING MORE AND MORE CALLS ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE MORE CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE AROUND ALL TOPICS EDUCATION RELATED, UH, EDUCATE US BETTER TO HOW TO CONVEY THE MESSAGE TO THE PUBLIC. UM, AND SO I'M NOT I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THE BUDGET WOULD STILL STAY IN WAYS AND MEANS WE KNOW THAT IT'S THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. RIGHT. BUT I THINK BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT OCCURRED TO ME THAT MAY NOT BE WHAT YOU WANT BUT TO SORT OF SAY CAN STAY IN WAYS AND MEANS BUT WE STILL OFFER THE ABILITY TO DO A DEEP DIVE ON ALL EDUCATION RELATED UM, EXPERIENCES IN THE IN THE COMMITTEE OF EDUCATION. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. UH, ANYONE WHO. HASN'T SPOKEN. >> YET UH, COUNCILOR. COUNCILOR COLLETTE, AS A PADDLE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND JUST, UH, JUST TO CLARIFY IT DOES. FROM THE RED LINES THAT I'M LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, IT DOES SAY, UM, TO ADDRESS THE COUNCILOR FROM DISTRICT THREE. POINT IT SAYS THE COMMITTEE SHALL HAVE IT REFERRED TO IT ALL MATTERS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS, THE BUDGET EXPENDITURES AND LOANS THAT ARE RELATED TO THE BUS PUBLIC. SCHOOLS AND I'VE BEEN PREVIOUSLY WELL DRAWN. BY BY THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE. JUST CLARIFY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, COUNCILOR AND UM. SORRY. COUNCILOR PEPPER. ALL RIGHT. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. UM THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I JUST WANT TO RISE AND KIND OF ECHO A LITTLE BIT OF THE SENTIMENTS OF COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD WHERE I TRULY DO BELIEVE THAT THE EDUCATION BUDGET SHOULD REMAIN IN THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE. BUT I KNOW THAT CONCILOR MEJIA HERE HAS BEEN A VERY STRONG ADVOCATE FOR EDUCATION IN DPS IN GENERAL. I DO FEAR THAT IF WE GO DOWN THIS PATH UM THIS COULD OPEN UP THE CONVERSATION FOR SOME FOR ANOTHER BIGGER BUDGET ITEM LIKE PUBLIC SAFETY THAT SAY ALL THE PUBLIC SAFETY INCLUDING THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND THEN IT COULD TRICKLE DOWN AND THAT EFFECT I JUST DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S THE RIGHT COURSE OF ACTION AT THE MOMENT. AND I JUST I WANT TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COUNCILOR WEBER WHO I BELIEVE WHEN HE EVEN RAN FOR OFFICE, THE REASON WHY HE RAN FOR OFFICE WAS ALSO TO ADVOCATE FOR A CLOSURE OF HIS KID'S SCHOOL. SO I KNOW THAT IS PART OF HIS COMMITMENT. SO AND THAT IS PART OF A LOT OF OUR COMMITMENTS HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I WANTED TO SAY I, I SUPPORT. SOME OF HIS AMENDMENTS IN HERE, SOME OF THE WORDING BUT NOT THE REMOVAL OF THE BUDGET. UM, FROM THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU COUNCILOR PEPPER. COUNCILOR UH ANYONE. >> ELSE WHO HASN'T SPOKEN ONCE? UH, COUNCILOR DURKAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, I WE OBVIOUSLY HAD A HEARING WHERE WE ALL WORK TOGETHER, SO I DON'T THINK ANY OF MY POSITIONS ON THIS STUFF IS GOING TO BE SURPRISING. I WAS PREPARED TO VOTE ON THE RULES LAST MEETING. SO, UM, I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT I THINK COUNCILOR MEJIA BEING THE CHAIR OF THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE WILL GIVE HER THE ABILITY TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ON EVERY SUBJECT REGARDING BPA, BUT I ALSO WANT TO SHARE MY DEEP TRUST AND ADMIRATION FOR COUNCILOR WEBER, WHO I THINK IS GOING TO DO A GREAT JOB WITH WAYS AND MEANS. SO UM, IN AN EFFORT I KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS. I ALSO JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE DID HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS AS A BODY. SO I THINK A LOT OF US ARE PREPARED TO VOTE ON THESE AMENDMENTS. UM, I'M I'M NOT YOU KNOW, TRYING TO STIFLE ANYONE'S CONVERSATION BUT I THINK IT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. UM, PART OF MY CHARGE AT LAST MEETING WAS EFFICIENCY. AND SO I DO THINK IF WE KNOW HOW IF YOU KNOW IF THERE AREN'T ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS, I DO THINK WE SHOULD VOTE ON THESE AMENDMENTS. THANK YOU. UM COUNCILOR UH COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND THEN WE'LL GO TO COUNCILOR. >> WEBER AND THEN BACK TO THE LEAD FROM THE CAR. COME SEE THAT WHEN I WAS. LIKE YEAH, SORRY. >> NOT QUITE SURE WHERE DO. I GET MY W'S. MIXED UP SOMETIMES COUNCILOR WEBER WEBSTER. WEBSTER L. BEG YOUR PARDON? UH. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR. UM, I DO. >> WANT TO PUSH BACK A LITTLE BIT ON A CITY COUNCILOR THAT MENTIONED UM I DON'T KNOW WHO HE WAS REFERRING TO IN TERMS OF PLAYING POLITICS ON THIS ISSUE, BUT I CERTAINLY KNOW IT'S NOT ME AND IT'S NOT IT'S CERTAINLY NOT CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. UM. >> COUNCIL ME HERE A WOMAN OF COLOR THAT HAS A CHILD IN THE. SYSTEM KNOWS THE. VP'S UM. BUDGET AND OPERATIONS AS WELL AS ANYONE. I THINK WHAT SHE'S ADVOCATING IS FOR. A. >> UH, A STRONGER ROLE FOR FAMILIES AND ACCOUNTABILITY. SO THAT'S NOT ABOUT PLAYING POLITICS. THAT'S ABOUT DOING HER JOB AND MAYBE IT'S A REFERENCE TO ME I DON'T KNOW BUT I'M CERTAINLY NOT PLAYING POLITICS ON ON ON THIS ISSUE WHAT I WANT IS WHAT'S WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR STUDENTS. SO I JUST WANTED TO CLEAR THAT ACCUSATION UP, MADAM CHAIR BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS APPROPRIATE WE'RE HAVING A CIVIL CONVERSATION AND ALREADY POLITICS IS BROUGHT UP IN THIS DEBATE I THOUGHT I THOUGHT IT WAS UNFAIR WHAT I WHAT I DO KNOW IS. WE DON'T HAVE A CITY NO COUNCIL OF COLOR HAS OVERSIGHT OF ANY BUDGET OR LEGAL LEGAL LANGUAGE. IT HAS BEEN THAT WAY FOR MANY YEARS. I ALSO KNOW THAT COUNCILORS OF COLOR ARE NOT IN THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE. THEY'RE NOT IN THE VICE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE. >> THEY DON'T. HAVE THE CHAIR OF WAYS AND MEANS. I DO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR A PERSON OF COLOR TO PLAY A. CRITICAL ROLE ON BP'S RELATED ISSUES, AND THAT INCLUDES HAVING SOME TYPE OF. JURISDICTION ON THE BUDGET. I KNOW COUNCILOR MEJIA CAN DO THAT JOB. SHE WILL ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS. SHE WILL HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE. SHE WILL ADVOCATE HARD FOR HER CONSTITUENTS TRADITIONS NEED TO IF GOOD TRADITION GOOD TRADITIONS NEED TO CONTINUE BAD CONDITION, THEIR TRADITIONS NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. I THINK WHAT THIS OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS IS GIVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO BP'S FAMILIES TO HAVE A GREATER SAY, TO HAVE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN THE CITY HAVE A GREATER SAY ON BP'S I DON'T THINK WE COULD DISMISS THIS RECOMMENDATION MADE BY COUNCIL A LIGHTLY AS IF IT'S IRRELEVANT OR IT'S MEANINGLESS. THAT'S AN IMPORTANT AMENDMENT THAT SHE MADE. THIS MIGHT BE THE THE SECOND MOST IMPORTANT VOTE WE TAKE ALL YEAR AFTER THE CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENCY. I BELIEVE IT'S A RACIAL JUSTICE ISSUE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR. WELL, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I. JUST WANT TO JUST CLARIFY A FEW THINGS IS UM, THE DESCRIPTION OF THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE. IT'S OUT OF OUR RULES OR THE RULES THAT WE'RE VOTING ON. THE COMMITTEE SHALL EXERCISE OVERSIGHT WITH RESPECT TO BOSTON SCHOOL DEPARTMENT EDUCATIONAL BASED PROGRAMS AND ALL CITY PROGRAMS RELATED TO EDUCATION. AND I THINK YOU CANNOT DO THAT WITHOUT HAVING OVERSIGHT OF THE BUDGET BECAUSE EDUCATIONAL BASED PROGRAMS IS WHAT MAKES UP THE BUDGET ON CITY PROGRAMS RELATED TO EDUCATION IS ALSO WITHIN THAT BUDGET. UM, THE OTHER THING THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT AS CHAIR OF WAYS AND MEANS UM AND THE PREVIOUS TERM WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING DURING THE BUDGET CYCLE IS THE WAYS AND MEANS CHAIR HAS THE HEARINGS ON INCLUSION, MULTILINGUAL LEARNING, SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES, UH POST-SECONDARY OUTCOMES, ARTS AND MUSIC, HEALTH AND WELLNESS THE LIST GOES ON. SO THAT THEN UNDERCUTS UM THE ABILITY FOR THE EDUCATIONAL CHAIR TO THEN PULL BACK TO THAT HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. UM SO THIS IS TRYING TO GIVE THE EDUCATIONAL CHAIR THE POWER UM DIVING INTO THE THE DESCRIPTION OF WHAT'S HERE INSIDE OF OUR RULES WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT THE COMMITTEE SHOULD BE DOING. UM AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT I JUST WANT TO PUSH BACK ON THE LAST FACT OF THERE ARE FOUR BUDGETS THAT WE VOTE ON. WE CANNOT SEPARATE OUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY. UH WE CANNOT SEPARATE OUT BUCKETS BUDGET WE CANNOT SEPARATE OUT. UM. >> ALL THE DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE OPERATING BUDGET BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OPERATING BUDGET THAT WE DO HAVE. THE EDUCATIONAL BUDGET IS A SEPARATE BUDGET THAT WE VOTE ON AND IT'S AND IT'S PRETTY PRETTY MUCH WE'RE JUST APPROPRIATING DOLLARS UH, BY THE TIME THAT IT COMES TO US. RIGHT. THE UH THE THE SCHOOL BODY UH THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE HAS ALREADY DETERMINED THE THE PROGRAMS AND THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WE WILL JUST BE SOLELY APPROPRIATING DOLLARS TO SO WE'RE NOT AMENDING ANYTHING ON THE SCHOOL BUDGET. UH, ALL WE'RE DOING IS DOING AN UP AND DOWN VOTE AND THIS IS MORE OF A POLICY PUSH AND MAKING SURE THAT SOMEONE IS FOCUSED ON THIS AT THE SAME TIMELINE THAT THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND THE DISTRICT IS WORKING ON THEIR BUDGET. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THE COUNCIL. OH, COME TO MEJIA I. OKAY OKAY. I'LL JUST COUNT FROM HERE. UM, AS AS THE LEAD SPONSOR OR AS THE MOVING FOR YOUR AMENDMENT, I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER COLLEAGUES AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOUR AMENDMENT AND THEN IF YOU WOULD SPEAK AT THE END. OKAY COUNCIL. SORRY. >> JUST A QUICKLY. >> UM. LET'S SEE. SO, UH, ON THE ISSUE OF UH, YOU KNOW, HAVING COMMITTEES THAT UH ,HAVE THEIR POLICY ISSUES THAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH TOUCH ON THE BUDGET, I JUST I THINK UH, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT IS TRUE FOR EVERY SINGLE COMMITTEE UH, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PARKS AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO TOUCH ON THE BUDGET BUT WE STILL HAVE A PARKS COMMITTEE TO TALK ABOUT PARKS ISSUES WITH PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE TALK ABOUT POLICING ISSUES. BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE BUDGETS FOR THOSE COMMITTEES, WE DEAL WITH IT IN THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE AND THAT HAS SERVED THIS BODY IN THE PAST. UM AND THEN UH, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY THAT AS UH SOMEBODY WHO IS UM, YOU KNOW, IN THIS FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW IN THESE COMMITTEES ESSENTIALLY THERE'S A CHAIR AND THEN EVERYONE ELSE CAN ATTEND THE THE MEETINGS FOR ALL THE HEARINGS FOR THAT COMMITTEE. EVERYONE ELSE CAN WEIGH IN ON THINGS. CERTAINLY COUNCILOR MCCARTHY HAS THE CHAIR THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE. HER OPINION ON EDUCATION MATTERS WILL HAVE, UH, A LOT OF WEIGHT, UH, AND THAT EVERYONE IS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE AS MUCH AS THEY CAN IN THE BUDGET PART OF THE HEARINGS. UH, AND YOU KNOW, UH, I THINK PEOPLE STILL HAVE INFLUENCE JUST TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE COMMENTS BEING MADE IN SUPPORT OF UH COUNCILOR MEALS AMENDMENT THAT PEOPLE WILL STILL HAVE A LOT OF SAY IN HOW THIS GOES. WE I LIKE I SAID AT OUR FIRST MEETING TO PASS THE BUDGET WE ALL HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER. THE GOAL IS TO GET EVERYONE ON BOARD. UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ALL SUPPORT. UH, CERTAINLY THE CHAIR OF THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE IS GOING TO GET A LOT OF CHANCES TO WEIGH IN ON HOW THAT HOW THAT, UH, PROCESS WORKS, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET. THANKS. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER. UM, FROM MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT . I WANT TO THANK ALL MY COLLEAGUES THAT HAVE WEIGHED IN. I REALLY DO APPRECIATE. >> YOUR FEEDBACK AND INSIGHT. THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE RIGHT? WE'RE ALL 13 INDIVIDUALS HERE WHO WERE. WE WERE ALL ELECTED. UM, NONE OF US WERE APPOINTED. RIGHT. SO WE UTILIZE THIS MICROPHONE TO SPEAK OUR TRUTH AND TO BRING OUR REALITIES INTO THIS CHAMBER PERIOD. FULL STOP. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE A FEW THINGS. UM, IS THAT WHEN I WAS THE CHAIR OF EDUCATION ACTUALLY SIMILAR TO MY COLLEAGUE, UH, COUNCILOR MURPHY, I'VE ALWAYS VOTED DOWN THE EDUCATION BUDGET BECAUSE WHAT WE HAVE DONE HERE IN THE CITY, UM, IS WHAT I'M CALLING EDUCATIONAL MALPRACTICE . UM, I GREW UP HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. I'M A GRADUATE. I'M A MOM. I WAS AN EDUCATION ORGANIZER. LISTEN, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT ME BEING A WOMAN OF COLOR. YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I DON'T WANT TO BE A DIVERSITY CASE HERE, BUT WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT MY LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING IN TERMS OF WHAT THIS MOVEMENT IS CALLING FOR GOES BEYOND THE WORLD OF POLITICS. OKAY, MY MOM WAS UNDOCUMENTED WHEN I WAS GROWING UP HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. I DROPPED OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, I WENT BACK I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER. IN FACT, I WAS ON THE ELLE TASK FORCE SO PEOPLE TEND TO WANT. TO DEFINE WHAT LEADERSHIP LOOKS LIKE BASED ON SOME OTHER FACET OF STANDARD. BUT LIVED EXPERIENCE MATTERS. AND THE OTHER PIECE OF THIS CONVERSATION IS THAT PEOPLE HAVE LOST TRUST IN THIS BODY. SO YOU NEED AN INDEPENDENT VOICE WHO IS GOING TO HOLD BP TO THE FIRE. AND RIGHT NOW A LOT OF FOLKS OUT IN THE STREETS DO NOT BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE THE WILL TO REALLY STEP INTO THAT POWER AND DO THAT WORK. AND SO MY ADVOCACY I'M NOT NEW TO THIS OKAY. IN 2022 IT WAS COUNCILOR THEN ARROYO WHO SUGGESTED AND PLANTED THE SEED THAT WE TAKE THE EDUCATION BUDGET INTO THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE. CHUCK TURNER CITY COUNCILOR. CHUCK TURNER. DID THAT. IT HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE. A BLACK MAN HAD THE EDUCATION BUDGET TAKEN OUT A WAYS AND MEANS AND HE SHEPHERD THAT THROUGH THE PROCESS. SO I JUST WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR IT HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE. I AM NOT ASKING FOR SOMETHING THAT HAS NEVER BEEN DONE. THERE IS PRECEDENTS ALREADY FOR THIS. SO I WANT I WANT US TO BE REALLY CLEAR AND FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE TUNING IN, THE ONLY POLITICS THAT ARE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE HAVE TO FIGHT FOR EVERY SINGLE LITTLE CRUMB THAT WE GET. AND COUNCILOR PRESIDENT BREADON ,I SAID TO YOU WHEN YOU OFFERED ME THIS CHAIRMANSHIP THAT I DID NOT WANT A CEREMONIAL COMMITTEE, THAT I WAS NOT GOING TO ASSUME A ROLE ,THAT OPTICS MADE IT SEEM LIKE I HAD POWER. BUT IN REALITY AT THE END OF THE DAY THE REAL POWER LIES IN OUR ABILITY TO REALLY BE THE CHECKS AND BALANCES TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE AN ELECTED SCHOOL COMMITTEE WE HAVE AN APPOINTED ONE. SO WHO ARE WE? WE ARE WE ARE THE CLOSEST THING TO THAT BODY IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE MAKING THIS PROCESS IN WAYS THAT CENSOR THE VOICES OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE. AND SO BRINGING THE EDUCATION BUDGET INTO THE COMMITTEE ALLOWS US TO BE LEADER FOR LIKE TO REALLY ASSUME OUR ROLES AS LEADERS NOT WATERING DOWN OUR ABILITY TO REALLY HOLD THIS ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE. AND THE REAL POLITICS IS THE REAL POLITICS. HAD THIS BEEN ANYBODY ELSE ADVOCATING FOR IT, I BET YOU THERE WOULD BE NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. BUT THE FACT THAT IT IS ME THAT MY TONE AND TENOR ON THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN ALL ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY . NOBODY WANTS THAT HEAT COMING OUT OF THIS COMMITTEE. THAT IS THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER AND WHY I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY IS BECAUSE THE VICE CHAIR IS COUNCILOR RURAL WHO WAS THE WAYS AND MEANS CHAIR AND SO IT'S NOT LIKE I AM GOING TO BE OUT HERE ALL BY MYSELF SO Y'ALL DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ME AND MY PASSION BECAUSE I'LL BE WORKING ALONGSIDE SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN THERE AND DONE THAT. SO Y'ALL CONTAIN THIS DOWN A LITTLE BIT IF THAT'S WHAT YOU ALL ARE FEARING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE THE TRUTH IS AND PEOPLE KNOW IT THEY MAY NOT WANT TO SAY IT BUT PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THE FACT THAT MY JOB HAS BEEN ON THIS COUNCIL TO BE THE CHECKS AND BALANCES AND BE THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO SHUT IT DOWN JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE REALLY ALLOW POWER TO BE SHARED . AND RIGHT NOW THE WAY THIS WHOLE CONSTRUCT HAS BEEN CREATED WE HAVE NO POWER. AND WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IN THIS MOMENT IS RECLAIM THAT POWER. SO THIS NOT THIS IS NOT POLITICAL FOR ME. NO, THIS IS NOT ABOUT ME BEING A WOMAN OF COLOR. THIS IS ABOUT ME UNDERSTANDING THAT I'VE BEEN HERE FOR SIX YEARS AND EVERY SINGLE TIME IT'S TIME FOR US TO VOTE FOR THE EDUCATION BUDGET. I SAY NO BUT I FEEL POWERLESS. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO RECLAIM THAT POWER AND TO REALLY SAY NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO BUSINESS AS USUAL. THIS IS OUR MOMENT TO DEMONSTRATE THAT WE ARE A BODY WILLING TO ASK THE DIFFICULT QUESTIONS AND BRING THE ADMINISTRATION AND THAT'S AND THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOLKS INTO THIS BED THAT THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT INTO THE SPACE. I HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY PATIENT . I HAVE PROVIDED A LOT OF GRACE AND IT GETS TO THE POINT WHEN ENOUGH IS ENOUGH AND THIS FOR ME IS ENOUGH AND I WILL SAY IT PUBLICLY AS I SAID IT TO YOU PRIVATELY I DO NOT WANT TO BE THE CHAIR OF EDUCATION UNLESS I HAVE THE POWER TO DO MY JOB AND IF I DON'T HAVE THE POWER THEN YOU CAN ASSIGN ME TO SOMETHING ELSE. BUT I WON'T BE SITTING IN A SEAT LIKE A LAME DUCK ACTING LIKE I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY AND DO AND THEN BE SHACKLED IN THIS PROCESS. SO I OFFER THAT FOR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU COMES FROM MEJIA. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? MR. CLERK? UM, COUNSELOR, HE HAS OFFERED, UH, AN AMENDMENT IN A NEW DRAFT OF 0157. UM, DO WE MOVE TO A ROLL CALL? VOTE PLEASE. NUTRITION AND NUTRITION. UH. >> SO. >> RULE 36. EDUCATION COMMITTEE. UNDER THAT. >> SO WE CAN LOOK SEPARATELY BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO. SAY NO. NO NO. I THINK IT'S. ON IT. >> THIS IS THIS. >> IS THE ONE WE'VE JUST BEEN SPEAKING TO. IS ONLY ONE ONE AMENDMENT. >> BUT GENERAL. AND YOU HAVE ANOTHER ONE RULE 36 FOR SEPARATELY. AND SO THIS IS A ROLL CALL VOTE ON UH RULE 36 UH TO AMEND THE. EDUCATION COMMITTEE LANGUAGE. ON DUCK AND NUMBER 0157 COUNSELOR BREADON. NO COUNSELOR BREADON NO COUNSELOR COLLETTE AS OPPOSED COUNCIL COLLETTE AS OPPOSED TO NO COUNSELOR. CULPEPPER. COUNSELOR. CULPEPPER. YES. COUNSELOR. DURKIN. COUNSELOR. DURKIN. NO. COUNSELOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNSELOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNSELOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNSELOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. NO. COUNSELOR LOUIJEUNE. NO. COUNSELOR. MEJIA. COUNSELOR. MEJIA. SEE COUNSELOR MURPHY. YES. COUNSELOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCILOR OF A PEN. COUNSELOR OF A PEN. NO. COUNSELOR. SANTANA. COUNSELOR. SANTANA. NO. COUNSELOR. WEBER. NOW COUNSELOR WEBER. NO. AND COUNSELOR. WORLD. YES. COUNSELOR. OH YES. SEVEN VOTES IN THE NEGATIVE AND SIX VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. >> MR. CLERK. AMENDMENT DOES NOT PASS. I UNDERSTAND COUNSELOR MCKEE HAS ANOTHER, UH, AMENDMENT. UM. YES. AMENDMENT OF SECOND. AND SECOND AMENDMENT. UH, THIS ONE IS UH PERTAINING TO CLARIFICATION OF ASSIGNMENTS OF COMMITTEE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, ETC. NO. YEAH I'VE GOT SEVERAL ISSUES. WHICH ONE WHICH ONE DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO NEXT? I LOVE THE FRONT OF HOUSE PAGE. ONE WAS TO. INCLUDE OTHER PARTIES AND THEN. THIS TIME I. BEG YOUR PARDON? SORRY. HANG ON A SECOND. SORRY. JESUS. COUNCILWOMAN HERE. WHICH, UM, AMENDMENT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO ONE OF THEM IN? BUT THERE WERE. A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ITEMS WITHIN THE EDUCATION THE THE HISTORICALLY. SO WE NEED TO DO THIS LINE BY LINE. SO MOTION TO RECONSIDER. THE VOTE. >> I'D LIKE TO TAKE A RECESS PLEASE. I MIGHT TAKE A RECESS. HOLD ON A SECOND. WE'LL HAVE A SHORT RECESS SO WE CAN SEPARATE DECIDE HOW TO SEPARATE ALL THESE DIFFERENT ISSUES. THANK YOU. OH GREAT. >> YEAH THAT'S THAT'S. HE'S HAVING NO WAY. THAT'S GIVING NEW YEAR'S CALLING HIM A MAJOR MEETING. BACK TO ORDER. UH, HAS EVERYONE GOT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS FROM COUNSELOR HERE IN FRONT OF THEM? MR CLERK? UM, I'M SURE HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR PATIENCE. UM, SO I JUST WANT A, UH, MOTION TO AMEND. SECOND SO. I HAD TO. >> SAY. BUT SHE HAS FOR US. I HAVE FOUR I HAVE 12345 UH, FIVE AMENDMENTS. THAT I WANT TO. DO ONE BY ONE. SO WE HAVE. >> TO START. AMENDMENT AND. THEN AMENDMENT EXHIBIT Y'ALL AMENDMENT. WE'RE GOOD. >> I JUST HAVE A MOTION. BEFORE I START MINE OR WAIT BECAUSE I'M ALREADY TALKING BECAUSE PEOPLE. >> CAN WAIT TO TURN. TO. >> PERSON UH HOLD ON A SECOND. SO I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK. IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING JUST OKAY. SO SO. COUNSELOR DURKIN, WHAT'S YOUR, UM QUESTION? UM. >> I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO LIMIT DEBATE ON THE RULES TO AN HOUR OR SO FOR US TO BY 230 VOTE ON THE RULES SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE AN HOUR TO DISCUSS THE RULES IN TOTAL. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES POTENTIALLY THEY IF THERE'S A SECOND ON THAT MOTION. THAT WAS ORGANIZED. THANK YOU. ALTHOUGH WE HAVE A ROLL CALL. THE POINT OF ORDER. MR CHAIR. >> I WAS ABOUT TO SPEAK. ON HOLD ON A SECOND, MR. CLERK. THERE'S A MOTION TO LIMIT DEBATE TO ONE HOUR. CAN YOU. SECOND WAS SECOND. CAN WE TAKE A ROLL OF. >> A DISCUSSION? >> WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION. IS ANYONE CONCERNED? I'M ALREADY UP. COUNCILOR FLYNN. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I JUST. >> I. JUST WANTED TO ASK THE CLERK UM, BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS, UM, ON THIS AMENDMENT, WASN'T THERE ALREADY A MOTION ON THAT WE WERE BEING THAT WAS BEING DISCUSSED BY COUNCILWOMAN MEJIA WAS THAT FORMALLY BROUGHT. THAT WASN'T. WE WEREN'T DISCUSSING THAT DURING THE UM SHE WAS ABOUT TO. AND THEN I DIDN'T GET TO. GET A. >> CHANCE TO DO. BUT SHE WAS SHE WAS I UNDERSTAND SHE WAS SHE WAS RECOGNIZED. IS THAT ACCURATE? MHM. >> SHE WAS. UM DOES. >> SHE HAVE THE RIGHT TO CONTINUE HER. YES SHE HER. DISCUSSION. >> YES UH COUNCILOR MEJIA WILL CONTINUE I THINK THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO LIMIT DEBATE ON THE RULES TO ONE HOUR AND THAT'S BEEN SECONDED SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A VOTE ON THAT. WE HAVE A VERY VERY LONG AGENDA TODAY. UH WE HAVE TO PULL LAST WEEK'S DOCKETS FROM GREEN SHEETS. IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY LONG AGENDA. SO IN THE INTERESTS OF EFFICIENCY I UH LIKE TO LIMIT THE DEBATE TO ONE HOUR AND THEN WE'LL. WE'LL WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE REST OF THE BUSINESS. UH, COUNCILMEMBER HERE YOU HAVE UH OH, SORRY. UH, MR CHAIR, COULD YOU TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THE MOTION TO LIMIT A DEBATE ON THE RULES TO ONE ARE. COUNSELOR BRAIN. YES. >> COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. THANK THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? YEAH. >> LET'S LET BLACK PEOPLE TALK. >> YOU CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION. YEAH. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. YEAH. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'M NOT AGAINST. I'M NOT AGAINST THE MOST BUT I DO WANT IF WE VOTE FOR THE HOUR TO ENSURE SOME WAY THAT EVERYONE WHO HAS SOMETHING TO SAY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY I THINK THE WORST THING THAT WE COULD DO IS TO VOTE FOR AN HOUR AND THEN START CUTTING FOLKS OFF WHEN THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY. SO IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN PASS WITHOUT THE TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE WHO HAS SOMETHING TO SAY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY IT, I THINK IT WOULD MOVE THINGS FORWARD. BUT I THINK WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE WHO HAS SOMETHING TO SAY AGAIN HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY I'M ALL FOR EFFICIENCY, BUT I'M ALSO SURE I'M ALSO FOR 100% ONE 1,000% THE RIGHT FOR FOLKS TO SPEAK CAN BE HEARD. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER . UM THE WAY IT WORKS IS IF OF OF COUNCILORS DURKAN WITHDRAWS HER MOTION AND THEN EVERYONE HAS GOT TEN MINUTES TO SPEAK ON THE UH ON THE DIFFERENT AMENDMENTS SO WE COULD BE HERE TO MIDNIGHT AT THIS REALLY GOING SO I REALLY WANT TO IN THE INTEREST OF EFFICIENCY, WE HAD A THREE HOUR WORKING SESSION ON THIS ON THE RULES ON FRIDAY. UH WE HAD A VERY EXTENSIVE DISTRICT DISCUSSION ON FRIDAY. SO UH I FEEL THAT IN THE INTEREST OF EFFICIENCY WE NEED TO TRY AND MOVE THIS FORWARD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. I DON'T WANT TO PRECLUDE ANYONE HAVING THEIR OPINION, BUT, UH, GIVEN THE RULES OF SOME THINGS BEFORE THE BODY FOR UH, ALLOWING ALL OF US TO SPEAK FOR TEN MINUTES, WE COULD BE HERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND WE HAVE A VERY, VERY LONG AGENDA TO GET TO. SO MADAM. >> I WOULD JUST WITH ALL DUE RESPECTS WE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO DISCUSS THESE AMENDMENTS WHEN WE MET IN THAT SESSION LAST FRIDAY AND I THINK THAT MAY HAVE BEEN PART OF THE REASON WHY WE'RE DEALING WITH THESE AMENDMENTS NOW BECAUSE LIKE I HAVE AN AMENDMENT THAT WE DIDN'T GET TO DISCUSS. AND SO WE'RE RIGHT NOW WE'RE DISCUSSING THE AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES. I DON'T EVEN THINK WE'VE GOTTEN TO THE RULES YET. AND THAT MIGHT MAKE IT EASIER IF WE GET TO THE AMENDMENTS FIRST AND THEN MAYBE LIMIT, UH ,DEBATE ON THE RULES TO AN HOUR. BUT I THINK WE SHOULD GET THROUGH THE AMENDMENTS. THE REASON WHY WE'RE STILL DISCUSSING THEM IS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO. DISCUSS FRIDAY'S SESSION. AND WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY HELPFUL IF FOLKS WHO WANTED TO OFFER AMENDMENTS AND BROUGHT THEM TO US AHEAD OF TIME. BUT HERE WE ARE. UM, MR UH, MR CHAIR, UH, COUNCILOR DURKAN, DO YOU WISH TO WITHDRAW YOUR MOTION SO CONSTRUCT OR. TIME OUT? IT'S PROBABLY NOT NO IT'S NOT HOLD UP. I WAS ALREADY CALLED AND I WAS GOING TO GO THROUGH MY ITEMS. SO BEFORE WE TAKE THE VOTE. ON COUNCILOR DURKIN'S UM, MOTION. THE THE THE ORDER OF SEQUENCE SINCE I WAS ALREADY UP SPEAKING REGARDING MY AMENDMENTS WHICH I SUBMITTED IN WRITING. SO I DON'T KNOW ABOUT EVERYBODY ELSE'S BUT I KNOW I DID MY HOMEWORK. I THINK WE NEED TO CHECK IN. SO LET ME FINISH COUNCIL PRESIDENT BRIGHTON IS THAT I WANT TO GO THROUGH MY AMENDMENTS AND THEN WE CAN TAKE THE MOTION. BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE ME OUT OF TURN BECAUSE I WAS ALREADY UP AND IN THE PROCESS OF SPEAKING. SO WHAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO START DOING IS SILENCING. MEMBERS EVERYONE WE WILL GET YOUR OPPORTUNITY. I'M GOING TO FINISH MY TASK BECAUSE I WAS CALLED BEFORE HER. SO I HAVE TO TAKE A SHORT RECESS TO SHOWCASE YOU. OR ALLOWS US TO DISCUSS IN ORDER TO CONTINUE. WITH YOU. AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE TUNING A PSEUDONYM, YOU KNOW WE HAVE TO START REALLY UNDERSTANDING THE DYNAMICS THAT ARE HAPPENING HERE ON THIS COUNCIL. SO I HOPE SOMEBODY TAKES THE TIME TO BREAK IT ALL DOWN AT THEIR LEISURE. BUT RIGHT NOW I AM HERE TO SPEAK. ON UM AMENDING UH AMENDMENTS A UM IT'S THE FOLLOWING WORDS AND PHRASES SHALL BE INSERTED SO THE FIRST SENTENCE QUOTE UNQUOTE AND AVAILABILITY QUOTE UNQUOTE AND PROGRAMS QUOTE UNQUOTE THEIR FAMILIES QUOTE UNQUOTE AS WELL AS SERVICES PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS TEACHERS, STAFF AND ADMINISTRATORS. THE AMENDMENT. RULE UM IN FULL SHALL READ AS FOLLOWS. I'M GOING TO. >> READ THIS AS FOLLOWS COMMITTEE CHAIR ON EDUCATION WHICH SHALL CONCERN ITSELF WITH THE QUALITY AND AVAILABILITY OF EQUITABLE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND PROGRAMS UM PROVIDED TO ALL SCHOOL AGE RESIDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN BOSTON AS WELL AS SERVICES AND PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS TEACHERS, STAFF AND ADMINISTRATORS. THAT IS THE LINE THAT I'D LIKE TO AMENDS. SO YOU WANT TO DO, UH, A ROLL CALL VOTE ON EACH ONE. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS AMENDMENT. TO EACH ONE SEPARATELY? COUNCIL DIVISION, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. >> I THINK, UH, THIS. AMENDMENT IS FINE. I ALSO THINK THAT THIS AMENDMENT IN THIS LANGUAGE AND THAT THERE ARE SOME OF THESE AMENDMENTS WHERE. IT'S ALREADY UNDER THE PURVIEW. >> OF THE COMMITTEE UH, ESPECIALLY THE. ONE ABOUT. >> HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES . LAST YEAR I, I CO-SPONSORED THAT HEARING WITH COUNCIL ORAL UNDER THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE. IT'S ALREADY WITHIN THE PURVIEW I THINK THERE'S ROGERS. DICTION WHEN IT COMES TO SOME OF THESE ADDITIONS. >> I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS AMENDMENT. I WOULD LIKE US TO MOVE TO A VOTE. IS THAT SECONDED? MR. CLERK, CAN YOU, UM, TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON AMENDMENT A TO RULE 36? ROLL CALL VOTE ON AMENDMENT EIGHT, COUNSELOR BRAIN. YES, COUNSELOR. BREADON. >> YES. COUNSELOR. COLETTA ZAPATA. COUNSELOR. CLOSE ABOUT A YES. COUNSELOR. CULPEPER. COUNSELOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNSELOR. DURKIN. COUNSELOR. DURKIN. NO. COUNSELOR. FITZGERALD. >> YES, COUNSELOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNSELOR. SENIORS. COUNSELOR LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNSELORS AND YES. COUNCIL. MEJIA. YES. >> COUNCIL. MEJIA. YES COUNSELOR. MURPHY. YEAH. COUNSELOR. MURPHY. YES COUNSELOR. TIFFIN. COUNSELOR. SANTANA. COUNSELOR WEBER. UNDER 24. A ROLL. >> CALL TAKING A ROLL CALL. COUNSELOR WEBER. SO. >> YES. >> IT'S NOW. COUNSELOR PUFFIN. GOT AMENDMENT A. NO NO. >> UH, OKAY. COUNSELOR WEBER. COUNSELOR WEBER. YES. AND COUNSELOR EARL. YES, COUNSELOR SANTANA. NOW. SANTANA. YES. COUNSELOR. PEN. YES. THANK YOU. >> MY AMENDMENT. A HAS RECEIVED, UH, 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND ONE IN THE NEGATIVE. THANK YOU. UH, COUNSELOR DURKIN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. UM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO LIMIT, UH, DEBATE ON THE RULES, UH, TO ONE HOUR, UM, WHICH IS ALLOWED FOR, UM, ROBERT'S RULES. AND I'D LIKE TO ASK IF I HAVE A SECOND. SECOND? >> UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I DOUBT. THE VOTE. >> OKAY. >> MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE? OH, I WE'VE. WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED IT, BUT UM. BUT I'M STILL TALKING ABOUT MYSELF. NO. >> YOU DIDN'T ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE ISSUE OF LIMITING TO BE IT TO HONOR? COUNCILOR FLYNN? YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> MADAM CHAIR. I WOULD LIKE TO RISE. IN OPPOSITION. >> TO THIS PROPOSAL. I DON'T WANT ANY CITY COUNCIL NOT TO HAVE THE. NECESSARY TIME. TO SPEAK. ON A. >> PARTICULAR MATTER. YES, IT'S ALMOST 2:00 BUT. WE ONLY COME IN HERE ONCE A WEEK AND WE SHOULD WE SHOULD DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND SPEND THE NECESSARY TIME IT TAKES TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE RULES RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT. THE IMPORTANT ISSUE IS NOT SPENDING HOURS IN HERE. THE IMPORTANT ISSUE IS GETTING THE RULES RIGHT. IF IT IF IT MEANS THAT WE'RE HERE TILL 7 OR 8:00 AT NIGHT THEN THAT'S OUR JOB. THAT'S WHAT OTHER PEOPLE DO AND OTHER CITY WORKERS THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY TO LEAVE THAT 4:00 A 5:00 UM GIVE OUR COLLEAGUES AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD. THAT'S RESPECTFUL. WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT IMPORTANT ISSUES AS IT RELATES TO BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD ANY HEARINGS ON PUBLIC EDUCATION IN BOSTON AT THE CITY COUNCIL LEVEL IN TWO YEARS. UM, WHY ARE WE TRYING TO LIMIT DEBATE AND ENSURING PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD? THAT'S THE JOB OF THE CITY COUNCILORS IS TO STAND UP AND ADVOCATE FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS EVEN WHEN IT'S POLITICALLY INCORRECT. GIVE GIVE THE CITY COUNCILORS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD. AND WHEN YOU GIVE THE CITY COUNCILS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD, THAT MEANS YOU'VE GIVEN FAMILIES THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD AS WELL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK? COUNCILOR MURPHY, THANK YOU. UM THANK. >> YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT. >> AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR UPLIFTING. I HAVE THE SAME CONCERN AND I KNOW I MENTIONED THIS LAST YEAR AT A HEARING WHEN WE WERE BEING RUSHED. WE ONLY MEET 32 WEEKS A YEAR. THAT MEANS 20 WEEKS, FIVE. MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR. THIS COUNCIL IS NOT IN THIS CHAMBER. FIVE MONTHS. AND SO THIS DAY YES, SOMETIMES IT MAY BE LONG, SOMETIMES IT'S SHORT BUT IF THERE'S WORK IN FRONT OF US WE SHOULD NOT BE LIMITING OR QUIETING DOWN OUR COLLEAGUES WHO ARE LIKE COUNCILOR FLYNN SAID WHEN WE SPEAK WE'RE SPEAKING FOR THE RESIDENTS AND THE RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON DESERVE THAT. WHEN WE COME IN HERE AT NOON ON WEDNESDAYS. FOR REMEMBER FIVE MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TO BE HERE. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE NEVER LIMIT OUR COLLEAGUES TIME TO SPEAK. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL DURKAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YOU TURN TO MICHAEL. OH THANK YOU PAUL. UM, I'D LIKE TO MOVE FOR A VOTE ON MY MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND. MR CHAIR, CAN YOU TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE A MOTION ON THE ON THE, UH, MOTION TO LIMIT THE BIT TO ONE HOUR. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCIL. COLLETTA. ZAPATA. YES. >> COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTY. YES. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. NO. OR COUNCILOR CULPEPER. NO. COUNCILOR DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKIN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. NO. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. NO. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. NO. COUNCIL. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCIL. JEN. YES. COUNCIL. MEJIA. NO. COUNCIL. MEJIA. NO. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY. NO. COUNCIL. PIPPIN. COUNCILOR. WE'VE BEEN. YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR SANTANA. YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. YES. COUNCIL. OTHER. YES AND COUNCILOR. WORLD COUNCIL ORAL NO. SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND SIX VOTES IN THE NEGATIVE MOTION PREVAILS. MR CHAIR. >> SO THE ONE I WAS. >> THAT'S OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. >> FROM HERE. ON OUT. >> SO IF YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YOU YOU. >> MR CLERK? YES. >> MR CLERK. YES. AND YOU'D LIKE TO. UPON FURTHER REVIEW OF THE MOTION TO. LIMIT ONE, UH, DEBATE. >> TO ONE HOUR AFTER REVIEWING THE UH PARLIAMENTARY INFORMATION REGARDING RANKING OF. MOTIONS THE LIMIT OR EXTENT THE LIMITS OF DEBATE REQUIRES A TWO THIRDS TWO THIRDS VOTE AND. >> THE. MOTION FAILS. THANK YOU, MR COUNCILMAN. HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT, UH, WE DID SPEND SOME TIME SPEAKING ABOUT THESE AND WHILE I DO APPRECIATE THE PRESIDENT SAYING YES NOW WE COULD HAVE AVOIDED ALL OF THIS HAD THESE THINGS ALREADY BEEN PUT INTO THE COMMITTEE REPORT AS WE HAD RECOMMENDED. SO I DON'T WANT TO HOLD PEOPLE HOSTAGE. YOU KNOW, PRESIDENT, THIS IS UNDER YOUR JURISDICTION. I ADDED AND ADVOCATED FIERCELY FOR LANGUAGE THAT DID NOT MAKE IT HERE SO WE CAN END THE DEBATE. AND IF YOU COULD JUST MAKE THE DECISION RIGHT NOW AND WE CAN JUST KEEP IT MOVING, I DON'T NEED TO HOLD UP THE PROCESS. YOU CAN'T FROM HERE YOU ASKED TO BREAK IT DOWN INTO SECOND SO I JUST PLEASE GO AHEAD. I JUST. WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS I'M NOT THE PROBLEM. THIS COULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN HANDLED. UM, SO AMENDMENT BEING THE SENTENCE THAT I WANT TO UH, BRING ATTENTION TO IS THE COMMITTEE SHALL HAVE OVERSIGHT OF BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FACILITIES INCLUDING APPLICATIONS PROPOSALS CONTRACTS, CLOSURES. MERGERS. >> RECONFIGURATIONS, MOVES ALL FACILITY RELATED MATTERS THAT IMPACT EDUCATION STUDENTS, FAMILIES, TEACHERS, STAFF AND ADMINISTRATORS SHALL BE INSERTED AFTER THE THIRD SENTENCE AND THE AMENDMENT RULE AND ITS FULL UM ENTITY SHALL READ AS FOLLOWS COMMITTEE UM AND EDUCATION SHALL CONCERN ITSELF WITH THE QUALITY OF EQUITABLE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES PROVIDED TO ALL SCHOOL AGE RESIDENTS IN BOSTON. FURTHER, THE COMMITTEE SHALL EXPLORE DEVELOPING PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE WITH ACADEMICS EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES FOR FAMILIES. THE COMMITTEE SHALL MONITOR EDUCATIONAL POLICY IN PARTICULAR SPECIAL EDUCATION, BILINGUAL EDUCATION AND TECHNICAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION WITH THE GOAL OF ELIMINATING OPPORTUNITY AND ACHIEVEMENT GAPS FOR STUDENTS OF COLOR. THE COMMITTEE UM LANGUAGE LEARNERS, STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND CHILDREN LIVING IN POVERTY. THE COMMITTEE SHALL AGAIN HAVE OVERSIGHT OVER BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES INCLUDING APPLICATIONS PROPOSALS CONTRACTS, CLOSURES. MERGERS. >> RECONFIGURATIONS, MOVES AND ALL FACILITY RELATED MATTERS THAT IMPACT EDUCATION STUDENTS, FAMILIES, TEACHERS, UM STAFF AND ADMINISTRATORS. AND I WANT TO KNOW FOR THE RECORD THAT THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN POSITIVE SAID IN PREVIOUS ITERATIONS OF THIS COUNCIL WHERE ISSUES OF FACILITIES ACTUALLY ENDED UP IN THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE AND BECAUSE IT WAS NOT EXPLICITLY UM STATED IN THIS ITERATION OF THIS TERM I WANTED TO ADVOCATE UM THAT THOSE MATTERS FALL UNDER THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE AND I. WANT TO HEAR DO YOU HAVE A SECOND COUNCILOR MURPHY? SECOND, ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE? COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I RISE TO SUPPORT THE. PROPOSAL THE. AMENDMENTS OUTLINED BY. COUNCILOR MEAD COUNCILMEMBER HERE. I THINK THEY'RE COMMON SENSE. PROPOSALS. >> BUT THEY PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS. CRITICAL ISSUES THAT ARE. IMPACTING OUR FAMILIES. COUNCILOR UH, MCKEE, YOU MENTIONED THEM, BUT. STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IS A CRITICAL ISSUE. UH, THAT WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE PROVIDE THE THE PROPER OVERSIGHT AND LEADERSHIP ENSURING. >> THAT. STUDENTS WITH. DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO PUBLIC EDUCATION AND SERVICES. THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT'S. THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AND MY FAMILY AND I'M GLAD COUNCILMEMBER HERE RAISED IT AND A HUGE LARGE NUMBER OF OUR STUDENTS UM, AND OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, UM, BUT WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE CRITICAL LEADERSHIP OF THE CITY COUNCIL THAT ADVOCATE FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. I WANT TO SEE US ELEVATE THAT ISSUE, PROVIDE THE COMMON SENSE AND OVERSIGHT THAT IS NEEDED AND ADVOCATE FOR OUR FAMILIES. THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR JOB AS CITY COUNCIL IS, UM, IN ENSURING THAT THEIR FAMILIES ALSO GET THE NECESSARY SUPPORT AND SERVICES THAT THEY'RE ENTITLED TO AS WELL. I THINK THIS IS A CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FENTON. COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. OKAY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, I JUST YOU KNOW, AS FILED I THINK I'M OPPOSED TO THIS JUST I THINK IT GOES A LITTLE TOO FAR INTO THE INTO THE WAYS AND MEANS PURVIEW BY REFERRING TO APPLICATIONS AND CONTRACTS. I MEAN, CERTAINLY I FEEL LIKE THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE SHOULD HAVE OVERSIGHT OVER AGAIN LIKE WHAT SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO STAY OPEN, WHAT SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO CLOSE, HOW THOSE FACILITIES ARE SERVING OUR STUDENTS. BUT UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK IF IF UH IF WE REMOVED APPLICATIONS PROPOSALS, UH, CONTRACTS UH THAT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE OTHERWISE I'M WORRIED THAT AS PROPOSED THAT AGAIN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS SORT OF UH, BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN WAYS AND MEANS AND UH, THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE WHICH UH FOR THE REASONS I STATED EARLIER I DON'T THINK WOULD BE UH, SERVICE TO OUR KIDS. THANKS. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK? SO I WOULD LIKE TO JUST, UH, ASK. UH COUNCILOR. WEBER IF, UH. THROUGH THE TURN THE CHAIR UH, COUNCILOR DURKAN, YOU, UM. THANK YOU. >> I PLAN TO VOTE NO ON THIS AMENDMENT. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR UM, MEJIA. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM SO. IF, UH. COUNCILOR WEBER WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THE LANGUAGE AS WRITTEN, UH, CURIOUS UH. >> THROUGH. THE CHAIR IF, UH, COUNCILOR FROM DISTRICT SIX WOULD BE WILLING TO, UM, SUPPORT THE AMEND THE AMENDMENT IF IS AMENDED. FURTHER COUNCILOR CONSIDER WHETHER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YEAH I YOU KNOW IT'S A IT'S IT'S A VALID SUGGESTION. MY UM MY PROPOSAL WOULD BE UH LET ME SEE IF I CAN LOOK AT THIS TABLE THIS AMENDMENT WHERE WE WERE WE STILL WE'VE GOT LOTS OF AMENDMENTS TO DISCUSS AND LET ME SEE IF I CAN FIGURE OUT LANGUAGE AND THEN YOU CAN YOU CAN BRING IT UP AGAIN WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH MY AMENDMENTS OR NOT. UH, HOW IS THAT, UH, THROUGH THE CHAIR. WOULD THAT BE OKAY FOR A COUNCILOR? JUST GIVE ME A LITTLE EXTRA TIME TO. THINK ABOUT THIS. WELL, I JUST I I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S AS MUCH AS. >> IT'S JUST WHATEVER. COUNCILOR HERE WANTS TO DO. YOU SHOULD. WE CAN BRING THIS UP FOR A VOTE OR LET ME LOOK AT THIS AND WE'LL JUST TABLE THIS, UH. TO THANK YOU, MR WEBER. THERE'S A MOTION TO TABLE THIS AMENDMENT FOR NOW AND COME BACK TO IT LATER. MR CLERK, COULD YOU TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE PLEASE? MOTION TO TABLE AMENDMENT B, COUNCILOR BREADON. UH, YES. COUNCILOR BRIGHTNESS. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS OPPOSED. COUNCILORS VOTED YES. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. NO. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. NO. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN. NO. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. YES. COUNCILWOMAN. HERE. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCILOR. PIPPIN. COUNCILOR. OPINIONS. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES AND COUNCILOR. UM. YES. COUNCILOR L YES. 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND TWO IN THE NEGATIVE. MAN AND BEAST. UH GO AHEAD, MR TRUMP. AMENDMENT B IS PLACED ON THE TABLE. THANK YOU, CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. UH, YOU MAY MOVE ON TO AMENDMENT C YEAH. SO AMENDMENT C I BELIEVE WE HAVE ALREADY KILLED WHICH WAS THE BUDGET. FROM THE COMMITTEE SHALL. BE FOR ALL MATTERS. CONCERNING APPROPRIATION BUDGETS. Y'ALL WE ALREADY. KILLED THAT ONE ALREADY. SO WE'RE MOVING ON. THAT ONE'S DEAD ORDER. ARE YOU WANT TO VOTE ON IT? WE CAN VOTE ON IT. UM, COUNCILOR UM, COLLETTE, AS A POWDER YOU HAVE I AM I THINK THIS ONE HAS TO DO WITH HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES. DO I HAVE THE SAME COPY AS. EVERYBODY FOR AMENDMENT? OH, I HAVE TO. >> I HAVE THE WRONG ONE. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY, GOING BACK TO MY LETTERS THAT I NEED TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL MYSELF. I GOT MY LETTERS ALL ALPHABETICALLY. WRONG SO COMES AND THAT COMES FROM MEJIA. UM, IT'S AMENDMENT C YEP. IT'S UM THIS, UH THE SENTENCE THAT WE ARE, UH, UNPACKING IS THE COMMITTEE SHALL ALSO CONCERN ITSELF WITH MATTERS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND HIGHER ED, INCLUDING HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES SHALL BE INSERTED INTO THE FOURTH SENTENCE. WE WANT TO BE EXPLICIT IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE WHOLE. EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR OUR STUDENTS. AGAIN, THIS IS ALL GOING BACK AND FORTH. IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY NEED TO BE THIS WAY, BUT WE IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE EXPLICIT IN ADVOCATING FOR THE THINGS THAT UM, THE COMMITTEE TRADITIONALLY UM HAS DONE IN THE PAST. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THIS ASSURANCE. THANK YOU. >> COMES FROM UM COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YEAH, I JUST I I MEAN I KNOW WE TABLE THE OTHER ONE TOO, BUT AGAIN, I THINK THIS COMMITTEE HAS HELD A HEARING ON THIS MATTER THAT THE COMMITTEE HAS HELD A HEARING ON, UH, MERGERS AND RECONFIGURATIONS AND SO I ALREADY THINK THAT LIKE THIS A LOT OF THIS IS PAPER OUTLINES IS ALREADY WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THAT COUNCIL AND I'M EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS. THANK YOU THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I RISE. TO SUPPORT AND SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT AND I THINK COUNCILOR MEJIA ADDED CRITICAL UH PARTNERS AND IN THE CITY OF BOSTON BUT ESPECIALLY COMMUNITY COLLEGES THAT THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT TO RESIDENTS OF BOSTON BUT ALSO TO STUDENTS BUNKER HILL COMMUNITY COLLEGE, ROXBURY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, THE URBAN COMMUNITY, THE URBAN COLLEGE AS WELL WHICH IS LOCATED IN UM CHINATOWN. BUT THOSE THREE INSTITUTIONS UH EDUCATING OUR STUDENTS THEY'RE DOING AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB. UM AND THEY'RE WHAT WE NEED TO WORK ON IS REALLY A CLEAR PATHWAY FROM HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION INTO THESE COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND THEN PARTNERING MAYBE WITH A SCHOOL LIKE UMASS . I KNOW THERE ARE THERE ARE PARTNERSHIPS SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY BUT TO HAVE THAT TWO YEARS THAT YOU RECEIVE AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE APPLYING THAT TOWARDS A POTENTIALLY A BACHELOR'S DEGREE, THAT BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE FOR UH FOR A STUDENT BUT THAT THAT COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROCESS IS A CRITICAL PART OF EDUCATION IN BOSTON. I'M GLAD COUNCIL MEMBER HERE BROUGHT IT UP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU OFF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> I DO JUST WANT TO RISE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT I APPRECIATE COUNCILOR MEJIA WANTING TO TIGHTEN UP THE LANGUAGE AND ALTHOUGH IT MAY BE PAST PRACTICES AND MAYBE THIS COMMITTEE HAS ALREADY HELD HEARINGS AND MADE THESE ISSUES FALL UNDER THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE, I THINK THE CHANGES UM, MADAM PRESIDENT THAT YOU BROUGHT FORWARD AND YOU MADE I WOULD ARGUE ARE ALSO JUST TIGHTENING UP LANGUAGE. SO THERE WAS NO QUESTION BECAUSE THE LAST TWO TERMS WHEN WE HAVE THE OLD RULES WE WORKED FINE UNDER THE PAST RULES. SO THESE CHANGES ALTHOUGH SOME MIGHT ARGUE DON'T REALLY MATTER . THEY DO MATTER WHEN WE'RE A BODY WHO'S TRYING TO STOP CONVERSATION OR STOP MAKING SURE THE DEBATE HAPPENS. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO LISTEN TO THE CHANGES AND IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR VOTE YES. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE WE TIGHTEN THE LANGUAGE FOR ALL OF US. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR DURKAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, I FULLY STAND BEHIND THE COMMITTEE'S RESPONSIBILITY TO HOST THINGS ON THESE SUBJECTS, BUT FOR THE REASONS THAT UM COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE UM OUTLINED, I'LL BE VOTING NO ON THIS AMENDMENT. COUNCILOR. >> UH, CULPEPER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I'M 100% IN SUPPORT OF THIS AMENDMENT, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARD TO THE BLACK COLLEGE HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE SEEN IS THAT WHEN WE WERE YOUNGER WE HAD TRIPS WHERE WE TOOK VAN LOADS OF YOUNG BLACK CHILDREN, HIGH SCHOOL KIDS DOWN TO SEE HOWARD OR HAMPTON, VIRGINIA UNION, THE HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES THEY DON'T HAVE THAT FUNDING. THESE SAY TO TAKE THE YOUNG FOLKS DOWN TO SEE THE HBCUS LIKE THEY DID WHEN WE WERE YOUNGER. SO WHAT THIS AMENDMENT SPEAKS TO AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING THE HBCU TO BOSTON SO THAT THE YOUNG BLACK FOLKS WILL HAVE THAT INTERACTION WITH THE HBCUS THAT DO HAVE THE FUNDING TO COME BACK TO BOSTON. AND I REMEMBER THAT AT THE EVENT LAST YEAR WHEN THE 18 USE OF HBCU IS OF AT HARVARD, HOW EXCITED ALL THE KIDS IN THE BOSTON SCHOOL SYSTEM BECAME BECAUSE THEY HAD COME TO BOSTON. