. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ED FLYNN. I AM THE CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT. YOU CAN WATCH A CITY COUNCIL MEETING LIVE ON YOUTUBE BY VISITING YES. BOSTON DOT GOV SLASH CITY COUNCIL DASH TV. I'D LIKE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES IN THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE TO PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES ELECTRONIC DEVICES. THANK YOU. PLEASE ALSO BE RESPECTFUL AND DO NOT DISRUPT THE MEETING WHILE YOU ARE HERE. IF YOU ARE DISRUPTIVE YOU'LL BE ASKED TO LEAVE. IF YOU DON'T COMPLY YOU'LL BE ESCORTED. PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT ACCORDING TO CITY COUNCIL RULES THERE ARE NO SIGNS ALLOWED IN THE CHAMBER. MR CLARK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO ASCERTAIN THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM COUNCILOR PRESENT COUNCILOR BAKER. YES, COUNCILOR BOOK COUNCILOR GREEN COUNCILOR COLLETTA COUNCIL THREATENING TO SANDERSON HERE COUNCILOR FLAHERTY. COUNCILOR FLYNN. YEAH. COUNCIL BOROUGH COUNCIL LUZHIN COUNCILOR HERE COUNCILOR MURPHY AND COUNCILOR OF COURSE. THANK YOU MR CLARK AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE CITY COUNCILOR BAKER TO THE PODIUM TO PRESENT AND INTRODUCE OUR CLERGY FOR TODAY COUNCILOR BAKER. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. AND TODAY I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF INTRODUCING JOSHUA DE LA ROSA WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE GRAVE GROVE HALL NEIGHBORHOOD OF DORCHESTER AND AFTER A TROUBLED CHILDHOOD AT THE AGE OF 16, HE BECAME A BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN. JOSHUA WAS A HIGH SCHOOL DROP OUT AND AT THE AGE OF 18 HE OBTAINED HIS ED AND JOINED THE BOSTON POLICE CADET PROGRAM STUDIED SYSTEMATICALLY BIOLOGY AND URBAN MINISTRY AND A BISHOP BYRON HOGAN OF GOOD SHEPHERD. HE SERVED AS A YOUTH PASTOR IN TWO SPANISH SPEAKING CHURCHES IN BOSTON AND JOSHUA HAS ALSO SPOKEN AROUND THE COUNTRY PROVIDING OUTREACH STRATEGIES ON HOW TO ENGAGE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE BATTLING WITH ACTIVE ADDICTION ADDICTION, HE SAID IN AN INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY FILM CALLED TIPPING THE PAIN SCALE BY AWARD WINNING PRODUCER GREG WILLIAMS FROM THE ANONYMOUS PEOPLE AS A POLICE OFFICER. JOSHUA HAS SERVED IN THE STREET OUTREACH UNIT I BELIEVE HE SAID HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON ON THE STREET OUTREACH UNIT WORKING WITH INDIVIDUALS THAT SUFFERED FROM HOMELESSNESS, MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS. HE NOW HE IS NOW ASSIGNED TO EAT 13 STATIONED IN JAMAICA PLAIN NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING THE ELDERLY, HOMELESS AND CHILDREN IN THE YOUTH WITH PROGRAMS. JOSHUA CURRENTLY HAS AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE OUT OF QUINSY COLLEGE AND HAS FOUR CLASSES AWAY FROM WRAPPING UP HIS BACHELOR'S IN AN INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES RELIGION AND GOVERNMENT OUT OF LIBERTY UNIVERSITY. HE'S CURRENTLY A SENIOR PASTOR AT BI AT A BILINGUAL CHARISMATIC CHURCH NAMED COHANIM COHANIM MINISTRIES IN DORCHESTER AND THE BEST PART OF IT ALL IS HE'S MARRIED FOR 10 YEARS TO AN AMAZING WIFE, HAS A HANDSOME BOY AND THREE BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL GIRLS. AND WITH THAT I GAVE YOU JOSHUA DE LA ROSA. GOD BLESS EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE. THIS IS A HUGE PRIVILEGE FOR ME. I I AM DEEPLY HONORED. I DON'T FEEL WORTHY TO EVEN BE HERE BEFORE SO MANY GREAT PEOPLE I I THINK IT'S A SPECIAL IT TAKES A SPECIAL PERSON TO DO THE JOB YOU GUYS DO TO SERVE TAKE A JOB IN WORKING FOR THE INTERESTS OF OTHERS AND AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS A HUGE PRIVILEGE FOR ME EVEN STAND BEFORE YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR RECEIVING ME IN THIS MOMENT. THANK YOU COUNSELOR FRANK BAKER THIS IS HUGE. I WANT TO READ A SCRIPTURE AND THEN I WANT TO THROUGH THE PRAYER OF THE READING OF THE WORD IS GOING TO BE FOUND IN THE BOOK OF NUMBERS ONE OF THE BOOKS OF MOSES IS CHAPTER SIX, VERSE 24 AND I PRAY THIS AND I READ THIS FOR YOU GUYS THE LORD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU THE LORD MAKE HIS FACE SHINE UPON YOU AND BE GRACIOUS TO YOU THE LORD LIFT UP HIS COUNTENANCE UPON YOU AND GIVE YOU PEACE IF YOU COULD ALL JUST BOW OUR HEADS AND LET US PRAY. DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER WE COME BEFORE YOU UNDERSTANDING AND RECOGNIZING THAT YOU ARE THE MOST HIGH GOD THE SUPREME BEING THE CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH FATHER YOU WERE SAYS IN PSALMS ONE TWENTY SEVEN VERSE ONE THAT IS UNLESS THE LORD WATCHES OVER THIS CITY THE WATCHMAN'S STAND GUARD IN VAIN. THEREFORE I COME BEFORE YOU UNDER A NAME THAT AUTHORIZES ME TO DO SO THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER FOR THE PURPOSES OF PRAYING FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS ROOM. FATHER, I UNDERSTAND THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE AUTHORITY THAT IS DELEGATED BY YOU AND A RESPONSIBILITY TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON HEAVENLY FATHER THERE ARE DIFFERENCES OF OPINIONS IN THE DIFFERENCE DIFFERENT IDEOLOGIES THIS DIFFERENT WORLDVIEWS AND DIFFERENT CULTURAL UPBRINGINGS FATHER BUT DON'T LET THAT BE A HINDRANCE FOR US TO DO YOU WILL AND FOR US TO TO BETTER SERVE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE UNDER OUR COVER IT DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, I PRAY FOR THE UNITY, THE LOVE, THE RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER. FATHER, IF THERE'S ANY DISAGREEMENT MAY THAT NEVER BE INTERPRETED AS HATE. I PRAY I PRAY AGAINST HATRED. I PRAY AGAINST DISUNITY. I PRAY AGAINST ANY STUBBORNNESS, ANY IDOLIZING OF OPINION, ANY MINDSET THAT WORRIES ON WHO GETS THE CREDIT FOR THE LET YOU RECEIVE THE CREDIT THAT YOU RECEIVE THE GLORY AND HONOR AND PRAISE FOR EVERYTHING. HEAVENLY FATHER FATHER I PRAY FOR THE INCREASES ARE OF FINANCES. I PRAY THAT YOU AS A PROVIDER YOU'RE ABLE TO GIVE US RESOURCES RESOURCES THAT WE CAN CATER TO EVERY SINGLE CLASS OR PARTICULAR OR OF GROUPS IN OUR SOCIETY. FOR THAT I PRAY FOR THE ELDERLY FATHER. I PRAY THAT NO ELDERLY PERSON HAS TO DIE ALONE. THEY GAVE SO MUCH INPUT IN THIS LIFE FOR THEM TO BE ALONE IN NURSING HOMES. I PRAY THAT THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY KINCAIDE TO THEM I PRAY FOR OUR YOUTH HEAVENLY FATHER. I PRAY FOR MORE PROGRAMS. I PRAY THAT NO PARENT HAS TO BURY ANOTHER THIRTEEN YEAR OLD DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER I PRAY THAT IN JESUS NAME FATHER I ALSO PRAY FOR THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY. I PRAY FOR THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY. FATHER THOSE THAT ARE FLEEING FROM THEIR COUNTRIES AND THEY LAND ON OUR STREETS. FATHER IF WE ARE IN THEIR POSITIONS WE WOULD ALSO DO THE SAME THING. I PRAY THAT WE HAVE SUFFICIENT RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO CATER TO THESE PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO HELP OUT THESE PEOPLE THAT SEEK ASYLUM. FATHER, I PRAY FOR THE CHILDREN. THEY ARE NOT THE FUTURE. THEY ARE THE PRESENT. I PRAY THAT WE HELP THEM OUT IN WHATEVER CAPACITY THAT WE CAN AT LAST I PRAY FOR THE HELPER. I PRAY THAT YOU HELP THE HELPER. I PRAY FOR ALL OUR CITY EMPLOYEES, HEAVENLY FATHER THAT YOU MAY GIVE THEM THE THE THE THE REST AND THEIR MENTAL HEALTH. I PRAY THAT YOU BRING HEALING TO THEM MENTAL HEALTH. I PRAY FOR THEIR MARRIAGES. I PRAY FOR THEIR FAMILIES. I PRAY FOR THE CHILDREN. HEAVENLY FATHER HELP OUT OUR CITY EMPLOYEES BLESS THEM, WATCH OVER THEM AND I PRAY FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON ANY LOCAL GOVERNMENT STARTING OFF WITH MAYOR MICHELLE WHO IN OUR CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND FLYNN AND OUR CITY COUNCILOR IS AT LARGE MICHAEL FLAHERTY RUSSI WHO IS YOU WHO WILLIAM HERE. ERIN MURPHY FATHER. I LISTED THESE NAMES. I LIVE FOR THE CITY COUNCILORS . I LIVE FOR UP GABRIELLA COLLETTA. I LIVE UP FRANK BAKER. I LIFT RICARDO ARROYO I LIFT UP BRIAN WARRELL, I LIFT UP. HEAVENLY FATHER CANCELLARA I LIFT UP RIGHT NOW TONIER FERNANDEZ ANDERSON KINZIE BUC LIBERTY IN THE NAME OF JESUS BLESS AND COVER THEM CONTINUE TO USE UTILIZE THEM TO BETTER SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. WE PRAY THAT UNDER THE NAME THAT IS ABOVE OUR NAME THE NAME OF JESUS. THANK YOU LORD. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PLEASE JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. MR KIRK, COULD YOU PLEASE LET THE RECORD BE REFLECTED AT COUNCIL BORCHERS PRESENT? WE'RE ACTUALLY THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES SEEING AND HEARING NO DISCUSSION ON THE MATTER. THE CHAIR MOVES TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING SAY I OPPOSED SAY NAY. THANK YOU. THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING IS APPROVED COMMUNICATION FROM HER ON A THE MAN MR CLARK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO THREE SIX NINE SAID THE INACT RELATIVE TO THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS FOR RETIREES. THANK YOU. THIS STOCK AT ZERO THREE SIX NINE WE REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR CLARK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO THREE SEVEN ZERO TWO ZERO THREE SEVEN THREE TALKING NUMBER ZERO THREE SEVEN ZERO MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER TO REDUCE FISCAL YEAR TWENTY THREE APPROPRIATION FOR THE RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY ONE MILLION SEVENTY NINE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY DOLLARS TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. TWENTY THREE INCREASES CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE UNITED STEELWORKERS LOCAL TWENTY NINE THIRTY SIX BUS MONITORS DOCKET NUMBER ZERO THREE SEVEN ONE MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY THREE IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE MILLION SEVENTY NINE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY DOLLARS TO COVER THE FISCAL YEAR TWENTY THREE COST CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE UNITED STEELWORKERS LOCAL TWENTY NINE THIRTY SIX BUS MONITORS THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT ARE JULY FIRST TWENTY TWENTY THROUGH JUNE 30TH TWENTY TWENTY FIVE THE BASE WAGE INCREASES OF ONE POINT FIVE PERCENT IN SEPTEMBER TWENTY TWENTY ONE IN TRADE ADJUSTMENTS IN SEPTEMBER 22 AND THEN A BASE WAGE OF TWO PERCENT TO BE GIVEN IN SEPTEMBER TWENTY TWENTY THREE AND SEPTEMBER AND TWENTY TWENTY FOUR NUMBERS ZERO THREE SEVEN TWO MESSAGER FOR APPROVAL IN ORDER TO REDUCE FISCAL YEAR TWENTY THREE APPROPRIATION FOR THE RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY 700 IN THREE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED THIRTY NINE DOLLARS TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR TWENTY THREE INCREASES CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE BOSTON PUBLIC AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE GUILD ASI YOU LOCAL EIGHT EIGHT EIGHT DUKU NUMBER ZERO THREE SEVEN THREE MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION ORDER FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY THREE AND THE AMOUNT OF SEVEN HUNDRED AND THREE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED THIRTY NINE DOLLARS TO COVER THE FISCAL YEAR TWENTY THREE COST ITEMS CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE GUILD SEIU LOCAL 880 THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT ARE SEPTEMBER 1ST 2020 THROUGH AUGUST 31ST 2020 FOR THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE CONTRACTS AND BASE WAGE INCREASES OF TWO PERCENT 2.5 PERCENT, 2.5 PERCENT AND 2.5 PERCENT TO BE GIVEN IN EACH AND SEPTEMBER OF EACH FISCAL YEAR OF THE CONTRACT TERM. THANK YOU. THESE DOCKET ZERO THREE SEVEN ZERO TWO ZERO THREE SEVEN FRAME WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICES AND OTHERS. MR CLARK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOGGETT'S XEROX THREE SEVEN FOUR TWO ZERO THREE SEVEN SIX TOGETHER EMMA ZERO THREE SEVEN FOUR NOTICEBOARDS RECEIVED FROM THE CITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER SIX OF THE ORDINANCES OF NINETEEN SEVENTY NINE RELATIVE TO ACTION TAKEN BY THE MAYOR AND PAPERS ACTED UPON BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING OF JANUARY 2015 23 DOCKET NUMBER ZERO THREE SEVEN FIVE NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK IN ACCORDANCE OF CHAPTER SIX OF THE ORDINANCES OF NINETEEN SEVENTY NINE RELATIVE TO ACTION TAKEN BY THE MAYOR AND PAPERS ACTED UPON BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING ON FEBRUARY 1ST TWENTY TWENTY THREE AND DOCUMENT A ZERO THREE SEVEN SIX COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM THE CITY TRANSMITTING A COMMUNICATION FROM THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION FOR A CITY COUNCIL ACTION ON THE DESIGNATION OF TREATMENT TEMPLE BOSTON DOWNTOWN BOSTON MASS. AS A LANDMARK IN EFFECT AFTER FEBRUARY 22ND TWENTY TWENTY THREE IF NOT ACTED UPON. THANK ON SEVEN SIX. THANK YOU MR CORRIGAN. DOCKET ZERO THREE SEVEN FOUR ZERO THREE SEVEN FIVE AND ZERO THREE SEVEN ZERO FIVE YEAH ZERO THREE SEVEN FOUR ZERO THREE SEVEN FIVE WILL BE PLACED ON FILE DOCKET ZERO THREE SEVEN SIX WILL BE PLACED PLACED IN THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE MATTERS RECENTLY HEARD FOR POSSIBLE ACTION. MR MAYOR, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO ONE ZERO ZERO ZERO ONE ZERO ZERO MESSAGE FOR YOUR APPROVAL AND ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE OFFICE OF PARTICIPLE TORY BUDGETING AMENDING THE CITY OF BOSTON CODE CHAPTER FIVE WITH THE INSERTION OF A NEW SECTION FIVE DASH ONE POINT ONE ONE FILED IN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE ON DECEMBER TWELVE TWENTY TWENTY TWO. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ARROYO, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE OF GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COUNCIL . YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. I'M A LITTLE UNDER WEATHER SO BEAR WITH ME AS I WORK THROUGH THIS. THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, THE HEARING ON MONDAY, JANUARY 30TH AND A WORKING SESSION YESTERDAY, FEBRUARY 7TH DOCKET ZERO ONE HUNDRED THE MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR OUR APPROVAL NORDEN'S ESTABLISHING THE OFFICE PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING AMENDING THE CITY OF BOSTON CODE CHAPTER FIVE WHICH WAS SPONSORED BY MAYOR WU. I'D LIKE TO THANK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FOR ATTENDING YESTERDAY'S WORKING SESSION AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN COUNCILOR COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR BOCK COUNCILOR FLAHERTY COUNCILOR COUNCILOR BREADON AND COUNCIL FOR THOSE ANDERSSEN ALSO TO COUNCILOR COLLETTA PRESENTING HER AMENDMENTS TO THE COMMITTEE EVEN THOUGH SHE COULD NOT ATTEND YESTERDAY'S SESSION INTO COUNCILOR JEN FOR SENDING IN HER THOUGHTS AS WELL. I'D LIKE TO THANK MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION FOR ATTENDING ASHLEY GROF AND BURGHER CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER CITY OF BOSTON AND CLAIRE KELLY, DIRECTOR OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS. I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE ADVOCATES FOR ATTENDING ALYSA PARAD, DIRECTOR OF MUNICIPAL DEMOCRACY OF THE CENTER FOR ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY. CHRISTINA DE LEON, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROJECT IN MALORIE PANERA, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FAMILIES FOR JUSTICE IS HEALING AND TANAKA, THE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY. THIS ORDINANCE WILL ESTABLISH THE OFFICE OF PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING WHICH WILL INCLUDE DIRECTOR AND EXTERNAL OVERSIGHT BOARD MADE UP OF RESIDENTS AND LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE CITY. THE OFFICE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EXTERNAL OVERSIGHT BOARD WILL ESTABLISH AND MANAGE PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROCESS FOR RESIDENTS TO ENGAGE WITH THE CITY'S ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROJECTS TO INCLUDE THE BUDGET. DURING THE WORKING SESSION THE COMMITTEE WAS PROVIDED SPECIFIC LANGUAGE SUGGESTIONS WHICH INCLUDED ADDING A NEW SECTION FOR DEFINITIONS WHICH CLEARLY DEFINES COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS AND KEY PROCESSES DURING PARTICIPATORY PROCESS AS WELL AS LANGUAGE IN BOTH THE PURPOSE AND POWERS AND DUTIES SECTION WHICH INVOLVED IN THE AUDIENCE'S COMMITMENT TO MAXIMIZE BOSTON RESIDENT AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THE PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROCESS. THE COMMITTEE ALSO MADE RECOMMENDATIONS TO INCREASE THE EXTERNAL OVERSIGHT BOARD HERE IN YOUR FINAL VERSION 211 FROM NINE. SO THE SIZE OF THE BOARD THAT WE ARE PROPOSING HERE IS ELEVEN WHICH IS TWO ADDITIONAL SEATS WHERE THE MAYOR WILL APPOINT FIVE INDIVIDUALS FROM PUBLICLY SOLICITING A GROUP OF APPLICANTS AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL SIX INDIVIDUALS FROM A POOL OF UP TO TWENTY SIX APPLICANTS PROVIDED BY THIS BOSTON CITY COUNCIL . IMPORTANTLY, THIS ORDINANCE NOW REFLECTS A COMPENSATION OF BOARD MEMBERS SPECIFICALLY READS THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD SHALL RECEIVE STIPENDS AS DETERMINED BY THE MAYOR COMMENSURATE WITH THEIR DUTIES, COMMENSURATE WITH THEIR DUTIES AND SHALL BE ENTITLED TO HIS OR HER REASONABLE EXPENSES ACTUALLY UNNECESSARILY INCURRED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES AS BOARD MEMBERS AS DEFINED BY THE RULE BOOK. THESE EXPENDITURES WILL BE PAID FROM THE BUDGET OF THE OFFICE OF THE CITY BUDGET. THE GOAL HERE EVERY EDIT AND REFERENDUM AND SORT OF AMENDMENT THAT WAS PROVIDED WAS RUN BY OUR LEGAL TEAM. NOT ALL OF THE EDITS OR SUGGESTED AMENDMENTS MADE IT INTO THIS LIST. SOME OF THEM WERE TWEAKED OR WHETHER IT WAS IN LANGUAGE OR IN SCOPE THE REASONING BEHIND NEARLY EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE EDITS AND OR TWEAKS WAS LEGAL IN A SENSE THAT THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION AROUND A SET ASIDE PERCENTAGE OF THE BUDGET FOR THE PARTICIPATORY BUDGET TO KNOW EVERY YEAR GOING IN THEY WOULD HAVE A SPECIFIC PERCENTAGE OF THE BUDGET SET ASIDE THAT THEY WOULD THEN ORGANIZE AND DISPERSE THEMSELVES. THAT TECHNICALLY IS NOT LEGAL FOR US TO DO. THAT'S AN APPROPRIATION AND SO THERE IS NO SET ASIDE AMOUNT HERE THAT'S GOING TO BE DETERMINED BY THE MAYOR ON A YEARLY BASIS AS THE MAYOR HAS FINAL APPROPRIATIONS, THE COMPENSATION THE ORIGINAL DRAFT DID NOT INCLUDE COMPENSATION IN ANY FORM. THIS ALLOWS COMPENSATION. IN FACT, IT SAYS THAT THERE SHALL BE COMPENSATION BUT THAT THAT COMPENSATION SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE MAYOR AND SHOULD BE COMMENSURATE WITH THE WORK AND THE ABILITIES AND WHAT'S DONE ON THIS BOARD. I THINK AT THIS STAGE TO ASK PEOPLE TO DO THE KIND OF WORK THAT WE'RE ASKING THEM TO DO IN COMMITTEE WITHOUT COMPENSATION WOULD BE UNJUST. AND SO THIS PROVIDES A PATH TO COMPENSATION BUT ALLOWS THE MAYOR AND THE ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO WHAT THAT SHOULD BE IN TERMS OF THE BOARD SIZE, I THINK 11 FROM NINE GIVES US A BETTER CHANCE OF REFLECTING THE DIVERSITY OF THE POOL OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ADVOCATES THAT WE WANT IN THE PARTICIPATORY BUDGET PROCESS. AND I WOULD JUST ADD THAT AS THIS GOES THIS IS THE FIRST CRACK AT THIS AS THIS GOES FORWARD IF WE MAKE A DETERMINATION THAT THIS WOULD WORK BETTER WITH MORE PEOPLE, IT'S ALWAYS WITHIN OUR POWERS TO TRY TO AMEND THIS THROUGH AN ORDINANCE IN THE FUTURE TO TO TAKE NOTE OF THE WAYS IN WHICH THIS HAS RUN THE FIRST TIME THROUGH AND WHERE WE CAN IMPROVE AND BUILD UPON THIS MODEL. THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS VOTED UPON THAT THAT WE'VE HAD A LOT OF WORK HAS GONE INTO THIS FROM ADVOCATES FROM THE CITY SIDE, FROM ADVOCATES IN OUR COMMUNITIES. I THINK THIS IS A GOOD THING I WILL BE ASKING THAT THIS GO FOR A VOTE AND THAT PASS AND ITS NEW DRAFT. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT FOR THE INDULGENCE OF THE TIME TO SORT OF SPEAK TO THE EDITOR IN THIS AND THE CHANGES IN THIS. THERE WERE SOME EDITS THAT YOU WOULD SEE AS I SAID YESTERDAY WHEN WE GO INTO THE WORKING SESSION, NOT EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAW ON THAT SCREEN MADE IT INTO THIS DOCUMENT AND MOST OF THOSE THINGS THAT DID NOT MAKE IT INTO THIS DOCUMENT DID NOT MAKE IT INTO THIS DOCUMENT BECAUSE THEY WERE FLAGGED AS POSSIBLY THE LEGAL LANGUAGE OR THINGS THAT WOULD TIE THE MAYOR TO THINGS THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . I WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? NO ONE WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BAWK COUNCILOR BOK OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO THANK THE CHAIR. I KNOW THAT WE'RE IN A LITTLE BIT OF TIME CRUNCH BECAUSE OF THE EXISTING THING THAT'S FILED BY THE MAYOR BEING A 60 DAY ORDER SO THAT IF WE DON'T TAKE ACTION IT GOES INTO EFFECT ON FRIDAY FOR ME YOU KNOW I SAID THIS AT ONE POINT AND ONE OF THE HEARINGS BUT FOR ME IT'S SORT OF LIKE PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING, SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A WHILE NOW AND IT WAS ACTUALLY APPROVED BY THE VOTERS IN NOVEMBER OF TWENTY ONE. AND SO NOW THAT WE'RE IN FEBRUARY OF TWENTY THREE I THINK LIKE THE REAL WORK AHEAD IS KIND OF GETTING INTO WHAT DOCUMENT DESCRIBES AS THE RULEBOOK AND REALLY LIKE STARTING TO INSTITUTE A PROCESS FOR HIRE STAFF LIKE FIGURE THIS OUT AND THERE WILL BE A TRIAL AND ERROR DYNAMIC TO IT. SO I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS IN WHICH THE LEGISLATION THAT WE'RE VOTING ON TODAY REALLY JUST LIKE SET SOME PRETTY ROUGH PARAMETERS FOR A PROCESS THAT'S GOING TO BE WORKED OUT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY OVER THE COMING MONTHS. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S KIND OF THE APPROPRIATE ORDER OF OPERATIONS HERE. BUT THE MAIN THING FOR ME IS THAT WE ACTUALLY GET TO THE WORK OF THIS BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT FOLKS ARE EXCITED ABOUT AND THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON VOTED FOR SO I'LL BE VOTING IN SUPPORT TODAY AND I WANT TO THANK THE CHAIR THANK YOU COUNCIL . BUT THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BAKER COUNCILOR BAKER. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. I WILL BE A NO TODAY I WAS A NO AT THE BALLOT I WAS A NO WHEN WHEN THIS WAS ON THE FLOOR. THIS IS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WATERED DOWN OUR POWER ON THE ON THE CITY COUNCIL . THE BUDGET IS ONE OF OUR CHARGES TO GET TO. I THINK IF THE ADVOCATES WANT AT THE BUDGET TABLE THEY SHOULD PUT THEIR NAME ON THE ON THE BALLOT AND RUN. THAT'S HOW YOU SHOULD DO IT. THEY STARTED AS ONE PERCENT OF THE CITY BUDGET WHICH WOULD BE AROUND THREE HUNDRED FORTY THREE MILLION DOLLARS CUT INTO THIRTEEN WOULD BE ABOUT TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE EACH. I WOULD BE ON BOARD IF IF THAT WERE COMING INTO THE CITY CITY COUNCIL'S OFFICE AND THEN WE COULD RUN OUR OWN BUDGET PROCESS. THIS IS LIKE A CIVIC THIS IS LIKE A CIVIC EXERCISE WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT WITH THE PUBLIC. THESE ARE THE FINANCES OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. I'M A TAXPAYER. I'VE BEEN A TAXPAYER IN THE CITY OF BOSTON HOMEOWNERS SINCE I'VE BEEN IN MY TWENTIES. I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE PEOPLE WITHOUT THE EXPERIENCE. I DON'T KNOW THE CITY DEPARTMENTS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WE DO HAVING A SAY ON WHAT OUR BUDGET IS THEY HAVE THEIR SAY IS IN ADVOCACY IN OUR NAME IN OUR OFFICES THEY CALL US AND TELL US WHAT THEIR BUDGET FOR THE POWER SHOULD STAY WITH US. I'M A NO ON THAT. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BAKER, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I'M A NO TODAY BECAUSE I DO FEEL LIKE WE'RE RUSHING THIS THERE'S TOO MANY MOVING PARTS STILL I WAS AT THE WORKING SESSION YESTERDAY AND FELT THAT WE HAD MORE QUESTIONS THAN NOT AND TO GET A COMMITTEE REPORT A TWELVE TWENTY ON THE SAME DAY WE'RE EXPECTED TO VOTE ON IT. I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH IT SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MURPHY, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR LOUISIANA COUNCIL LOUISIANA OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO FIRST OFF BY SAYING THAT I'LL BE VOTING IN SUPPORT OF THIS TODAY. PART OF THE REASON IS BECAUSE THE WAY THAT IT WAS FILED WE HAVE A SHORT TIME PERIOD AND SO IF WE DO NOT ADDRESS THIS IT WILL IT WILL GO INTO EFFECT AS FILED. AND SO I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE IN FRONT OF THE CITY COUNCIL ON WHAT THIS OFFICE OF PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING LOOKS LIKE. THE VOTERS VOTED OVERWHELMINGLY FOR IT I THINK AS COUNCILOR BLACK STATED AND AS ALWAYS COUNCILOR STATED, THERE IS GOING TO BE A TRIAL AND ERROR PROCESS. BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO REALLY EXPAND WHAT WE BELIEVE, WHAT WE THINK ABOUT WHEN WE ARE THINKING ABOUT WHO HAS A SAY AND WHAT OUR BUDGET LOOKS LIKE. SO I'M EXCITED FOR FOR THE POSSIBILITY WITH THE OFFICE OF BRITISH OFFICE PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING AND WHAT IT WILL MEAN TO BRING COMMUNITY INTO THESE SPACES TO REALLY HELP US MAKE THESE DECISIONS ABOUT HOW WE'RE ALLOCATING CITY FUNDS. YOU KNOW, MY DISAPPOINTMENT IS THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO ACTUALLY ALLOCATE A SET AMOUNT THAT'S TIED TO THE BUDGET. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR CONVERSATIONS WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY DO THAT. BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY YOU LAST YEAR WE HAD THESE BUDGET LISTENING SESSIONS. WHAT GREAT OPPORTUNITY IS GOING TO BE TO NOT JUST HAVE A BUDGET LISTENING SESSIONS BUT TO HAVE BUDGET INPUT SESSIONS WHERE PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY DIRECTLY SAY THIS IS WHAT I WANT IN THE BUDGET, THIS IS WHAT I HAVE IN EXPERIENCE AND FOR TOO LONG THE BUDGET CONVERSATIONS HAVE ONLY BEEN LIMITED TO CITY HALL OR TO A FLOOR AND I THINK IT'S TIME FOR US TO BRING CITY HALL OUT OF CITY HALL BUT ACTUALLY ASKING PEOPLE AND HAVING THEM HAVE A DIRECT SAY SO I'LL BE VOTING IN FAVOR OF THIS. IT'S NOT PERFECT AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT MORE WORK TO DO BUT COMMUNITY ADVOCATES HAVE ALREADY DONE A LOT OF WORK. SENATOR EDWARDS WAS A BIG PROPONENT OF THIS HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK IN GETTING US TO THIS POINT. SO I'M EXCITED TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES TO REALLY, REALLY GET THIS OUT THERE. THANK PRESIDENTS AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BREADON. FIRST I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE THE THE IMPORTANT WORK COUNCILOR ARROYO DID DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME AND OUR COLLEAGUES INCLUDING US TODAY WE HAD A PRETTY ENGAGED INFORMATIVE MEETING SO I TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIM AND HIS LEADERSHIP AND I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF COMPROMISE AS WELL THAT TOOK PLACE FROM THAT MEETING INTO TODAY AT IN THEORY I SUPPORT THE CONCEPT OF A PARTICIPATORY BUDGET BUT I DO HAVE SOME RESERVATIONS ON CERTAIN ASPECTS. SOME OF THEM SOME OF THEM WERE DISCUSSED ALREADY BUT AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FROM OUR RECOVERY FROM A THREE YEAR PANDEMIC AND AND THESE UNCERTAIN ECONOMIC TIMES NOW MIGHT NOT BE THE TIME TO EXPERIMENT WITH TAXPAYER MONEY ON A PROPOSAL WITH MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS AND I I MENTION THAT BECAUSE I AND AGAIN I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANT WORK OF COUNCIL ARROYO BUT I RECEIVED THIS REPORT A FEW MINUTES AGO AND I HAVEN'T HAD THE CHANCE TO READ IT. I DON'T VOTE ON DOCUMENTS IN SUPPORT OF A DOCUMENT UNLESS STUDY IT AND AND ASK OTHER PEOPLE THEIR OPINION ABOUT IT. SO I'M NOT COMFORTABLE DOING THAT AT THIS TIME. I KNOW THE IMPORTANT ROLE RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY PLAYS CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS PLAYED DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS AND COMMUNITY INCLUDING ACTIVISTS THAT WERE ENGAGED ON THIS ISSUE OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS ON THE COUNCIL THAT EACH BUDGET SESSION I HAVE ACTIVELY ENGAGE WITH RESIDENTS AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT DISTRICT TO AND ADVOCATED FOR THEIR REQUEST AT OUR HEARINGS AND WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AS WELL TO SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT I'VE WORKED WITH FORT POINT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION TENANTS WEST BROADWAY DEVELOPMENT CITY POINT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION CHINATOWN RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA H STREET SAPER 12 DOZENS MORE THEY REACH OUT TO ME AND I REACH OUT TO THEM, HAVE BUDGET MEETINGS WHETHER THE RESUME ARE IMPORTANT PERSON I LISTEN TO THEIR CONCERNS AND I ADVOCATE FOR THEM AGAIN THIS PROPOSAL THAT IS BEFORE US NOW THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF COMPROMISE DONE. I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE COMPROMISE MAKES US A BETTER PROPOSAL BUT I JUST CAN'T VOTE ON A DOCUMENT IF I DON'T READ THE DOCUMENT AGAIN. I RECEIVED THIS A FEW MINUTES BEFORE I WAS ABOUT TO AFTER I SPOKE. SO I I NEED TO I NEED TO REVIEW UNLESS WE'RE ABLE TO PUT IT OFF FOR NEXT WEEK. I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE I DON'T KNOW IF MY COLLEAGUES ARE COMFORTABLE ALSO VOTING ON SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T WE HAVEN'T READ. BUT THANK YOU COUNCILOR BRENDAN . THANK YOU. PRESIDENT. ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR AND THEN COUNCIL OF FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCIL ARE YOU OF YOU OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU PRESIDENT FLYNN. I DIDN'T ANTICIPATE SPEAKING ON THIS ORDINANCE TODAY BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT GIVEN THE REMARKS THAT I'VE HEARD FROM MY COLLEAGUES AND KIND OF LIKE THE HESITATIONS THAT THAT WE'RE GETTING TO RIGHT NOW PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING IS NOT SOME NEW EXPERIMENTAL FORM OF GOVERNMENT PROCESS. IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS NOT ONLY BEEN IMPLEMENTED IN MULTIPLE CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY BUT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY, INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL NOT JUST AS CIVIC ENGAGEMENT EXERCISE BUT A WAY TO REALLY NURTURE A MORE DIRECT DEMOCRACY. NOW THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF BOSTON JUST LIKE THEY ELECTED US TO REPRESENT THEM HAVE GIVEN US A DIRECTIVE THROUGH THE BALLOT TO MOVE THIS FORWARD. I UNDERSTAND THAT PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT SEEM FAR FETCHED AND IT MIGHT BE REALLY DIFFICULT TO GRASP WHY WOULD WE BE TAKING CITY RESOURCES AND GIVING POWER TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ALSO HOMEOWNERS AND TAXPAYERS WHOSE MONEY IT IS TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT WHERE THAT MONEY SHOULD GO? BUT THE REALITY IS THAT WHAT THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF BOSTON ARE SHOWING US IS THAT THEY ARE MUCH MORE INNOVATIVE, THEY ARE MUCH MORE IMAGINATIVE AND THAT THEY CAN ENVISION A WORLD WHERE WE HAVE A STRONGER DEMOCRACY IN OUR CITY WHERE THE PEOPLE GET TO NOT ONLY ELECT US BUT THEY ALSO GET TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT WHERE THEIR TAX DOLLARS GO AND SO THEY ARE GIVING US THIS INCREDIBLE VISION. THEY ARE SHOWING US THE EXAMPLES. THEY ARE TELLING US EXACTLY WHERE WE NEED TO GO AND HOW WE NEED TO GET THERE AND AS ELECTED OFFICIALS WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO LISTEN TO THEM NOW WE CAN SAY HEY, WE HAVEN'T GOT A CHANCE TO READ IT . BUT THE REALITY IS THAT MOST OF US WERE THERE AT THE WORKING SESSION YESTERDAY. I READ THE DOCUMENT THREE TIMES WHILE COUNCILOR ARROYO WAS GIVING HIS REMARKS LOOKING FOR A SPECIFIC EDIT THAT I MADE TO MAKE SURE THAT I WAS INCLUDED IN THERE SO THAT I WOULD BE PREPARED TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS TODAY WE ALL HAVE THE RIGHT AND THE ABILITY TO VOTE AS WE CHOOSE WHEN IT COMES TO ORDINANCES THAT ARE SET BEFORE US. BUT WE ALSO HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF BOSTON AND WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO BE TRUTHFUL ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE DOING HERE. THIS IS NOT SOME CIVIC EXPERIMENT. THIS IS NOT SOME THROWAWAY OF CITY RESOURCES AND JUST LIKE EVERYBODY HERE IS A TAXPAYER IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, ALL OF THE PEOPLE OVERWHELMINGLY VOTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS HAPPENED ARE ALSO TAXPAYERS AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE A RIGHT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS, THE MONEY THAT THEY'RE PUTTING INTO THE CITY OF BOSTON. AND SO THEY'VE SPOKEN AND AS ELECTED OFFICIALS THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO WE SHOULD BE LISTENING TO. AND SO I AM URGING MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS ORDINANCE TODAY SO THAT WE CAN LET THE WILL OF THE VOTER BE HEARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . THAT JERRYCAN CITY COUNCIL FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCIL FERNANDES ANOSOGNOSIA THE I THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR IS TOO MUCH BUT IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT ORDINANCE PROCESS AND SO MUCH WORK HAS BEEN DONE. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILOR BOK OUR COLLEAGUE SENATOR LYDIA EDWARDS AS WELL AS COUNCIL OF WOMEN HERE WHO HAS WORKED ON THIS NOW GOING ON A COUPLE OF YEARS WITH THE EFFORTS OF COURSE IN THE COURAGEOUS EFFORTS FROM THE ADVOCATES AND COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTEERS THE CAMPAIGN THAT IT TOOK IN ALL OF THE HARD WORK SWEAT AND TEARS THAT IT TOOK BEHIND THIS EFFORT. I MEAN WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE THEN WHEN I STAND UP WE GET SORT OF FOLLOWED BY PRAYERS OF UNITY AND HOW WE DISAGREE AND COME TOGETHER. EVERYBODY NEEDS TO COME TOGETHER. IT'S NOT AS CONTENTIOUS IS THAT IT'S JUST THAT WE DISAGREE ON POLICIES AND SOME OF US WILL GET UP AND TALK. YOU KNOW, VERY HONESTLY ABOUT WHAT THAT REPRESENTS IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, IN TERMS OF THE OFFICE WE BASICALLY GOT TOGETHER AND I THOUGHT THAT MR CHAIR ARROYO DID A WONDERFUL JOB WITH THE PROCESS AND I UNDERSTAND THAT MY MR CHAIR YOU FELT LIKE IT WAS A LITTLE RUSHED AND AND I ALSO THINK THAT SOMETIMES IT'S BECAUSE WE WERE INUNDATED WITH WORK AND WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO MAYBE READ THROUGH ALL THE DOCUMENTS THAT WE'VE BEING SENT AND FOLLOWING UP. SO I BELIEVE THAT THE ADVOCATES IN THE COMMUNITY PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF THINGS WE ASKED FOR 18 AND I WANT TO GO ON RECORD BECAUSE THIS IS SUPER IMPORTANT. WE ASKED FOR 18 ACTUALLY MORE THAN 18 PEOPLE TO SIT MEMBERS TO SIT ON ON THIS BOARD AND THEN WE ASKED FOR THE COMMISSION OF THE TASK FORCE. WE ASKED FOR SPECIFICALLY THAT THEY BE COMPENSATED. THEN WE TALKED TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE AND WE SAID HEY, DO YOU THINK THAT POOR BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE SHOULD BE PAID? DO YOU THINK THAT FORMERLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE THAT HAS BEEN DISENFRANCHIZED OR SYSTEMICALLY OPPRESSED SHOULD BE PAID COMPENSATED FOR THESE EFFORTS? DO YOU THINK THAT THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY OR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR SOCIETY THAT SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN THE SAY OF THE BUDGET DO YOU THINK THAT THEY SHOULD BE RESPECTED AND THEY SHOULD BE COMPENSATED AND THEN THE ADMINISTRATION RESPONDED YEAH, OF COURSE WE DON'T DISAGREE THAT THEY SHOULD BE COMPENSATED. THEN WE COMPARED IT WITH OTHER BOARDS. WE COMPARED IT WITH CBA THAT GETS PAID LIKE I THINK IT'S LIKE A THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH WE GET WE COMPARED IT TO THE OPAP OFFICE OF SOMEBODY HELP ME HERE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND THEY GET PAID ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS AN HOUR BUT WITH LIMITATIONS AS TO HOW MUCH THEY GET PAID PER YEAR RIGHT. AND SO THEN WE COMPARED THE MEMBER THE NUMBERS OF MEMBERS THERE WAS THERE WAS NO RESEARCH OR NO ARGUMENT FROM THE ADMINISTRATION ACTUALLY DEBUNKING OUR ARGUMENT. WE WERE SAYING LOOK, THE COMMUNITY NEEDS THESE NUMBERS AND NOW THEY'RE OUT THERE. THEY REDUCED IT TO NINE MEMBERS AND THEN WE SAID WELL, NINE PER DISTRICT ONE PERSON PER SEVENTY FIVE TO SEVENTY SEVEN PEOPLE SEVENTY SEVEN THOUSAND PEOPLE. THAT'S NOT FAIR. THAT SOUNDS INEQUITABLE. THAT'S NOT RIGHT. AND THEN WE SAID OK, WELL HOW ABOUT FIFTEEN AND I ASKED FOR THAT AMENDMENT AND THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. NOW THEY'RE REDUCING IT TO ELEVEN. SO EVEN IN LANGUAGE IN TERMS OF THE ONE PERCENT THAT WE ASK ,WE'RE ASKING IT TO BE DISCRETIONARY TOWARD THE OFFICE THAT'S ALSO BEING COMPROMISED HERE. SO WE'RE ASKING THE ADMINISTRATION THAT WHO OUR MAYOR SHE VOTED ON THIS AND SHE BELIEVES IN THIS. I BELIEVE THAT SHE BELIEVES IN THIS BUT IN DOING THIS RESPONSIBLY I THINK SHE'S TRYING THE ADMINISTRATION IS TRYING THEIR BEST TO DO IT IN THE WAY THAT THEY CAN CONTROL SO THAT IT DOESN'T GET OUT OF HAND SO THAT IT'S MANAGEABLE. WE GET ALL THAT. BUT THERE IS RESEARCH AS COUNCILOR LARA JUST MENTIONED AS RESEARCH TO BACK THIS UP. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT JUST WE'RE PULLING OUT OF A HAT. WE HAVE BEST PRACTICES. WE HAVE RESEARCH. WE UNDERSTAND THIS IS THE WAY FOR THIS CITY TO BE TRANSFORMATIVE FOR THIS CITY TO ACTUALLY MAKE THROUGH CHANGE AND TO CREATE SOME REAL TRUE ACCURATE EQUITABLE SOLUTIONS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IN THE BUDGET. AND THEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE THERE JUST LIKE OH, WE'RE JUST WE'RE MISMANAGING THIS. THIS IS THE CITY BOSTON'S BUDGET. WELL, YEAH. THIS IS A CITY IS BOSTON'S BUDGET AND IT'S SYSTEMICALLY RACIST AND IT DOESN'T DO A LOT OF GOOD IN TERMS OF BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE AND WORKING CLASS AND POOR PEOPLE. SO WE SHOULD DO BETTER WE SHOULD BE MORE INCLUSIVE. WE SHOULD DO IT DIFFERENTLY AND I I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE WITH SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES. I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE WITH ADMINISTRATION AND OF COURSE I'M ON THE SIDE OF THE ADVOCATES. I WISH THAT WE COULD HAVE ON BETTER BUT THAT'S OK. IT'S JUST THE CONVERSATION TODAY WE'LL VOTE AND IT'LL GO TO THE ORIGINAL FILING AND THEN WE'LL FOLLOW THE AMENDMENT AND WE'LL ORGANIZE AGAIN AND WE'LL KEEP DOING OUR WORK. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON. I'M GOING TO GO TO COUNCILOR BRIGHTON COUNCIL AND THEN THE LAST SPEAKER WILL BE COUNCIL OF ROYAL COUNCIL BREADON YOU HAVE THE FLOOR MR PRESIDENT AND I WILL BE VOTING IN SUPPORT OF PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING TODAY. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN DOING I'M REALLY FASCINATED BY THE VIDEOS. I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT IT ON YOUTUBE ETC. THIS IS NOT A REVOLUTIONARY IDEA THAT'S HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD. IT'S REALLY DEMOCRATIZING AND INCREASING CIVIC PARTICIPATION IN THE BUDGETARY PROCESS AND ALSO I'D REMIND OUR COLLEAGUES AND THOSE WATCHING THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IT IN BOSTON SINCE PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING. WE'VE BEEN DOING IT SINCE 2013. IT WAS A ONE MILLION DOLLARS CAPITAL BUDGET THAT WILL BE DECIDED BY YOUTH LEAD BOSTON AND JUST WANT TO JUST REFERENCE SOME OF THE THINGS THE PROJECT AS A YOUTH LED BY TEENAGERS FROM ACROSS THE CITY OF BOSTON SUPPORTED BY TRAIN YOUTH FACILITATORS GOALS INCLUDE INCREASING YOUTH POWER, ALLOWING ALL VOICES TO BE HEARD BUILDING STRONGER, SAFER AND HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES, STRENGTHENING RESIDENTS SENSE OF PRIDE, SOLIDARITY AND EQUALITY THROUGHOUT THE CITY. EXAMPLES OF WINNING PROJECTS IN 2019 TO 2020 PROPOSALS INCLUDE REPLACING SCHOOL HEATING SYSTEMS WITH MORE PRODUCTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT ENHANCING SHELTER AND CREATING COMFORTABLE PLACES FOR THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, PLANTING TREES AND PLANTS ALONG MAIN STREETS AND SIDEWALKS TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE. PREVIOUS FUNDING PROJECTS INCLUDE SOLAR PANELS ON CITY OWNED PROPERTY USE WI-FI LOUNGE AND CITY HALL PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS STUDIO WATER REFILL STATIONS AND PLAYGROUND UPGRADES AND ART WALLS. THIS IS NOT A THREAT TO OUR DEMOCRACY. IT IS NOT A THREAT TO OUR CONTROL OVER THE CITY, OUR INFLUENCE AND AND AND FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY TO OVERSEE THE CITY. THE CITY BUDGET. I THINK THIS IS ENHANCING OUR PROCESS AS IT'S BRINGING MORE VOICES TO THE TABLE AND I THINK IT'S MAKING US MORE EFFECTIVE LEGISLATORS. SO I WILL BE VOTING IN FAVOR OF THIS TODAY IF I COULD. YOU CAN'T OPERATE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL VERY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. AND JUST WANT TO ASSURE FOLKS THAT ARE HERE AND FOLKS THAT ARE WATCHING AT HOME IS THAT PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PASSED AT THE BALLOT BOX IN PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING WILL BE IMPLEMENTED HERE WITH RESPECT TO THE CITY'S BUDGET. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHICH VERSION DO YOU WANT DO YOU WANT THE COUNCIL'S AMENDED VERSION OR DO YOU WANT MAYOR WOO'S VERSION THAT HAS COME OVER? SO IT'S A SIMPLE QUESTION OF HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR EGGS? YOU LIKE THEM OF EASY OR DO YOU LIKE THEM OVER MEDIUM? BUT FOR THOSE WATCHING AT HOME WE WILL HAVE PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING TAKING PLACE AND AS I REFERENCED AT THE WORKING SESSION AND MORE PROBABLY MY LAW SCHOOL TRAINING PARTICULARLY ON CASES OF FIRST IMPRESSION MY EXPERIENCE HERE ON THE COUNCIL WITH RESPECT TO NEW ORDINANCES AND IMPLEMENTING NEW ORDINANCES IS THAT TO KEEP IT SIMPLE AND AND THEN AS OUR COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR FOR NEWS ANDERSON ALLUDED TO AT THE END OF HER COMMENTS IS THAT AND THEN AS YOU MOVE FORWARD YOU MAKE THE NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS AND TWEAKS AND CHANGES AS YOU KNOW AS WE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES AND A REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT SEE FIT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WORKS BEST. BUT IN ORDER TO SORT OF GET STARTED TO SORT OF GET THIS UP AND RUNNING, IT ALWAYS MAKES SENSE TO KEEP IT SIMPLE. AND I'LL BE SUPPORTING OBVIOUSLY MAYOR WUS PROPOSAL THAT'S BEFORE US AND AGAIN A YES VOTE IS SUPPORT SUPPORTED AS AMENDED. A NO VOTE MEANS THAT YOU'RE NOT SUPPORTING THE AMENDMENTS BUT YOU ULTIMATELY OBVIOUSLY ARE WE'RE ALL WILL ALSO BE SUPPORTIVE OF PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FIRE. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ARROYO. COUNCILOR , I HOPE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO ADD A COUPLE SMALL THINGS ON TIMELINE FOR FOLKS OF THE PUBLIC WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND SORT OF THE TIMELINE WE'RE UNDER. THIS IS FILED UNDER A 60 DAY ORDER BY THE MAYOR'S ADMINISTRATION DECEMBER 14TH, WHICH WAS OUR LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING WHICH MEANT THAT FROM DECEMBER 14TH UNTIL ABOUT JANUARY 11TH WE WERE OUT OF SESSION AT JANUARY IN JANUARY WE HELD THE HEARING ON THIS. WE'VE HELD THE WORKING SESSION ON THIS THE ORDINANCE ITSELF IS SIX PAGES LONG. ONE PAGE IS ENTIRELY DEFINITION'S TO MAKE CLEAR WHAT THE LANGUAGE WITHIN IS. SO IT AMOUNTS TO ABOUT FIVE PAGES OF ACTUAL ORDINANCE ABOUT ONE PAGE DEFINITIONS, THE AMENDMENTS THEMSELVES MAYBE AMOUNT TO IN THOSE FIVE PAGES MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN A FULL PAGE NOT INCLUDING THOSE DEFINITIONS THEN IT DROPS SUBSTANTIALLY. THEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SENTENCES. THE MAJOR COMPROMISES HERE ARE REALLY ON THE SIZE OF THE EXTERNAL OVERSIGHT BOARD. COUNCILOR FLOWERS'S ENTIRELY CORRECT IF WE DID NOT VOTE ON THIS TODAY, IF WE DID NOT TAKE ACTION ON THIS AMENDED VERSION TODAY, THEN THE COUNCIL WOULD REALLY HAVE NO VOICE IN THIS PROCESS. IT WOULD SIMPLY HAVE JUST BEEN THE ADMINISTRATION'S PROPOSAL FROM DECEMBER 14TH TAKING EFFECT ON FRIDAY. THIS ALLOWS THE COUNCIL TO ADD THEIR ASSESSMENT TO BRING THE VOICES OF THEIR CONSTITUENCIES INTO THIS CONVERSATION TO AND TO WORK ON THAT DOCUMENT AS IT WAS PRESENTED. MANY OF OUR COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, SOME OF THEM WHO ARE NOT HERE TODAY, SOME WHO ARE OUT IN THE SENATE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THESE ISSUES FOR YEARS AND SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF SORT OF GIVE AND TAKE THAT HAPPENED EVEN BEFORE IT GOT TO THE MAYOR'S DESK IN THIS FORUM IN THE FORUM THAT SHE PRESENTED TO US THE TWO MAJOR PIECES HERE, ALMOST ALL OF THE LANGUAGE THAT HAS BEEN ADDED HAS JUST MADE THE EXCLUSIVITY AND THE ACCESS TO THIS BOARD AND TO TO FROM THAT BOARD TO THE COMMUNITY LARGER IN MY OPINION AND BETTER IN MY OPINION. THE TWO PLACES WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGES THAT I THINK WE WOULD SAY ARE SUBSTANTIVE AS THE SIZE OF THE EXTERNAL BOARD WENT FROM NINE UNDER THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL TO ELEVEN IN THIS PROPOSAL WE HAD WE HAD TWO SEATS AS COUNCILOR FINIAN'S ANDERSON HAS MADE CLEAR THE THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT COMPROMISE I THINK ORIGINALLY PRIOR TO MAYOR PRESENTING HERS COMMUNITY ADVOCATES WERE SEEKING OVER TWENTY SEATS THEY WENT DOWN TO AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS EIGHTEEN YESTERDAY IT WAS FIFTEEN. WE'RE NOW AT ELEVEN. THERE'S BEEN SIGNIFICANT COMPROMISE ON THE SIZE OF THAT BOARD. THE SECOND PIECE WAS THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL DOES NOT ALLOW IT ALLOWS FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES INCURRED BUT THE LANGUAGE ITSELF DOES NOT ALLOW FOR COMPENSATION MEMBERS SERVING ON THIS BOARD THE ADVOCATES WE'RE SEEKING SOMEWHERE AROUND A THOUSAND A MONTH WITH LANGUAGE IN THERE TYING THAT TO THREE FOURTHS PARTICIPATION IN ALL COMMITTEE MEETINGS, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WERE REQUIRED BY THIS BOARD. MY PERSONAL STANCE ON THIS I SUPPORT COMPENSATION. THAT IS WHY COMPENSATION LANGUAGE IS IN HERE. IT ALLOWS THE MAYOR TO DETERMINE WHAT THE AMOUNT OF THAT COMPENSATION IS BUT IT DOES SAY THEY SHALL BE COMPENSATED AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS AS CHAIR FLYNN PRESIDENT FLYNN REQUESTED THERE'S FOCUS HERE ON MAKING SURE THAT FOLKS ARE COMING FROM HOUSING, COMING FROM UNDERSERVED UNDERPRIVILEGED COMMUNITIES ARE COMING FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS PLACES WHERE IF YOU ARE TAKING 20, 30 HOURS A WEEK OR A HUNDRED HOURS A MONTH TO DO THIS KIND OF WORK, YOU DON'T HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF DOING THAT WORK FOR FREE. AND SO TO GIVE THEM SOME STIPEND SEEMS FAIR AND JUST EQUITABLE AND I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO ALLOW THE MAYOR TO MAKE A DETERMINATION OF WHAT THAT SHOULD BE. BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE SHOULD BE SOME COMPENSATION FOR THAT LABOR THAT WE ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO UNDERGO AND SO THAT LANGUAGE CHANGES SIGNIFICANT IT IS IN THEIR THERE'S LANGUAGE CHANGING IT FROM NO COMPENSATION TO COMPENSATION, THE DISCRETION OF THE MAYOR. BUT THERE SHALL BE COMPENSATION SIMPLY THE AMOUNT IS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE MAYOR AND THERE'S LANGUAGE INCREASING THE SIZE OF THE BOARD. EVERYTHING ELSE THAT HAS BEEN AMENDED ESSENTIALLY AMOUNTS TO THE DEFINITIONS OF CLARIFYING TERMS AND LANGUAGE REGARDING INCLUSIVELY. FOR INSTANCE, THE RESIDENT REQUEST MAKING SURE THERE'S A FOCUS TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S A RESIDENT ON THIS EXTERNAL OVERSIGHT BOARD, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT ADD EXCLUSIVITY, THAT ADD SORT OF ACCESS AND INTENTIONALITY TO THIS DOCUMENT. THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF IDEAS WE HAVE. IT'S ABOUT FIVE PAGES IF YOU TAKE THE DEFINITIONS OUT SIX WITH THE DEFINITIONS AND IF IT TAKES A RECESS FOR FOLKS WHO ARE ABLE TO READ THAT, THEN I WOULD SUGGEST WE DO THAT. BUT I THINK IT'S IT'S IT'S WELL REASONED AND IT'S A SIGNIFICANT COMPROMISE AND IT DOES INCORPORATE PIECES OF WHAT I HAVE HEARD FROM ALMOST EVERY COUNCILOR AND WHAT I'VE HEARD DIRECTLY FROM THE ADMINISTRATION AND I WANT TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION AS WELL FOR THEIR WORK ON THIS THAT WE'VE BEEN BACK AND FORTH AND BACK AND FORTH AND SO THANK YOU, CHAIR FLYNN. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR THE ADVOCACY ON THIS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS VOTED COUNCILOR FLORIDA IS ENTIRELY CORRECT. THIS IS HAPPENING. IT'S SIMPLY A QUESTION OF IS IT HAPPENING UNDER THE VERSION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS AMENDED OR IS IT HAPPENING UNDER THE VERSION THAT THE MAYOR HAS PRESENTED? BUT IT IS HAPPENING AND THE CHANGES THE DIFFERENCES I THINK HAVE BEEN SORT OF SAID NOW SEVERAL TIMES I DON'T THINK THERE HAS TO BE REPEATED. THANK YOU, MR THANK YOU. COUNCILOR ROYAL COUNCIL ROYAL SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT IN A NEW DRAFT IN PASSAGE OF THE DOCUMENT THE ZERO ONE ZERO ZERO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I AM OPPOSED SAY NAY NAY DOUBT ABOUT MR CLARKE WE HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET ZERO ONE ZERO ZERO COUNCILOR ARROYO YES. COUNCILOR ARROYO YES. COUNCILOR BAKER. COUNCILOR BAKER NAY COUNCILOR BUT COUNCILOR BARKER COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR BRAVE COUNCILOR COLLETTA COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON YES COUNCILOR FOR ANANDA SANDERSON YES COUNCILOR FLAHERTY COUNCILOR FLAHERTY NO COUNCILOR FLYNN NO COUNCILOR FLYNN NO CANCELLARA COUNCILOR YES COUNCILOR IS IN CONTROL OF THE REGION. YES COUNCILOR ME HERE COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY NO NO ZERO ONE ZERO ZERO AS WE SEE SIX VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND BASED ON RULE 28 IT DOES NOT PASS MR CARR CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO ONE THREE FIVE DOCKET NUMBER ZERO ONE THREE FIVE PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW RELATIVE TO ENACT TO REORGANIZATION OF THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE COUNCILOR BEFORE WE BEGIN, I KNOW THIS CITY BOSTON MUNICIPAL POLICE OFFICERS THAT ARE HERE WITH US AND THERE IS A MATTER BEFORE US SPONSORED BY COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON AND COUNCIL FLORIDA. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND RECOGNIZE THEM WAITING PATIENTLY. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BLOCK AT THIS TIME PRESIDENT JUST A POINT OF INQUIRY TO THE CLERK I LIKE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT SINCE THAT AND MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST EXPLAIN TO FOLKS WITH RULE TWENTY EIGHT THAT IT'S BECAUSE THE COUNCIL NEEDS A MAJORITY OF THE BODY NONE OF THE MEMBERS PRESENT SO BUT THEREFORE THE COMMITTEE REPORT FAILED. SO COULD YOU JUST CLARIFY DOES THAT MEAN THE DOCKET REMAINS IN COMMITTEE IN GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS? THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING BUT I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY BECAUSE WE DIDN'T SINCE IT'S THE COMMITTEE REPORT WELL IT'S THE COMMITTEE REPORT THAT FAILED. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. YES. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BRIEF RECESS . MR CLARKE. THERE WAS A CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD ALSO COUNCILOR BARTóK BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION IN COUNCIL ROYAL SOME RECOMMENDATIONS BUT WANT TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY, MR KURUP TO READ INTO THE RECORD WHAT THE WHAT THE ORDER WOULD ON DYKEN NUMBER ZERO ONE ZERO ZERO SINCE THE THERE WAS NO MAJORITY VOTE ON THE AMENDMENTS TO THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE THAT WAS FILED BY THE MAYOR THAT DID NOT PASS BUT THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE THAT WAS FILED BY THE MAYOR WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN IN COMMITTEE . THANK YOU MR . WE'RE ON TO OK THAT THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BAKER SIR. THAT MEANS THIS COMMITTEE REPORT THAT WAS JUST VOTED ON IS DEAD . YES. WE CAN'T VOTE ON THIS AGAIN. OK, THANK MR . I'D LIKE TO TAKE SOMETHING OUT OF ORDER AT THIS TIME IN THE INTEREST OF GETTING OUR MUNICIPAL POLICE OFFICERS BACK BACK TO WORK. BUT ARE WE ABLE TO TAKE DORKIEST AND HIT ANYONE OBJECT TO TAKING DOCKET ZERO THREE SEVEN EIGHT OUT OF ORDER? THANK YOU MR CLARK. COULD YOU READ INTO THE RECORD DOCKET ZERO THREE SEVEN PLEASE. DUKAN NUMBER ZERO THREE SEVEN EIGHT COUNCILORS FERNANDES ANDERSON AND FLAHERTY OFFERED THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR HEARING TO INCREASE THE PAY FOR MUNICIPAL OFFICERS. THANK YOU MR CLARK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON YOU OF THE FLOOR I THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. I LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES IF YOU WILL PLEASE AND ADD COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR HEARING NO OBJECTION THE COUNCILOR IS OUT OF THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDES. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. AS YOU KNOW I AM SOMEONE WHO COMES FROM THE POOR WORKING CLASS AND HIGHLY PRIORITIZED PEOPLE OF THE WORKING CLASS AND OFTEN HERE ADVOCATING THAT WE PAY PEOPLE FAIRLY AND EQUITABLY . I'M EXCITED TO OFFER THIS ALONG WITH MY CO-SPONSOR FLAHERTY AND COUNCILOR FLYNN BEFORE I SAY ANY MORE I WANT TO THANK THE OFFICERS AND AND I'M NOT SURE I DON'T WANT TO PUT ANYONE ON THE SPOT BUT YOU KNOW WHO YOU GUYS ARE AND I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON THROUGHOUT OUR WORK ON THIS ISSUE, WE'VE BASICALLY FURNISHED A STREAM OF DATA AND INFORMATION FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES. I MUST SAY THAT THE PAY SCALE HERE FOR THE MUNICIPAL OFFICERS ARE ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE. OUR OFFICERS DO VITAL WORK. THEY KEEP CITY HALL SAFE AND SECURE AND BECAUSE OF THEM OUR BUILDING FUNCTIONS WITH SMOOTH SMOOTHNESS AND OF COURSE TO BE ADMIRED AND YET THESE ESSENTIAL WORKERS START AT AN HOURLY WAGE THAT IS JUST A COUPLE OF DOLLARS ABOVE THE STATE MINIMUM WAGE AND THEIR CURRENT STEPS AND AT LESS THAN TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS AN HOUR THIS CANNOT STAND. WE HAVE TO WE CAN WE SHOULD AND WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT IN THE SECOND MOST EXPENSIVE CITY IN THE COUNTRY AFTER NEW YORK CITY HOW CAN WE EXPECT PEOPLE TO PAY THEIR RENT AND SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR WIT WHEN THEY'RE BEING PAID SUCH MEDIOCRE WAGES? WE ARE A VERY RICH CITY. WHY DO WE INSIST ON ACTING AS IF WE'RE POOR, ESPECIALLY WHEN COMES TO COMPENSATING OUR VITAL WORKERS? SO I'M EXCITED FOR BY THIS MESSAGE AND HOPING THAT WE CAN HOLD A HEARING IN ORDER TO DISCUSS AND I'M QUITE SURE THAT HERE MY ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES WILL STAND IN SUPPORT OF THIS MATTER AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION TO MAKE SENSE OUT OF IT AND PAY OUR MUNICIPAL OFFICERS A FAIR WAGE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR OF FLAHERTY COUNCIL TO YOU OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. AND THANKS TO THE LEAD SPONSOR FOR ASKING ME TO TO PARTNER ON THIS AND AS MENTIONED WE'VE GOT A GREAT HARDWORKING, DEDICATED MUNICIPAL POLICE FORCE THAT THEY OPERATE ON WHAT'S CALLED FOR AND TOS WHICH MEANS THEY ONLY GET WEEKENDS OFF EVERY SIX WEEKS. THINK ABOUT THAT IN A CALENDAR YEAR THEY ONLY GET A FULL WEEKEND SATURDAY AND SUNDAY EVERY SIX WEEKS AND SO THEY KEEP US SAFE. THEY KEEP VISITORS HERE TO CITY TO CITY HALL AS WELL AS OTHER MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS AND ITS VISITORS SAFE. THEY'RE AN EQUAL AND PARTNER IN PUBLIC SAFETY FOR OUR CITY AND AS I ALLUDED TO, THE LEAD SPONSOR I WAS NOT AWARE OF ARGUABLY THE SORT OF THE PALTRY SALARY THAT THAT THEY CURRENTLY RECEIVE WHICH IS ACTUALLY 200 PERCENT ABOVE THE POVERTY LEVEL. SO I I THINK THAT THAT'S AND IT ALSO SPEAKS TO THE HIGH TURNOVER RATE THAT'S COMPARED TO OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS VERY MUCH LIKE AS A COUNCIL PRESIDENT I'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE ADMINISTRATION WITH RESPECT TO OUR NINE ONE ONE OPERATOR SAME THING I GET WEEKENDS OFF NOT SEEING WAGE INCREASES. I SEEING PERSONNEL EXPAND WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE WHEN YOU DON'T KEEP UP THE ATTRITION AND YOU DON'T REPLACE DEPARTING PERSONNEL THROUGH RETIREMENT OR FOLKS LEAVING, THEN THEY'RE ORDERED WHICH MEANS THAT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO WORK WHICH MEANS THEY HAVE TO GIVE UP PERSONNEL AND FAMILY TIME ETC. SO TIME HAS COME TO TO ADDRESS THIS I I THINK THAT THERE'S A CADET PROGRAM STARTING OUT FAIRLY SOON. I THINK THEY MAY BE STARTING HIGHER THAN THAN THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE STANDING BEHIND US. SO KUDOS TO THE HARD WORK THAT THEY DO. WE IN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT AND AS LEADERS WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW OUR PARTNERS IN GOVERNMENT CITY EMPLOYEES, THE UNSUNG HEROES, PEOPLE THAT HELP MAKE THE CITY THE GREAT CITY THAT IT IS RESPECTED AND ARE TREATED FAIRLY WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT AND ALSO CAN GET A LIVING WAGE FRANKLY. SO THEY COULD CONTINUE TO BRING THEIR TALENTS AND THEIR PASSION TO CITY GOVERNMENT AS OPPOSED TO HAVING TO FLIP AROUND AND LOOK AT WANT ADS AND FIND OUT WHO'S HIRING AND WHO'S GOING TO APPRECIATE THEIR TALENT AND THEIR DEDICATION. AND SO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO I GUESS TO RIGHT OR WRONG AND TO ALLOW FOR FOLKS TO TO EARN A GOOD WAGE HERE AND FORWARD TO AN EXPEDITED HEARING AND LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH A CONCERT VENUE. SENATOR THANK MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU COUNCILOR FOR COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU COUNCILOR BRENNAN. AND I WANT TO SAY FOR I SAY THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCILOR FOR I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR FERNáNDEZ ANDERSON FOR ASKING ME TO BE PART OF THIS HEARING ORDER. I WASN'T PLANNING TO SPEAK ON MY COLLEAGUES DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB TALKING ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT THESE MINISTERIAL OFFICES FACE IN THE ECONOMIC CHALLENGES THAT THEY'RE FACING. BUT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ONE THING AND CITY EMPLOYEES THIS UNION OF CITY EMPLOYEES IT'S THE MOST DIVERSE UNION IN THE CITY OF BOSTON WOMEN, PEOPLE OF COLOR. IT'S ALSO ONE OF THE LOWEST PAID UNIONS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THEY HAVE PROTECTING US AND WE'VE SEEN THE CHALLENGES WE'VE HAD IN THIS PARTY IN THIS IN THIS CHAMBER IN CITY HALL. BUT THEY'RE PROTECTING US. THEY'RE PROTECTING THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AS WELL. THEY'RE PROTECTING THE PUBLIC. AND I'M I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, I'M EMBARRASSED ABOUT HOW LITTLE THEY GET PAID WHILE WE GET A GREAT SALARY. SO I SAY THAT BECAUSE IF WE IF WE PROCLAIM TO SAY WE'RE THE MOST LIBERAL CITY IN THE COUNTRY, THE MOST PROGRESSIVE CITY IN THE COUNTRY AND WE'RE PAYING OUR WORKERS PENNIES, PEANUTS, WE'RE PAYING THEM PEANUTS. YOU KNOW, LET'S LET'S NOT HAVE THAT TITLE OF BEING THE MOST PROGRESSIVE CITY IN A COUNTRY IF WE DON'T IF WE'RE NOT PAYING PEOPLE OF COLOR, MUNICIPAL WORKERS, MEMBERS OF THE UNION, WE'RE NOT PAYING THEM A FAIR WAGE, A FAIR SALARY. SO THAT'S THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT . I PROBABLY SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US BUT THIS IS ABOUT SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE. THIS IS ABOUT DIGNITY. THESE OFFICERS HERE, THEY'RE NOT LOOKING TO BE WEALTHY BUT THEY ARE LOOKING TO PAY THE BILLS FOR THEIR FAMILY, THE LITTLE THE LITTLE CHILD, THE WE ALL KNOW HOW MUCH IT COSTS TO SEND A KID TO SCHOOL TO BUY SCHOOL CLOTHES OR MILK AND BREAD. AND SOME OF THESE OFFICERS HAVE TOLD ME I TALK THEM ALL THE TIME AS YOU DO THEY GO TO THE STORE, THEY GO GET A LOAF OF BREAD AND SOMETIMES THEY CAN'T BUY IT. THEY HAVE TO PUT OUT A LOAF OF BREAD DOWN. THEY LOOK AT A GALLON OF MILK. THEY LOOK AT A PRICE ON THE GALLON OF MILK. THEY HAVE TO PUT IT DOWN. ONE OF THEM TOLD ME THAT THEY GO IN THE STORE WITH QUARTERS AND DIMES AND NICKELS AND THEY'RE COUNTING THEM. THEY'RE BEING EMBARRASSED IN FRONT OF THE CASHIER IN THEIR NEIGHBOR'S TRYING TO BUY SOME SOME BREAD FOR THEIR CHILD SO AS YOU CAN TELL, I'M ANGRY ABOUT THIS. I'M UPSET ABOUT THIS AND IT'S ABOUT TIME WE TREAT THEM WITH RESPECT. WE TREAT THEM WITH DIGNITY BECAUSE WHEN THEY COME TO THIS OFFICE EVERY DAY THAT'S THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY DO FOR US AND FOR THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON. THEY'RE ALWAYS THERE FOR US. THEY HAVE OUR BACK ESPECIALLY DURING DIFFICULT TIMES. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCIL FOR CHARITY. BUT ALL OF THE COLLEAGUES HERE THAT SUPPORT THESE WONDERFUL WORKING MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR CITY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I KNOW I DON'T HAVE THE ORDER CORRECT BUT LET ME START WITH I'LL JUST GO AROUND LET ME START WITH COUNCIL ROYAL COUNCIL ROYAL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU COUNCILOR . I'M GOING TO JUST SAY THAT I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF THIS MAKING SURE THAT WE PAY OUR MUNICIPAL OFFICERS A LIVING WAGE. I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT STATE THAT MY FATHER SEVERAL YEARS AGO WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST HERE IN THE BUILDING WHILE GOING DOWN THE ESCALATOR AND ACTUALLY BECAUSE OF THE CARDIAC ARREST TUMBLE DOWN THE ELEVATOR CRACKED HIS HEAD WAS BLEEDING AND IT'S NOT AN OPINION. IT IS A FACT THAT HE WOULD BE DEAD TODAY IF NOT FOR THE ACTIONS OF ROBERT, OUR MUNICIPAL OFFICER AND HIS COLLEAGUES. HE WOULD NOT BE HERE WITH ME IN MY FAMILY TODAY. THIS WAS A SITUATION WHERE THEY HAD TO ACT WITHIN SECONDS. THE CARDIAC ARREST FOR FOLKS WHO DON'T KNOW THE BUFFALO BILLS HAD A SITUATION THAT WENT NATIONAL AND SO A LOT OF PEOPLE GO ABOUT CARDIAC ARREST NOW BUT IT STOPS OXYGEN TO THE BRAIN AND SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A MATTER OF SECONDS. IT TAKES ABOUT THIRTY 30 TO 90 SECONDS OF NO OXYGEN TO THE BRAIN FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS HAD A CARDIAC ARREST TO ACTUALLY BE ESSENTIALLY BRAIN DEAD DUE TO THE ACTIONS OF ROLNIK ALONE TO THE ACTIONS OF HIS COLLEAGUES GETTING A DEFIBRILLATOR MOVING AS QUICKLY AS THEY DID TO MOBILIZE AND STABILIZE HIM A SITUATION THAT HAD NO THAT SIMPLY RELIED ON THEIR TRAINING, THEIR EXPERTIZE, THEIR BRAVERY, THEIR COURAGE MOVING WITHIN SECONDS IF THEY HAD NOT DONE THAT, IF HE HAD NOT DONE THAT, HE WOULD BE DEAD . THE PERCENTAGES ACTUALLY HAD IT AT ABOUT 10 PERCENT OF FOLKS WHO HAVE CARDIAC ARREST OUTSIDE OF A HOSPITAL SETTING SURVIVE WHEN THEY RECEIVE WHEN THEY ACTUALLY MAKE IT TO A HOSPITAL. THE NUMBER OF THAT 10 PERCENT ONE PERCENT WALK OUT OF THAT HOSPITAL AND THE ONLY REASON WHY MY FATHER WAS ABLE TO WALK OUT OF THAT HOSPITAL NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO WALK OUT OF THAT HOSPITAL IS BECAUSE OF ROMA COLOGNE IN THE WORK OF THE MUNICIPAL OFFICERS THAT DAY AND SO I CANNOT ADVOCATE MORE OR MORE VOCIFEROUS WEATHER THAT WE PAY THEM LIVING WAGES. THIS IS ACTUALLY THE FIRST I'VE SEEN OF WHAT YOUR YOUR SALARIES ARE THE STARTING SALARY HERE. I THINK IT'S WHAT I HAVE WRITTEN DOWN HERE IS YOUR STARTING SALARY FOR SOME FOLKS IS AS LOW AS THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. I USED TO HAVE A JOKE WHEN I WENT TO LAW SCHOOL IN CHICAGO. I HAD A FRIEND WHO WAS LOOKING AT HOUSE FOR TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND I SAID YOU KNOW TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND BOSTON TWO THREE ROOMMATES. I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT TRYING TO FIND HOUSING ON THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS IS. WHEN I FIRST BECAME A PUBLIC DEFENDER I STARTED AT FORTY THOUSAND I HAD IN FACT THREE ROOMMATES AND SO MY HOPE IS THAT WE PAY OUR MUNICIPAL OFFICERS WHAT THEY DESERVE. YOU DO EXEMPLARY WORK. I KNOW IN THE MOMENTS OF ANY KIND OF EMERGENCY OR ACTION I HAVE FULL FAITH THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE MUNICIPAL OFFICERS HERE IN THE CITY WILL DO WHAT IS NECESSARY TO PROTECT AND TO SAVE AND TO SERVE THE FOLKS WHO COME IN HERE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'M ETERNALLY GRATEFUL TO ALL OF YOU FOR THE WORK THAT WAS DONE ON THAT DAY AND IN ANY WAY IN WHICH I CAN CONTINUE TO UPLIFT YOUR WORK AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE RECEIVING THE SALARY AND THE BENEFITS THAT YOU DESERVE. I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT AND I BELIEVE THAT IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. FRANKLY, NOBODY IN THE CITY ESPECIALLY THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT SHOULD BE MAKING THAT THAT KIND OF STARTING SALARY. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL ROYALLE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BAKER, COUNCILOR BAKER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. I STAND TO ADD MY NAME TO THE CHORUS SHOW SUPPORT FOR THE FOR THE GOOD MEN AND WOMEN OF THE MUNICIPAL POLICE FORCE. I ALSO HAVE SOMEONE THAT IS HERE WITH THIRTY SEVEN YEARS OF SERVICE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND KNOW THAT IF DEPARTMENTS AND PEOPLE AREN'T SUPPORTED THEN WE DON'T GET THE BEST OUT OF THEM. I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST OUTFIT THAT WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT NOT PERCENTAGE RAISES. WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT THE GRADES AND BUMP THEM ALL UP FROM THE INITIAL INITIAL GRADE INTO WHAT YOU ARE AT THE END I HAD WORK FOR TWENTY FIVE IS IN THE CITY AND ONLY GET UP TO FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND I THINK IT WAS YOU THAT SAID THAT OUR OUR OUR SALARY IS A GOOD SALARY. IT'S OK IT'S GOOD BUT IT'S STILL DIFFICULT IN BOSTON ON OUR SALARY SO IMAGINE WHAT IT IS FOR FOR THESE MEN AND WOMEN OVER HERE. WE NEED TO SUPPORT THEM AND I DO THINK THAT THIS IS JUST PROBABLY THE FIRST GROUP THAT WE SHOULD DEAL WITH. WE HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THIS BUILDING HERE MAKING FORTY FORTY FIVE AND DOING A LOT FOR THE CITY. BUT I THINK IN THIS DISCUSSION WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE 500 CLOSE TO 500 MILLION DOLLARS WE PASSED AN OPERA IN DIFFERENT FUNDS LAST YEAR. HOW DO WE GET CITY EMPLOYEES THOSE MEN AND WOMEN UP THERE? HOW DO WE GIVE THEM MONEY TO GET INTO INTO INTO HOMEOWNERSHIP? HOW DO WE WORK WITH THEM SPECIFICALLY TO GET INTO HOMEOWNERSHIP? AND THE OTHER THE OTHER ISSUE IS I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AND MAY OR MAY NOT BE ABLE TO HAPPEN. THIS DISCUSSION IS IS WHERE THE MORE YOU IS WITH THE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN TRAINING FOR FOR FOR THIS OUTFIT HERE. SO I THINK IT SHOULD BE A CATCH ALL FOR WHAT WHAT THE SALARIES ARE BEING ARE DOING WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR THE CITY EMPLOYEES WHEN IT COMES TO HOME OWNERSHIP IF YOU'RE PAYING SOMEONE 50 GRAND BUT ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE THEM FIFTY GRAND TOWARDS TOWARDS A HOUSE TO BUY MAYBE IT'S WORTH GETTING THAT JOB FOR FIFTY GRAND AND ALSO WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE MO AGAIN THRILLED THAT THIS IS HAPPENING. SIGN ME ON AND AND THANK MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU COUNCILOR BAKER. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MARK COUNCIL BOK YOU OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH MR PRESIDENT. I JUST PROBABLY BRIEF I WANT TO ADD MY THANKS TO OUR MUNICIPAL POLICE OFFICERS YOU REALLY THE AMBASSADORS FOR THE BUILDING AND A WHOLE CITY PORTFOLIO AND I MEAN BRIGHTEN MY DAY AND ALSO JUST REALLY GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DO. SO I THINK STRONGLY AGREE WITH WHAT EVERYONE SAID. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I SERVE THE RESIDENTS COMPLAINTS COMMISSION AND I THINK IT'S REALLY BEEN A CONSISTENT THEME OF THE LAST YEAR THAT WE SHOULD REALLY BE TALKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE LEAST TO WHO ARE SUBJECT TO RESIDENCY AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE THE CITY SHOULD BE FOCUSING. AND HERE WHEN WE COME TO THE MUNICIPAL POLICE OFFICERS, WE HAVE A WHOLE CATEGORY OF FOLKS IN THAT POSITION. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY OF BOSTON. REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AND AS YOUR COUNCIL CAN WORK ON THIS AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR ANDERSON AND COUNCILOR FLAHERTY AND FRANCE FOR EXAMINING THANK YOU. COUNCIL BOK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FOR CITY COUNCIL . YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. OK, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL BOROUGH COUNCIL WORRY OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU PRESIDENT FLYNN. I JUST WANT TO STAND AND MY BREVETTI IS NOT AT ALL FOR LACK OF SUPPORT AND GRATITUDE FOR THE MUNICIPAL POLICE BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I GET MY NAME ADDED. I UNFORTUNATELY HAVE TO RUN OUT FOR AN EMERGENCY BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. YOU LIKE COUNCILOR BOXSET EVERY MORNING YOU KIND OF LIGHT UP THE DAY. IT'S REALLY NICE TO WALK INTO THIS BUILDING AND HAVE THERE AND THE WORK THAT YOU DO DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED ESPECIALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE SAFE HERE IN THE IANAL CHAMBERS. I AM IN SUPPORT OF THIS. I THINK THAT WE OFTENTIMES HAVE CONVERSATIONS AROUND HOUSING AND PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO AFFORD HOUSING AND I THINK THE BEST WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN AFFORD TO LIVE THERE IS BY GIVING THEM PAYING THEM MORE MONEY. SO THIS IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO THAT. SO THANK YOU PRESIDENT FLYNN. THANK YOU TO THE CO-SPONSORS AND THANK THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR RIDGEN COUNCIL WHICH I KNEW OF FLOOR THANK YOU AND SORRY I'M A BIT STUFFY RECOVERING FROM A COLD BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO FOR ANDERSON FOR FILING THIS AS EVERYONE HAS STATED, MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES SALARIES AND WAGES HAVE FAILED TO KEEP UP WITH THE PACE OF INFLATION AND RISING HOME PRICES AND RENTS ALONG WITH THE INCREASINGLY HIGH COST OF LIVING AGAIN EVERYONE I KNOW, EVERYONE KNOWS NOW THAT BOSTON IS THE SECOND MOST EXPENSIVE PLACE TO RENT IN THE COUNTRY HISTORICALLY WORKING FOR OUR CITY AND WORKING AT CITY HALL WHETHER IT BE AS A CLERK OR MUNICIPAL OFFICER, CUSTODIAL STAFF ADMIN STAFF HAS LONG BEEN A PATHWAY TOWARDS A STEADY AND STABLE INCOME IN EMPLOYMENT AND HISTORICALLY IT'S BEEN A STEPPING STONE TOWARD FINANCIAL FREEDOM. BUT WE'VE SEEN THAT REALLY NOT BE THE CASE ANYMORE. SO I SUPPORT THIS EFFORT TO GET MUNICIPAL OFFICERS MORE MONEY BUT WE ALSO NEED TO AS A CITY DO A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF ALL CITY HALL EMPLOYEES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PAYING THEM INCREASED WAGES AND THAT OUR LOWEST WAGE WORKERS WHO DO THE LOWEST WAGE WORKERS, THEY DO REALLY MEANINGFUL WORK THAT THAT MEANINGFUL WORK IS REWARDED WITH DIGNITY AFFIRMING WAGES BECAUSE OFTENTIMES WHEN YOU SHOW SOMEONE HOW MUCH YOU CARE ABOUT THE MOMENT YOU VALUE THEM BY HOW MUCH YOU PAY THEM. AND SO BECAUSE WE VALUE AND BECAUSE WE SAY ALL THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT YOU DO, BECAUSE YOU GREET US BECAUSE YOU OPEN THE GARAGE DOORS FOR US WHEN WE FORGET OUR BADGES AND THE LIKE, WE SHOULD AFFIRM HOW MUCH WE CARE ABOUT THE WORK THAT YOU DO FOR US AND FOR THE CITY BY REFLECTING IN YOUR PAYCHECK. THAT'S THE GREATEST WAY THAT YOU CAN SHOW PEOPLE THAT YOU CARE ABOUT THEM. WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AS WELL WITH JANITORS HERE IN THIS CITY HALL SAT DOWN WITH THEM TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT THEIR EFFORTS TO GET MORE MONEY IN THIS VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE CITY. SO THANK YOU. ADD MY NAME AND HAPPY TO BE PART OF THIS DISCUSSION. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR REGION THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY, COUNCILOR YOU OF THE FALL. THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN AND STANDING IN SUPPORT AND I DO JUST WANT TO SAY ONE LESSON MY DAD TAUGHT ME WHEN I GOT MY FIRST TEACHING JOB WAS TO TREAT THE CUSTODIAN THE SAME WAY I TREATED THE PRINCIPAL AND I BROUGHT THAT LESSON WITH ME FIFTEEN MONTHS AGO WHEN I CAME IN HERE TO CITY HALL TO MAKE SURE THAT I TREAT ALL OF YOU THE SAME WAY I TREAT THE MAYOR AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO IS IN THIS BUILDING. SO I DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE SMILE YOU GREET ME WITH EVERY MORNING FOR HELPING ME GET IN MY OFFICE WHEN I FORGET MY PAST. THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE I DO FEEL LIKE MYSELF AND OTHERS IN MY OFFICE HAVE MADE STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH ALL OF YOU OR MOST OF YOU I RECOGNIZE ALL OF YOUR FACES HERE AND DO JUST WANT TO REITERATE AND PUSH BACK A LITTLE ON THE RESIDENCY BECAUSE YES, THE REASON IT FEELS AS THOUGH WE COULD FIX THAT BY JUST PAYING YOU MORE AND YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO LEAVE THE CITY THAT YOU LIVE IN AND MANY OF YOU PROBABLY WANT TO STAY HERE SO I DO JUST WANT TO PUSH BACK A LITTLE ON GIVING WAIVERS TO RESIDENCY WHEN WE COULD JUST PAY PEOPLE A LIVING WAGE. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO ADVOCATE FOR AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING SINCE LAST SPRING WITH MANY OF YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS CONTRACT IS LOOKED AT AND THAT WE LOOK AT THE STUDIES THAT THEY'VE HAD AND THE SOME DEPARTMENT ARE PUSHING BACK ON NOT WANTING TO MAKE YOUR PAY MORE OR PRIVATIZE YOUR DEPARTMENT. SO I'M HERE TO SUPPORT YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO AND JUST STAND IN SUPPORT OF GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MURPHY, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR BREADON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. I WANT TO JUST ECHO ALL THE COMMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUES AND MY DEEP APPRECIATION FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU FOLKS DO EVERY DAY YOUR PROFESSIONALISM, YOUR JUST HOW YOU CONDUCT YOUR YOURSELVES AND HOW YOU DO YOUR WORK AND KEEPING US SAFE IN THE CITY HALL AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAVING THIS ONGOING CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT A LIVING WAGE IS FOR OUR MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES AND I REALLY FEEL THAT YOUR SITUATION IS DIRE IN THE SENSE IT IS. AS I SAID, IT'S ALMOST AN EMBARRASSMENT THAT WE ARE EXPECTING YOU TO WORK FOR SO LITTLE. SO I REALLY PLEASE ADD MY ERM AND I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF THIS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE HEARING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL OPERATE IN THE LAST COMMENT ON THIS ISSUE WILL BE COUNCIL FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCIL FERNANDES ANDERSON YOU HAVE THE FLOOR THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. I THINK THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR SUPPORTING UNANIMOUSLY HERE TODAY. I ORIGINALLY I WAS GOING TO FILE IT AS A RESOLUTION BECAUSE I FELT LIKE WE WERE ALL GOING TO UNANIMOUSLY VOTE AND GO ON RECORD IN SUPPORT. BUT I THINK AT THIS WARRANTED CONVERSATION THE OFFICERS ARE ACTUALLY IN NEGOTIATION PERIOD WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AT THE MOMENT THE ISSUE THAT THEY'VE ASKED FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT AND IT'S VERY REASONABLE AND THEY DID NOT GET IT. SO I THINK THE CONVERSATION THEN I LOOKING AT THOSE NUMBERS AND SAYING, YOU KNOW, CAN WE CAN WE SUPPORT THEM IN RAISING IT TO THE NUMBERS THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR? I BELIEVE THAT WE'LL ALL AGREE TO THAT COUNCILOR BAKER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS. I DO AGREE PRESIDENT FLYNN. YEAH, OUR PAY IS KIND OF REASONABLE AND I JUST WANT TO REEMPHASIZE THAT IT'S REASONABLE BUT TO WHOM RIGHT. SO SOME OF US FOR SOME OF US IT'S REALLY, REALLY HARD ESPECIALLY HAVING LIKE FOUR SINGLE OTHERS ON THIS COUNCIL . IMAGINE WHAT IT'S LIKE TO GO HOME AND WHAT YOU END UP TAKING HOME TO FOR YOUR LIVING WAGE. SO IF I TAKE AFTER TAXES MAYBE I DON'T KNOW SEVENTY EIGHTY THEN WHAT AM I DOING WITH AS A SINGLE PARENT WITH THE RENTS IN BOSTON SO NOT EVERYBODY SITUATION IS THE SAME AND THEN IF I IMAGINE THAT I PUT MYSELF IN THOSE SHOES I THINK ABOUT MY BUDGET AND NEEDS AND THEN I THINK ABOUT THE OFFICERS AND LIVING ON ABOUT HALF OF THAT SO WE CANNOT KEEP GOING WITH THIS AND I WON'T CONTINUE TO BE LABOR BUT IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT THAT HERE WE'RE SAYING THAT WE'RE SUPPORTIVE BUT IT'S UNDERSTANDING THAT WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR IS SUPER REASONABLE AND NOT EVEN CLOSE TO WHAT MOST PEOPLE MAKE IN THE CITY. AND THEN OF COURSE WITH COUNCILOR JANICE COMMENT THAT WE DEFINITELY NEED TO LOOK AT KASTORIA, WE NEED TO LOOK AT PARKS, WE NEED TO LOOK AT ALL OF THESE DEPARTMENTS THAT WE SAY ARE SUPER DIVERSE AND HAVE PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE THE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE PEOPLE AT THE VERY BOTTOM, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE AT THE VERY BOTTOM THAT GET PAID VERY LOW. SO IF WE ARE IF WE RESPECT THEM AND WE SAY HELLO AND THEY MAKE US FEEL GOOD BUT THEIR JOBS IS WAY MORE THAN THAT, RIGHT? LIKE THEY SAY PEOPLE'S LIVES, THEY ARE AT RISK. THEY'RE PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE FOR US AND THEN WE ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS LET'S NOT GET YOU CHEAP ABOUT WHAT IS RIGHT FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE ON BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S LIFE NEEDS SOMETHING DIFFERENT, RIGHT? IT'S ALL ABOUT PEOPLE'S INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. SO I THANK YOU AND FOR BEING OPEN AND SUPPORTING US AND I LOOK FORWARD TO AN EXPEDITED HEARING SO THAT WE CAN SUPPORT THEM. AND MR PRESIDENT, IF WE CAN DO A PICTURE I KNOW IT'S NOT A RESOLUTION PICTURE BEFORE THE OFFICERS LEAVE. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANK THANK YOU. COUNCIL FERNANDES ANDERSON. AND LET ME JUST SAY MYSELF AND COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON ARE HOSTING AND APPRECIATION LUNCH NEXT WEEK ON WEDNESDAY AT 11AM WITH ALL OF OUR COUNCILORS FOR THE MUNICIPAL POLICE OFFICERS HERE AT THE SCENE OF THE KOLIA THE PIEDMONTESE BUT WANTED TO INVITE THE CITY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES. BUT CERTAINLY WE'RE HOSTING THIS AND IN ORDER FOR YOUR PROFESSIONAL WORK, MR ON THIS DOCKET, COULD YOU PLEASE ADD THE FOLLOWING COUNCILORS COUNCILOR ROYAL COUNCILOR COUNCILOR BALL COUNCILOR BRIGHTON COUNCILOR CITY COUNCIL COUNCILOR COUNCILOR LOUISIANA COUNCILOR MURPHY THIS STOCKETT'S ROAD THREE SEVEN EIGHT WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY IN AT THE REQUEST OF CITY COUNCIL FERNANDES ANDERSON I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE MUNICIPAL POLICE OFFICERS TO COME DOWN HERE. OH YEAH IT'S PROBABLY BETTER FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO GO BACK THERE. WE'RE IN BRIEF RECESS FOR PHOTO . WE'RE BACK IN SESSION MR CLARKE . WE'RE ON DOCKET 016. OH YEAH. OK. YEAH WE'RE BACK ON DOCKET ZERO ONE THREE FIVE NO ZERO ONE THREE FIVE PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW RELATIVE TO ENACT TO REORGANIZATION OF THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ROYAL THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COUNCIL OF THE FOUR. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS HAD A WORKING SESSION MONDAY FEBRUARY 6TH DOCKET ZERO ONE THREE FIVE PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW REGARDING AN ACT RELATED TO THE REORGANIZATION OF THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE WHICH WAS SPONSORED BY COUNCILOR MEJIA AND MYSELF. I'D LIKE TO THANK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FOR ATTENDING COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCILOR FOR DENNIS ANDERSON CANCER JAN COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR MURPHY AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN. THAT'S SURE BUT I THINK COUNCILOR FIRE WAS THERE. HE'S BEEN AT PREVIOUS THIS HOME RULE PETITION WOULD ESTABLISH A TRANSITION FROM A FULLY APPOINTED SCHOOL COMMITTEE TO A FULLY ELECTED SCHOOL COMMITTEE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AS CURRENTLY WRITTEN, THE LEGISLATION TAKES A PHASED IN APPROACH THE TRANSITION DURING A WORKING SESSION THIS COMMITTEE DISCUSSED SPECIFICALLY WITH SUGGESTIONS TO INCLUDE A MORE STREAMLINED PHASING OF THE ELECTED SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND WE DISCUSSED BIFURCATING THE PROCESS SO THAT THE HOME THE HOME REPETITION I SENSE WILL BE TWO HUNDRED PETITIONS TO SEPARATE PETITIONS VOTED ON SEPARATELY ONE FOR AN ELECTED SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND THEN A SECONDARY ONE ON HAVING YOUTH ADVOCATES OR YOUTH BAPS STUDENTS VOTE ON THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE SO TO SEPARATE ONE FOR AN ELECTED SCHOOL COMMITTEE ONE FOR STUDENT VOTING MEMBERS AS CHAIR OF THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AT THIS MATTER REMAIN IN THE COMMITTEE AS WE FINALIZE ALL THE LANGUAGE SUGGESTIONS. HOWEVER, I DO INTEND TO MOVE THIS MATTER FOR A VOTE AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING WHICH WILL BE NEXT WEEK FEBRUARY 15TH. I'D LIKE TO THANK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AGAIN FOR THEIR INPUT ON SPECIFIC LANGUAGE SUGGESTIONS AND ON THE PURPOSES FOR MY VACATION. WE'VE HAD NUMEROUS WORKING SESSIONS ON THIS AND I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S TIME AND ENERGIES ON MOVING THIS FORWARD. THOSE THOSE CHANGES WILL BE REFLECTED IN THE FINAL VERSION PUT BEFORE THE COUNCIL . THANK YOU MR CHAIR. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR RICHARD DOCKETS 01 SIX SIX WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. I'M TALKING ZERO ONE THREE FIVE WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. MR CLARK WE'RE ON TARGET ZERO ONE SIX SIX DUQUAN NUMBER ZERO ONE SIX SIX AUDIT FOR HEARING TO ENSURE THAT THE BOSTON POLICE AND SCHOOL SAFETY OFFICERS WORK TOGETHER TO ENSURE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF AND THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT ZERO ONE SIX SIX WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. MR CLARK PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO TO ONE ONE DUNCAN EMMA ZERO TO ONE ONE MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER APPROPRIATING FROM THE EDWARD INGERSOL BROWN FUND THE SUM OF ONE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND FOUR PROJECTS DESCRIBED IN THE ATTACHED ORDER THE EDWARD INGERSOL GRANT FUND COMMISSIONERS MET ON DECEMBER 7TH TWENTY TWENTY TWO AND VOTED TO APPROVE THESE PROJECTS AND TO ESTABLISH A DEDICATED REPAIRS AND RESTORATION FUND FOR THE BRASS FOR THE BROWN FUND PROJECTS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BY THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE CITY SERVICES INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL BAQI OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH MR PRESIDENT AND I WANT TO THANK THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CITY'S TREASURY DEPARTMENT WHO JOINED US ON MONDAY ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUES COUNCILOR FLAHERTY WHO IS THE COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE ON THE BROWN FUND AND AS A COMMISSIONER COUNCILOR MURPHY AND YOURSELF, MR PRESIDENT, THE BROWN FUND IS A WONDERFUL FUND THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND DOUBT TO HELP BEAUTIFY THE CITY AND IT FUNDS SORT OF PUBLIC ART AND BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS AND THEN ACTUALLY ALSO SENDS OUT SOMEBODY TO CHECK EVERY YEAR ON THE CONDITION OF THEM AND AND SORT OF IS COMMITTED TO THIS EVER GROWING SUPPLY OF YOUR CATALOG OF GREAT LITTLE INSTALLATIONS ALL OVER THE CITY IN VARIOUS DIFFERENT RESPECTS. SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS YEAR'S SLATE OF PROJECTS. THE AMOUNT ACTUALLY IS SORT OF DOUBLE WHAT WE WOULD NORMALLY SEE BECAUSE IT'S REALLY THE ALLOCATION FOR TWO YEARS THERE WASN'T A BROWN FUND DISBURSEMENT PROCESS LAST YEAR JUST WITH ALL THE TRANSITION AND SO IT'S VERY EXCITING TO SEE THIS MONEY FINALLY KIND OF PROBABLY THE ONE SORT OF NEW MAIN THING THAT THAT IT IS INCLUDED IN THIS ORDER IS A HALF A MILLION DOLLAR APPROPRIATION FOR A DEDICATED REPAIR AND RESTORATION FUND. THE GROUND FUND KIND PILOTED HAVING THE RECIPIENTS OF MONIES ASSIGNED AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT TO KIND OF DO ONGOING MAINTENANCE AND THEY SEND OUT THIS PERSON TO CHECK ANNUALLY ON THE PROJECTS. BUT THERE ARE SITUATIONS WHERE THE ORIGINAL COMMUNITY GROUP THAT PUSHED FOR THE PROJECT NO LONGER EXISTS OR AGREEMENTS HAVE LAPSED AND THERE'S SOME REALLY GREAT INSTALLATIONS AROUND THE CITY THAT NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TLC AND SO WHILE THE FUND DOESN'T WANT TO SPEND TOO MUCH OF ITS MONEY ON EXISTING PROJECTS VERSUS FUNDING NEW PROJECTS, THEY'VE KIND OF ESTABLISHED THAT THIS IS A THING THAT THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO IT TO SOME DEGREE AND SO THERE'S A HALF MILLION DOLLARS COUNCILOR WILL INCLUDE AN APPROPRIATION FOR THAT PURPOSE. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW THAT WE ALSO GOT A FULSOME ABSENCE LETTER FROM COUNCILOR JUGEND. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND YEAH. AND THEN I THOUGHT I JUST VERY QUICKLY FOR ANYBODY WHO'S WATCHING AT HOME RUN THROUGH THE PROJECTS THAT ARE FUNDED IN THIS IN THE SLATE I WANT TO THE AMOUNTS BUT GENERALLY IF IT'S DESIGN IT'S SORT OF TWENTY FIVE FIFTY THOUSAND IF IT'S ACTUALLY INSTALLING SOMETHING IT'S SEVENTY FIVE ONE HUNDRED ONE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE IS KIND OF THE SCALE HERE SO THERE'S MONEY GOING TO LIGHTING FOR CHEN PARK IN CHINATOWN FOR THE DESIGN OF A CHINATOWN WORKER STATUE PROJECT FOR THE MONUMENT AND PLAZA AROUND THE JOHN BOYLE O'REILLEY MONUMENT IN THE BACK BAY SENDS TO THE FREDERICK DOUGLASS SCULPTURE COMMITTEE FOR THE FREDERICK DOUGLASS MEMORIAL TO THE COCONUT GROVE MEMORIAL THIS NEW LONG AWAITED MEMORIAL COMMEMORATING THIS HUGE DISASTER IN BOSTON FIRES HISTORY. I WANT TO NOTE THAT WE GOT QUITE A LOT OF CORRESPONDENCE RELATED TO THIS AND AS A NATIVE VILLAGER IT'S CLOSE MY HEART. I THINK WE HEARD FROM A LOT OF , UM, FAMILY MEMBERS OF FOLKS WHO DIED IN THE FIRE. FOR HIM IT WOULD BE A REAL PLACE TO GO AND REFLECT AND REMEMBER AND ALSO A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM THE FIRE COMMUNITY. SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITING UM A LOT OF EXCITEMENT ABOUT THAT. THERE'S MONEY GOING TO THE FRIENDS OF CHRIST PAST TO ENSURE THERE'S MONEY FOR THE PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE GREEN SPACE. THE FIRST CHURCH ROXBURY TO IMPROVE GREEN SPACE AND CODMAN SQUARE TO THE LIGHTING OF THE WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON MEMORIAL STATUE ON THE COMBAT MALL TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY GARDENS AND CHARLESTOWN TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS DORCHESTER THE ACCESSIBLE SPACE CONNECTED TO THE DORCHESTER FIELD HOUSE TO THE WORK ON THE MEMORIAL HALL FENCE LANDSCAPE IN CHARLESTOWN AND THEN AS I MENTIONED AGAIN THE REPAIR AND RESTORATION FUND. SO I WOULD BE GRATEFUL, MR PRESIDENT, IF COUNCILOR FLAHERTY AS I SAID REPRESENTS US ON THE FUNDS COULD BE AFFORDED A CHANCE TO SPEAK. BUT ONCE HE HAS THAT OPPORTUNITY I WOULD LOVE TO RECOMMEND THAT THE COUNCIL PASS THIS APPROPRIATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BARCLAY CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CITY COUNCIL FIHRI YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT AND THANKS TO THE SPONSOR EQUALITY COUNCIL BOARD FOR EXPLAINING THE HEARING AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT THE WORK OF MARGARET DAYSON WHO'S THE TRUST MANAGER. SHE RUNS A TIGHT SHIP TO SAY THE LEAST. THE PROJECTS OBVIOUSLY SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. THEY TAKE PLACE ALL ACROSS THE CITY. MY DISTRICT COLLEAGUES SHOULD TAKE GREAT COMFORT IN THE BROWN FUND AS WELL AS THE ROLE THAT IT PLAYS AND IN BEAUTIFICATION AND GIVING FOLKS THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO TO MAINTAIN THOSE PROPERTIES. ONE THING THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IN COUNCILOR BOK JUST ALLUDED TO IT IS THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME I BELIEVE THE BROWN FUND'S HISTORY MARGARET IN HER WISDOM CAME UP WITH SOMETHING I THINK THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER DOING A CPA DOWN THE ROAD WHICH IS TO HAVE A DEDICATED REPAIR AND RESTORATION FUND AND TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, GOOD FISCAL STEWARDSHIP AND TALK ABOUT THOUGHTFUL WAY TO MAINTAIN PROJECTS THAT THEY'VE PREVIOUSLY SUPPORTED AND ALSO BEING ABLE TO CARRY OUT AN AND REALLY KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THE LEGACY OF THE INGERSOL BROWN FUND AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MAYOR WILL AND I WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT AS SHE PUT THE PRESENTATION TOGETHER AND WE IDENTIFIED SOME PROJECTS, THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN MENTIONED AND AND THE AMOUNT THAT WE WERE PUTTING TOWARDS THEM AND THEN TO HAVE ANOTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT HEY, YOU KNOW, COME UP WITH THIS IDEA AND WE THINK THAT THIS IS MORE THAN APPROPRIATE WAY TO MAINTAIN EXISTING CONTRIBUTIONS AND SUPPORT AT THE MEANTIME TO NOT REINVENT THE WHEEL. SO I JUST THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS WORTH HIGHLIGHTING MARGARET AS THE TRUST MANAGER DOES A PHENOMENAL JOB ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND ON BEHALF OF THE FUND AND IT WAS A PLEASURE TO WORK ALONGSIDE OF HER AS A MEMBER OF THE FUND REPRESENTING THIS BODY AND HAPPY TO MOVE FORWARD AND ENCOURAGE ALL MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THAT SHE HAS RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLAHERTY COUNCIL BOX SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET ZERO TWO ONE ONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSED SAY NAY THE AYES HAVE IT. THE DOCKET HAS PASSED PRIOR TO MOTIONS, ORDERS, RESOLUTIONS. MR CARR CAN YOU PLEASE READ DRAGAN 037 SEVEN DOCKET NUMBER ZERO THREE SEVEN SEVEN COUNCILORS FLYNN MEIRA OFFERED THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS INCREASING ACCESS TO SWIMMING LESSONS AND AWARENESS OF WATER SAFETY. PRESIDENT. THEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU COUNCIL BRIGHTON COUNCIL . GREAT AND THIS IS A BRIEF I'LL BE VERY BRIEF GLAD TO PARTNER WITH COUNCILOR ON THE IMPORTANCE OF ENSURING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, STUDENTS AND VPS RECEIVE ACCESS TO SWIMMING LESSONS ESPECIALLY OUR YOUNG STUDENTS, STUDENTS OF COLOR, IMMIGRANT IMMIGRANT STUDENTS. BUT I KNOW THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES. IT'S REFILED. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CONSOLIDATED. THANK WHAT ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK READ THEIR NAME. MR QUIRK, CAN YOU PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR BAKER COUNCIL BOK COUNCILOR BRIGHTON COUNCILOR ANDERSON COUNCIL ALREADY COUNCIL THE REGION COUNCIL OF RURAL COUNCILOR MURPHY THIS AT 023 SEVEN EIGHT I'M SORRY THIS DOCKET ZERO THREE SEVEN SEVEN WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE AND STRONG WOMAN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES WE'RE ON TO DOCKERTY THREE SEVEN EIGHT MR CLARK SAID. OK WE'RE ON DOCKET ZERO ZERO THREE SEVEN NINE DULKANINNA ZERO THREE SEVEN NINE COUNCILOR RENANA SANDERSON OFFERED THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HUMAN CALLING FOR DISTRICT INCREMENT FINANCING TO BE UTILIZED IN DISTRICT SEVEN. THANK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON YOU OF THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. I LIKE TO SPEND A ROLE AND COUNCILOR WHO I AM HERE AND COUNCILOR LUZHIN HEARING NO OBJECTION COUNCILOR LET HERE HEAR COUNCIL COUNCILOR LOUISA AH ADDED THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDES INNOCENT. THANK YOU PRESIDENT FLYNN. I'M EXCITED FOR THE PROSPECT OF DEFS BEING UTILIZED IN DISTRICT SEVEN THE DISTRICT INCREMENT FINANCING WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO INCORPORATE A PORTION OF THEIR PROPERTY TAX REVENUES WITHIN A SPECIFIC AREA IN THIS CASE DISTRICT SEVEN TO SUPPORT VARIOUS PROJECTS IN THE COMMUNITY. DIFC UTILIZES TAX DOLLARS IN WAYS THAT BETTER ASSIST RESIDENTS THAT ARE DEALING WITH PROBLEMATIC SOCIO ECONOMIC INDICATORS. DIFF CAPTURES A PORTION OF TAX REVENUES FROM NEW REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT. THIS CAN HELP COMBAT THE RAMPANT EDUCATION CURRENTLY AT WORK IN THE COMMUNITY. ADDITIONALLY, IT CAN ACT TO REDIRECT SOME OF THOSE RESOURCES BACK TO THE CITIZENS OF THE COMMUNITY BEING IMPACTED . I BELIEVE THAT THIS CAN ALSO FUNCTION AS AN ENGINE TO SUPPORT THOSE IN THE REALM OF THE ARTS AND CULTURE AS WELL AS COMMUNITIES, FOLKS, ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES ROOTED IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. THE DIF IS ASCENDED WITHIN DIFFS CONCURRENT OR ARE CURRENTLY BEING UTILIZED IN BOTH SOMERVILLE AND BROCTON IN ASSEMBLY SQUARE IN SOMERVILLE WAS PUT IN PLACE IN 2010 IN THE AREA OF SIXTY SIX POINT FIVE ACRES AND HAS GENERATED AROUND TWENTY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS IN REVENUE IN BROCTON IT WAS INSTITUTED IN 2015 OVER AN AREA OF ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY ACRES AND HAS GENERATED AROUND THIRTY ONE MILLION DOLLARS IN REVENUE. A DIFF IS PUT IN PLACE FOR THIRTY YEAR TERM WHICH ALLOWS FOR A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY TAX THEREBY RAISED TO BE PUT TOWARD NEW DEVELOPMENT AND FOR INCREASED ASSESSED VALUES OF EXISTING PROPERTIES TO BE SET ASIDE FOR PROJECTS WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES IT TRULY PAXFORD FOR DAVE WILL ENFORCE REQUIREMENTS THAT ALL THE PROJECTS ARE LOCALLY AND SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES ENSURING ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL BENEFITS TO THE BLACK AND BROWN AND WORKING CLASS COMMUNITIES THAT PREDOMINANTLY IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS OF THE DIF BASED ON THESE FACTS I THINK THAT EVIDENCE IS CLEAR THAT A PROPERTY REALIZING THERE COULD BE A PRODUCTIVE AGENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL IMPROVEMENT AND EMPOWERMENT FOR DISTRICT SEVEN I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS CONVERSATION TO HELP ENSURE THAT THIS POSSIBILITY BECOMES A REALITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU TO MY CO-SPONSORS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL FERNANDES ANDERSON, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR OF REGIONAL COUNCIL WHICH I KNEW OF THE. THANK YOU PRESIDENT. THANK YOU TO DIFFERENT ANDERSON FOR ADDING ME I BELIEVE DISTRICT INCREMENT FINANCING CAN BE REALLY ECONOMICALLY POWERFUL ECONOMIC TOOL PROMOTING PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AND CHANNELING TAX DOLLARS INTO DARK TARGETED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS. FROM MY FIRST HEARING ORDER ON MUNICIPAL BONDS I HAVE BEEN INTERESTED IN THINKING ABOUT AND FINDING NEW AND INNOVATIVE INNOVATIVE WAYS TO HELP FINANCE THE TRANSFORMATIONS THAT WE NEED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS UNDERUTILIZED AREAS LEAD TO A DECREASE IN ASSETS PROPERTY VALUES FOR THEIR CORRESPONDING TO DECREASES IN MUNICIPAL REVENUE. OFTEN IT'S DIFFICULT TO ATTRACT PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN THESE AREAS THE STARTING A DOWNWARD SPIRAL SO A DEFEAT CAN POTENTIALLY BREAK US BORROWING VERSUS DIRECTION. IT CAN PROVIDE AN INNOVATIVE TOOL WITH COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS. IT'S AN OPTION WORTH EXPLORING AND I'M EXCITED TO JOIN ANDERSON ON THIS HEARING TO TALK ABOUT IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR . WHICH ON THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BAKER COUNCILOR BAKER ,THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU MR CHAIR. FIRST I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE DISTRICT SEVEN CITY COUNCILOR . PLEASE ADD MY NAME. I ACTUALLY AM WORKING ON DIFF LEGISLATION SPECIFICALLY FOR THE MARSUPIAL AVIAD CORRIDOR. WE KNOW THE UMASS THE GLOBE BUILDING THE CENTER SO SO WE'VE COME UP WITH IS TO DO A DIFF DEFINED AREA THAT WE HAVE CIRCLED AND IN THIS AREA AND YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA COUNCILOR COUNCIL PRESIDENT THE TAX NOW TODAY EVERY YEAR TO THE CITY OF BOSTON SIX MILLION DOLLARS THE PROJECTIONS IN TEN TO FIFTEEN YEARS ARE GOING TO BE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS IN THIS SAME AREA, SAME TAX BASE. WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH WITH THE DIFF IN DISTRICT THREE THAT DEFINED AREA IS TO IS TO FIRST GET IT PASSED AN AGREEMENT FROM ACROSS THE HALL AND FROM THE ASSESSING DEPARTMENT TO BE ABLE TO MAYBE POTENTIALLY GO AFTER A LARGE BOND, MAYBE A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR BOND. WE HAVE SEVENTY FIVE AND WE COULD GO TOWARDS TRANSCRIPTASE SHANI'S THAT WE HAVE THERE AND TWENTY FIVE COULD GO TOWARDS WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOCIAL BONDS I'D LIKE TO SEE TWENTY FIVE AND WE COULD JOB TRAINING IN THAT AREA BECAUSE THE WHOLE AREA IS GOING TO BECOME ABOUT THE FUTURE IN THE NEXT TEN TO FIFTEEN YEARS WITH JOB TRAINING WITH BIO WITH UMASS AND THEN SO JOB TRAINING AND ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO PUT SOME OF THE MONEY INTO THE FIELD. I WAS ON IN COLUMBIA POINT BECAUSE COLUMBIA POINT IF WE DO IT CORRECTLY AND AND AND BUILD IT OUT WITH THE SERVICES THAT ARE THERE BEFORE WE START TALKING IT OUT WITH ALL THE SHINY BUILDINGS SO IF WE HAVE A FIELD HOUSE, IF WE HAVE JOB TRAINING SET UP, IF WE HAVE THOSE SORT OF PATHWAYS INTO INTO THOSE SHINY BUILDINGS, THEN THE SHINY BUILDINGS AREN'T THE ENEMY. SO THANK YOU FOR YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. PLEASE SIGN ME ON. AND ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO WE'LL WORK WITH YOUR OFFICE. WE COULD PROBABLY HAVE BOTH OF THE HEARINGS TOGETHER. FIRST PART WOULD BE WOULD DEAL WITH WHAT A DIFF MIGHT LOOK LIKE IN DISTRICT SEVEN AND THEN AND THEN THE SECOND HALF IT COULD BE TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT MY AREA THAT I HAVE IDENTIFIED. WE'VE DONE NUMBERS WE HAVE WE HAVE BUILDINGS AND DIFFERENT PROJECTS ALL IDENTIFIED THAT ARE GOING TO BE WITHIN THAT WITHIN THAT AREA. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO THE NAME PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND MR CLARK CAN YOU PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCIL FLAHERTY PLEASE. THE THIS STOCK AT ZERO THREE SEVEN NINE WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT TRANSPORTATION. MR CLARK PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO THREE EIGHT ZERO ZERO THREE EIGHT ZERO COUNCILORS DIVISION IN COLLETTA OFFERED THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO ADDRESS THE MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS WITH A FOCUS ON GUIDANCE COUNSELORS. THANK YOU MR CLARK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR LOUISIANA COUNCIL WHICH I KNEW OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD KONSTANTINOV IN EDUCATION INDIVIDUAL CO-SPONSOR HEARING NO OBJECTION COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON IS ADDED. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR LUJáN THANK YOU PRESIDENT FLYNN. I THINK IT IS INCREDIBLY POOR THAT WE ALL RECOGNIZE AND WE ALL DO THE SORT OF DISTRESS THAT OUR YOUNG KIDS ARE DEALING WITH AN UNPRECEDENTED MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES THAT WE SEE THAT ARE RESULTING IN A LOT OF BEHAVIOR THAT IS DIFFICULT TO TO REALLY TO OBSERVE AND THAT'S LEADING TO A LOT OF DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY AMONG OUR STUDENT POPULATION LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE LAST IN THIS CHAMBERS WE HONORED THE GUIDANCE COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR, MRS. AND CASTILLO MARTIN OVER AT MY SCHOOL AND SHE SPOKE TO THE NEED OF HAVING MORE GUIDANCE COUNSELORS TO BE THE FRONT LINE OF OF SERVICES FOR OUR YOUNG KIDS WHEN THEY COME THROUGH THE DOORS. WE HEARD THAT LAST YEAR FOR THOSE OF US WHO WERE AT DC AND ATTENDED THE DUCEY'S MISGUIDED HEARING ON A STATE TAKEOVER, THEY ALSO HONOR THE CULTURE OF THE YEAR FROM LAST YEAR AND SHE TOO SAID WHEN THEY ASKED WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MEETING THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS AS WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DECREASING THAT THAT STUDENT GUIDANCE COUNSELOR RATIO SO THAT OUR GUIDANCE COUNSELORS ARE NOT JUST REACTING TO THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS SO THEY COULD BE MORE REACTIVE AND ENGAGED IN THE LIVES OF OUR IN THE IN OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. THEY ARE CRITICAL NOT ONLY TO SHOWING OUR YOUNG KIDS THE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES. IT'S ALSO CREATES AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE OUR YOUNG KIDS HAVE TRUSTING ADULTS THAT THEY CAN TURN TO AND LOOK TO TO HELP SOLVE BIG AND SMALL PROBLEMS TO KNOW THAT THERE'S SOMEONE IN THE BUILDING WHO ISN'T A TEACHER, SOMEONE WHO ISN'T THEIR PARENT AND THEY CAN BUILD A RELATIONSHIP WITH AND BUILD TRUST WITH. I THINK IT'S GOING TO THE MORE THAT WE REALLY CENTER OUR GUYS IN THE CONVERSATION, THE MORE WE'LL SEE INCREDIBLE OUTCOMES IN OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. I HAD THE DISTINCT PLEASURE THIS MORNING OF GOING TO YOUNG ACHIEVERS Q8 IN MATTAPAN WHICH IS WHERE MY NIECE GOES, WHICH IS A SCHOOL THAT HAS ALSO BEEN STRUGGLING WITH A NUMBER OF ISSUES AMONG THE STUDENT POPULATION. AND I THINK THE WAY THAT WE MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR YOUNG STUDENTS IS BY MAKING THAT THEY HAVE THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT THEY NEED TO SUCCEED AND THAT IS THROUGH BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH TRUSTING ADULTS. AND I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF THE INCREDIBLE STAFF AT YOUNG ACHIEVERS FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL, DR. JODY TO ALL OF THE SUPPORT STAFF THAT ARE REALLY INVESTED IN THE SUCCESS BOTH ACADEMICALLY OF THE KIDS AND ON THEIR MENTAL HEALTH. WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE REALLY DOING GREAT WORK IN TERMS OF TRANSPARENCY. WE KNOW ABOUT SOME OF THE DIFFICULT ISSUES THAT THEY'RE FACING BECAUSE THEY REPORT THEM AND SO IT'S UPON US TO MEET NEEDS. THEY DON'T HAVE A GUIDANCE COUNSELOR, NOT ONE IN THE BUILDING AND THAT IS PART OF THE PROBLEM. AND SO I AM COMMITTED TO HAVING THIS HEARING AND BRINGING IN EXPERTS. WE'VE BEEN REALLY WORKING NATIONAL EXPERTS. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE NEED FOR US TO HAVE MORE GUIDANCE COUNSELORS IN OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS SO THAT WE CAN REALLY BUILD TRUST WITH OUR STUDENT POPULATION. AND I'M EXCITED TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE BUDGET, AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT HOW WE SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS WITH THE RESOURCES THAT WE NEED FOR OUR KIDS TO SUCCEED AND WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE SURROUNDED BY LOVING AND TRUSTING ADULTS SO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A HEARING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL WHICH THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCIL FERNANDES ANDERSON, YOU HAVE THE FULL THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU CONSTITUTION FOR ME AS A CO-SPONSOR I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON THIS. THE INTERESTING PERSPECTIVE OF OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS THAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE ESPECIALLY LIKE AND I HEAR THIS MOSTLY AND I DON'T WANT CATEGORIES LIKE POLITICAL COMPROMISE, POLITICAL POSITIONS, PEOPLE WHETHER LIBERAL OR PROGRESSIVE OR WHATEVER BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE RIGHT. BUT SOME PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS LIKE WE DON'T NEED WE DON'T WE DON'T NEED MORE MONEY FOR EXAMPLE IN THESE SERVICES OR THIS IS PROBLEM IS WE NEED BETTER CURRICULUMS OR WE NEED TO REFORM OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM. THE THE ISSUE WITH THAT IS AS A YOUNG MOTHER AT TWENTY YEARS OLD WHEN I HAD MY SON I IMMEDIATELY WHILE I WAS EXPECTING I IMMEDIATELY SIGNED UP FOR METCO PROGRAM AND SO MY SON MY OLDER SON GRADUATED FROM WESTON HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN OF COURSE MY YOUNGER SON ALSO IS IN MECHEL. AND SO I GO TO THESE FACILITIES, I GO TO THESE SCHOOLS FOR A VISIT AND I LOOK AT THE FACILITIES AND IT'S STATE OF THE ART WHEN I TELL YOU THAT IT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT, IT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT. THEY HAVE STATE OF THE ART FACILITIES WHEN I TELL YOU STUDIO FACILITIES IT IS HOLISTIC, IT IS CLEAN, EVERYTHING WORKS. IT'S EFFICIENT AND IT'S STATE OF THE ART AND SO THEY HAVE OUTDOOR SPACES, EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING AND ALL OF THIS ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT HELPS YOU WITH AGAIN OTHER WAYS OF LEARNING THAT COMPLEMENTS CURRICULUMS ARE AVAILABLE AND RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE TO OUR STUDENTS SPORTS THAT SUPPORTS AND WE AS WE KNOW IT RIGHT TO IN ORDER FOR US TO HAVE MORE RELEASE OF SEROTONIN IN OUR BRAINS, WE HAVE TO EXERCISE WE HAVE TO DO DIFFERENT SORT OF DIETARY PRACTICES IN ORDER TO COMPLEMENT OUR MENTAL HEALTH. SO A CLINICIAN THEN IN SCHOOLS IS LEFT TO QUICKLY TRIAGE A PROBLEM AND SOMETIMES SOMETIMES I THINK OH I GUESS THAT PSYCHIATRIST WOULD DIAGNOSE AND THEN TO DO SERVICES WE'RE DOING IT WRONG. WE'RE RUSHING IT AND WE'VE SORT OF CONGESTING A WHOLE BUNCH OF CLIENTS IN ONE SOCIAL WORK AND WE'RE SAYING TO SOCIAL WORKERS PER SCHOOL THAT'S ACTUALLY INEFFICIENT. ONE GUIDANCE COUNSELOR FOR SCHOOL INEFFICIENT. SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE RESOURCES SHOULD BE INVESTED IN FACILITIES IN CAPITAL AND MAKING ENSURING THAT WE HAVE ALL OF THESE OTHER TYPES OF HOLISTIC RESOURCES TO SUPPORT OUR CHILDREN'S CURRICULUM TO SUPPORT THEIR ACADEMIC PROCESS. HOWEVER, WHILE WE DON'T HAVE THESE THINGS, WHILE WE'RE NOT PROPERLY INVESTING IN OUR CHILDREN SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AS A CITY WE'RE WORKING TO DO THAT WHILE WE'RE DOING ALL OF THAT, WE DEFINITELY NEED GUIDANCE COUNSELORS, SOCIAL WORKERS OR COUNSELORS. WHAT THEY DO IS THEY IMPLEMENT TREATMENT PLANS AND GOALS AND THEN THEY LEAVE IT TO PARENTS TO GO HOME TO FOLLOW UP AND THEN A LOT OF THE PARENTS DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO UNDERSTAND A CHILD'S DIAGNOSIS OR THE TREATMENT PLAN. SO THEY CAN'T COMPLIMENT BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION AT HOME. WHAT THEY DO THEN IS LEFT TO STRUCTURE THAT CHILD OUT OF SCHOOL TIME WITH VERY LITTLE RESOURCES. SO IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE DOING IT BACKWARDS. IT'S THAT WE ARE NOT ACTUALLY ALLOCATING RESOURCES IN FACILITIES OR AGAIN IN THOSE LIFESTYLE TYPE OF RESOURCES THAT COMPLEMENT A CHILD'S ACADEMIC SUCCESS AS WELL AS WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE ENOUGH OF PEOPLE LIKE GUIDANCE COUNSELORS WHO WILL ACTUALLY TAKE YOU SIT DOWN WITH YOUR CHILD AND LOOK AT THEIR SORT OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTION HABITS AND SKILLS THAT THEY CAN TEACH YOUR CHILD AND ALSO LOOKING AT THEIR CURRICULUM, THEIR CAREER PLANNING. RIGHT. SO I WANT US TO BE VERY OPEN TO THIS CONVERSATION, LESS JUDGMENTAL AS TO WHAT THE RESOURCES ARE, WHAT SOLUTIONS WILL WORK AND NOT WORK. ONE THING IS FOR CERTAIN WE DEFINITELY NEED MORE GUIDANCE COUNSELORS. SO AGAIN, OF COURSE I SUPPORT THIS IN TO THE WORK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FERNANDES INNOCENT WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO YOU KNOW THE NAME PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND MR CLARK PLEASE THAT COUNCILOR OF ROYAL COUNCILOR BAKER COUNCILOR BLOCK COUNCILOR ABRADING COUNCILOR FOR CHARITY COUNCILOR MURPHY PLEASE THE CHAIR DOCKET ZERO THREE EIGHT I'M SORRY DID I GET CONCERNED THAT IF I PUT MY NAME TO THIS OK DOCKET ZERO THREE EIGHT ZERO BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION MR CLARK ON DOCKET ZERO THREE SEVEN NINE COULD WE ADD COUNCILOR ARROYO AS WELL? WE'RE ON PERSONNEL ORDERS. MR CLARK, PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO THREE EIGHT ONE DUGA NUMBER ZERO THREE EIGHT ONE COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR COUNCILOR OF THE JUDICIARY THE SUSPENSION OF ROLES AND POSITIVE DOCKET ZERO THREE EIGHT ONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY OPPOSING NAY THE AYES HAVE IT. THE DOCKET IS PASS. WE'RE ON TO LATE PHILES. I'M INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT THERE ARE FIVE ADDITIONAL EIGHT FILE MATTERS. THE ADDITIONAL EIGHT FILE MATTERS INCLUDE A LETTER OF ABSENCE FROM COUNCILOR MEJIA, A LETTER OF ABSENCE FROM COUNCILOR LETTER, A LETTER OF ABSENCE FROM COUNCIL ORAL ORDINANCE FROM COUNCIL FERNANDES ANDERSON A HOME RULE PETITION FROM COUNCILOR ARROYO. THESE LATE MAIL THESE LATE FILE MATTERS SHOULD BE ON EVERYONE'S DESK AT THIS TIME IF YOU DON'T HAVE THEM CAN YOU LET ME KNOW? CAN YOU RAISE YOUR HAND? OK, WE WILL TAKE A VOTE AT THESE ITEMS THESE LATE FILE MATTERS INTO THE AGENDA ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADDING THE LATE FILE MATTERS INTO THE AGENDA. SAY HI. THANK YOU. THESE LATE FILE MATTERS HAVE BEEN ADDED. MR PLEASE THE FIRST THREE LATE FILE MATTERS INTO THE RECORD WHICH ARE THE LETTERS OF ABSENCE FROM COUNCILOR MEJIA COLLECTOR INWORLD FIRSTLY FILE FROM COUNCILOR JULIA MEJIA. DEAR COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN I'M GOING TO INFORM YOU OF MY ABSENCE TODAY FEBRUARY TWENTY TWENTY THREE TWENTY THREE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE TRAVELING TO WASHINGTON DC WITH FIFTEEN BOSTON RESIDENTS FOR THE ANNUAL DOMINICAN'S ON THE HILL CONFERENCE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM MY STAFF WILL BE LISTENING IN AND FOLLOWING UP WITH ME AND I WILL THOROUGHLY REVIEW THE VIDEO AND MEETING MINUTES. THANK YOU SINCERELY COUNCILOR ME JULIA MEJIA OUR NUMBER TWO FROM COUNCILOR GABRIEL. DEAR COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN, I REGRET TO INFORM YOU THAT WILL BE ABSENT FROM OUR WEEKLY COUNCIL MEETING ON FEBRUARY TWENTY TWENTY THREE DUE TO A PREVIOUS COMMITMENT THAT I MUST ATTEND TO READ THIS LETTER INTO THE RECORD. SINCERELY COUNCILOR COLLETTE AND DUNCAN AND THE THIRD LATE FILE DOCKET FROM COUNCILOR BRIAN WARRELL. PRESIDENT FLYNN PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT I AM UNABLE TO ATTEND TODAY'S COUNCIL MEETING DUE TO FAMILIAL COMMITMENTS MY STAFF WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE AND I WILL REVIEW THE TAPE OF THE MEETING WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE. THANK YOU COUNCILOR WORLD. THANK YOU. MR KARATE'S THREE LATE FILE MATTERS WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. MR CHARACTERFUL WHAT THE FILE WILL YOU PLEASE READ THAT WHICH IS AN ORDINANCE FROM CITY COUNCILOR TONY FERNANDES OFFERED BY COUNCILOR TANYA FERNANDES ORDINANCE TO INCREASE THE ALLOCATED BUDGET FOR CITY COUNCIL STAFF WHEREAS THE CITY OF BOSTON RECEIVED BECAME THE SECOND MOST EXPENSIVE CITY IN THE UNITED STATES TO LIVE IN WITH NINETY EIGHT PERCENT OF ALL APARTMENTS IN THE CITY AT TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS OR ABOVE IN RENT. AND WHERE IS THAT? THE CITY COUNCIL , MUNICIPAL COURT OR ORDINANCES BE AMENDED BY CHAPTER TWO BY STRIKING PARAGRAPH SECTION TWO DASH EIGHT POINT THREE REGARDING THE CONDUCT AND AFFAIRS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AN APPROPRIATE HEARING. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. MR CLARKE, WHEN YOU READ THAT PART YOU HAVE TO SAY THE SECOND MOST EXPENSIVE CITY IN THE CITY IN THE COUNTRY LIKE THAT. MR PRESIDENT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE CITY COUNCIL IS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO SUPPORT TO BE SUPPORTED BY OUR STAFF MEMBERS WHO WORK HARD TO ENSURE THAT RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS AND CITY BEST INTERESTS ARE ALWAYS THE FOCAL POINT OF WHAT WE DO. OUR STAFF DESERVE TO GET PAID FOR THE WORK THAT THEY PUT IN AND FOR THE TASKS THAT ARISE FOR THEM TO FULFILL THE DAILY BEAST ON A DAILY BASIS FROM BEING ON THE PHONE AND TO CONSOLING CONSTITUENTS ATTENDING MEETINGS ACROSS A DISTRICT OR CITY. OUR STAFF ARE VALUABLE CONTRIBUTORS TO THE COLLECTIVE ENTERPRISE AND COMPRISED OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT. MANY PUT A LONG HOURS AS A RESULT WE END UP HAVING SHORT NIGHTS JUST MAKE SHORT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE ARE WELL SUPPORTED BECAUSE THEY WORK SO HARD THEY DESERVE TO THEY DESERVE A PAY THAT MATCHES THEIR JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND THAT IS CONSTITUTIVE OF THE TASK THEY TAKE ON ALL OF OUR TASK MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO BE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON SO THEY HAVE TO PAY RENT, MORTGAGE TRANSPORT AND JUST LIKE THE REST OF US MANY OF COURSE WITH FAMILIES YET STAFFERS GET PAID LESS THAN THE STATE LEGISLATORS EVEN THOUGH ON THE AVERAGE REPRESENT MOST TWICE AS MANY PEOPLE. HOW DO YOU EXPECT THEM TO KEEP UP WITH THE RISING COST OF HOUSING IN BOSTON WHERE THE FEDERAL RESERVE STATES THAT THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON NEED TO GET PAID AT LEAST EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS TO SPEND TWENTY EIGHT PERCENT OF THEIR INCOME ON HOUSING RENTAL IN RENT IN BOSTON ON AVERAGE IS TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS OR ABOVE AND THAT'S IF YOU'RE LUCKY TO GET A TWO MAYBE I DON'T KNOW MAYBE A ONE BEDROOM AT THIS POINT WITH THE VAST MAJORITY OF APARTMENTS NOW GOING TO SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN THAT ACCORDING TO A HARVARD STUDY AS WE ALL KNOW HERE, RESIDENTS NEEDS A SALARY OF AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS NOT NOT ONE HUNDRED AND THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS JUST TO AFFORD A HOME. THAT'S WHY I AM PROMISING TO ORDINANCE OR AT LEAST PROPOSING ZORI AN ORDINANCE TO INCREASE CITY COUNCIL STAFF BUDGET TO THREE HUNDRED NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR COUNCILORS AND OF COURSE IN MY BRIEF I'VE EXPLAINED I BROKE DOWN THE SALARIES I HAVE COMPARED IT TO OTHER POSITIONS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO OUR STAFF AND JUST TO BE VERY CLEAR WE TALK ABOUT PAYING PEOPLE BUT WE GO BACK TO OUR STAFF. WE EXPECT THEM TO DO EVERYTHING. YES, WE WORK ABOUT EIGHTY HOURS EASILY A WEEK. YES, WE PUT IN A LOT OF HOURS BUT WE DO EXPECT OUR STAFF TO DO ALL THESE ARE GROWN ADULTS WITH FAMILIES. THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT WE SAY WE RESPECT THAT WE TREAT WITH DIGNITY, THAT WE PUSH TO RUN AROUND AND TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING WE KNOW WE DON'T EVEN HAVE ENOUGH STAFF. WE NEED OFFICE MANAGERS. WE NEED OTHER TYPES OF STAFF. BUT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE OUR CAPACITY. SO WHAT WE DO IS WE TAKE NOW UP TO THREE FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS AND WE SPLIT THAT UP AND THEN WE SAY HEY WE HAVE WE WE SAID WE HAVE A STAFF AND WE HAVE A DIRECTOR OF THIS A POLICY DIRECTOR OF CONSTITUENT SERVICE, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS. WE CALL THEM DIRECTORS BUT WE PAY THEM LESS THAN SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND SOMETIMES WE GIVE THEM BONUSES. THIS IS ALL PUBLIC INFORMATION BUT SOME OF THESE SOME OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS START AT FORTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS CONSTITUENT SERVICES THAT INQUIRY THAT REQUIRES A LOT OF TRAUMA INDUCED WORK THAT'S MORE OF A CASE MANAGER SOCIAL WORKER LEVEL WORK. AND SO WHEN WE ARE PAYING PEOPLE JUST FORTY FIVE FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS TO STAND ON THE PHONE TO GET YELLED AT TO RECEIVE ALL OF THE TRAUMA AND EVERYTHING THAT POOR FAMILIES ARE GOING THROUGH AND COMPLAINING ON THE PHONE OR SORRY REPORTING ON THE PHONE THEN WE SAY OH YEAH MY DIRECTOR AND WE PROUDLY ANNOUNCED HIM AND WE KNOW THAT WE ALL AGREE THAT THEY SHOULD GET PAID MORE . SO INSTEAD OF PUTTING IT ALL ON THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT, MR MR PRESIDENT, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INCREASING THEIR SALARIES THIS YEAR TWICE. BUT STILL WE'RE STILL NOT AT THE AMOUNT THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO RESPECTFULLY PAY PEOPLE. SO I SUGGEST THAT WE COMPARE THIS AGAIN TO OTHER POSITIONS IN OUR ADMIN STAFF. WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT. WE WERE ABLE TO RAISE OUR ADMIN STAFF SALARY BECAUSE WE BELIEVE WE ALL AGREE THAT THEY DESERVE BETTER. WE SHOULD DO THE SAME WITH OUR STAFF AS WELL. THANK YOU. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO STANDING UP AND SUPPORTING THIS AND HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT IS NECESSARY TO PAY PEOPLE RESPECTFUL, RESPECTFUL SALARIES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. AGAIN, IF WE'RE CALLING THEM DIRECTORS AND THE SAME GOES FOR US WE AGAIN OUR SALARY IS OUR IS A POLITICAL CONVERSATION. I GET IT. YOU KNOW THE PUBLIC MIGHT SAY WE GET PAID TOO MUCH AND SO WE START SAYING STUFF LIKE OH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE MAYBE SOME COUNCILORS ARE OK WITH IT BUT IT'S REALLY NOT IT DOESN'T EQUATE TO WHAT WE NEED FOR BOSTON AND YET EVERYBODY ELSE IN OUR POSITIONS OR POSITION OF LEADERSHIP GETS PAID ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND AND ABOVE. SO NOT EVEN CLOSE TO WHAT WE GET AND THEN WE'RE CALLED LIKE COUNCILORS AND IT'S LIKE YEAH, WE'RE COUNCILORS BUT WE CAN BARELY AFFORD BOSS IN TWO AND THEN WE'RE PAYING CALLING DIRECTORS BUT YET WE PAY THEM UNDER SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. THAT'S NOT FAIR. IT'S NOT RIGHT WE'VE GOT TO CHANGE THAT IMMEDIATELY. SO I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS WILL SUPPORT ME IN HAVING THIS CONVERSATION. LET'S DO THE RIGHT THING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FERNáNDEZ ANDERSON, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YOU HAVE THE FULL THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN. I DID JUST WANT TO STAND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I KNOW ALL OF THIS WILL BE TALKED ABOUT AND WORKED OUT IN THE HEARINGS BUT THE WHEREAS WHERE YOU SAID THAT EACH CITY COUNCILOR REPRESENTS SEVENTY FIVE AROUND SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND RESIDENTS I DO WANT TO STAND WITH MY OTHER AT LARGE COUNCILORS TO REMIND YOU WE REPRESENT SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND RESIDENTS AND SOME DAYS I DO FEEL LIKE AND I KNOW MY AT LARGE COLLEAGUES WOULD AGREE SOME DAYS OUR OFFICE FEELS LIKE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO THE WORK OF NINE WHICH IS HUMANLY IMPOSSIBLE. WE CANNOT BE NINE DISTRICT COUNCILORS AND SO I DO KNOW THAT THAT WILL BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION BUT I DO JUST WANT TO STAND AND SAY THAT THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR LOUISIANA COUNCIL COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT FLYNN. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. PLEASE NAME KATHERINE ANDERSON. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS CONVERSATION TO THE FLOOR. I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE THAT WE ASK OUR STAFF TO DO A LOT AND JUST EVERYTHING THAT COMES CULTURE THAT WE'RE HAVING WE'VE GOT TO MATCH HOW MUCH WE CARE ABOUT OUR PEOPLE AND WHAT THEY DO FOR US BY SHOWING THEM HOW MUCH WE TRULY VALUE THEM IN THEIR PAYCHECKS. AND THAT'S TRUE FOR EVERYONE AND FOR EVERY AUTHOR. SO THANK YOU FOR THE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION AND MAKE IT MY STAFF HOLDING IN DOWN. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR JOHN WENT OUTSIDE TO SPEAK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON, I'M THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDES. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. I'M SORRY GUYS. COUNCIL PRESIDENT PHONE I FORGOT TO ADD COUNCILOR HUDEMA HERE AS A CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR 006 SHE CAN BE ADDED AS A SECOND FROM MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT MR CLARK CAN YOU RULE ON THAT? WE DON'T GO OK? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO AIR THEIR NAME? MR CLARK, PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR ARROYO, COUNCILOR BOYLE, COUNCILOR BRADIN, COUNCILOR FLAHERTY, COUNCILOR PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR MURPHY PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR AND LET ME BRIEFLY STATE THAT I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR FERNáNDEZ ANDERSON. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT DISCUSSION AND I KNOW DURING THE LAST BUDGET PROCESS AS THIS BODY WAS WAS RECEIVED AN INCREASE THANKS THANKS TO JIMMY AWO AND I THINK MAYOR WELL UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANT ROLE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE STAFF PLAY AS BEING A FORMER CITY COUNCILOR . SO I WANT TO SAY THANK TO THE MAYOR'S ADMINISTRATION BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE IN MAKING SURE WE GET THE RESOURCES WE DESERVE WE WE NEED SO OUR OUR STAFF CAN DO THEIR JOB EFFECTIVELY. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON. THIS SLATE FAILED MATTER WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON RULES ADMINISTRATION SINCE IT IS RELATED TO CITY COUNCIL PERSONNEL IN OPERATIONS THE FIFTH LATE FAIL MATTER. THERE'S AN ORDINANCE FROM COUNCIL ROYALLE MR CARR CAN YOU PLEASE READ THAT INTO THE RECORD OFFERED BY COUNCILOR AROY? YOU AND ME HERE HOME ALL PETITION WHEREAS THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE IS GOVERNED AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DEFINING THE VISION, MISSION AND GOALS OF BP AS THE ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET HIRING, MANAGING AND EVALUATING THE SUPERINTENDENT AND SETTING AND REVIEWING DISTRICT POLICIES AND PRACTICES A PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW AND THAT ESTABLISHING STUDENT VOTING ON THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ROYAL COUNCILOR YOU OF THE FOURTH. THANK YOU PRESIDENT FLYNN. THIS IS SIMPLY THE BIFURCATES THAT I SPOKE ABOUT TAKING THE STUDENT VOTING MEMBERS AND MAKING ITS OWN HOMEGROWN PETITION AND SO WE WILL HAVE A FORMAL PETITION BEFORE A BODY NEXT WEEK REGARDING AN ELECTED SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND THEN A HOME PETITION BEFORE THE BODY NEXT WEEK REGARDING STUDENT VOTING MEMBERS THERE WILL BE TWO SEPARATE VOTES THAT WILL ALLOW PEOPLE TO EXPRESS THEIR OPINIONS ON BOTH OF THOSE THINGS SEPARATELY WHILE ALSO ALLOWING THE MAYOR AND THE LEGISLATURE TO MAKE DETERMINATIONS ON BOTH OF THOSE THINGS SEPARATELY SO THERE WILL BE A ELECTED SCHOOL COMMITTEE VOTE AND THERE WILL BE A STUDENT VOTING MEMBER VOTE AND THIS WILL ALLOW FOLKS TO EXPRESS THEIR OPINIONS ON BOTH BUT NOT FEEL AS IF THEY ARE BEING SORT FORCED TO SPEAK ON ONE LEVEL TRYING TO SPEAK ON ANOTHER. AND SO BOTH OF THOSE THINGS WILL GO UP THE SAME DAY BUT THEY WILL THE DECISIONS ON HOW YOU VOTE ON THOSE WILL CERTAINLY BE UP TO THE BODY UP TO THE MAYOR AND HOW SHE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THOSE AND UP TO THE LEGISLATURE AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THOSE. BUT THIS WILL SEPARATE THE TWO THINGS AND HAVE AN ELECTED SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND THEN THE STUDENT VOTING MEMBER AND SO THIS SIMPLY WOULD TAKE THE PROCESS THAT WE ALREADY USE FOR OUR STUDENT VOTING MEMBERS. SO ELECTION FOR BASAK APPOINTMENT THROUGH BIERSACK THEY WOULD GET APPOINTED INSTEAD OF ONE STUDENT IT WOULD BE TWO STUDENTS AND IT WOULD PROVIDE AN ALTERNATE SEAT IN CASE EITHER ONE OF THOSE TWO NEEDS TO BE REPLACED OR IS UNABLE TO CONTINUE THEIR DUTIES DURING THAT YEAR ALL OF THEM THROUGH THE CURRENT BIERSACK PROCESS THAT WE CURRENTLY USE TO SELECT OUR STUDENT MEMBER. BUT AS FAR AS THIS BODY KNOWS, OUR CURRENT STUDENT MEMBER DOES NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO VOTE ON MATTERS BEFORE THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. THIS WOULD CHANGE THAT. THANK YOU. THANK COUNCILOR . I WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WHAT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND MR CLARK PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR BOB COUNCILOR BREAD COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCIL AUTHORITY COUNCILOR LOUISIANA. THIS FILE MATTER WILL REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. WE'RE ON SUBREGIONS. ANYONE WISHING TO REMOVE THE MATTER FROM THE GREEN SHEETS MAY DO SO AT THIS TIME THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BAKER COUNCIL BAKER YOU HAVE THE. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. I'M NOT GOING TO PULL DOGGETT'S ZERO TWO ONE THREE ZERO TWO ONE FOUR FROM PAGE NINE OF 14 IN THE GREEN SHEETS AND ZERO TWO ONE FIVE ON PAGE 10 OF 14 IN THE GREEN SHOOTS IN DO YOU WANT ME TO DO. YEAH OK SO THEN I'M ALSO LOOKING TO PULL ZERO TWO ONE NINE ZERO TWO TWO TWO AND ZERO TWO TWO THREE FROM PAGE 10 OF 14 ON THE GREEN SHEETS SO SIX IN TOTAL THAT MR CLARKE THE DEFENSE COUNCILOR BEIKE HIGHLIGHTED DOCKET ZERO TWO ONE THREE FOUR ZERO TWO ONE FIVE ZERO ONE NINE ZERO TWO TWO TWO AND ZERO TWO TWO THREE. CAN YOU PLEASE READ THOSE INTO THE RECORD FROM THE COMMITTEE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION DOCKET NUMBER ZERO TWO ONE THREE MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF CAROLUS KAMINEY AS AN ALTERNATE MEMBER OF THE BEACON HILL ARCHITECTURAL COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING MAY 1ST, 2012 SIX DOCKET NUMBER ZERO TWO ONE FOR MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF MORRIS FEINGOLD AS A MEMBER OF THE BEACON HILL ARCHITECTURAL COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING MAY 1ST 2026 AND DOCKET NUMBER ZERO TWO ONE FIVE MESSAGE FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF SANDRA STEELE AS A MEMBER OF THE BEACON HILL ARCHITECTURAL COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING IN THE MAY 1ST 2026 DUKKHA NUMBER ZERO TWO ONE NINE MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF TENBY NAOR AS AN ALTERNATE MEMBER OF THE BEGBIE ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION DISTRICT COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING ON DECEMBER 31ST TWENTY TWENTY EIGHT DOCKET NUMBER ZERO TWO TWO TWO MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION THE APPOINTMENT OF ANDY CHAN PATERA AS AN ELTON MEMBER OF THE BACK THE ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION DISTRICT COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING DECEMBER 31ST TWENTY TWENTY SIX INDOCHINE NUMBER ZERO TWO TWO THREE MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION THE APPOINTMENT OF THOMAS HE IS A MEMBER OF THE BACK ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION DISTRICT COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRE ON DECEMBER 31ST. TWENTY TWENTY THREE. THANK YOU MR KURUP. THOSE DOCTORS THAT YOU READ INTO THE RECORD COULD YOU PLEASE FOR THE COMMITTEE TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION COUNCILOR BAKER I COUNCIL WELL COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCIL AND COUNCIL FERRETI ANDREOLI THOSE DOCKETS ARE NOW PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY. COUNCILOR BAKER YOU OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. I DID WANT TO TRY AND HAVE SOME HEARINGS ON THESE JUST SO WE CAN GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE ARCHITECTURAL COMMISSION'S ACTUALLY DO. YOU'VE PROBABLY TRIED TO LOOK AT THE CHAMBER. IT'S BOOKED OUT FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS SO THERE'S SOME MOVING PARTS ON BOTH ON BOTH OF THESE COMMISSIONS HERE. SO UM, I WANT TO JUST BRING THEM FORWARD TO A VOTE IN AND AND HAVE THEM CONFIRMED HERE TODAY. THANK YOU. THAT THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BALL COUNCILOR BOK YOU OF THE FOUR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS MY THANKS TO COUNCILOR BAKER FOR MOVING ME. THEY ARE THE BACK OF THE ARCHITECTURAL COMMISSION AND THE BEACON HILL ARCHITECTURAL COMMISSION AND WE HAVE SEVERAL MEMBERS WHO ARE CURRENTLY STAYING ON BECAUSE THEY'RE NEEDED FOR QUORUM BUT THEY'RE REALLY READY TO RETIRE AND ROLL OFF AND SO THEY'VE BEEN WAITING ON THEIR REPLACEMENTS AND JUST REALLY APPRECIATE COUNCILOR BAKER FOR MOVING FORWARD. I ALSO WANTED TO USE THE MOMENT TO SAY TO ANYBODY WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED ONE OF THE NOMINEES, THOMAS HIGH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS WEBSITE BACK BATHHOUSES DAWG, WHICH HAS EXHAUSTIVE HISTORY OF EVERY HOUSE IN BACK BAY. SO IF YOU ARE EVER LOOKING IF YOU'RE WALKING THROUGH THE BACK BAY AND YOU WONDER ABOUT A WEIRD ARCHITECTURAL FEATURE, TOM HAS PROBABLY CATALOGED IT. IT'S A REALLY NEAT WEBSITE. SO BACK BY THOUSANDS, DOUG AND THANKS AGAIN TO COUNCILOR BAKER FROM EMILY'S THANK YOU COUNCIL BOOK AND I'M PROUD TO WORK AND REPRESENT BACK BAY IN BEACON HILL ALONG WITH MY ESTEEMED COUNCILOR FROM THE BAY VILLAGE, COUNCILOR BAKER. MR KIRK WILL DO ONE EACH TALKING INDIVIDUALLY, COUNCILOR BAKER MOVES FOR CONFIRMATION DOCKET ZERO TO ONE THREE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY OPPOSED SAY THE AYES HAVE IT. THE APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED FOR DOCKET ZERO TWO ONE THREE. COUNCILOR BAKER MOVES FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE ZERO TO ONE FOR ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSED SAY NAY THIS HOWEVER THE APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED FOR DOCKET ZERO TWO ONE FOR COUNCILOR BAKER GOES FOR CONFIRMATION OF DOCKET ZERO TWO ONE FIVE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY OPPOSED SAY NAY DISCOVERED THE APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED FOR DOCKET ZERO TWO ONE FIVE. COUNCILOR BAKER MOVES FOR CONFIRMATION OF DOCKET ZERO TO ONE NINE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY OPPOSING THE APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED FOUR DOCKET ZERO TO ONE NINE COUNCILOR BAKER MOVES THE CONFIRMATION OF DOCKET ZERO TO TWO TO THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED FOR DOCKET ZERO TWO TWO TWO. COUNCILOR BAKER MOVES FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF DOCKET ZERO TWO TWO THREE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE I OPPOSED SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED IN DOCKET ZERO TWO TWO THREE WERE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CORRECT THAT THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS TO THE CONCEPT AGENDA . THE CHAIR MOVES THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I THANK THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED MEMORIALS TODAY WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN BEFORE I BEFORE I GO ON TO MEMORIALIZING I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE COUNCIL AUTHORITY. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. JUST BRIEFLY UNDER THE AUSPICES OF ANNOUNCEMENTS JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR OUR FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT, SPECIFICALLY OUR COMMISSIONER, HIS COMMAND STAFF OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF FIREFIGHTERS AND FIRE ALARM OPERATORS WHO MANAGED AN ENDLESS STREAM OF CALLS OVER 48 PERIOD DURING THE BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES GETTING AS LOW AS MINUS 32 DEGREES. AND SO THEIR DEDICATION, THEIR PROFESSIONALISM THAT YOU KNOW, WE AS COUNCILORS BUT ALSO AS RESIDENTS OF THE CITY CAN BE VERY PROUD. SO I KNOW THAT SAM DILLON, PRESIDENT OF 718 AND REALLY REALLY THE LEGISLATIVE REP FROM 718 IS HERE AND IF HE COULD JUST BRING A MESSAGE BACK TO THEM FROM THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL ON THE CITY OF BOSTON THAT WAS SO PROUD AND WE'RE SO THANKFUL THAT YOU ANSWERED EACH AND EVERY CALL AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE INTERESTED JUST IN A 48 HOUR PERIOD, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVENTY TWO RUNS UNPRECEDENTED THEY MADE HISTORY AND AS SOON AS SOME ENGINES CAME BACK AND LADDER COMPANIES HAD TO GO RIGHT BACK OUT AND SOME WERE ACTUALLY ON THE WAY BACK TO THEIR HOUSE AND HAD TO COME BACK DEALING WITH FIRES, FROZEN PIPES, PEOPLE WITHOUT HEAT, EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, CAR ACCIDENTS, YOU NAME IT. THEY DEALT WITH IT OVER A 48 HOUR PERIOD AND THEY HANDLE IT AS I MENTIONED WITH DEDICATION AND PROFESSIONALISM ROUND OF APPLAUSE FROM ALL OF US FROM THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. DONE SO ALREADY. BEFORE WE GO ON TO MEMORIALS, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO OFFER A BRIEF ANNOUNCEMENT AT THIS TIME THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON YOU OF THE FLOOR I JUST WANTED TO ASK EVERYONE TO PRAY FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKE. I KNOW THAT IT'S IN COUNTRIES ABROAD BUT I KNOW THAT EVERYONE HAS SEEN THE VIDEOS AND PICTURES ONLINE AND JUST FOR TO PRAY FOR ALL THE THE MOTHERS FATHERS, THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF ALL THE VICTIMS OF THE EARTHQUAKE AND WE HAVE NOT PRAYERS AND WE WISH YOU FOR A MORE PROSPEROUS A BETTER FUTURE. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR BREADON, YOU OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT AND KNOW CLOSING REMEMBRANCES I'D LIKE TO HOLD UP THE NAME OF DAVID GERALD FOLEY. HE PROUDLY SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS AND WAS A FORMER WORKER FOR THE BOSTON WATER COMMISSION AND HE RESIDED IN BRIGHTON AMONG HIS FELLOW FELLOW VETERANS AT BRIGHTON MARINE. DAVID WAS A GOOD FRIEND, A LOVING FATHER, SON AND BROTHER AND IT IS AN HONOR TO OFFER A TRIBUTE TO HIS LIFE THAT HAD TO END SO SOON AND THIS MOMENT I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT AND GREAT APPRECIATION FOR THE WORK OF THE GREAT MARINE FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK TO SUPPORT OUR VETERANS THROUGH HOUSING AND AND THE MENU OF REALLY SUPPORTIVE SERVICES THAT HELP HELP OUR VETERANS SETTLE BACK INTO CIVILIAN LIFE AGAIN. SO THANK YOU TO BRIGHT MARINE AND THANKS AND GRATITUDE FOR THE LIFE OF DAVID GERALD FALI. THANK YOU COUNCILOR BREAD IN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BOK COUNCILOR BURKE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND THANK YOU SO MUCH MR PRESIDENT. I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE BILL MACKIE WHO WAS A LONG TERM MEMBER OF MY CHURCH, THE FATHER OF A CLOSE FRIEND WHO I GREW UP IN A YOUTH GROUP WITH AND FOR 40 YEARS A SURGEON AT TUFTS MEDICAL LED THE DEPARTMENT THERE AS A REALLY RENOWNED FOR VASCULAR SURGEON BECAUSE JUST AN AMAZING MAN AND HE USED TO LEAD REGULAR MEDICAL TRIPS DOWN TO HONDURAS AND JUST YEAH, IT WAS JUST ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO WAS EXTREMELY ACCOMPLISHED IN HIS PROFESSIONAL LIFE AND ALSO JUST REALLY WARM AND WONDERFUL AND BROUGHT A SMILE TO EVERYONE'S FACE AND WE LOST HIM UNEXPECTEDLY THIS WEEK AT AGE 70 TO FROM A HEART ATTACK JUST MUCH TOO SOON AND THE WHOLE MCKEE FAMILY IS OBVIOUSLY GRAPPLING WITH THIS AND WE HAD A REALLY LOVELY MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR HIM YESTERDAY AT TRINITY CHURCH. BUT I JUST WANTED TO HIS NAME WILL BE ON THE LIST. BUT TO MENTION THAT HE'S SOMEBODY WHO MEANT A LOT TO ME AND MY GROWING AND JUST REMEMBERING HIM AND THINKING OF HIS FAMILY THIS WEEK. THANK YOU. THANK COUNCIL BOOK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BAKER, COUNCILOR BAKER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE MARY GEORGE MRS GEORGE SHE WAS AN EASTER ESSAIBI GEORGE'S MOTHER IN LAW FROM A FROM A PILLAR FAMILY IN OUR PARISH AT ST MARGARET'S. STEVE THE DAD COACH ZEWAIL BASEBALL COACH ME AND BASEBALL COACH ME AND HOCKEY NOT HOCKEY BASKETBALL UP THE UP THE LITTLE HOUSE JUST YOU KNOW WE LOST ANOTHER STRONG PATRIARCHAL FIGURE IN DORCHESTER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BAKER. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANKS, MR PRESIDENT. ON A LIGHTER NOTE, MY SON IS U.S. MARINE. YOU GUYS ALL KNOW THAT HE JUST MADE CORPORAL IN LESS THAN THREE YEARS. SO CONGRATULATIONS, MR YOU. YOU KNOW IT'S A BIG DEAL. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU BUT IF YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT GO LOOK GO LOOK IT UP. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN OFTEN AND WHEN HE DOES I'M SUPER PROUD I CAN'T SALUTE HIM ON A COURT APPARENTLY I HAVEN'T EARNED THE RIGHTS TO EVEN DO THAT BUT HURRAH MOM IS SO PROUD OF YOU. THANK YOU. WELL THANK YOU COUNCILOR FERNANDES INNOCENT. THAT'S GREAT. GREAT NEWS . AND YOU KNOW WHEN WHEN A VETERAN OF SO DOESN'T THE FAMILY. SO WE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANT ALL MILITARY FAMILIES PLAY IN OUR CITY AND AND IN OUR COUNTRY AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK OF THE CITY OF BOSTON VETERANS SERVICES DEPARTMENT COMMISSIONER SANTIAGO WHO DOES WHO DOES A WONDERFUL JOB. I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ONE ONE ISSUE. I'LL DO IT VERY BRIEFLY. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN SEVERAL COLLEAGUES IN MELVILLE TWO DAYS AGO FOR THE GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY FOR THE FIREHOUSE SAID MEETING WAS HELD BUT THAT IMPORTANT WORK WAS REALLY DONE BY OUR COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR BAKER FIGHTING TO GET THAT IN THE BUDGET, WORKING WITH WORKING WITH MAYOR WALSH, WORKING WITH MAYOR WILL BUT JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANT WORK OF OUR COUNCILOR BAKER. WELCOME. AND THEN MY FINAL MY FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT IS THE PRESIDENT LAST NIGHT AT THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS. IT WAS IT WAS GREAT TO HEAR AND I KNOW COUNCILOR FERNANDES HENDERSON WILTSHIRE WILL SHARE THIS AS WELL MAYBE OF MY COLLEAGUES BUT HE TALKED A LOT ABOUT RETURNING VETERANS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE SERVICES AND SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED TO LIVE PRODUCTIVE LIVES FOLLOWING FOLLOWING A RETURN FROM ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE WE RECENTLY DID THE HOMELESS WITH COUNCILOR BOCK AND MAYOR WELL AND ONE OF THE ONE OF THE ISSUES I WORKED ON WAS THE IDENTIFYING THE HOMELESS VETERANS. BUT WE'RE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE A WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION ACROSS THE NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR HOMELESS VETERANS. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES THAT SUPPORT OUR VETERANS AND MILITARY FAMILIES AS WELL. TODAY WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN OUR MEETING IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS COUNCILOR BAKER FLAHERTY, WENDY MURPHY, MARY GEORGE JACQUELINE DOWNEY WATTS FOR COUNCIL BREADON DAVID FOLEY UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS FOR COUNCIL ROLE FITZROY LYNCH FOR THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL TIVA LAWRENCE A MOMENT OF SILENCE PLEASE. THE CHAIR MOVES THAT THE COUNCIL ADJOURNS TODAY IN MEMORY OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS MENTIONED WE ARE SCHEDULED TO MEET AGAIN AND HE AND I IN OUR CHAMBER ON WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 15TH AT 12:00 NOON. BEFORE WE ADJOURN I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CLERK AND THE CLERKS WONDERFUL STAFF. I WANT TO SAY THANK TO THE CITY COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MY CITY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AND YOUR STAFF AS WELL IN ALL OF THE CITY EMPLOYEES THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE HERE AND HELP IN HELPING US GET READY FOR THIS WEDNESDAY MEETING IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENT. PLEASE SAY THE COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED FOR