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THAT THIS YEAR EVEN MORE SO THAT THE YOUNG BLACK CHILDREN IN THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS CAN HAVE THAT INTERACTION AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO AT LEAST TOUCH THE HP USED WHEN I COME TO THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. ANYBODY ELSE WISH TO SPEAK? MR CLERK, COULD YOU CONNOR HAVE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON AMENDMENT C TO ROLL 36 ,PLEASE. COUNSELOR GREEN. YES. COUNCIL. BREADON. YES COUNSELOR. COLOR AS A PARTNER. COUNSELOR. CLOSER. YES COUNSELOR. CULPEPPER. YEAH. COUNSELOR. CULPEPPER. YES. COUNSELOR. DURKIN. COUNSELOR. DURKIN. NO. COUNSELOR. FITZGERALD. COUNSELOR. THIS CHILD. YES. COUNCIL. FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL. FLYNN. YES. COUNSELOR. LOUIJEUNE. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR ME HERE. I I GOT SOMEBODY HERE. YES COUNSELOR. MURPHY. COUNSELOR. MURPHY. YES COUNSELOR. PIPPIN. COUNSELOR. YES. COUNCIL. SANTANA. YEAH. SANTANA. YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. YES AND COUNCIL. WORLD. YES. COUNCIL. WORLD. YES. AMENDMENT C HAS RECEIVED UH, 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND ONE IN THE NEGATIVE. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. COUNSELOR MEJIA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR TO DISCUSS. UH, OFFER YOUR AMENDMENT D. I WANT TO JUST REITERATE AGAIN FOR THE. RECORD THAT WE WOULD NOT BE GOING THROUGH THIS ENTIRE PROCESS HAD THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE BEEN INSERTED INTO THE COMMITTEE REPORT AS RELATES TO THE RULES. THE ONLY REASON WHY WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS LINE BY LINE AND PEOPLE ARE IN AGREEMENT IS I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE. IT'S PROCEDURAL, MAYBE. IT'S JUST FOR THE. DRAMA OF IT. BUT WE DO NOT NEED TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION BUT HERE WE ARE HAVING IT. SO LET'S CONTINUE THE SENTENCE. THE COMMITTEE SHALL ALSO CONCERN ITSELF WITH MY UM I READ THAT ONE ALREADY THE FAITH OKAY THE PHRASE INCLUDES THIS IS AMENDMENT E D D YEP WELL HE'D A B C D E F G THE PHRASE INCLUDING BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS TEACHERS, STAFF AND ADMINISTRATORS EXCEPT INDIVIDUAL PERSONNEL MATTERS SHALL BE INSERTED INTO THE LAST SENTENCE WE UM TRADITIONALLY IN THIS COMMITTEE UM HAVE CONCERNED OURSELVES WITH ALL ISSUES THAT IMPACT THE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOME OF OUR STUDENTS. THEREFORE WE ARE ADVOCATING TO ENSURE THAT IT IS EXPLICITLY STATED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? WHICH ONE SHOULD CONSIDER? UM UM JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION OF COUNCILMEMBER HERE. UM WE HAVE UM AMENDMENT D. UH PERTAINING TO UM SHALL BE UM THE COMMITTEE SHALL HAVE REFERRED TO IT ALL MATTERS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS, BUDGET EXPENDITURES AND LOANS THAT ARE RELATED TO BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. IT SEEMS WE HAVE UM, GOTTEN THOSE TWO MIXED UP. YES. >> SO. >> ALL RIGHT, SO DO YOU WANT TO GO TO THAT ONE I THINK. >> DO YOU GUYS ALREADY KILLED THAT ONE? YEAH. TODAY THAT WAS ALREADY DEAD. YEAH. >> SO THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T. TALK ABOUT IT. Y'ALL KILLED THAT ONE I'M READY. YEAH. >> BUT IT'S IT'S IN THE LIST. OKAY. >> SORRY. SO. >> YOU'RE THE. >> THE NEXT AMENDMENT WAS. UH, INCLUDING BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. TEACHERS, STAFF AND ADMINISTRATORS. UM, PERSONNEL MATTERS. YES. >> OKAY. THIS IS NOT THAT IS THIS IS D. NO. >> THIS IS C. SIX B. STILL OKAY PERTAINING TO MATTERS OF. YEAH. JUST TO BE CLEAR THIS THIS AMENDMENT IS PERTAINING TO THE LANGUAGE INCLUDING BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS STAFF AND ADMINISTRATORS EXCEPT INDIVIDUAL PERSONNEL MATTERS. SO UH PLEASE CONTINUE COUNCILOR MEJIA. THERE'S JUST ROLL. CALL VOTE. >> HE JUST SHE'S JUST SPOKEN. >> OKAY, WE HAVE A SECOND. SECOND COUNCILOR DIVISION. CAN YOU CAN. YOU PLEASE TELL US WHAT AMENDMENT WE ARE ON? I DON'T KNOW, I THINK THE AMENDMENT THAT YOU JUST SPOKE TO THE ONE THAT'S EXCLUDING PERSONNEL MATTERS IS ONE THAT WE ALREADY VOTED. >> ON AS A BODY. WASN'T THAT THE FIRST AMENDMENT OF COURSE FROM. ITS PROPOSED AMENDMENT? SO CAN SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT AMENDMENT WE ARE ON RIGHT NOW VOTING ON? WHAT'S THE AMENDMENT LETTER? THERE'S NO AMENDMENT. >> A LETTER ON THIS. YES. BUT THERE'S NO LETTER NO. ARE WE DONE WITH THE AMENDMENTS THAT THE LETTER AMENDMENTS. WE ARE OKAY. >> THANK YOU. SO IT'S AMENDMENT EIGHT PERTAINING TO SUBSTANCES. AMENDMENT EVEN. YEAH OKAY. SO WE HAVE TO PUT THAT IN THERE BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO. CHANGE IT OKAY. ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE MR CHAIR CAN YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON AMENDMENT E TO RULE 36 PERTAINING TO, UH, BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS TEACHERS, STAFF AND ADMINISTRATORS. THERE'S NO THERE'S NO AMENDMENT. OH, I BEG YOUR PARDON. PARDON? COUNSELOR WEBER, YOU HAVE A YEAH. JUST A SUGGESTION. I DON'T MEAN TO BURDEN COUNCILOR MCGEE IS STAFF, BUT I THINK SO. I THINK THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A HE JUST DOESN'T HAVE A LETTER IF I THINK IT WOULD JUST FOR OUR SAKES LIKE SO WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON. JUST, UH I TAKE A, UH EITHER HOWEVER, THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT WAS ABLE JUST TO REPRINT THIS OUT WITH A LETTER ATTACHED. OTHERWISE NOBODY KNOWS THERE IS NO AND SAY I DON'T HAVE ANY. UM I HAVE ANY MYSELF. OKAY? >> SAYS HE. YEAH. I THINK WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS JUST ON OUR DESKS IS JUST AS WELL 36 OKAY. UM, AND SO THE CONCERN IS LIKE WHETHER WE'RE VOTING ON THE ORIGINAL, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE SO I. JUST THIS COULD IT BE HELPFUL IF I JUST READ WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON AND THEN WE COULD JUST VOTE ON THAT AND THAT'S IT? >> WELL THEY'LL HAVE TO REPRINT. BUT I CAN TELL YOU WHAT IT IS AND YOU CAN YEAH. YOU CAN GUESS WHAT MINUTES I HAVE TO WAS THAT A B. C D. >> AND E. SO I HAVE MINE IS LISTED AS EIGHT. COUNCILOR PAUL PEPPER CULPEPER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM CHAIR I MOVE THAT THIS AMENDMENT BE AMENDMENT 36 EIGHT THAT WE ARE NOW TAKING OUT. THAT IT BE LISTED AS 36. THANK YOU. AND. >> I HAVE INFORMATION. YES, COUNCILOR DURKIN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YEAH. >> I THINK IT'S BEEN MADE APPARENT THAT SOME OF US DON'T HAVE THIS ON OUR DESK. SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT I'M VOTING ON. IT'S A REPRINTING. MADAM CHAIR. >> COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MAY MAY I MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO, UM, HAVE CITY COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF PROVIDE A WRITTEN COPY FOR EACH CITY COUNCIL? UM, YOUR RECOMMENDATION HAS BEEN TAKEN. UH, CENTRAL STAFF ARE WORKING ON A. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. TO CITY COUNCIL FOR HERE. UM. CONSIDER MEJIA. AND, UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO JUST RESTATE. >> THE. AMENDMENT THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING? THE PHRASE INCLUDES BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS, STAFF AND ADMINISTRATORS. EXCEPT INDIVIDUAL PERSONNEL MATTERS SHALL BE INSERTED INTO THE. >> LAST SENTENCE. I JUST WANT TO BE EXPLICIT, THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR DURKIN. THANK YOU. SO SECTION 17 OF THE BOSTON CITY CHARTER ACTS OF 1951, UM, PROVIDES NEITHER THE CITY COUNCIL NOR ANY MEMBER, COMMITTEE OFFICER AND OR EMPLOYEE THEREOF SHALL DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY TAKE PART IN THE EMPLOYMENT OF LABOR NOR IN THE CONDUCT OF EXECUTIVE OR ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS OF THE CITY OR COUNTY, NOR THE APPOINTMENT OR REMOVAL OF ANY CITY OR COUNTY OR COUNTY EMPLOYEE. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO STATE FOR THE RECORD THAT I'M NOT SAYING THAT THIS AMENDMENT IS GOING AGAINST THE CITY CHARTER, BUT THE CITY CHARTER ALWAYS TRUMPS ANYTHING THAT WE VOTE ON. UM SO I WOULD PREFER THAT THE WORD PERSONNEL NOT BE INCLUDED IN ANYTHING THAT WE VOTE ON GIVEN THAT SECTION 17 OF THE BOSTON CITY CHARTER. UM, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ANYTHING THAT WE VOTE ON ENSHRINES THAT THE CITY CHARTER STANDS NOT OVER THE RULES. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER COUNCIL. COUNCILMEMBER HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, AND I WANT TO REITERATE THAT THE DOCUMENT EXPLICITLY STATES EXCEPT INDIVIDUAL PERSONNEL MATTERS WITH WITH WITH THAT FEEDBACK FROM DISTRICT. COUNSELOR A UM IT IN MIND IS THAT EXCEPT INDIVIDUAL PERSONNEL MATTERS, WE WANT TO EXPLICITLY SAY THAT WE HAVE NO JURISDICTION OVER PERSONNEL MATTERS NOW IF IT FEELS MORE COMFORTABLE TO JUST DELETE THAT ALL COMPLETELY THEN I'M OPEN TO THAT AS WELL. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY I ADDED S. I WANTED TO EXPLICITLY STATE THAT WE DO NOT HAVE ANY JURISDICTION OVER PERSONNEL MATTERS. FOR THAT SAME REASON. UH, WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR CENTRAL STAFF TO BRING OUT THE AMENDED COPY. THANK YOU. I FEEL LIKE I'M BEING. >> PUNISHED TODAY. DOES EVERYONE HAVE A COPY OF THE AMENDED DOCUMENT? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE? UM, 336 AMENDMENT EIGHT. COUNCIL AGREED. NO COUNCIL AGREED NO COUNCIL COLLETTE AS OPPOSED TO COUNCIL CALL IT AS BETTER. YES. COUNCIL. CULPEPER COUNCIL. CULPEPER. YES. COUNCIL. DURKIN. COUNSELOR. DIRK AND NO COUNCIL. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCIL. CHO. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL. FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCIL. MEJIA. YEP. COUNCIL. MEJIA. YES. COUNCIL. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCIL PUT PEN COUNCIL HAVE BEEN. YES. COUNCIL. SANTANA. YES. COUNCIL. SANTANA. YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. YES. COUNCIL WEBER. YES AND COUNCIL. WORLD. YES. COUNCIL. WORLD. YES. 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND TWO IN THE NEGATIVE. THANK YOU, MR TURNER. PASSED. >> ME AT TURNER. COUNCILOR. YOU HAVE A FEW MORE. WHICH TALK DO WE ON? I DON'T UM. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE OH HANG ON COMES CATCH MEJIA A CONSTANT CULPEPER SORRY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO FILE FORWARD TO THE CITY COUNCIL ROOM FOR. SHE HASN'T FINISHED. AND WE WE STILL HAVEN'T WE HAVEN'T FINISHED WITH. OH I'M SORRY. ANSWER ME. SOME AMENDMENTS WOULD COME BACK TO YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL ME HERE. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. SO I DEFER TO YOU IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU BELIEVE IS THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION. I HAVE OTHER AMENDMENTS THAT I'D LIKE TO, UM, UNPACK BUT IF PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF HEARING FROM ME, I DON'T MIND GOING TO SOMEBODY ELSE IF YOU. WANT. >> YOU KNOW, PLEASE CONTINUE. ALL RIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO UM, RULE UH 35. I'M LOOKING FOR AN AMENDMENT. IT'S UM I'D LIKE TO INSERT A LINE ALL COMMITTEE EVENTS SHALL HAVE UH, THIS IS Y'ALL GOING TO HEAR THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME? MAYBE. BUT, UM, I'M LOOKING TO ADVOCATE THAT ALL COMMITTEE EVENTS, UM, SHALL HAVE RECORDS OF A DISCUSSION POSTED ONLINE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC EITHER AS A RECORDING MINUTES. OR OTHER. APPROPRIATE FORMAT WITH THE FORMAT AT THE DISCRETION OF CENTRAL STAFF. UM AFTER THE FIFTH SENTENCE OF THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF RULE 35 UM YOU SHOULD HAVE COPIES OF THIS AMENDMENT IN FRONT OF YOU. SO THIS IS RULE 35 AMENDMENTS. DOES EVERYONE HAVE I DON'T HAVE 135. SO THE CENTRAL STAFF GET THESE ARE DO WE DO IT BECAUSE I'M SORRY I MADE A MISTAKE THEN. THE STAFF IS FULL SO JUST. UH DO YOU WANT ME TO GO I GOT IT YOU WANT TO I CAN GO COPY. 36 STORY 39. WHY YOU DON'T HAVE IT. I DON'T. >> DO YOU WANT ME TO GO I CAN COPY. OBVIOUSLY I CAN'T FROM HERE. PRESIDENT. >> I DON'T HAVE A COPY OF YOUR . BACK TO THE PHOTOCOPY. IT'S OKAY. NOW IF YOU WANT TO PUT. YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER HERE, I'M. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I'M A I KNOW THAT TODAY I'M TAKING UP A LOT OF TIME BUT YOU KNOW WHERE I WORKED REALLY HARD TO BE INSIDE THIS CHAMBER SO I'M GOING TO TAKE MY TIME AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S INDULGENCE AS I DO JUST THAT. SO WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE UM, WITH THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT AND THE REASON WHY I'M ADVOCATING IS BECAUSE DURING OUR WORKING SESSIONS POLICY BRIEFS. I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF PUBLIC RECORD THAT IS POSTED ONLINE. UM, WHETHER IT'S A VIDEO UM MINUTES UM, OF OUR UH, DELIBERATIONS BECAUSE OFTENTIMES PEOPLE ARE ASKING WHAT HAPPENED AND WE HAVE NO REAL RECORD. OF POINTING BACK TO IT. SO I JUST WANT IF WE WANT TRANSPARENCY THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A HAVE, YOU KNOW, FOR HAVING SYSTEMS IN PLACE THAT WILL HELP US DO THAT. UM, THERE'S VERY LIMITED TRUST RIGHT NOW IN CITY GOVERNMENT UM WITH THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY IS LEADING THE CAUSE HERE. THE UM THE CONTENT OF COMMITTEE EVENTS SUCH AS MEETINGS, WORKING SESSIONS AND MORE SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC JUST AS HEARINGS ARE. THIS AMENDMENT ENSURES THAT A RECORD OF EACH COMMITTEE EVENT IS PUBLISHED ONLINE AND PUBLICLY AVAILABLE, BUT LEAVES THE FORMAT AT THE DISCRETION OF CENTRAL STAFF IN ORDER TO NOT OVERBURDEN THEM AND TO ACCOUNT FOR THE TECHNOLOGY UM LIMITATIONS OF DIFFERENT ROOMS WE HOLD COMMITTEE EVENTS IN FOR EXAMPLE AND THEY CAN POST ME UM MINUTES ONLINE. WE MUST YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE BOTTOM LINE IS IS THAT THIS IS REALLY ABOUT INCREASING GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY. UM, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE UH THE TOOLS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHAT CONVERSATIONS ARE BEING HAD WITH THEIR TAXES. DOLLARS WE WORK FOR THEM. THEY NEED TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER HERE. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UM THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WAS GOING TO ASK COUNCILOR MEJIA WHICH MEETING SHE WAS REFERRING TO BUT SHE DID. BUT I WILL ALSO JUST STAND TO SUPPORT. THIS. OFTENTIMES WHEN A WORKING SESSION OR A MEETING IS OUTSIDE OF THE THE CHAMBER AND PEOPLE WANT TO SEE IT, WE THEN GO TO ZOOM WHICH HAPPENED AT THE RULES MEETING WHICH I WAS TOLD IT WENT TO ZOOM BECAUSE THE PUBLIC WANTED TO WATCH IT. AND I HAVE OFTEN HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH ETHAN ABOUT THERE IS A NEED AND I WILL PROBABLY FILE IT SOON FOR AN UPGRADE TO TECHNOLOGY THAT EVERY ROOM HERE THAT WE USE IF IT'S THE ONLY ROOM THE UH IONAL THE CHAMBER THAT NO MATTER WHERE WE ARE MEETING THAT WE CAN STILL MEET AS A BODY TOGETHER AND IF WE DO WANT TO STREAM IT AND HAVE IT LIE TO THE PUBLIC CAN WATCH IT. SO WE'RE NOT LIMITING OURSELVES WHEN AND WHERE THOSE MEETINGS CAN HAPPEN. SO THANK YOU COUNCIL ME HERE FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND I WILL BE SUPPORTING IT. THANK YOU COUNCILOR DURKIN. THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIR. UM I IN SPIRIT SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT. I THINK THAT IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE WORK IT'S GOING TO BE SPLIT BETWEEN BOTH OUR STAFF AND CENTRAL STAFF AND I DO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE USE OF I NOTE TAKERS AND I, I PUT FORWARD HEARING ORDER LAST YEAR ABOUT THE USE OF AI IN CITY GOVERNMENT UM WHICH WAS MET YOU KNOW, TO A LOT OF UM CHAGRIN OF UNIONS THAT WE ALL SUPPORT UM SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE WANT WORK TO BE DONE, YOU KNOW, IN A WAY THAT, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTS HUMAN LABOR. AND SO I DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THIS AMENDMENT FROM THE AI PERSPECTIVE AND NOT NECESSARILY HAVING PUT SAFEGUARDS UH, ON AND OBVIOUSLY I THINK A LOT OF US ARE USING AI IN DIFFERENT WAYS TO MAKE OUR LIVES MORE EFFICIENT. BUT I DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THIS AMENDMENT FROM THAT RESPECT. AND I ALSO DO HAVE CONCERNS OUR CENTRAL STAFF ARE OFTEN OVERLOADED DURING UM, BUSY TIMES. YOU KNOW, WE'VE UH YOU KNOW, I WE DID GET A NOTE FROM THE CLERK LAST YEAR THAT YOU KNOW, WE HAD 2000 FILINGS AND 200 HEARINGS SO AND THAT WAS YOU KNOW, OUR COMMITTEE AGENDA WAS VERY FULL. SO KNOWING THAT THE TYPE OF ARDUOUS LABOR WE ALREADY PUT BOTH THE CLERK'S TEAM THROUGH OUR CENTRAL STAFF THROUGH AND MY OWN STAFF WORKS VERY VERY HARD. LOVE YOU GUYS. AND UM I, I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THIS AMENDMENT. UM, I DO THINK WE COULD DO A BETTER JOB. UM, THOSE OF US THAT ARE COMMITTEE CHAIRS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE DO UM, ARDUOUS SORT OF COMMITTEE REPORTS AFTER HEARINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DOCUMENT SUMMARIZING AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WILL COMMIT TO DO. UH, BUT I DO HAVE CONCERNS FROM THIS FROM THE AI PERSPECTIVE AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION ON AI BEFORE WE PUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN PLACE BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS RECENTLY WHERE AI HAS BEEN USED AND OFTENTIMES IT CREDITS THE WRONG PERSON WITH SAYING DIFFERENT THINGS AND UH, WHILE IT'S MAKING OUR LIVES EASIER IN SOME WAYS UM, THERE'S A LOT OF SAFEGUARDS THAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT. SO I RESPECT UM THAT COUNCIL THAT MY AT-LARGE COUNCILOR WHO UH BROUGHT THIS FORWARD THANK YOU FOR THINKING OF THIS AND AND YOUR FOCUS ON TRANSPARENCY. BUT AT THIS TIME GIVEN GIVEN I THINK THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE HAD WITH UNION LEADERS, UM, AND WITH CITY GOVERNMENT LEADERS ABOUT AI, WE NEED STRICTER SAFEGUARDS. AND I DO WANT TO THANK UM, CHIEF SANTE GARCES. UM, I KNOW WE ARE ONE OF THE FIRST CITIES TO ACTUALLY HAVE AI GUIDELINES WHICH I DON'T KNOW THAT THE COUNCIL FOLLOWS TO A TEE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A HEARING ON THIS BEFORE I SUPPORT ANYTHING OF THE SORT. BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR UM GERKE AND COUNCILOR FLYNN AND THEN COUNCILOR UH, COLLETTE ABOUT UM. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I RISE TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSAL. I THINK THIS IS THIS IS COMMON SENSE. IT'S ABOUT TRANSPARENCY ENSURING THAT WE COMMUNICATE WITH BOSTON RESIDENTS ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE IN CITY GOVERNMENT AT THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. RESIDENTS DO FOLLOW THESE COUNCIL MEETINGS AND HEARINGS AND THEY DO WANT TO KNOW MORE WHAT IS HAPPENING. MY MY RECOMMENDATION, MADAM CHAIR, IS INSTEAD OF HAVING MEETINGS IN THE IN THE CURLY OR THE PIEDMONT, LET'S ENCOURAGE HEARINGS HERE RIGHT IN THE EYE IN OUR CHAMBER WHERE THEY ARE BROADCAST AND RESIDENTS COULD WATCH THE WATCH IT ON TELEVISION BUT ALSO IT CAN BE POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWING THE MEETING THAT THAT MIGHT HELP BUT I'M HERE ALSO TO SUPPORT THIS PROPOSAL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR AND COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR COLLETTE, AS A PASTOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM I DO JUST GENERALLY SUPPORT SOMETHING LIKE THIS. >> I THINK OTHER CITIES AND. TOWNS HAVE PROVEN THAT WE CAN DO THIS. I DO WISH THAT WE WOULD HAVE HAD. >> A CONVERSATION ON. >> THIS IN THE APPROPRIATE VENUE OF THE WORKING SESSION BECAUSE THEN WE COULD HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT. I THINK I COULD HAVE. GONE BACK. >> TO. CENTRAL STAFF. AND ASKED. YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE BROADER. IMPLICATIONS AND THE IMPACTS ON THEIR WORKLOAD AND THEIR WORK OUTPUT? AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT SOME OF THE FINANCIAL ASPECTS THAT MAY COME WITH THIS, WHETHER THAT'S NEW TECHNOLOGY OR WHATEVER. AND SO I THINK THAT WE DO HAVE UM WE DO HAVE A CHARGE HERE TO TO GET THIS DONE. I JUST WOULD WANT TO UM, SEEK ADVICE AND COUNCILOR FROM OUR BELOVED CENTRAL STAFF AS TO WHAT THE IMPACTS WOULD BE ON THIS AND I DON'T HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW. UM, I ALSO JUST WANT TO CALL UP THAT WE DO HAVE MINUTES THAT ARE PROVIDED I ALTHOUGH I'M UNSURE AS TO HOW THOSE ARE UH, PUT FORTH TO THE PUBLIC. SO I THINK THAT AND UM YOU KNOW I DO SUPPORT MAKING SURE THAT THE MINUTES ARE UH, ARE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AND ALL OF THAT THEY ARE SENT VIA EMAIL AND SO THEY ARE FOIBLE UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN'T JUST PROACTIVELY AND AFFIRMATIVELY MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. SO FOR THOSE REASONS I THINK I I WON'T BE SUPPORTING THIS ALTHOUGH I WOULD DEFINITELY SUPPORT SOMETHING LONG TERM TO UNDERSTAND AGAIN WHAT THE IMPACTS ARE ON CENTRAL STAFF AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING IT SUCCESSFULLY SO THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING IN TROUBLE LATER ON DOWN THE LINE. >> THANKS. COUNCILOR MEJIA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. SO, UH, A FEW THINGS FOR THE RECORD. UH, THE REASON WHY THIS WAS INSPIRED WAS BECAUSE WE WANTED TO GO BACK TO WE THOUGHT I THOUGHT THAT BECAUSE WE WERE ON ZOOM THAT WE HAD A RECORDING OF OUR WORKING SESSION AND WE DID IT AND SO THAT WAS WHAT TRIGGERED THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT BECAUSE I REALIZED WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS AND ANYTHING THAT THAT SHARES ANY TYPE OF RECORD OF THE TIME THAT WE SPENT TOGETHER AND AND SO THAT'S WHY IT DIDN'T COME TO YOU ALL DURING THE WORKING SESSION BECAUSE THIS WAS A UH AN AFTERTHOUGHT OF LIKE OH WOW, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO CLARIFY. >> FOR. THOSE FOLKS. >> WHO ARE TUNING IN THAT, UM, THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH I UM I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR. YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO IS UH, BIG ON ON LABOR AND WORKING ALONGSIDE MINE UNION. BROTHERS AND SISTERS. THERE'S NOTHING THAT I WOULD DO TO UM, PUT THEM IN ANY TYPE OF JEOPARDY OR THEIR JOB. SO I WANT TO BE REALLY. CLEAR AND, UH, WE DID SPEAK WITH CENTRAL STAFF. REGARDING THIS. PARTICULAR AMENDMENT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE NOT GOING TO BE CREATING ANY UNNECESSARY EXTRA WORK. THEY CAN JUST POST THE MINUTES UM, RIGHT ON LINE BECAUSE THE MINUTES HAVE ALREADY BEEN SHARED AND UM, THERE ARE TRANSCRIPTS. THAT ARE ALREADY GET UM PRODUCED UM, THAT WE CAN SHARE AS WELL. I KNOW. >> TRANSCRIPTS GET A LITTLE CRAZY BUT THERE IS THAT OPTION AND THEN THE OTHER OPTION IS IS THAT WE'RE IN THIS CHAMBER IF WE HOST OUR MEETINGS HERE EVERYTHING IS ALREADY IN THE PRODUCTION ROOM. WE CAN JUST. PUT THE. VIDEO ON YOUTUBE AND IT IS ALREADY AS SIMPLE AS THAT. THERE IS NO REASON WHY WE CAN'T CONSIDER SOMETHING THAT WOULD ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO REALLY SEE OUR DELIBERATION. AND SO UH, BECAUSE OF ALL OF THOSE REASONS AND BECAUSE WE DID SPEAK. WITH CENTRAL STAFF. ,UM, AND THEY ASSURED US THIS. >> IS THAT EXTRA WORK. ,UM, I FEEL INCREDIBLY COMFORTABLE FIGHTING FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY THROUGH THIS MECHANISM. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR, UH, COUNCILOR MEJIA. COUNCILOR DURKAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, AND I THINK THE I THINK WHAT UM, COUNCILOR CLOUD, AS I SAID, GETS AT WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET AT AND I THINK OBVIOUSLY WE ARE GOVERNED BY LOTS OF LAWS INCLUDING OPEN MEETING LAW. SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT OUR UH, BY STATE LAW TO ENSURE THAT OUR BODY UM, AND IN OUR WORK IS PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE. UM, I DO WANT TO COMMIT AS A COMMITTEE CHAIR UM, IF WE VOTE ON THE RULES TODAY AND THERE ARE COMMITTEES TODAY THAT UM THAT I WILL WORK TO MAKE SURE I DO MORE COMMITTEE REPORTS BECAUSE I THINK THOSE ARE SUCH SUCH A HELPFUL TOOL IN ENSURING THAT THE CONVERSATION THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS IN COMMITTEE AND IN HEARINGS, UM, IS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. THAT BEING SAID, UH, THE REAL WORK OF GETTING COMMUNITY INVOLVED IN HEARINGS IS REALLY INVITING THEM AND WORKING WITH COMMUNITY TO HOLD HEARINGS THAT ARE SUBSTANTIVE AND ABOUT THE WORK THAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. SO I THINK THE BEST WAY TO MAKE PEOPLE INTERESTED IN OUR WORK IS REALLY NOT TO PUT MORE STUFF ONLINE. IT'S TO GO INTO YOUR COMMUNITY AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND GET PEOPLE IN THIS BUILDING WHICH I'VE SEEN MANY OF YOU DO, ESPECIALLY COUNCILOR MIA. I'VE SEEN HER DO THAT. UM IN IN A GREAT WAY AND A LOT OF RESPECT. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK UM YOU FOR PUTTING THIS FORWARD. I WILL BE VOTING NO, BUT THAT IS NOT I THINK THE SPIRIT OF THIS IS 100% CORRECT AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WORK ON TOGETHER THIS YEAR. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR CULPEPER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM PRESIDENT, I GENERALLY SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT BUT I DID HAVE A QUESTION. AND CLARIFICATION LOOKING AT THE LAST SENTENCE OF THE AMENDMENT IT SAYS. AND I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE DOCKET NUMBER, THE TITLE, THE DATE REFER THE SPONSOR THE DATE OF THE MEETING, THE POLICY BRIEFING, THE WORKING SESSION WHERE I DO GET A LITTLE CONFER CONFUSES WHERE IT SAYS A HEARING WHERE APPLICABLE A DISCUSSION OF THE PROVISION OF THE LEGISLATION, SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THE MEETING TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT MEETING IS IT ANY MEETING THE COMMITTEE HAS THAT THAT HAS TO BE RECORDED FOR ANY POLICY BRIEFING ON THE WORKING SESSION OR ANY HEARING OR IN THE CASE OF AMENDED OR SUBSTITUTE A LANGUAGE A DISCUSSION OF THE CHANGES, THE IMPACT OF THE ORIGINAL LEGISLATION AND THE RATIONALE FOR THE RECOMMENDED ACTS. AND MY QUESTION IS WHETHER EVERY TIME A COMMITTEE MEETS THAT IT HAS TO BE PUBLISHED AND RECORDED, WHETHER EVERY TIME THERE'S A POLICY BRIEFING OR COMMITTEE MEETS, WHETHER EVERY TIME THERE'S A MEETING A COMMITTEE HAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S ALL ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. AND I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY CLARIFY WHETHER EVERYTHING WE DID WITH REGARD TO MEETING A HEARING, A POLICY BRIEFING, WHETHER THAT WORKING SESSION IN OUR COMMITTEES, WHETHER THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE RECORDED AND AND THAT THE STAFF PLAYS ON HAS TO BE THERE FOR EVERYTHING. COUNCILOR MEJIA YES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. UM, COUNCILOR CULPEPER SO I'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER EXAMPLE. I DIDN'T GET TO PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF THE EDUCATION POLICY BRIEFINGS THAT THE. PREVIOUS EDUCATION. CHAIR HAD. UM, AND AND THOSE WERE NOT UH, RECORDED UH OR TELEVISED. AND SO UM THAT INFORMATION WAS NOT EASILY AVAILABLE UM, INSTANTLY. AND SO THAT'S WHY I INCLUDED POLICY BRIEFINGS AS AS AN EXAMPLE BUT WORKING SESSIONS ANYTHING THAT IS PUBLICLY NOTICED SHOULD UH, BE ENTERED INTO THE RECORD BUT NOT YOU. BECAUSE IT SAYS. MEETINGS. >> SO YEAH, EVERY TIME WE MET AFTER THE THAT. THE YEAH MEETINGS WITHIN THE STRUCTURE OF THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN NOTICED FOR 48 HOURS COMMITTEE. BUSINESS AMENDMENT THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN MOVED WITHIN 28 HOURS . >> YEAH WE COULD DO THAT. UM. ANOTHER. >> OTHER. COUNCILOR MAKING UM I IN LIGHT OF THE DEBATE THAT WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW, I THINK THIS ISSUE IS VERY, VERY UH, MORE COMPLEX THAN WE MAYBE HAVE ANTICIPATED AND I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT, UH, WE TABLE IT FOR NOW AND REFILE IT AND BRING IT TO A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE AND DISCUSS. >> IT. IN MORE DETAIL BECAUSE I THINK IT HAS MUCH MORE MORE, UH, IMPLICATIONS THAN WE'RE MAYBE ANTICIPATING AT THIS MOMENT. IS THAT YOUR, UM, SOMEBODY ALREADY SECONDED. SO IT. DOESN'T REALLY. >> MATTER WHAT I WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? I MADE THE MOTION. SHE CAN'T SHE CAN'T. MAKE I CAN'T MAKE THE MOTION BECAUSE I'M THE CHAIR. SO YOU CAN MAKE MORE. OH MICROPHONE. OH. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO LAY IT ON THE TABLE. DO I HAVE A SECOND? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? THANK YOU. >> UH, WANT TO VOTE? COULD WE HAVE A MR. CLERK? CAN YOU HAVE A, UM A VOTE ON THIS AMENDMENT, PLEASE? THANK YOU. ROLL CALL. OR DISCUSS IT WITHOUT DISCUSSION. OKAY. >> COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I I RISE TO I'M GOING TO OBJECT TO THIS TO THIS. BUT I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR COUNCIL TO BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE ON AND DISCUSS OUR PROPOSALS. SHE BRINGS A LOT OF CREDIBILITY TO THE DISCUSSION AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE US AS A BODY LIMIT THAT DISCUSSION, LIMIT THAT AND LEADERSHIP LIMIT THAT OPPORTUNITY THAT SHE'S DISCUSSING. SHE'S REPRESENTING PROBABLY MORE SO THAN ANY CITY COUNCIL ON. THE DPS FAMILIES THAT HAVE NOT HEARD. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE WITH HER PROPOSALS AND GIVE HER AN OPPORTUNITY. TO DISCUSS THESE MATTERS BECAUSE THEY ARE IMPORTANT. YES, IT IS TAKING TIME BUT IT'S WORTH AND WE HAVE TO GET THIS RIGHT AND TRANSPARENCY IS IS A CRITICAL PART OF IT ACCOUNTABILITY RESPONSIBILITY I THINK COUNCIL MEDIA IS DOING HER JOB ADVOCATING FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT HEARD IN THE CITY. LET'S GIVE HER THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. IS THERE A MOTION TO LAND. RATABLE? >> NO. >> AND MISTER TRUCK. OKAY NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE NUMBER AND PRESENT IF I MAY. THAT WAS ONE OF THE POINTS THAT ARE. FROM THAT SECTION OF THE PROPERTY THAT WE WANTED TO KEEP THAT LANGUAGE. LAID ON. >> THE TABLE. >> THAT WAS THE QUESTION. I ASKED. >> THAT BECAUSE I THINK IN THE RULES IT DID SAY THAT IS NOT JUST IT. >> DID SAY. OOPS THINK ABOUT. LAYING ON THE TABLE WAS DEBATABLE. I THINK THAT WAS THE QUESTION THAT WE WERE DISCUSSING THAT WE NEVER FINISHED ANSWERING LAST FRIDAY. >> AT THE MEETING. I WOULD ALSO SAY IF I MAY WITH REGARD TO COUNCIL MEMBER HERE, I THINK IT'S CRITICAL THAT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT SHE RAISED IN HERE THAT WE CONTINUE TO DISCUSS CARVE OUT WHAT I THINK REALLY, REALLY WOULD BE HELPFUL . SOME THINGS MAY NOT BE BUT I ALSO RAISED THE ISSUE OF SOMEONE THAT MIGHT BE AUDIO OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED WHEN WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION HOW DO WE MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO THEM? I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS ALSO. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. I THINK YOU SPEAK TO MY ISSUE THAT THIS IS A VERY COMPLEX ISSUE AND THAT IT DESERVES TO HAVE MUCH MORE CONSIDERATION THAN WE CAN GIVE IT IN THIS CONTEXT TODAY I THINK WE NEED TO LAY IT ON THE TABLE AND BRING IT BACK FOR A FULL HEARING AND FURTHER DISCUSSION. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I WAS JUST GOING TO OFFER AN ALTERNATIVE RECOMMENDATION TO WITHDRAW THE MOTION AND JUST HAVE A VOTE ON IT. I THINK THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO KNOW HOW THEY FEEL. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK THERE ARE THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT CENTRAL STAFF AND THAT THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD THAT THERE'S CAPACITY THIS IS COMPLEX. EVEN IF THIS IS VOTED DOWN, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE ARE NOT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AND VENUES FOR THIS BODY TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE ARE SHARING INFORMATION WITH THE PUBLIC. OTHER COUNCILS HAVE FILED IT IN THE PAST. IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY NEED TO HAPPEN VIA THESE RULES. SO I WOULD YOU KNOW THERE'S A MOTION ON THE TABLE I'M NOT GOING TO ADD ANOTHER MOTION BUT I YOU KNOW MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE DRAW THE MOTION. WE JUST TAKE A VOTE ON IT. AND FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO CONTINUE WORKING ON IT, WE CAN CONTINUE WORKING ON IT EVEN AFTER THIS REAL SESSION. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. PARLIAMENTARY FOR. COUNCILOR DURKAN. IS IS A VOTE TO LAY ON THE TABLE DEBATABLE UNDER ROBERT'S RULES. HERE IT SAYS NO. SO IF IT'S NOT DEBATABLE THEN THIS DEBATE. WE SHOULD MOVE TO A. VOTE TO LAY IT ON THE TABLE. IT'S NOT DEBATABLE. FURTHER. >> UH, PLEASE TAKE A VOTE. MR. ALL TO LAY ON THE TABLE UH RULE 35 AMENDMENT COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR BREEN. YES. COUNCILOR. COLLETTA. ZAPATA. COUNCIL CLOSED. YES COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YEAH. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. >> COUNCILOR. >> FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. NO. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. NO. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCIL. >> PRESENT. PRESENT. COUNCILOR MEJIA PRESENT. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY NO. COUNCILOR. PIPPIN. COUNCILOR 15. YES. COUNCILOR. SANTANA COUNCILOR. WEBER COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. COUNCILOR. WORLD NO. COUNCIL. >> WORLD. NO POINT. EIGHT VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE THREE VOTES IN A NEGATIVE AND ONE PRESENT. WAY ON THE TABLE. THIS AMENDMENT IS PRINTED ON THE TABLE CULTURE. MEDIA. YOU HAVE ANOTHER AMENDMENT. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UM. >> ALL RIGHT SO I HAVE. TWO MORE. AND THIS IS RULE 36. DO YOU GUYS HAVE THAT? I BELIEVE AND. I'M JUST GOING TO TRY. TO BE AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE. UM I'M JUST MAKING A MOTION TO AMEND BY INSERTING UM WHICH SHALL BE CO TERMINUS WITH TWO YEARS TERM OF THE CITY COUNCIL. A CHAIR OR VICE CHAIR MAY BE REMOVED. DUE TO UNANTICIPATED CIRCUMSTANCES OR REFUSAL TO CARRY OUT DUTIES OF THE CHAIR OR VICE CHAIR AT THE COUNCIL. PRESIDENT'S DISCRETION SHALL BE INSERTED AT THE END OF THE THIRD SENTENCE IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF RULE 36 DEBATE. SO IN RULE THREE. THE TERMS OF THE. CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT IS SPECIFIED AS IT SEATS. THE TERM. >> OF THE CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT SHALL BE TWO TERMS COTERMINOUS WITH THE TERM OF THE CITY COUNCIL. RULE 36 SHOULD NOT BE UM SHOULD BE AMENDED FOR CONSISTENCY THROUGHOUT THE RULES AND THAT THE ASSIGNMENTS OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR AND MEMBERS IS CONCURRENT WITH THE TWO YEAR TERM OF THE CITY COUNCIL. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS ALREADY WHAT WE DO IN PRACTICE, BUT WE SHOULD ESTABLISH SOMETHING OFFICIALLY. THE CURRENT LANGUAGE REFERS TO NO LENGTH OF APPOINTMENTS AND SHOULD INSTEAD BE STATED EXPLICITLY SO THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. ARE AWARE. >> THAT THE THAT THE ASSIGNMENTS OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR AND MEMBERS IS. FOR THE. >> CURRENT TWO. YEAR TERM. OF THE CITY COUNCIL. ADDITIONALLY, RULE 36 SHOULD BE AMENDED AMENDED TO CLARIFY AND PUT GUARDRAILS ON WHEN IT IS APPROPRIATE TO REMOVE A COMMITTEE CHAIR OR VICE CHAIR. THE PHRASE UNANTICIPATED. CIRCUMSTANCES INCLUDES SUCH AS BUT NOT LIMITED TO ILLNESS, FAMILY EMERGENCY CALLS TO. SERVICE OF A MEMBER OF MILITARY RESERVE AND MORE. THIS LANGUAGE WAS INCLUDED TO ACCOUNT FOR COUNCIL BRADEN'S CONCERNS ABOUT NEEDING FLEXIBILITY FOR SITUATIONS THAT WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PREDICT. THE GUARDRAILS ARE TO PROTECT ALL COUNCILORS LEADERSHIP, ENSURING THAT THEY CAN NOT BE REMOVED. AS CHAIR. OR VICE CHAIR. WITHOUT CAUSE. AND SO I THINK WE'RE IN A IN AN INTERESTING MOMENT HERE WHERE YOU KNOW, ANYONE COULD DECIDE OH YOU KNOW SHE DIDN'T HEAR THEY DIDN'T HOLD ENOUGH HEARINGS OR THEY YOU KNOW I JUST WANT SOMETHING THAT IS IN WRITING IF WE'RE GOING TO BE ASSIGNED TO. BE UNLESS SOMETHING OR YOU KNOW, EGREGIOUS HAPPENS WHERE YOU GET, YOU KNOW, ARRESTED OR YOU KNOW, YOU SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT I JUST THINK THAT IF YOU ARE APPOINTING US FOR TWO YEARS THEN WE SHOULD BE. >> TWO YEARS. IN OUR ROLE. . AND I'D LIKE THAT TO BE IN WRITING BECAUSE WE'RE IN VERY INTERESTING TIMES. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE. SECOND OH CAN WE HAVE A SECONDER FOR THIS AMENDMENT IS ALSO WHERE L AND WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SPEAK MR TRUMP COULD WE UM HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE UM THIS AMENDMENT TO RULE 36. COUNCIL AGREED NO. COUNCIL BREAK NO COUNCIL COLLETTE AS OPPOSED. YES COUNCIL COLLETTE AS A YES COUNCILOR CALL COUNCILOR CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN NO. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YEAH THAT'S FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES, CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCIL. MEJIA. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCIL. PIPPIN. COUNCIL. OPINIONS? COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES AND COUNCILOR. WORLD. YES. COUNCIL. WE'RE WELL. YES. TEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND TWO IN THE NEGATIVE. >> THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. UM. >> CONCILOR MEJIA HERE JUST YOU HAVE ANOTHER AMENDMENT. THIS IS MY LAST ONE. YES. >> YES MADAM PRESIDENT. THAT'S RIGHT. UM OKAY, SO MADAM PRESIDENT, I RISE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND ,UM, DOCKET 0157 BY, UH, DOING THE FOLLOWING IN THE FOURTH PARAGRAPH OF RULE 39. SO RULE. 39 THE PHRASE. THE PHRASE. THAT IS TO BE ASSIGNED TO THE COMMITTEE SHALL BE STRUCK FROM THE FIRST SENTENCE THE PHRASE ANY ADDITIONAL ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SHOULD. BE STRUCK FROM THE FIRST SENTENCE AND REPLACED WITH ALL OTHER MEMBERS. THE SENTENCE IT DOCKET SPONSORS REQUEST SUSPENSION OF RULE 33 AND PASSAGE OF A NEWLY INTRODUCED DOCKET REMARKS SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES FOR THE DOCKET SPONSORS AND TWO MINUTES FOR ALL OTHER MEMBERS SHALL BE STRUCK FROM THE PARAGRAPH. YOU SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THIS AMENDMENT IN FRONT OF YOU. DO UH ALTHOUGH THE APPROPRIATE. TIME FOR. >> DEBATE IS USUALLY IN COMMITTEE AND I AND WE HEAR THAT OFTEN IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE COUNCIL TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS AT THIS COUNCIL MEETING AS WELL. IT IS RARE THAT ALL 13 CITY COUNCILORS ARE IN UM THE SAME ROOM TOGETHER AS A BODY. UM WE DON'T ALL GO TO THE SAME HEARINGS. WE YOU KNOW, THERE'S OPEN MEETING LAWS. THERE'S ALL OF THESE UM, REASONS WHY THIS PARTICULAR MEETING ALLOWS US TO REALLY BE FULLY EXPRESSED. AND SO WHILE I DO APPRECIATE. THE TIME. ISSUE OF BEING EFFICIENT, I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT, UH, THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ALL LEARN WHEN WE HEAR. FROM OUR COLLEAGUES. EVEN SOMETIMES WHEN WE DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT. UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO CREATE SPACE FOR FOLKS TO BE FULLY EXPRESSED. UM, AND SO SOME HEARING ORDERS NEVER GET HEARINGS OR UM OR YEAH, THEY DON'T GET HEARINGS. UM, SO THE COUNCIL MEETING IS THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM. UM, WE ALL UNDERSTAND AND AND THE DESIRE THAT WE NEED TO KEEP THE COUNCIL MEETING TO A REASONABLE LENGTH OF TIME. BUT ALL COUNCILORS SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE THEIR OPINION ON ITEMS BEFORE THE WHOLE BODY AND DOING SO TRANSPARENTLY AND IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC EYE. IT IS OUR JOB TO WEIGH IN ON MATTERS BEFORE THE. COUNCIL AND IF WE MUST BE IN THE COUNCIL MEETING A LITTLE. LONGER IN ORDER TO DO OUR JOBS RIGHT THEN I BELIEVE WE SHOULD. AND SO I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE A STICKY, UH, STICKING POINT HERE FOR SOME FOLKS BUT I DO NOT AGREE WITH ANYTHING THAT MINIMIZES OUR ABILITY TO. SPEAK IN THIS CHAMBER. THANK YOU COUNCIL FROM HERE WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE? COUNCILOR DUNCAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, I DEFINITELY RESPECT THAT INTENTION BUT AT THE SAME TIME, UM, I THINK THAT IT DOES NOT REFLECT WELL ON THE BODY THAT BOTH THE FOLKS WHO ARE WATCHING THE MEETING CAN'T FOLLOW THE MEETING BECAUSE OF HOW LONG WE DEBATE CERTAIN MOTIONS. AND I THINK IT ACTUALLY BECOMES A TRANSPARENCY ISSUE WHEN PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE AND EFFICIENCY AREN'T PRIORITIZED BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT REGULAR WORKING PEOPLE CAN'T WATCH THREE HOURS OF DEBATE ON THE RULES. AND UM, SO I DO THINK IT IS A TRANSPARENCY ISSUE. IT'S ALSO JUST AN EFFICIENCY ISSUE AND UM I DON'T HAVE A PARTICULAR I MEAN READING THROUGH THIS I DON'T THINK THERE'S UM ESSENTIALLY THERE'S NOT MUCH THAT YOU'RE CHANGING EXCEPT FOR THAT SOMETIMES ORIGINAL YOU KNOW, ORIGINAL CO-SPONSORS ARE THE MAIN PEOPLE TO SPEAK AND HEARINGS ARE REALLY THE PLACE WHERE WE CAN GET INTO THE WEEDS. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. UM, BUT I'M ALSO I THINK THAT IT IS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR TO LET FOLKS SPEAK ON THINGS ESPECIALLY THINGS THAT ARE ORDINANCES THAT ARE BEING DEBATED AND THINGS THAT UM BUT WHAT I FOUND AT LEAST MY TWO AND A HALF YEARS ON THE CITY COUNCIL IS THAT IT'S A LOT OF TALK AND UM, UNFORTUNATELY UM THERE'S NOT THERE'S ONLY ONE ORDINANCE BEING PROVIDED AT TODAY'S MEETING. AND SO I THINK THAT THAT SPEAKS TO THE TYPE OF WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AND I THINK SPEAKING IS IMPORTANT MAKING STATEMENTS IS IMPORTANT. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY I THINK PEOPLE WANT TO SEE I MEAN WE HAVE OUR FIREFIGHTERS WAITING RIGHT NOW FOR THEIR CONTRACT TO BE PASSED WHICH WAS A HARD FOUGHT CONTRACT FOR THEM GO LOCAL YOU KNOW, 7 TO 718 THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK. I THINK THAT THIS IS GETTING IN THE WAY OF REALLY IMPORTANT BUSINESS ESSENTIALLY. AND SO I THINK THIS MEETING IS PROBABLY THE GREATEST EXAMPLE OF WHY WE DO NEED LIMITS. UM I HAVE TEN MINUTES TO SPEAK ON THIS PARTICULAR THING. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD HAVE TEN MINUTES TO SPEAK ON RULE CHANGES. AND SO UM THAT BEING SAID, UM, I'M GRATEFUL TO MY COLLEAGUE WHO HAS AMENDMENTS AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL OPERATE IN A WAY THAT WE CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER. SO BUT I'M GOING TO BE VOTING NO. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I SUPPORT THE PROPOSAL UM, BY COUNCIL ME HERE. I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME COLLEAGUES AND SOME COUNCILORS DON'T. NECESSARILY HAVE THE. OPPORTUNITY TO TO SPEAK AT COMMITTEE HEARINGS SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT SCHEDULED. AND SO SOME CITY COUNCIL IS TO USE THE OPPORTUNITY ON WEDNESDAY TO SPEAK ABOUT A PARTICULAR MATTER THAT'S IMPORTANT TO THEM IN THEIR CONSTITUENTS IF THEY CALL FOR A HEARING AND THE CHAIR OF THAT PARTICULAR COMMITTEE DOESN'T HOLD THAT HEARING, UM, THAT DOESN'T PROVIDE THAT CITY COUNCIL FROM TALKING AND DISCUSSING PARTICULAR ISSUES. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S CRITICAL THESE WEDNESDAY MEETINGS, UM. YOU KNOW, GIVE COLLEAGUES AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. THEY'RE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PEOPLE UM DISTRICT COUNCIL AS CITY COUNCILORS BUT THEY DO HAVE THE RIGHT TO SPEAK ON ANY MATTER AND AND ADVOCATE FOR THEIR CONSTITUENTS AND CITY RESIDENTS. THAT'S THEIR JOB. AND YES, IT MIGHT TAKE LONGER BUT WE SHOULD BE WE SHOULD BE IN HERE, UM, YOU KNOW, FIVE DAYS A WEEK ANYWAYS TALKING AND ADDRESSING BASIC CITY SERVICES, NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS AND CHALLENGES BUT THAT'S OUR JOB IS TO BE HERE, YOU KNOW, 9 TO 4 AND 9 TO 5 AND THEN TO BE IN THE IN THE COMMUNITIES AFTER THAT. BUT OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY SHOULD BE HERE AND ADVOCATING FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. UM. I MAY LIKE TO JUST READ UH, REMARKS BY COUNCILORS AT THE TIME A MATTER THAT IS ASSIGNED THAT IS TO BE ASSIGNED TO A COMMITTEE IS IS INTRODUCED SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES FOR THE LEAD SPONSOR AND TWO MINUTES FOR ANY ADDITIONAL CO-SPONSORS. THE APPROPRIATE TIME FOR QUESTIONING AND DEBATE IS IN PUBLIC HEARINGS AND WORKING SESSIONS. IF A DOCKET SPONSOR REQUESTS SUSPENSION OF RULE 33 AND PASSAGE OF A NEWLY INTRODUCED DOCKET REMARKS MAY BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES UH FOR THE DOCKET SPONSORS AND TWO MINUTES FOR ALL OTHER MEMBERS. I THINK THE INTENT OF THIS RULE IS THAT IF A DOCKET IF IT'S A MATTER THAT'S GOING TO BE SENT IS NOT UP FOR A VOTE AND IT'S GOING TO BE SENT TO COMMITTEE, THE. PLACE TO HAVE. THAT DEBATE IS IN THE COMMITTEE . SO UH, THIS IS UH REALLY JUST IN THE INTEREST OF MAKING SURE THAT UH, WE'RE CLEAR ABOUT WHEN IS THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO DEBATE A MOTION IF WE HAVE IF WE HAVE A, UH AN ISSUE UH, A MATTER THIS IS GOING TO BE ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE. THE TIME TO DISCUSS IT IS IN THAT COMMITTEE WHEN IT'S, UH, HELD. SO, UM, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE? MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE, UM ,TAKE A ROLL CALL, VOTE ON THIS AMENDMENT. AMENDMENT ON RULE 39, COUNCILOR BREADON NO COUNCILOR BRIGHTON NO COUNCILOR CARLOTA ZAPATA, COUNCILOR COLETTE OPPOSED TO NO COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES COUNCILOR. DURKIN. COUNCILOR. DURKIN. NO COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCIL. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. NO. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. NO. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. YES. COUNCIL. MEJIA. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCILOR. PEPEN. COUNCILOR. CAN NO. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. NO. COUNCILOR. WEBER. COUNCILOR. WEAPON. NO. COUNCILOR. WORLD COUNCILOR. WELL YES. SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE . I MEAN SEVEN VOTES IN A NEGATIVE AND SIX VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MEJIA, ARE YOU FINISHED WITH YOUR AMENDMENTS? WELL, WE WE LAY SOMETHING ON THE TABLE STILL SLEEPING. BUT WE. THE COUNTRY AND COUNCILOR WEBER, WE HAD A MOTION TO LAY ON THE TABLE. THE, UH ARE YOU READY TO BRING FORWARD AND READDRESS THAT ISSUE? GREEN AND GREEN. OKAY. COUNCILOR DURKAN. I BELIEVE THAT IT REQUIRES A TWO THIRDS VOTE TO RECONSIDER. COUNCILOR MR.. I JUST. CAN WE. >> JUST HEARD. OH. THANK YOU FOR THE SUGGESTION BUT SO I HAVE I'VE PROVIDED SOME LANGUAGE TO COUNCILOR MEAD . HE IS STAFF. WE JUST I THINK WE NEED ANOTHER FIVE TEN MINUTES IF WE WITH COUNCILMAN HE IS LEAVE I KNOW THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER AMENDMENTS UH FROM OTHER COUNCILORS IF WE I PROMISE TO I THINK WE CAN WORK THIS OUT. UH AND IF NOT CONCILOR MEJIA I DECIDE I I I I WILL, YOU KNOW, UH SUPPORT BRINGING IT BACK UP FOR A VOTE BUT UH. THANK YOU ANYWAY. THANK YOU. >> UM, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH WILL COME BACK TO IT. UM, COUNCILOR WORRELL. AND THE PRESIDENT AND OH. >> THANK YOU. PARDON. UM, MR DOCTOR. AND IT'S. REVEREND. >> THANK YOU FOR. >> THEIR CONCERN. MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, FLOOR AMENDMENT TO AMEND CITY COUNCIL RULE FOUR. RULE FOUR SHOULD BE AMENDED BY STRIKING FROM THE FINAL SINCE TWO THIRDS AND INSERTING WHEN JODY IN ITS PLACE THE REFERRALS THE APPEAL OF A REFERRAL. AND THE MORE I LISTEN TO THE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE OVERLAPPING JURISDICTION HOW ONE COMMITTEE HAS SOME OF THE JURISDICTION, ANOTHER COMMITTEE MAY HAVE SIMILAR JURISDICTION. THERE MAY BE DIFFERENCES ON INFERENCES OF LANGUAGES OR WITH DIFFERENT COMMITTEES. AND SO WHAT I THINK BECAUSE I THINK THERE'LL BE MORE AND. MORE UH. DEBATES AND DISCUSSIONS OVER WHAT COMMITTEE HAS JURISDICTION OVER A CERTAIN ISSUE OR CERTAIN AREA. SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO LOWER THE THRESHOLD FROM TWO THIRDS TO MATURITY. SO WHEN THERE ARE THOSE DEBATES OVER WHICH COMMITTEE HAS JURISDICTION THAT WE DON'T END UP IN A BIG DEBATE OVER A RE REFERRAL AND THE APPEAL CAN BE SIMPLY MADE WITH A MAJORITY INSTEAD OF THE TWO THIRDS BECAUSE I THINK THE MORE AND. MORE COMMITTEES HAVE LANGUAGE THAT OVERLAPS, THE MORE AND MORE WILL HAVE UPHILLS OF THE REFERRALS. THIS JUST MAKES IT EASIER. INSTEAD OF HAVING TO A MATURE HAVING TWO THIRDS THAT WE JUST HAVE A MAJORITY TO KEEP MOVING ON. I THINK IT ALSO ADD TO THE EFFICIENCY OF THE BODY SO THAT WE CAN MOVE RIGHT ON WHAT WE REFERRAL. JUST KEEP ON MOVING AND NOT GET STUCK ON WHETHER IT'S TWO THIRDS OR WHETHER IT'S A MAJORITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR CULPEPER ARE YOU ARE YOU UM MOVING TO AMEND RULE FOR THEM? YES. >> SECOND. >> YOU SECOND. SECOND. >> COUNCILOR DUNCAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE? YES. >> THANK YOU. CHAIR. UM, SO I DID A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ON RULE FOUR AND IT APPEARS THAT THIS WAS CHANGED IN THE LAST SESSION BUT THAT PREVIOUSLY, UM, YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE DECISION OF A CHAIR ON COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS. SO I THINK WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE IS THAT IT'S ESSENTIALLY BEING BROUGHT BACK TO A SIMPLE MAJORITY WHICH IS IN LINE WITH ROBERT'S RULES. BUT PREVIOUSLY, UM, BEFORE OUR LAST SESSION YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO UM, DEBATE UM WHAT COMMITTEE ? UH ASSIGNMENT UH DOCKET UM, GOT INTO ACCORDING TO HAVING TALKED TO CENTRAL STAFF. SO, UM, I THINK I'M PREPARED TO SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION THROUGH THE CHAIR. I WOULD LIKE THE SPONSOR TO ANSWER THE QUESTION IF WHETHER THE INTENT OF THIS WAS FOR UM TO TO BE A HALF UM TO TO BE UM A SIMPLE MAJORITY ON UM COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS OR IF THIS WAS JUST TO SPEAK TO BROADER ISSUES BECAUSE I DO THINK THERE IS SOME CASE TO BE MADE THAT THE UM THAT THE ESSENTIALLY MAKING IT A SIMPLE MAJORITY IS NOT GOING TO MAKE THINGS MORE EFFICIENT. IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO CLOG UP SORT OF EVERY SINGLE MEETING IF YOU CAN GET TO SEVEN OF PEOPLE WHO DISAGREE WITH YOU ON WHAT COMMITTEE THAT IT GOES INTO AND JUST KNOWING HOW MUCH DEBATE WE'VE HAD ON THESE AMENDMENTS, I, I REALLY DO THINK I AGREE WITH THE I AGREE WITH RULE FOR BEING EDITED FOR OTHER CASES BUT FOR STRICTLY COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS I REALLY THINK THAT THIS SHOULD BE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN BECAUSE IT'S VERY CLEAR TO ME THAT HAVING READ SOME OF THE UM, COMMITTEE DESCRIPTIONS THAT IT SHOULD BE CLEAR CUT WHETHER SOMETHING CERTAIN THINGS GO INTO CERTAIN COMMITTEES AND SO WHAT I DON'T WANT THIS TO BE A PROCEDURAL MOVE JUST SO THAT PEOPLE GET THINGS OUT OF COMMITTEE THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE IT IN BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIKE A PARTICULAR COMMITTEE CHAIR. I COMMIT THIS TERM TO WORK WITH EVERY SINGLE COUNCILOR ON THEIR DOCKETS AND KNOWING THAT SOMETIMES THERE'S NOT TIME TO YOU KNOW, WE HAD 2000 DOCKETS PRESENTED LAST YEAR AND 200 HEARINGS AND I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT UM, STATEMENT TO MAKE HERE IS THAT NOT EVERY SINGLE FILING CAN BE HEARD IF THERE ARE SO MANY FILINGS. SO I MEAN EVEN IN TODAY'S DOCKETS THERE'S MULTIPLE FILINGS ON SNOW REMOVAL. I WISH THAT WE WERE ALL TALKING TO EACH OTHER MORE SO THERE WERE THERE WAS ONE FILING AND WE WERE ALL WORKING ON A UNIFIED BODY ON A SPECIFIC PROPOSAL. THAT'S THE TYPE OF LEADERSHIP THAT I'M LOOKING TO SEE THIS YEAR AND THE TYPE OF COLLABORATION I'M LOOKING TO SEE THIS YEAR. LET'S FIND PEOPLE THAT AGREE WITH US ON CERTAIN ISSUES AND WORK TOGETHER ON ORDINANCES, DRAFT THEM TOGETHER, NOT LET ONE PERSON DRAFT AND THEN ASK FOR TO BE A SECOND AND THIRD. UM I'VE SEEN A LACK OF COLLABORATION IN MY TWO AND A HALF YEARS ON THE COUNCIL AND DIFFERENT WAVES AND FLOWS AND I THINK TODAY WE NEED TO COMMIT TO COLLABORATION AND THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING UM THROUGH THE CHAIR UM, THAT THE AMENDMENT CLARIFY UM WHETHER HE IS MEETING THIS FOR COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS WHICH I THINK COULD CLOG UP THE PROCESS GIVEN THAT MANY OF THOSE ROLES ARE OUTLINED IN THE RULES OR JUST IN GENERAL, UM, LOOKING TO APPEAL THE DECISION OF A CHAIR ON OTHER ISSUES. COUNCILOR CULPEPER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? YEAH. >> NO THANK YOU. UH, AND I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT WITH REGARD TO CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD. MADAM PRESIDENT, WITH REGARD TO ,UH, AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING AFTER EIGHT AND SO WHEN YOU HAVE AN AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING ISSUE, THE ISSUE IS GOING TO COME UP. UH, AND I'M ALSO CO-CHAIR OF THE HOUSING COMMITTEE, BUT THE ISSUE IS GOING TO COME UP WHETHER THEY GO TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEE. THAT'S A DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE SOME GO TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEE BUT I'M SURE UH COUNCILORS SANTANA IS GOING TO WONDER WHETHER SOMETHING GOING TO THE AFFIRMATIVELY FAIR HOUSING ISSUE GO TO THE HOUSING COMMITTEE. AND SO UM THE REASON WHY I DID THIS, IT WOULD MAKE IT REAL SIMPLE. WE COULD JUST HAVE INSTEAD OF A TWO THIRDS. UH. >> VOTE A SIMPLE MAJORITY DETERMINE WHICH COMMITTEE IT WOULD GO TO. SO I THINK A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS. I DON'T THINK IT WAS INTENDED TO BE USED ON A MORE BROADER BASIS, BUT I THINK IT'S USED TO KIND OF SIMPLIFY MATTERS SO THAT IF WE DO HAVE THAT ISSUE AND AND YOU KNOW AND I'D BE WILLING TO DEFER TO HIM THAT THE AFFIRMATIVELY FAIR HOUSING ISSUE GO TO THE HOUSING COMMITTEE. BUT IT WAS JUST ONE EXAMPLE THAT CAME UP WITH THIS WOULD REALLY SIMPLIFY AND BECOME MORE EFFICIENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ,COUNCILOR DURKIN. THANK YOU. I BEG YOUR PARDON? SORRY. UM. SORRY. >> COUNCILOR PEPEN. I'LL COME BACK. SCRATCH IT. >> THANK YOU. UH. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER. SORRY. >> I JUST LIKE TO, UH. COUNCILOR DURKIN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, GIVEN THAT, UM, EXPLANATION, UM, AND GIVEN THAT IN PRIOR YEARS PRIOR TO LAST COUNCIL SESSION IT WAS NOT YOU COULDN'T MAKE A MOTION ESSENTIALLY TO APPEAL THE DECISION OF A COMMITTEE OF A COMMITTEE CHAIR OR SORRY OF THE PRESIDENT ON COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS AND GIVEN HOW HONESTLY THE FIRST MONTH OF THE COUNCIL HAS GONE, I THINK I JUST I WANT TO CAUTION US HERE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT NOT EVERY SINGLE MEETING GET CAUGHT UP IN PROCEDURAL WOES ESSENTIALLY. AND I THINK UM, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME COLLABORATION FROM MY COLLEAGUES WITH THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I KNOW THE PRIOR COUNCIL PRESIDENT WHO DID A GREAT JOB. I COULD TALK TO HER PRIOR TO THE MEETING ABOUT WHY I FELT AND I THINK WE ALL HAVE THAT OPEN DOOR UM I THE THE DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN AND YOU CAN ALWAYS HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND I THINK THAT THE COMMITTEE DESCRIPTIONS WHICH WE HAVE NOT YET VOTED ON ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR IN DETERMINING WHERE A UH DOCKET GOES, UM, AMENDING YOU KNOW, AMENDING IT TO UM A SIMPLE MAJORITY ESSENTIALLY SAYS THAT IF YOU CAN GET SEVEN TOGETHER WHO DON'T LIKE THE COMMITTEE CHAIR, THAT UH, DOCKET WILL GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. AND I THINK THAT THAT IS HARMFUL TO THE BODY AS A WHOLE. IT'S HARMFUL TO OUR EFFICIENCY AND IT'S HARMFUL TO THE WORK FOR ALL ALL BOSTONIANS WHO WANT TO SEE THINGS SHIFTED INTO COMMITTEE. THEY WANT TO SEE HEARINGS, THEY WANT TO SEE ORDINANCES BEING VOTED ON. AND SO FOR EFFICIENCY SAKE I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO QUESTION IF THIS REALLY IS ABOUT IT NOT GOING TO THE COMMITTEE THAT PEOPLE WANT WHETHER A SIMPLE MAJORITY WOULD BE BEST. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN. THAT WAS FINE. COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. UH. >> I JUST WANT TO REITERATE FOR THE RECORD THAT THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH I STATED THAT I BROUGHT THAT AMENDMENT FORWARD IS EXACTLY WHAT I WOULD, UH, EXPECT TO HAPPEN. I COULDN'T THINK OF A BETTER WAY OF STARTING COLLABORATION COUNCIL IS TO VOTE FOR THIS AMENDMENT. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR WEBER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YEAH. >> THANK YOU. UM, I THINK, UH, IT'S UM IT'S NOT LOST ON ME THAT THE PERSON FINALIST IS COUNCILOR CULPEPER WHO OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS IF YOU HAD SEEN THE DEBATES OVER WHEN A HEARING ORDER IS SENT TO ONE COMMITTEE OVER ANOTHER, I FEEL LIKE THOSE DEBATES ARE AMONG THE LEAST SUBSTANTIVE, LEAST PRODUCTIVE AND SILLIEST DEBATES WE CAN HAVE BECAUSE IF YOU CARE ABOUT THAT ISSUE IT'S GOING TO BE HEARD IN ONE COMMITTEE. WE HEARD ANOTHER COMMITTEE AND WE YOU KNOW, UH I FEEL LIKE WE YOU KNOW, OFTEN THERE'S THIS IS A DECISION THAT IS UH IT'S IT'S UH THE. THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT CALLS AND STRIKES AND UH, YOU KNOW, IF WE WANT MORE OF THOSE DEBATES, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WE'VE NOW MET FOR A MONTH UH, AND WE'VE HAD WE'VE HAD WORKING SESSIONS, WE'VE HAD COUNCIL MEETINGS. WE STILL HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THE SUBSTANTIVE WORK OF THE BODY. I DO THINK THAT THIS RULE WOULD PROMOTE MORE OF THOSE PROCEDURAL DEBATES AND UH, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT REASON I DON'T SUPPORT THIS BUT UH, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S IT'S PART OF THE RULES WE'LL UH WE'LL WORK TOGETHER ON THAT. THANK YOU. IF I MAY JUST ONE CLARIFICATION. I MEAN, UH, COUNCILOR. PEPEN AND SET UP SANTANA FOR THE HOUSING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YEAH. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND I. I THINK ONE OF THE CONCERNS I HAVE IS. OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, DEPENDING ON WHAT COMMITTEE A PARTICULAR MATTER WOULD BE ASSIGNED TO THAT THAT COMMITTEE CHAIR WOULD NOT HAVE A HEARING ON ON THE SUBJECT IF THEY DIDN'T AGREE WITH THE SUBJECT MATTER OR IF THE ADMINISTRATION ASKED THEM NOT TO HOLD IT. UM, THAT WAS A MAJOR CONCERN SOME CITY COUNCIL HAS HAD INCLUDING MYSELF UM ABOUT CITY COUNCIL CHAIRS JUST SITTING ON HEARINGS UM MANY MANY CITY COUNCIL CHAIRS WERE CHAIRS OF TO TWO MAJOR COMMITTEES AND WE JUST COULDN'T HAVE ANY HEARINGS BECAUSE THE THE CHAIR WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE, THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE. AND SO. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS YOU WOULDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A PARTICULAR HEARING ON AN IMPORTANT SUBJECT. FOR EXAMPLE, I KNOW COUNCIL MAY HEAR YOU'VE BEEN DISCUSSING AND ADVOCATING UM EFFECTIVELY TODAY ON PUBLIC EDUCATION BUT WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANY PUBLIC EDUCATION HEARINGS THE LAST TWO YEARS ON THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. WE DIDN'T ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS TO THE BOSTON PUBLIC. SCHOOL SYSTEM. OR SUPERINTENDENT ON WHAT IS HAPPENING, UM, IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND NOW WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF REPORTS COMING OUT TALKING ABOUT THE CHALLENGES AND ACADEMICS THAT ARE. THAT ARE. THAT IS STRUGGLING. WE ALL KNEW THAT BUT WE DIDN'T WE DIDN'T HOLD OR ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS. THERE WERE SCHOOLS THAT WERE CLOSED OR CLOSING UM, AND RESIDENTS WERE ASKING US TO HOLD A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE MATTER IN TERMS OF WHY IS A PARTICULAR SCHOOL CLOSING, WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS FOR NEW STUDENTS? BUT THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL DID NOT WANT TO HAVE THAT PARTICULAR HEARING BECAUSE IT WAS CONTROVERSIAL. UM, THAT'S MY BIG CONCERN IS THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS ARE JUST ABLE TO SIT ON DOCKETS AND NOT HAVE A HEARING BECAUSE OF UM BECAUSE OF VARIOUS UM, VARIOUS REASONS INCLUDING THEY SIMPLY DON'T AGREE WITH THE MATTER OR THE ADMINISTRATION HAS ASKED THEM NOT TO GO FORWARD. THANK YOU. AT THESE FORUMS. >> COUNCIL MEETING IS NEXT. SO IF WE'RE STILL DOING THINGS WITH NORMALLY YES THEN I WOULD BE NEXT AND THEN COUNCILOR SANTANA. STANTON IS AFTER YOU KNOW FOR THE RECORD. UM I'M SORRY IF IT'S DIFFERENT ALSO THAT ALSO DOWN BUT. >> THE PRESS GO AHEAD. YEAH WHY ARE WE QUESTIONING THE PRESIDENT? SHE WAS THE FIRST ONE. YOU HAD YOUR LIGHT ON SO I. DID. >> BUT YOU KNOW. COUNCILOR SANTANA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO UH I REALLY DON'T WANT THIS TO DETERIORATE INTO PERSONAL. UM. >> I UNDERSTAND, MADAM PRESIDENT BUT. UH A. >> COMMENT WAS MADE ABOUT THE COMMITTEE THAT I CHAIR LAST YEAR. UM, AND I THINK THAT WAS TOTALLY OUT OF LINE. COUNCILOR FLYNN. UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AND THE DATA OUT OF ANY COUNCILOR HERE, I HELD MORE HEARINGS FOR YOU AND THE EDUCATION HEARING. WE WORK COLLABORATIVELY. SO I THINK YOUR STATEMENT THAT I WAS NOT DOING MY JOB LAST YEAR AS EDUCATION CHAIR IS UNFAIR. UM, AND IT'S NOT TRUE. SO I TOTALLY DISAGREE WITH WHAT COUNCILOR FLYNN JUST SAID. I TAKE PRIDE IN MY PROFESSIONALISM. I TAKE PRIDE WITH WORKING WITH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR CITY COUNCILORS HERE. UM AND THAT I THINK THAT WAS A PERSONAL JOB REGARDLESS OF YOU'RE NOT SAYING MY NAME. SO THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. >> FOR THE TIME. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA. I ALSO WANT TO A AS A COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I ALSO WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT IF ANY COUNCILOR FEELS THAT A DOCKET THAT THEY HAVE, UH, SENT TO COMMITTEE AND IT'S NOT BEEN ADDRESSED IN A TIMELY WAY. UH, THAT'S TIME FOR A CONVERSATION. WE DON'T WE DON'T NEED TO IT DOESN'T DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A LOGJAM BUT IT ALSO TO THE EARLIER POINT IF WE GET 2000 DOCKETS AND WE CAN ONLY HAVE 200 HEARINGS, UH, WE REALLY NEED TO COLLABORATE WITH EACH OTHER AND CONSOLIDATE HEARINGS SO THAT WE CAN 2 OR 3 PEOPLE CAN SPONSOR THE HEARING RATHER THAN ONE. BUT IT'S REALLY WE'RE IN A WORK IN PROGRESS. WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE OUR OUR BODY MORE COLLABORATIVE AND TO MOVE FORWARD IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION. SO THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND. IT WAS ON A MINUTE AGO. UM COUNCILOR. MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. UM AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR UH CULPEPER FOR BRINGING THIS AMENDMENT. UM, I HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO BE ON THE RECEIVING END OF THINGS THAT I HAVE FILED AND WHERE THEY ENDED UP OFTEN TIMES FELT LIKE A PROCEDURAL TOOL WAS BEING USED TO BLOCK THE DEBATE. AND SO NOT EVERYONE HAS HAD THESE SAME EXPERIENCE BECAUSE YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT STROKES FOR DIFFERENT FOLKS. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY WE ARE AT A TIME WHEN WE REALLY HAVE TO START THINKING ABOUT UM ,HOW WE COLLABORATE BECAUSE EVEN WHEN WE GET SOMETHING ASSIGNED TO TWO DIFFERENT COMMITTEES, SOMETIMES YOUR SPEECH IS LIMITED. YOU KNOW IT JUST YOU GET A DIFFERENT OUTCOME. AND SO I WANT TO JUST NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT AS MUCH AS WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR US TO COLLABORATE AND WORK TOGETHER, I OFTEN SEE THE OPPOSITE HAPPENING AND IT'S ALWAYS THE SAME COHORT. UM OF FOLKS WORKING MORE COLLABORATIVELY WITH SOME AND NOT OTHERS. AND SO UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP, MADAM PRESIDENT, IT IS MY HOPE THAT THIS BODY REALLY STARTS THINKING ABOUT WHAT OUR JOB IS AND OUR JOB IS TO REPRESENT OUR CONSTITUENTS AND TO PUT ALL OF OUR LITTLE PETTY POLITICAL PROBLEMS TO THE SIDE, INCLUDING MYSELF. UM, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET DOWN TO THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS IF WE KEEP SHOWING UP IN THIS WAY. SO HAVING RULE FOR I JUST WANT TO, UM, STAND IN FULL AGREEMENT OF COUNCILOR CULPEPER. THANK YOU. MR CLERK. THERE'S A MOTION FROM, UH, CONTRA CULPEPER. DO WE HAVE A THIS IS PROPERLY BEFORE AND SECONDED. MR TURNER, CAN YOU PLEASE, UH, DO A ROLL CALL VOTE? UH, UM, COUNCILOR COLE PEPPERS AMENDMENT AN. AMENDMENT ON RULE FOR COUNCILOR BREADON. NO COUNCILOR BERRY NO COUNCILOR COLORED AS OPPOSED. >> TO. COUNCILOR COLOR AS OPPOSED TO NO COUNCILOR CULPEPER. YES. >> COUNCILOR CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKIN. COUNCILOR. DURKIN. NO. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR WAS YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES COUNCILOR. PHINEAS. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE NO COUNCIL ILLUSION. NO COUNCIL. MEJIA. YES COUNCILOR. MEJIA. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YEAH. >> COUNCILOR. >> MURPHY. YES COUNCILOR. PIPPIN. UH. COUNCIL BEAN. NO. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. NO. COUNCIL. WEBER. COUNCILOR. WEAPON. NO. AND COUNCILOR. WORLD. YES. COUNCIL. ARROYO. YES. SEVEN VOTES IN THE NEGATIVE SIX IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. COUNCILOR WORRELL, DO YOU HAVE AN AMENDMENT? COUNCILOR AND COUNCILOR? COCOA BEANS. OH, COUNCILOR CULPEPER I DON'T HAVE THESE. DON'T I. >> DON'T HAVE THIS PEOPLE. I HAVE IT. ALL. >> WELL, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM, I'M LOOKING TO AMEND RULE NUMBER 23. UM, AND THIS IS BASICALLY JUST TRYING TO PROVIDE, UH, MORE OF A PROCESS AND FLAHERTY AROUND, UH, WHEN YOU KNOW, WE ALL WORK ON AERONAUTICS LEGISLATION IF IT WAS TO GET TIED UP OR STUCK OR WE COULDN'T COME UP WITH AN AGREEABLE, AGREEABLE DATE WITH THE COMMITTEE CHAIR, YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? UH, SO THIS BASICALLY JUST SAYS AFTER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DAYS UM, WHICH IS 60 UM AND 90 DAYS UH, THAT IF THERE'S NO AGREEABLE HEARING SET FOR, YOU KNOW, A COUNCILORS. HEARING ORDER OR. LEGISLATION THAT THAT THEN REVERTS BACK TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE WHICH THEY WERE HOPING THAT THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT IS ABLE THEN TO HOLD THAT HEARING FOR SAID LEAD SPONSOR. UH, SO THIS IS JUST PROVIDING A LITTLE BIT MORE FLAHERTY OR A PROCESS AROUND WHAT HAPPENS UH, AFTER UH A HEARING ORDER OR PIECE OF LEGISLATION UH, CAN'T BE HEARD AND SAID COMMITTEE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THERE'S NO AND THAT. YOU KNOW REASON AND RULE 23 WITHIN 30 DAYS OF MUTUALLY AGREEABLE TO DATE FOR A HEARING UM IT'S SET AND CONDUCTED LIKE THERE'S NOTHING THAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT. SO THIS IS JUST TRYING TO CREATE ANOTHER PROCESS ANOTHER WAY FOR THAT COUNSELOR OR THE LEAD SPONSOR TO THEN FINE TO HOLD THAT HEARING UM ON THE THING THAT THEY HAVE WORKED SO HARD ON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR DURKAN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I'VE JUST THROUGH THE CHAIR I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF THIS IS RULE 23 OR RULE 34 BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE RULES ON THE SAME SUBJECT BUT ONE COVERS UM THE AMOUNT OF DAYS AND THE OTHER DOES NOT. SO JUST WANTED TO ASK THAT QUESTION THROUGH THE CHAIR. THIS BEACH THE TECH SAYS 23. SO IT'S RULE 23 YES THANK YOU COUNCILOR WU UM. I'VE LOST TRACK OF WHOSE COMES FROM MURPHY. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT. UM THANK YOU. COUNCILOR WORRELL FOR BRINGING . THIS FORWARD. THIS CAME UP A FEW TIMES LAST YEAR. SO THROUGH FLAHERTY. EITHER TO THE SPONSOR. >> OR TO THE CLERK, THERE WERE ALSO TIMES IN THOSE DAYS COINCIDE ALSO WHEN YOU CAN PULL FROM THE GREEN SHEET AND THEN TAKE ACTION. SO IF THE COUNCIL FILES A HEARING ORDER IN THE HEARING DOESN'T HAPPEN ANY OTHER MEMBER AFTER A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS IT. MAKES MORE. MAJORITY NEEDED TO SUPPORT IT. BUT YOU CAN PULL A. HEARING ORDER AND TAKE A VOTE OR MOVE ON THAT HEARING EVEN IF THE SPONSOR ISN'T THE ONE MOVING FORWARD WITH IT. AND SO JUST WONDERING WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS MAYBE COUNCIL WORK ON NEXT I KNOW THAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR ON LIKE A TAX ONE AND SOMETHING ELSE WHERE MYSELF AS THE SPONSOR WAS WAITING FOR THE CHAIR TO SCHEDULE A HEARING AND THEN SOMEBODY ELSE ON THE FLOOR JUST PULLED IT FROM THE GREEN SHEET WHEN I WAS STILL TRYING TO GET THE HEARING ORDER SCHEDULED. SO IF WE COULD JUST ADDRESS THAT CONCERN I HAVE. BUT OVERALL I DO LIKE YOUR AMENDMENT. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR MURPHY, UM, PLEASE ADDRESS YOUR, UH, QUESTIONS. THE CHAIR UM, WHERE ELSE WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESPOND? YEAH. >> AND, UM, I THINK RULE 24 KIND OF MORE SPEAKS TO TO THAT . AND I THOUGHT ABOUT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO RULE 24 TO GO BACK TO UH, YOU KNOW WHAT THE 2007 LIMITS WERE. UM, HOWEVER NOW I JUST I DIDN'T PROPOSE THAT AMENDMENT JUST BECAUSE I FELT SO I AM COMFORTABLE WITH THIS BUT I THINK THERE'S, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITY YOU KNOW, TO TO ACTUALLY ADDRESS WHAT WHAT YOU HAVE SAID. UM, AND I THINK THAT FURTHER DISCUSSION TO THE RULES COMMITTEE WE CAN DEFINITELY HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, ADDED INTO THE RULES. BUT I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT DEFINITELY NEEDS TO ALSO BE ADDRESSED. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN, DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? YEAH. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND MADAM CHAIR BEFORE I UM I DO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK COUNCIL WE'RE ALL A QUESTION ABOUT THIS BUT BEFORE I DO THAT I DO I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR IMPORTANT LEADERSHIP. UM, ESPECIALLY LAST WEEK AT THE ,UH, IMPORTANT HEARING WE HAD ON THE RULES MOST OF OUR COLLEAGUES WERE PRESENT ASKING VERY GOOD QUESTIONS. SO, UM, JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONALISM, MADAM CHAIR. BUT MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ASK COUNCIL? WELL, A QUESTION. YOU MAY ADDRESS. OKAY. >> UM, COUNCIL ALL UM. PLEASE TO ME. OKAY. WOULD HOW WOULD A COMMITTEE CHAIR PRIORITIZE UM, THE SCHEDULE OF ESTABLISHING WHAT WOULD GO FIRST IN TERMS OF CONDUCTING A PARTICULAR HEARING? DON'T YOU THINK IT SHOULD BE BASED ON WHEN SOMETHING COMES INTO THE COMMITTEE CHAIR FIRST AND THAT'S WHAT THE COMMITTEE CHAIR WOULD HAVE? I KNOW THAT'S NOT WHAT YOUR AMENDMENT IS ABOUT, BUT JUST WANT TO SAY IS. THAT IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE COULD HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE GET. THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS TO HAVE A HEARING ON WHAT COMES INTO THE PARTICULAR COMMITTEE IN THAT IN THAT ORDER? AND JUST SO JUST IN THE INTEREST OF BEING FAIR TO EVERYBODY IS WHEN A WHEN SOMEONE DOES PROPOSE A HEARING THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THAT CITY COUNCIL AND I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THAT CITY COUNCIL CHAIR TO TREAT THAT TO TREAT THAT HEARING WITH WITH PROFESSIONALISM AND RECOMMENDATION AND GO FORWARD WITH THAT BASED ON WHEN IT DOES COME INTO UH INTO A HEARING. BUT I WOULD APPRECIATE COUNCIL WORLD'S RESPONSE. THANK YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNTRY WHAT? WELL WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESPOND TO THIS? YEAH THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. IT'S I MEAN WE'VE BEEN WE HAD A WORKING SESSION FOR THREE HOURS WHERE 3.5 HOURS NOW INTO THE RULES AGAIN SO WE COULD DEFINITELY CONTINUE TO DIVE INTO THE RULES UM MORE AND MORE UM BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S THERE'S NO YOU KNOW, RULES ON PAPER NOW THAT DESCRIBES HOW EACH IT'S UP TO THE DISCRETION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR. UH, BUT I THINK YOU KNOW, SIMILAR TO CASTLE WHERE COUNCILOR MURPHY HAD BROUGHT. >> UP. I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF LAY OUT, YOU KNOW, MORE GROUND RULES OR JUST, YOU KNOW, UM, MAYBE CHECKS AND BALANCES OR SOMEONE WATCHING WHAT'S GOING ON INSIDE THE COMMITTEES. BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR COUNCIL CONSTABLE WEBER WILL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? YEAH. >> UM, THANKS. UH, JUST A SORRY TO BADGER UH, COUNCILOR WORRELL ANOTHER QUESTION THROUGH THE CHAIR IN TERMS OF LIKE I KNOW FOR EXAMPLE LABOR WE FILE A HEARING ORDER AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR TO HAVE THE HEARING ON THE BUS RESIDENTS JOBS POLICY LIKE TECHNICALLY THAT HEARING MIGHT NOT TAKE PLACE FOR 60 DAYS. DOES THAT THEN GO TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE? THE SAME WOULD GO FOR, YOU KNOW, WAYS AND MEANS THROUGH GENERAL HEARING ORDERS THAT GO ON. I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW THIS RULE AFFECTS THINGS LIKE THAT AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT THE INTENT I DON'T THINK TO HAVE THEM REMOVED FROM THEIR COMMITTEES. BUT UM JUST ASKING FOR YOUR THANK YOU. >> FOR PUSHING. COME THROUGH WHAT. I MEAN YEAH, THE COMMITTEE RULES CURRENTLY READS WITHIN 30 DAYS A MUTUALLY AGREEABLE DATE FOR HEARING. SO IF YOU HAD THE BRG P UH, HEARING INSIDE OF A LABOR COMMITTEE AS LONG AS YOU HAVE A MUTUALLY AGREEABLE DATE FOR A HEARING, THEN YOU WOULDN'T BE SUBJECTED TO. THIS RULE. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR COLOR DISSIPATE. I'M GOING TO. JUST GET THAT. YEAH, IT JUST SO IF IF A IF A COMMITTEE CHAIR HAS A HEARING ORDER THAT THE COMMITTEE CHAIR FILED, THEY COULD HAVE A MUTUALLY AGREEABLE DAY UH, A HEARING DATE BECAUSE THEY'RE THE SAME PERSON. IS THAT HOW YOU. INTERPRET THAT? >> LIKE A MUTUALLY AGREEABLE DAY. SO A DATE FOR THE HEARING. SO IF I FILE A HEARING, IT GOES TO MY COMMITTEE. I CAN POTENTIALLY AGREE ON ANY AND NOBODY'S GOING TO BE CHALLENGING THAT WELL I YEAH WHO KNOWS I IT'S A THERE'S THE OLD SAYING YOU KNOW UH KNOW TWO JEWS THREE OPINIONS SO YOU KNOW UM YOU NEVER KNOW. THANK YOU COUNCILOR WEBER UM UH ANTICIPATING YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO. >> MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. >> I WANNA THANK. >> MY COLLEAGUE FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. UM, I WILL ONLY SPEAK FOR MYSELF AS, UH, CHAIR. OF THE OF THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. COMMITTEE IN PAST YEARS. BUT THERE WERE MANY DOCKETS THAT WERE FILED THAT UM THAT THE LEAD SPONSOR AND MY POLICY WAS AND IT'S DIFFERENT IT'S UP TO THE DISCRETION OF ALL THE CHAIRS WAS TO WAIT FOR. THOSE UH THE LEAD. SPONSOR TO REACH. OUT AND SCHEDULE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH US. AND SO SOMETIMES THAT MEANT I THINK WE HAD OVER 70 FILED IN GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT THAT MEANT THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF DOCKETS THAT LANGUISHED IN COMMITTEE JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, FOR WHATEVER THE REASON IS AND I'M NOT GOING TO PRESUME TO KNOW WHY A LEAD SPONSOR DIDN'T MOVE ON SOMETHING EVERYONE'S BUSY BUT THAT IT LANGUISHED UM, IN COMMITTEE. AND SO WHAT I'M THINKING AND SOME UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES AND THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT THE INTENT OF OF WHAT UM, COUNCILOR WORRELL HAS PUT FORWARD BUT SOME INTENDED UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES THAT COULD HAPPEN IS THAT SOME SPONSORS COULD ULTIMATELY, UM, DECIDE NOT TO MOVE DOCKETS ON PURPOSE. SO IF THEY DISAGREE WITH THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR THEY COULD PURPOSEFULLY NOT MOVE THEIR DOCKETS AT A CERTAIN TIME FRAME UM, ESSENTIALLY STALLING ON PURPOSE. AND SO THAT WOULD NOT BE AT THE FAULT OF THE CHAIR. I MEAN AT WHAT POINT HOW DO YOU ADJUDICATE THAT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT THAT I'M THINKING OF. ADDITIONALLY I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A COMPELLING CASE AND SO I THINK THAT EVERYBODY WHO UM, WANTS TO REMOVE SOMETHING OUT OF UM COMMITTEE SHOULD I THERE'S RULE 24 FOR THAT. THERE'S SOME MISALIGNMENT AND CONFLICTS WITH UH THIS PROPOSED . RULE WITH RULE 24. SO I MEAN FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO TO THIS IF COUNCILOR WORRELL WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD ON IT. UM, THE UH I THINK IN RULE 24 IT I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW BUT WE ALLOW BASED ON ON THE TIMELINE THAT HE SUGGESTS UM, IN RULE 24 IT'S 90 DAYS THAT A MATTER IS REFERRED TO COMMITTEE HE HAS 60 SO I WOULD RECOMMEND CHANGING IT TO 90 SO IT ALIGNS WITH REAL 24 AND THEN INSTEAD OF AFTER 90 DAYS IT'S 120 DAYS UM AND THEN INSTEAD OF UH IN IN THAT SECOND POINT THERE AFTER 90 DAYS YOU CAN HAVE THAT SAY 120 A MATTER REFERRED TO COMMITTEE IS NOT REPORTED UPON OR SCHEDULED FOR A HEARING. SO I DO HAVE ISSUES WITH WITH. THE TERM IS NOT REPORTED ON UM THERE LIKE THESE TIMELINES EXIST FOR A REASON. SO WE ARE TRYING TO PROTECT A REALLY THOUGHTFUL LEGISLATIVE ANALYSIS AND REVIEW PROCESS. AND SO IN GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS FOR EXAMPLE, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN SOME COMMITTEES WHERE WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS UM YOU KNOW, CAREFUL LEGAL REVIEW, FISCAL ANALYSIS, UH DEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION AND ENSURING THAT UM THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BE IMPLEMENTED FUNDED STAFFED AND SUSTAINED SO THAT IT IS SUCCESSFUL. SO THAT DOES REQUIRE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME. UM AND SO THAT'S WHY I SUPPORT RULE 24. BUT I WOULD JUST SUGGEST THAT IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT GOES FORWARD, IT IS IN LINE WITH THE TIMELINE THAT IS PUT FORTH IN RULE 24. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR UM BECAUSE THAT A PATA COUNCILOR DURKAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH I'M SORRY I MY POINT MY QUESTION UM, WAS ORIGINALLY WAS IF I READ THIS AT THE END OF RULE 23 AD IF WITHIN 60 DAYS A MATTER REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OTHER THAN A COMMITTEE OF ALL MEMBERS IS NOT REPORTED UPON OR SCHEDULED FOR A HEARING, IT MAY BE CALLED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF ALL MEMBERS. SUCH MATTER SHALL NOT UH SO NOT AGAIN BE COMMITTED TO ANY OTHER COMMITTEE THAN IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. IF AFTER 90 DAYS OF MATTER REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE IS NOT REPORTED UPON OR SCHEDULED FOR A HEARING, ANY MEMBER WITHOUT A VOTE MAY RECALL SUCH UH SUCH MATTER FROM THE COMMITTEE AND SHALL, UH THE MATTER NOT BE COMMITTED TO A COMMITTEE OTHER THAN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE IF YOU READ RULE 24 WITHIN 60 DAYS IT'S LITERALLY THE SAME TEXT UM, BUT DIFFERENT TIMELINES. AND SO ESSENTIALLY UH THIS CONFLICTS WITH RULE 34 SO I DON'T WE WITHOUT AMENDING RULE 24. SORRY. SO WITHOUT AMENDING RULE 24 WE CANNOT VOTE ON THIS. WE WILL ESSENTIALLY MAKE RULE I MEAN WE'LL MAKE TWO RULES IN CONFLICT WITH. EACH OTHER. >> THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET AT. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR REALM. >> YEAH. MY UNDERSTANDING OF RULE 24 IS IT BEING PULLED FOR A VOTE? THIS IS FOR A HEARING. UM, THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RULE 23 AND RULE 24 IS THAT RULE 24 IS BRINGING SOME SOMETHING BEFORE THE BODY TO BE VOTED ON OPPOSED TO IT BEING MOVED FROM ONE COMMITTEE TO ANOTHER COMMITTEE TO HAVE A DATE FOR A HEARING. I, UM JUST. CONSIDER CAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? OH MY GOD. THANK YOU, CHAIR BRATTON. UM I MEAN TO TO MY KNOWLEDGE THAT THESE ARE DUPLICATIVE BECAUSE IF THE GOAL OF RULE 23 AND THE GOAL OF 24 IS ESSENTIALLY TO PULL THINGS OUT OF A CERTAIN COMMITTEE IN ORDER TO HAVE A HEARING ON THEM, I THINK IT'S GETTING TO THE SAME ISSUE. SO I THINK WHAT I ORIGINALLY SAID AND AT LEAST IN MY EYES IT STILL STANDS I THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE THE CLERK OR CENTRAL STAFF LOOK OVER THESE TWO RULES TO SEE IF THEY'RE IN CONFLICT WITH. >> EACH OTHER. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL FROM HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND I. >> FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE. TUNING IN I'M SURE YOU'RE. WONDERING LIKE WOW, WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME ON RULES AND I. >> THINK IS. >> BECAUSE OFTENTIMES WE'RE THESE ARE TACTICS AND AND AND THINGS THAT ARE PUT IN PLACE TO PREVENT. US FROM MOVING OUR WORK FORWARD . AND SO I WANT TO THANK ALL MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS THUS FAR BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE DOING IS MAINTAINING THE INTEGRITY OF WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED. TO BE DOING HERE IS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THINGS PROPERLY RECORDED IN A WAY THAT WE CAN DO OUR JOB. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR TIME AND ENERGY, UM, THAT THEY PUT INTO TODAY AND AS SOMEONE WHO IN THE PREVIOUS THE LAST CYCLE THAT WE RECENTLY WENT THROUGH, I KNOW WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE I WOULD FOLLOW HEARING AND I WOULD HAVE TO FIGHT JUST. >> TO. GET ON ON A CALENDAR AND MY WORK WOULD JUST LITERALLY DIE IN IN IN CERTAIN COMMITTEES AND LEFT OUT. AND AS I PUSHED. FORTH UM AND I WAS. TERM MY FIRST TERM. I GOT THROUGH SO MUCH WORK I WAS ABLE TO HOST HEARINGS AND PASS LEGISLATION MY SECOND TERM AS WELL AND THEN MY LAST TERM THE ONE THAT I JUST EXPERIENCED THIS UM LAST YEAR IT WAS JUST CRAZY. WE DIDN'T GET TO DO MUCH. AND SO I THINK THAT THERE HAS TO BE A STRUCTURE IN PLACE AND A RULE THAT ENSURES THAT OUR. WORK CONTINUES TO MOVE AND IF IT'S NOT, THEN THE PRESIDENT OF THIS BODY ENSURES THAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO JUST THAT. AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT COMMITTEES. I'M TALKING ABOUT. ALSO JUST. >> POLICY EFFORTS THAT WE WERE . TRYING TO PUSH FORWARD. I WOULD SEE OTHER THINGS GET PASSED BEFORE THINGS THAT I PASSED AND I PASSED MY THINGS BEFOREHAND AND IT JUST GOT A LITTLE BIT CRAZY. SO WE NEED WE NEED SOME FLAHERTY AROUND HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO BUSINESS MOVING FORWARD SO WE'RE NOT FIGHTING. THANK YOU COMES FROM A COUNTRY CAN I JUST A PADDLE YOU HAVE THE. FLOOR THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I THINK WHAT I WILL JUST I WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING ELSE BUT JUST REITERATE I THINK THERE ARE EXISTING TIMELINES RIGHT NOW AND I DO THINK THAT IT IS UM UH THAT CALLING SOMETHING FOR A HEARING IS NOBLE AND VALID AND I AND I TOTALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND I AND I AGREE UM I STILL HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS AS TO UH, A LEAD SPONSOR LETTING IT ALMOST ON PURPOSE LANGUISH EVEN THOUGH THERE'S BEEN REPEATED, UH, CALLS FROM THE COMMITTEE CHAIR TO MOVE IT FORWARD LIKE HOW AGAIN HOW DO WE ADJUDICATE THAT IN WHICH DO WE PRESENT YOU WITH DOCUMENTATION AND EMAILS THAT SAY HEY DO YOU WANT TO PUSH THIS FORWARD? HEY, DO YOU WANT TO PUSH THIS FORWARD? UM SO I DO STILL HAVE THOSE CONCERNS BUT THERE. THERE ARE THESE TIMELINES FOR A REASON AGAIN PUSHING RESPONSIBLE LEGISLATION FORWARD IS NOT ABOUT INTENT OR PERSONALITIES. IT REALLY IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE AND CAN BE IMPLEMENTED, FUNDED AND SUSTAINED AND JUST ENSURING THE SUCCESS OF SOMETHING. AND SO THAT IS ALWAYS THE INTENT AND WHAT I AGAIN I SPEAK FOR MYSELF AS GOVERNMENT OPERATION CHAIR SO I WILL I GUESS BE VOTING NO ON THIS BUT I APPRECIATE THE MOVE UH ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL WELL I DO THINK THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE STILL HAVE TO HAMMER OUT BUT COMMITTED TO A LONGER TERM SOLUTION. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE? UM, CONSTABLE MORALES UH, AMENDMENT TO RULE 23. COUNCILOR BREADON. NO. COUNCILOR BREDON. NO COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTNER. NO. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTNER. NO COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. >> COUNCILOR. >> DURKAN. NO COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL. YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. NO. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. >> MURPHY. >> YES. COUNCIL. PIPPIN. COUNCILOR. PEN. NO. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. NO. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. NO. COUNCILOR. WEBER. COUNCILOR. WEBER NO. AND COUNCILOR. WIRRAL COUNCIL. WORLD. YES. SEVEN VOTES IN A NEGATIVE SIX VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. COUNCILOR WEBER, ARE WE, UH, READY TO RETURN TO YOUR, UM, AMENDMENT ISSUE WE LAID ON THE TABLE. UH, I BELIEVE THERE WAS SOME BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN, UH, OUR STAFFS AND I UH I THINK CONCILOR MEJIA HIS STAFF HAS A REVISED VERSION. I'M NOT SURE. UM. >> YOU KNOW, SO I CAN CAN WE TAKE A SHORT RESET? I CAN WE TAKE THIS UP OR DO WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THE RULES? CORRECT. SO THIS IS THE LAST THING. UM, I. WHICH ONE IS IT? >> I THINK I THINK UH THAT YEAH. I'M NOT SURE WHAT COUNCILOR MCGEE, HIS TEAM HAS DECIDED UM, WE HAVE A VERSION WE'VE PROPOSED. UH, AND I THINK WE NEED A TWO MINUTE RECESS. TO APOLOGIZE. WE HAVE A CUSTOMER HERE. UH, YOU TWO RECESS. TWO MINUTE RECESS, PLEASE. I DID THAT ONCE AGAIN. I GAVE YOU ALL. THAT TIME. >> YEAH. HEY, CINDY. CAN YOU. >> CAN I HAVE ONE SKITTLE? YEAH. >> KIDDING. WE'RE BACK IN SESSION. WE'RE NOW ADDRESSING COUNCILMAN. HE IS UH UM, UH, RULE 36 AMENDMENT. B UH, IT WAS LAID ON THE TABLE. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO TAKE IT FROM THE TABLE? OH. >> REMOVE IT FROM THE TABLE. UH. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER. IT ONE SECOND. OKAY. >> THANK YOU. UH, MR, UH, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL, VOTE ON THE MOTION TO REMOVE, UH TO BRING THE DOCKET BACK TO THE TABLE. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR COLORED AS OPPOSED COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. COUNCILOR DURKIN. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. >> FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCILOR. >> FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCIL. >> GRIFFIN. COUNCILOR. >> PEN. YES. >> COUNCIL. SANTANA. YES. YES FOR SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES AND COUNCIL. WE'RE WELL. I DIDN'T HEAR THAT. . >> COUNCILOR CULPEPER. UH, MOTION TO TAKE OFF THE TABLE. THE AMENDED VERSION BE. COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. YES. COUNCILOR WORRELL. YES YES YES. TEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. >> DON'T CARRY. COUNCILOR DURKAN. DURKAN? >> UH, YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. YOU. >> UH THANK THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. WE HAD A. THE MOTION TO TAKE. THE MATTER UH, OFF THE TABLE HAS BEEN BEEN PASSED. YEP. >> CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. >> WE'RE WAITING FOR COUNCILOR MAYHEW. I'M JUST. SECONDS TO ATTEND THE MEETING WITH THE TEMPLES. IT'S JUST A NO BECAUSE WE HAVE TO WAIT IN. YEAH I KNOW OKAY. YOU. TO COUNCIL. THIS. WAY. I'LL GIVE YOU MORE. UM. YES. OKAY. OKAY. FIRST. I'M GONNA OPEN. TO MAKE. WISE DECISIONS. OKAY. NURSE. >> COUNCILOR MEJIA. THERE'S BEEN A MOTION TO TAKE THE MATTER OFF THE TABLE ON YOUR AMENDMENT. UH, THE SECOND THAT WE HAD A MAJORITY VOTE. UH, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. UM, SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO, UM, PROPOSE, UM, BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT, UH, COUNCILOR. WEBER SUGGESTED. GUYS, THIS WAS ALL ABOUT A COMMA. IF YOU GUYS DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT COMMAS YET CLINICAL READ ABOUT COMMAS. BUT, UH, WE WE HAD TO DROP A COMMA. SO THE NEW LANGUAGE WILL BE THE COMMITTEE SHALL HAVE OVERSIGHT OF BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES CLOSURES. MERGERS. >> RECONFIGURATIONS AND MOVES THAT IMPACT EDUCATION UM STUDENTS FAMILIES TEACHERS STAFF AND ADMINISTRATIVE. SO IN CASE IN THE CASE OF LIKE HVAC SYSTEMS AND UM THINGS THAT IMPACT THE QUALITY OF INSTRUCTION UM THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WILL FALL UNDER THE FACILITY REALM OF THINGS. IN OTHER WORDS, THINGS THAT UH ,HAVE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OR THINGS THAT YOU KNOW, HAVE ANY REAL SENSE OF UM, JURISDICTION. WE WILL IT APPEARS THAT THE RECOMMENDATION FROM COUNCILOR WEBER STRIKES THAT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MEJIA. UH, MR CLERK. UH, THIS IS, UH, A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. UH, COME TO MEJIA, UH, AS OFFERED TO SUBSTITUTE LANGUAGE THAT INCLUDES COUNCILMAN WEBER FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. CAN WE, UH. CAN WE CALL, UH, A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THIS AMENDMENT, PLEASE? ROLL CALL. >> VOTE ON AMENDMENT B, UH VERSION TWO. I BEG YOUR PARDON? UH, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. SO CAN I ASK. WHAT THE ACTUAL LANGUAGE IS? IS IT WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US? THIS IS THE CURRENT LANGUAGE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IT'S THE ONE THAT I JUST READ RIGHT? >> IS THAT. DOES EVERYBODY HAVE THAT? OKAY, JUST TO CONFIRM. UNLESS THEY DID A SWITCHEROO ON YOU GUYS. BUT THAT'S. >> WHAT I READ. ARE WE GOOD? MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THE AMENDED VERSION OF THIS AMENDMENT? COUNCILOR BREADON. YES, COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POWDER COUNCILOR GLEN AS A POWDER. YES COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKIN. COUNCILOR. DURKIN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. JOE. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL. THIN. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. YES COUNCILOR. MEJIA. YES. COUNCILWOMAN HERE. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY. YES. COUNCIL. PIPPIN. COUNCILOR. THE PEN. YES. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER. COUNCILOR WEBER. YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL. YES COUNCILOR. YES. VERSION TWO HAS RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MR CLERK. >> OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. THE CHAIR SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF ADOPT AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0157 AND A NEW DRAFT AS AMENDED. UH, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE? TO LEAVE. >> THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION? OH, SOMEBODY HAS A SECOND. SECOND. >> SECOND. VOTING ON THE RULES? YES. >> GOVERNMENT AS AMENDED. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. THE CHAIR SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0157 AND A NEW DRAFT AS AMENDED. UM, COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE? I WOULD LIKE. OKAY. >> COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YOU HAVE? I'M FINE. COULD YOU LIKE. NOPE. CAN'T REMEMBER IF YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH. >> NOW THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT ON THE RULES NOW. >> THAT WE'LL BE VOTING ON. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK THAT YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT HAVE PUT INTO PROPOSING THE CHANGES IN THE COUNCIL. RULES AND COMMITTEE. STRUCTURE WHICH IF I AM CORRECT, YOU WERE WORKING CLOSELY WITH CENTRAL STAFF WHO HELPED YOU. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE WORKING SESSION LAST FRIDAY, WHICH PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DISCUSSION AHEAD OF TODAY'S VOTE. AND THE. >> WORK THAT WE'VE DONE HERE TOGETHER THE LAST FOUR HOURS. I RAISED CONCERNS BECAUSE I BELIEVE PROCESS MATTERS AND I APPRECIATE THAT WE DID TAKE THIS STEP OF COMING TOGETHER AS A BODY BEFORE VOTING THAT THIS DISCUSSION IS VERY IMPORTANT. THAT SAID, MY CONCERNS REMAIN OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A LEGISLATIVE BODY IS OVERSIGHT. THE RULES WE ADOPT SHOULD STRENGTHEN THE COUNCIL'S ABILITY TO SLOW DOWN, ASK HARD QUESTIONS AND ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO MAJOR POLICY AND BUDGET DECISIONS. I SPOKE IN SUPPORT OF COUNCILMAN HE IS EDUCATION AMENDMENT BECAUSE IT REFLECTS THAT CORE RESPONSIBILITY. IT RECOGNIZES THAT THE COUNCIL HAS POWER IF. >> WE ARE WILLING. TO USE. >> IT AND DO OUR JOB. DESPITE THE DISCUSSION WE HAD AND THE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE PREPARED SOME THAT PASSED, SOME DID NOT PASS. I DO NOT BELIEVE THE RULES BEFORE US GO FAR ENOUGH IN STRENGTHENING THE COUNCIL'S OVERSIGHT ROLE OF ENSURING THAT THESE RULES RULES WORK FOR THE COUNCIL IS RATHER THAN THE ADMINISTRATION. THIS VOTE IS NOT ABOUT OPPOSING COLLABORATION OR CHANGE. IT IS ABOUT SETTING A GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE THAT TRULY SUPPORTS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO THE RESIDENTS WE REPRESENT. AND FOR THOSE REASONS I WILL BE VOTING AGAINST THE RULES TODAY . THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. CANCER. CANCER. UM. COUNCIL MEMBER HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YOU'VE GOT YOUR LIGHT ON. COUNCILOR DURKAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILOR BREADON OR COUNCIL PRESIDENT BREADON. UM, I JUST WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES. UM, FOR A SPIRITED CONVERSATION. I ALSO WANT TO THANK. >> YOU. FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. UM. AND I KNOW YOU KNOW, WE HAVE. TRADITIONALLY VOTED ON THIS ON. >> THE FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR. SO NOW, YOU KNOW, TEN HOURS INTO DISCUSSING. >> THESE RULES. UM. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO TAKE A VOTE. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN. DO I HAVE A SECOND? UM. CHAIR. WE'VE ALREADY MOVED TO GO TO A VOTE WITH A MOVE TO GO TO A VOTE. COUNCILOR FLYNN. UH, MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 0157 IN A NEW DRAFT AS AMENDED. THERE'S SOME DISCUSSION ON THIS. AND ONCE WE MOVE TO A VOTE, THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. BUT. BEFORE THAT HAPPENS. OKAY, MR. CLERK. WHO MADE THE MOTION? UM, COUNCILOR DURKAN, UH, MADE THE MOTION. CONSTABLE MURPHY, UH, SECONDED IT. I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT LATER ON BEFORE I HAD. I COULDN'T. >> MAKE THIS NOT. >> YOU'D LIKE TO. I'D LIKE TO REMOVE IT. I DIDN'T REALIZE COUNCILOR FLYNN'S LIGHT HAD BEEN WAITING TO BE CALLED ON. AND I THINK COUNCIL LOOKING. TO COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO SPEAK. I'M GOING TO BE VOTING NO. UM, ON ON THE RULES. BUT I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR LEADERSHIP, MADAM CHAIR, ON THIS ISSUE. YOU I BELIEVE YOU DID GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYBODY TO EXPRESS THEIR OPINION WHETHER WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH THEM OR DISAGREE WITH THEM AND JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR PROFESSIONALISM AND UM, INCLUDING PEOPLE THAT MAY HAVE DISAGREE WITH YOU. UM, YOU'VE BEEN OPEN AND YOU'VE BEEN FAIR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION? OH. >> ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE MATTER? THE CHAIR SHAPES. THERE'S NO ONE SPEAKING TO SEE SEEKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR, UH, SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF AD OF ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0157 IN A NEW DRAFT AS AMENDED. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES COUNCILOR. BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR. COLETTA. ZAPATA. YES. COUNCILOR CALL AS A PARTY. YES. COUNCILOR CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. NO. COUNCIL. FLYNN. NO. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. NO. COUNCIL. THE PEN COUNCIL. THE PEN. YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR WEBER. YES. COUNCILOR WEBER. YES AND COUNCILOR L. YES. COUNCIL. WELL YES. TALKING NUMBER 05176. EXCUSE ME 0157 HAS RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND TWO IN THE NEGATIVE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. REPORT. >> NO. UH, WE MOVE ON TO COMMUNICATIONS FROM AROUND THE MAYOR. COUNCILOR MURPHY. UM. NOW THAT WE PASSED THE RULES, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TAKE DOCKET 012401250126 AND 0127 OUT OF ORDER. THANK YOU TO LOCAL. 718 YOU YOU'VE BEEN HERE. SINCE BEFORE NOON AND I HOPE THAT WE COULD TAKE THAT VOTE AS SOON AS WE CAN. THANK YOU. FOR. >> MY NO I JUST THAT'S OKAY IF WE DON'T YOU. WORK COLLABORATIVELY. RECOMMENDATION. POINT OF ORDER. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE. >> COMMITTEE CHAIR. OF THE HEARING. ANY AND ALL. THE RESULTS FOR THE WHOLE CHAIR WEIGHS ON ME IS COMFORTABLE. HOWEVER, NOW BECAUSE WE'VE ACCEPTED THE DURING THE TOWN COUNCIL BRIEFINGS DID NOT CALL FOR SOME REASON TO ALLOW THIS CHAIR. >> TO. CHAIR THAT MEETING BUT THAT WAS FINE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> IT'S TRUE. >> MR. CLERK. I KNOW IT'S, UH. COULD YOU PLEASE GO FORWARD AND READ THE COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE MAYOR? WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THE, UH, FIREFIGHTERS, UH, CONTRACT VERY QUICKLY. PLEASE GO AHEAD. ALLOW NEED A MOTION. WAS THERE ANYONE TO SECOND. TO THAT SECOND? COULD YOU CALL ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YEAH. UH. >> SO WE HAVE. TAKE MY VOTE. EXCELLENT. MR CLERK. COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS, UH, 1 TO 0 1 TO 4 20127. DOCKET NUMBER 0124 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER TO REDUCE FISCAL YEAR 26 APPROPRIATION FOR THE RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY $18,118,488 TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 INCREASES CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE BOSTON FIREFIGHTERS AEF LOCAL 718 FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON JANUARY 26TH, 2026 DOCKET NUMBER 0125 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION ORDER FOR THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 26, IN THE AMOUNT OF $18,118,488 TO COVER THE FISCAL YEAR 26 COST ITEMS CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND I A F LOCAL 718 THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACTS ARE JULY 1ST, 2024 THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2025 AND JULY 1ST 2025 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2028. THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE CONTRACTS INCLUDE A BASE WAGE INCREASE OF 2.5% TO BE GIVEN IN JULY OF 2024 AND A BASE WAGE INCREASE OF 2% IN JULY OF EACH SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEAR OF THE CONTRACT TERM. THE AGREEMENT ALSO INCLUDES SALARY ADJUSTMENTS IN JANUARY OF 2025 STARTING AT FIVE, TEN, 15, 20 AND 25 YEARS OF SERVICE . DOCKET NUMBER 0126 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER TO REDUCE FISCAL YEAR 26 APPROPRIATION FOR THE RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY $1,307,901 TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 26 INCREASES CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF THE CITY OF BOSTON AND BOSTON ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND SUPERVISORS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON JANUARY 26TH, 2026 AND DOCKET NUMBER 0127. MESSAGE. IN ORDER FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION ORDER FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 26, IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,307,901 TO COVER THE FISCAL YEAR 26 COST ITEMS CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE BOSTON ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND SUPERVISORS. THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACTS ARE SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2024 THROUGH AUGUST 31ST, 2027. THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE CONTRACTS INCLUDE BASE WAGE INCREASES OF 2% TO BE GIVEN IN SEPTEMBER OF EACH FISCAL YEAR OF THE CONTRACT TERM. THE CONTRACT ALSO ADDS A NEW STEP TO FISCAL 20, SO FISCAL YEAR 27 AND A NEW DEGREE TO THE EDUCATIONAL DIFFERENTIAL. THANK YOU, MR CLERK. UH. THIS THESE DOCKETS WERE OF UH THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HELD A HEARING ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY UH SECOND 2026 TO DISCUSS THESE DOCKET 012420127 TESTING TESTIFYING ON BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATION UH JAMES WELL, UH, WILLIAMSON BUDGET DIRECTOR RENE BUCCI UH, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF LABOR RELATIONS PAUL BURKE COMMISSIONER OF THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT. JEREMIAH HASSAN, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF LABOR RELATIONS UH, PATRICK ELLIS CHIEF OF OPERATIONS AT THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT FIELD SERVICES RODNEY MARSHALL, CHIEF OF OPERATIONS, BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT SUPPORT SERVICES AND BLUE MANDARIN, A SENIOR LABOR ADVISOR FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON AND ATTENDANCE FOR COUNCILORS FLYNN MURPHY WEBER DURKIN FITZGERALD WORRELL CULPEPER. COLLETTA. SPARTA. PEPEN. A LETTER OF ABSENCE WAS RECEIVED FROM COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. UH, I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT ALL OF WHAT THE CLERK HAS ALREADY READ. THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE CONTRACTS INCLUDE A BASE WAGE INCREASE OF 2.5% TO TO BE GIVEN IN JULY UH 28TH OF 2024 AND A BASE WAGE INCREASE OF 2% IN JULY OF EACH SUBSEQUENT YEAR. IT'S THE CONTRACT TERM THIS IS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THE FIRE FIREFIGHTERS UH AGREEMENT . THE AGREEMENT ALSO INCLUDES BASE SALARY ADJUSTMENTS AS UM OF 510, 15, 20 AND 25 YEARS OF SERVICE AND JANUARY AND JANUARY OF 2020 5TH JULY OF 2025, JULY OF 2026 AND JULY OF 2027 DURING QUESTIONINGS FROM QUESTIONS FROM COUNCILORS ,COMMISSIONER BURKE EXPLAINED THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS PURCHASED THREE NEW FIRE BOATS AND THE MARINE UNIT UH PORTION OF THE CONTRACT IS MEANT TO ENSURE THAT THOSE WHO APPLY TO WORK ON THE BOATS HAVE A MARINE BACKGROUND AND PROPER LICENSURE TO OPERATE THE BOATS, AND BOSTON HARBOR DIRECTOR BUCCI STATED THAT THE TRANSITIONAL CAREER AWARDS PROGRAM TAKE UP AND LONGEVITY CHANGES IN THE CONTRACT ARE REQUESTED BY THE UNION AND ARE MEANT TO REFLECT UH, A GREATER REWARD FOR LENGTH OF SERVICE TO THE CITY. MY UH, SENIOR ADVISOR AND RENEE STATED THAT T CAP HAS BEEN PART OF THE UNION CONTRACT SINCE 1987 AND IS MEANT TO BE A LONGEVITY AND LONGEVITY PROGRAM . THIS CONTRACT CHANGES T CAP ALLOWING FIGHTER FIREFIGHTERS TO ACCRUE LONGEVITY BENEFITS AT VARIOUS POINTS IN THEIR CAREERS . THEY'RE PROVIDING GREATER BENEFITS FOR LONGER TERMS OF SERVICE. THE OTHER DOCKETS THAT WE CONSIDERED UH IN THE HEARING WERE DOCKET 012520126 UH REDUCE UH, AS WE ALREADY MENTIONED, THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE CONTRACT INCLUDED WAGE BASED WAGE INCREASES OF 2% TO BE GIVEN IN SEPTEMBER OF EACH FISCAL YEAR FOR THE CONTRACT TERM, THE PARTIES AGREED TO EXTEND THE CURRENT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT FROM SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2024 THROUGH AUGUST 31ST, 2027 WITH AN ESTIMATED COST OF 4.4 MILLION OVER THREE YEARS. THE FINANCIAL YEAR 25 COSTS WILL BE PAID FROM EXISTING RESERVES. BP'S IS REQUESTING 1.3 MILLION FOR 20 FINANCIAL YEAR 26 AND CONTRACTS WILL BE RATIFIED BY THE UNION WHERE RATIFIED BY THE UNION ON DECEMBER 2ND 2025 AND THE CONTRACTS WERE APPROVED BY THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE ON DECEMBER 17TH 2025. AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, I RECOMMEND MOVING THE LISTED DOCKET FROM THE COMMITTEE TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND FORMAL ACTION AT THIS TIME MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL COUNCIL WILL BE THAT THIS MATTER OUGHT TO PASS. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS DOCKET? COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU. FOR TAKING THIS OUT OF ORDER. BEFORE SPEAKING TO THE CONTRACT ITSELF, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE HUNDREDS OF HOURS THAT WENT INTO THIS WORK AND RECOGNIZE THAT THE RESULT IS FAIR AND IN A STRONG CONTRACT FOR OUR MEMBERS. I ALSO WANT TO THANK IAFF LOCAL 718 PRESIDENT SAM DILLON, VICE PRESIDENT LEROY HEYWOOD, INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT EDDIE KELLY WHO WAS WITH US EARLIER, RANDY GREELEY AND THE ENTIRE. EXECUTIVE BOARD WHO HAVE. STAYED WITH US HERE THIS AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE. I ALSO WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER PAUL BURKE, CHIEF ELLIS AND CHIEF MARSHALL AND THE DEPARTMENT'S LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR THEIR ENGAGEMENT, COLLABORATION AND COMMITMENT TO REACHING AN AGREEMENT THAT SUPPORTS BOTH PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE WORKFORCE. THIS AGREEMENT REFLECTS THAT COLLECTIVE EFFORT IT PROVIDES FAIR COMPENSATION, RESPECTS THE EXPERIENCE AND DEDICATION OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND RECOGNIZES THE SACRIFICES MADE NOT ONLY BY THOSE WHO SERVE BUT BY THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL. AND FOR THOSE REASONS I AM PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS CONTRACT AND WE'LL. >> BE. VOTING IN FAVOR OF IT TODAY. I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS WHO WORK HARD AND PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE TO KEEP US SAFE IN COLD WEATHER AND IN THE STORM. I KNOW MANY OF THEM HAVE TO WORK EXTRA HOURS AND HELPED OUR RESIDENTS ACROSS THE CITY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY CONSTRUCTION YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIR I KNOW THIS CONTRACT. >> WAS. HARD FOUGHT. UM I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, THAT WORK HARD, UM, TO HELP PEOPLE ON THEIR WORST NIGHT. UM, I GOT TO GO TO THE, UH, FIRE UM RELIEF. SORRY. THE RELIEF FUNDS GALA AND, UM, UNDERSTANDING SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT WERE WINNING AWARDS THERE HAD DONE SUCH HEROIC THINGS IN MY DISTRICT THAT I NEVER HEARD ABOUT. SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, PUTTING A FACE WITH A NAME. UM, I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS WHO SERVED WITH DISTINCTION. UM, IT'S IT'S THE THINGS WE SEE. IT'S THE THINGS THAT WE DON'T SEE AND IT'S ALSO THE EXPERTISE. IT'S NOT JUST PUTTING OUT FIRES. I'VE LEARNED THERE ARE SO MUCH MORE THAT GOES INTO BEING A FIREFIGHTER AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL. UM, AS YOU KNOW, MY FAMILY UM, WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IN SERVICE AND SO JUST SEEING UM SEEING LIKE AND PUTTING REAL STORIES TO THE WORK THAT YOU DO EVERY DAY THIS CONTRACT IS DESERVED. I'M GRATEFUL AND UM, LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH YOU AND MAKING SURE THAT THE NEXT CONTRACT IS JUST AS SMOOTH. ALTHOUGH THIS IS OUR ONLY POWER ,I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE STAND BY OUR FIRST RESPONDERS WHENEVER WE CAN AND WE STAND BY COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR UH, DURKIN. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I ALSO RISE TO, UH, SUPPORT THIS CONTRACT. I THINK IT'S A FAIR CONTRACT. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, SAM DILLON AND THE MEN AND WOMEN OF LOCAL 718 FOR THEIR EXCEPTIONAL WORK, UM, IN THIS CITY BUT ALSO FOR THEIR, UM, COMMITMENT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL. UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ACTIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THEY'RE YOUTH SPORTS COACHES. THEY'RE THEY'RE YOUTH MENTORS OR THEY'RE INVOLVED IN THE PTA PROGRAMS COMMUNITY ACTIVIST BUT JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS. THEY ALSO MAKE UM TO THE COMMUNITIES BUT ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FIREFIGHTERS FAMILIES, UM, AND THEIR SERVICE IN THEIR SACRIFICE AS WELL. UH, THEY'RE REAL UNSUNG HEROES AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. UM, DURING THE LAST FOUR HOURS THAT WE WERE IN HERE THERE WAS A NUMBER OF FIRES ACTUALLY IN BOSTON, UH, DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME THERE WAS ONE IN DORCHESTER AND I BELIEVE A TWO ALARM AND 1 IN 1 IN CHARLESTOWN AS WELL. SO, UM, WHILE WHILE WE'RE WORKING HERE, UM, THE FIREFIGHTERS ARE OUT SUPPORTING AND REPRESENTING AND AND KEEPING OUR CITY SAFE AND WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM AND HONORED TO BE HERE AND TO SUPPORT THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. OKAY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I JUST WANT TO THANK, UM, UH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND CENTRAL STAFF FOR FOR HAVING BOTH THESE, UH, SORT OF HEARINGS ON AN EXPEDITED. BASIS SO WE COULD, UH, GET TO VOTE ON THESE CONTRACTS. UM, YOU KNOW WHO WERE WHICH WERE APPROVED A WHILE AGO. UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAD HAD UH, YOU KNOW, APPROVED THE RULES, THE THIS HEARING WOULD HAVE BEEN I THINK IN MY COMMITTEE AND UH, JUST YOU KNOW, FOR TO ADD, UH, TO OUR SETTLEMENT I YOU KNOW, I I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THIS AND, UH, JUST, YOU KNOW ,TO ADD IN MY $0.02. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, I RISE TO, UM, SUPPORT THIS CONTRACT. I WANT TO ECHO A LOT OF WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE MENTIONED. I KNOW THIS WAS HARD FOUGHT. UM, WANT TO GIVE, UM, UH. KUDOS TO JUST THE LEADERSHIP. IN THE ENTIRE TEAM. UM, AND WHEN I CALLED ONE OF MY COUNSELORS THAT I THINK YOU ALL WE ALL KNOW THAT YOU KEEP. OUR CITY SAFE. UM, AND AND BECAUSE OF THAT WE KEEP RUNNING. UM, BUT YOU ARE ALL MORE THAN THAT. UM, YOU ARE OUR NEIGHBORS. YOU ARE UM UM THAT'S THE ONES THAT COACHES, UM, YOU ARE INVOLVED WITH OUR COMMUNITIES AND, UM, I SEE YOU ALL OUT THERE. UM, I EVEN GOT TO EAT ONE OF THE TURKEYS THAT WAS PREPARED BY ONE OF YOU. UM, SO I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE. >> ALL THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO. IT WAS NOT THAT GOOD, BY THE WAY. >> I'M JOKING. UM, BUT REALLY. APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO ON THE SACRIFICE THAT YOU ARE. >> I'LL MAKE. >> ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS CONTRACT. WELL DONE. THANK YOU MADAM. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR. UH CULPEPER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM PRESIDENT, I RISE TO SUPPORT THIS CONTRACT 100% AND IT'S HERE'S WHAT'S AMAZING. I CAN GO TO CHURCH THIS SUNDAY AND I'LL SEE A SMILE ON MY DEACON'S FACE. ONE OF MY DEACONS IS A FIREFIGHTER. HE COMES RIGHT FROM THE FIRE STATION TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY MORNINGS. AND THIS SUNDAY WHEN HE CAME TO CHURCH HE LOOKED AT ME AND HE SAID, WHEN ARE Y'ALL GOING TO PROVE THAT CONTRACT? SO SO I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WHEN I GET TO CHURCH THIS SUNDAY I KNOW HE'LL HAVE A BIG SMILE ON HIS FACE. SAM DILLON AND ALL THE FIREFIGHTERS WE REALLY DO LIFT THEM UP. WE KEEP THEM IN PRAYER BECAUSE WE KNOW EVERY TIME THEY GO OUT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT THEY MIGHT NOT COME BACK. SO WE REALLY THANK ALL THAT YOU DO. I'M EXCITED AND HAPPY TO VOTE IN SUPPORT OF THIS CONTRACT AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO LIFT YOU UP AND THIS SUNDAY AND GLAD THAT I DON'T GO TO CHURCH AND THAT IS GOING TO HAVE A BIG SMILE ON HIS FACE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. FROM HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND UM, YOU KNOW Y'ALL KNOW I DON'T DO A LOT OF COMPROMISE. BUT I WILL JUST TODAY TODAY. THAT YOU BETTER GET THIS IN WRITING THAT I DO WANT TO THINK UH, IT'S ON TAPE ACTUALLY YOU CAN WE WANT IT LATER. BUT, UM, I JUST REALLY WANT TO THANK THE FIREFIGHTERS FOR THEIR SERVICE. UM, TO COUNCILOR CULPEPER SENTIMENTS. YOU KNOW, IT IS TRUE THEY ARE LITERALLY PUTTING THEIR LIFE ON THE LINE EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT THEY GO OUT UM, TO SERVE. AND SO WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU UM, FOR YOUR SERVICE AND I ALSO I WOULD NOT BE COUNCILOR MEJIA IF I DIDN'T THROW IN A LITTLE BIT OF SHADE HERE, BUT I JUST I WANTED TO ALSO JUST THANK THE VULCANS, UM ,THE BLACK FIREFIGHTERS FOR BEING SUCH A AMAZING THOUGHT PARTNER ALONGSIDE OUR OFFICE WHEN IT COMES TO ISSUES OF DIVERSITY AND RACIAL EQUITY WITHIN THE FORCE. UH, ELECTOR TAVARES YOU KNOW, MR HIGGINBOTTOM AND ALL OF THE BLACK FIREFIGHTERS WHO STAND IN THAT GAP. UM, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT RESTORATIVE JUSTICE HAPPENS AND THAT YOU GET YOUR DUE, UM, IN TIME. BUT I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND HOW YOU CONTINUE TO SHOW UP DESPITE ALL THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MEJIA. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. UM, MADAM PRESIDENT AND I JUST WANT TO JOIN MY COLLEAGUES IN ECHOING UM, A CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH THE FIREFIGHTERS AND TO THE ADMINISTRATION FOR WORKING TOGETHER. I KNOW THAT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IS NOT ALWAYS EASY, BUT BEING ABLE TO COME TOGETHER ,UM, AND GET A DEAL THAT WORKS FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS IS, UM, INCREDIBLY, UH, IMPORTANT AND A JOB WELL DONE. SO SUZANNE TO LEROY TO LEFT OR TO EVERYONE? UM, CONGRATULATIONS. I'VE ALSO JUST YOU KNOW, LAST WEEK MANY OF YOU WERE AT THE FUNERAL FOR ROBERT FRANKLIN AND TO TO JUST KNOW HOW IMPORTANT AND HOW MUCH YOU ALL SHOW UP FOR EACH OTHER. UM, JUST LIKE THE FLOOD OF CARS AT 12 BAPTIST WAS JUST A SIGHT TO SEE. UM, INTO INTO JUST LEARNING ABOUT SO MUCH MORE ABOUT THE SACRIFICE ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO INCREASED RISK OF CANCER AND ALL THAT YOU EXPOSE YOURSELVES TO IN ORDER TO SERVE OUR CITY. UM I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I KNOW THAT SO MANY OTHERS AND SO MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AND I THINK ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES SAID THAT YOU ALL DO SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST PUT OUT FIRES, I THINK. YOU THANK YOU COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UH, THE DAY AFTER INAUGURATION DAY I CAME INTO WORK AND I THINK LIKE MANY OF US, I DECIDED TO GET SOME AIR AND TAKE A WALK. UH, WHEN TAKING THAT WALK DOWNTOWN, A MAN FELL DOWN IN FRONT OF ME. UH, I WAITED WITH HIM AS SEVERAL OF US DID, UH, WATCHED, UH, FIRST RESPONDERS SHOW UP AND OF COURSE FIRE WAS THE FIRST ON THE SCENE. UH, AND WHEN YOU KNOW IT, YOU KNOW A DORCHESTER KID, UH, GETS OUT AND STARTS PERFORMING CPR. UH, I COACHED HIS SON AND LITTLE LEAGUE AND WE'RE NOT EVEN THAT CLOSE. BUT YOU KNOW, WE JUST KNOW EACH OTHER THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD TYPE STUFF. UH, AND HERE I AM WATCHING IT. AND THE MAN DID NOT MAKE IT BY THE WAY. RIGHT. AND SO MY PRAYERS GO OUT TO THAT ANONYMOUS INDIVIDUAL, UM, WHO THAT WAS UH, BUT WATCHING THEM PERFORM UH, UNDER PRESSURE AND THEN AFTER THE FACT TALKING TO THE FIREFIGHTERS AND EMS UM. ABOUT HE FITS. WHAT'S UP? >> WHAT'S GOING ON? I'M I WAS TRAUMATIZED. THEY'RE JUST GOING TO THE NEXT CALL. RIGHT. AND SO WITH THAT I JUST LIKE TO SAY I SAW FIRSTHAND HOW YOU GUYS RESPOND, HOW YOU GUYS TAKE IN THE TRAUMA AND HOW YOU STAY PROFESSIONAL. SO EVERY SINGLE PENNY HERE IS EARNED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD PEPEN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO JUST STAND AS WELL AND CONGRATULATE THE FIREFIGHTERS BECAUSE IT'S, UM IT'S WELL DESERVED SOMETHING THAT SAM DILLON ALWAYS SAYS I LOVE THIS LINE SAYS THERE'S NO POLITICS INSIDE A BURNING BUILDING. AND THAT'S THAT'S SO TRUE BECAUSE YOU DON'T. >> KNOW IF YOU'RE GONNA MAKE IT OUT. YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO SAVE THE LIVES. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT A CONTRACT LIKE THIS, UM, IT DOESN'T ONLY POSITIVELY IMPACT YOUR MEMBERS AND THE FIREFIGHTERS, IT ALSO POSITIVELY IMPACTS YOUR FAMILIES BECAUSE THIS IS A CAREER THAT IT'S EVERYONE'S EVERYONE'S IMPACTED BY IT. SO I'M JUST VERY GLAD THAT WE'RE VOTING ON THIS PROBABLY ONE OF THE EASIEST VOTES UM FOR ME AND THE ENTIRE YEAR JUST YOU GUYS ARE SO DESERVING OF IT. YOU ALL KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT FIREFIGHTERS. UM, I I HAVE A VERY, UH, PROFOUND APPRECIATION FOR YOU GUYS. MY PREVIOUS ROLE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALSO GOING OUT TO A LOT OF THE FIRES AND WORK CLOSELY WITH YOUR VICTIMS ASSISTANCE UNIT AND JUST SEE HOW YOU GUYS JUST. TRULY. >> POSITIVELY IMPACT PEOPLE'S LIVES DURING VERY TOUGH MOMENTS AND I COMMEND YOU FOR THAT. I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO NOT ONLY MY DISTRIBUTED ENTIRE CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR PEPEN COUNCILOR WHEREAS YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD JUST CONTINUE TO ECHO WHAT HAD BEEN SAID BY A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES. >> JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND WE KNOW THIS IS ONE OF THOSE JOBS THAT IT'S NOT ONLY YOU THAT SERVE AND IT'S EVERYONE IN YOUR FAMILY UM, JUST WORRIED ABOUT EVERY DAY WHEN YOU GO OUT THERE UM, WORRIED ABOUT YOU KNOW, OUR FIREFIGHTERS. SO THANK YOU AND ALSO THANK YOU TO YOUR FAMILY THAT SERVES ALONGSIDE YOU. UM. >> SHOUT OUT TO LOCAL 718 UH, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND ALSO SHOUT OUT UH, THE VULCANS AND THEIR LEADERSHIP AS WELL. UH, WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT UM, WE'RE PROVIDING THE SERVICE BUT ALSO THAT OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT IS ALSO REFLECTIVE OF OUR CITY. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP IN THAT WORK. BUT ALSO AGAIN THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER. WELL WHAT ELSE? OH LORD I THINK THAT SHOULD PUT YOU IN DIFFERENT SEATS. I MIGHT DO BETTER. UM I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY PROFOUND APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE FOR THE WORK THAT THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT DOES DAY IN AND DAY OUT. A FEW YEARS AGO WE HAD A FIRE IN IN BRIGHTON. UH IT WAS UH A FEW DAYS AFTER UH, STUDENTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE HAD MOVED INTO NEW DIGS AND THERE WAS A FIRE ON PASTURE AND UH, WE HEARD THE SIRENS, WE WENT OVER AND A YOUNG WOMAN HAD GOT OUT ONTO A PORCH AND UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT GOT THERE. THEY GOT A LADDER SHIMMIED UP THEY GOT GOT THE YOUNG WOMAN RESCUED HER FROM THE PORCH BUT HER BOYFRIEND HAD GONE BACK INTO THE BUILDING AND HE DIDN'T SURVIVE. AND I JUST WATCHED AS WE SAW WHAT HAPPENED. YOU THE DEDICATION, BRAVERY AND JUST SHEER, UH, UM, DETERMINATION OF OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THAT MOMENT, UH, AND HOW DEVASTATED THEY WERE THE FACT THAT ONE PERSON HAD LOST THEIR LIFE. I KNOW YOU DEAL WITH THIS AND DAY IN AND DAY OUT, BUT I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY PROFOUND APPRECIATION AND THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO EVERY DAY. AND, UM, I HAVE TWO COUSINS BACK IN NORTHERN IRELAND WHO, UH, ARE FIREFIGHTERS. SO, UM, I COULD SAY THIS INTERNATIONAL FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION I'VE GOT SOME. UH SOME FOLKS IN THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE WHO ARE FIREFIGHTERS IN MY FAMILY. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO. UM. AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE I AM SEEKING ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0124. MR. SURE. COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE. ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 0124. COUNSELOR. BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR. BREADON. YES. COUNSELOR. CARLOTA ZAPATA. YES COUNSELOR. COLLETTE AS OPPOSED. YES. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR. DURKIN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. YES COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES COUNSELOR. THE PEN. YES. COUNCILOR HAVE BEEN. YES COUNSELOR. SANTANA. YES COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES COUNSELOR. WEBER. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. AND COUNCILOR. WHERE ELSE? YES COUNCILOR. ORAL. YES. TALKING NUMBER 0124 HAS RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE I'M SEEKING ACCEPTANCE OF COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET ZERO. UH, 1 TO 5. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE? COUNCILOR BREEN? YES. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR COLETTA. ZAPATA. YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A YES. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKIN. COUNCILOR. DURKIN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR OF AS JOE. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL OF FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCIL. PIPPIN. YES. COUNCIL OF OPINIONS. COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER. COUNCILOR WEBER. YES. AND COUNCILOR. WORLD. YES. COUNCILOR. WORLD. YES. DOCKET NUMBER 0125 HAS RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, I AM SEEKING ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0126. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE? COUNCILOR BREADON? YES. >> COUNCIL AGREED. AND YES, COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POLICY COUNCIL OF COLOR AS OPPOSED TO YES, COUNCILOR CULPEPER. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKIN. COUNCILOR. DURKIN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCIL. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL AND YES. COUNCIL. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY. YES. COUNCILOR. VIPIN. COUNCILOR. VIPIN. YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA. YEAH. COUNCILOR SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR WEBER. YES. COUNCIL WEBER. YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL. YES. COUNCILOR WORRELL. YES. DUCKY NUMBER 0126. AS WE SEE THE UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. I'M SEEKING ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET ZERO NUMBER 127. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. >> COUNCILOR BREADON? YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PART OF COUNCIL COLLETTE AS ABOUT A YES. COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. YES. COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. YES. COUNCILOR DURKIN. YES. COUNCILOR GERKE AND YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCIL. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCILOR PAPIN COUNCIL. THE. COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR SANTANA. YES. COUNCIL. WHOEVER. COUNCILOR WEBER. YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL. YES. COUNCIL. WELL YES. DOCKET NUMBER 0127. AS WE SEE THE UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THANK YOU EVERYONE. UH, WE MOVING BACK TO, UM, COMMUNICATIONS FROM AROUND THE MAYOR. UH WE UM. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO? UH 20257. DOCKET NUMBER 0257A MESSAGE IN AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $500,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR PLANNING NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS AWARDED BY BOSTON REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND INCLUSION. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE LAUNCH AND EARLY IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMERCIAL ACQUISITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. THANK YOU, MR COOK. DOCKET UH 0257 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 02580259. TALKING THEM A0258 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF 71,009 $977.82 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSITIONAL. GRANT AWARDED BY MASS FIRE DEPARTMENT AND COURIER SERVICES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND AN EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ASSISTANCE, CAREER COUNSELING AND JOB SEARCH ASSISTANCE FOR INDIVIDUALS IN NEED WHO RECEIVE CASH ASSISTANCE, FOOD ASSISTANCE AND HOUSING ASSISTANCE TO HELP TRANSITION FROM TEMPORARY TO SELF SUFFICIENCY. STOCKING 0259 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $27,674.95 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT THE JOBS FOR VETERAN STATE GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. AS FOR THE MASAYA DEPARTMENT OF CAREER SERVICES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND ENHANCE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES FOR ELIGIBLE VETERANS, PRIORITIZING DISABLED VETERANS AND THOSE FACING SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT WITH THE GOAL OF IMPROVING THEIR JOB SEARCH OUTCOMES AND ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WORRELL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND UM, THESE ARE SMALL DOLLAR AMOUNT GRANTS THAT ARE GOING. TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS FOR OUR VETERANS AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE RECEIVING SNAP UM AND. TAF EDC BENEFITS. SO I'M JUST ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO SUSPEND AND PASS UH THE SMALL DOLLAR. AMOUNT GRANTS. THAT ARE GOING TO HELP. UM INCREASE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INSIDE OF THE COMMUNITIES OF VETERANS AND UH ,THOSE WHO RECEIVE SNAP AND TFA, DC BENEFITS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WADDELL. UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I RISE TO SUPPORT THIS IMPORTANT FUNDING. UM, I THINK IT'S. IMPORTANT FOR ME. TO ACKNOWLEDGE. THAT DISABLED VETERANS PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN OUR CITY AND OUR COUNTRY. I AM GLAD THAT THEY'RE GETTING. >> THE FUNDING, TRAINING AND SERVICES AND SUPPORT. THAT THEY'VE EARNED. THIS IS AN ISSUE VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. I'M GOING TO CONTINUE ADVOCATING AND FIGHTING FOR VETERANS DISABLED VETERANS. IN FACT, I'M GOING TO WASHINGTON D.C. IN TWO WEEKS FOR THE NATIONAL DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS CONFERENCE AND I WILL LET. >> THE MEMBERS. THERE KNOW OF THE WORK. OF THE THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL IN SUPPORT OF. DISABLED VETERANS. >> NOT ONLY. >> HERE IN BOSTON BUT. ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS WELL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. UH, WE WILL TAKE THESE TWO DOCKETS SEPARATELY. UH, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 010258. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. YEAH, I HAVE A DOCKET 058 IS, UH PASSED. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON UH, LABOR AND ECONOMIC 022200258. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0259. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THE AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0258 AND DOCKET 0259 HAS PASSED. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0260. TALKING THEM A0260 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF SAMEERA AHMADI AS A MEMBER OF THE BUILDING EMISSIONS REDUCTION AND DISCLOSURE ORDINANCE REVIEW BOARD FOR A TERM EXPIRING MAY 23RD 2026. THANK YOU. UH, MR. CLERK, UH, COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAD YOUR LIGHTER. YES. >> I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT LAST TERM THERE WAS AN UNDERSTANDING AND I'M PRETTY SURE I'LL HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK. IT WAS PUT IN WRITING WITH CLAIRE AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL BECAUSE WE HAD CONCERNS WHEN APPOINTMENTS. CAME ON. >> THE AGENDA AND IF THERE WAS ANY, UM, INFORMATION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THIS APPOINTMENT THE TERM HAD EXPIRED, IF THE PERSON HAD VOLUNTARILY LEFT, IF WE WEREN'T MEETING CERTAIN. UM, REQUIREMENTS. SO THERE WAS UM THE ADMINISTRATION SAID THAT THEY WOULD ALWAYS LET US KNOW BEFORE WE VOTED ON AN APPOINTMENT WHAT THE CASE WAS BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME MEMBERS IN THE PAST WHO WERE NOT NOTIFIED IN THEIR OPINION PROPERLY THAT THEIR SERVICES WERE NO LONGER NEEDED. SO I DO WANT TO AND HOPE MAYBE WE COULD WORK ON THIS TOGETHER WITH INTERGOVERNMENTAL. WE MAY NOT NEED TO PUT IT INTO WRITING AGAIN FOR THIS TERM, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THIS BODY KNOWS THERE'S A LOT OF APPOINTMENTS TO COME THROUGH AND NOT JUST THE QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE QUALIFIED. THE QUESTION FOR ME WAS IN THE PAST LIKE HOW THIS POSITION OPENED UP AND IF IT WAS REPLACING SOMEONE THAT WE WOULD BE INADVERTENTLY UM, KICKING SOMEONE OFF OF A BOARD THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO WHEN WE WEREN'T AWARE OF IT WHEN WE WERE TAKING A VOTE. SO COULD I GET YOUR COMMITMENT THAT WE COULD WORK ON THAT GOING FORWARD? BECAUSE THERE'LL BE PLENTY OF. THANK YOU AND COUNCILOR MURPHY ,THIS DOCKET WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RESILIENCY AND PARKS. SO I THINK WE'LL TAKE THE ISSUE UP AND THAT'S NOT FORUM UH THANK YOU. UH THEY GO TO ALL DIFFERENT DOCKET 0260 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RESILIENCY AND PARKS. WE'RE MOVING ON TO REPORT TO PUBLIC OFFICERS. CITY OH YES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I UH THANK YOU. THE DOCKET 0260 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RESILIENCY AND PARKS. UH, MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0261 THROUGH 0265? AND UH, YES, UH, COUNCIL UH, THE WORK HAS TO LEAVE AT UH VERY SHORTLY BECAUSE HE HAS A DEATH IN THE FAMILY. UH, AND UH HE WILL BE PASSING OVER TO THE ASSISTANT CLERK. SO MR COOK. THANK YOU BOTH. SO MY WIFE NANCY'S HERE. SO WE DID HAVE A DEATH IN THE FAMILY AND THE WAKE IS. TONIGHT AND, UH. >> THEY LIKE TO BE THERE FOR THAT. AND I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT. IN THE CAPABLE HANDS OF THE ASSISTANT CLERK FOR THE REST. >> OF THE AGENDA. AND. UH, I'LL JUST READ THE. REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS AND THEN AFTER THAT I'LL HAVE TO SEE PARK. THANK YOU. >> UM, YES. DOCKET NUMBER 0261 NOTICE RECEIVED THE THE MAYOR OF THE APPOINTMENT OF CLAIRE LOONEY AS A MEMBER OF THE. PARTICIPATORY BUDGET. EXTERNAL OVERSIGHT BOARD FOR A TERM EXPIRING NOVEMBER 15TH, 2027. DOCKET NUMBER 0262 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR TRANSMITTING INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THE BOSTON INSPECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT PERTAINING TO THE 2025 ANNUAL RENTAL REGISTRATION AND INSPECTION REPORT. PURSUANT TO CVC NINE DASH 12 POINT THREE M DUCK NUMBER 0263 COMMUNICATION RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL PRESIDENT WAS BREEN TO ADDRESS THE OPEN MEETING LAW COMPLAINT AND RESPOND ACCORDINGLY ON BEHALF OF THE BOSTON CITY. COUNCIL TAX NUMBER 0264 COMMUNICATION FROM COUNCIL FLYNN REGARDING THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION INTO VHA RULES BARCLAY ELEVATORS DUCKY NUMBER 0265 COMMUNICATION FROM COUNCIL REGARDING SNOW REMOVAL. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. THESE COMMUNICATIONS WILL GO ON FILE OKAY. >> DONE. WE DID THAT EVERYTHING. SO WE DID. COUNCILOR FLYNN. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I SPEAK ON 0264? WE DID ON THE. CONTRACT WHICH WHICH UH, DOCKET IS THAT AGAIN. ? 0264 PLEASE. >> IT'S ON THE ROAD. UM, IN THE. YEAH. >> YOU'VE GOT TWO MINUTES. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THIS IS THE LAST. LAST WEEK I SENT A LETTER TO THE MASSACHUSETTS. ARCHITECTURAL ACCESS BOARD REGARDING THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION. INTO THE ELEVATORS THAT ROUTE BARCLAY, WHICH WAS THE OLD CATHEDRAL UM. IN THE SOUTH END. WHICH I REPRESENT AND IT'S CONTRACTORS MUST BE HELD. RESPONSIBLE AND. >> ACCOUNTABLE FOR ELEVATOR FAILURES AND ALL RELATED COMPLAINTS. >> MUST BE. PROMPTLY REPORTED TO THE MASSACHUSETTS ARCHITECTURAL ACCESS BOARD. RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO CALL. ME ABOUT THEIR SHARED UM ABOUT THEIR SHARED UM. CASES OF. PERSISTENT BREAKDOWNS. AND THEY FEEL AS IF THEY. ARE UNWANTED. NEGLECTED AND FORGOTTEN. THESE THESE ARE MY CONSTITUENTS . THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. OUR NEIGHBORS IN PUBLIC HOUSING PARTICULARLY OUR SENIORS, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. PERSONS WITH. >> PEOPLE OF COLOR DESERVE TO BE TREATED WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT. >> AND I'M. I'M GOING TO. >> CONTINUE WORKING ON THIS. ISSUE BECAUSE. >> IT'S CRITICAL TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND SAFETY OF RESIDENTS . AND I DO HAVE TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT I'VE HAD CONSTITUENTS AT RUTH BARCLAY THAT COULDN'T GET DOWN. ON THEIR FIFTH. FLOOR APARTMENT DOWN TO THE FIRST FLOOR TO GO TO A CHEMOTHERAPY APPOINTMENT AT A HOSPITAL BECAUSE THE ELEVATOR WAS DOWN. I CAN'T ACCEPT. >> THAT. I REPRESENT THE MOST CONSTITUENTS LIVING IN PUBLIC HOUSING OF ANY DISTRICT CITY COUNCILOR. I TAKE THAT RESPONSIBILITY VERY SERIOUSLY. AND I'M GOING TO. CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR MY CONSTITUENTS. EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A LOT OF PUSHBACK FROM BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY ADMINISTRATOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVOCACY FOR VHA RESIDENTS. UH UH, COUNCILOR CULPEPER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. >> I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS MY CONDOLENCES TO. CLARK AND HIS FAMILY AND AND LET THEM KNOW THAT WE WILL KEEP THEM IN OUR PRAYERS. THANK YOU. >> I THINK WE, UH, COUNSELOR CULPEPER SPEAKS FOR ALL. >> OF US. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. DOCKET 026520265612 THROUGH 0265 WILL BE PLACED ON FILE EXCLUDING DOCKET 0263 WHICH WOULD BE REFERRED TO THE LAW DEPARTMENT. WE MOVE ON TO UH MATTERS RECENTLY HEARD FOR POSSIBLE ACTION. MR. UH, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE, UH, READ DOCKETS UH, ZERO ONE AND. >> WE DID. THAT ALREADY HAVE WE DONE THAT ONE? OH, AND RESOLUTIONS. SIX IT'S DONE THAT ALREADY. I'M. MADAM CLERK. UH, COULD YOU PLEASE READ, UH, DOCKET 0266. DOCKET 0266. COUNSELOR CULPEPER. OH FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE SEVEN THE USE OF BOSTON. CITY PROPERTY. >> FOR CIVIL. IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES BY THE UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION OF CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT. COUNSELOR CULPEPER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'M FOLLOWING THIS ORDINANCE BECAUSE ICE HAS BEEN TERRORIZING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THE COUNTRY OUR PEOPLE, OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES THAT MAKE THIS COUNTRY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON GREAT FOR TOO LONG. THIS IS A STATEMENT TO ICE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO BRING HARM TO BOSTON THAT WE'RE SAYING NO MORE NO MORE WILL YOU USE YOUR ILLEGITIMATE USE OF FORCE TO HARM OUR NEIGHBORS? NO MORE WILL YOU USE THREATS OF TEARING FAMILIES APART, THE FORCE OF COMMUNITIES THAT MAKE US GREAT INTO HIDING. NO MORE WILL YOU REIGN YOUR REIGN OF VIOLENCE AND JUSTICE SILENCE US AND THE IMMIGRANTS AND MAKE OUR CITY GREAT. THIS IS ALSO A MESSAGE TO OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES WHO ARE SEEING WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTRY AND ARE SCARED. WE HEAR YOU, WE SEE YOU, WE WANT TO HEAR AND WE HAVE YOUR BACK. CITY PROPERTY BELONGS TO YOU AS MUCH AS IT DOES TO ANYONE ELSE AND WE WILL MAKE SURE YOU FEEL SAFE ACCESSING THE BUILDINGS AND SERVICES THAT ALL BOSTONIANS ARE ENTITLED TO. I WANT TO THANK GOVERNOR HEALEY FOR SIGNING AN EXECUTIVE ORDER PROHIBITING ICE FROM USING STATE PROPERTY, KEEPING ICE OUT OF THE MOST VULNERABLE PLACES OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND INCLUDING OUR SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, COURTHOUSES AND PLACES OF WORSHIP. ICE WILL NO LONGER USE THE STREETS OF BOSTON AS STAGING AREAS FOR IT'S GROTESQUE OPERATIONS THAT ARE SHARING OUR COMMUNITIES, BUT I WILL NOT STAND IDLY BY WATCHING THESE INJUSTICES. WE WON'T ALLOW THEM TO TAKE PLACE IN OUR CITY. MADAM PRESIDENT, I ALSO LIKE TO ASK THAT YOU ADD COUNCIL MEMBER HERE AS A SECOND ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR OF THIS FILING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPER. UM, SEEING NO OBJECTION COUNCILMEMBER HE IS UH DULY ADDED. I SEE COUNCILOR PEPEN. YOU HAVE YOUR LIGHT ON. YES. >> I JUST WANT TO STAND UP AND COMMEND AND THANK COUNCILOR CULPEPER FOR INTRODUCING THIS ORDINANCE. I THINK THAT IT'S. VERY NECESSARY AT THESE TIMES. IT'S JUST I ALSO LOOKING AT HOW OTHER MUNICIPALITIES HAVE BEEN REACTING BELIEVE PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND DOES SOMETHING SIMILAR AND I IT GOT ME THINKING. SO I'M JUST VERY GLAD THAT YOU STEPPED UP AND DID THIS. I'M A HUGE I'M A HUGE SUPPORTER OF THIS ORDINANCE. I BELIEVE THAT OUR CITY BUILDINGS AND CITY STRUCTURES SHOULD BE SAFE PLACES FOR OUR FOR OUR RESIDENTS WHETHER IT'S OUR SCHOOLS, OUR LIBRARIES, OUR HEALTH CENTERS YOU NAME IT HERE IN CITY HALL. UM, THIS IS A PLACE FOR THE PEOPLE AND IT'S BUILT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU. AND IF THERE'S SPACE FOR A THIRD LOT TO BE ADDED BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THIS IS VERY PERSONAL FOR ME AND JUST YEAH I JUST FULL SUPPORT OF THIS. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU COUNCILOR PEPEN. COUNCILMAN LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I JUST RISE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR FOLLOWING THIS COUNCIL. THIS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. UM, WE HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO DEFEND OURSELVES AND DEFEND OUR CITY AND DEFEND OUR IMMIGRANT RESIDENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH COUNCILOR. I FORGOT TO ADD, COUNSELOR. WELL, WELL, AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR. >> COUNCIL. >> WELL, YOU ARE AT A, UH WE SUSPEND RULES, CONTRACTUAL PURPOSES, SUSPENSION THE RULES IN ADDITION OF CONTROL WERE OUT AS, UH UH UH THIRD CO-SPONSOR UH, HEARING AND SEEING NO OBJECTIONS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OKAY. UH, CONTROL EARLIER ADDED AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. YOU HAVE. >> THE FLOOR HERE THIS SECOND. OKAY, LET'S SEE WHAT WE. COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU WERE NEXT. >> YOU IN THE NEXT CO-SPONSOR? COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RISE UP AND SPEAK, BUT I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR CULPEPER FOR HIS LEADERSHIP IN THIS SPACE. UM, IN THE IN THESE MOMENTS IN TIME IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PEOPLE WHO SEE US AND WHO AFFIRM US AND WHO UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR CIVIL RIGHTS ARE. UM, BUT AS AS SOMEONE WHO GREW UP WITH A MOM WHO WAS UNDOCUMENTED, EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE SEEING HERE IS VERY TRIGGERING TO US. UM, AND SO UTILIZING OUR PLATFORM, UM, TO FIGHT FOR AND STAND UP AGAINST ISIS WHAT THIS MOMENT IS CALLING FOR. SO I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR CULPEPPER FOR HIS, UH ,LEADERSHIP. OUR OFFICE WAS ALSO THINKING OF DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS. UM, BACK IN NOVEMBER WHEN WE I BELIEVE IT WAS CHICAGO WHO FIRST HAD DID IT. THEY SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER. AND SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THAT HAPPEN HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. AND THANK YOU. >> FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER HERE. UM, I'VE JUST BEEN REMINDED THAT WE VOTED ON A RULE TO LIMIT UH, COMMENTS ON UM. UH. >> MOTIONS. >> UH, SO UH, I'VE UH WE'LL JUST LIMIT OUR COMMENTS TO THE ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. SO, UH, WE MOVED TO CONSTABLE WORRELL. THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I JUST WANT TO JUST THANK AGAIN THE LEAD SPONSOR FOR PUTTING THIS FORWARD. UM, THIS ORDINANCE IS SOMETHING THAT WE, UH, HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. UM. >> I BELIEVE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T SEE THE SAME ATROCITIES UH, THAT HAPPENED THAT HAS HAPPENED IN MINNESOTA. UM, ALLOWING, YOU KNOW, MASS PEOPLE WITH NO NAME TAGS AND SEMIAUTOMATIC WEAPONS IN THAT MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS IS A DANGER TO OUR RESIDENTS. UH, SO THIS IS THE TYPE OF PREPARATION THAT WE NEED TO HAVE IN OUR CITY. UH, THIS IS STRAIGHTFORWARD AND A VERY THOUGHTFUL ORDINANCE AND I WISH THAT WE CAN EXTEND THIS TO EVEN MORE PROPERTY. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR PUTTING THIS FORWARD AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR UH, COLLETTE AS A PARTNER. COUNCILOR DURKAN, COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCILOR. DIVISION. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. PEPEN. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. WEBER. CULTURAL AND PLEASE. UH. THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET. UM. DOCKET 0266 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR CLERK. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 02670267? COUNCIL WILL READ OR FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE TO CLARIFY THE EQUITY AND INCLUSION CABINET IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. UH COUNCILOR. UH WORRELL. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR MEJIA AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. COUNCILOR HERE SO I DON'T. HEARING NO OBJECTIONS. UH, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS A REFILE AND AS WE ENTER INTO BLACK HISTORY MONTH, UM, WE HAVE CODIFIED A LOT OF THE, UH, DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE EQUITY CABINET AND THIS IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE CODIFY THE EQUITY CABINET. SO JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION THAT WAS STARTED LAST TERM. UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE GIVE THE EQUITY CABINET UM, UH THE DIRECTION UM AND POWER AND RESOURCES THAT IT NEEDS TO IDENTIFY AND TACKLE THE DISPARITY DISPARITIES THAT WE FACE HERE IN THE CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BROWN COUNSELOR. UH. >> MEJIA YOU'RE THE. UH YEAH. SO I'M GOING TO BE MINDFUL OF TIME. SO THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR WU FOR ADDING ME. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE, UH, LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR DURKAN, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL REGION COUNCILOR. MURPHY COUNCILOR. PEPEN COUNCILOR. SANTANA, COUNCILOR WEBER AND PLEASE UP THE CHAIR. DOCKET ZERO TWO UH SIX SEVEN WOULD BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET UH, 0268? IT'S A REFILE. AND FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE, UH . I'M BRINGING FORWARD REFUNDS. UH, THERE'S AN EXTENSIVE NUMBER. UH, AND AS A MATTER OF EFFICIENCY FOR REFILED MATTERS, I KINDLY ASK COUNCILORS TO LIMIT THE REMARKS TO NO MORE THAN ONE MINUTE AND CO-SPONSORS TO DEFER TO THE LEAD SPONSORS FOR THE REMARKS. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I HAVE. >> TO LEAVE IT. >> UP TO. OH, BEG YOUR PARDON, MADAM CHAIR. AFTER ALL THAT, MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE DOCKET. 0268 COUNCILOR FLYNN OR FOR THE FOLLOWING PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW REGARDING AN ACT RELATIVE TO PENSION BENEFITS FOR FIREFIGHTER LEO J. BRACK AND REFIRE OF 2025. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. COUNSELOR FRIEND, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I MAKE A MOTION TO. SUBSTITUTE THE LANGUAGE FOR. MINOR UM EDITING. UM SPELLING ISSUE RATHER SECONDED. SECONDED. >> UM. THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE A SUBSTITUTE LANGUAGE THERE? AS EVERYONE KNOWS, THIS SUBSTITUTE LANGUAGE. THANK YOU. MISS. UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU PLEASE PLEASE GO AHEAD. THANK FROM THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AS YOU MENTIONED, IT'S A BRIEF. I'LL BE VERY BRIEF. THIS IS A HOME RULE PETITION. >> FOR. LEO BRACKEN FIRE LIEUTENANT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES WHILE ON THE. PERFORMANCE OF HIS. DUTIES IN 2019. TOTALLY AND. PERMANENTLY INJURED. AND INCAPACITATED FOR FURTHER SERVICES AS A FIREFIGHTER. UM. >> FIREFIGHTER FILE ATTENDANT BRACKEN IS CURRENTLY RETIRED AND RECEIVING AN ACCIDENTAL DISABILITY RETIREMENT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 32 SECTION EIGHT. THIS HOME RULE PETITION SEEKS TO SECURE FURTHER BENEFITS FOR HIM FROM BEING TOTALLY AND. PERMANENTLY INJURED. UH, THANKS FOR CHECKING OUT YOU. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? UH, COUNCILOR DURKIN COUNCIL FITZGERALD'S COMMENTS FROM MURPHY COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR PEPEN SANTANA WORRELL UM COUNCILOR CULPEPER. I'M PLEASED. CHAIR. UH THANK YOU. DOCKET 026 IT WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF GOVERNMENT ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0269.20269. COUNCIL FLYNN OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO REVIEW THE MISSION'S GOAL, OBJECTIVES AND CHALLENGES OF OFFICE OF THE POLICE. . ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY. UH 0269. I SEE I SEE THAT THIS IS RECOGNIZING CONSTABLE WITH UM MORALE BUT THAT'S NOT COUNCILOR FLYNN. UM, ARE YOU THE LEAD SPONSOR ON THIS DOCKET? YES, I AM, MADAM CHAIR. UH, MADAM CHAIR, I AM WITHDRAWING THIS DOCKET AT THIS TIME. I AM GOING TO DEFER TO UM, COUNCILOR ROLE PROBABLY PROBABLY NEXT WEEK. NEXT WEEK. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> SO DOCKET. UM, DOCKET 0269 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. UH, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 02700270. COUNCILOR PEPEN OR FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR HEARING TO EXPLORE SNOW REMOVAL RELIEFS AND OPTIONS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR PEPEN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM. LAST WEEK'S WINTER STORM GAVE US A REMINDER OF WHAT MOTHER NATURE IS CAPABLE OF BRINGING CLOSE TO TWO FEET OF SNOW AND IN THE 24 HOURS. I'M SURE MY COLLEAGUES WERE HEARING AS MANY CONCERNS FROM RESIDENTS AS WE HAD IN DISTRICT FIVE. WE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS, MANY OF WHOM REACHED OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME. UM, FACING ISSUES CAUSED BY OBVIOUSLY THE MOST RECENT SNOWSTORM. WE RECEIVED A LOT OF CALLS SPECIFICALLY FROM ELDERLY AND DISABLED RESIDENTS WHO DON'T HAVE THE PHYSICAL ABILITY TO SHOVEL THEIR OWN PROPERTY AND DON'T HAVE THE MEANS TO PAY FOR A PRIVATE SERVICE. A LOT OF CALLS HAD TO DO WITH THE HEIGHT OF SNOW BANKS ON SIDEWALKS AND SNOW LEFT ON STREETS. CLEANING UP AFTER THIS STORM HAS NOT BEEN EASY. UM FOR OUR PUBLIC WORKS CREWS AND OUR RESIDENTS. BUT I DO WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR DILIGENT CREW MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WORKS, ESPECIALLY OUR DISTRICT FIVE SUPERINTENDENTS DUSTIN AND FREDDY WHO SHOWED UP DURING THAT DURING THE STORM AND AFTER THE STORM DESPITE BEING SHORT STAFFED TO CLEAN THE ROADS AND SIDEWALKS FOR RESIDENTS. I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR 311 DEPARTMENT FOR TAKING A LOT OF CALLS DURING THAT STORM BUT ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR RESIDENTS WHO SHOWED UP FOR THEIR NEIGHBORS ASSISTING WITH SHOVEL IN SIDEWALKS, DRIVEWAYS ,CROSSWALKS AND BUS STOPS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. OUR OWN INITIATIVE, PEP AND SNOW ANGELS RECEIVED OVER 40 SUBMISSIONS FROM YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS THE DISTRICT CLEAR FIRE HYDRANTS AND PATHS FOR THEIR NEIGHBORS. I'M GRATEFUL TO REPRESENT A DISTRICT THAT CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THEIR NEIGHBORS. MY HOPE WITH THIS HEARING IS THAT WE CAN LOOK INTO THE CITY'S SNOWSTORM POLICY AND EXPLORE OTHER SNOW REMOVAL. STRATEGIES AS WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE MORE SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS AS THE CLIMATE CHANGES. I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES HAVE CALLED FOR OTHER HEARINGS ABOUT SNOW AND I'M OPEN TO COMBINING THESE CONVERSATIONS IF THEY'RE INTERESTED. UM, WE KNOW THAT THE TEAM OVER AT PUBLIC WORKS AS FACED WITH THE TREMENDOUS TASK. SO LET'S FIND A SOLUTION TO WEATHER AND CLIMATE THESE FUTURE CHALLENGES FOR OUR RESIDENTS. SO UM YEAH, THIS IS AN IDEA SPARKED FROM THE CITY OF SOMERVILLE WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO GATHER VOLUNTEERS OR PAY TEENAGERS TO ACTUALLY SHOVEL THE PRIVATE SIDEWALKS AND JUST HELP PEOPLE THAT AS I MENTIONED, THEY COULDN'T DO IT ON THEIR OWN. AND I THINK IT TAKES A VILLAGE WHEN WE GET AS MUCH SNOW AS WE DID. LUCKILY IT ISN'T AS USUAL AS AS AS WE EXPECT BUT UM YEAH THIS IS MY HEARING ORDER. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PEPEN. UM, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR. UH, COLLETTE AS A PART OF COUNCILOR CULPEPER. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FLYNN COUNCIL. THE REGION COUNCILOR MURPHY CONSCIOUS INTERNAL COUNCILOR WEBER SEVERAL AND PLEASE UP THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0269 WOULD BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC. OH SORRY. WRONG ONE. YEAH. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0270 WOULD BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0271 AND THIS IS A REFILE. DOCKET 0271. COUNCILOR FLYNN OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE STATUS OF THE ELEVATORS OF THE B H B A ROUTE BERKELEY APARTMENT RE FIVE 2025. COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU HAVE SINCE THIS IS A REFERRAL I'LL ALLOW YOU ONE MINUTE IF THAT'S OKAY. THANK YOU. YES IT IS. UM THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM, IT IS A RE FILE. I WILL TRY TO BE BRIEF. UM, I NEED TO DO MY DUE DILIGENCE FOR MY CONSTITUENTS. I CAN'T ACCEPT BROKEN ELEVATORS AND ROUTE BERKELEY FOR DEVELOPMENT. I CAN'T ACCEPT IT AT ANY FOR DEVELOPMENT. AND I'M GOING TO DO EVERYTHING I POSSIBLY CAN FOR MY CONSTITUENTS AND RESIDENTS AS WELL THROUGHOUT BOSTON. I DON'T THINK THIS IS JUST A DISTRICT TWO PROBLEM. I THINK THERE ARE OTHER ELEVATOR RELATED CHALLENGES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. RESIDENTS HAVE HAVE EMAILED ME ACROSS BOSTON UM ASKING ME TO ADVOCATE FOR THEM AS WELL . UM BUT I DO WANT TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT ME AS I ADVOCATE FOR MY UH, UH, CONSTITUENTS IN DISTRICT TWO BECAUSE THIS IS A IN MY OPINION THIS IS A CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE AND I'M NOT GOING TO REST UNTIL I GET JUSTICE FOR MY CONSTITUENTS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNTRY. CULPEPER. COUNTRY FITZGERALD AND PEPEN COUNCILOR WORRELL. UH. THANK YOU. DOCKET ZERO TWO. UM. COUNCILOR SANTANA. ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU. DOCKET 027 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0272 WHICH IS ALSO A REFERRAL. DOCKET 027 TO COUNCILOR. FLYNN OR FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR HERE AND TO DISCUSS THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT ON BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY REFILE OF 2025. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM, THIS IS A RE FILE. I KNOW COUNCIL I'M HERE TO STEP DOWN. I WAS GOING TO ADD HER AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. UM, ON FEBRUARY 25TH, 2025, THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT HUD UH RELEASED RELEASED A REPORT ON THE BUDGET AND FOUND THAT VHA DID NOT CONSISTENTLY MAINTAIN ITS PROGRAM UNITS AND BUILDINGS, PUBLIC HOUSING PROGRAMS UNITS AND DECENT, SAFE AND SANITARY CONDITIONS AND IN GOOD REPAIR AND DID NOT CONSISTENTLY REPORT FROM ITS ANNUAL SELF INSPECTIONS AND CORRECT IDENTIFIED DEFICIENCIES IN A TIMELY MANNER. UM. IN 2024, THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL HELD A HEARING TO DISCUSS ISSUES RELATING TO THE FREQUENT ELEVATOR ISSUES. AS I MENTIONED, OUR PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS OF SOME OF THE MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON . WE MUST DO EVERYTHING WE CAN. AGAIN, THIS IS A CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE AND I'M NOT GOING TO REST UNTIL WE MAKE PROGRESS AT VHA DEVELOPMENTS. I'M REQUESTING TO ADD A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER HERE AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. UH, FROM MEJIA YOU'VE BEEN ADDED AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. UM, UH, SINCE THIS IS A REFILE ,WE'RE NOT WE'RE JUST GOING TO, UH, HAVE THE PRIME PRINCIPLES. UH, SPONSOR SPEAK. UH, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR. UH COUNCILOR CULPEPER. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD CONTRARY HERE. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR WORRELL. THANK YOU. DOCKET UH 0272 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET. 02730273 COUNCILOR FLYNN OR FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE LUNG CANCER RATE AMONG BLACK VETERANS, WE FILE OF 2025. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I, UH, SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCIL SANTANA. COUNCILOR. >> SO, UH, SEEING NO OBJECTION UH, CANCER SANTANA SO I JUST. YES, THIS IS A REFILE. UM, LUNG CANCER IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF CANCER RELATED DEATHS AMONG US VETERANS WITH AFRICAN AMERICAN VETERANS FACING HIGHER RISK DUE TO MILITARY RELATED EXPOSURE LIKE A AS DOSE AS THE US DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS STATES VETERANS HAVE A 25 TO 75% HIGHER RISK OF LUNG CANCER. AFRICAN AMERICAN VETERANS EXPERIENCE UM CHALLENGES IN THE VA SYSTEM. UH WE NEED TO IMPROVE OUR VA SYSTEM SO VETERANS OF COLOR ARE INCLUDED AND TREATED WITH THE RESPECT THAT THEY'VE EARNED. UM I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH COUNT UM COMMISSIONER SANTIAGO ON ALL ISSUES RELATING TO VETERANS. I ALSO WANT TO WELCOME, UH, COUNCILOR SANTANA. I HAD A CONVERSATION. I KNOW HE'LL DO A GOOD JOB AS CHAIR. UM, BUT I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON VETERAN ISSUES WORKING WITH THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND SINCE THIS IS A REFUND, UH, WE'LL JUST, UH, STICK WITH COUNCILOR FLYNN. UH, THE CHAIR, UH, AS ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME. CONCERT. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. UH CULPEPER COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILMAN LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR MEJIA COMES FROM MURPHY. COUNCILOR PEPEN KIND OF COUNCILOR WORRELL AND PLEASE OUT THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0273 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS, MILITARY FAMILIES AND MILITARY AFFAIRS. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0274 WHICH IS ANOTHER REFILE. DOCKET. 0274 COUNCILOR FLYNN OR FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR YOU HERE AND TO DISCUSS SERVICES FOR WOMEN VETERANS RAFAEL 2025. . COUNCILOR UM COUNCIL FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ADD, UH, COUNCIL MURPHY, PLEASE? UH, SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTION. COUNCILOR MURPHY SO ADDED. YES. >> THIS IS A RE FILE DISCUSSING HOW IMPORTANT WOMEN VETERANS ARE AND THE MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS THEY MAKE TO OUR CITY, TO OUR COUNTRY IN THE ARMED FORCES. THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF UM VETERANS AT THE THE GROWING THE THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF UM INCREASE IN VETERANS AT THE VA FACILITIES ARE WOMEN VETERANS AND THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF HOMELESS PEOPLE UM INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN IN WOMEN VETERANS. WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN FOR WOMEN VETERANS. THEY'VE EARNED THESE RIGHTS. I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION TO IMPROVE, UM, GENDER SPECIFIC RELATED HEALTH CARE AT THE VA AND JAMAICA PLAIN, WEST ROXBURY AND IN BROCKTON AS WELL. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, I'M GOING DOWN TO UH, WASHINGTON TO TESTIFY ON THIS ISSUE IN TWO WEEKS ADVOCATING FOR WOMEN VETERANS ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PERSISTENT AND ADVOCACY FOR OUR VETERANS, ESPECIALLY OF WOMEN VETERANS ALSO. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? CANCER. CULPEPER. CANCER DURKAN. COUNCILMAN FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. MEJIA. I'M SORRY. UH, COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCILOR WORRELL COUNCILOR AND MURPHY YOU'RE ALREADY IN THERE . UM. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0274 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS, MILITARY FAMILIES AND MILITARY AFFAIRS. MADAM PRESS, MADAM CLERK. SORRY, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET. 02750275 COUNCILOR FLYNN OR FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE STATUS OF SOUTH BOSTON BRANCH LIBRARY STUDY REFERRAL OF 2025. UH, COUNCILWOMAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AGAIN, THIS IS A REFILE. UH, SINCE 2022, THE CITY OF BOSTON HAS ALLOCATED 250,000 IN THE CAPITAL PLAN FOR A SOUTH BOSTON BRANCH LIBRARY STUDY TO CONDUCT A FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENT AND DEVELOP A BUILDING PROGRAM THAT REFLECTS PEOPLES UM PRINCIPLES AND SUPPORT THAT'S NEEDED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I WANT TO TRY TO MOVE THIS FROM A STUDY TO THE NEXT PHASE. I'M GOING TO RESPECTFULLY ASK MY AT-LARGE CITY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES IF THEY WILL SUPPORT ME IN ADVOCATING FOR A NEW BRANCH LIBRARY IN SOUTH BOSTON. I BELIEVE IT'S IN THIS SECOND OLDEST UM AFTER THE SOUTH END. BUT UM I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR RESIDENTS OF SOUTH BOSTON TO HAVE A LIBRARY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR CULPEPER. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCIL. LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCIL. MEJIA COUNCILOR PEPEN CONSCIOUS SANTANA COUNCIL. WELL AND PLEASE UM THE CHAIR DOCKET 0275 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES . MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 02760276. COUNCIL ON MY HERE ON FOR THE FALLEN ORDER FOR A HEARING ON TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND SERVICE PROVISION AND SPENDING FOR THE ENGLISH LEARNERS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA. COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM. FOLLOWING THIS HEARING ORDERED TO REVIEW HOW. SERVICES FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS ARE BEING DELIVERED IN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND HOW OUR FUNDING IS REALLY MEETING THE MOMENT UM, ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS REPRESENT A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE DISTRICT'S STUDENT POPULATION INCLUDING MANY STUDENTS WHO HAVE. WHO ALSO HAVE DISABILITIES AND REQUIRE. COORDINATED LANGUAGE AND SPECIAL EDUCATION SUPPORTS UM BOSTON PUBLIC. SCHOOLS AS YOU KNOW HAS RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT MULTILINGUAL EDUCATION. AT THE SAME TIME, OUTCOME DATA CONTINUES TO SHOW PERSISTENT DISPARITIES FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS UM AND ACCESS TO BILINGUAL AND DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS STILL REMAINS LIMITED . THERE ARE ALSO ONGOING QUESTIONS WHETHER UM REGARDING STAFFING CAPACITY, UM EDUCATOR LANGUAGE DIVERSITY, PROGRAM PLACEMENT AND LONG TERM PLANNING. THIS HEARING WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW UM THE OUTCOMES UM GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING DIRECTLY FROM THE FAMILIES, EDUCATORS AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS. THE GOAL IS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE BEING TRANSPARENT AS WE CONTINUE TO HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE, UH, TO UH, REVIEWING THE DECISIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING AS IT RELATES TO THE DISTRICT. I ALSO I JUST WANT TO GO OFF CUFF REAL QUICK. YOU KNOW, I AM AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER. I KNOW THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT SO MANY OF OUR PARENTS, UH ,ARE EXPERIENCING STILL TODAY AT THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I BELIEVE 45% OF THE STUDENTS IN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE HISPANIC LATINX. UM, AND SO UM WE HAVE A GROWING POPULATION. WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR ASIAN UM, YOU. KNOW. >> RESIDENTS THAT ARE ALSO IN OUR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND WE REALLY NEED TO GET A GOOD HANDLE ON WHAT WE'RE DOING TO SUPPORT THEIR LEARNING. UM, AND LASTLY I I'D LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR CULPEPPER AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND THIS HAS BEEN RULE 12 AND HAD COUNCILOR SANTANA AS UH ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. UM, HEARING AND SEEING NO ACTION COUNCILOR CULPEPER IS ADDED. UM UM COUNCILOR UM SUSPEND RULE 12 UH HEARING NO OBJECTIONS CONSCIOUS AND TANNER'S ALSO ADDED UM. UM COUNCILOR CULPEPER IF YOU'VE GOT UH TWO MINUTES. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER HERE FOR ADDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND DOCKET 0276. ISSUES WITH ADEQUATELY PROVIDING RESOURCES FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS. IT'S A SERIOUS A SERIOUS AND CONSISTENT ISSUE IN DISTRICT SEVEN SPECIFICALLY ENGLISH LEARNERS AND NOT GETTING ENOUGH INSTRUCTION IN THEIR HOME AND THEIR HOME LANGUAGE BEFORE BEING TRANSITIONED TO A CURRICULUM IN ENGLISH. THIS FILING WILL PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT RESOURCES NEED TO BE IMPROVED AND WHERE THE FUNDING GAPS ARE TO BETTER SUPPORT ENGLISH LEARNERS. I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK COUNCILOR HERE FOR THE WORK SHE'S DONE AND CONTINUES TO DO TO IMPROVE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THERE ARE A LOT OF CRITICAL EDUCATIONAL FILINGS ON TODAY'S AGENDA AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER HERE BUT HERE FOR THE WORK ON ALL OF THOSE THE CURRENT STATE AND TRAJECTORY OF OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS TO IMPROVE. AND JUST READING THAT ARTICLE TODAY IN THE GLOBE, UH, THAT TALKED ABOUT ONE THIRD OF BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL SENIORS ARE GOING TO RISK NOT GRADUATING AND 2026 REQUIRE US TO DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO HELP GET THOSE YOUNG FOLKS READY. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE ENGLISH LEARNERS IT'S IT IT'S JUST UNACCEPTABLE. WE HAVE TO KEEP WORKING TO BETTER EDUCATE TO IMPROVE THIS EDUCATION SYSTEM. AND THE FOLLOWING IS ON TODAY'S AGENDA. UH, JUST A START. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPER. UH, COUNCILOR SANTANGELO, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR, UH, TWO MINUTES. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR, UM, LEADING ON THIS ISSUE. UM, AND INCLUDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. I, UM SOMEONE WHO WAS BORN IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND, YOU KNOW, GREW UP IN THE CITY HAVING TO LEARN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH AT THE SAME TIME. UM, GROWING UP IN DISTRICT SEVEN. SO, UM, I KNOW THAT MANY OF MY DISTRICT SEVEN CLASSMATES UM, ALSO ARE FACING THE SAME UM, ISSUES THAT I THINK. UM, AS I MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, ONE OF ONE AND THREE OF EVERY STUDENT UM, IS AN ENGLISH LEARNER. UM, WE HAVE INVESTMENTS. UM, THERE'S NO SECRET THAT WE HAVE INVESTMENTS INTO THIS. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, UM UM WE'RE BEING INTENTIONAL ABOUT REACHING, UM ,OUR OUR STUDENTS. UM, AND I'M JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO THE HEARING AGAIN. REALLY APPRECIATE COUNCILMAN HILL BEING ABLE TO LEAD NOT JUST ON THIS ISSUE, UM, BUT ON MANY, UM, EDUCATION ISSUES. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA. WOULD ANYONE, UH, LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? NAME? UM. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. PEPEN. COUNCILOR. WEBER. COUNCILOR WORRELL AND PLEASE. AH! THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0276 WOULD BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. MADAM CHAIR, UH, MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ UH, DOCKETS 0277? I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS A SUBSTITUTE OF A NEW VERSION, UH ,BECAUSE THERE HAD BEEN A TYPO. UM, SUBSTITUTION FOR A TYPO. COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0277. DOCKET 0277 COUNCILOR MEJIA OR FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR HERE AND TO ORDER BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL SPECIAL EDUCATION AND RETURN ON INVESTMENTS. COUNCILMEMBER HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US GIVEN, UH, EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING ON. >> THE. NATIONAL LANDSCAPE IN THE ATTACKS ON OUR BOSTON. PUBLIC SCHOOL. STUDENTS AND STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET A HANDLE ON HOW OUR INVESTMENTS ARE REALLY MATCHING THE MOMENT. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THAT CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER HERE. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCIL. UH LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR MURPHY CONTRA PEPEN CONTRA WEBER COUNCILOR WORRELL. AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCTOR 0277 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MADAM CLERK. OH YES. SORRY I FORGOT TO ADD COUNCILOR MURPHY AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. OKAY. >> GO BACK. UH UH, COUNSELOR, UM, MY REQUEST TO ADD COUNCILMEMBER MURPHY AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR ON DOCKET 0277. UH UH COUNCILOR. I ON. UH YES, COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILOR MURPHY WHICH WHICH UM IS 0277 MURPHY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. OH THANK YOU. >> I WAS JUST REMINDING FOLKS WITH US AS A WHILE WE WERE WORKING ON THIS TOGETHER AND AS A FORMER SPECIAL ED TEACHER AND ALSO TO JUST SPEAK ON THE LAST ONE TO THE UH, ELA LEARNERS, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS AND THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF THE MONEY WE SPEND AND WHAT RESULTS WE'RE GETTING BECAUSE WE KNOW TIME AFTER TIME EVEN IF WE'RE THROWING MONEY AT THIS ISSUE, UM, WE'RE NOT GETTING THE RESULTS AND OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES FOR GENERATIONS NOW ARE GETTING FAILED BY OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM SO IMPORTANT THAT WE UPLIFT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS BUT ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE ON IEPS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0278 GOOD. GOOD 0278 COUNCILOR MY HERE ARE FOR THE FOR ME. BUT WHAT IF WE HERE WENT ON TO AUDIT MENTAL HEALTH CURRICULUM AND AND SERVICES IN THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. COUNCILOR MEJIA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS ALSO A REFILE. UM, I'M JUST GOING TO ADD COUNCILOR UM, MURPHY, UH, AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. HEARING SEEING NO OBJECTION COACH MURPHY SO ADDED. UM WOULD. >> YOU. KNOW, UH, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME COUNTRY CULPEPER . COUNTRY. FLYNN. UH, COUNSELOR PEPEN. COUNCILOR WEBER, PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET 027 IT WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 02790279. COUNCILOR MEJIA OR FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO ORDER THE IMPLEMENTATION AND OUTCOMES OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PRACTICES IN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL. COUNSELOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS ALSO A REFILE AND I'M ADDING UH BOTH COUNCILOR CULPEPPER AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AS WELL AS COUNSELOR. OH, YOU KNOW WHAT? SORRY, COUNSELOR CULPEPER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR ON THE UM, 278 THE MENTAL HEALTH ONE AS WELL. SORRY ABOUT THAT COMES TO CULPEPER. THAT WAS MY OVERSIGHT. UM, AND UH, NOW WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH I LIKE TO ADD UH, COUNSELOR CULPEPER AS THE ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AS WELL AS COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AS ORIGINAL CO-SPONSORS. REGARDING RESTORATIVE. JUSTICE MR CULPEPER IS ALL ABOUT IT. UM, COUNCILOR MEAD HE IS UM UH COUNCILOR REGION GREEN OBJECT. HEAR HIM? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I. A CONSTITUTIONAL SO IT UH, WOULD UH GO YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS UH, COUNCIL. UH, MADAM PRESIDENT, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IT MOVING. I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK. OKAY. >> UM. SHE HE HE COULD HAVE MINE. OKAY. >> ALL RIGHT, KEEP IT MOVING. UH, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? UH COUNCILOR? UH, COLLETTE AS A POWDER COUNCILOR FLYNN. UM, COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR PEPEN. COUNCILOR WORRELL UH, WEBER. AND PLEASE, UH, THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0279 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND . MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 02800280. COUNCILOR MEJIA OR FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR HERE ADDRESSING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCHOOL LUNCHES AND THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, AND I'D LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR KHALID AS A FATHER AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND UH, SUSPEND RULE 12 AND ALSO ADD COUNCILOR CULPEPPER AS. >> AN. ORIGINAL THREE CO-SPONSORS. UH, I WAS HEARING UH, COUNTRY UH, COLOR TO SUPPORT THIS SO I DID HEARING NO OBJECTION COUNCILOR CULPEPER HE'S ADDED UH. I'LL BRIEF THIS TIME. I DIDN'T GET TO SPEAK THIS TIME A LITTLE BIT. YOU HAVE MADAM UM COUNTRYMAN HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YEAH. >> THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILOR CLARISSA BATTLE FOR HER LEADERSHIP IN THIS SPACE. UM, I REALLY DO THINK THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOOD INSECURITY, IT IS SOMETHING FOR ME THAT IS DEEPLY PERSONAL. AS SOMEONE WHO EXPERIENCED FOOD INSECURITY GOING UP. BUT YOU KNOW, GOING TO SCHOOL WAS THE PLACE WHERE I COULD HAVE AT LEAST A MEAL OR TWO AT TIMES. AND SO UH, THERE IS A DEFINITELY A DIRECT CORRELATION, I BELIEVE BETWEEN THE SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL WELL-BEING OF OUR STUDENTS AS IT RELATES TO THEIR EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES. I'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT POTENTIALLY WOULD LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF REALLY DIVING IN A LITTLE BIT DEEPER AND LOOKING AT THE DAILY NUTRITION. UM, RESEARCH SHOWS THAT WHEN MEALS ARE UNAPPEALING OR CULTURALLY DISCONNECTED, PARTICIPATION DROPS, STUDENTS SKIP MEALS AND THEIR ABILITY TO FOCUS AND ENGAGE IN LEARNING IS AFFECTED. BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS TAKEN IMPORTANT STEPS IN RECENT YEARS AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE INCLUDING THE EXPANSION OF MY WEIGHT CAFE PROGRAM AND INVESTMENTS ON SITE KITCHENS AND LOCAL FOOD SOURCING. THESE EFFORTS REFLECT A COMMITMENT TO HEALTHIER MEALS AND STRONGER FOOD SYSTEMS. AT THE SAME TIME, FEDERAL CUTS TO PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT LOCAL FOOD PURCHASING COMBINED WITH RISING COSTS RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY AND EQUITABLE ACCESS. ACROSS SCHOOLS. THIS HEARING I HOPE WE'LL EXPLORE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND REALLY THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX AND TAPPING INTO OUR PARTNERS TO HELP US UM CLOSE THE GAP. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER HERE COUNTRY COLOR DOES A PART OF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WILL BE BRIEF. >> I JUST WANT TO THANK THE SPONSOR FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. THANK YOU FOR ADDING ME AS WELL. UM, WE KNOW THAT NUTRITION IS FOUNDATIONAL. WHEN KIDS GO HUNGRY THEY ARE DISENGAGED. UM, AND THEY UH IT IT LIMITS THEIR ABILITY TO CONCENTRATE, UM, PARTICIPATE AND FULLY SUCCEED IN THE CLASSROOM. UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THIS HEARING, I'M ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION WE RECEIVE TO DRIVE TANGIBLE POLICY OUTCOMES FOR OUR STUDENTS AND THAT MEANS UNDERSTANDING PARTICIPATION RATES, STUDENT AND FAMILY FEEDBACK INFRASTRUCTURE GAPS AND THEN TRANSLATING THAT DATA INTO CLEAR RECOMMENDATIONS UM, TO CLOSE THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP AND ASSURE ALL. OF OUR. >> KIDS UM, HAVE FRESH WHOLE. NUTRITIOUS FOOD. UM AVAILABLE TO THEM IN A PLACE THAT THEY THAT THEY LOVE AND UH THAT QUITE FRANKLY SHOULD BE DOING THIS ALREADY. SO THANK YOU TO COUNCIL COUNCILMAN HERE FOR ADDING ME AS A CO-SPONSOR AND PUSHING THIS METAPHOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR COLLETTE. UH, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH, PRESIDENT KEEPING IT. TO KEEP IT MOVING. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN, UH, SINCE YOU'RE NOT AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON THAT OKAY. 2012 OOPS. UM THANK YOU. DUNCAN 020 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. UM, MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO TWO 8110, GOD. IT'S GETTING LATE. SORRY. UM, UNDOCKING 020. UH, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO, UH, OTHER NAME COUNCILOR? UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN CONSIDERING DIVISION COUNCILOR MURPHY. PEPEN. COUNCILOR SANTANA, COUNCILOR WEBER AND PLEASE, UM THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0280 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. THANK YOU. MADAM. >> UH, CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0281 WHICH IS REFUND. DOCKET 0281 COUNCILOR FLYNN OR FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS PEST CONTROL AND DISCOVERY OF LAB SERVICES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, WE. FILE 2025. THANK YOU MADAM. MADAM CLERK. UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. PEST CONTROL IS A CRITICAL ISSUE IMPACTING PUBLIC SAFETY BUT ALSO PUBLIC HEALTH. UH, THROUGHOUT EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD OF BOSTON, UH, RATS AND RODENTS ARE NOT ONLY A NUISANCE BUT THEY, UM THEY IMPACT OUR FAMILIES, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, THE MAINTENANCE OF OUR PROPERTIES. THERE'S BEEN A DRAMATIC RISE IN RODENT PEST ACTIVITIES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE COVID 19 PANDEMIC. UH, THIS IS AN ISSUE I'VE WORKED EXCLUSIVELY EXCLUSIVELY ON FOR EIGHT YEARS. I KNOW SOME OF THESE RATS AS WELL AS CARRYING, UH, SERIOUS, UM, DANGEROUS DISEASES WITH THEM. SO WE NEED TO DO ALL WE CAN TO PROVIDE, UH, RESIDENTS WITH A SAFE AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT. I CONTINUE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH CITY OFFICIALS ON HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THE DELIVERY OF BASIC CITY SERVICES, ESPECIALLY PEST CONTROL BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A CRITICAL ISSUE UM, IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD. I'M NOT GIVING UP ON THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNTRY CODE PEPPER COUNTRY AS A POWDER COUNTRY DIVISION COUNTRY. MURPHY. CULTURE AND CONSCIOUS SANTANA COUNCILOR WEBER AND PLEASE UH THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0281 WOULD BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES. MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0282? OKAY. >> GO AHEAD. IT'S ANOTHER REFILE DOCKET. 028 TO COUNCILOR FLYNN OR FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR YOU AND TO DISCUSS RETAIL TAX AND THE IMPACTS ON SMALL BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON REFILE 2025. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. UM, COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR MURPHY AND COUNCILOR MEJIA AS ORIGINAL CO-SPONSORS? UM, HEARING AND SEEING NO OBJECTION, COUNCILOR MURPHY AND WHO IS THE SECOND ONE? UM, HERE COUNCILMAN. >> HERE COMES FROM A HERE. UM. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. IT'S AN IMPORTANT ISSUE IMPACTING EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD OF BOSTON INCLUDING MY DISTRICT AND DISTRICT TWO, ESPECIALLY PARTS OF BOYLSTON STREET. UM, THE SOUTH END AS WELL. UH, BUT RESIDENTS RETAIL THEFT IMPACTS NOT JUST THE CONSUMERS BUT IT ALSO IMPACTS THE THE WORKERS, THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE PUBLIC SAFETY. AND IT'S ABOUT WORKING TOGETHER ,ADDRESSING THESE CONCERNS, I HELPED DEVELOP A TASK FORCE IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON ON RETAIL THEFT WORKING WITH THE BOSTON POLICE ,WITH THE DOWNTOWN RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION AND WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY UM, PRIORITIZING RETAIL THEFT AND THE IMPACT IT HAS SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC NEGATIVE IMPACT ON RESIDENTS BUT ALSO ON BUSINESSES. IT'S ABOUT WORKING TOGETHER TOGETHER, ADDRESSING THIS CRITICAL PUBLIC SAFETY CHALLENGE THAT WE ARE FACING THROUGHOUT EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD OF BOSTON. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. UH, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? LET US CONSIDER CULPEPER COUNCILOR UH, MURPHY UH, COUNCILOR HAPPEN I'M SURE WEBER COUNCILOR WORRELL AND PLEASE OF THE CHAIR. UH, COUNCILOR MURPHY, SINCE THIS IS A REFERRAL, WE'RE, UM, NOT GOING TO HAVE FURTHER THAT. IS THAT OKAY? THANK YOU. UH. THANK YOU. DOCKET 022 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. MR. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 023. DOCKET 0283 COUNCILOR MURPHY OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR HEARING REGARDING THE SCAMMING AND FRAUD PREVENTION. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> I'D LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR FLYNN, PLEASE. UH, HEARING AND SEEING NO OBJECTION. COUNCILOR FLYNN IS SO AT IT. MADAM PRESIDENT, I'M FILING THIS ORDER TO CALL FOR A HEARING ON ELDER SCAMMING AND FRAUD PREVENTION. MY TEAM WAS WITH COUNCILOR CULPEPER LAST NIGHT AT THE B2 COMPSTAT WHERE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS TALKING ABOUT THESE CONCERNS AND OVER THE PAST YEAR IT COMES UP AS ONE OF THE MOST CONCERNING AND HIGHEST RISING UM, THE DATA SHOWING THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM ACROSS OUR CITY AS I GET OLDER NOW A GRANDMOTHER SO TO MY PARENTS, MY AUNTS AND MY FAMILY MEMBERS THIS PAST WEEKEND WE JUST CELEBRATED MY PAPA JACK'S 92ND BIRTHDAY AND UM I'M AT THIS WEEKEND MY MOM WILL BE 79 SO I'M IN THAT STAGE IN MY LIFE NOW THAT UM I'M NO LONGER HANDS ON CARING FOR MY CHILDREN BUT CARING FOR THE OLDER ADULTS THAT ARE IN OUR FAMILY. SO I KNOW FIRSTHAND WHAT MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS ACROSS THE CITY OF BOSTON ARE FACING. THEY'RE IN THE SAME PLACE NOW. WE ALSO KNOW BASED ON THE DATA AND LIVED EXPERIENCE THAT ELDER SCAMS ARE VERY REAL AND INCREASINGLY SOPHISTICATED OLDER ADULTS ADULTS ARE BEING TARGETED THROUGH PHONE CALLS, EMAILS, TEXT MESSAGES, ONLINE PLATFORMS AND EVEN AT THEIR FRONT DOORS. FOR SENIORS WHO MAY BE WORRIED ABOUT MAKING ENDS MEET, WHO ARE SOCIALLY ISOLATED OR WHO FACE LANGUAGE OR ACCESSIBILITY BARRIERS, THE RISK IS EVEN GREATER. THIS HEARING IS ABOUT UNDERSTANDING HOW THE CITY IS WORKING TO PREVENT ELDER SCAMMING AND FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION, HOW DEPARTMENTS ARE COORDINATING WITH ONE ANOTHER AND WHETHER OUR OUTREACH AND EDUCATION EFFORTS ARE REACHING THE PEOPLE WHO NEED. >> THEM THE MOST. IT'S ALSO ABOUT MAKING SURE RESIDENTS AND CAREGIVERS KNOW WHERE TO TURN FOR HELP WHEN THIS MAY HAPPEN. I WANT OUR OLDER RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO AGE IN PLACE WITH CONFIDENCE AND DIGNITY AND TO FEEL SAFE IN THEIR HOMES AND IN THEIR FINANCES. THIS HEARING WILL GIVE THE COUNCIL AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXAMINE CURRENT SCAM TRENDS WHICH ARE CHANGING DAILY, REVIEW PREVENTION EFFORTS AND STRENGTHEN COORDINATION ACROSS THE EIGHT STRONG COMMISSION, THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE OFFICE OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND LICENSING SO WE CAN BETTER PROTECT OUR BOSTON SENIORS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU COULD TURN THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MURPHY FOR ADDING ME. UM, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE IMPACTING SENIORS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF BOSTON. UM, ONE SENIOR I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH UM SHE RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM UM FROM A LOVED ONE, UM, SAYING THE LOVED ONE WAS IN TROUBLE AND THAT THE LOVE THE LOVED ONE NEEDED HER GRANDMOTHER WHO WAS A HER GRANDMOTHER NEEDED HER TO GO UP TO THE BANK AND WITHDRAW $5,000 AND THE THE WOMAN THE ELDERLY WOMAN WENT UP TO THE BANK READY TO DEPOSIT THE $5,000 AND JUST BUY IT JUST BY COINCIDENCE WHO WAS TALKING TO A ANOTHER NEIGHBOR THAT WAS AT THE BANK ABOUT ABOUT THE SITUATION HER HER GRANDDAUGHTER I GUESS WAS IN UM AND THE NEIGHBOR SAID TO HER IT'S PROBABLY A SCAM THAT THE CALLER SAID AND IN HER VOICE TOO THAT SHE NEEDED $5,000 TO GET HER OUT OF SOME TYPE OF DIFFICULT SITUATION THAT SHE WAS IN. BUT THE THE GRANDMOTHER WANTED TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND SUPPORT HER. OR HER UM, RELATIVE. BUT I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE TRIED TO EXPLOIT THE KINDNESS AND GENEROSITY AND AND LOVING WAY OF OLDER PEOPLE AND THOSE ARE SOME OF THE SCAMS THAT ARE OUT THERE. THERE'S ALSO A SIMILAR SCAM IMPACTING UH VETERANS AS WELL. SO I DO WANT TO I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE UM H STRONG COMMISSIONER WHO DOES A A GOOD JOB AS WELL ON THESE TYPES OF ISSUES. SHE SHE HAS A GOOD WAY ABOUT HER AND SHE INTERACTS WELL WITH SENIORS AND TALKS ABOUT THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS. SO UH EMILY EMILY SHAY UM BUT I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE A STRONG AND THE IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIP THEY HAVE WITH THE BOSTON POLICE. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. UH, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME, COUNTRY. COLLETTA. ZAPATA. COUNTRY. CULPEPER. COUNTRY REGION. UH COUNCILOR. UH. PEPEN. CONSCIOUS. CONSTABLE. WEBER. CONSTABLE. PLEASE OUT. THE CHAIR. DOCKET 0283 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES . MADAM CHAIR, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET. 0284028 FOR COUNCILOR MURPHY? OFFER THE FOLLOWING OF ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO SERVICES AND PROGRAMING THROUGH THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY HAS SOME I THINK YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR FLYNN, PLEASE. UH, HEARING AND HEARING SEEING NO OBJECTION CONSCIOUSLY THE SO ADDED. THANK YOU. >> UM, FILING THIS ORDER TO CALL FOR A HEARING ON EQUITABLE ACCESS TO SERVICES IN PROGRAMING THROUGH THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM. OUR LIBRARY IS A TRUE GEMS IN THE CITY. THEY ARE NOT JUST PLACES TO BORROW BOOKS THEY ARE TRUSTED WELCOMING SPACES WHERE RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES COME TO LEARN, CONNECT AND ACCEPT ACCESS SUPPORT. AS ALBERT EINSTEIN ONCE SAID, THE ONLY THING YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO KNOW IS THE LOCATION OF THE LIBRARY. FOR MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS THAT REMAINS DEEPLY TRUE. I SEE THIS FIRSTHAND MY AUNTIE PEGGY GOES TO THE ADAMS STREET LIBRARY NEARLY EVERY DAY. SHE'S AN AVID READER BUT SHE ALSO STAYS FOR PUZZLES, ACTIVITIES AND A SENSE OF COMMUNITY THAT OUR LIBRARY PROVIDES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. MORE RECENTLY, MY MOM JOINED THE MONDAY NIGHT CHESS CLUB AT HER LOCAL BRANCH. THESE ARE SMALL EXAMPLES, BUT THEY REFLECT SOMETHING MUCH BIGGER ABOUT HOW LIBRARIES FUNCTION AS ANCHORS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. BRANCH LIBRARIES OFTEN SERVE AS FRONT LINE ACCESS POINTS FOR CITY SERVICES ESPECIALLY FOR YOUTH FAMILIES IMMIGRANTS RESIDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND PEOPLE NAVIGATING DIGITAL OR LANGUAGE BARRIERS. BUT ACCESS TO STAFFING, PROGRAMING HOURS AND PHYSICAL ACCESSIBILITY CAN VARY WIDELY FROM NEIGHBORHOOD TO NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS HEARING IS TAKING A THOUGHTFUL CITYWIDE LOOK AT HOW OUR LIBRARY SYSTEM IS FUNCTIONING TODAY, PARTICULARLY AS MANY BRANCHES ARE BEING REDESIGNED, REBUILT OR TEMPORARILY CLOSED FOR RENOVATION. THIS IS THE RIGHT MOMENT TO TAKE INVENTORY, UNDERSTAND WHAT GAPS AND STRENGTHS EXIST AND ENSURE THAT EQUITY AND ACCESS ARE GUIDING OUR DECISIONS. DATA IS A TOOL THAT HELPS US DRIVE BETTER POLICY AND LEGISLATION BY UNDERSTANDING HOW SERVICES AND PROGRAMING ARE DELIVERED ACROSS OUR LIBRARY SYSTEM, WE CAN MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS THAT STRENGTHEN LIBRARIES AS COMMUNITY HUBS AND ENSURE THEY CONTINUE TO MEET RESIDENTS WHERE THEY ARE. SO THIS HEARING WILL GIVE THE COUNCIL AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN, ASK QUESTIONS AND SUPPORT A LIBRARY SYSTEM THAT REMAINS ONE OF BOSTON'S MOST VALUABLE PUBLIC ASSETS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. UM, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR ADDING ME. THE LIBRARY SYSTEM PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. I HAVE HAD, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE RESIDENTS OF THE SOUTH END IN IN ROXBURY AND IN BACK BAY, UM, RELATING TO THE SOUTH END LIBRARY THAT'S BEEN OUT OF COMMISSION FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME BECAUSE OF A MAJOR UM FLOODING UM ISSUE. BUT I KNOW IT'S ON TRACK TO UM ,BUILD A STATE OF THE ART PUBLIC LIBRARY IN THE SOUTH END. WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT THE SOUTH END LIBRARY IS IT'S BASICALLY RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM UM VILLA VICTORIA WHICH HAS A LARGE UH, PUERTO RICAN COMMUNITY BUT ALSO A LARGE ASIAN COMMUNITY AND DOWN THE ROAD A LITTLE BIT FROM UM BOTH BERKELEY CATHEDRAL PUBLIC HOUSING BUT IT'S WELL USED. IT'S IT'S A TOP PRIORITY OF MINE TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO GET THE FUNDING THAT IS DESPERATELY NEEDED FOR THE SOUTH AND BRANCH OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. UM RESIDENTS IN THE SOUTH IN ROXBURY BACK BAY DESERVE A LIBRARY AND I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE AND FIGHT FOR THEM. IN FACT, I JUST MET WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE THE OTHER DAY AND MY TOP REQUEST IN THIS BUDGET IS FUNDING FOR THE SOUTH END LIBRARY AND RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN PATIENT. WE'RE WORKING WITH DAVID LEONARD UM, AT THE AT THE UM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BUT IT'S ABOUT RESPECTING MY CONSTITUENTS AS WELL ESPECIALLY ESPECIALLY RESIDENTS OF COLOR THAT LIVE IN VILLA VICTORIA CATHEDRAL. BOTH BERKELEY CASTLE SQUARE AND UH THROUGHOUT ROXBURY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. UH, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COMES FROM LOUIJEUNE COMES FROM A HERE UH COUNCILOR PEPEN CONSCIOUS AND TANA COMES FROM WHOEVER COMES FROM AROUND AND PLEASE OUT THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0284 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES. MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET. 02850285? >> COUNCILOR MURPHY OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING NAVIGATING CITY SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS WITH WITH COMPLEX FAMILY AND CAREGIVER NEEDS. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'M FILING THIS ORDER TO CALL FOR A HEARING ON HOW RESIDENTS WITH COMPLEX FAMILY AND CAREGIVING NEEDS NAVIGATE CITY SERVICES ACROSS DEPARTMENTS. MANY BOSTON RESIDENTS ARE NOT INTERACTING WITH JUST ONE CITY SYSTEM AT A TIME. FAMILIES MAY BE NAVIGATING HOUSING, SCHOOL DISABILITY SERVICES, HEALTHCARE AND BENEFITS ALL AT ONCE OFTEN WITH LITTLE COORDINATION BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS FOR CAREGIVERS ESPECIALLY GRANDPARENTS, KINSHIP FAMILIES AND FAMILIES SUPPORTING LOVED ONES WITH DISABILITIES. THAT COMPLEXITY CAN CREATE REAL BARRIERS TO ACCESS AND STABILITY. EARLIER THIS WEEK I HEARD DIRECTLY FROM A RESIDENT IN BRIGHTON WHO CALLED MY OFFICE LOOKING FOR HELP. HE'S AN OLDER FATHER WHOSE ADULT SON HAS A DISABILITY AND RECEIVES MEDICAL CARE THROUGH THE BMC BUT AS HE EXPLAINED IT IS NEVER JUST ONE. IT'S NEVER JUST ABOUT MEDICAL CARE. HE IS TRYING TO NAVIGATE HOUSING SUPPORTS AND CITY SERVICES TO ENSURE HIS SON HAS A STABLE, DIGNIFIED QUALITY OF LIFE AS HIS FATHER AGES AND CAN NO LONGER BE AS HANDS ON. HIS GREATEST CONCERN IS NOT TODAY BUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT AND WHETHER THE IS MEANT TO SUPPORT HIS SON WILL TRULY BE THERE WHEN HE'S NOT. THIS HEARING IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT WILL GO BEFORE THE HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE REFLECTING THE REALITY THAT THESE CHALLENGES DO NOT SIT WITH JUST ONE SINGLE DEPARTMENT. FAMILIES EXPERIENCE CITY SERVICES AS ONE SYSTEM EVEN WHEN THOSE SERVICES ARE DELIVERED ACROSS MANY AGENCIES. I'M GRATEFUL TO BE WORKING WITH COUNCILOR FLYNN ON THIS ORDER AS WE SHARE A COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING HOW RESIDENTS NAVIGATE CITY GOVERNMENT AND TO STRENGTHENING COORDINATION, COMMUNICATION AND RESIDENT CENTERED SERVICE DELIVERY. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING UM, THIS HEARING AND HEARING FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT HEADS HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS EASIER IN MAINE. STREAM IT FOR OUR RESIDENTS. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR MURPHY. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? A COUNCIL COLLETTE AS A PART OF COUNCILOR AND DURKAN KALLSTROM FITZGERALD COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR MEJIA PEPEN CONSCIOUS OF TIME THAT COMES FROM WEBER. AND PLEASE. >> OUT THE CHAIR. UH THANK YOU DOCKET 0285 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET. 0286.0286 COUNCILOR WEBER OR FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR HEARING ON THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT COSTS AND BARRIERS TO BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK ALL OF US HAVE FACED QUESTIONS ABOUT UH, YOU KNOW, UH, WHY WE'RE NOT BUILDING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WE'VE HEARD FROM DEVELOPERS THAT THE COSTS ARE TO, UH, TOO HIGH FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THE AMOUNT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING WE NEED. UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT'S ALSO COME UP IN, UH, IN MY DISTRICT AND I'M SURE IT'S COME UP IN IN OTHER DISTRICTS IS THAT THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED WITH AFFORDABLE UNITS, UH, THE DEVELOPERS SAY THEY CAN'T PROVIDE THE AFFORDABLE UNITS IN THE APPROVED PROJECT WHICH THEY CAN UH, AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND ,THEY CAN THEN ALTER THAT PROJECT, GO DIRECTLY TO THE BPD TO TO TO TO LOWER THE NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE UNITS THEY IN THE APPROVED PROJECT WITHOUT ANY PUBLIC PROCESS. UH, YOU KNOW, UH SEVERAL DEVELOPERS IN MY DISTRICT HAVE COME TO ME AND ASKED WELL, WE'RE NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING BUT WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE ONE? I'VE SAID YES. UH, I SPOKE TO THE BPD ABOUT THIS AND TO THE EXTENT WE CAN YOU KNOW, WE CAN REQUIRE THIS MIGHT YOU KNOW, UH, THROUGH RULE CHANGES. I THINK YOU KNOW, THIS IS A COMPLICATED DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE COST OF HOUSING AND INCREASING COSTS OF EVERYTHING AND GETTING THESE AFFORDABLE UNITS BUILT IN OUR DISTRICT, INCLUDING AND IN PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND THAT WE'VE SUPPORTED. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO CO-SPONSOR I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE UH, SUPPORT THIS UH AND RATHER THAN TURN PEOPLE DOWN I'M JUST GOING TO UH AND IN THE SAKE OF TIME I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THIS CONVERSATION UH, WITH EVERYONE AND HAVING A HEARING ON THIS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER. I THINK, UH, WE ALL SHARE YOUR CONCERNS. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THIS THEIR NAME, UH, CONSTRUCT A POWDER. COUNCILOR CULPEPER. COUNCILOR DURKIN COUNTRY FITZGERALD CULTURAL COUNTRY. MEJIA COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNTRY PEPEN HUNTER SANTANA AND PLEASE ON THE. CHAIR DOCKET 0286 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0287? THERE I COULD 0287 COUNCILOR MURPHY OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR HEARING WE GOT IN SENIOR PROGRAMING AND SERVICES ACROSS THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. UH, COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, FILING THIS ORDER TODAY TO CALL FOR A HEARING ON SENIOR PROGRAMING AND SERVICES ACROSS THE CITY OF BOSTON. BOSTON IS A HOME TO A GROWING POPULATION OF OLDER ADULTS WHO RELY ON CITY SERVICES, COMMUNITY CENTERS AND TRUSTED PARTNERS TO STAY HEALTHY, CONNECTED AND ABLE TO AGE IN PLACE. WE OFFER A RANGE OF PROGRAMS FOR THE AGED STRONG MISSION BOSTON CENTER FOR YOUTH AND FAMILY AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS LIKE ETHOS AND OTHERS. BUT ACCESS AND AVAILABILITY CAN LOOK VERY DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON WHERE SOMEONE LIVES. THIS HEARING IS ABOUT TAKING A CITYWIDE LOOK AT HOW SENIOR SERVICES ARE DELIVERED, HOW WELL OUR PROGRAMS ARE COORDINATED AND WHETHER OLDER ADULTS ACROSS ALL NEIGHBORHOODS ARE ABLE TO ACCESS THE SUPPORT THEY NEED FOR DIGNITY AND EASE. I'M PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING HOW CITY DEPARTMENTS AND EXTERNAL PARTNERS ARE WORKING TOGETHER WHERE THERE MAY BE GAPS AND INCONSISTENCIES AND HOW WE CAN STRENGTHEN COMMUNICATION AND PLANNING SO THAT SENIORS ARE NOT FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS. THIS HEARING WILL GIVE THE COUNCIL AN OPPORTUNITY TO IDENTIFY BEST PRACTICES, ADDRESS INEQUITIES AND ENSURE THAT OUR SENIOR PROGRAMING REFLECTS THE NEEDS OF BOSTON'S OLDER ADULTS NOW AND IN THE YEARS AHEAD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? CANCER. COLITIS. POWDER CONSTRUCTION. PEPPER CONSTRUCTION. COUNTRY. FITZGERALD. CANCER. FLYNN. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. PEPEN PUNCHES QUINTANA PUNCH WEBER COUNCIL FOR ROUND PLEASE OF THE CHAIR TALKING TO 0287 WOULD BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES. MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0288. DOCKET ZERO TO COUNCIL DURKAN AND UNBURIED AND OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR HEARING TO EVALUATE THE PROCESS AND IMPACT OF THE CITY PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES. PILOT PROGRAM. COUNCILOR DURKAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND OUT. COUNCILOR CULPEPER IS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR. UH, HEARING AND SEEING NO OBJECTIONS COUNCILOR CULPEPER SO ADDED. A. >> UH COUNCILOR DURKIN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AS 26 OF THE 45 PILOT ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS TO DISTRICT EIGHT ,ENSURING THAT BOSTON'S INSTITUTIONS BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITIES HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF MY TOP PRIORITIES, AND I LOOK. >> FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT WORK AS CHAIR OF THE PILOT COMMITTEE THIS TERM. FORTUNATELY, THIS WORK HAPPENS NOT JUST IN THIS BUILDING BUT THROUGH AI AND PROCESSES, DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS AND OTHER DISCUSSIONS OUTSIDE BOSTON IS FORTUNATE TO BE HOME TO SO MANY INCREDIBLE INSTITUTIONS WORLD-CLASS MEDICAL CENTERS, UNIVERSITIES MUSEUMS CONSERVATORIES AND EVEN OUR AQUARIUM. BEYOND THEIR IMPORTANCE TO OUR ECONOMY, THEY PROVIDE IMMEASURABLE BENEFITS TO OUR CITY AND RESIDENTS. THE MAIN REASON I WANTED TO FILE THIS HEARING ORDER IS BECAUSE I WANT TO THANK THESE CONTRIBUTIONS FIRST FOR WHAT THEY HAVE DONE. AT THE SAME TIME, THESE INSTITUTIONS HAVE A REAL IMPACT ON OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. PILOT AGREEMENTS WERE CREATED TO HELP MITIGATE THAT IMPACT PRIMARILY BY OFFSETTING THE BURDEN OF TAXPAYERS BY PROVIDING US HELPING PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SERVICES. BUT THESE TAX EXEMPT INSTITUTIONS WHICH OCCUPY A SIGNIFICANT SHARE OF BOSTON'S REAL ESTATE ALSO RELY ON AND BENEFIT FROM. I WAS RECENTLY VERY INVOLVED IN NORTHEASTERN PILOT NEGOTIATIONS WHICH REINFORCED FOR ME THAT WE NEED TO REEVALUATE THIS PROCESS IN LIGHT OF TODAY'S ECONOMIC REALITIES AND THE SIGNIFICANT GROWTH AND EXPANSION MANY OF OUR UNIVERSITIES HAVE EXPERIENCED IN RECENT YEARS. YESTERDAY COUNCILOR COLE PEPPER AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO A GROUNDBREAKING AT 840 COLUMBUS WITH MAYOR WU. I RECOGNIZE THAT THIS. >> IS A. DIFFICULT MOMENT TO BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION. OUR INSTITUTIONS ARE FACING UNCERTAINTY AND TOUGH DECISIONS. OVER THE PAST YEAR MANY OF MY CONSTITUENTS HAVE BEEN LAID OFF AND WHILE CITY THE CITY IS WORKING TO PROTECT RESIDENTS FROM RISING PROPERTY TAXES AND RENTS, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S NOT ONE SALVE FOR THIS. BUT WE KNOW THAT PILOT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE CONVERSATION. THAT IS WHY A MORE PREDICTABLE AND TRANSPARENT APPROACH TO PILOT WILL BENEFIT EVERYONE. THE CITY DESIGNED THE PILOT FRAMEWORK IN 2011 AND HAS NOT REALLY REVISITED IT SANDS BUT COME IN THE CALVARY STEPHEN CHAN UM WHO IS A SENIOR ADVISOR TO THE MAYOR I REALLY HAVE A LOT OF UM RESPECT FOR HIM. HE'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLE LEADER IN THE CITY AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING THAT I WANT TO BRING INTO THIS COMMITTEE SO PILOTS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE MANY BENEFITS THESE INSTITUTIONS BRING TO BOSTON TO CELEBRATE THOSE BUT ALSO TO HOLD THESE INSTITUTIONS ACCOUNTABLE FOR HAVING A POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. BOSTON FLOURISHES WHEN OUR INSTITUTIONS GLOBAL SUCCESS IS MATCHED BY THEIR COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITIES. I LOOK FORWARD TO HOLDING THIS HEARING AND EXPLORING HOW WE CAN BETTER PARTNER WITH OUR INSTITUTIONS AND ESTABLISH A CLEAR, MORE TRANSPARENT SET OF MUTUAL EXPECTATIONS THAT WILL SERVE OUR CITY AS A WHOLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCIL CULPEPER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM PRESIDENT, I CONCUR WITH THE COMMENTS BY COUNCILOR DURKAN YESTERDAY WE DID ATTEND GROUNDBREAKING AT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY BEFORE THE GROUNDBREAKING I SAT WITH THE PRESIDENT, TALKED WITH HIM FOR 15 MINUTES BEFORE THE GROUNDBREAKING AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT AND I EXPRESSED TO THE PRESIDENT IS THAT OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS THE CITY HAS ASKED FOR, YOU KNOW, IF THEY SOON TO MAKE A PILOT PAYMENT OF $5 MILLION EACH YEAR THEY'VE ONLY GIVEN 1.9 MILLION. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT RECENT AGREEMENT THAT WAS SIGNED, THE PAYMENTS WENT FROM 1.9 MILLION TO 2.6 A YEAR UH, BETWEEN NOW AND 2030, WHICH IS ONLY $700,000. AND I EXPRESSED TO HIM THAT I LOOKED AT NORTHEASTERN WHEN IT WAS A COMMUTER SCHOOL WHEN I WAS JUST A YOUNG BOY GROWING UP RUNNING UP AND DOWN COLUMBUS. I'M GOING TO COURT A PLAYGROUND AND HOW NORTHEASTERN HAS DEVELOPED TO THIS DAY. AND THEN YOU LOOK ACROSS THE STREET ON THE OTHER SIDE OF COLUMBUS AVENUE AND YOU DON'T SEE ANY DEVELOPMENT. SO WE TALKED ABOUT A NEW RELATIONSHIP WITH MADISON PARK, HOW THEY CAN REALLY HELP THE COMMUNITY IN THEIR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE SAME WAY THAT NORTHEASTERN HAS. WE EVEN TALKED ABOUT CO-OPS. THE STUDENTS AT MADISON PARK ARE HAVING CHALLENGES GETTING CO-OPS. NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY BECAME THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL THAT IT IS BECAUSE OF THEIR CO-OPS. AND SO WE TALKED ABOUT A PARTNERSHIP I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A PARTNERSHIP WITH NORTHEASTERN CAN TRULY INVEST IN THE COMMUNITY IN A WAY THAT THE COMMUNITY WILL DEVELOP AND THAT THE SCHOOLS AND THE YOUNG FOLKS AT MADISON PARK WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITIES AT NORTHEASTERN THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TODAY. AND I'M HAPPY TO JOIN IN. THIS RESOLUTION IS HERE IN ORDER. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPER. AND AS THE OTHER CO-SPONSOR WE HAVE MY TIME. BUT I REALLY DO LOOK FORWARD TO A ROBUST CONVERSATION AND A HEARING ON THIS MATTER. UH, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO HEAR, UH, OTHER NAME LETTERS OF COUNSELOR FITZGERALD COUNSELOR FING COUNSELOR LOUIJEUNE MEJIA COUNSELOR MURPHY COUNSELORS UH PEPEN CONSCIOUS AND SANTANA COUNSELOR WEBER CULTURAL. DOCKET 0282 IT WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PILOT AGREEMENTS INSTITUTIONAL AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 202890289? COUNSELOR MURPHY FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING YOUTH SUMMER JOBS, ACCESS AND READINESS FOR THE UPCOMING SUMMER. COUNSELOR FLYNN OKAY. SORRY. COUNTRY MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. UM, I'D LIKE TO ADD COUNSELOR WORL. UH, HEARING AND SEEING NO OBJECTIONS. CONTRARY. WELL, IS SO ADDED. THANK YOU. UM, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'M FILING THIS ORDER TO CALL FOR A HEARING ON YOUTH SUMMER JOBS AND OUR READINESS FOR THE UPCOMING SUMMER. SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT IS ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE TOOLS WE HAVE TO SUPPORT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITIES. IT PROVIDES INCOME STRUCTURE, MENTORSHIP AND REAL WORLD. EXPERIENCE AND IT PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN BOTH ECONOMIC STABILITY AND YOUTH WELL-BEING . THIS HEARING IS ABOUT MAKING SURE THE CITY IS PREPARED TO MEET THE DEMAND WE KNOW EXISTS EVERY SUMMER WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND OUR CAPACITY, OUR OUTREACH AND APPLICATION PROCESS AND WHAT THE YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS ALL NEIGHBORHOODS ARE ABLE TO ACCESS THESE OPPORTUNITIES EQUITABLY. I'M ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN ENSURING THAT YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES AND YOUTH FACING ADDITIONAL BARRIERS ARE NOT LEFT OUT AND THAT PROGRAMS ARE ADEQUATELY STAFFED, FUNDED AND COORDINATED SO THAT AVAILABLE JOBS ARE ACTUALLY FILLED IN ALIGNED WITH YOUNG PEOPLE'S NEEDS. I'M PROUD TO SPONSOR THIS ORDER WITH COUNCILOR WORRELL AS WE BOTH CONTINUE TO UPLIFT AND ADVOCATE FOR EXPANDED OPPORTUNITIES AND THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOMES FOR OUR CHILDREN IN BOSTON. THIS HEARING WILL GIVE THE COUNCIL AN OPPORTUNITY TO OPPORTUNITY TO ASSESS READINESS ,IDENTIFY GAPS AND MAKE SURE WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO SUPPORT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE BEFORE THE SUMMER BEGINS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. UH COUNCIL. WELL, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER. THANK YOU. >> MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR. UM. >> READING ON THIS AGAIN FOR ANOTHER TERM AND JUST LOOKING TO BRING IN, UH, ALL THE PARTNERS WHEN IT COMES TO YOUTH JOBS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE BEING SUPPORTIVE AND WE'RE GETTING THE WORD OUT THERE BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW CRITICAL THIS IS NOT ONLY TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY BUT TO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO LEARN SOFT SKILLS AND HARD SKILLS AND TO GET REALLY INVESTED IN THEIR FUTURE. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION. UM AND AGAIN THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY. >> FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR WORRELL WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME CANCER COLITIS A POWDER CANCER CULPEPER COUNCIL DURKAN FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCILOR PEPEN CONSCIOUS AND TANNER COUNCIL WEBER AND PLEASE UP THE CHAIR DOCKET 0289 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET. 02900290? COUNCIL WILL OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR HEARING TO REVIEW AND STRENGTHEN BOSTON'S SUMMER SAFETY AND YOUTH PROGRAM AND PLAN. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSTABLE WARD. AND. >> UH. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR MURPHY AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. UH, HEARING AND SEEING NO OBJECTION COMES FROM YOU, OFFICIAL ADDED. AND I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD UH, CONCILOR MEJIA HERE AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. UM. >> COUNCILOR UH MEJIA. IS SO OF. UH THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND EVERY YEAR THE CITY OF BOSTON ISSUES UH, A SUMMER SAFETY PLAN. UM, AND THIS IS JUST GETTING, UH, THE COUNCIL INVOLVED AND WHAT THAT PLAN LOOKS LIKE. UH, SHOUT OUT TO DOCTOR ISAAC JABLOW, UH, WHO'S OVER THE, UH, VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PREVENTION UH, DEPARTMENT OF AT BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION . BUT THIS IS JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNCIL TO. UH LEARN. ABOUT THE PLAN AND ADVOCATE FOR ANY OTHER INITIATIVES OR INVESTMENTS THAT'S NEEDED TO BOLSTER, UH, THE SUMMER SAFETY PLAN THAT HAPPENS. UM, I BELIEVE THIS EVERY MAY. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THE CONVERSATION. UM, AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR ORAL CANCER MURPHY I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE. YES PLEASE. QUICKLY. >> UM. THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WORRELL FOR ADDING ME TO THIS FILING AND FOR WORKING WITH ME. ON THESE TWO HEARINGS TO UPLIFT ARE YOU I'M GRATEFUL FOR THIS PARTNERSHIP AND LIKE THE YOUTH SUMMER JOBS HEARING, I'M LOOKING. FORWARD TO. >> COSPONSORING IT ALONG WITH COUNCILOR MEJIA. UM AND ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT BACK IN 2022 DURING. MY FIRST YEAR ON THE COUNCIL, I FILED A SIMILAR HEARING FOCUSED ON SUMMER SAFETY AND YOUTH PROGRAMING. THAT PROCESS INCLUDED A MEANINGFUL HEARING IN CODMAN SQUARE WHERE WE HEARD DIRECTLY FROM RESIDENTS COMMUNITY LEADERS IN YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT THEY NEEDED TO FEEL SAFE, SUPPORTED AND CONNECTED DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS. THOSE CONVERSATIONS REINFORCED HOW IMPORTANT COORDINATION AND FOLLOW THROUGH ARE WHEN IT COMES TO SUMMER PLANNING. AND I'LL ADD IT ALSO REINFORCED THAT YOU HAVE TO START THIS EARLY. IT'S NEVER TOO SOON TO START TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS SUMMER. THIS HEARING BUILDS ON THAT WORK AND. REFLECTS THE. >> REALITY THAT SUMMER SAFETY REQUIRES BRINGING ALL RELEVANT CITY DEPARTMENTS TOGETHER. WE KNOW VIOLENCE EXISTS YEAR ROUND BUT SUMMER PRESENTS UNIQUE CHALLENGES WITH SCHOOL OUT LONGER DAYS AND INCREASED ACTIVITY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. SUMMER SAFETY MUST BE MORE ABOUT MUST BE MORE THAN JUST ENFORCEMENT IT HAS TO BE ABOUT OPPORTUNITY, CONNECTION AND PRESENCE. THIS HEARING WILL FOCUS ON HOW THE CITY'S SUMMER SAFETY AND YOUTH PROGRAMING PLAN IS IMPLEMENTED ON THE GROUND, INCLUDING AFTER SCHOOL AND AFTER DARK PROGRAMING, YOUTH JOBS AND GAP WEEK PROGRAMING, SITE READINESS AND STAFFING AT OUR BCF CENTERS MAKING SURE ALL OUR POOLS ARE OPEN, PARKS AND LIBRARIES AND COORDINATION AROUND VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HOLDING THIS HEARING PROBABLY MORE THAN ONE AS WE PREPARE AND GET READY FOR THE SUMMER. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MURPHY COMES FROM HERE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS, UH, ISSUE? NO. >> UM, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? CONCERT TONIGHT AS A POWDER COUNSELOR. CULPEPER. COUNSELOR. DURKIN. COUNSELOR. FITZGERALD. COUNSELOR. FLYNN. COUNSELOR LOUIJEUNE CANCER WEAPON COUNSELOR. SANTANA. COUNSELOR. WEBER. CONTROL ROOM, PLEASE. ON THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0290 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 029120291. COUNCIL WILL OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR HEARING TO DISCUSS CREATION OF A SNOW CLOCKS IN BOSTON. UM. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WU, COUNSELOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UM THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I LIKE TO ADD CONCILOR MEJIA HE HAS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. HEARING AND SEEING NO OBJECTION COUNCILMEMBER HE ALSO. ADDED AND I LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR PEPEN AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. UH, COUNCILOR PEPEN SO I JUST. UH JUST WANT TO START OFF BY JUST COMMENDING OUR PUBLIC WORKS CREW ON UH, THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING DAY IN AND DAY OUT TO KEEP OUR ROADS, UH, CLEAR. I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF SNOW AND WE'VE BEEN HEARING FROM A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS AND YOU KNOW, THIS HEARING ORDER IS JUST ANOTHER CONVERSATION, UH, TO FIND WAYS TO BOLSTER SUPPORT AND RESOURCES, UH, TO OUR RESIDENTS AND TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, UH, TO HELP WITH THE SNOW REMOVAL. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION. I KNOW THIS, UM, MOTTO HAS, UH ,BEEN ADOPTED IN BALTIMORE AND CHICAGO. THEY HAVE SNOW CORP MODELS, UH ,THAT CONNECT VOLUNTEERS TO NEIGHBORS WHO NEED HELP. UM, AND THEN THEY ALSO HAVE ANOTHER MODEL WHERE, UH, WE CAN HIRE SEASONAL UH, WORKERS, UH, WHO POSSIBLY COULD BE GETTING PAID, UH, FOR HELPING US CLEAR SNOW'S, UM, OFF OF SIDEWALKS. SO JUST LOOKING AT FINDING DIFFERENT WAYS ON HOW TO BE SUPPORTIVE ON REMOVING SNOW AND JUST GETTING THE CITY BACK UP AND RUNNING. SO LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION. THANK YOU COUNCILOR. UH, MEJIA WISH TO SPEAK. COUNCILOR PEPEN, DO YOU WISH TO SPEAK? OKAY. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? CONTROL. UH, THIS IS ABOUT A COUNSELOR. CULPEPER COUNCILOR. UH DURKIN. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCILOR AND DIVISION COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. UM SANTANA QUESTION. WEBER CULTURAL. AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. UH. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0291 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES . MADAM CHAIR, MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE, UH, READ DOCKET 0292029. TO COUNCILOR FLYNN OR FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE CITY OF BOSTON WHICH IS IN SNOW MOUNTAINS. THANK YOU. >> CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ADD COUNCIL ROLE AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR? HEARING AND SEEING NO OBJECTION COUNCILOR WAS ALSO ADDED. THANK YOU. EVERY YEAR AS WE KNOW BOSTON EXPERIENCES UM SNOW SOMETIMES WE HAVE LARGE SNOWSTORMS LIKE WE HAD RECENTLY. OTHER TIMES WE JUST GOT A DUSTING. UM, I'M ALSO PROUD OF THE CITY WORKERS AND THE WORK THEY DID DURING THE RECENT SNOWSTORM. BUT I ALSO NOTED THAT RESIDENTS CONTINUED TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO ME, UM, IN AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT AND CODING DIFFICULTY NAVIGATING STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, LIMITED ACCESSIBILITY ESPECIALLY FOR OUR SENIORS, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES YOUNG FAMILIES WITH STROLLERS. RESIDENTS HAVE ALSO NOTED THE IMPACT OF THIS SIGNIFICANT STORM IN RESTRICTED ACCESS TO FIRE HYDRANTS. RESIDENTS AND SMALL BUSINESS REPORTED DIFFICULTIES OF ROAD ACCESSIBILITY OF FIRST RESPONDERS ON HUNTINGTON AVENUE . I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT AN AMBULANCE UNABLE TO NAVIGATE THAT ROAD WITH EMTS FORCED TO RUN DOWN THE STREET DUE TO A LACK OF ACCESSIBILITY NEAR BLAGDEN STREET IN EXODUS STREET. I RECEIVED DOZENS OF CALLS AND EMAILS OF INABILITY OF NEIGHBORS AND FAMILIES TO RETURN TO PARKED CARS ON SNOW EMERGENCY ROUTES FOLLOWING REMOVAL OF THE PARKING BAN ON L STREET FOR A STREET IN DORCHESTER STREET IN THE DIFFICULTIES OF RESIDENTS TO USE AN MBTA BUS TOUR BUS STOPS LIKE ON TREMONT STREET. WE ALL REMEMBER THE WINTER OF 2015 WHEN BOSTON EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL. AT THAT TIME THE CITY ALSO UTILIZED SNOW FARMS DEDICATED LARGE SCALE SITES WHERE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW IS TRANSPORTED AFTER BEING COLLECTED FROM PLOWED STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. I KNOW WE ARE DOING THAT AS WELL, BUT AFTER THIS MOST RECENT STORM I WROTE TO MAYOR WHOA AND CHIEF GOV. RESPECTFULLY ASKING FOR US TO LOOK AT WHAT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES LIKE NEW YORK CITY ARE DOING. THEY THEY DEPLOYED EIGHT SNOW MELT AS TRIM TO REMOVE SNOW FROM SIDEWALKS STREETS BUS STOPS THAT THAT WOULD OTHERWISE TAKE WEEKS TO MELT. REPORTS INDICATED THAT NEW YORK CITY HAS USED THESE MELTING HOT TUBS FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS, AND THAT THESE MACHINES MELT 60 TO 120 TONS OF SNOW PER HOUR. I ALSO INQUIRED AND TALK WITH MASSPORT ASKING ABOUT THEIR ASSISTANCE WITH SNOW MELTING MACHINES AS WELL. WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ALREADY TAKING PLACE AND PROBABLY MORE SNOW COMING UP WHETHER IT'S THIS YEAR OR IN THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS. I BELIEVE IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE EXPLORE PURCHASING. WE EXPLORE WAYS TO PURCHASE THIS CRITICAL EQUIPMENT TO HELP OUR DEDICATED CITY EMPLOYEES. LET'S GIVE THEM THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED TO ENSURE ACCESSIBILITY PATHWAYS AND ROADS. IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS WE WE HAVE TO PLOW THE STREETS. WE HAVE TO KEEP THE SIDEWALKS CLEAN UM ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL. IT'S A CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE. IT'S AMERICAN DISABILITY WITH A ADA ISSUE AS WELL. IT'S ABOUT WORKING TOGETHER, WORKING WITH CITY WORKERS BUT ALSO WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN BASIC CITY SERVICES. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. UH, COUNCILOR UH, COLLETTE, AS A PASTOR YOU HAD YOUR, UH, LIGHT ON. I YES, MADAM CHAIR, I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION TO THE MAKER ON THIS TOPIC. UH, YOU YOU GO AHEAD. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILOR FLYNN. I KNOW THAT YOU REACHED OUT TO MASSPORT. UM, HAVE YOU ALSO TALKED TO THE BOSTON PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT? MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE DO HAVE A MELTER. IT WAS JUST USING BUNKER HILL YESTERDAY TO MELT DOWN THE SNOW PILE. THANK YOU. >> YEAH. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR. I GUESS I DID TALK TO. MAKE A PARDON. THAT'S A CORRECTION. YES, I DID TALK TO BOSTON PUBLIC WORKS ABOUT THIS ISSUE. UM, IT'S A CONVERSATION I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE WITH THEM. I TALKED TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ABOUT IT AS WELL. I DO THINK IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE IMPROVE THE DELIVERY OF BASIC CITY SERVICES. AGAIN, OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM DID WELL. HOWEVER I DON'T THINK THEY WERE SUPPORTED HERE AT CITY HALL. I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES AND THE SUPPORT AT CITY HALL TO EFFECTIVELY MANAGE THIS STORM. UM THANK YOU. WE NEED WE NEED TO WE NEED TO IMPROVE THAT IN ALL NEIGHBORHOODS OF BOSTON. DISTRICT COUNCIL IS PROBABLY RECEIVING THE SAME CALLS THAT I'M RECEIVING ABOUT THE SNOW STORM. WE'RE NOT BLAMING CITY WORKERS WITH BLAMING. WE'RE NOT BLAMING ANYBODY. BUT WE KNOW THAT THERE'S MAJOR IMPROVEMENT THAT HAS TO TAKE PLACE. I WANT TO ASK MY FELLOW CITY DISTRICT COUNCILORS HAVE YOU BEEN RECEIVING THE SAME CALLS THAT I HAVE? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE HEARING. UH, CONTROVERSIAL TO DO. OKAY. UM, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR COLETTA. ZAPATA. COUNCILOR. KILPATRICK. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILMAN. DIVISION CONTROLLER HERE. COUNCIL. MURPHY COUNCILOR. PEPEN, COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCIL. WEBER. CULTURE WAR. UH, WELL, AS A CO-SPONSOR. UM, PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0292 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES . MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0293 WHICH IS A REFILE. DOCKET 0293 COUNCIL LUCIA OR FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING ON THE CIVIL RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES OF RETURNING CITIZENS AND REENTRY INTO THEIR BOSTON COMMUNITIES RE FIVE 2025. THANK YOU. >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE CLOSELY. COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BRANDON. >> THIS IS A REFILE. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO SOME REALLY GREAT WORK IN THIS. OFFICE THE LAST TWO TERMS AN EXPANDED AND EXPANDED BUDGET MORE. >> AND. PERSONNEL THEY'RE DOING GREAT WORK. WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PART OF COUNCILOR CULPEPER. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNTRY WEBER. CULTURAL. WADDELL. AND PLEASE UH THE CHAIR DOCKET 0293 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, RACIAL EQUITY AND IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT. MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0294. AND ON THE. >> DOCKET 0294 COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE FOR THE FOLLOWING IN QUARTER FOR A HEARING ON THE CREATION OF A BOSTON SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY WITH FIVE 2025. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. UH THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS ANOTHER RE FILE. UH, NOT TO BE IN COMPETITION WITH THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING AUTHORITY BUT TO WORK IN PARALLEL SO WE CAN BUILD MORE SCHOOLS USING THE RESOURCES IN THE FISCAL UM. UH, THE FISCAL OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE HERE AS A CITY. SO LOOKING. FORWARD TO UH, THIS. HEARING TO SEE HOW WE CAN BUILD MORE SCHOOLS FOR OUR KIDS. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU. UH, COUNCILOR DIVISION. UH, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME COUNCILOR KALEIDOSCOPE TO COUNCILOR CULPEPER, CONSTRICTOR AND COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. UH, COUNCILOR MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR SANTANA, COUNCILOR. WEBER, COUNCILOR WORRELL. >> A PIECE. >> OF. THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0294 WOULD BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0295. DOCKET 0295 COUNCIL LUCIEN OR FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING THE STATE OF ANTI DISPLACEMENT AS TO BOSTON ACQUISITION OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM WE FILED 2025. THANK YOU. UH. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, THE ACQUISITION OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM. >> IS PROBABLY THE SINGLE BEST PROGRAM WE HAVE IN THE CITY TO PREVENT DISPLACEMENT OF OUR RESIDENTS. IT'S EASY TO KEEP. SOMEONE IN THEIR HOME AND IS TO BUILD A HOME THERE. WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF GROWTH IN THE OPEN PROGRAM. I WANT. >> TO. JUST. CONTINUE TO SUPPORT IT AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN STRENGTHEN IT WITH SOME NEW IDEAS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME COUNTRY COLOR TO THE POWDER COUNCILOR CULPEPER, COUNCILOR DURKAN UH COUNCILOR FLYNN FROM HERE COUNSELOR UH SANTANA COUNCIL WEBER COUNSELOR WORRELL AND PLEASE OUT THE CHAIR DOCKET 02945 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0296. DOCKET 0296 COUNCILOR WEBER AND SANTANA OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER REQUESTING CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17 OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND EXTERNAL ENTITIES. THANK YOU. >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IS A REFILE FROM LAST YEAR. UM, COUNCILOR SANTANA AND I, UH ,ON AUGUST 6TH FILED THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION REGARDING MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN. >> THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND EXTERNAL ENTITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT SHARING INFORMATION, UH, WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN A WAY THAT, UH, WOULD VIOLATE THE BOSTON TRUST ACT. UM, YOU KNOW, I WE HAVE BEEN, UH, IN TALKS WITH, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THESE DOCUMENTS ARE FORTHCOMING. UH, JUST OBVIOUSLY IT'S BEEN A WHILE. I HAVE TO COMMEND, UH, POLICE COMMISSIONER COX'S, UH, YOU KNOW, SORT OF, UH, STICKING WITH THE BOSTON TRUST ACT AND ENDORSEMENT OF IT AS WE SAW IN THE ANNUAL REPORT WHERE, UH, DESPITE HAVING DOZENS OF REQUESTS FOR COOPERATION WITH ICE, THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT DID NOT COOPERATE. WITH THOSE CIVIL DETAINER REQUESTS. UH, BUT SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I REALLY I HOPE WE CAN GET THESE DOCUMENTS SOON. UH, AND THIS JUST SORT OF PRESERVES OUR RIGHT TO. TO GET THOSE. DOCUMENTS NOW IT'S A NEW YEAR, SO, UH, I HOPE WE CAN I THINK WE VOTE ON THIS. I HOPE WE, UH, CAN VOTE FOR THE 17 F AGAIN AS WE DID LAST AUGUST. UH, BECAUSE I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW THIS WE CAN JUST MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO INADVERTENT SHARING OF INFORMATION IN VIOLATION OF THE. TRUST ACT. THANK YOU. 17 F UM COUNCILOR WEBER UM. I WOULD. UM COUNCILOR I'M A CONSTITUENT. YOU'VE HAD A QUESTION? YEAH. >> MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ASK COUNCILOR THE COUNCIL WEBER A QUESTION? UM, I THINK IT'S A NOT NOT CUSTOMARY TO DEBATE THE 17 F WE USUALLY JUST SUSPEND THE RULES AND HAVE A VOTE. IS THAT, UM. I KNOW IN THE PAST WE DID HAVE UM I JUST WANTED TO ASK HIM A SIMPLE QUESTION, BUT I KNOW IN THE PAST WE DID HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT. >> BUT AS A COURTESY TO YOU I WOULD ALLOW YOU TO ASK THE QUESTION BUT DIRECTED TO THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. OKAY. I KNOW THIS IS. >> A THIS IS A REFILE FROM AUGUST OF LAST YEAR. UM DID YOU DID YOU RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION THAT YOU REQUESTED IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR AND ARE YOU LOOKING FOR AN UPDATE OR ARE YOU JUST LOOKING FOR THE INFORMATION FROM AUGUST OF LAST YEAR? OH YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. UH, WE DID NOT RECEIVE THE INFORMATION. INSTEAD WE'VE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WHERE THEY SAID THEY'RE LOOKING INTO IT OR THE INFORMATION IS COMING. THERE'S STUFF THAT MAYBE NEEDS TO BE REDACTED OR YOU KNOW, SO WE HAVE YET TO RECEIVE A RESPONSE FROM THE AUGUST UH, YOU KNOW, REQUEST AND UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON IT STILL SO UH, JUST FIGURED IT WAS PRUDENT I DIDN'T WANT TO WAIT ANOTHER SIX MONTHS AND THEN FOR THEM TO SAY, WELL, YOU NEVER FILED ANOTHER 17 F SO JUST SORT OF A PLACEHOLDER A MESSAGE TO THE ADMINISTRATION THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS INFORMATION AND HOPEFULLY SOON. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER. UH, CONCERNS WHETHER IT'S SANTANA SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0296. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. I UH ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY . THE AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0296 HAS PASSED. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET. 02970297? >> COUNCILOR MURPHY OH, FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER REQUESTED INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17 F REGARDING THE COST OF OUT OF DISTRICT VOCATIONAL PLACEMENTS FOR BOSTON RESIDENT STUDENTS. UH, COUNCILOR MURPHY, UH, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> AND I'M JUST GOING TO READ UM UH, WHAT THE 17 F ALLOWS US JUST BECAUSE IT'S DISHEARTENING TO HEAR THAT IT WAS IGNORED UM ,THAT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 17 F OF CHAPTER 452 OF THE ACTS OF 1948 AS AMENDED AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF LAW FOR ON OF THE MAYOR B IN HEREBY IS REQUESTED TO OBTAIN AND DELIVER TO THE CITY COUNCIL WITHIN ONE WEEK SEVEN DAYS OF RECEIPT THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION. SO I AM FILING TWO TODAY AND I HAVE FILED SEVERAL OVER MY. IT'S MY FIFTH YEAR HERE ON THE COUNCIL BUT I DO THINK THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHEN THE BODY HAS TO WORK TOGETHER AND ADVOCATE AND I HAVE SPOKEN IN THE PAST TO UM MICHELLE AND OTHERS ON CENTRAL STAFF THAT HOW DO WE KEEP A RUNNING RECORD OF OUTSTANDING 17 F'S THE SAME WAY WE'VE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS TODAY ABOUT HEARINGS THAT MAY BE LINGERING IN COMMITTEE, BUT MAYBE I CAN WORK WITH YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON KEEPING TRACK OF THAT BECAUSE I DO THINK WHEN WE SUPPORT OUR COLLEAGUES WE DON'T HAVE TO SUPPORT THE HEARING ORDER OR A VOTE IF IT COMES TO IT. SO WHEN WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR INFORMATION IT IS THE POWER WE HAVE IS ELECTED OFFICIALS TO RECEIVE IT. SO I'M HOPING UM I WILL BE SUPPORTING BOTH OF YOU COUNCILOR WEBER AND SANTANA AND GETTING THAT INFORMATION BUT UM DOCKET 0298 HERE IS THE 17 F TO REQUEST DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT BOSTON RESIDENT STUDENTS WHO ARE PLACED IN VOCATIONAL OR TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLS OUTSIDE OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AND THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE PLACEMENTS. THIS REQUEST IS ABOUT TRANSPARENCY AND PLANNING. I WANT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE BEING PLACED OUT A DISTRICT WHERE THEY ARE GOING, THE REASONS FOR THOSE PLACEMENTS AND THE FULL COST TO THE CITY INCLUDING TUITION AND TRANSPORTATION. HAVING THIS DATA WILL HELP THE COUNCIL ASSESS CAPACITY, EQUITY AND LONG TERM INVESTMENT NEEDS WITHIN OUR OWN VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION OFFERINGS. SO I WILL NOT READ THE WHOLE 17 F BUT THAT IS JUST A SUMMARY OF IT SO I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES SUPPORT ME. >> COULD IT CLARIFY SOMETHING? COUNCILOR MURPHY WAS AT DOCKET 029 AND I. MY MY PRINTOUT IS UM HAVING DIFFERENT NUMBERS SO IT'S THE ONE ON UM COST OF OUT OF DISTRICT VOCATIONAL PLACEMENT. I HAVE 029729. SENT OUT RIGHT HERE. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. OKAY. UH, COUNCILMAN MURPHY SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF CHALK AT 0297. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0297 HAS PASSED. MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0298.0298. COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER REQUESTING CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17 F REGARDING TRAVEL IN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES UNPACKING ACCESS NEEDS. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'M FILING THIS 17 F TO REQUEST INFORMATION ABOUT BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS EMPLOYEES WHOSE JOBS REQUIRE THEM TO TRAVEL BETWEEN MULTIPLE SCHOOL SITES DURING THE WORKDAY AND THE SUPPORTS CURRENTLY IN PLACE TO HELP THEM DO THAT WORK. THIS REQUEST IS ABOUT UNDERSTANDING HOW IT DEFINES TRAVELING EMPLOYEES, HOW PARKING ACCESS AND TRANSPORTATION SUPPORTS ARE ALLOCATED AND WHETHER STAFF WHO ARE REQUIRED TO BE MOBILE DURING THE SCHOOL DAY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO DO THEIR JOBS WITHOUT ANY UNNECESSARY BURDEN OR COST. THE DATA WILL HELP THE COUNCIL ASSESS FAIRNESS CONSISTENCY IN OPERATIONAL NEEDS ACROSS THE SYSTEM AND IT. THIS UM ALIGNS WITH THE HEARING ORDER I FILED AT THE FIRST COUNCIL MEETING WHICH WAS A REFILE FROM LAST YEAR ON TRYING TO GET SOME SORT OF UM, PARKING ACCESS TO SOME OF OUR TRAVELING TEACHERS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCIL MURPHY SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0298. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0298 HAS PASSED. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0299.029. AND COUNSELOR CULPEPER OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO CONFRONT DETERMINATION OF FEDERAL PROTECTED STATUS FOR HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS AND EXAMINE THE CITY OF BOSTON. RESPOND TO PROTECT AFFECTED RESIDENTS. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. OKAY. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. >> MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE A SUBSTITUTE FILING FOR DOCKET NUMBER 299 AND I LIKE TO WITHDRAW ADOPT THE NUMBER 0300 WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT, UH, COUNCILOR THEY'RE USING AT SOME POINT WILL FILE THAT RESOLUTION. I'D LIKE TO FOR. YOU. >> UM, I'M. WITHDRAWING 0300. SO COUNCILOR UM COUNCILOR CULPEPER IS WITHDRAWING DOCKET 0300. UH, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR TO ADDRESS. UH. DOCKET 0299. THANK YOU. >> I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE A SUBSTITUTE FILING FOR DOCKET 299 TO REFLECT. THAT'S JUDGE RAY'S TEMPORARY STAY ORDER ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2ND, WHICH MAINTAINS THE LEGAL STATUS OF HAITIAN NATIONALS PENDING JUDICIAL REVIEW. THESE CHANGES ARE REFLECTED IN THE TITLE AND THE THIRD AND FOURTH WHEREAS CLAUSES OF THE SUBSTITUTE FILING. I'D ALSO LIKE TO OFFER REMARKS FOR THE SUBSTITUTE FILING WITH REGARD TO 299 BOSTON STANDS WITH ITS HAITIAN RESIDENTS. WE RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, OUR WORKFORCE, OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND WE REJECT ATTEMPTS TO DEHUMANIZE OR SCAPEGOAT THIS COMMUNITY FOR POLITICAL GAIN AT A MOMENT WHEN HAITIAN FAMILIES ARE FACING FEAR AND UNCERTAINTY AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE USE EVERY TOOL AVAILABLE TO US AS A CITY TO PROTECT VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES AND TO SAY CLEARLY THAT THEY ARE NOT ALONE. THIS FILING MAKES CLEAR THAT BOSTON WOULD NOT BE INTIMIDATED BY HOSTILE FEDERAL ACTIONS OR INFLAMMATORY RHETORIC AND THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD WITH COMPASSION, FACTS AND RESPECT FOR HUMAN DIGNITY. THIS MESSAGE IS UNDERSCORED BY RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN FEDERAL COURT, WHERE A JUDGE BLOCKED THE ATTEMPT TO TERMINATE TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS FOR MORE THAN 350,000 HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS. IN THAT RULING, THE COURT WILL FORM THAT TPS EXISTS BECAUSE REAL THREAT TO LIFE EXISTS AND THAT WHEN THOSE THREATS PERSIST . PROTECTION SHOULD ALWAYS PERSIST WELL AS WELL. THE JUDGE ALSO REJECTED HARMFUL NARRATIVES ABOUT HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS, POINTING INSTEAD TO THEIR REAL LIVES AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AS NURSES, ENGINEERS RESEARCHERS STUDENTS AND ESSENTIAL WORKERS . BUT OUR RESPONSIBILITIES DID NOT END WITH THE COURT DECISION . BOSTON HAS A CRITICAL ROLE TO PLAY TO ENSURING PEOPLE FEEL SAFE, SUPPORTED AND VALUE IN A CITY THEY CALL HOME. THEY CALL ON US TO LISTEN TO IMPACTED COMMUNITIES TO UNDERSTAND WHAT RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE AND TO STRENGTHEN OUR CAPACITY TO RESPOND WHEN FEDERAL ACTIONS PLACE OUR RESIDENTS AT RISK. AS A CITY WE ARE SAYING TO HAITIAN NEIGHBORS WE SEE YOU, WE VALUE YOU AND WE WILL STAND WITH YOU UNTIL THE REST OF THE COUNTRY. BOSTON WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CITY THAT LEADS WITH INCLUSION, COURAGE AND MORAL FLAHERTY. I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS FAMILY AND TO REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY IN BOSTON. MADAM PRESIDENT. MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR HERE AND COUNCILOR UH LOUIJEUNE LOUIJEUNE TO THIS DOCKET NUMBER 200299. THANK YOU. >> AND ALSO FOR THE SUBSTITUTION. UH, THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN ,UH, FOR SECONDING THE SUBSTITUTION. COUNCILOR MEJIA. HAVE YOU ANY WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE? YES. >> I GOT. >> THE FLOOR BRIEFLY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMEMBER HERE. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR. CULPEPER FOR HIS LEADERSHIP IN. >> THE SPACE. AND REALLY. YOU'RE HITTING THE GROUND. RUNNING AND. >> YOU'RE UNDERSTANDING THE MOMENT. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, UH, FOR RECOGNIZING AND READING THE READING THE ROOM, THE ATTEMPT, THE ATTEMPTED TERMINATION OF THE FEDERAL PROTECT THE STATUS FOR HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS WHILE CURRENTLY STILL. PAUSED BY COURT HAS CREATED REAL UNCERTAINTY AND FEAR FOR RESIDENTS IN OUR CITY AND THERE ARE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE BUILT THEIR LIVES IN BOSTON AND DESERVE FLAHERTY, STABILITY AND PROTECTION NOT LIMBO. THIS HEARING, I HOPE, WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BOSTON TO EXAMINE WHAT SAFEGUARDS RESOURCES COORDINATION ARE IN PLACE TO SUPPORT OUR RESIDENTS AND WHAT MORE THE CITY CAN BE DOING THROUGH SERVICES, ADVOCACY AND CLEAR COMMUNICATION. I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS DISCUSSION AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL. >> CO PEPPER FOR. BRINGING THIS FORWARD. AND I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR HER STEADFAST LEADERSHIP IN THIS SPACE. UM IT IS NOT LOST ON ME UH, THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THE THE MOMENT THAT WE ARE IN UH WE HAVE TO ALSO RECOGNIZE AND COME TO TERMS WITH THE FACT THAT THIS IS HAPPENING ALL ACROSS THE WORLD NOT JUST HERE IN AMERICA. AND SO, UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO HERE IN THE STATES. WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. PERIOD. AS IT RELATES TO THE RELATIONSHIP. WITH UM, THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY . AND LASTLY, I. JUST WANT. TO UPLIFT PASTOR HAMMER. SO UM. HE AND PASTOR MICHEL AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING UM, OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, UM, AS IT RELATES TO MUTUAL AID AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT WORK ALONGSIDE THEM SO THAT WE'RE MEETING THE MOMENT AND NOT JUST WAITING FOR THINGS TO HAPPEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MEJIA. COUNCILOR. UH LOUIJEUNE. THANK YOU. UH, MADAM CHAIR, UH. THIS IS IMPORTANT WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR. VULNERABLE COMMUNITY HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IS PROTECTED. THIS BODY LAST YEAR, UH, UNANIMOUSLY ON IN DECEMBER BECAUSE WE KNEW THIS WAS COMING. UM, PASSED A RESOLUTION DENOUNCING. WHAT THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION WAS TRYING TO DO YESTERDAY WHICH IS TO TERMINATE TEMPORARY. PROTECTED STATUS. WHICH THEY HAVE TRIED TO DO FOR A NUMBER OF VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE. COUNCILOR COLLETTE ZAPATA FILED A RESOLUTION LAST YEAR IN SUPPORT OF TEMPORARY PROTECTED. STATUS BROADLY BECAUSE. >> WE'RE NOT JUST. TALKING ABOUT THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY A. COMMUNITY THAT MATTERS SO. >> MUCH AND SO DEARLY TO. ME AS THE DAUGHTER OF HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS. IT'S SOMETHING THAT MATTERS TO . ALL OF OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. SO WE. NEED TO MAKE SURE. >> THAT WE. ARE STANDING. WITH ALL. OF OUR IMMIGRANT RESIDENTS. YOU KNOW, I. THIS KEEPS. >> ME UP. >> AT NIGHT. UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS. DEEPLY DEEPLY. UH. >> IMPORTANT TO MY COMMUNITY. UM, IF I COULD SHOW YOU THE TEXT. MESSAGE THAT I RECEIVED, IF I CAN SHOW. YOU THE EMAILS THAT I'VE GOTTEN FOR PEOPLE WHO. >> HAVE BEEN FEARFUL. ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THEIR LIVELIHOODS. WELL. WE ARE DOCTORS. WE ARE BUSINESS OWNERS. UM, AND TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS. UH, THERE JUDGE MADE. >> A NUMBER. OF FINDINGS BUT THE. MOST IMPORTANT WAS. THAT THE UH THIS IS THAT THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY DID NOT FOLLOW THE LAW IN. >> HER USE OF DISCRETION. IN FINDING AND THE DETERMINATION THAT. >> COUNTRY CONDITIONS HAVE. IMPROVED BECAUSE. THEY HAVE NOT THEY DID UH THEY DID NOT CONSULT WITH ANY. AGENCY SO VERY CONTENT WITH WHAT THE JUDGE DID. BUT WE ARE STILL IN A WAITING PERIOD AND STILL IN AND. UH EXPERIENCING A LOT OF ANXIETY. I'VE TALKED TO THE. LAWYERS ON THE CASE. ABOUT UH AND THINKING ABOUT. DIFFERENT STRATEGIES. AROUND APPEAL. SO THERE'S SO MUCH WORK FOR IT TO DO. I'VE BEEN. WORKING A LOT WITH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS. MORE TO COME ON WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING TO REALLY. SUPPORT OUR UH, HAITIAN TPS COMMUNITY. BUT I. ALSO JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THIS FIGHT IS A FIGHT OF SOLIDARITY WITH ALL OF OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND. >> WHEN THEY COME FOR ONE. >> OF US. >> THEY COME FOR. >> ALL OF US. >> AND SO. >> WE STAND WITH HAITIAN TPS HOLDERS AND. >> WE SEND ALL OF OUR TPS HOLDERS. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL UH COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS THE POWER CONSTRUCT DURKAN COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. FLYNN. COUNCILOR. UH MURPHY. COUNCILOR. UH. PEPEN. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. WEBER COUNCILOR. WERE ABANDONED. PLEASE OF THE CHAIR. DOCKET 0299 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, RACIAL EQUITY AND IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT. DOCKET 03300 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN . MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 031? UH 03010301. COUNCILOR CULPEPPER AND WORRELL OR FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN BOSTON. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL AS WELL FOR OFFERING THIS RESOLUTION TO ME AS A REFERRAL. AND I LIKE TO THANK HIM FOR ALL THE WORK HE HAS DONE ON ADVANCING THE BLACK COMMUNITY IN BOSTON. BLACK HISTORY MONTH OFFICER OFFERS US A MOMENT TO REFLECT. AND TO HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE PAVED THE WAY FOR ALL OF US HERE IN BOSTON THAT HISTORY IS NOT ABSTRACT OR DISTANT. MANY OF THE LEADERS WE READ ABOUT IN HISTORY BOOKS ONCE WALKED OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, ORGANIZED IN OUR CHURCHES AND FOUGHT FOR JUSTICE RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON THE STRENGTH OF BOSTON BLACK HEROES FROM REBECCA LEE CRUMPLER AND MEGAN BOLAND ALLEN TO PHILLIS WHEATLEY, MELANIE CASS, PRINCE HALL BILL RUSSELL IS THE STRENGTH. THIS MOMENT CALLS FOR BECAUSE THIS IS A MOMENT WHEN TRUST FEELS FRAGILE WHEN MANY PEOPLE ARE TIRED, SKEPTICAL AND QUESTIONING WHETHER PROGRESS IS EVEN STILL POSSIBLE WHEN IT CAN FEEL EASIER TO RETREAT IN OUR CORNERS THAN TO REACH ACROSS THE AISLE. BUT THE TRAILBLAZERS WHO CAME BEFORE US DID NOT WAIT FOR COMFORTABLE TIMES. THEY CHALLENGE THE STATUS QUO WHEN IT WAS HARDEST TO DO SO THEY BROUGHT LIGHT INTO DARKNESS AND SO MUST WEEP. IF YOU REMEMBER DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING SAID, UH, THE MEASURE OF A MAN IS NOT HOW HE RESPONDS IN TIMES OF COMFORT BUT IN TIMES OF CHALLENGE AND IN TIMES OF CONTROVERSY AND WHEN NOW IN THOSE TIMES OF CHALLENGE AND CONTROVERSY. BUT THE BOSTON'S BLACK COMMUNITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN CENTRAL TO SHAPING THIS CITY FROM ITS EARLIEST DAYS TO THE PRESENT IT IS RACIALLY DIVERSE, INCLUDING HAITIANS, AFRO-LATINO UNITED STATES FREEDMEN, NIGERIANS CARVER CARIBBEAN ISLANDERS MANY OTHERS WHOSE LEADERSHIP, CREATIVITY AND RESILIENCE CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN BOSTON. THEIR LEGACY LIVES ON THROUGH BLACK INSTITUTIONS, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS AND CULTURAL SPACES LIKE THE MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY WHICH PRESERVES ITS HISTORY AND EDUCATES PUNA FUTURE GENERATIONS EVEN IN THE FACE OF ONGOING CHALLENGES. BY PROCLAIMING FEBRUARY AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH, WE AFFIRM THAT BLACK HISTORY IS BOSTON HISTORY AND THAT IT CONTINUES TO SHAPE OUR PRESENT AND OUR FUTURE. MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR UMMA HERE AS THE THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR FOR THIS FILING. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO TAKE A VOTE ON DOCKET 0301. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSTABLE AROUND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR COUNCIL. UH, REVEREND CULPEPER. UH, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT . UM, BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS NOT JUST ABOUT REFLECTION. IT'S ABOUT RESPONSIBILITY. IT'S ABOUT ASKING WHETHER WE ARE CONTINUING THE WORK OF BUILDING A BOSTON IN AMERICA WHERE EVERYONE IS ABLE TO REAP THE BENEFITS OF THIS CITY IN THIS COUNTRY AND HERE IN BOSTON . BLACK HISTORY ISN'T JUST SYMBOLIC IT'S DEEP ROOTED HERE IN THE GROUND THAT WE WALKED ON WALK ON AND COUNCILOR CULPEPER HAS LISTED OUT UH, THE SYMBOLIC OR THE LEADERS UH THE BLACK LEADERS THAT HAVE CAME THROUGH BOSTON. SO WHEN WE SAY BLACK HISTORY IS AMERICAN HISTORY AND BOSTON'S HISTORY, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING ANYONE CAN ERASE. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HONORING LEGACY WE ALSO HAVE TO TALK ABOUT PROTECTING FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES. BLACK HISTORY MONTH REMINDS US THAT PROGRESS DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN. IT'S FOUGHT FOR, IT'S PROTECTED AND IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CARRY IT FORWARD. KAJI WATSON, THE FATHER OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND HIS BOOK THE MISEDUCATION OF THE REMINDED US THAT IF YOU DON'T CONTROL THE NARRATIVE, YOU DON'T CONTROL THE FUTURE. SO THIS MONTH AND EVERY MONTH THE WORK IS CLEAR WE DON'T JUST INHERIT THE LEGACY. WE ACT ON IT AND WE LIVE IT. THANK YOU COUNCILOR. >> UH THANK YOU COUNCILOR AND COUNCILMEMBER. HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR CULPEPPER FOR ALLOWING ME TO JOIN YOU AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. AND I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILOR UM WORRELL FOR HIS LEADERSHIP IN THIS SPACE REALLY CENTERING RACIAL EQUITY DURING OUR WAYS AND MEANS, UM, PROCESSES AND EVEN WHEN YOU WERE THE CHAIR OF SMALL BUSINESSES. UM, ALWAYS REALLY THINKING ABOUT WHO IT IS THAT WE'RE HERE TO FIGHT FOR AND IT'S NOT LOST ON ME IF I DON'T, UH, SPEAK THE TRUTH HERE. YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS IN FEBRUARY THE MOST INCONSISTENT MONTH. SOMETIMES IT'S 28 DAYS, SOMETIMES IT'S 29. THERE'S SOME WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING TO YOUNG PEOPLE WHEN THEY SEE FACES OF BLACK. LEADERS SPREAD. AROUND OUR BOSTON PUBLIC. SCHOOLS AND THEN THE NEXT MONTH THEY'RE NO LONGER THERE. I THINK THAT IT IS ABOUT ERASING HISTORY AND I'M GOING TO REMAIN FOCUSED AND UH, JUST FOR THE SAKE OF MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T KEEP ON KEEPING ON. I JUST WANT TO THANK BOTH COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. AND EARL FOR BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION. AND I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COUNCILOR CULPEPPER MENTIONED WAS AFRO LATINOS AND I THINK THAT, UM, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THAT WHEN THEY ABDUCTED US, THE ONLY DIFFERENCE WAS THE POINT THAT THEY DROPPED US OFF AT. AND SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT BLACK HISTORY, WE ALSO HAVE TO UNDERSTAND UM OUR. >> OWN. CULTURAL ROOTS AND IN OUR OUR JOURNEY HERE. AND LASTLY I WILL SAY THAT IT HAS BEEN BLACK PEOPLE HERE IN AMERICA THAT HAVE PAID THE PATHWAY FOR ALL OF US TO BE ABLE TO SHOW UP IN SPACES LIKE THIS. SO BLACK HISTORY MONTH ALL DAY EVERY DAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HERE COMES FROM LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> MADAM PRESIDENT. UM JUST RISE TO. ALSO WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH UH WHICH STARTED OFF AS. HISTORY. WEEK UH BY CARTER G WOODSON. UH AND TURNED INTO UH A WHOLE MONTH AND WE'RE CELEBRATING 100 YEARS EVEN THOUGH IT'S THE SHORTEST MONTH OF THE YEAR. UH, STILL ENOUGH TO HAVE A LOT. >> OF, UH. EVENTS AND REMINDERS. ABOUT WHY THIS WORK IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FROM. >> IN THE LAST YEAR LOSING LOCAL LEADERS LIKE SETTI WARREN . AND, UH, JUDGE. HARRIS TO LOSING. NATIONAL LEADERS. LIKE CLAUDETTE COLVIN WHO OFTEN WERE. SIDELINED ESPECIALLY. BLACK WOMEN IN. THE MOVEMENT WHO REALLY HELPED TO UH, PUT. >> US UH, ON A PATH TOWARDS PROGRESS. SO I JUST WANTED TO UPLIFT UM, ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED. ALL OF THE ANCESTORS. WHO HAVE UH, REALLY FOUGHT HARD FOR ME TO BE WHERE I AM AND FOR SO MANY PEOPLE TO BE ON. >> THE PATH TOWARDS PROGRESS. UM AND I DO WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE HAD. >> A. LOT OF FILINGS TODAY AND AND WE'RE IN A VERY PRECARIOUS MOMENT AS A. COUNTRY WHEN IT COMES TO ICE. I MEAN, WHEN IT COMES TO OUR IMMIGRANT. COMMUNITIES AND UH, YOU HEAR SO OFTEN. THAT, YOU KNOW, IMMIGRANTS. >> BUILD THIS COUNTRY AND IT NEEDS TO BE SAID. THAT WAS ACTUALLY. BLACK AMERICANS. IT WAS FOLKS WHO ARE BROUGHT HERE INVOLUNTARY INVOLUNTARILY VIA CHATTEL SLAVERY WHO WERE THE FIRST BUILDERS OF THIS. COUNTRY AND WERE THE ROOTS. OF CAPITALISM AS WE KNOW IT AND UNDERSTAND IT AND PROVIDED THE WEALTH BUILDING THAT REALLY HELPED. AMERICA BECOME WHAT IT IS. AND SO EVEN AS WE ADVOCATE FOR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE. DON'T LOSE. SIGHT OF WHAT THE FACTS ARE, WHAT THE TRUTH. >> ARE. AND WHAT THE TRUTH IS. >> AND THE TRUTH IS IS THAT SO. MUCH OF THIS COUNTRY'S WEALTH SO MUCH OF IT IS ROOTED IN CHATTEL SLAVERY, SO MUCH OF IT IS ROOTED. IN UH, CAPITALISM THAT WAS BRUTE AND UNFORGIVING AND THAT CAUSED THE. DEATHS OF SO MANY. UM. >> ENSLAVED BLACKS HERE IN THIS COUNTRY. SO JUST. WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT. AS WE FIGHT AND AS WE FIGHT TOGETHER. AND IN SOLIDARITY THAT WE REMEMBER IN OUR. LANGUAGE THAT THERE WERE THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE AND VOLUNTARILY. >> WHO. REALLY DID HELP BUILD THIS COUNTRY. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. UH, COUNCILOR WEBER, I SAW YOUR LIGHT ON. NO, I JUST I HAD A QUESTION FOR FOR, UH, THE FILER COUNCILOR CULPEPPER JUST TO, YOU KNOW, INVITE ALL THE MEMBERS OF COLOR OF THIS BODY TO SPEAK ON THIS. YOU KNOW, I WOULD FAVOR A MOTION TO EXTEND THE LIMIT, UM, ON. THAT AND. IT'S UP TO COUNCIL THIS THIS, UH, THIS RESOLUTION IS BEFORE THE BODY. SO EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE OUR COLLEAGUES. EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON UH ON THIS RESOLUTION. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR JUST A. POINT OF ORDER BECAUSE EARLIER YOU SAID THAT ONLY THE SPONSORS CAN SPEAK IF. >> IN THIS. OKAY, UH, COUNCILOR MURPHY, IF AN ISSUE IS UP FOR A VOTE WHICH THIS IS THE RESOLUTION I THINK. >> ALL RESOLUTIONS EVERYONE CAN SPEAK. BUT IF IT'S A HEARING ORDER ONLY THE SPONSORS WHO. >> A IT'S A RESOLUTION I THINK I. UNDERSTAND THIS IS SO I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE SAYING IF IT'S GOING TO BE SUSPENDED AND PASS LIKE A RESOLUTION WOULD BE THAT YOU WILL ALLOW EVERYONE BUT COULD YOU CLARIFY ON HEARING ORDERS IF ONLY THE ORIGINAL FILER AND THOSE IF THEY ADD ON ORIGINAL SPONSORS WHO CAN SPEAK SO THAT WE'RE ALL CLEAR ON WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT FINISH. YOU IS GOING TO BE VOTED ON TODAY THEN EVERYONE CAN SPEAK. OKAY. YEAH BUT IF IT'S GONE TO COMMITTEE THEN WE WOULD JUST BE FOCUSED ON THE ORIGINAL CO-SPONSORS. AND COULD YOU JUST CLARIFY IS THAT BECAUSE IT'S 25 OF SEVEN OR WILL YOU BE WILL THAT BE TRUE GOING FORWARD FOR EVERY TIME SOMETHING IS FILED BUT EVERY HEARING GOING FORWARD EVERY MEETING. THAT'S THE RULE THAT WE APPROVED TODAY? YES I. JUST WANT I KNEW THAT THAT'S WHY I VOTED AGAINST BUT I KNOW SOME PEOPLE WERE A LITTLE CONFUSED THAT IT MEANT YOU CAN NEVER SPEAK ON WEDNESDAY UNLESS YOU'RE CHOSEN AS ONE. >> OF THE ORIGINAL SPONSORS. SO JUST IF SOMETHING. IS UP IT'S CLEAR THAT THAT'S WHAT WE VOTED ON. IF SOMETHING IS UP FOR A VOTE A VOTE. IS TO. HEAR ANOTHER. YES ANYBODY WE ALL CAN GO BUT. MOST OF SPEAKING YEAH MOST OF OUR FILINGS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I REALIZE EVERYONE IS UM IT'S WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO STILL, SO. >> THANK. YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAD YOUR LIGHT ON. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I RISE TO SUPPORT THIS IMPORTANT RESOLUTION IN ORDER TO ATTEND YESTERDAY'S BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION WITH CITY EMPLOYEES. UM, AT BOSTON CITY HALL. UM, WONDERFUL TO BE WITH SO MANY DEDICATED AND PROFESSIONAL CITY EMPLOYEES THAT DO EXCEPTIONAL WORK. I'LL BE SPEAKING IN A MINUTE ABOUT BLACK VETERANS. UM, THE THE INCREDIBLE ROLE SACRIFICE THEY HAVE PLAYED UM, IN BUILDING OUR CITY AND COUNTRY. BUT I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE UM AFRICAN-AMERICAN CITY EMPLOYEES IN BOSTON DURING THIS MONTH AND WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR PROFESSIONALISM, HARD WORK, DEDICATION AND REALLY LOVE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF BOSTON. THEY'VE BEEN HERE, UH, FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. THEY'VE SEEN THE CITY CHANGE, BUT THEY ALWAYS SUPPORTED THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON AND BOSTON IS A BETTER CITY BECAUSE OF THE INCREDIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS. UM. >> BLACK CITY EMPLOYEES HAVE MADE TO OUR SAY THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILORS CULPEPER. ALSO, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME COUNCILOR. COLLETTE AS A PARTNER COUNCILOR DURKAN CULTURAL FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN. UH LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR. PEPEN COUNCILOR SANTANA WEBER AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR COUNCILORS CULPEPER, MORRELL AND MEJIA SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0301. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE, UH, CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE? ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 0301 COUNCILOR BREDON. YES, MR BREADON AS COUNCIL COLOR AS A PARA COUNCIL LET US HAVE HAD YES. COUNCIL CULPEPER AND SUPPORT PROPER. YES, COUNCILOR DURKAN YES I DO CAN YES. COUNCIL FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL ANY COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILMAN. COUNCIL. PET. PETTIBONE. COUNCIL FOR FAIRNESS. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCIL. SANTANA. YES. COUNSELOR. WEBER. YES. COUNCIL. BASSAN. CONTROVERSIAL COUNCIL. WORRELL. YES 123446 AND. 813 AND AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. MADAM. UH, MADAM CHAIR DOCKET 0301 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. UH, MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0302030. TO COUNCILOR FLYNN OR FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE REPLACEMENT OF CONCURRENT TRAFFIC SIGNALS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR. MAYOR COUNCIL OF ME HERE. IS AN. >> ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. >> HEARING AND SEEING NO OBJECTION COUNCILOR MEJIA SO ADDED. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES WE FACE IN BOSTON. IN 2019, PEDESTRIANS WERE STRUCK BY A VAN AT THE INTERSECTION OF MELCHER AND SUMMER STREET IN THE FORT POINT NEIGHBORHOOD IN DISTRICT TWO UM AT THE SITE OF A CONCURRENT PEDESTRIAN FACING TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND ONE OF THEM TRAGICALLY PASSED AWAY DUE TO HER INJURIES. AFTER THIS TRAGIC ACCIDENT, I CALLED FOR AND HELD A CITY COUNCIL HEARING ON CONCURRENT PHASING PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC SIGNALS AS I CONTINUE TO BELIEVE IT IS A RECIPE FOR. DISASTER TO. >> HAVE CARS AND PEDESTRIANS HAVE A RIGHT TURN GREEN ARROW AND A PEDESTRIAN WALK SIGN AT THE SAME TIME WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT THE MOTOR VEHICLE WILL YIELD TO THE PEDESTRIAN IN THE CROSSWALK. THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN. IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE REVIEW THE PRACTICE OF CONCURRENT PEDESTRIAN FACING TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT VARIOUS INTERSECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND MAKE THE NECESSARY CHANGES TO FOCUS ON IMPROVING PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. JUST LAST YEAR THE CITY COUNCIL SPOKE IN ONE VOICE TO YET AND UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION COMMON SENSE I ASKED MY COLLEAGUES FOR THAT FOR THEIR SUPPORT ONCE AGAIN TODAY TO REPLACE CONCURRENT PHASE AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC SIGNALS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR SUPPORTING THIS CRITICAL PUBLIC SAFETY UH, RECOMMENDATION UM, FROM LAST YEAR BUT IT'S IMPORTANT WE GO ON RECORD ONCE AGAIN UM, AND TO ALLOW IT TO PROVIDE SAFER, UM, NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY. THIS REALLY. HELPS HELPS PEDESTRIANS IF A CAR HAS TO WAIT AN EXTRA 10S LONGER OR 15 SECONDS LONGER WELL THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT 10S LONGER. IT'S ABOUT RESPECT FOR THE PEDESTRIAN A PERSON WITH DISABILITIES, A SENIOR, A FAMILY CROSSING THE STREET, THOSE THOSO WHO WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR AND PROTECTING. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. UH, COUNCILOR DURKIN, YOU HAD YOUR LIGHTER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, CHAIR BRATTON, UM, RESPECTFULLY THROUGH THE CHAIR. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF COUNCILOR FLYNN WOULD CONSIDER ,UM, WITHDRAWING HIS MOTION FOR IMMEDIATE PASSAGE SO THAT WE COULD HAVE A WORKING SESSION WITHIN THE PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. UM, TO WORK WITH THE CITY DEPARTMENTS AROUND. I DID HEAR CONCERNS AT A RECENT HEARING THAT I CHAIRED LAST YEAR. AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE BRING EVERYONE IN THE SAME ROOM AND HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT. COST TRAFFIC BUT. ALSO JUST THE TOP UM, CONCURRENT TRAFFIC SIGNAL AREAS WHERE THERE'S PEDESTRIAN UM SAFETY ISSUES. UM, SO A COUPLE OF THESE ARE IN MY DISTRICT. SO UM I JUST WANTED TO RESPECTFULLY THROUGH THE CHAIR ASK IF THE, UH, SPONSOR WOULD CONSIDER A WORKING SESSION SO THAT WE COULD GET INTO THE REAL MEAT OF THIS. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN. UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN, UH, CONSIDER CAN ADDRESS THE QUESTION. WOULD YOU CONSIDER, UH, HAVING A HEARING ON THIS RATHER THAN A RESOLUTION? MADAM CHAIR, BEFORE YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION, UM, COUNCILOR MEJIA WAS AN ORIGINAL, UM, CO-SPONSOR WITH ME. COULD I ALLOW FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK? CERTAINLY. OKAY. >> COMES FROM MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. SO THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. >> I JUST WANT TO KNOW. >> AND I'M JUST CURIOUS. DO WE NORMALLY THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS THAT THE CO-SPONSORS IF THEY CHOOSE TO SPEAK THEY DO BEFORE WE GO TO OTHER PEOPLE ARE WE IS THIS GOING TO I WAS JUST. WATCHING THE LIGHTS I CAN'T SO SHOULD I. SHOULD I. DO MY I JUST WANT TO. DO AT LEAST PLACE. >> YOU I WANT TO DO WHATEVER'S GOING TO NOT SURE. THAT YOU'RE SEEN PLEASE DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND I. >> JUST. WANT TO MAKE. SURE UM. SO I, I FIRST WANT TO JUST THANK COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR HIS ADVOCACY IN THIS SPACE AS WELL AS COUNCILOR UM, BUT. UH. >> WE CREATED A CITYWIDE TASK FORCE AND A LOT OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING WITH RESIDENTS HAS. BEEN AROUND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. UM, AND WHILE I DO APPRECIATE. UH. >> MY DISTRICT COUNCIL COLLEAGUE FROM DISTRICT EIGHT, UM, ASKING FOR A HEARING ,UM, I MEAN, I THINK THE RESOLUTION IT. LOOKS PRETTY SELF EXPLANATORY, BUT I. WOULD BE OPEN TO PARTICIPATING IN A HEARING. BEFORE WE FILE. >> A RESOLUTION WITH THAT. WOULD MAKE THE BODY FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE. BUT I THINK WE DID THIS ALREADY AND I'M NOT SURE WHY WE NEED TO PASS IT THIS TIME. IF THERE IS A REASON WHY I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY AND IF NOT THEN LET'S JUST KEEP IT. LIKE UH NO HOLD UM COUNCIL IF YOU DON'T MIND COUNCIL BROKEN. UH, CONSTABLE WEBER HAD A SLIDE ON A STATE COUNCILOR. WHATEVER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? >> YEAH. THANK YOU. YEAH. I RISE UH, TO TO REMEMBER GLEN INGRAM WHO WAS KILLED BY AN MBTA BUS ON HYDE PARK AVE IN FRONT OF THE FOREST HILLS T STOP ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, UH, WHILE CROSSING THE STREET ON A GREEN AND CONCURRENT GREEN THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. UM, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT ISSUE. THAT'S WHY I SUPPORTED IT LAST YEAR. UH, HONESTLY, I HOPE, UH, WE CAN WORK OUT OUR DIFFERENCES HERE. I KNOW, UH, CHIEF OF STREETS. YEAH SURE. FRANKLIN HODGE THOUGHT THIS WOULD CAUSE TOO MANY PROBLEMS, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, AND SO NOT BEING A TRAFFIC EXPERT, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A HEARING ON THIS. I KNOW WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS. I'M NOT GOING TO BLOCK THIS OR ANYTHING BUT UM. UH, I THINK I JUST WANTED TO RISE AND REMEMBER THE NAME OF SOMEBODY IN COMMUNITY WAS KILLED, UH, CROSSING ON A CONCURRENT GREEN. THANKS. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR. UH WEBER. COUNCILOR DURKAN, YOU, UH, YOUR LIGHT WAS ON. SORRY. >> THANK YOU. CHAIR. AND I KNOW I WANT TO GIVE THE, UM, LEAD SPONSOR A CHANCE TO RESPOND TO MY REQUEST AS WELL. BUT MY REASON FOR THIS IS BECAUSE WE PASSED THIS LAST YEAR AND NOTHING HAPPENED. SO MY THOUGHT WAS IF WE COULD GET EVERYONE IN THE SAME ROOM AND REALLY TALK ABOUT THESE REALLY HARMFUL INTERSECTIONS, THIS MIGHT ACTUALLY BE A PATH TOWARDS SOMETHING MORE THAN A PIECE OF PAPER AND I JUST I THAT'S THE KIND OF LEADERSHIP I WANT TO OFFER AS THE CHAIR OF PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. LET'S BRING EVERYONE IN THE SAME ROOM AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE NEW LEADERSHIP UM UNDER THE UM AND WITH BPD AND THE CHIEF OF STREETS CHANGING UM AND ALSO I JUST I REALLY RESPECT UM COUNCILOR FLYNN'S LEADERSHIP ON THIS THAT'S WHY I SUPPORTED THIS LAST TIME BUT I JUST I WANT I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO HAVE A REAL CONVERSATION ABOUT THESE INTERSECTIONS. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO RISE TO SAY THAT I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A RESOLUTION AND A HEARING ORDER AND THAT THIS RESOLUTION THAT WAS WRITTEN I THINK WELL, UM, REALLY STATES THE CONCERNS THAT I CONTINUE TO HAVE AND HAVE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH COUNCILOR FLYNN AND OTHER COLLEAGUES AND RESIDENTS ABOUT IT. SO PASSING A RESOLUTION TODAY IS NOT STOPPING ANY OF US FOR FILING A HEARING ORDER AND THEN HAVING A HEARING ORDER TO DISCUSS IT. BUT IT SHOWS OUR STRONG SUPPORT IN THIS UM, ISSUE THAT I THINK MANY OF US KNOW AND OUR RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IT ALSO. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. UH, I SHARE EVERYONE'S CONCERN ABOUT THE ISSUE. UM, I, UH WOULD JUST, UH, ENCOURAGE US TO ALSO. IF IF UH, IT'S A VERY, VERY SERIOUS ISSUE UH, DOES DESERVE TO HAVE A FULL HEARING BUT, UH, IN THIS MOMENT, UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN WHO'S THE LEAD SPONSOR WOULD LIKE, UH, WOULD LIKE, UH, US TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADOPT THE DOCKETS. SO AT THIS POINT I JUST ASK IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME AND I WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE COUNCILOR FLYNN, UH, TO FILE A HEARING ORDER SO THAT WE CAN REALLY GET INTO THE MEAT OF THIS ISSUE. UM, AND UM, UH, HAVE A FULL BLOWN DISCUSSION WITH ADVOCATES FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND ETC. SO UM, COUNCILMAN MURPHY, YOU UH YOU HAVE UH. ANYONE WANT TO HAVE ANY. YEAH. >> UH, COUNCILOR UM, HOLD ON TO THAT COUNCILOR DURKAN. YOU IF YOU LIGHT ON. SORRY. >> THROUGH THE CHAIR. I JUST WAS HOPING TO HEAR A RESPONSE FROM THE LEAD SPONSOR BEFORE I MADE A DECISION. CERTAINLY. >> COUNCILOR FLYNN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO, UH, RESPOND TO THE QUESTION? UH, IF WOULD YOU CONSIDER UM, UH, HAVING A HEARING A COMMITTEE, UH, HEARING ON THIS DOCKET SO THAT WE CAN GET REALLY INTO THE MEAT OF THE MATTER AND BRING IN, UH, ADVOCATES, UH, FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, ETC.. OH. THANK YOU. PARDON? I'M GOING TONIGHT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I, I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS ISSUE FOR FOR EIGHT YEARS. I HAVE. I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE AND YOU KNOW PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN KILLED AS A AS A RESULT OF UM THIS PRACTICE OF BOTH THE VEHICLE AND THE INDUSTRY AND HAVING THE EQUAL ACCESS AT THE SAME TIME I I KNOW WHAT AND I KNOW IN MY HEART THAT IT'S A BAD PRACTICE . UM I STUDY TRANSPORTATION AS WELL. RESIDENTS ARE ASKING ABOUT THIS TO ME ALL OF THE TIME, ESPECIALLY SENIOR CITIZENS. I HAVE A LOT OF SENIOR CITIZENS IN MY DISTRICT. I HAVE A LOT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN MY DISTRICT. I HAVE TO DO MY DUE DILIGENCE AND ADVOCATE FOR THEM. UM THEY HAVE UM THEIR REPRESENTATIVE THEY SENT ME TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO FIGHT FOR THEM. WE WE VOTED ON THIS LAST YEAR. IT WASN'T CONTROVERSIAL LAST YEAR AND THEN AT THE TIME THE CHIEF OF STREETS WHO WAS MENTIONED UM AGAIN I DON'T I WANT TO TRY TO BE RESPECTFUL TO EVERYBODY. UM HE HE WAS UPSET THAT WE VOTED ON THAT. I THINK WE ALL CAN WE CAN ALL AGREE ON THAT. UM BUT I KNOW MY DISTRICT I KNOW IT AS WELL AS ANYONE IN MY DISTRICT WANTS THIS. I CAN SPEAK FOR MY CONSTITUENTS. MY CONSTITUENTS ARE ASKING ME TO FIGHT FOR THIS AND SO I'M GOING TO ADVOCATE FOR CHANGE AT THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THIS IS ABOUT COMMON SENSE. THIS IS ABOUT COMMON SENSE AND AND A REQUEST A RESPECTFUL REQUEST FROM RESIDENTS TO FIGHT FOR THEM AND TO ADVOCATE FOR THEM. THEY WE KNOW THAT THIS PRACTICE UM HURTS PEDESTRIANS. VEHICLES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT A COUPLE EXTRA SECONDS BUT IT'S ABOUT RESPECT FOR PEDESTRIANS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM, UNFORTUNATELY I'M NOT GOING TO WELL, UM ASK FOR THE ASK FOR IT TO BE IN COMMITTEE. I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A VOTE. THANK YOU. >> COUNTRY. HOLD ON A SECOND. DO YOU HAVE A COPY OF YOUR LETTER? CONSIDER A DURKAN YOU HAVE. I OBJECT. >> LET'S HAVE A GROUP. I'VE GOT TWO PEOPLE I KNOW THE PEOPLE JUST OVER AGAINST IT. THANK YOU. DOCKET. UH UH, DOCTOR DOCKET 032 THROUGH 0302 HAS BEEN OBJECTED TO AND WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU. >> PLEASE READ DOCKET. 0303.0303 COUNCILOR FLYNN ON FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS CELEBRATING LUNAR NEW YEAR. . >> COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, UM, A BUNCH OF CITY COUNCILS ASKED ME TO, UM, ADD THEM AS ORIGINAL CO-SPONSORS. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF THEM. BUT THE FIRST TWO PEOPLE THAT I ASKED WE WERE COUNCILOR SANTANA AND COUNCILOR MEJIA. I WOULD LIKE TO RESPECTFULLY ASK IF BOTH OF THEM CAN BE ADDED TO UM AS THE ORIGINAL CO-SPONSORS. COUNCILOR SANTANA AND CONSUMER HERE. YES. >> YES, MADAM CHAIR. UH COUNCILOR FLYNN REQUEST ADDING COUNCILOR SANTANA AND COUNCILMEMBER HERE UH, HEARING NO OBJECTIONS UH THERE SO ADDED AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. AND THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND UM I'M GRATEFUL THAT A LOT OF COUNCILORS DID REACH OUT TO ME ASKING TO BE PART OF THIS BECAUSE I KNOW THE TREMENDOUS WORK YOU ALL DO AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS REPRESENTING A LARGE ASIAN COMMUNITY. COUNCILOR COLE PEP AS A LARGE ASIAN. COMMUNITY COUNCIL FITZGERALD DOES TO UM COUNCILOR PEPEN COUNCIL WEBER COUNCIL WE'RE ALL LARGE VIETNAMESE CHINESE UM KOREAN AS WELL BUT I THINK ALONE AND NEW YEAR WE CELEBRATE THE ENORMOUS CONTRIBUTIONS OF. THE AAPI COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT GREATER BOSTON THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER WE RECOGNIZE THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS, THEIR SACRIFICES HELPING BUILD THIS CITY, HELPING BUILD THIS COUNTRY. I HAVE A UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP THAT I'M PROUD OF WITH THE CHINESE COMMUNITY AND I LEARNED I LEARNED A GREAT DEAL ABOUT CHINESE HISTORY HERE IN THE UNITED STATES AND HAVE TREMENDOUS RESPECT FOR THEM. AND I STUDIED VIETNAMESE HISTORY HERE IN THE UNITED STATES AS WELL. UM, BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ANTI-ASIAN RACISM AGAINST UH AGAINST THE ASIAN COMMUNITY HERE IN BOSTON ACROSS THE COUNTRY THERE'S BEEN ONE ETHNIC GROUP THAT'S BEEN UM, SINGLED OUT BECAUSE OF THEIR ETHNICITY IN FEDERAL LAW, UM, WHICH IS THE CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT WHERE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EXCLUDED A RACE OF PEOPLE BASED ON BASED ON WHO THEY ARE OR WHERE THE WHERE THEY'RE FROM. BUT WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THE CHINESE COMMUNITY CHINESE LABORERS AND A LOT OF IRISH LABORERS CHINESE LABORERS HELPED BUILD THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD CONNECTING BOSTON CONNECTING UH THE EAST COAST TO THE WEST COAST. UM SO WE CELEBRATE THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS, THEIR SACRIFICES . I ALSO KNOW THAT THE CONTRIBUTIONS THEY MADE UM, IN THE U.S. MILITARY AND DURING THE PANDEMIC I SERVED I SEEN THESE ASIAN, UH, YOUNG ASIAN MEN AND WOMEN SERVING IN THE MILITARY WITH RISKING THEIR LIFE FOR OUR NATION. AND AT THE SAME TIME I SEE THEIR PARENTS ARE THEIR GRANDMOTHER AND GREAT CITIES LIKE BOSTON OR CHICAGO OR NEW YORK OR SAN FRANCISCO UM, BEING VICTIMS OF HATE CRIMES JUST BECAUSE THE ASIAN YOU KNOW, ON THE OTHER HAND THEIR CHILD OR GRANDCHILD IS SERVING OUR COUNTRY BUT I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE ASIAN COMMUNITY. THERE'S A LOT OF EVENTS TAKING PLACE IN CHINATOWN. UM, GOING TO NEW YEAR BANQUETS. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME UM, OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR SO AND I'LL KEEP EVERYBODY POSTED. BUT JUST THANK YOU FOR REACHING OUT AND SUPPORTING THE ASIAN COMMUNITY HERE IN GREATER BOSTON AND ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH AS WELL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR UH, SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR INCLUDING ME IN THIS. UM, I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THIS, UM, COMMUNITY IS, UM, TO YOUR DISTRICT. UM, YOU KNOW, THIS FEBRUARY 17TH WE CELEBRATE THE LUNAR NEW YEAR AND ENTER THE YEAR OF THE HORSE. THE YEAR OF THE HORSE SYMBOLIZES RAPID CHANGE, PERSEVERANCE AND PERSONAL GROWTH. IT'S A YEAR OF COURAGE AND CELEBRATING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR. WE CELEBRATE OUR AAPI COMMUNITIES WHO ARE A VIBRANT AND VALUABLE PART OF OUR BOSTON COMMUNITY. BOSTON IS MADE BETTER AND STRONGER BY THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR CITY, AND WE CONTINUOUSLY LEARN FROM THE COURAGE AND PERSEVERANCE OF THESE COMMUNITIES THE SAME TRAITS THAT EXEMPLIFY THE TRAITS OF THE NEW YEAR WE ENTER INTO. I'M PROUD TO CELEBRATE OUR AAPI COMMUNITY THIS LUNAR YEAR, LUNAR NEW YEAR AND EVERY SINGLE DAY. UM AND I LOOK FORWARD TO UM, JOINING UM WITH YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN AND I KNOW MANY OUR COLLEAGUES UM, ESPECIALLY AT LARGE COUNCILORS, UM, YOU KNOW, ATTEND A LOT OF THE BANQUETS AND WE EAT AND GET FAT. SO UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. UM. >> AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING ME IN THIS. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA. UH, COUNCILMEMBER HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR HIS, UH, ADVOCACY AND FOR ADDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION CELEBRATING LUNAR NEW YEAR. THIS HOLIDAY IS DEEPLY MEANINGFUL FOR MANY COMMUNITIES ACROSS BOSTON AND REPRESENTS RENEWAL, FAMILY RESILIENCE AND HOPE. IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR THE CULTURAL TRADITIONS, HISTORIES, CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR HAITIAN ASIAN COMMUNITIES UM WHO CONTRIBUTE TO SHAPE OUR CITY IN POWERFUL WAYS. I AM GRATEFUL TO COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND WISH EVERYONE CELEBRATING A HAPPY, HEALTHY AND PROSPEROUS LUNAR NEW YEAR. THANK YOU THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HERE WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO UH, LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR CULPEPER? COUNCILOR MURPHY UH COUNCILOR PEPEN UH CULTURE CULTURAL COUNCILOR WEBER CULTURAL WORRELL COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AND PLEASE. >> UP. THE CHAIR. COUNCILOR FLYNN SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0303. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. UH. >> OKAY. UH. >> THANK YOU. DOCKET 0303 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MY MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0304. DOCKET 0304. COUNCIL OF ONE OF THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION MONTH. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES, UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I KNOW COUNCIL UM, QUITE AS A PART OF STEPPED. >> UP. BUT I WAS GOING TO INVITE HER AS A AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. UM, BUT JANUARY JUST JUST SEVERAL DAYS AGO, UM, NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION MONTH 2010, PRESIDENT OBAMA DECLARED JANUARY AS HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION MONTH TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT HOW TO IDENTIFY AND PREVENT THIS CRIME. AND EVERY YEAR SINCE EACH PRESIDENT HAS FOLLOWED THIS TRADITION TO BRING ATTENTION TO DIFFERENT FORMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING HUMAN TRAFFICKING ALSO KNOWN AS MORE MODERN DAY SLAVERY CODES, FORCED LABOR AND SEX TRAFFICKING. IT'S DIFFICULT TO COMBAT DUE TO LACK OF PUBLIC AWARENESS AND GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT, LOW RATES OF REPORTING, INCREASING USE OF TECHNOLOGY AND IS ONLY FURTHER EXACERBATED BY INSTABILITY CAUSED BY NATURAL DISASTERS, CONFLICTS OR WARS. POVERTY. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE UM MASSACHUSETTS STATE POLICE, UM, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, THE CITY OF BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND AND MANY OF THE UM HUMAN SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT SUPPORT SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL UM SEXUAL TRAFFICKING AS WELL. UM, DURING THIS MONTH IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE SURVIVORS AS I MENTIONED, SUPPORT THE WORK OF ANTI-TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATIONS, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PROFESSIONALS, ADVOCATES ,BUSINESSES AND THOSE WHO ARE COMMITTED TO RAISING AWARENESS . BUT I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE'S A MAJOR PROBLEM IN BOSTON IN MY OPINION ON THIS ISSUE AND IT'S IT'S UNDERGROUND AND SOMETIMES IT'S IT'S VERY VISIBLE AND IT'S HAPPENING IN MANY HOTELS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA HAVE FOCUSED ON THIS. I CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE AND WORK WITH HOTEL MANAGEMENT TO BE MORE AWARE AND TO WORK CLOSELY WITH BOSTON POLICE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, MASS STATE POLICE. BUT WE CAN'T TURN A BLIND EYE WHEN WE SEE HUMAN TRAFFICKING TAKING PLACE IN BOSTON OR ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. UH, WHEN ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR FITZGERALD CONTRA MURPHY CONTRA PEPPER AND CONSIDER SANTANA WEBER AND PLEASE OF THE CHAIR. COUNCILOR FLYNN SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0304. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0304 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MADAM CHAIR, MADAM CLERK. SORRY. THAT'S ME. MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 03050305 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD OR FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION DECLARING NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS DAY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH. >> WE ALLOWED AND WE GOT A QUORUM. 1247567. WE'RE GOOD. GREAT. UH. >> THANK YOU. UH, MADAM PRESIDENT, UH, I RISE HERE TONIGHT AT 7:00. UH, BUT WAITING ALL DAY TO ANNOUNCE THIS, UH, OUR BELOVED NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS ARE GOING BACK TO THE SUPER BOWL. UH, THIS SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH. UH, I'M EXCITED TO HAVE THEM RETURN AS I'M SURE WE ALL ARE AS A CITY. UH, AND THAT'S WHY I'M PUTTING FORTH THIS RESOLUTION TO DECLARE SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS DAY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. UH, AND WHEN WE WIN I LOOK FORWARD TO AGAIN. UH, KILLING THE DUCK BOATS AND HAVING A ROLLING RALLY AND I'D LOVE TO BRING BACK HAVING A PARTY HERE AT CITY HALL AND MAYBE SOMETHING ON CITY HALL PLAZA. UM, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU COULD DO ABOUT THAT. UH, MADAM PRESIDENT, PUT IN A GOOD WORD. UH, AND I DO IN A SERIOUS NOTE, TAKE SOLACE IN THE FACT THAT WHEN YOU'RE ON A TEAM AND YOU MIGHT FEEL LIKE YOU'RE, UH, IN THE MIDST OF YOUR FOUR AND 13 SEASON THAT THERE CAN BE A QUICK TURNAROUND AND WE CAN COME BACK TO THE RIGHT SUPER BOWL TO THE SUPER BOWL WITH THE RIGHT TALENT AND THE RIGHT ATTITUDE. AND SO UH I LOOK TO THE PATRIOTS UH IN THESE TIMES AS WELL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU COUNCILOR UH FITZGERALD UH COUNCILOR WEBER THE OTHER SPORTS FAN IN THIS HOUSE HERE. YEAH. SPENCER WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I DON'T KNOW, THIS SEEMS LIKE THE KIND OF THING WE SHOULD REALLY HAVE A HEARING. I'M JUST KIDDING. UM, UH, THANKS A LOT FOR FILING THIS AND I YOU KNOW, LET'S GO PATRIOTS. OKAY. >> NO HEARING REQUIRED. WE'RE JUST GO STRAIGHT, COUNSELOR. UM, I I CAN'T TELL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS, UM ,HEARING I MEAN RESOLUTION FORWARD. I JUST WANT TO SAY WE ALL WE GOT AND WE ALL WE NEED THIS GO PASS. >> I GO PASS. ANYONE ELSE? COUNCILOR DURKAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I NEED TO GET MY SUPPORT OF THE PATRIOTS ON THE RECORD SO I'LL BE VOTING YES. THANK YOU. UH, IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THE MATTER? WHEN ANYONE LIKES TO ADD THEIR NAME. COUNTRY CODE PEPPER CONCERT. DURKAN. COUNTRY. MURPHY COUNTRY. UH, PEPEN. COUNTRY. SANTANA. CULTURAL. WEBER. CONSTABLE ROUND. PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. COUNCILOR UH FITZGERALD SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKETS 0305. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I, UH ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO DOCKET 0305 HAS BEEN ADOPTED AND GO PATS. UM, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 03060306 COUNCIL OF FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF ESTABLISHING A DISTRICT SEVEN WIDE STADIUM TASK FORCE. UM, COUNCILOR CULPEPER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. FOR THE PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF WHO LIVE AROUND FRANKLIN PARK AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS. RESIDENTS WANT TO KNOW THAT WHEN A PROJECT OF THIS SCALE MOVES FORWARD, THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC NOISE, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND QUALITY OF LIFE AND NOT TREATED AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT. THEY WANT TO KNOW THAT THEY WILL SHARE IN THE ECONOMIC UPSIDE THROUGH CONTRACTS, WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITIES AND LONG TERM INVESTMENT NOT SIMPLY BEAR THE BURDEN OF DISRUPTION. THE REDEVELOPMENT OPERATION IN WHITE STADIUM WILL HAVE LASTING IMPACTS ON RESIDENTS, SMALL BUSINESSES AND THE COMMUNITY. THIS IS NOT ABOUT OPPOSING DEVELOPMENT. IT IS ABOUT MAKING SURE DEVELOPMENT IS DONE WITH THE COMMUNITY NOT TO THE COMMUNITY . ESTABLISHING AN INDEPENDENT DISTRICT SEVEN WHITE STADIUM TASK FORCE IS A NECESSARY STEP TO REBUILD TRUST AND ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY. TASK FORCE COMPOSED OF DISTRICT SEVEN, DISTRICT SIX AND DISTRICT FOUR. ALL OF THE LEADERSHIP OF RESIDENTS WILL PROVIDE A SUSTAINED OVERSIGHT NOT JUST DURING CONSTRUCTION BUT OVER THE LIFE OF THIS PROJECT. THIS HAS FOR US WOULD PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY BY REVIEWING AGREEMENTS STUDIES OPERATIONAL PLANS, RECEIVING CONCERNS DIRECTLY FROM THE PUBLIC AND BY INSURANCE COMPLIANCE WITH WORKFORCE EQUITY, ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNITY COMMITMENTS. AT THE END OF THE DAY, DISTRICT SEVEN ARE NOT DISTRICT SEVEN RESIDENTS ARE NOT ASKING FOR SPECIAL TREATMENT. THEY'RE ASKING FOR FAIRNESS, TRANSPARENCY AND A SEAT AT THE TABLE WHEN DECISIONS ARE MADE ABOUT PUBLIC LAND IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS FORUM IS ABOUT OVERSIGHT, ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPECT FOR THE COMMUNITY. MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR WORRELL AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AS ORIGINAL CO-SPONSORS TO THIS FILING. THE COUNCILS FROM THE DISTRICTS NEIGHBORHOOD WHITE STADIUM SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN THESE DISCUSSIONS AND I WANT TO THANK BOTH OF THEM FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'VE ALREADY DONE ON THIS. MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO TAKE A VOTE ON DOCKET 0306. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR. UM UH, COUNCILOR WORRELL UH, HEARING NO OBJECTION. UH, COUNCIL WILL IS ADDED AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. UM AND COUNTER WEBER HAD UH, ADDED AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR . UH, COUNCILOR WORRELL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UM. >> JUST LIKE TO THANK COUNCILOR REVEREND CULPEPER FOR HIS LEADERSHIP ON THIS MATTER. AND I AGREE WITH THIS RESOLUTION ON MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S A TASK FORCE AROUND WHITE STADIUM TO MAKE SURE THAT WHETHER IT'S THE ACCESS WHETHER IT'S THE CONTRACTS, UM, THAT THE THAT AT LEAST THE THE COMMITMENTS THAT WERE MADE UH THAT THE CITY UH AND THE PARTNERS ARE LIVING UP TO THEM. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO UH THE TASK FORCE CREATION UM AND FURTHER CONVERSATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR. UH WORRELL COUNCIL MEMBER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. OKAY. >> YEAH. THANK YOU. UM, UH, TO COUNCILOR UH, CULPEPER. UH, AND YOU KNOW, I, I STAND STRONGLY ALONGSIDE YOU IN SUPPORTING, UH, EQUITY AND CONTRACTING AROUND, UH, WHITE STADIUM AND UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK ALONG WITH COUNCILOR WORRELL AND YOU YOU KNOW, THE THE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE ALL GOING TO UH. BE UM YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALL GOING TO BENEFIT IF WE WORK TOGETHER ON THIS. AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I. >> THINK THIS KIND OF TASK. FORCE IS. IS A GREAT START AND. >> I LOOK. FORWARD TO TO. TEAMING UP WITH, UH, WITH BOTH OF YOU ON THIS ISSUE. THANKS. >> THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR. UM, COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR MEJIA, YOU HAVE YOUR UM YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES FROM HERE. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR CULPEPER, UH, FOR STEPPING UP. IT IS NOT EASY TO GET INTO THE WEEDS A WHITE STADIUM. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT THIS MOMENT IS CALLING FOR. IS FOR PEOPLE TO BE UNAFRAID, UM, AND UNAPOLOGETIC ABOUT REALLY CENTERING COMMUNITY VOICE RACIAL EQUITY. UM, AND SO I THINK THAT THE TASK FORCE, UM, IS WELL POSITIONED TO DO JUST THAT. I THINK THERE ARE A OF FOLKS TYPE. WHO OFTENTIMES INFILTRATE SPACES AND PLACES. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY ,THE GOALS, THE OBJECTIVES OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE. UM AND I LOOK FORWARD TO UM, SUPPORTING YOU AS YOU MOVE ALONG. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR MEJIA, COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCIL CULPEPER FOR CRITICAL ROLE CRITICAL LEADERSHIP HE IS PLAYING AND IN HIS DISTRICT UM AND ENSURING THAT VOICES OF RESIDENTS UM ARE HEARD AND RESPECTED. IT'S ABOUT I THINK THIS IS A RACIAL JUSTICE ISSUE AND I'M GLAD COUNCIL CULPEPER IS BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING MY COLLEAGUE UM, ANY WAY I POSSIBLY CAN. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR. UH LOUIJEUNE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I ALSO WANT TO THANK, UH, THE. COUNCIL FOR THIS FILING. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING SURE THAT, UH, GOALS ARE BEING MET WHEN IT COMES TO CONTRACTING AND MAKING SURE THAT RESIDENTS OF ROXBURY AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS ARE THE ONES, UH, REALLY WHO BENEFIT AND OUR BUSINESS OWNERS I KNOW THAT THERE ARE GOALS AND TARGETS THAT HAVE BEEN SET AND I'VE HEARD FROM UH, FOLKS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT WE COULD BE DOING BETTER. AND SO I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR FOR THE FOR THAT REASON FOR UH FOR TRANSPORTATION UM AND FOR ENSURING THAT UH OUR SCHOOLS ALSO UH YOU KNOW, MY MY SCHOOL UH LAST SCHOOL IS ONE OF THE FEW SCHOOLS THAT USE THIS UM, UH, WHITE STADIUM TO PLAY ALONG WITH LAN ACADEMY SO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE PLANS IN PLACE FOR THEM. I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE TASK FORCE TO REALLY FIGURE OUT. SO I SUPPORT THIS AND I'M EXCITED FOR WHAT'S POSSIBLE WHEN COMMUNITY AS PART OF THIS TASK FORCE TO HELP US GET THIS RIGHT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR FITZGERALD FLYNN. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. UH, CONSTANTLY, UH, COMES FROM HERE. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILORS PEPPER AND COUNCIL SANTANA. UM, AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. COUNCILOR CULPEPER SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0306. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE, I WILL. UH, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE, UH, DO A ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 0306 ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET. 0306. >> COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCIL OF BRITAIN. YES. COUNCILOR ROSA PARA COUNCILOR COG. PAPA. YES. YES. COUNCILOR. DUNCAN. YES. >> ALSO COUNCIL. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AS COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN. >> YES. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE. >> YES. COUNCILOR MEJIA. YES. >> ONCE SAID I'M HERE. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY. YES. COUNCIL PAN. UNDER-PREPARED. YES. COUNCIL. SANTANA. YEAH. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. YES. COUNCILOR WEBER. YES. COUNCIL WILL ROLL. YES. COUNCILWOMAN ROWE. YES. 123456789 1012 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. DOCKET 0306 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE READ DOCKET 0307. DOCKET 0307 COUNCILOR FLYNN OR FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY VHA ELEVATOR SAFETY COMMISSION. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FRIEND COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM, MADAM CHAIR, I'M ASKING FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT A SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION SO WE COULD DEVELOP A SAFETY COMMITTEE AND ELEVATE A SAFETY COMMITTEE. UM, FOR RESIDENTS. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. I THINK RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT VHA FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE NOT THEY ARE NOT HEARD OR RESPECTED UM. AT VHA. AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR CITY COUNCIL IS TO PROVIDE SOME LEADERSHIP AND THEY ASKED ME TO COME FORWARD AND PROPOSE A SAFETY COMMITTEE AND ELEVATE A SAFETY COMMITTEE, UH, SO WE CAN REVIEW, UM, ELEVATORS ACROSS VHA PROPERTY, KNOW WHICH ONES ARE WORKING, WHICH ONES ARE NOT WORKING AND THE ONES THAT ARE NOT WORKING TRY TO GET THE MAINTENANCE RECORD TO SEE WHAT IMPROVEMENTS THAT THAT COULD TAKE PLACE. ELEVATORS THAT ARE IN DISREPAIR. MAYBE IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS ESPECIALLY DISTRICT COUNCILS TO ADVOCATE FOR ELEVATORS UM DURING DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS. BUT I THINK TO DO THAT WE DO HAVE TO DEVELOP A ELEVATOR SAFETY COMMITTEE. UM, I'M WILLING TO BE PART OF IT TO CHAIR IT. I'D HAVE TO DO THAT. BUT I'M ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THAT INITIATIVE. SO VHA RESIDENTS FEEL LIKE THEY ARE HEARD AND RESPECTED HERE AT CITY HALL SO THAT WHEN THEY CALL AND THEY'RE WHEN THEY HAVE A COMPLAINT ABOUT THEIR ELEVATOR THAT CITY OFFICIALS ARE ON TOP OF IT. THAT'S THAT'S AN IMPORTANT CALL THAT WE RECEIVE. UM, AGAIN, I REPRESENT THE LARGEST NUMBER OF RESIDENTS LIVING IN BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY. I TAKE THAT COMMITMENT VERY SERIOUSLY. I WOULD ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS IMPORTANT COMMITTEE SO WE CAN DEVELOP A COMMITTEE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO HOW TO IMPROVE ELEVATOR SAFETY ACROSS VHA. IT'S ABOUT WORKING TOGETHER. IT'S ABOUT RESPECT FOR VHA RESIDENTS. UM, IT'S ABOUT RESPECTING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. MANY PEOPLE UH PEOPLE OF COLOR LIVING IN VHA IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS. THEY'RE ASKING FOR A LITTLE BIT OF RESPECT FROM THE CITY COUNCIL SO THAT WE CAN IMPROVE THE ELEVATOR SYSTEM FOR THEM. AND I'M GOING TO MAKE IT A PRIORITY WHETHER WE WE PASS THIS OR WE DON'T PASS THIS. BUT I DO THINK RESIDENTS OF VHA . DESERVE SOME RESPECT FROM FROM THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSTRUCTION AT THIS TIME. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR PUTTING THIS FORWARD FULL STOP. PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES DESERVE. TO MOVE FREELY. SAFELY WITH DIGNITY IN THEIR LIVES. WHEN ELEVATORS FAIL, THE CONSEQUENCES ARE IMMEDIATE AND UNACCEPTABLE AND WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY. AT THE SAME TIME, ANY ACTION WE TAKE MUST BE CLEAR, COORDINATED AND CAPABLE OF DELIVERING REAL RESULTS. AND SO THAT SAID AND TO BIFURCATE THE ISSUE WOULD ONLY FOCUS ON THE CREATION. YOU KEEP SAYING COMMITTEE IT'S IT'S A COMMISSION. UM I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS THAT EXIST MAYBE OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF A YES OR NO RESOLUTION. UM, FOR EXAMPLE, WHO WILL COMMAND THE ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY OF THIS COMMISSION SPECIFICALLY WHO WILL OVERSEE ITS CREATION, STAFFING COORDINATION DAY TO DAY PROJECT MANAGEMENT TO ENSURE IT FUNCTIONS EFFECTIVELY? UM, WHAT FINANCIAL RESOURCES ARE NEEDED TO BACK IT UP? WHAT IS THE CLEAR INTENT AND PURPOSE OF THE COMMISSION? I THINK YOU HAD SAID YOU KNOW. IT'S DOING AN. ESSENTIAL AUDIT OF ALL THE ELEVATORS. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM BUT BEYOND THAT, HOW WILL THIS COMMISSION WORK IN TANDEM WITH THE COMMONWEALTH'S ELEVATOR OVERSIGHT AND ENFORCEMENT BODIES TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE AND AVOID, UH, DUPLICATION? AND HOW LONG IS THIS COMMISSION INTENDED TO EXIST BEFORE IT SUNSETS OR COMPLETES ITS CHARGE? AND SO I FEEL LIKE THESE ARE ALL FAIR AND VALID QUESTIONS THAT I WOULD ASK OF ANY PROPOSAL THAT WAS BEFORE THIS BODY UH, ESPECIALLY FOR THE CREATION OF A COMMISSION. AND SO AND I THINK THAT DOES REQUIRE A LONGER CONVERSATION. SO I WILL BE OBJECTING TODAY. TO THIS. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR COLLETTA SUPPORTER . UH, DOCKET 0307 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0308. DOCKET 0308. COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR THE FOLLOWING. RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING NATIONAL GIRLS AND WOMEN IN SPORTS DAY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILMEMBER IF YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, PROUD TO PRESENT THIS RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING NATIONAL GIRLS AND WOMEN IN SPORTS DAY. FOUR YEARS AGO WHEN I MADE MY MAIDEN SPEECH ON THIS FLOOR OR ACTUALLY WAS ON ZOOM, I SPOKE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF SPORTS AND ATHLETIC ACCESS FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. THAT BELIEF IS ONLY DEEPENED OVER TIME AS WE CONTINUE TO SEE HOW SPORTS SUPPORT NOT JUST PHYSICAL HEALTH BUT MENTAL HEALTH CONFIDENCE AND CONNECTION FOR OUR KIDS. SPORTS GIVE YOUNG PEOPLE STRUCTURE, BELONGING AND A PLACE TO BUILD RESILIENCE AND LEADERSHIP FOR GIRLS IN PARTICULAR. ACCESS TO ATHLETICS CAN BE TRANSFORMATIVE, HELPING THEM BUILD CONFIDENCE AND SEE THEMSELVES AS LEADERS BOTH ON AND OFF THE FIELD. WE ARE A HEALTHIER CITY WHEN OUR GIRLS HAVE FULL AND EQUITABLE ACCESS TO SPORTS AND ATHLETIC OPPORTUNITIES. I ALSO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK THE COACHES ACROSS OUR CITY WHO GIVE THEIR TIME, ENERGY AND CARE TO SUPPORT YOUNG ATHLETES. THESE PROGRAMS DO NOT HAPPEN WITHOUT THEM AND I WANT TO OFFER A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO MY DAUGHTER MAISY FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION AS A COACH FOR MANY YEARS WITH THE GIRLS HOCKEY PROGRAM AT THE. DORCHESTER YOUTH HOCKEY. AND FOR THE EXAMPLE SHE AND HER FRIENDS WHO COACH WITH OUR SET FOR OUR YOUNG GIRLS EVERY DAY. THIS RESOLUTION RECOGNIZES NATIONAL GIRLS AND WOMEN'S SPORTS DAY AND CELEBRATES THE GIRLS AND WOMEN WHO PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, SCHOOLS AND COACHES WHO MAKE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES POSSIBLE. I INVITE MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME TODAY IN SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY . UM, COUNCILOR DURKIN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO THANK, UH, COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. UM, I JUST WANTED TO ALSO PRESENT AN OPPORTUNITY. I KNOW THAT, UM, STARTING ON, UH, FEBRUARY 13TH, BU IS DOING THEIR BOSTON SPORTS WEEK, UM, WHERE TICKETS ARE FREE TO ALL OF THEIR GAMES. SO IT'S CALLED BOSTON WEEK AT BU. UM, SO JUST WANTED TO ENCOURAGE ALL OF OUR CONSTITUENTS TO TAKE PART. UM I WILL ACTUALLY BE DROPPING THE WOMEN'S HOCKEY PUCK AT BU ON FEBRUARY 13TH. UM, WITH PAM BEAL WHO MANY OF YOU KNOW, UM, WHO IS PART OF THE CHARLES RIVER TASK FORCE. SO JUST WANTED TO THANK COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR THIS FILING AND ALSO ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO TAKE PART IN THOSE FREE TICKETS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE UM, WOMEN AND MEN UH, PERFORM AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC. SO I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MY CONSTITUENT DR. MARK HARLOW WHO'S THE HEAD OF THE ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKIN. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS MATTER? UH, WHO ANY WOULD LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR CANADA ABOUT A COUNCILOR COPE CULPEPER COUNCILOR. DURKIN. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD COUNCILOR. COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL ME HERE COUNCILOR. PEPEN CONSCIOUS FENTANYL COUNCILOR WEBER CONSTANT ORAL AND PLEASE UH THE CHAIR COUNCILOR MURPHY SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0308. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED THE NAME. THE AYES HAVE IT. UH, DOCKET 0308 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. UH, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0309.0309? COUNCILOR MURPHY OFFERED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE 2026 MAYOR'S YOUTH SUMMIT AND UM COMMENDING THE WORK OF THE OFFICE OF YOUTH ENGAGEMENT AND ADVANCEMENT. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO JUST FORMALLY NOW ADD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AS AN ORIGINAL SPONSOR. UM, HEARING NO OBJECTION HEARING SEEING NO OBJECTIONS. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD SO ADDED. UM MANY HOURS AGO EARLIER TODAY WE HEARD FROM PEDRO CRUZ AND THE OFFICE OF YOUTH ENGAGEMENT AND ADVANCEMENT ABOUT THE 2026 MAYOR'S YOUTH SUMMIT AND THE YEAR ROUND WORK THAT SUPPORTS YOUTH ENGAGEMENT ACROSS OUR CITY. THIS RESOLUTION RECOGNIZED THE SUMMIT AS A CELEBRATION OF THAT ONGOING WORK AND ENCOURAGED PARTICIPATION FROM YOUNG PEOPLE, FAMILIES, SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. IT ALSO AFFIRMS THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO UPLIFTING YOUTH VOICE AND CREATING SPACES WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE CAN CONNECT, LEAD AND BE HEARD. SO AT THIS TIME IF UM COUNCIL FITZGERALD WOULD LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING AND IF NOT I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST A SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF THIS RESOLUTION TODAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, YOU HAVE ANYTHING? OKAY. COUNCIL MURPHY AND COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, UH, ANYONE ELSE, UH, LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR UH, COLLETTE IS ABOUT A HUNDRED. UH. LOCAL COUNCIL COUNCILOR DURKAN . UH, COUNCILOR UH. COUNCILOR MEJIA LOUIJEUNE UM COUNCILOR UM SANTANA COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCILOR WORRELL ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. COUNCILOR MURPHY AND COUNCILOR FITZGERALD A SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0309. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. DOCKET 0309 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. THANK YOU EVERYONE. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 030 NO 03100310. COUNCILOR FLYNN OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING ACHIEVEMENTS OF BLACK VETERANS. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. UM, COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM, MADAM CHAIR, UM, MAY I ADD COUNCIL SANTANA AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND SUSPEND THE RULES AND AD COUNCIL UPON. SEEING, UH OR HEARING NO OBJECTIONS AND, UH, SANTANA AND WHAT WAS IT COUNCILOR SANTANA AND COUNCILOR PEPEN? YES. THANK YOU. UM, COUNCILOR COUNCILORS THEN, UH. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND I'M I'M GLAD COUNCIL SANTANA IS, UH, THE NEW. THE CHAIR OF THE. VETERANS COMMITTEE AND GLAD THAT HE'S WORKING ON THESE ISSUES. UM, SINCE THE FOUNDING OF OUR COUNTRY, AFRICAN-AMERICANS HAVE PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN OUR MILITARY HISTORY DESPITE RACIAL DISCRIMINATION FACING LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES DURING THE CIVIL WAR, THE 54TH MASS INFANTRY REGIMENT WAS THE FIRST MILITARY UNIT CONSISTING OF THREE BLACK SOLDIERS FIGHTING FOR THE UNION ARMY. WORLD WAR TWO TUSKEGEE AIRMEN, AN ALL BLACK ARMY AIR CORPS AVIATION UNIT BASED IN TUSKEGEE ,ALABAMA TRAINED BLACK PILOTS NAVIGATORS IT IS PERSONNEL UM OVERCOMING SEGREGATION AND DISCRIMINATION TO BECOME ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED FIGHTER GROUPS IN THE WORLD. IT WELL KNOWN TUSKEGEE AIRMEN FROM BOSTON WAS WAS A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE UM REVEREND CULPEPER YOU MIGHT KNOW WHO HE WAS TO WITH SOME FORM OF BOSTON POLICE SUPERINTENDENT WILLIS SAUNDERS. YOU KNOW YOU KNOW WHAT WAS. UM WHO RECEIVED A CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL FOR HIS SERVICE. SAUNDERS, A RESPECTED ROLE MODEL ON THE CITY, ALWAYS TREATED PEOPLE WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT. HIS FATHER, AN ARMY VETERAN, SERVED IN WORLD WAR ONE. WE ALL WERE ALSO PROUD OF THE HISTORIC 12TH BAPTIST CHURCH. IN ROXBURY FOR THEIR OUTREACH AND SUPPORT TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN VETERANS THROUGHOUT GREATER BOSTON, ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE 60 PLUS VETERANS GROUP UM. THE CHURCH'S MANY NOTABLE PASTORS OVER THE YEARS INCLUDING REVEREND GEORGE WASHINGTON WILLIAMS WHO WAS A CIVIL WAR VETERAN. WE WERE ALSO WANTED TO HAVE THE WILLIAM COURT AMERICAN LEGION POST 16, THE OLDEST AFRICAN AMERICAN POST IN THE AMERICAN LEGION IN MATTAPAN. I'M A MEMBER OF MANY VETERANS POSTS ACROSS MOSTLY IN SOUTH BOSTON, BUT I AM A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION POST AT THE CARTER POST. UM I RESPECT THE PEOPLE AT THE CARTER POST AND THE HUGE CONTRIBUTIONS THEY'VE MADE. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY FRIEND WHO WAS THE VETERANS COMMISSIONER FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON, COMMISSIONER SANTIAGO FOR THE IMPORTANT WORK HE HAS DONE AND A FELLOW THAT RECENTLY RETIRED AT THE STATE LEVEL. SECRETARY SANTIAGO FROM THE SOUTH END AS WELL. UM BUT WHAT I ALSO KNOW IS EVEN THOUGH BLACK VETERANS HAVE SERVED HONORABLY AND HEROICALLY AND THEIR FAMILIES SACRIFICE AND SACRIFICED AS WELL BUT WHEN THEY CAME BACK TO LIKE THE ASIANS WHEN THEY CAME BACK TO UM THE STATES AFTER SERVING IN WAR THEY ARE TREATED WITH RACE AND TREATED WITH DISRESPECT FACING RACISM UH HATE CRIMES. SO WE CELEBRATE THE HEROIC AFRICAN AMERICAN VETERANS BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK WE HAVE TO DO ENSURING ,UM, RACIAL JUSTICE IS A CRITICAL PART OF THE CONVERSATION AND IT'S ABOUT RESPECT AND DIGNITY FOR UM, BLACK VETERANS BUT. OF ALL PEOPLE AS WELL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNSELOR, SINCE I KNOW YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR INCLUDING ME AND YOUR LEADERSHIP. UM, IN THIS SPACE, UM, OUR BLACK VETERANS HAVE MADE GREAT CONTRIBUTIONS AND PERSONAL SACRIFICES FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON AND BEYOND THIS RESOLUTION AND THANKS TO THE LEADERSHIP OF MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR FLYNN, THERE'S A REAL AFFIRMATION THAT OUR CITY STANDS WITH OUR BLACK VETERANS AND EXTENDS OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE FOR THEIR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE. WE AS A CITY MUST NOT ONLY RECOGNIZE THE BRAVERY OF THESE INDIVIDUALS BUT ALSO RECKONING WITH THE UM, RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION THEY HAVE BEEN AND CONTINUE TO BE SUBJECTED TO. TO HONOR OUR BLACK VETERANS IS NOT JUST TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS BUT ALSO TO OPENLY AND VOCALLY BE ANTI-RACIST, TO OPENLY OPPOSE ANY OF ALL THESE POLICIES WHICH HARM OUR TARGET OR TARGET OUR BLACK COMMUNITY TO HONOR AND UPLIFT ALL OF OUR BLACK COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND TO CALL OUT UM OF THE DEVALUING OF BLACK PEOPLE, BLACK LABOR, BLACK CULTURE AND BLACK COMMUNITY COMMUNITIES WHEN WE SEE IT TODAY I'M PROUD TO CELEBRATE THE HONORABLE SERVICE OF OUR BLACK VETERANS. AND THANK YOU AGAIN COUNCILOR FLYNN, UM FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS MATTER. I AM ALSO LOOKING I TAKE IT WITH A GREAT HONOR, UM, THAT I WILL BE CHAIRING THE VETERANS COMMITTEE AND WORKING ALONGSIDE ,UH, MY VICE CHAIR, COUNCILOR FLYNN TO LEARN FROM, UM, THE WORK THAT HE'S DONE AND BE ABLE TO BUILD ON THAT. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. >> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR SANTANA. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR PEPEN PEPPER AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR OUT OF ME AS A CO-SPONSOR I AM VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF THIS. I JUST THINK ABOUT MALIKA WHITLEY ALWAYS IN MY DISTRICT UM. WHO IS. >> A POWERFUL BLACK VETERAN, A VERY PROUD BLACK ARMY VETERAN BECAUSE SHE'LL MAKE IT VERY OBVIOUS THAT SHE'S ARMY VETERAN . UM, BUT THE REASON WHY I ALWAYS BRING HER UP IS BECAUSE SHE'S VERY MUCH PUSHING UP WHAT IS THE ROBERTS FOG POST AND HYDE PARK AND MAKING SURE THAT BLACK VETERANS AND VETERANS AND IN GENERAL ARE GETTING THE RESOURCES AND THE RECOGNITION THAT THEY DESERVE. UM, ALSO WITH MEREDITH TOO IT OVER IN MATTAPAN JUST THE BOTH OF THEM STAND OUT TO ME IN NOT JUST ON WHEN. VETERANS DAY COMES UP BUT EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THE YEAR. THEY JUST HAD AN EVENT AT THE FAR POST WHERE COMMISSIONER SANTIAGO WENT UM, THERE ARE BLACK VETERANS IN GENERAL IN MY DISTRICT SPECIFICALLY HYDE PARK. HAVE BEEN. REALLY MOBILIZING AND THAT'S WHY LAST NOVEMBER COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU ATTENDED I HOSTED THE FIRST AND THE LONG TIME VETERANS DAY CELEBRATION IN HYDE PARK WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO HONOR THE LEGACY AND YOU WERE ALREADY MENTIONED THE 54TH REGIMENT BUT JUST IT'S A IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PART OF OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY. THE FACT THAT THE FIRST ALL BLACK CAVALRY IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY MILITARY WAS RIGHT HERE IN REVILLE, HYDE PARK, MASSACHUSETTS AND THERE'S THE RE-ENACTORS THAT CONTINUE TO KEEP THEIR HISTORY ALIVE. THEY DO THAT WITH PRIDE AND I JUST SO FOR ME IT'S AN HONOR THAT HAPPENS RIGHT IN MY DISTRICT. SO IT'S A NO BRAINER FOR ME TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION TO MAKE SURE THAT THE THEY'RE RECEIVING THE RESOURCES THAT THEY DESERVE AND CONTINUE TO HONOR THEM NOT ONLY ON VETERANS DAY OR BLACK HISTORY MONTH BUT EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THE YEAR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. THANK YOU COUNCILOR UH PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PEPEN. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME CONTRA CLOUD AS A PART OF COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR DUNCAN FITZGERALD, COUNCILMAN LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR MEJIA. COUNCILMAN MURPHY. COUNCILOR WEBER CONTRA WORRELL PLEASE. UH, THE CHAIR COUNCILORS FLYNN ,SANTANA AND PEPEN SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0310. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. UH, ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. DOCKET 0310 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 03110311? COUNCILMAN MURPHY OR FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING NATIONAL WEAR RED DAY AND RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT WOMAN'S OPT OUT. COMES FROM MURPHY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'M FILING THIS RESOLUTION IN RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL WEAR RED DAY OBSERVED EACH YEAR TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT WOMEN'S HEART HEALTH. HEART DISEASE REMAINS A LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR WOMEN IN THIS COUNTRY. YET TOO OFTEN IT GOES UNRECOGNIZED AND UNDERDIAGNOSED OR MISUNDERSTOOD PARTICULARLY FOR WOMEN OF COLOR. SYMPTOMS CAN PRESENT DIFFERENTLY. ACCESS TO PREVENTIVE CARE IS UNEVEN IN MANY WOMEN ARE BALANCING STRESS CAREGIVING IN WORK WITHOUT PRIORITIZING THEIR OWN HEALTH. THIS RESOLUTION IS ABOUT AWARENESS, PREVENTION AND EQUITY. IT IS A SIMPLE BUT IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS A COUNCIL TO USE OUR PLATFORM TO ENCOURAGE EDUCATION, EARLY RECOGNITION AND HEALTHIER OUTCOMES FOR WOMEN ACROSS BOSTON. I INVITE MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION AND STANDING TOGETHER IN RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL WEAR RED DAY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF WOMEN'S HEART HEALTH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POWDER COUNCILOR CULPEPER CLEANSER DURKAN FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL. HERE COUNCILOR. PEPEN COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCILOR WEBER HAS AROUND THE PLACE AND THE CHAIR UM COUNCILOR SORRY COUNCIL MURPHY SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF ADOPT RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0311. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL RIGHT. >> ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0311 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 03120312? COUNCILOR FLYNN OFFERED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION ON TAX RELIEF. THANK YOU. >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN, COUNCIL FRIEND. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YEAH. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, I'M GOING TO DISCUSS THIS UM RESOLUTION I I UNDERSTAND THAT SOMEONE WILL PROBABLY BLOCK IT. I'VE HAD TWO RESOLUTIONS ALREADY BLOCKED SO I'M SURE A THIRD ONE WILL BE WILL BE BLOCKED. UM. A STATE TAX RELIEF PACKAGE SPONSORED BY STATE SENATOR NICK COLLINS AND OTHER STATE SENATORS WAS PASSED BY THE STATE SENATE ON JANUARY 15TH LEGISLATION WHICH AIMS TO PROTECT OUR SENIORS, VETERANS, SMALL BUSINESS FAMILIES AND LONGTIME RESIDENTS DURING THESE CHALLENGING ECONOMIC TIMES. JUST FOR AN EXAMPLE AS 28 AND 99 IT'S AN ACT TO PREVENT PROPERTY TAX BILLS SHOCKS GIVE CITIES AND TOWNS THE ABILITY TO PROTECT TAXPAYERS FROM THE SHOCK OF A HUGE HIGH TAX BILL IN A YEAR WHEN THE COMMUNITIES RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TAX LEVY IS IS RISING BY MORE THAN 10%, WORKING FAMILIES AND TAXPAYERS WHO HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A LOCAL RESIDENTIAL TAX EXEMPTION COULD BE ABLE TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL TAX RELIEF TO A REBATE IF CITIES AND TOWNS OPT IN TO THE LOCAL OPTION CONTAINED IN 2900. IF ADOPTED, BOSTON WOULD BE ABLE TO SET ELIGIBILITY ON ASSETS INCOME IN OTHER FACTORS TO PROVIDE WORKING WORKING FAMILIES AND HOUSEHOLDS FOR THE TAX RELIEF WITH THE POSSIBLE EXEMPTION BEING RAISED FROM $500 TO $1500 A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY 20 901 UM AN ACT RELATIVE TO SENIOR PROPERTY TAX DEFERRAL EXPANDS ELIGIBILITY FOR SENIOR PROPERTY TAX DEFERRAL BY REDUCING THE STATE RESIDENTS RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT FROM TEN YEARS TO SEVEN. THE BILL APPROVED 37 TO NOTHING IN THE SENATE ALSO EXTENDS THESE PROTECTIONS TO ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS THROUGH AN ADOPTED AMENDMENT. UM THIS LEGISLATION IS COMMON SENSE IN MY. IN MY OPINION IT'S AN APPROACH TO PROVIDE WORKING FAMILIES IN OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS INCLUDING OUR SENIORS AND VETERANS. AS I MENTIONED TAX RELIEF DURING THESE CHALLENGING TIMES IF PASSED BY THE MASS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR, I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO OPT IN TO THESE LOCAL OPTIONS. IT'S ABOUT PROVIDING CRITICAL LEADERSHIP TO RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY RESIDENTS IN NEED THAT ARE STRUGGLING TO PAY THEIR BILLS. WE MUST DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO LOWER THE TAX BURDEN ON OUR RESIDENTS WHILE ENSURING THE ECONOMIC VITALITY OF BOSTON DURING THESE UNCERTAIN, UNCERTAIN ECONOMIC TIMES. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE WORK TOGETHER AND TREAT EACH OTHER WITH RESPECT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK UM, ON THIS. MATTER? >> COUNCILOR? >> UH. CONSTABLE MEMBER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH AND. THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR. >> FLYNN FOR FILING THIS. I FILED A, UH, RESOLUTION IN OUR LAST MEETING IN SUPPORT OF THE MAYOR'S HOME RULE PETITION, UH, WHICH I THOUGHT MADE FISCAL SENSE BECAUSE IT WAS GOING TO PROVIDE. UH. >> TAX RELIEF TO OUR RESIDENTS BY, UH, COLLECTING MORE MONEY FROM COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. UM, THAT WAS NOT SUPPORTED BY A GROUP OF SENATORS, SOME OF WHOM HAVE NO CONNECTION TO BOSTON. UH, AND INSTEAD WHAT WE GOT WAS A PACKAGE OF WHAT ARE ESSENTIALLY TAX CUTS. WE ALL WANT TO PROVIDE TAX RELIEF TO OUR RESIDENTS, BUT WHERE IS THE MONEY GOING TO COME FROM TO TO PAY FOR THESE? MY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, IS IT COMING FROM FIRING CITY WORKERS, FIRING TEACHERS, POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS? I DON'T THINK ANY OF US WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF THAT. UH I DO UH YOU KNOW, I DO THINK THAT THIS MERITS FURTHER DISCUSSION. I'M ANTICIPATING THAT THIS WOULD GO INTO THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE AND I KNOW WE USE THE WORD BLOCK. I AM NOT BLOCKING THIS. I WANT TO HAVE A HEARING. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WE DISCUSS HOW WE CAN DIVERSIFY OUR SOURCES OF REVENUE AND THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THAT CONVERSATION. SO I'M OBJECTING TO SUSPENSION AND PASS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ON THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0312 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. UH, MOVING ON TO PERSONNEL ON ORDERS. UM I UNDERSTAND, MADAM CLERK, THAT UH, WE HAVE NO, UH, PERSONNEL NO ORDERS. UH OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OH AT THIS POINT I'D LIKE TO ASK PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAMES TO, UH, DOCKETS THAT THEY MISSED OF UH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO THAT. UH COUNCILOR. UH LOUIJEUNE. I'LL START WITH YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM, I'D LIKE TO ADD MY NAME TO DOCKET. 03030304 AND 0305. OKAY. >> JUST. YEAH. >> IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY. THANK YOU. >> AND I'D LIKE TO, UH, PUT FORWARD A MOTION TO RECONSIDER A VOTE ON ALL OF THOSE SO THAT I CAN ADD MY, UH, VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE IF THERE'S A SECOND. SECOND. UM, SO I'D LIKE TO ADD A VOTE MY VOTE TO 0303 AS A YES. >> YES. OKAY IN FAVOR? YEAH. >> JUST A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE ON 0304 IF THERE'S A SECOND. SECOND. >> UM, I'D LIKE TO VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ON 0304. IN A DOCKET NUMBER 0305. I'D LIKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE. IS THERE A SECOND? UM, SO THAT I COULD VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ON DOCKET NUMBER 0305? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> CULTURAL VISION. ALSO, UM, MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY, THERE IS A DOCKET UM, THAT IS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT IS, UH, CONDEMNING THE MOVE ON TPS FOR HAITI. IF YOU COULD MOVE THAT FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TO MOTIONS, ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS, I CAN WAIT TO OBJECT TO THE CONSENT AGENDA OR WE CAN MOVE FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA HERE SO THAT WE CAN JUST. UM, MOVE IT FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TO. YES, IT'S DOCKET IT'S ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AS DOCKET NUMBER 0319. JUST TO TODAY UH. 0319 YES. RESOLUTION DENOUNCING THE TERMINATION OF THE TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS FOR HAITI. YOU'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT FROM THE. CONSENT AGENDA TO MOTIONS ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS. MOTIONS, ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS . UM EXCELLENT. UH YES. OKAY. >> WE CAN MOVE THAT BACK TO MOVE MOTIONS, ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS. THANK YOU. AND THIS IS JUST, UH YOU KNOW, AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, I FILED THIS RESOLUTION IN DECEMBER. IT'S THAT RESOLUTION WHILE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THERE'S A COURT CASE BATTLE THAT PREVENTS A TERMINATION OF TPS AND THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR FOLKS TO KNOW THAT WHILE THE THE CASES IN PLAY AND WHILE THE JUDGE'S ORDER IS IN PLAY, PEOPLE WHO HAVE GPS WHO HAVE WORKED WITH THE RESOLUTION, ALL OF THE AUTHORIZATIONS EXTEND AND ACTUALLY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS REQUIRED TO UPDATE THE FEDERAL REGISTER. SO I JUST WANT FOLKS TO KNOW THAT WHILE, UH, THE JUDGE'S ORDER IS IN PLAY, PEOPLE STILL HAVE THEIR RIGHTS. I'VE BEEN GETTING CALLS AND TEXTS ABOUT THIS SO I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT. UM, AS WE CONDEMN THE, UH, ATTEMPTED MOVE BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT RIGHT NOW THERE'S A SIGH OF RELIEF BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN STILL WORK GETTING CALLS FROM STATE EMPLOYEES FROM CITY EMPLOYEES. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE STILL ABLE TO WORK. UH, WANT TO SAY THIS IN EVEN CONNECT TO QATAR BY MAIL LIVE? OKAY. YOUR TUJU. QATAR BYE. IT'D BE SASSY MAMA PUTERI ON SOME HUMAN CONNECTED TO SUGAR UM TO HAVE I SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I LIKE A SUSPENSION OF PASSAGE ON THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. GOOD. >> TO. YES, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD. UM, IN ORDER TO HAVE IT FULLY BEFORE THE BODY. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU READ, UH, DOCKET 0319. UH. >> INTO THE RECORD UH. DOCKET 0319 COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION DENOUNCING DETERMINATION OF TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS FOR HAITI. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO, UM, SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR? UH, COLLETTE AS A POWDER COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FLYNN COUNCILOR. MEJIA COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILORS. PEPEN COUNCILOR. UH. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. WEBER COUNCILOR. WARREN, PLEASE OF THE CHAIR. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES ON ADOPTION OF DOCKET 01319. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I. I HAVE THE VOTE. UH, MADAME? UH, MADAM CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE, UH, TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 0319. SO CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 0319, COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COME, SABRINA AND COUNCIL COLETTE AS A PARA. COUNCIL PAPA. YES YES. YES COUNCILOR. DUNCAN. COUNCILOR DUCK AND YES. COUNCIL. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. >> FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCIL. FLYNN. COUNCIL. FRIEND. YES. COUNCIL. LOUIJEUNE SOLUTION. YES. COUNCIL. MEJIA. COUNCIL. MEJIA. YES. COUNCIL. MURPHY COUNCIL MOSTLY. YES. COUNCIL FOR BAN ON WEAPON. YES. COUNCIL. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCIL. WEBER COUNCIL. WEBER. YES AND COUNCIL. OVERALL COUNCIL WARDROBE. YES TO TEEN AND FORMATIVE. THANK YOU. >> UM. DOCKET 00319 UH HAS BEEN ADOPTED. THANK YOU. I SEE THAT FOLKS FROM LIGHTS ON ANY OTHER FOLKS WHO WANT TO UM ,UH, THEIR NAMES TO UH IF THEY MISSED UH, SO WE'LL START I'M GOING TO GO ANTI-CLOCKWISE. COUNCILOR PEPEN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY NAME TO DOCKET NUMBER 02930294 AND 0295 . THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PEPEN. UH, COUNTRY MURPHY YOUR NEXT. >> THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO RECONSIDER. UM, MY VOTE FOR DOCKET 0157. YES, I BELIEVE THE ONE. I MENTIONED. >> YES, IT'S ON PAGE THREE. I'D LIKE. >> TO CHANGE MY VOTE TO YES, PLEASE. SO. >> YEAH. YEAH, WE GOT IT. WE GOT IT. THANK YOU. GOOD. OKAY. THANKS FOR MURPHY. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN, DO YOU WISH TO CHANGE YOUR RECORD TO VOTE? YES, MADAM CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO RECONSIDER 0157. UM, I'M NOT SURE IF. >> IT'S. DOES IT HAVE TO BE AGREED UPON BY THE COUNCIL FOR ME TO CHANGE? I JUST DON'T WANT TO MAKE THE I JUST DON'T WANT TO MAKE THE MOTION OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO VOTE AGAINST ME. UM, HAVING THE RIGHT TO CHANGE A VOTE MOTION. SECOND. >> SECOND. SECOND. SECOND. >> AND THAT'S. >> WHY. UH. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY, I APPRECIATE, UM, YOUR ATTENTION TO DETAIL. I'M VERY TIRED RIGHT NOW. UH, COUNTY COUNCILOR FLYNN, UH, YOU'VE A SECOND TO TO, UH, RECONSIDER YOUR VOTE. YES. >> UM, ON ON DOCKET 0157. UH, MADAM CHAIR, I WANTED TO CHANGE MY VOTE OUT OF RESPECT FOR YOU AND. FOR THE FOR THE JOB YOU WERE DOING UNDER VERY DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES. BUT I SUPPORT YOU AS PRESIDENT AND I RESPECT YOU AS PRESIDENT AS WELL. THAT'S WHY I I WANT TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A 13 NOTHING 13 ZERO UM RULES VOTE. THANK YOU I APPRECIATE THAT THANK. >> YOU. MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. OKAY. UM, COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU. AND TO MAKE SURE IT'S. JUST TO BE HONORED UH, YOU YOU HAVE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER. RECONSIDER DOCKET 0157. YEAH YEAH. THANK YOU. >> UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO GO ON RECORD TO SAY THAT I I APPRECIATE ALREADY I'VE BEEN TO YOUR OFFICE AND ON THE PHONE WITH YOU SEVERAL TIMES IN THESE FIRST FEW WEEKS AND YOU, UM, SEEM VERY OPEN AND WILLING TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS EVEN IF WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE AND COME TO THE SAME CONCLUSION AND THAT YOU'VE SAID HERE ON THE FLOOR AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT IN PRIVATE THAT YOU ARE WILLING AND HOPING TO HAVE MORE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE INCOME COMMITTEE OF THE RULES COMMITTEE HEARINGS AND NOT FEELING AS THOUGH THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO IN ANY WAY UM, THINK THAT YOUR POWER IS PRESIDENT BECAUSE SOMEBODY'S EGO IS NOT IN THE WAY. HERE WITH YOU I BELIEVE SO YOU'RE WILLING TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS AND THAT WE CAN COME TO SOME AGREEMENT. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE ALSO THAT I VOTE YES TO SUPPORT YOU GOING FORWARD WITH THE RULES THAT YOU BROUGHT FORWARD TO US. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY I APPRECIATE THAT. UM, COUNCILOR DURKIN YOU HAVE I SEE YOUR LIGHT IS ON. UM YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UM SHOULD. DO WE NEED TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE AGAIN. UM. >> FOR THE RULES? NO, I THINK. >> JUST, UH, FOLKS WHO DIDN'T VOTE. OKAY. GOT IT. OKAY. CHANGED THEIR VOTE. I JUST LIKE TO ADD MY NAME. UM, 2027802800282 AND 0283. AND THOSE ARE ALL HEARINGS SO I JUST WANT TO ADD MY NAME TO THOSE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU EVERYONE. WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE GREEN SHEETS ONLY GETTING STARTED UH COUNCILOR MEAD UH YOU'RE STANDING DO YOU UM WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED? >> OKAY. BEFORE WE, UM. OKAY. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU. UH, MADAM CLERK UH, WE'RE NOW MOVING TO THE GREEN SHEETS AS A REMINDER BECAUSE OF IT BECAUSE EVERYTHING WAS SENT TO THE COMMITTEE OF A WHOLE LAST WEEK . ALL THESE DOCKETS WILL NEED TO BE PULLED AND REASSIGNED. THE CLERK, MADAM CLERK, WILL READ THE ENTIRE LIST OF DOCKETS AND THEIR ASSIGNMENTS TOGETHER . UH, UM AND THEN WE WAIT TO THE CLERK FINISH THIS BEFORE WILL IT WILL ACKNOWLEDGE LIGHTS ON. SO MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS FROM THE GREEN SEATS FOR THE REASSIGNMENT FOR THE COMMITTEE? UH, FROM THE COMMITTEE AS A WHOLE UH, DOCKETS I DON'T MEAN. PLEASE. >> YEAH. >> AND THEN UH, WE'RE DOING THEM IN BUNDLES SO DEPENDING ON WHICH UM AND WHICH, UH, COMMITTEE THEY'RE BEING ASSIGNED TO. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. AND, UM, I HOPE YOU HAVE PLENTY OF WATER. DOCKET 186 ORDER. FOR A HEARING ON EQUITABLE CONTRACTING AND BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR MAJOR CIVIL SPORTING EVENT IN BOSTON DOCKET 210423 HEARING TO DISCUSS THE CREATION OF CULTURAL DISTRICT IN BOSTON DOCKET TWO ONE TO ORDER FOR A HEARING ON A PROPOSAL FOR A SURPLUS AFTER UH. ACUTE STATUS DOCKET 220 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO BRING MORE SIGNATURE SPORTS EVENT TO BOSTON. UM, THESE DOCKETS ARE GOING TO BE ASSIGNED TO THE ARTS, CULTURE AND ENTERTAINMENT TOURS AND SPECIAL EVENTS. UH, DOES ANYONE WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE? THESE ARE THE DOCKETS THAT WILL BE REFERRED TO THE ARTS AND CULTURE ENTERTAINMENT, TOURISM ,SPECIAL EVENTS. OKAY. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THANK YOU. UH, MADAM CLERK, TO READ THE NEXT GROUP. DOCKET 183 ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING VOTERS ACCESSIBILITY AND ELECTION PREPAREDNESS. UM, AND THAT'S GOING TO CENSUS REDISTRICTING AND ELECTIONS. UH THANK YOU. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OKAY. >> I'M MADAM CLERK. DOCKET ONE ONE TO ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING PARKING ACCESS FOR TRAVEL AND BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES. THAT'S GOING TO CITY SERVICES AND DOCKET 132 MESSAGE AND ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY $430,340 FROM THE CONNECTED, AN ONLINE PROGRAM GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY PASS THROUGH THE MASSACHUSETTS TECHNOLOGY COLLABORATION TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY. THE EQUIPMENT INCLUDE LAPTOPS, DESKTOP BUNDLES AND RELATED EQUIPMENT TO MULTIPLE CITY DEPARTMENT WOULD DEPLOY CENTER BY CCF CENTERS AND SITES OPERATED BY THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND THE OFFICE OF RETURNING CITIZEN . THIS AWARD REFLECTS STRONG CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL COLLABORATION AND ADVANCES TO THE CITY BORDER DIGITAL EQUITY GOAL THIS IS GOING TO CITY SERVICES ORDERS. ANOTHER ONE AND. I'VE JUST BEEN INFORMED THAT WE DON'T NEED TO VOTE ON THESE. THIS IS JUST TO UM VERIFY THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SENT TO THE THESE. DIFFERENT UH COMMITTEES. SO UH CONTINUE MADAM. DOC DOCKET 135 MESSAGE AND ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $100,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT MASSACHUSETTS TECHNOLOGY COLLABORATION AWARDED BY UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY PASS THROUGH THE MASSACHUSETTS TECHNOLOGY COLLABORATIVE TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY. THE GRANT WOULD FUND MULTI SESSIONS DIGITAL SKILLS WORKSHOP SERIES AT MULTIPLE LOCATION AND DISTRIBUTE DEVICE TO. LEARNERS THAT IS GOING TO CITY. SERVICES DOCKET 137 MESSAGE AND ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $100,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT MUNICIPAL ID IMPROVEMENT GRANT AWARDED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS OFFICE OF DISABILITY AND BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY. THE GRANT WOULD FUND UPDATING AND MUNICIPAL ERDF SELF-EVALUATION AND TRANSITION PLAN TO ADDRESS BARRIERS TO ACCESSIBILITY IN WEB BASED SERVICES AN APPLICATION THAT'S GOING TO CITY SERVICES DOCKET 187 ORDER FOR HEARING TO EXAMINE INCOME ADJUSTED PARK FINES AND INTEREST FREE PAYMENT PLAN THAT IS GOING TO CITY SERVICES DOCKET 219 ORDER FOR A HEARING ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND BEST PRACTICE FOR CIVIL ASSOCIATION THAT'S GOING TO SERVE US UM CITY SERVICES DOCKET 169 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DEVELOP A REPORT ON STATE OR CIVIL RIGHTS IN BOSTON. UM, THAT'S GOING TO CIVIL RIGHTS, RACIAL EQUITY AND IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT. DOCKET 191 ORDER FOR HEARING TO ADDRESS CRITICAL ISSUES IN JAIL BASED VOTING AND EMPOWER AND IMPREGNATION COMMUNITIES TO STRENGTHEN DEMOCRACY. UM, THAT'S GOING TO CIVIL RIGHTS, RACIAL EQUITY AND. IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT. DOCKET 2 TO 2 RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF BILL SD 3607 AN ACT PROTECTING ASSET ACCESS TO JUSTICE THAT'S GOING TO CIVIL RIGHTS, RACIAL EQUITY AND IMMIGRANT. ADVANCEMENT DOCKET. 113 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXAMINE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL CLOSURE AND MERGER ACTIONS RELATED TO THE 2026, 2027 AND 2027 AND 2028 YEARS AND TRANSPARENCY AND LONG TERM FACILITIES PLAN THAT IS GOING TO EDUCATION DOCKET 166 ORDER FOR YEAR WHEN REGARDING BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT ATHLETIC TRANSFER AND ELIGIBILITY POLICIES THAT'S GOING TO EDUCATION DOCKET 176 ORDER FOR HEARING TO DISCUSS INCREASING ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY SCHOOL OPTIONS FOR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ALL NEIGHBORHOODS. THAT'S GOING TO EDUCATION DOCKET 188 ORDER FOR A HEARING ON THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES, PUBLIC ASSETS AND WHITE STADIUM THAT'S GOING TO EDUCATION DOCKET 200 ORDER FOR HEARING ON BPA STAFFING PROGRAMS AND PARKS THAT'S GOING TO EDUCATION DOCKET 215 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXPLORE SCHOLARSHIP FOR BOSTON STUDENTS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO ALL FORM OF HIGHER. EDUCATION THAT'S GOING TO EDUCATION DOCTOR DOCKET 216 ORDER FOR A YEAR AND TO BRING HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY SATELLITE CAMPUS TO BOSTON THAT'S GOING TO EDUCATION DOCKET 165 ORDER FOR HERE. AND WE GOT INTO ESTABLISHMENT OF IMPLEMENTATION OF FUNDING MECHANISM OF BOSTON COASTAL PROTECTION THAT'S GOING TO ENVIRONMENT JUSTICE RESILIENCY UNPACK DOCTOR DOCKET TO ONE ONE ORDER FOR HEARING TO DISCUSS THE CREATION OF INDOOR PLAYGROUNDS IN BOSTON THAT'S GOING TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RESILIENCY AND PARK DOCKET 158 ORDINANCE ESTABLISH STREET FOOD COURT IN THE CITY OF BOSTON THAT'S GOING TO GOVERNMENT OPERATION. DOCKET 160 ORDINANCE CREATING A MUNICIPAL IDENTIFICATION CARD IN THE CITY OF BOSTON THAT'S GOING TO GOVERNMENT UPS DOCKET 161 ORDINANCE PREVENTING WAGE THEFT IN THE CITY OF BOSTON THAT'S GOING TO GOVERNMENT OPS DOCKET ONE SIX TO PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW AND RELATIVE TO REORGANIZATION OF THE BOSTON BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE THAT'S GOING TO GOVERNMENT UP DOCKET 163 PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW AND ACT RELATIVE TO REAL ESTATE TRANSFER FEES AND AND SENIOR UM, PROPERTY TAX RELIEF THAT'S GOING TO GOVERNMENT TOP DOCKET 164 PETITION FOR SPECIAL LAW AND ACT RELATIVE TO VARIOUS TAX CLASSIFICATION DEFINITIONS EXEMPTION AND CREDIT THAT'S GOING TO GOVERNMENT ON THE DOCKET ONE SEVEN TO ORDER FOR A HEARING TO INVESTIGATE THE USE, IMPACT AND POTENTIAL BAND OF OUR CHRONIC PRICE SETTING IN THE BOSTON RENTAL MARKET THAT'S GOING TO HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. DOCKET 184 ORDER FOR HEARING ON BUILDING IS STRONGER FOR HOUSING FUTURE FOR BOSTON THAT'S GOING TO BOSTON HOUSE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DOCKET 208 ORDER FOR HEARING TO ADDRESS PROBLEM PROPERTIES IN BOSTON THAT'S GOING TO HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DOCKET 217 ORDER FOR HEAR WHEN REGARDING THE HOMEOWNERSHIP VOUCHER PROGRAM THAT'S GOING TO HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DOCKET 179 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS FOOD INSECURITY AND MILD NUTRITION IN THE CITY OF BOSTON THAT'S GOING TO HUMAN SERVICES DOCKET ONE EIGHT TO ORDER FOR HEARING REGARDING THE CITY OF BOSTON RESPONSE TO SEXUAL ASSAULT, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND RELATED RESOURCES FOR SURVIVORS. IT'S GOING TO HUMAN SERVICES DOCKET 189 ORDER FOR HEARING TO ORDER CHILD CARE INVESTMENT AND FINANCIAL STABILITY OF FAMILY CHILD CARE PROVIDERS. UM THAT'S GOING TO HUMAN SERVICES DOCKET 2 OR 6 ORDER FOR HEARING TO EXPLORE WAYS OF USING MUNICIPAL BUILDING TO HOST CHILD CARE CENTERS THAT'S GOING TO HUMAN SERVICES DOCTOR DOCKET 133 MESSAGE AND ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND AMOUNT OF $219,178.03 IN THE FORM OF A GRAND VOLUNTEERS INCOME TAX ASSISTANT FUNDING AWARDED BY THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION OF FINANCE TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. THE GROUND PUT FORTH WITH FUND CENTERS FOR WORKING FAMILIES IN BOSTON TO ACCEPT COLLABORATION AND IN ASSISTING LOW INCOME TAXPAYERS WITH PERSONAL INCOME TAX FILING FOR 2026 TAX SEASON . THAT'S GOING TO LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WE START TO TAKE A BREATH. GET SOME WATER. THANK YOU MADAM CLERK. THIS IS A MARATHON SESSION. DOCKET 134 MESSAGE AND ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $120,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM AWARDED BY THE UNITED UNITED WAY PASS THROUGH THE BOSTON LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. THE GRAND WOULD FUND FINANCIAL EDUCATION, CREDIT ASSET BUILDING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES FOR RESIDENT AT THE CENTER FOR WORKING FAMILIES THAT'S GOING TO LABOR AND. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. DOCKET 1168 ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING REVIVING THE WRETCHED PROGRAM THAT IS GOING TO LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DOCKET 1711 IF WE'RE HERE AND EXPLORE DESIGNATED ECONOMICALLY DIFFERENT DIFFERENT SHADED AREA IN DISTRICT SEVEN AND EMPOWERMENT ZONE TO SPUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENT THAT'S GOING TO LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. DOCKET 190 ORDER FOR HEARING ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT HOUSING FOR CITY OF BOSTON EMPLOYEES THAT'S GOING TO LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DOCKET 193 ORDER FOR HEARING TO ORDER THE CITY OF BOSTON RENT BOSTON HIRE HIRING, FIRING AND PROMOTION POLICIES PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE THAT IS GOING TO LABOR AND ECONOMIC. DEVELOPMENT DOCKET 194 OR WHAT HAVE WE HERE AND TO AUDIT THE CITY OF BOSTON PROCUREMENT PROCESSES PROCEDURE AND AND PROCESS THAT'S GOING TO LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DOCKET TO SEVEN ORDER FOR HEARING TO REVIEW THE ESTABLISHMENT OF BUSINESS OH ONE ON ONE PROGRAM FOR GRANT WITH RECEPTIONS RECEIVED RECIPIENTS THAT IS GOING TO UM LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DOCKET 214 ORDER FOR HEARING TO REVIEW THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE BOSTON 2 TO 5 TO I'M GETTING 25 NEW LIQUOR LICENSE AND PROVIDE ONGOING SUPPORT TO RESTAURANTS UM THAT'S GOING TO LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DOCKET 218 ORDER FOR HEARING TO REVIEW THE EFFICIENCY EFFECTIVENESS OF BOSTON RESIDENT JOB POLICY AND IMPROVEMENT EQUITY AND EMPLOYMENT STANDARD ON PROJECT THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT IS GOING TO LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DOCKET 219 ORDER FOR HEARING TO DISCUSS LONG TERM CITY VACANCIES THAT'S GOING TO LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DOCKET 173 ORDER FOR HEARING TO EXPLORE AMENDING THE BOSTON ZONING CODE TO REMOVE PARKING MINIMUM REQUIREMENT FOR NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT IS GOING TO PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. DOCKET 178 ORDER FOR HEARING TO DISCUSS DEDICATING THE NEW OPEN SPACE AT PHILIP SQUARE TO TONY LEE PLAZA THAT'S GOING TO PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. DOCKET 199 ORDER FOR HEARING ON GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY TRANSPARENCY ACCESSIBILITY OF DECISION MAKING PROTOCOLS INTO CITY GOVERNMENT THAT'S GOING TO PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. DOCKET 204 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS MAKING NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS SAFER FOLLOWING THE 30 DAY REVIEW OF STREETS PROJECTS IN BOSTON THAT'S GOING TO PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. DOCKET 195 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO AUDIT THE DISTRIBUTION OF LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS TO SMALL BUSINESS THAT'S GOING TO POST AUDIT DOCKET 196 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO REVIEW THE CITY OF BOSTON USE OF FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDS THAT'S GOING TO POST AUDIT DOCKET 197 ORDER FOR HEARING TO REVIEW PAST EXPENDITURE TWO QUARTERLY UPDATES ON THE FIVE 2026 OPERATING BUDGET THAT'S GOING TO POST AUDIT DOCKET 2 OR 3 ORDER FOR HEARING TO DISCUSS PRIOR OPERATING BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR FY 23 TO 525 THAT'S GOING TO POST AUDIT DOCKET 2 OR 5 ORDER FOR HEARING TO REVIEW CONSTRUCTION COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH WHITE STADIUM PROJECT THAT IS GOING TO POSE AUDIT DOCKET 175 OR ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS REGULATIONS AT THE CARIBBEAN IN THE CITY OF BOSTON THAT'S GOING TO PUBLIC HEALTH HOMELESSNESS AND RECOVERY DOCKET 100 MESSAGE AND ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACT TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND AMOUNT OF $850,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FY 25 BOSTON REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER AND MARK AWARDED BY THE MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT TO UPGRADE AND EXPANDING AND INTEGRATE AND TECHNOLOGY PROTOCOLS RELATED TO ANTI TERRORISM AND ANTI-CRIME ANTI GANG AND EMERGENCIES RESPONSE THAT IS GOING TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE DOCKET 130 MESSAGE AND ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $1,700,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FY 26 TRAINING ACADEMY EARMARK GRANT AWARDED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF FIRE SERVICES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WOULD FUND THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT TRAINING ACADEMY TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON MUNICIPAL POLITICAL SUBDIVISION ACROSS THE COMMON 12 PER LINE ITEM 8324-0000 FOR THE FY 26 GENERAL APPROPRIATION ACT THAT'S GOING TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE A DOCKET 136 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $100,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT THE FY 26 DELTA UNIT M GRANT AWARDED BY MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WOULD FUND BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT TO CONDUCT DEDICATED EMERGENCY SERVICE THROUGH ITS DELTA UNIT CONSISTING OF THREE DELTA UNIT VEHICLES ASSIGNED TO CASTLE ISLAND PLEASURE B AND CARS SOME BEACH RESPECTFULLY WITH THE OLD HARBOR RESERVATION, THE SOUTH BOSTON SECTION OF THE CITY OF BOSTON SEASONALLY FROM MEMORIAL DAY TO LABOR DAY INCLUSIVE LINE ITEM 838324-0050 OF THE FY 26 GENERAL APPROPRIATION ACT. DOCKET 167 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS PROGRESS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADDRESSING DRINK SPIKING AND DRUG FACILITATED SEX ASSAULT. IT'S GOING TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE DOCKET 174 ORDER FOR HEARING TO DISCUSS 2026 LARGE EVENT SAFETY RESOURCES AND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S GOING TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE DOCKET 177 ORDER FOR HEARING TO DISCUSS PUBLIC SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE CONCERN AT MASS AND CAST AND SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS THAT'S GOING TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. DOCKET 180 ORDER FOR HEARING TO DISCUSS RESOURCES FOR THE BOSTON POLICE CRIME LABORATORY THAT'S GOING TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE DOCKET 181 ORDER FOR HEARING TO DISCUSS PUBLIC SAFETY QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON AND THE BOSTON COMMONS THAT'S GOING TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE DOCKET 185 ORDER FOR A HEARING ON THE CROSS-SECTOR COLLABORATION CITYWIDE STRATEGY FOR COMMUNITY SAFETY AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION THAT'S GOING TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE DOCKET ONE NINE TO ORDER FOR HEARING TO ORDER GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY TO WHAT SURVEILLANCE EQUIPMENT THAT'S GOING TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE DOCKET 198 ORDER FOR HEARING ORDERED TO IMPLEMENT IMPLEMENTATION AND INFRACTIONS OF THE TWO 2014 BOSTON TRUST ACT THAT'S GOING TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE DOCKET 128 MESSAGE AND ORDER FOR YOUR PROGRAM AND ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO APPROPRIATE THE AMOUNT OF $6,500,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING COSTS FOR THE WINDOWS AND DOORS REPLACEMENT PROJECT AT THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL THE EDWARD EVERETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THE RICHARD J. MURPHY K18 SCHOOL. THIS INCLUDES THE PAYMENT OF ALL COSTS, STUDENT AND RELATED DRUGS AND FOR WHICH THE CITY OF BOSTON MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A GRANT FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL BUILDING AN AUTHORITY SET AMOUNT TO BE EXPENDED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE PUBLIC FACILITIES DEPARTMENT AND ON BEHALF OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL. THAT'S GOING TO WAYS AND MEANS DOCKET 129 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF $3 MILLION FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAINT COSTS FOR THE ROOF REPLACEMENT PROJECT AT THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL THE THOMAS G. KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH THE THE HUGE ROSE O'DONNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILL JUST INCLUDE THE PAYMENT OF ALL COSTS INCIDENTAL AND RELATED TO THE TWO AND FOR WHICH THE CITY OF BOSTON MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A GRANT FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL BUILDING A CHARITY SET AMOUNT TO BE EXPEND UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE PUBLIC FACILITIES DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL. THAT'S GOING TO WAYS AND MEANS DOCKET 201 ORDER FOR HEARING TO DISCUSS BOSTON FY OPERATING BUDGET WAYS AND MEANS DOCKET TWO OR TO ORDER FOR HEARING TO DISCUSS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL FY 27 OPERATING BUDGET THAT'S GOING TO WAYS AND MEANS DOCKET 213 ORDER FOR HEARING TO ALLOW FOR MONTHLY PROPERTY TAX PAYMENT FOR RESIDENTS GOING TO WAYS AND MEANS. IT'S OKAY MADAM THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT WAS A LOT OF READING. OKAY. UM, MOVING ON TO LIT FIRES. UH, I'M INFORMED BY THE CLERK NOT ONLY OF NO LIT FUNDS. UM, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. UH, WE'RE, UH I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. THIS QUESTION COMES ON APPROVAL OF VARIOUS MATTERS CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I, UH, THANK YOU. THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED. UM, WE MOVE ON TO, UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS. UH, WE ARE NOW IN A NUTSHELL. PLEASE REMEMBER, UH, THESE ARE FOR UPCOMING EVENTS AND DATES UH, WITH THE SUPER BOWL UH, COMING UP THIS WEEKEND, UH, I'D LIKE TO SAY GO PETS. I THINK WE'VE ALREADY COVERED AND I JUST NOTICED, UH ,CANCER SORT OF AN ANXIETY. HERE GOES ON. UM, COUNCILOR DURKIN, I'VE NOTICED YOUR LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR SOME TIME. I I YOU HAVE I. I WAS CURIOUS IF WE COULD DO IN MEMORIAM FIRST. IN MEMORIAM CERTAINLY WE CAN MOVE TO THAT. OR WAS THAT NORMAL? OH SORRY. I'M SORRY YOU EITHER. EITHER WAY I DON'T CARE I HAVE I HAVE I'M IN MEMORIAM. YOU FROM IN MEMORIAM UH, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD HAS ONE AND COUNCILOR CULPEPER HAS ONE. SO LET'S LET'S JUST STICK TO WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE. UM, SO ANNOUNCEMENTS UM, DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> I JUST WANT TO RISE TO WISH MY MOM A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. SHE'S A WONDERFUL MOM GRANDMOTHER AND ENJOYING HER NEW ROLE AS A GREAT GRANDMA AND TAKING GOOD CARE OF MY SON. SO JUST WANTED TO UPLIFT THAT AND WISH HER HAPPY BIRTHDAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UH, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO RISE IN MEMORIAM OF ANTHONY FLOYD. HE'S THE FATHER IN LAW OF JESSICA CORREIA OLIVER AND MY OFFICE HUSBAND OF JEANNIE OLIVER AND THE FATHER OF YAPP OLIVER OLIVER AND THE WHOLE OLIVER FAMILY. UH, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, HE WAS THE GRANDFATHER TO TWO GREAT BOYS IN JERU AND DJ UH, WHO I KNOW ARE WATCHING AT HOME ON THE COUCH RIGHT NOW AND I WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT WHILE THEY MAY BE SAD RIGHT NOW, THEY'LL SOON FIND INSPIRATION IN THEIR GRANDFATHER'S LIFE AS THEY CONTINUE TO GROW. SO GOD BLESS TO THE OLIVE FAMILY AND TO ANTHONY FLOYD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. UM UH, COUNCILOR DURKAN, DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN TODAY IN MEMORY OF TOM MORGANTI, AN IMPORTANT MEMBER OF THE FENWAY COMMUNITY FOR OVER 50 YEARS AND 83. TOM LEAVES A LEGACY OF DEDICATION AND CARE AS AN EARLY LEADER IN BOSTON'S GAY LIBERATION MOVEMENT AND AS A NEIGHBOR WHO COULD BE FOUND TIDYING THE STREETS OF THE FANS AND THE VICTORY GARDENS. THIS IS A TESTAMENT TO HOW MUCH HE LOVED HIS HOME. TOM'S CARE FOR HIS COMMUNITY WAS INSPIRATIONAL AND REMINDS US TO LIVE WITH PASSION AND AUTHENTICITY AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD A LONG MEETING BUT UM TO THOSE THAT HE TOUCHED I WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO READ HIS NAME INTO THE RECORD. OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH HIS PARTNER ERIC AND ALL THOSE WHO HE TOUCHED THROUGH THE FENWAY NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE FENWAY VICTORY GARDENS. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PEPEN. YOU, UH THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, AS WE WERE IN THIS MEETING, I RECEIVED WORD THAT MARY KIRKPATRICK, UM, LATE WIFE OF DENIS KIRKPATRICK HAS PASSED AWAY. UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO BEEN TO THE ROSS KNOW TREE LIGHTING SHE'S MRS. CLAUS. UM, SHE'S BEEN MRS. CLAUS FOR YEARS. SHE'S A PILLAR OF THE COMMUNITY . UH, DEFINITELY DEVASTATED WHEN I RECEIVED THE NEWS. UM, DENNIS KIRKPATRICK IS LIKE JUST ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT WE'D RATHER THAT YOU COULD RELY ON FOR ANYTHING. HE'S LIKE THE WALKING WIKIPEDIA OF ANYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE HISTORY OF ROSLINDALE. UM, THERE THEY ARE A POWER COUPLE RC MARY WILL BE EXTREMELY MISSED AND I'LL LET ANYONE KNOW OF INFORMATION OR WHAT EVENTS WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. SO I'M MARY MARY KIRKPATRICK. >> MARY KIRKPATRICK YES. COUNCILOR UM COUNCILOR CULPEPER . THANK YOU. >> YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. SORRY, BUT I PUT THE NOT. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I RISE IN MEMORIAM OF WALTER THORPE, THE SON OF EVELYN THORPE WHO PASSED ON MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY. UH, WHILE HE WAS A VERY, VERY YOUNG MAN WHO HAD CHALLENGES, OVERCAME THEM, CHALLENGES OVERCAME THEM, CHALLENGES OVERCAME THEM. HE SUCCUMBED ON MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO RISE IN MEMORIAM OF DYLAN MITCHELL, LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE PLEASANTVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH. UH, HER MEMORIAL WAS TOMORROW MORNING AND I SAID WE ALL KEEP THAT FAMILY AND FRIENDS. LOUD AND. >> PRAYER MOUNT MARG MITCHELL MAUDE MITCHELL. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >>, DYLAN MITCHELL. DELLA DELLA. DELLA. >> YES. THANK YOU. YES. >> UM, COUNCILOR FLYNN, DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? THANK YOU, THANK. >> YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM, I RISE IN MEMORY OF. A NEIGHBOR OF MINE IN SOUTH BOSTON, BRUCE CONNELLY. BRUCE WAS A LONG TIME SWIMMING. TEACHER IN THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, INCLUDING AT BOSTON LATIN. HE COACHED THE BOYS UH, SWIMMING TEAM BECAUSE THE GIRLS SWIMMING TEAM HE ALSO COACHED AT THE RICHARD J. MURPHY SCHOOL UM SWIMMING PROGRAM AND HE ALSO UH, TAUGHT SWIMMING KIDS HOW TO SWIM AT THE CONDON SCHOOL IN SOUTH BOSTON. THEY PROBABLY HAD 30 OR 40 YEARS OF TEACHING AND HELPING KIDS LEARN HOW TO SWIM THROUGHOUT BOSTON. UM CAME FROM A WELL RESPECTED FAMILY IN SOUTH BOSTON AND JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE BRUCE AND HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO KIDS BUT TO THE TO THE CITY AS WELL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. UM, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AND THEN UH, COUNCILOR WEBER CONTRIBUTION YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I'D JUST LIKE TO. RISE UM, IN MEMORY OF, UM, MRS. LOUISE DAVIS, UH, A LONG TIME AND THAT OF PEN RESIDENT AND COMMUNITY, UM, ORGANIZER I BELIEVE ALSO, UM, COUNCILOR PENN'S OFFICE SO ON HER BEHALF AS WELL. UM, BUT JUST WANTED TO LIFT HER UP HER SERVICES OUR TOMORROW MORNING STAR BAPTIST CHURCH AND I JUST WANTED, UM, HER FAMILY TO KNOW THAT WE ARE THINKING OF HER AND HER MEMORY BE A BLESSING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. OKAY. >> UM. I. >> UH UH I RISE. IN MEMORY OF, UH, TWO INDIVIDUALS. FIRST ONE IS, UH, CURTIS WHO WAS A HIGHLAND STEER AT THE ALLENDALE FARM. UH, CURTIS WAS BELOVED CAME TO ALLENDALE FARM IN 2008 WITH HIS BROTHER WILLARD WHO PASSED AWAY IN APRIL OF 2025. JUST, UH I PARTICIPATED IN A SORT OF MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR WILLARD LAST YEAR AND THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS CAME OUT AND THOSE THOSE, UH THE STEERS, UH, REALLY HAD AN IMPACT ON KIDS. MY OWN KIDS, UH, LOVE SEEING THEM EVERY TIME THEY WENT TO ALLENDALE FARM AND THEY'LL THEY'LL BE MISSED. UM, MORE IMPORTANTLY, UH, I ALSO, UH, RAISED THE MEMORY OF SCOTT MCISAAC. UH, OFFICER SCOTT MCISAAC, UH, WERE FOR THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT DIED ON FRIDAY. UH HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER LAST YEAR AND IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN. OFFICER MCISAAC STARTED WITH BPD IN 1995 AND WAS ASSIGNED TO WEST ROXBURY FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS. HE ALSO WORKED FOR DISTRICTS UH B2, A7, B3 AND C6. UH OFFICER MCKEE'S A GRADUATE FROM CATHOLIC MEMORIAL IN 1989 AND THEN SERVED IN THE ARMY DURING HIS CAREER. HE RECEIVED COMMENDATIONS FOR HIS WORK DURING THE BOSTON MARATHON BOMBINGS UM, AN INCIDENT WHERE HE HELPED PREVENT A PERSON FROM JUMPING OFF A BRIDGE IN A TIME WHERE HE SAVED SOMEONE'S LIFE WITH CPR. I KNOW THE WEEK, UH, WAS UH TONIGHT AT, UH, THE GORMLEY FUNERAL HOME IN WEST ROXBURY. I BELIEVE THE FUNERAL'S TOMORROW. UM, AGAIN. UH, THANK YOU FOR HIS SERVICE. AND MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH HIS FAMILY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER. UM, COUNCILOR PEPEN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I KNOW WE'RE IN MEMORIAM, BUT I JUST FELL TO. UM. >> ALSO WISH MY DAD A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. I. UM JUST COUNCIL. >> MURPHY REMINDED ME. OF MY LAST WORD AND THE IMPORTANCE OF ALSO CELEBRATING THOSE IN LIFE. SO, POPPY, I KNOW YOU'RE I KNOW YOU'RE WATCHING. UM, SO JUST WANTED TO WISH YOU A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND WE'LL BE CELEBRATING, UM, THIS WEEK AND SO. THANK YOU JUST REMINDED ME WE ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE UH, JANUARY UM, FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS ACTUALLY, UH, JESSE PREVOST FEBRUARY 1ST AND NOREEN UH UH LET'S SPEAK AT THIS POINT AND LORRAINE FROM CENTRAL UM UM. YOU KNOW. >> THE CHINA. YES. FEBRUARY 3RD HAPPY BIRTHDAY LORRAINE. UM. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN. YOU HAVE UH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M SORRY TO GET UP AGAIN. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE READ SIMON ESCOBAR'S NAME INTO THE RECORD. UM, HIS MOM, UH, CAME TO SEE ME, BUT HE PASSED AWAY AT 34, UM, FROM THE KENMORE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I PROMISED HIS MOM I WOULD READ HIS NAME INTO THE RECORD. THANK YOU. >> OKAY. TODAY WILL WE WILL ADJOURN OUR MEETING IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE LOUISE DAVIS ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR FLYNN. PHYLLIS UM SIMON AND BRUCE CONWAY ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR FITZGERALD ANTHONY FLOYD ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR PEPEN. SO SO VERY ALL FOR REIRA AND UM MARY KIRKPATRICK ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR WEBER, OFFICER SCOTT, MIKE ISAAC AND CURTIS ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR DURKAN, SIMON S ESCOBAR AND TOM MORGANTI UH ON ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR CULPEPER, WALTER PHILIP AND MISS DELLA MITCHELL. WOKE UP THERE. WALTER. >> SO. >> COOL. I'M SORRY. TO HAVE TO ARE. SO SORRY. WALTER THORPE AND MISS DELLA MITCHELL. UM. PLEASE, LET'S, UH, HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR MOVES AT THE COUNCIL TODAY AS IT DOES SO IN MEMORY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS. THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO MEET AGAIN IN THE IRON CHAMBER ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11TH, 2026 AT 12 P.M. THANK YOU TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES, CENTRAL STAFF, THE CHURCH, THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE COUNCIL STENOGRAPHER WHO IS WORKING FROM HOME. I WISH YOU A SPEEDY RECOVERY ELLEN AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU BACK SOON. ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENT PLEASE SAY I THANK YOU. THIS COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED.