COUNCIL THE HDB. I'D LIKE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES AND THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE TO PLEASE SILENCE YOUR PHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES PLEASE. THANK YOU. I'D ALSO LIKE TO ASK IF WE ALL COULD BE RESPECTFUL TO EACH OTHER AND DO NOT DISRUPT A MEETING WHILE YOU'RE HERE IF YOU ARE DISRUPTIVE YOU WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE AND IF YOU FAIL TO COMPLY YOU'LL BE ESCORTED. PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT ACCORDING TO BOSTON CITY COUNCIL RULES THAT THERE ARE NO SIGNS ALLOWED IN THE CHAMBER. MR. CLARK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO ASCERTAIN THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM? COUNCILOR ARROYO, COUNCILOR BAKER AND COUNCILOR BART COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR KHALIDA, COUNCILOR PHRYNE AND THE SANDISON COUNCILOR FLAHERTY COUNCILOR FLYNN YEAH. COUNCILOR COUNCILOR LOUISIANA COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCILOR MURPHY IN COUNCIL WE'RE ALL HERE MR PRESIDENT. A QUORUM. THANK YOU MR BURKE IN LOUISIANA THIS MORNING. THANK CONSOLE LOUISIANA'S MARKED AS PRESIDENT AS WELL. TODAY'S INTRODUCTION OF CLERGY IS IS FROM CITY COUNCILOR ERIN MURPHY AND IT'S REVEREND WAYNE DALEY. COUNCILOR MURPHY, WILL YOU PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM AND INTRODUCE TODAY'S THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN. SO IT IS MY HONOR TODAY TO WELCOME REVEREND WAYNE STALEY BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL WHEN I INVITED HIM LAST WEEK HE TOLD ME HE HAS MADE AN APPEARANCE HERE BEFORE THEN COUNCILOR WHO HAD INVITED HIM. SO WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU BACK, REVEREND WAYNE DALEY WAS BORN IN THE WEST INDIES AND SINCE ARRIVING IN AMERICA, REVEREND DALEY HAS ACCUMULATED 12 YEARS OF MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE, 16 YEARS IN THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY IN EIGHT YEARS IN THE US MILITARY. REVEREND DALEY IS AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND FAITH GROUPS. HE WAS THE REENTRY COORDINATOR IN A PROGRAM OF THE SUFFOLK COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS DIRECTOR IN ORGANIZE THE INFORMATION BREAKFAST MEETINGS OF CITY LEADERS TO COLLABORATE AND ADDRESS CITYWIDE CONCERNS. RECENTLY REVEREND DALEY WAS APPOINTED BY MAYOR WU TO THE BOSTON POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY CIVILIAN REVIEW BOARD. HE NOW SERVES AS THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR THE SUFFOLK COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. REVEREND DALEY HAS DEDICATED HIS WORK TO HELPING OTHERS NO MATTER THEIR SITUATION AND I APPLAUD ALL HE HAS DONE AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO FOR OUR CITY AND ALL OF ITS RESIDENTS. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, IT IS MY HONOR TO WELCOME BACK REVEREND BAILEY TO THE CITY COUNCIL . GOOD. GOOD AFTERNOON AND GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR COUNCILOR FLYNN TO ALL OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS HERE TO OUR CLERGY WHO MIGHT BE PRESENT IN THIS SPACE, LET JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO JUST TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND EXHALE FOR WE HAVE ALL COME HERE ON ONE ACCORD IN UNITY TO WORK TOGETHER FOR OUR WORK IS NOT FOR OURSELVES. OUR WORK IS TO SERVE THE PEOPLE AND WE HAVE THE VISION AMONG OURSELVES. WE HEARD THE PEOPLE LET US PRAY GOD I BRING YOU INTO THIS SPACE THE GOD WHO'S KNOWN BY MANY NAMES ALLAH ELOHIM YOUR WAY WE BRING YOU INTO THIS SPACE THAT YOU MAY FILL IT AND FILL OUR HEARTS AS WE HAVE COME TO DO YOUR WORK YOU HAVE TOLD US GOD YOU REQUIRE OF US TO WORK JUSTLY TO WORK WITH LOVE AND TO WALK HUMBLY WITH YOU GOD AND TO ALWAYS DO WHAT IS RIGHT. SO GOD WE THANK YOU FOR EACH PERSON HERE WE FRAIL GOD THAT EVERYTHING THAT IS DONE IN THIS SPACE A SPACE THAT WAS FORMLESS AND YOU BREATHE LIFE INTO IT AS YOU BREATHE LIFE INTO US ALL FAITH THAT IS HERE THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT TOGETHER COLLECTIVELY TO DO YOUR WORK. FORGIVE US OF ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE DONE BY FORT WORD AND DEED AGAINST YOU LORD HAVE YOUR WAY NOW IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY AND FOR HIS SAKE MOST HOLY GOD AMEN . PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AT THIS TIME I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG WHICH STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD IS FOR OUR MR CLARK PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT COUNCILOR ARROYO AND COUNCIL ARE PRESENT. WE'RE ON TO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTION. THE CHAIR MOVES TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING SAY AY AY OPPOSED SAY NAY. THANK YOU. THE MINUTES MEETING THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING STAND IS APPROVED COMMUNICATIONS FROM HER ON TO THE MAYOR. MR CLARK, YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET IT ONE ZERO ONE SEVEN PLEASE DUCK NUMBER ONE ZERO ONE SEVEN MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL OH NO PETITION TO THE GENERAL COURT ENTITLED PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW REGARDING AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ESTABLISH FOSSIL FULL FUEL FREE STANDARDS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION AND MAJOR RENOVATION PROJECTS. THANK YOU. DOCKET ZERO ONE ZERO ZERO ONE ZERO ONE SEVENTY FOUR TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS MR PARKER MR CARR CAN YOU PLEASE READ ONE ZERO ONE EIGHT DOCKET NUMBER ONE ZERO ONE EIGHT MESSAGE AND ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON ACTING THROUGH ITS MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING TO APPLY FOR AND TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR. TWENTY TWENTY TWO CONTINUUM OF GRANT CONTINUUM OF CARE GRANT FUNDS FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FORTY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS. THESE FUNDS WILL BE USED TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE SERVICES AND HOUSING TO PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. THANK YOU. ONE ZERO ONE I WILL REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. MR CLARK PLEASE READ DOCKET ONE ZERO ONE NINE ONE ZERO TWO ZERO TOGETHER PLEASE. DOCKET NUMBER ONE ZERO ONE NINE MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF THREE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FROM THE FISCAL YEAR TWENTY THREE SAFE AND SUCCESSFUL YOUTH INITIATIVE AWARDED BY THE MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE COMPREHENSIVE INTER-AGENCY STRATEGY THAT CONNECT LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, PUBLIC HEALTH AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES TO REDUCE YOUTH VIOLENCE AND THE INDUCTOR NUMBER ONE ZERO TWO ZERO MESSAGING ON AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF NINE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE SECURING THE CITIES CONTINUATION AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND CONTINUED ENHANCEMENT FOR REGIONAL CAPABILITIES TO DETECT, IDENTIFY REPORT AND INTERDICT NUCLEAR AND OTHER RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS OUT OF WATER, OUT OF REGULATORY CONTROL AND PROVIDE REGIONAL TRAINING EXERCISE OPPORTUNITIES NECESSARY TO ENHANCE REGIONAL CAPABILITIES. THANK YOU DOCKET ONE ZERO ONE NINE ONE ZERO TWO ZERO WE REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY CRIMINAL JUSTICE REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS. MR CLARK PLEASE ONE ZERO TO ONE TO ONE ZERO THREE ONE TOGETHER DUCKING NO ONE ZERO TO ONE. COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN REGARDING TEMPORARY READJUSTED COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE NEXT SIXTY DAYS DOCKET NUMBER ONE ZERO TO TWO NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR OF THE APPOINTMENT OF MICHAEL COX AS COMMISSIONER OF THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT LIKE IN NO. ONE ZERO TWO THREE NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR OF THE APPOINTMENT OF ASHLEY GIRLFRIEND BURGER AS CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND COLLECTED TREASURER OF THE CITY OF BOSTON DOCKET NO. ONE ZERO TWO FOUR NOTICE AS WE SEE THE MAYOR OF THE APPOINTMENT OF KAMAL VALENTINE AS A MEMBER OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING DECEMBER 1ST 2024 DARCIE NO ONE 025 NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR THE APPOINTMENT OF ELIJAH EVANS AS A MEMBER OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING DECEMBER 1ST, 2025 DOCKET NUMBER ONE ZERO TWO SIX NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR OF THE APPOINTMENT OF MARIO PRURITUS AS A MEMBER OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING DECEMBER FIRST TWENTY TWENTY FIVE TALKING NO ONE ZERO TO SEVEN COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK OF THE FILING BY THE BOSTON REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. THE APPLICATION FOR THE REPORT A DECISION ON THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE REPORT AND DECISION OF CITY SQUARE ELDERLY CHAPTER 121 A PROJECT DOCKET NO. ONE ZERO TWO EIGHT COMMUNICATION AS WE SEE FROM THE CITY CLERK OF THE FILING BY THE BOSTON REDEVELOPMENT OF THE APPLICATION FOR THE REPORT AND DECISION ON THE TENTH AMENDMENT TO THE REPORT IN DECISION ON ORCHARD PARK REVITALIZE ZATION CHAPTER ONE TWENTY ONE EIGHT PROJECT NUMBER ONE ZERO TWO NINE COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK OF THE FILING BY THE BOSTON REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF THE APPLICATION FOR THE REPORT AND DECISION ON THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE REPORT. THE DECISION ON THE OLD COLONY PHASE FOR CHAPTER ONE TWENTY ONE A PROJECT DOCKET NUMBER ONE ZERO THREE ZERO NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER SIX OF THE ORDINANCES OF 1979 RELATIVE TO ACTION TAKEN BY THE MAYOR AND PAPERS ACTED UPON BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING IN PAKISTAN. TWENTY TWENTY TWO AND NO ONE ZERO THREE ONE NOTICE WAS RECEIVED ON THE MAYOR OF HER ABSENCE FROM THE CITY FROM SUNDAY AUGUST TWENTY EIGHT TWENTY TWENTY TWO AT EIGHT A.M. UNTIL SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 4TH TWENTY TWENTY TWO AT FIVE P.M.. THANK YOU DR. ONE ZERO TWO ONE ZERO ONE ZERO THREE ONE WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. MR. CLARK PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO FOUR FOUR FIVE EIGHT ZERO FIVE ONE ZERO ZERO NINE FIVE THROUGH ZERO NINE SIX ZERO TOGETHER A ZERO FOUR FIVE THE COMMITTEE IN GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS TO WHICH RESERVE WAS REFERRED ON MARCH 30TH TWENTY 22 DOCKET NUMBER ZERO FOUR OR FIVE PETITION FOR A SPECIAL OR RELATIVE TO ENACT REGARDING THE DISABILITY PENSION FOR YLLANA MACALLISTER SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE HOME RULE PETITION TO PASS IN THE NEW DRAFT DOCKET NUMBER ZERO FIVE ONE ZERO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS TO WHICH WAS REFERRED TO ON APRIL 13 TWENTY TWENTY TWO DOCKET NUMBER ZERO FIVE ONE ZERO PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW RELATIVE TO AN ACT REGARDING THE DISABILITY PENSION FOR CURRENT STOCKINGER SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THE HOME WILL PETITION TO PASS ON A NEW DRAFT DOCKET NUMBER ZERO NINE FIVE FIVE THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS TO WHICH WAS REFERRED ON AUGUST 10TH TWENTY TWENTY TWO DOCKET NUMBER ZERO NINE FIVE FIVE ORDER FOR A HOME RULE PETITION REGARDING A DISABILITY PENSION FOR MATTHEW MORRIS SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THE HOME OF HOME RULE PETITION ARE TO PASS IN A NEW DRAFT DOCUMENT NUMBER ZERO NINE FIVE SIX THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS WHICH WAS REFERRED ON AUGUST TEN TWENTY TWENTY TWO DOCKET NUMBER ZERO NINE FIVE SIX PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW RELATIVE TO ENACT REGARDING THE DISABILITY PENSION FOR HARRY, GENE SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE HOME PETITION TO PASS IN A NEW DRAFT DOCKET NUMBER ZERO NINE FIVE SEVEN THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS TO WHICH WAS BEFORE AND I GUESS TEN TWENTY TWENTY TWO DARK AND EMBER ZERO NINE FIVE SEVEN OR FOUR ON NEW PETITION REGARDING THE DISABILITY PENSION FOR TERRY KORTEN SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE HOME WILL PETITION TO PASS IN THE NEW DRAFT DOCKET NUMBER ZERO NINE FIVE EIGHT THE COMMITTEE IN GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS OF WHICH WAS REFERRED ON AUGUST TEN TWENTY TWENTY TWO DOCKET NUMBER ZERO NINE FIVE EIGHT ORDER FOR HOME RULE PETITION REGARDING DISABILITY PENSION FOR RYAN LENEEN SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE HOME RULE PETITION ARE TO PASS AND THE NEW DRAFT DOCKET NUMBER ZERO NINE FIVE NINE THE COMMITTEE AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS OF WHICH WAS REFERRED IN AUGUST TWENTY TWENTY TWO DOCKET NUMBER ZERO NINE FIVE NINE OR FOUR HOME RULE PETITION REGARDING DISABILITY PENSION FOR SCOTT O'BRIEN SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE HOME WILL PETITION TO PASS AND THE NEW DRAFT IN NUMBER ZERO NINE SIX ZERO. THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS WHICH WAS REFERRED ON AUGUST 10TH TWENTY TWENTY TWO DOCKET NUMBER ZERO NINE SIX ZERO ORDER FOR HOME RULE PETITION REGARDING THE DISABILITY PENSION FOR WHICH ITS AND TOLD SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THE FORMAL PETITION TO PASS ON THE NEW DRAFT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR OF LOUISIANA CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COUNCIL WAS ONLY OF THE FOUR. THANK PRESIDENT FLYNN ON THIS HEARING WAS HELD I BELIEVE LAST WEEK. THEN CHAIR ORIO ASKED IF I COULD CHAIR THIS HEARING AND I WAS UNABLE TO AND I BELIEVE IT WAS COUNCILOR LARUDEE THAT CHAIRED THESE THIS MEETING. SO I'LL BE BRIEF HERE. TECHNICALLY THESE ARE ALL HOMEO PETITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY HEARD BY THIS COUNCIL . THEY THEY WERE SENT UP TO THE STATE HOUSE AND THEY WERE SENT BACK UPON REVIEW BY THE STATE RETIREMENT BOARD BY THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PUBLIC EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT ADMINISTRATION COMMISSION WITH SLIGHT CHANGES THAT ADDRESSES SOME TECHNICALITIES INVOLVED IN THE HOME RULE PETITIONS THAT WE SENT UP. ALL OF THESE CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE AND ALL OF THESE PETITIONS HAD MULTIPLE HEARINGS BEFORE THIS BODY. SO I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND THESE PETITIONS PASSED BUT I'M ALSO GOING TO PASS IT TO COUNCILOR FLAHERTY TO GIVE MORE DETAIL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL FLAHERTY YOU HAVE TO THANK MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU TO OUR COLLEAGUES FROM THE REGION. I CHAIR THE WORKING SESSION IN OCTOBER ON AUGUST 24TH AND REFERENCED DURING THE WORKING SESSION WE HEARD FROM ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS PARTICULARLY KERRY NARROW FROM WORKERS AND ALSO CHRISTINE WHERE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE BOSS OF ME AND BOARD DURING THE WORKING SESSION THE COMMITTEE MADE CHANGES TO DOCKET ZERO FOUR OR FIVE EIGHT TO REFLECT CHAPTER 152 OF THE GENERAL LAWS SO THAT THEY WERE RIGHTFULLY APPLIED. THIS INCLUDE LANGUAGE ADDITIONS WHICH WOULD ALLOW ALL REASONABLE, NECESSARY AND RELATED MEDICAL TREATMENT ARISING OUT OF THE JULY 10TH TWENTY NINETEEN WORK INJURY TO BE PAID BY FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON INCLUDING TREATMENT AFTER THE DATE OF HER RETIMING . ADDITIONALLY, WITH RESPECT TO DOCKETS ZERO FOUR FIVE EIGHT THROUGH IN ZERO FIVE ONE ZERO THEY WERE AMENDED TO ALLOW ANNUAL EARNINGS UP TO ONE HALF THE AMOUNT OF RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE WITHOUT REFUND PENALTY AND 80 PER CENT COMPENSATION UPON OBTAINING THE MANDATORY RETIREMENT AGE AS PREDICTED ZERO NINE FIVE FIVE THROUGH AT ZERO NINE SIX ZERO THEY WERE REFILED BECAUSE WHEN THEY WERE SENT UP TO THE STATE HOUSE THEY REQUIRED LEGISLATIVE CHANGES, LEGISLATIVE LANGUAGE CHANGES. THE COMMITTEE RESOLVE THESE OUTSTANDING ISSUES BY CHANGING THE DATE OF INJURY END QUOTE TO QUOTE UPON RETIREMENT END QUOTE IN CERTAIN CLAUSES WHICH REQUIRE PASSAGE OF THESE DOCKETS WILL ENSURE THAT POLICE OFFICERS EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS ARE ALLOWED TO RECEIVE THE FULL COMPENSATION AND THEY CONTINUED SERVING AS FIRST RESPONDERS AND AS SERVING AS THE CHAIR DURING THOSE MATTERS I RECOMMEND THE DOCKETS OF THE PAST BUT I WOULD BE A NEW DRAFT BUT WOULD ALSO THROUGH THE CHAIR RECOGNIZE THE EFFORTS OF MY COLLEAGUE CITY COUNCILOR ERIN MURPHY FOR DOING A LOT OF THE HEAVY LIFTING AND BLOCKING, TACKLING AND REFILE PROCESS FOR THESE EIGHT VERY DESERVING INDIVIDUALS THE CITY OF BOSTON. ANY FURTHER COMMENT THROUGH THE CHAIR TO COUNCILOR MURPHY DEFER TO THE CHAIR. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. FIRE TO THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE YOU AND THANK YOU CHAIR LUJáN AND ALSO COUNCILOR FLAHERTY FOR CHAIRING LAST WEEK'S WORKING SESSION. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, SEVEN OF THESE THE POLICE OFFICERS RICHARDSON TOLUM, MATT MARK SCOTT O'BRIEN, RYAN LENEEN, TERRY COTTON AND HARRY GEEN WERE ALL FIRED LAST COUNCIL SESSION BY FORMER COUNCILOR ANITA ESSAIBI GEORGE AND OUR FORMER COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR EDWARDS FILED A LEAN MASS MACALLISTER THE E.M.S. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN AND COUNCIL FLAHERTY WHO CO-SPONSORED WHEN WE FILED THE RETIREMENT FOR KURT STOCKINGER. SO I AM ALSO SPEAKING TODAY IN SUPPORT OF THE HOME RULE PETITIONS RELATIVE TO SEVEN INDIVIDUAL POLICE OFFICERS IN ONE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE OFFICIAL. AND I'M ALSO ASKING THAT MY CITY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES SHOW THEIR SUPPORT WITH THESE NEW DRAFTS THAT BETTER FIT THE STATE LANGUAGE. MY OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING A LOT WITH STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAN AT THE STATE HOUSE. ALSO COUNCILOR FLAHERTY MENTIONED WE'VE WORKING WITH OUR RETIREMENT BOARD. THE COMMISSIONER, CHRISTINE, WHERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS LANGUAGE MATCHED AND WAS CONSISTENT WITH OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS WHO ARE ALSO FILING THESE RETIREMENT FOR DISABLED FIRST RESPONDERS. SO I ASKED THAT MY COLLEAGUES PASS THESE HOME RULE PETITIONS SO THAT THESE DESERVING FIRST RESPONDERS CAN MOVE ON WITH THEIR LIFE. IT'S BEEN MONTHS AND I THINK IT'S FITTING THAT TODAY WE VOTE TO SEND THIS UP TO THE STATE HOUSE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MURPHY, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A VOTE NOW ON EACH OF THESE DOCKETS SEPARATELY COUNCIL AUTHORITY SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT IN A NEW DRAFT IMPASSIVE DOCKET ZERO FOUR OR FIVE EIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE ANY DAWKINS' ZERO FIVE ZERO FOUR OR FIVE EIGHT HAS PASSED THE NEW DRAFT COUNCIL . THIRTY SIX ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT IN A NEW DRAFT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKETED ZERO FIVE ONE ZERO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE NAY DOCKET ZERO FIVE ONE ZERO HAS PASSED AND A NEW DRAFT COUNCIL FINALLY SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND NEW DRAFT PASSAGE OF DOCKETED ZERO NINE FIVE FIVE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY OPPOSE NAY DOCKETED ZERO NINE FIVE FIVE HAS PASSED AND A NEW DRAFT COUNCIL THIRTY SIX ACCEPTANCE THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND NEW DRAFT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKETED ZERO NINE FIVE SIX ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE SAY NAY DOCKET ZERO NINE FIVE SIX HAS PASSED AND A NEW DRAFT COUNCIL FLAHERTY SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT IN THE NEW DRAFT PASSAGE OF DAWKINS' ZERO NINE FIVE SEVEN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE OPPOSED SAY NAY DALKIN ZERO NINE FIVE SEVEN HAS PASSED AND A NEW DRAFT COUNCIL FLAHERTY SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND A NEW DRAFT AND PASSAGE OF DORKIN ZERO NINE FIVE EIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE SAY NAY DWARKA ZERO NINE FIVE IT IS PASSED AND THE NEW DRAFT COUNCIL FINALLY SEEKS ACCEPTANCE. THE COMMITTEE REPORT IN A NEW DRAFT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKETED ZERO NINE FIVE NINE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY OPPOSED SAY NAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I'LL OPPOSE ANY DOCKET ZERO NINE FIVE NINE PASSED AND A NEW DRAFT DRAFT CONSTITUTION SIX ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT IN A NEW DRAFT PASSAGE OF DAWKINS 09 ZERO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE ANY AT ZERO NINE SIX ZERO HAS PASSED AND A NEW DRAFT WILL GOING ON TO MATTERS RECENTLY HEARD FOR POSSIBLE ACTION. BEFORE WE DO THAT COULD I ASK TO PLEASE TAKE YOUR SIDE SIGN DOWN MA'AM, COULD I ASK YOU TO PLEASE TAKE THAT SIGN DOWN? OFFICER, CAN WE ASK SOMEONE TO TAKE A BRIEF RECESS ? YEAH. ALEX SO MATTERS RECENTLY HEARD FOR POSSIBLE ACTION MR BARCLAYS' REDACTED ZERO FOUR SIX NINE PLEASE NO ZERO FOUR SIX IN ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING BARRIERS TO BUSINESS THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BRIAN WE'RE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSES COUNCIL . WELL, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN AND THANK YOU TO MY CO-CHAIR AND MY CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR MEJIA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO THE CENTRAL STAFF FOR THEIR HARD WORK MONDAY, AUGUST 29TH THE SMALL BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE COMMITTEE HELD A HEARING REGARDING THE BARRIERS FACED BY ENTREPRENEURS WHEN WORKING TO ESTABLISH NEW BUSINESSES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THE HEARING WAS ATTENDED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN, THE COMMITTEE'S CO-CHAIR MEET HERE COUNCILOR MURPHY AND MYSELF DURING THIS HEARING WE HEARD TESTIMONY FROM REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ADMINISTRATION INCLUDING CHIEF SEGUN ITOCHU FROM THE OFFICE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY INCLUSION ALICIA PESSINA DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF SMALL BUSINESS. ALIJA MILLER, DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND RESEARCH FOR THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY INCLUSION AND DANIEL GREEN, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY FOR THE LICENSING BOARD. THESE REPRESENTATIVES WERE JOINED BY A PANEL OF EXPERTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS INCLUDING CARLOS CASTILLO, A LOCAL ENTREPRENEUR. ALEX MONTGOMERY, A POLICY ASSOCIATE AT THE INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE. NICK KORN OF OFFSITE AND SPENCER WATSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR LGBTQ ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT AND RESEARCH ALSO KNOWN AS CLEAR. THE ADMINISTRATIVE REPRESENTATIVES SHARE THEIR ONGOING EFFORTS TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES AND ENTREPRENEURS, INCLUDING WORK DONE THROUGH THE MAIN STREET PROGRAM THE EARLY STEPS IN ESTABLISHING THE LEGACY PROGRAM AND THE EFFORTS TO BUILD ON THE SUCCESS OF REBARS. THE EXPANSION INCLUDING IMMIGRANT BOSS AND VETERAN BOSS MANY OF THE EFFORTS EFFORTS WE'RE WORKING TO ENSURE THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS WORKING TO BE PROACTIVE RATHER THAN REACTIVE PARTICULARLY BY WORKING WITH THE VARIOUS MINISTRY DIRECTORS. ADMINISTRATIVE REPRESENTATIVES SHARE HOW ADDITIONAL EFFORTS ARE BEING MADE TO ENSURE ACCESS IS NOT RESTRICTED BASED ON LANGUAGE OR ACCESS TO DIGITAL RESOURCES. THE EXPERIENCE WITH LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS HAS REVEALED THAT FINANCES AND ACCESS TO CAPITAL ARE FREQUENTLY BARRIERS TO ESTABLISH AND EXPAND EXPANDING EXPANDING BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT THE CITY WHERE THEY EXPRESS INTEREST IN WORKING TO FIX ISSUES. THE CAPITAL OWNERS RATHER THAN THOSE WHO ARE SEEKING THOSE LOANS. OUR PANEL OF EXPERTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS WAS ABLE TO EXPAND ON THIS ISSUE RAISED BY THE ADMINISTRATION. A KEY CONCERN SHARED WERE ISSUES RELATING TO CAUSE DELAYS AND COMPLEXITY OF THE CURRENT PROCESS. ACROSS THE BOARD, REPRESENTATIVES CONSISTENTLY HIGHLIGHTED THAT NEW BUSINESS OWNERS DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY NEED OR EVEN OR EVEN WHAT QUESTIONS TO ADD UNTIL THEY ARE DIRECTLY FACING ISSUES TO CONTINUE CITED LUCK AS THE PRIMARY THING THAT GOT THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS STATING ANY BUSINESS STATEMENT ANY BUSINESS THAT IS OPEN IS A MIRACLE. HE LEARNED THAT DEPARTMENTS OFTEN DO NOT COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY AND GOOGLE WAS ONLY AS EFFECTIVE THAT THE QUESTIONS ONE NEED AT ALL. TOO OFTEN FUTURE BUSINESS OWNERS ARE TOLD THAT THEY WILL BE GIVEN ASSISTANCE TO GET THROUGH THE COMPLEX PROCESS. BUT LITTLE HAS BEEN DONE TO MAKE THE PROCESS CHEAPER, FAST AND SIMPLE MESSAGE CAN QUOTATIONS FROM INTERVIEWS THAT REINFORCE MR CASTILLOS EXPERIENCE EXPERIENCES RESTAURANT OWNERS IN THE CITY THAT THE PROCESS IS TERRIFYING? IT'S LIKE A CASINO IN THE CITY IS A HOUSE AND THAT IT SEEMS THAT BOSTON DOESN'T WANT TO OPEN. SPENCER WASN'T A CLEAR INDICATOR THAT MANY OF THE HEAVIEST BURDENS FALL UPON PEOPLE FROM MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES PARTICULARLY PARTICULARLY MEMBERS OF THE BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES MEN, WOMEN AND MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY TRANS PEOPLE. THESE COMMUNITIES ARE OFTEN SUBJECT TO OVERPOLICING AND LOW ACCESS TO LEGAL AND FINANCIAL PRODUCTS NECESSARY TO NAVIGATE THE CURRENT PROCESS. THESE DIFFICULTIES ARE HEIGHTENED TO THOSE WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY OR CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING HOUSING INSECURITY. MEMBERS OF THESE COMMUNITIES ARE EQUALLY LIKELY TO SEEK HELP BUT ARE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS LIKELY TO GET IT. MR. MONTGOMERY PROVIDED SOME HOPE CITIES LIKE WASHINGTON, D.C., CHICAGO, MIAMI AND ANNAPOLIS HAVE WORKED TO IMPLEMENT ONE STOP SHOPS BUT DEDICATED DEPARTMENTS TO FACILITATE THE LICENSING PROCESS OFTEN OUTDATED, OFTEN OUTDATED NEEDS DRIVE CURRENT POLICY. MOREOVER, MANY OF THESE PROCESS WERE MODIFIED TO THAT TO THE PANDEMIC, HELPING TO SHED LIGHT ON UNNECESSARY STEPS GOING FORWARD. HE RECOMMENDS THAT THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY AGENCIES TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE PROCESS AND WORK TO REDUCE FEES, ELIMINATE DUPLICATE LICENSES AND STEPS AND BUILD SIMPLE CLEAR SYSTEMS WHILE BEING AWARE OF DIGITAL ACCESS GAPS PROTECT A PARTICULAR STEPHANIE LEWIS WHO PROVIDED PUBLIC TESTIMONY. MISS LEWIS IS AN ASPIRING ENTREPRENEUR WHO TOOK TIME FROM GRIEVING THE LOSS OF HER STEP BROTHER TO SPEAK THAT HE TOO HAD WORKED TO START A GROUP AND BUSINESS IN THE CITY. SHE HAS WATCHED FAMILY MEMBERS CONSISTENTLY STRUGGLE AND WORK HARD TO KEEP THEIR FAMILIES SECURE AND CONTINUE TO TRY TO WORK TO BREAK THE CYCLE OF POVERTY. SHE HAS BEEN SHE HAS BEEN TO DEPARTMENT AFTER DEPARTMENT GIVEN LITTLE LIST AFTER LIST OF RESOURCES HAVE NOT GOTTEN THE HELP THAT SHE NEEDS THAT SHE SAID A LIST OF SERVICES DOESN'T CUT IT. SHE NEEDS HELP TO BE ABLE TO FIND INFORMATION, FIND WHEN YOU FIND A CHANCE. A GRANT APPLICATION HAD BEEN PENDING SINCE FEBRUARY DESPITE MULTIPLE VISITS TO CITY MATTHEWS IS NOT ALONE. OUR HEARING REVEALED THAT THESE EXPERIENCES ARE NOT JUST COMMON BUT NEARLY UNIVERSAL DESPITE THE NOBLE EFFORTS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, ONE FACT REMAINS CLEAR UNLESS SOMEONE HAS THE RESOURCES TO HIRE PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE OPENING A BUSINESS AND BOSTON IS COMPLEX AT BEST AND ALL TOO OFTEN PROVES TO BE IMPOSSIBLE. AS CHAIR OF THE SMALL BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE COMMITTEE ACTS TO REMAIN IN COMMITTEE AND CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION EXPERTS SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS TO IDENTIFY WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN MAKE THE LICENSER PROCESS CHEAPER, FASTER AND SIMPLER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCIL WELL THANK YOU. CULTURAL DOCKET ZERO FOR SIX NINE WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE MOTIONS ORDERS IN RESOLUTIONS. MR. COURT, CAN YOU ALSO REFLECT THE RECORD THAT COUNCILOR HERE IS PRESENT AND COUNCIL FERNANDES ANDERSON IS PRESENT ON WE'RE ONTO MOTIONS, ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS. MR. CLARK, PLEASE READ ONE ZERO THREE TO PLEASE DOUG NO. ONE ZERO THREE TO COUNCILOR MURPHY AND BAKER OFFERED THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE CLEANLINESS AND SAFETY CONDITIONS THAT CLIFFORD PARK THANK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY, COUNCILMAN MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT FLYNN. I'D LIKE TO START BY THANKING DOMINGO DE ROSA WHO I KNOW WAS HERE TODAY A COMMUNITY ADVOCATE AND FOR HIS CONTINUED ADVOCACY AT THE PARK AS A DAD NEIGHBOR FOOTBALL COACH, HE KNOWS FIRSTHAND THE NEED A CLIFFORD PARK. SO I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND ALWAYS SPEAKING UP FOR YOUR COMMUNITY. THE CLEANLINESS AND SAFETY CONDITIONS OF CLIFFORD PARK AND ROXBURY JUST ONE MILE FROM THE MASS AND CLASS NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BECOME A PUBLIC HAZARD TO NEARBY RESIDENTS, STUDENTS, PARENTS, SENIOR CITIZENS IN THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN RECENT YEARS, CLIFFORD PARK HAS BECOME AN OPEN DRUG MARKET AND A LARGE GATHERING SPACE FOR THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING HOMELESSNESS. PEOPLE WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS AND PEOPLE DEALING WITH MENTAL ISSUES LARGE PILES OF TRASH OUT OF THE PARK DUE TO THIS ACTIVITY. THIS TRASH INCLUDES DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, NEEDLES, FEMININE PRODUCTS, HUMAN FECES, GLASS BOTTLES AND MORE NEEDLES HIDE IN THE MULCH WHICH MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND AND REMOVE ALL OF THEM. THIS TRASH IS A PUBLIC SAFETY HAZARD. ONE THING WE LEARNED FROM COVID IS THE VALUE OF OPEN SPACE FOR OUR HEALTH AND WELLNESS, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR CHILDREN. THIS PARK IS CRITICAL IN THE AREA DESERVES MORE AND BETTER NOT JUST THE NEIGHBORS WHO LIVE THERE BUT THE MASON SCHOOL IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE PARK IN THE TEACHERS AND FAMILIES DO NOT FEEL SAFE FOR THE CHILDREN TO USE THE PLAY STRUCTURE THAT'S RIGHT THERE ACROSS THE STREET BECAUSE OF THIS THIS HEARING ORDER IS NOT TO START THE BLAME GAME. I HAVE PERSONALLY WITNESSED THE HARD WORKERS FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT PARKS DEPARTMENT IN THE COORDINATED RESPONSE TEAM CLEAN UP THE PARK. WHEN I WAS THERE LAST SATURDAY THE SHARPES TEAM FROM THE STATE WAS THERE ALSO CLIFFORD PARK IS A SYMPTOM OF A LARGER ISSUE AND EVERYONE IS SUFFERING INCLUDING THE BUSINESSES, FAMILIES, KIDS, RESIDENTS IN THOSE STRUGGLING FROM SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER. MY CLEAN UP THIS PAST WEEKEND WAS TO RAISE AWARENESS IN THIS HEARING ORDER WITH COUNCILOR BAKER WILL BRING THE MUCH NEEDED ATTENTION AND SERVICES TO THIS PART OF BOSTON. THANK YOU PRESIDENT FLYNN. THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BAKER COUNCIL BAKER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. I JUST STAND TO SUPPORT THE MAKER OF THE MAKER CLIFFORD PARK HAS BEEN A PROBLEM MY ENTIRE TIME ON THIS COUNCIL . THERE'S BEEN DECISIONS MADE IN THE WAY I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE HANDLING A SITUATION DOWN A MASSIVE TASK ONLY ADD ADD TO THESE SITUATIONS I'LL SPEAK MORE ON AND ON THE ON THE NEXT ON THE NEXT DOCKET NUMBER. BUT WHEN WHEN ALL OPTIONS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE TABLE WHEN PEOPLE ARE SAYING ALL OPTIONS SHOULD BE ON THE TABLE THAT MEANS ALL OPTIONS SHOULD REALLY BE ON THE TABLE. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND THE PEOPLE THAT WE HEAR FROM DAY IN DAY OUT THAT ARE SUFFERING WITH THIS WITH THIS ISSUE THAT'S ALL THE WAY INTO THE SOUTH END ALL THE WAY INTO ROXBURY, ANDREW SQUARE, EDWARD EVERTZ WHERE ALL OUR PARKS ARE BEING TAKEN, ALL OF US. SO UNLESS WE START TO DO SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO BE OVERRUN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BAKER. NEXT COUNCIL OUR COUNCILOR IRA ,YOU HAVE THE FULL I JUST WANT TO STAND TO SAY THAT I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES SENTIMENTS IMPORTANT TO THE CITY TO FIND WAYS TO MAKE PUBLIC SPACES AS CLIFFORD PARK FREE OF NEEDLES. COUNCILOR BAKER'S CONSTITUENTS HAVE BEEN SCREAMING INTO THE VOID FOR MONTHS IF NOT YEARS ABOUT THE CONDITIONS OF CLIFFORD PARK. AND I THINK THAT OUR SLOW RESPONSE TO THAT WORK IS A RESPONSIBILITY THAT ACCORDING TO THE COMMUNITY LIES ON ALL OF THE COUNCILORS INCLUDING MYSELF AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO TAKE ON THAT RESPONSIBILITY. I HEARD THIS WEEKEND THAT AN OFFICER WAS SUPPORTING A CLEANUP, WAS INJURED AND ON BEHALF OF MYSELF IN MY OFFICE I REALLY WANT TO HOPE HE RECOVERS QUICKLY AND WISH THAT OFFICER WELL AND I'M SORRY TO THE CONSTITUENTS OF DISTRICT THREE THAT IT TOOK A COP GETTING PRICKED IN THE NEEDLE FOR YOUR COUNCILORS TO BE RESPONSIVE TO YOUR CRIES AS A FORMER STREET WORKER I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE IGNORE SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS THE IMPACT THAT THEY CAN HAVE ON NEIGHBORHOODS. I'M EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THIS CONVERSATION AND IN SUPPORT OF ANY INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL EFFORTS THAT WE TAKE ON TO REMEDY THE ISSUE. THE IDEA OF A PARK CLEANUP HAS BEEN PROPOSED TO MY CONSTITUENTS AND I ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO BE THERE TO SUPPORT. I ASK THOUGH THAT AS WE LOOK FOR RESPONSES TO THIS CRISIS WE LOOK TO THE ROOT CAUSES WE NEED TO FIND SOLUTIONS THAT DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE HEAD ON. WE MUST EXPLORE SOLUTIONS DON'T DEHUMANIZE PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM DRUG ADDICTION BUT ALSO CREATES HEALTHY, LIVABLE NEIGHBORHOODS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEARBY WHEN YOU HOLD THIS HEARING I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE CLINICIANS HARM REDUCTION SPECIALISTS, SOCIAL WORKERS, FORMER USERS, NEIGHBORS AND LEADERS PRESENT. I WANT US TO ENSURE THAT THE DECISIONS THAT COME OUT OF THIS HEARING INVOLVE WRAPAROUND SERVICES AREAS FOR DIRECT SERVICES TO PREVAIL AND NOT ALLOW PUNITIVE RESULTS FOR THOSE WHO NEED THE MOST HELP FOR THEIR REPRESENTATIVES. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . NEXT I'M GOING TO ASK COUNCIL HERE COUNCILOR ME HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT AND THANKS TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR BRINGING THIS HEARING ORDER TO THE TABLE. I ALSO JUST WANT TO UPLIFT ANOTHER AMAZING ADVOCATE WHO HAS BEEN OUT ON THE STREETS, LEON RIVERA WHO ACTUALLY WHO I KNEW AND WORKED WITH TRYING TO ORGANIZE PARENTS MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS AGO PROBABLY EIGHT OR NINE. AND THE FACT THAT HERE WE ARE STILL HAVING THE CONVERSATION WHEN WE HAVE CONTINUE TO JUST KICK THE CAN DOWN THE STREET AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO LEANING INTO THIS CONVERSATION IN A WAY THAT REALLY CENTERS JUSTICE IN THE PROCESS. SO I JUST WANT TO UPLIFT LEON SANTIAGO AND HIS CREW FOR THEIR WORK IN THIS SPACE AND FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY THIS HAS BEEN 10 YEARS IN THE MAKING AND HERE WE ARE HAVING ANOTHER CONVERSATION ABOUT THE CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN . HERE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR LUIS AND CONSTITUTION YOU HAVE FOR THANK YOU PRESIDENT LEE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS HEARING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ON CLIFFORD PARK. I WANT TO ALSO UPLIFT THOSE WHO'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS ISSUE. THOSE ARE IN THE HOUSE TODAY. THOSE WHO HAVE SENT US MESSAGES ON SOCIAL MEDIA EMAILS. MY OFFICE STARTED REALLY CONTACTING THE ADMINISTRATION TO TALK ABOUT TO UPLIFT A LOT OF THE ADVOCACY THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON ABOUT A MONTH AGO TALKING TO ADMINISTRATION ABOUT WHAT IS IT THAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT CLIFFORD PARK, A PRIVATE IS BEING USED BY OUR PUBLIC, BY OUR CHILDREN HAS MORE OPTIONS TO REMAIN CLEAN DURING THE DAY. AND SO IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS UPLIFTING AS A STRUCTURAL FIX. RIGHT. NOT JUST YOU KNOW, MORE THAN JUST CLEANING UP THE PARK FOR ONE DAY. WHAT IS THE STRUCTURAL FIX TO THE PARK? ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS UPLIFTED BY THE ADVOCATES INCLUDING LEON RIVERA AND INCLUDING OTHERS HERE DOMINGO'S IS A STRUCTURAL FIX THAT WE HAVE MORE PERMANENT CLEANUP. SO I JUST YOU KNOW, IN MY BACK AND FORTH WITH THE ADMINISTRATION CONFIRMED YESTERDAY WITH TANIA DEL RIO WHO IS THE POINT HERE THAT PERMANENT CLEANUP STARTED YESTERDAY. THERE'S GOING TO BE PERMANENT STATIONARY CLEANUP SEVEN TIMES A WEEK MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SIX SIX SIX A.M. TO EIGHT A.M. DURING THE WEEKDAYS, 3:00 TO 5:00 P.M. AND ONCE DURING THE MIDDAY AROUND NOON TIME. RIGHT. THAT'S GOING TO BE EVERY WEEKDAY AND THEN ON THE WEEKENDS IN THE MORNING ON AND THIS THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH A NEW MARKET BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT WHICH HAS BEEN AT THE CENTER OF IMPROVING THE ISSUES THAT RESIDENTS BUSINESS OWNERS AND FOLKS IN THE AREA HAVE BEEN UPLIFTING FOR QUITE SOME TIME. THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM THAT HAS JUST COME ABOUT YESTERDAY. IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS AND YEARS BECAUSE WE HAVE A CONFLUENCE OF A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, A DRUG ADDICTION CRISIS AND HOMELESSNESS. WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE HOUSE PEOPLE, HOW WE GET THEM THE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES THAT THEY NEED AND HOW WE MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE WITH COMPASSION AND DOING ALL OF THAT TOGETHER TOGETHER WITH THESE STATIONARY CLEANUPS IS GOING TO GO A LONG WAY. SO I THINK THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THEIR WORK I THINK ALL OF THE ADVOCACY THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING AROUND US I HOPE THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO FIND SOLUTIONS INSTEAD OF JUST BARKING AT EACH OTHER. IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE WORK TOGETHER TO SOLVE PROBLEMS AND I THINK THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE. THE ADMINISTRATION IS LEANING IN ADVOCATES HAVE BEEN LEADING IN AND THE CITY COUNCIL ARE NOW LEININGEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCIL AND THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCIL . MS. ANDERSON, YOU HAVE THE FULL THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN I FIRST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MY HISTORY AND WORK EXPERIENCE IN THIS I'VE BEEN I'VE WORKED WITH THE SEX INDUSTRY WORKERS FOR SEVERAL YEARS FOR THE DEMNIG HEALTH CENTER THAT I WORK FOR DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH WITH DUAL DIAGNOSIS PATIENTS, SPECIFICALLY PEOPLE WHO SUFFER FROM SCHIZOPHRENIA AND DRUG ADDICTION. AND THEN I WENT ON TO WORKING TO DOING COMMUNITY SUPPORT PROGRAMS WHICH IS ALSO A DUAL DIAGNOSIS PATIENTS THROUGH MASS HEALTH AND THIS PROVIDES SERVICES IN HOME OR COMMUNITY BASED AND I'VE LOST AT LEAST THREE CLIENTS WHERE TO WHICH I GOT CALLS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO THREE IN THE MORNING THAT IF PASSED AWAY I ALSO DID WORK WITH THE TRANS RESISTANCE MOVEMENT WHERE WE WOULD GO FEED PEOPLE AND I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS SINCE THE 90S SO I WOULD BE ON BLUEGILL. I WORKED IN A COMBAT ZONE. I'VE ALSO WORKED AT MARCINKUS DOING MEAL PROGRAMS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT FOR TRANS POPULATION AND SO THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO ME BUT FIRST I WANT TO SAY THAT I WANT TO PUBLICLY APOLOGIZED TO MY BROTHER IN SERVICE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE WENT TO SCHOOL AND I LOVE YOU ME BOTH. WE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH ADVOCATES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO CREATE THIS ROUND ROUND TABLE AND I THINK IN MY HUMANITY I WAS LESS IMPATIENT AND ASKED HIM THAT YIELDED HIS COMMENTS BECAUSE IT SOUNDED LIKE HE WAS YELLING AT ME WHEN IT WAS PASSIONATE. I APOLOGIZE TO YOU AND I THINK THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS . I DON'T WANT TO POINTING FINGERS I APPLAUD ANYONE THAT DOES PICKED UP PICKED UP THE CUP ONCE OR NEIDL ONCE OR A THOUSAND TIMES. I DON'T THINK THAT WE NEED TO POINT FINGERS OR FIGURE OUT WHETHER OR NOT IT'S WE HAVE THE ANSWERS OR HOW WE HAVE THE ANSWERS OR WHO DID IT OR WHO DIDN'T DO IT. I THINK AT THIS POINT WE SHOULD ALL SAY IT'S OUR DISTRICT. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US I THINK THAT IT'S POSSIBLY IT MAY BE MOVED TO MY DISTRICT. I HEAR INTEREST IN PEOPLE MOVING IT TO MY DISTRICT AND WE HAVE IT COUNCIL END AS ANDERSON HAS THE FULL IF I THINK THAT IF IT DOES I WILL HAPPILY TAKE IT ON I WILL TAKE IT ON NOW EVEN IF IT'S NOT MY DISTRICT I WILL WORK WITH YOU AND DO WHATEVER I CAN BUT I HAVE TO BE HONEST THAT I TOO DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS BUT TOGETHER I THINK WE CAN DO A LOT OF WORK AT LEAST TO INCLUDE A COMMUNITY ADVOCATES TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE CAN START THIS FROM SCRATCH. I LOOK FORWARD AND THANK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FOR FILING THIS. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION AND GOD WILLING WE FIND A SOLUTION. THANK YOU COUNCILOR FERNANDES INNOCENT. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER ABOUT THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SO MY NAME WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND MR. CLARK PLEASE COUNCILOR CITY COUNCIL OF ARROYO COUNCILOR COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR FLAHERTY COUNCILOR OUR COUNCILOR, THE REGION ANSOLABEHERE COUNCILOR RALPH PLEASE AT THE CHAIR DWARKA ONE ZERO THREE TO WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RESILIENCY AND PARKS. MR. CLARK PLEASE WE DAWSON ONE ZERO THREE THREE PLEASE DOUG IN ONE ZERO THREE THREE COUNCILORS MURPHY AND BAKER OFFERED THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO ADDRESS THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS AT THE INTERSECTION OF MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE AND NEAR NEWCASTLE BOULEVARD IN SECTION THIRTY FIVE AS A TREATMENT OPTION. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YOU HAVE THE FOUR. THANK YOU PRESIDENT FLYNN. SO I AM FILING THIS ORDER WITH COUNCILOR BAKER BECAUSE I KNOW FIRST HAND SINCE THE SUDDEN CLOSURE OF LONG ISLAND BRIDGE IN THE FALL OF 2014 THE OPIOID CRISIS AND HOMELESSNESS HAVE DRIVEN PEOPLE TO THAT INTERSECTION OF MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE AND MELNICK'S BOULEVARD WHICH MANY OF US REFER TO MACENTA WHERE THOSE BATTLING SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS CAN SEEK METHADONE TREATMENT OR A BED AT A CITY RUN SHELTER WE'VE SEEN SINCE 2014 THE CROWDS THERE HAVE BEEN INCREASING AND THE NICER WEATHER CATALYZED MANY OF THESE PEOPLE WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS TO RETURN TO THE AREA. THE TENTS WERE REMOVED BUT ANYONE WHO DRIVES BY WHICH I DO EVERY DAY HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ARE STILL THERE ON THAT STREET STAYING UNDER LARGE TARPS OR UMBRELLAS TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM THE WEATHER DAY AND NIGHT, MAYOR WU THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION AND THE COORDINATED RESPONSE TEAM ANNOUNCED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SUMMER THE WARM WEATHER PROGRAM. THIS PLAN INVOLVED DIRECTING MORE HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND POLICE OFFICERS TO THE INTERSECTION OF MASS AND CARS HELPING GUIDE PEOPLE TO SUPPORT SERVICES IN HOUSING OPTIONS IN ARRESTING THOSE ENGAGING IN DRUG DEALING, PROSTITUTION AND VIOLENT CRIME. WE KNOW THAT MANY WOMEN AND MEN ARE BEING SEX TRAFFICKED IN THE AREA, BEING RAPED WITHIN THE STRUCTURES, THEIR TENTS OR TARPS AND THE VIOLENCE AND ILLEGAL ACTIVITY STILL CONTINUES TO PLAGUE THIS AREA. EARLIER THIS MONTH BOSTON POLICE WORKING WITH THE SUFFOLK DISTRICT ATTORNEY OFFICE CONDUCTED AN UNDERCOVER OPERATION THAT RESULTED IN THE ARREST OF 13 MEN CHARGED WITH SOLICITING SEX. THIS IS A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS WITH AN OPEN AIR DRUG MARKET, A GATHERING SPOT FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING BUT SHOOTING UP IN PUBLIC THERE'S PILES OF TRASH AND I ALSO WORK CLOSELY WITH JEN TRACEY FROM THE OFFICE OF RECOVERY SERVICES IN TANYA DEL RIO WHO WAS A GOOD FRIEND WHO HAS TAKEN OVER THE RECOVERY SERVICES DOWN THERE. AND I KNOW SUE SULLIVAN FROM THE BID TEAM HAS WONDERFUL WORKERS WHO COME OUT AND WE ARE GETTING MORE MONEY AND SUPPORT SO THERE ARE MORE WORKERS HELPING CLEAN UP THE AREA. BUT IF YOU DRIVE THROUGH AT SIX A.M. THERE IS PILES OF TRASH. THERE MAY BE PEOPLE SLEEPING AND PICKING UP BUT BY NOON THERE'LL BE MORE PILES OF TRASH THERE. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A RAT PROBLEM IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THERE ARE RATS THERE. WE HAVE MONKEYPOX, WE HAVE COVID. WE HAVE PREGNANT WOMEN WHO ARE FALLING INTO THE STREET. WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED OF HELP. I DROVE BY TWO WEEKENDS AGO GOING OVER THE BRIDGE NEAR THE TARGET AND I HAD TO GET OUT OF THE CAR TO NAKANO WOMAN WHO WAS ALMOST DEAD ON THE GROUND. THE EMS AND THE FIRE CAME SHE DIDN'T WANT SHE CAME THROUGH THANK GOODNESS DIDN'T WANT SUPPORT WHICH I COULDN'T ENFORCE ON HER. I KNOW BUT SHE WALKED BACK DOWN THE AREA. SHE WAS YOUNGER THAN MY DAUGHTER. IT'S JUST HEARTBREAKING FOR NOT JUST THOSE SUFFERING THE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO I KNOW GO DOWN HOPEFULLY WITH THE FRIEND TO FIND SOME OF THEIR LOVED ONES. THE BUSINESS OWNERS I SEE A LOT OF TIMES THERE'S NOODLE STORE WHERE OLDER ASIAN WOMEN WORK AND THEY'RE WALKING THROUGH THAT CROWD EARLY IN THE MORNING WHEN IT'S DARK IT'S NOT SAFE, IT'S NOT GOOD AND WE NEED TO DO BETTER. I BELIEVE THERE HAS TO BE A BALANCE BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND RECOVERY INITIATIVES. ANYONE WHO KNOWS ME KNOW THAT I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THOSE SUFFERING FROM MENTAL HEALTH AND RECOVERY AIDS. I'M NOT SAYING IT NEVER WOULD OR BELIEVE THAT WE CAN ARREST OUR WAY OUT OF THIS. I'M NOT HERE TO SAY THAT I HAVE A BETTER PLAN THAN ANYONE ELSE OR I CAN DO THIS BETTER OR I WANT SOMEBODY TO PUT ME OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND SAY I'M BETTER. I'M JUST HERE TO BE ONE OF THIRTEEN WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IT IS TO MAKE THIS CITY BETTER. I'LL KEEP SHOWING UP LIKE I DO. I'LL KEEP OFFERING TO MY COLLEAGUES HELP ME WORK WITH ME. LET'S HELP THIS CITY. MARCINKUS IS NOT JUST IN THAT AREA I HAD A LOVED ONE ON LONG ISLAND IN OCTOBER OF 2014. I CAN TELL YOU WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK IT WAS, WHAT DAY OF THE MONTH WAS WHEN HE WAS PUT IN A CAB AND TAKEN OFF OF LONG ISLAND. HE WAS IN A DETOX. HE DIDN'T GET TO STAY IN RECOVERY . HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT NIGHT WENT BACK OUT ONTO THE STREETS AND THEY DIED. THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS WEREN'T AS LUCKY AS I WAS BACK THEN. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW I WAS GOING TO SAY THIS BUT I JUST REMEMBERED THAT BACK THEN I MADE A PHONE CALL. I GOT MY CITY COUNCIL HIS PHONE NUMBER. I CALLED HIM HE ANSWERED THAT'S FRANK BAKER. HE CONNECTED ME TO JOHN MCGANN . MY LOVED ONE GOT INTO RECOVERY . IT WORKED. HE WASN'T ON THE RIGHT PATH. WILL IT WORK FOR EVERYBODY? NO, IT WON'T. OTHER PEOPLE DOWN THERE AND EDWARD EVERETT SQUARE IN ANDREW SQUARE ON ORDER NOT READY FOR RECOVERY . ABSOLUTELY. WE DON'T GIVE UP ON THEM BUT WE HAVE TO OFFER THEM ALL OPTIONS NOT OFFERING THEM OPTIONS LIKE THIS MANY TIMES THEY DON'T KNOW BETTER AS A MOTHER I KNOW AS A TEACHER I KNOW AS A HUMAN WHO CARES ABOUT OTHERS. I KNOW SOMETIMES YOU NEED SOMEONE TO STEP INTO YOUR LIFE AND GUIDE YOU TO A BETTER PLACE . AND I'M HERE TO SAY THAT I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THIS HEARING . I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES SHOW UP NOT JUST SIGN ON. I HOPE WE WORK TOGETHER AND I HOPE WE CAN OFFER SECTION THIRTY FIVES AND TALK ABOUT EVERY OTHER OPTION THERE IS OUT THERE. WE NEED TO PUT EVERYTHING WE HAVE. WE NEED TO USE EVERY TOOL IN OUR TOOLBOX AND WE NEED TO SET ASIDE OUR FEELINGS TO KNOW THAT IF WE SAVE ONE, IF WE SAVE TEN, IF WE SAVE HOWEVER MANY THAT WE HAVE TO DO BETTER FOR THE NEIGHBORS FOR THE BUSINESS OWNERS, FOR US, FOR A CITY. SO THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MURPHY, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BAKER COUNCILOR BAKER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. AND THANK YOU AGAIN, ERIN FOR THIS JUST JUST FOR THE RECORD, THE BIT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SEVEN CLEANUP'S SEVEN DAYS A WEEK THAT STARTED IN THE DISTRICT THREE OFFICE. THE THE NEEDLE TEAM, THE SHOPS THAT WE ALL TALK ABOUT ALL THE TIME THAT STARTED IN THE DISTRICT FREE OFFICE THAT THE STANDS THAT WERE DOWN THERE THAT WERE ENCAMPMENTS THAT WERE DOWN THERE, THE MESS THAT IT WAS YEARS AGO THOSE ALL GET TAKEN CARE OF BY THE DISTRICT THREE OFFICE. ME I HANDLED IT ROLL YOUR EYES . I HANDLED IT. EXCUSE ME. NO NO COMMENTS FROM MY AND WE ALSO AND FROM AND FROM MY COLLEAGUES PLACE AND WE ALSO HAD A FULLY BIG PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH A FULLY DESIGNED NEW CLIPPARD PARK. BUT BUT THE THE FIT BETWEEN THE PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WASN'T RIGHT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD SO WE WALKED AWAY FROM THAT. THAT'S WHAT THE DISTRICT COUNCIL DID THERE AND MY PEOPLE VOTED ME IN. WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT ALL OPTIONS BEING ON THE TABLE. WELL, SECTION THIRTY FIVES ON THE TABLE. THERE'S A SAYING IN AA IF NOTHING CHANGES, NOTHING CHANGES. SO WE TAKE PEOPLE FROM THE TENTS AND WE PUT THEM IN THE HOUSE AND EXPENSE YOU THE TAXPAYERS FIFTEEN TWENTY MILLION BUCKS IS WHAT WE'RE SPENDING IT AT JUST ROUND HOUSE FIFTEEN TWENTY MILLION BUCKS THAT TWENTY MILLION THAT THIRTY MILLION WHATEVER IT IS IF WE CAN GET AN ANSWER SHOULD BE SPENT ON REAL BEDS RUN BY OVER AT NASHUA STREET BECAUSE WHEN SOMEONE GETS HEALTHY IF THEIR FIRST STEP IS OUT EN MASSE AND CAST GUESS WHAT THEY DON'T HAVE A PRAYER THEY DON'T HAVE A CHANCE. SO NASHUA'S STREET DESEXUALIZED WORRIED ABOUT THAT. MR PRESIDENT. EXCUSE EXCUSE ME COUNCILOR BAKER PLEASE CONTINUE. I'M JUST I'M JUST ASKING THE GALILEE'S DON'T INTERRUPT MY COLLEAGUES THE CHAIR THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR. I'M SAYING IF ALL OPTIONS ARE ON THE TABLE ALL OPTIONS NEED TO BE ON THE TABLE. INTERVENTION, TREATMENT, DIVERSION THE ONLY PEOPLE IN MY LIFE AND I'VE HAD HEROIN IN MY LIFE FOR YEARS I BURIED MY BROTHER THIRTY YEARS AGO THIRTY YEARS AGO MY SISTER AND MY BROTHER RIKKI DIED A HEROIN OVERDOSE. IT'S BEEN IN MY FAMILY. I KNOW WHAT THE ADDICT DOES AND IF WE DON'T START DOING THINGS DIFFERENT ALL OF OUR PARKS ARE GOING TO BE TAKEN OVER. ALL OF OUR STREETS ARE GOING TO BE TAKEN OVER AND WE'RE GOING TO MEET THEM UP WITH IRAQ. THEY ARE IN THE PARKS. THEY'RE THE PLAYGROUNDS. THEY'RE USING OUR PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS FOR THEIR TOILET. SO UNTIL SOMETHING CHANGES, NOTHING'S GOING TO CHANGE AARON. THANK YOU FOR YOUR BRAVERY ON THIS ONE. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BAKER. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL OF OUR COUNCIL ARE YOU HAVE THE FULL I WOULD LIKE TO SIGN MY NAME. I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS. I JUST WANT THE MAKERS TO CLARIFY FOR THE RECORD WHAT SECTION THIRTY FIVE IS IT? THANK YOU COUNCILOR . THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY, THERE'S A QUESTION ON THE FLOOR. CAN YOU EXPLAIN SECTION THIRTY FIVE US PLEASE AND WHY COULD I ASK COUNCILOR LARA WHY SHE'S ASKING FOR THAT CLARIFICATION WILL BE SPOKEN AT WAS MY EXCUSE ME ONLY ONE PERSON CAN SPEAK AT A TIME COUNCILOR MURPHY CAN YOU CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE SURE. THIS SECTION THIRTY FIVE PROCESS IT'S WHEN YOU CAN BRING A LOVED ONE OR THOSE STRUGGLING TO COURT AND THEY INTERVENE AND THERE'S A TIME THAT THEY CAN SPEND IN DETOX MANY TIMES IN THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON THEY DO NOT SPEND THE FULL AMOUNT OF TIME EXCUSE THE PEOPLE IN THE GALLEY. PLEASE DON'T INTERRUPT US. PLEASE. WE'RE HOPING THEY INTO ONE SECTION THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY, COUNCILOR MURPHY I THINK I'VE FINISHED IT'S WHEN YOU GO TO THE AIRPORT AND I'M DOING THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR UNCONSOLABLE REGION. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. SECTION THIRTY FIVE AND I ACKNOWLEDGE THE EXPERIENCE OF MY COLLEAGUES AT SECTION FIVE IS AN EXTREME AS AN EXTREME REACTION THAT IS A TALL ORDER THAT IS ALLOWED UNDER MASSACHUSETTS LAW TO INVOLUNTARILY COMMIT SOMEONE WHO HASN'T BEEN CONVICTED OF A CRIME. RIGHT. SO IT'S TAKING AWAY THEIR CIVIL LIBERTIES AND PUTTING THEM UNDER STATE CONFINEMENT WHEN THEY HAVE NOT BEEN CONVICTED OF A CRIME AND AS A RESULT WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IS DEMONSTRATED BY BY FACTS AND BY EXTREME SUPPORT IN ORDER FOR US TO SAY THAT THIS WAS EVEN AN OPTION ON THE TABLE NOT EVEN TALKING ABOUT EXPANDING SECTION THIRTY FIVE, WHICH IS THE UNDERTONE THAT I HEARD. AND SO I'M DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT ANY EXPANSION OF THE USE OF SECTION THIRTY FIVE. YES, IT'S PERMISSIBLE UNDER THE LAW BUT JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING IS LEGAL DOES NOT MAKE IT JUST WE HAVE A SYSTEM THAT IS COMPLETELY UNFAIR. EXCUSE ME PLEASE DON'T INTERRUPT MY COLLEAGUES. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES LOUISE. I'M FINE. I'M FINE MR PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT EXPANSION AND THAT WE ARE RECOGNIZING THE HARM THAT INVOLUNTARY THAT INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT DOES TO OUR RESIDENTS THINGS THAT COULD CONCEIVABLY THE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR, ROYAL COUNCILOR, THE ROYAL YOU THE I JUST WANT TO KNOW MY OPPOSITION TO SECTION THIRTY FIVE IS IN ANY FORM SECTION THIRTY FIVE WHEN I WAS A PUBLIC DEFENDER LED TO SEVERAL OVERDOSES OF PEOPLE WHO I REPRESENTED. THERE'S DATA ON THIS THAT SECTION THIRTY FIVES INCREASE THE RISK OF OVERDOSE BY ALMOST TWO TO THREE TIMES IN MANY CASES SECTION THIRTY FIVES CAN OPERATE AS DEATH SENTENCES OR A DEATH ROW SENTENCE AND SO WHAT WE ARE REALLY TALKING ABOUT IS FORCED INVOLUNTARY DETOX. IT'S A SOMETIMES WHEN I WAS REPRESENTING FOLKS WHAT WOULD END UP HAPPENING IS THEY WERE PROMISED SORT OF A HEALTH FACILITY BUT THEY WERE ACTUALLY SENT TO A CARCERAL FACILITY AND THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT HELPS PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THIS KIND OF TRAUMA IN THIS KIND OF ADDICTION STRUGGLING WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER. AND SO I WOULD HOPE THAT WE CAN INSTEAD REDIRECT OUR FOCUS TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ACTUALLY COUNCILOR BAKER BROUGHT UP WHICH IS INCREASING THE SUPPLY OF BEDS FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED REHABILITATION TREATMENT, INCREASING THE SUPPLY OF MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY SPACE WHICH PEOPLE NEED. BUT I WOULD ACTUALLY STATE THAT I BELIEVE WE SHOULD NOT BE USING SECTION THIRTY PERIOD IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM ON INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE LIVING IN THE CITY OF BOSTON MOVING FORWARD. THANK THANK YOU, COUNCILOR OVER THE LAST SPEAKER ON THIS MATTER WILL BE COUNCILOR MAGUIRE COUNCILOR ME HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR TODAY AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO STATE TWO THINGS ALSO HAD A LOVED ONE WHO OVERDOSED AND I ALSO HAVE A NIECE RIGHT NOW WHO'S OUT IN THE STREETS DEALING WITH HER OWN ISSUES AND WHO AM I RIGHT TO SAY THAT I HAVE ANY RIGHT TO FORCE HER INTO ANY TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT THAT SHE'S NOT READY TO GO INTO? WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. WELL, THERE IS NO JUSTICE IN THE WAY WE'RE MOVING IN THIS SPACE IF WE ARE IMPOSING OUR OWN BELIEFS ON OTHERS. RIGHT. SO WHILE I APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES BRINGING THIS HEARING ORDER INTO A SPACE, I DO NOT THINK THAT IT IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT I WILL BE SUPPORTING. SO I JUST GO ON THE RECORD ON THAT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN . HERE. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME AS A AS A SPONSOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND MR. KIRKLEES AD COUNCIL OF FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCIL OF FLORIDA GO NO PLEASE DON'T INTERRUPT MY COLLEAGUES PLEASE. THE AD COUNCIL FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCIL FOR CHARITY AND PLEASE HAVE THE CHAIR DOCKET ONE ZERO THREE THREE WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH, HOMELESSNESS AND RECOVERY . LET ME LET ME JUST STOP FOR A SECOND BEFORE WE CONTINUE I'M GOING TO ASK THE PUBLIC NOT TO SPEAK DURING THIS CITY COUNCIL HEARING. I'M NOT GOING TO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU NOT TO DISRUPT THIS BLOODY I WAS SPEAKING ON THEM ALSO GOING TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES PLEASE DON'T INTERRUPT EACH OTHER WHEN SOMEONE ELSE IS SPEAKING DO I GET ONE ZERO THREE THREE WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH, HOMELESSNESS AND RECOVERY . WE'RE ON TO DOCKET ONE ZERO THREE FOUR DOCKET NUMBER ONE ZERO THREE FOUR COUNCILORS MEET HERE IN CARLETTO FOR THE FOLLOWING QUARTER FOR A HEARING ON GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY AROUND THE CLOCK ALREADY POOL CLOSURE IN CHARLESTOWN. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR HERE, COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. AND I JUST WANT TO ADD COUNCILOR ILLUSIONAL AS OUR THIRD CO-SPONSOR HEARING NO OBJECTION, COUNCILOR LOUISIANA IS ADDED AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR WHO IS UNABLE TO BE HERE WITH US TODAY FOR COSPONSORING THIS DOCKET ALONGSIDE OUR OFFICE. WE KNOW THAT HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS THINGS ARE ALWAYS DONE TO US WITHOUT RIGHT. AND OFTEN TIMES WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO SEEK INFORMATION IT'S LIKE PLAYING THE DA VINCI CODE , TRYING TO CRACK IT AND FIGURE OUT WHERE THINGS WENT WRONG. AND SO THAT IS WHY I CREATED A NEW COMMITTEE HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IN THIS COMMITTEE CALLED IS CALLED GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES TO INFORMATION IS WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR IT LIKE MOLASSES WHEN IT COMES TO TRANSPARENCY YOU HAVE TO CLEAN THE MIRROR FIVE TIMES WE WINDEX JUST SEE CLEARLY AND WHEN IT COMES TO ACCESSIBILITY YOU HAVE TO WAIT IN LINE FOR YEARS BEFORE YOU CAN GET YOURS. SO WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY WITH THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN TO DO JUST THAT. EARLIER THIS YEAR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE MADE AWARE THAT THE POOL IN CHARLESTOWN WOULD NOT BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC JUST FOR A FEW DAYS BEFORE IT WAS SET TO OPEN AND ALTHOUGH NEED FOR REPAIRS WAS NO REPAIRS WERE NOT MADE DURING THE OFF SEASON AND NOW IT IS CLOSED DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS. AND AS YOU ALL KNOW THIS YEAR WE EXPERIENCED RECORD BREAKING HEAT IN BOSTON WITH LIMITED RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR FAMILIES IN CHARLESTOWN. THE CLOSURE OF THIS WHO WAS AND STILL IS UNACCEPTABLE THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY NEEDS TO STOP AND IF THIS CONTINUES TO THE WAY THAT I SEE THIS AND THIS IS WHAT I HEARD WHEN I WENT TO ONE OF THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS IS THAT THIS IS IMPACTING PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT RIGHT NOW WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT ACCESS TO THOSE WHO HAVE AND THOSE WHO HAVE NOT AND THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT OFTEN GET DONE TO US AND SO I CAN UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THAT AND I MADE A COMMITMENT IN THAT MEETING THAT WE WERE GOING TO LEAN INTO THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT ALL MEANS ALL AND YES ALL THOSE MEAN ALL IN ALL SPACES AND PLACES EVEN WHEN IT IS UNCOMFORTABLE. SO WITH THAT SAID, WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS HEARING IS GOING TO CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PEOPLE AND CREATE SPACE FOR FOLKS TO UPLIFT THEIR OWN VOICES. AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THE CHARLESTOWN COMMUNITY FOR THEIR UNRELENTING US ADVOCACY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT HAS BEEN AND THANK YOU FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP IN AND WORKING ALONGSIDE US TO GET US TO WHERE TO THIS POINT I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING ALONGSIDE MY COLLEAGUE COUNCIL LOUISIANA AND COLLETTA TO HOST THIS HEARING AND MORE IMPORTANTLY FOR THE PEOPLE TO FINALLY HAVE THE ANSWERS THAT THEY'VE BEEN DYING FOR LITERALLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN . HERE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR THE REGION COUNCIL REGION YOU HAVE THE FLOOR MR PRESIDENT I THINK SAW ME HERE FOR ADDING ME TO THIS. I ALSO THINK COUNCILOR COLLETTA FOR HER LEADERSHIP HERE BEEN DOING THE HEARINGS. COUNCILOR COLLETTA WAS TRYING TO FIGHT FOR RBA MONEY FOR THE CHARLESTOWN COMMUNITY TO HELP SUPPORT AND PREVENT THE CLOSURE OF THIS POOL. WE WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL AT THAT ATTEMPT BECAUSE WE WERE TOLD THAT IT NEEDED TO BE THROUGH THE CAPITAL BUDGET. BUT THE RESIDENTS OF CHARLESTOWN HAVE BEEN FOR YEARS ASKING FOR UPDATES TO THIS POOL AND SO YOU KNOW, IT'S TIME FOR ALL OF THE TALKING TO STOP. THEY DESERVE ANSWERS TO THEIR QUESTIONS AND WE ALL KNOW THAT A POOL IS MORE THAN JUST A POOL. IT'S A GATHERING SPACE FOR COMMUNITIES WHERE FOLKS CAN COME TOGETHER TO LEARN HOW TO SWIM. I'VE I'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE MY I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SWIM BECAUSE GROWING UP WE HAD A TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE. I HAD A TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE AT A POOL BUT KNOWING HOW TO SWIM IS AN IMPORTANT LIFE SKILL AND IT'S A GATHERING SPOT FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE CAN STAY ACTIVE AND BE HEALTHY AND SO WE ARE ALL BETTER OFF WHEN OUR REQUIRE POOLS ARE OPEN AND INCLUSIVE IN ALL NEIGHBORHOODS SO THAT NO NEIGHBORHOOD FEELS LEFT OUT WHETHER MATTAPAN OR CHARLESTOWN EVERYONE SHOULD FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG. SO I ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO THIS HEARING BECAUSE IT WILL SHOWCASE THE VITAL IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL SPACES SPACES AND WE'LL ALSO HIGHLIGHT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR US TO INVEST IN OUR PUBLIC GOODS. A PUBLIC POOL IS A PUBLIC GOOD. WE NEED TO SUPPORT OUR PUBLIC GOOD WITH PUBLIC DOLLARS THAT WE DECIDE COLLECTIVELY ARE THE THINGS THAT MATTER AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS HEARING ON THIS POOL. I MEAN IT'S SO UNFORTUNATE THAT IS TAKEN INCREDIBLE ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF THIS COMMUNITY FOR US TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION. BUT I'M GLAD THAT IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING HAPPENING AND I'M GLAD THAT I'M WORKING WITH MY FELLOW AT LARGE CITY COUNCILOR AND THE DISTRICT COUNCILOR TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES AGAIN WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR JOHN. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON COUNCIL FERNANDES ANDERSON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I THANK YOU, PRESIDENT FLYNN. AND I'D LIKE TO ADD MY NAME AND THANK THE MAKERS OF THIS HEARING ORDER. I THERE'S SO MANY SO MANY THINGS THAT I CAN SAY ABOUT THIS ACROSS THE BOARD ACROSS THE CITY ESPECIALLY IN BLACK BROWN COMMUNITIES. I'VE GOTTEN SO MANY CALLS FROM POOLS OUTSIDE OF MY DISTRICT AS WELL AS INSIDE MY DISTRICT THAT IT CLOSED. I THINK OVERALL THE SYSTEM IS COMPLETELY BROKEN. THE WEBSITE WILL SAY ONE THING I WILL SEND THAT OFF TO CONSTITUENTS AND THEN THEY'RE LITERALLY OUTSIDE OF FACILITIES TO LEARN THAT PLACES ARE CLOSED, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE ARE HEAT EMERGENCIES. FAMILIES WILL TRAVEL ON A BUS OR WALK TO THE FACILITIES TO FIND IT CLOSED. SO OVERALL I THINK OF COURSE I SUPPORT THE REOPENING THIS POOL AND ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING ABOUT HOW TO MAKE IT ALL FEASIBLE BUT MAKING THIS RACIALLY EQUITABLE AS WELL. WE KNOW THAT ESPECIALLY BLACK AND BROWN CHILDREN DIED MOST OF NOT LEARNING HOW TO SWIM OR LACK OF THESE RESOURCES. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION AND I THANK YOU FOR FILING IT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL FERNANDES ANDERSON, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ALARA COUNCILOR ARE YOU OF THE FLOOR? THANK YOU. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD MY NAME AND I WANT TO THANK THE MAKERS FOR PUTTING THIS FORTH. A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO COUNCILOR FLYNN AND I PUT TOGETHER A HEARING ORDER TO TALK ABOUT INCREASING ACCESS NOT ONLY TO POOLS BUT INCREASING ACCESS TO WATER, SWIMMING AND SAFETY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND SPECIFICALLY YOUNG PEOPLE OF COLOR AND CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE I'M A PARENT OF ONE OF A DISABLED CHILD, A PARENT WITH A WAS AUTISTIC AND NOT ONLY ARE BLACK AND BROWN CHILDREN MORE PRONE TO DROWN IN BLACK AND BROWN CHILDREN WHO HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS ARE ALSO AT MUCH, MUCH HIGHER RISK AND WE CANNOT MAKE SAFETY SWIMMING LESSONS AVAILABLE IF WE DON'T HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO MAKE THOSE PLACES AVAILABLE. THERE ARE SO MANY POOLS ACROSS THE CITY THAT ARE CLOSED, SO MANY THAT ARE IN NEED OF REPAIR AND IN DISARRAY AND I THINK THAT THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF BOSTON DESERVE THE BEST POSSIBLE INFRASTRUCTURE SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THE BEST POSSIBLE PROGRAMING FOR THEM. AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SIGN MY NAME TO THIS. I'M EXCITED TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION AND I LOOK FORWARD TO PRESIDENT RENE HOSTING OUR HEARING ON INCREASING ACCESS TO SAFETY. THANK COUNCILOR LAURA AND I JUST WANTED TO ECHO WHAT ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES STATED ABOUT SWIMMING WATER SAFETY, THE CRITICAL ROLE SWIMMING LESSONS PLAY IN OUR SOCIETY WAS SURROUNDED BY THE OCEAN IN THE HIGH POPULATION, THE HIGH PERCENTAGE OF DROWNINGS IN THE CITY ARE CHILDREN OF COLOR AND STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AS WELL. SO WE NEED TO DO MORE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FIX EVERY SINGLE POOL IN THE CITY. BUT AS IMPORTANTLY WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE PROVIDE EVERY KID IN BOSTON ACCESS TO SWIMMING LESSONS. THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IS WORKING WITH THE YMCA ON A PROGRAM BUT WE NEED TO EXPAND IT AND IN MY OPINION EVERY KID IN THE CITY OF BOSTON SHOULD BE GUARANTEED SWIMMING LESSONS BECAUSE IT'S A CRITICAL ISSUE. IT'S A LIFE AND DEATH ISSUE. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR IMPORTANT WORK ON THIS ISSUE. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK WITH ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND MR. CLARKE PLEASE AT COUNCIL AT BAUK COUNCIL OF ARROYO COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANACIN COUNCIL FLAHERTY COUNCIL OF OUR COUNCIL LOUISIANA COUNCIL MURPHY COUNCIL . WE'RE ALL PLEASED THAT THE CHAIR I'M SORRY PLEASE AT COUNCIL ABRADED ORIGINALLY I WAS GOING TO REFER THIS TO THE STRONG WOMEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES BUT AFTER LISTENING TO MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILMAN I'M GOING TO ASSIGN IT TO GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY . MR. CLARK, PLEASE READ DOCKET ONE ZERO THREE FIVE PLEASE. DOCKET NUMBER ONE ZERO THREE COUNCILOR BAKER OFFERED THE FOLLOWING ORDER REQUESTING CERTAIN INFORMATION ON THIS SECTION SEVENTEEN OF RELATIVE TO DOCUMENTS RELATED TO ANY INVESTIGATION OF RECORD OR ROYAL WHILE PRESERVING THE VICTIM'S PRIVACY. THANK YOU, MR. CLARK. AND BEFORE I CALL ON COUNCILOR BAKER, THIS WILL BE MY FOURTH TIME THAT I'LL BE REPEATING ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO TREAT EACH OTHER WITH RESPECT AND ASKING PEOPLE IN THE GALLERY TO BE RESPECTFUL AND NOT TO INTERRUPT ANYBODY. I'M GOING TO ASK IT FOR A FIFTH TIME. PLEASE DON'T DO THAT. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BAKER, COUNCILOR BAKER, YOU OF THE FOUR MR CHECK QUICK POINT OF INTEREST. I BELIEVE THAT ONLY THE MAKER WAS ALLOWED TO SPEAK ON A SEVENTEEN F I'M NOT SURE IF YOU HAVE THAT RULE THERE AND I BELIEVE IT'S YOU OR YOUR DISCRETION BUT LET ME LET ME TAKE A QUICK QUICK RECESS . WE'RE BACK IN SESSION. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BAKER ONLY COUNCILOR BAKER WILL SPEAK ON THIS COUNCIL . BAKER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. AS ELECTED OFFICIALS THE PUBLIC HAS PUT THEIR TRUST IN OUR WORDS AND OUR ACTIONS ANY VIOLATION OF THAT TRUST TRUST. CERTAINLY THE ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT MUST BE INVESTIGATED. WE OWE THAT TO THE SURVIVORS AT THE VERY LEAST AS THE DEAN OF THIS DELEGATION I TAKE OUR COMMITMENT AND MY COMMITMENT AS A CITY COUNCILOR VERY SERIOUSLY THE ALLEGATIONS BEFORE US, THE PERSON THAT IS SITTING ON THIS COUNCIL RIGHT NOW ARE SERIOUS AT THE LEAST VERY SERIOUS POLICE. WE MUST TAKE ACTION TO REVIEW AND ADDRESS THESE GRAVE ALLEGATIONS ALLEGATIONS AGAINST A SITTING BOSTON CITY COUNCILOR . THE POINT OF A SEVENTEEN IS NOT MEANT TO PENALIZE OR DEMEAN ANYONE. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL TOOLS THE COUNCIL HAS IN ITS PURVIEW. NO OTHER LEGISLATIVE BODY HAS THIS OPTION. THE TRUTH IN THE DETAILS THIS FILING ALLOW US TO ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN THE NECESSARY INFORMATION REQUIRED IN ORDER FOR US THIS BODY TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION. THE DECISION TO FILE A SEVENTEEN F TO RELEASE THE RECORDS DID NOT COME LIGHTLY OR WITHOUT REPERCUSSIONS FOR MY FAMILY AND ME. I WAS NOT CONFIDENT THAT THERE WOULD BE A SWIFT ACTION PLAN. THE GRAVITY OF THESE ELECTIONS CALLS FOR A SWIFT SWIFT AND DELIBERATE ACTION SO WELL KNOWING THIS WOULD BRING HARASSMENT AND SCRUTINY INTO OUR LIVES THE LIVES OF MY FAMILY I STAND BEFORE YOU ASSURED IN MY DECISION TO PLACE THE SURVIVORS FIRST PRIORITY IS THE INTEGRITY OF THIS BODY AND QUITE HONESTLY FOLLOW MY MORAL COMPASS NO MATTER THE OUTCOME MY CONSCIOUS IS GOOD WITH THIS DECISION. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THOUGH THERE WAS NEVER A NEED FOR THE DISTRICT SIX COUNCIL TO FILE A SEVENTEEN F FOR ME THAT WAS DONE PURELY AS AN ACT OF RETALIATION AND IN AN EFFORT TO DEFLECT AND DIVERT ATTENTION FROM THE SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS MADE AGAINST A CITY COUNCIL . LOOK ON THIS BODY I'VE BEEN TRUTHFUL AND TRANSPARENT FROM THE BEGINNING PRIOR TO MY BEING ELECTED TO MY FIRST TERM TWELVE YEARS AGO THE PUBLIC KNEW OF MY PAST EXPERIENCES. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN UP FRONT ABOUT THE PATH I TOOK, THE LESSONS I'VE LEARNED AND THE CHANGES I'VE MADE ENSURE THERE'S NOTHING NEW TO BE LEARNED HERE AND THIS IS ON THE 17TH THAT'S FILED AFTER ME ALMOST THIRTY YEARS LATER AND IN FACT THE FILING ONLY DEMONSTRATES THE LENGTHS OF DESPERATE GROUPS WILL GO TO SEEK REVENGE BY ASKING FOR DOCUMENTS. OH TRUE BUT MAKE NO NO CAN MY COLLEAGUES PLEASE NOT INTERRUPT EACH OTHER? THE COUNCIL BACK UP PLEASE CONTINUE. LET ME BE CLEAR I HAVE MADE AMENDS ALONG BEFORE THIS DAY AND IT'LL TAKE A WE'LL TAKE A QUICK RECESS. WE'LL TAKE A QUICK BREAK FOR AND IF THAT IS TRUE, COUNCILOR BAKER IS USING HIS TIME TO COMMENT ON MY SEVENTEEN EP WHICH IS NOT ALLOWED COUNCILOR COUNCILOR, CAN YOU PLEASE TALK ABOUT YOURS AND PLEASE DON'T TALK ABOUT COUNCILOR THE FIELD OF HAS BECOME A DISTRACTION FROM THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT OUR ACTUAL COUNCIL OF OUR ACTUAL COUNTY DAWDLES DUTIES. THIS PARTY WHO PREACHES ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY HAS A DARK SHADOW CAST OVER IT. I EMPLOY MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WHO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR MORAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SAKE OF THE SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVOR AND THE TRUTH TO TAKE ACTION AS A RESULT OF A BRAVE SURVIVOR COMING FORWARD. I WILL WITHDRAW THIS SEVENTEEN F MR PRESIDENT. HOWEVER, AS THINGS CONTINUE TO UNFOLD I'M PREPARED TO FILE THIS REQUEST AGAIN. THANK YOU COUNCILOR . I WANT TO JUST END WITH THIS IF A PREDATOR CONTINUES TO ROAM THE KILLING FIELD ONLY BECOMES LARGER. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. EXCUSE ME. EXCUSE ME EXCUSE ME. I ASK YES I ASK FOR NO INTERRUPTIONS FROM PEOPLE IN THE GALLEY I'D LIKE TO ASK AGAIN PLEASE DON'T DISRUPTIONS FROM THE GALLEY AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK NO COMMENTS AT ALL FROM MY COUNCILOR COLLEAGUES WHEN ANOTHER COUNCIL COLLEAGUE IS SPEAKING IT'S RUDE DOCKET EXCUSE ME DOCKET ONE ZERO THREE FIVE IS WITHDRAWN DOCKET ZERO ON THREE SIX PLEASE OR WE CAN SEVENTEEN F RELATIVE TO NINETEEN OR FIVE CENTER STREET 1911 CENTER STREET. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES HIS COUNCIL ALARA COUNCIL ARE YOU OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU PRESIDENT FLIN THE KEITH HOUSE IN WEST ROXBURY THAT IS FORMERLY LOCATED IN 1911. CENTER STREET IS THE FORMER HOME OF WILLIAM S. KEITH WILLIAM KEITH WAS BORN IN 1812 AND WAS APPOINTED THE POSTMASTER EIGHTEEN THIRTY SIX. THE HOUSE WAS BUILT AROUND THE TIME OF HIS APPOINTMENT. WILLIAM KEEPS TENURE AS POSTMASTER INCLUDED THE CIVIL WAR YEARS DURING WHICH THE LOCAL POST OFFICE WOULD HAVE PROCESSED MAIL FROM UNION SOLDIERS STATIONED AT NEARBY CAMP ANDREWS. HIS TENURE AT POSTMASTER AND HIS TIME IN THIS HOUSE ALSO INCLUDED THE SECOND HALF OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY WHICH SAW BOSTON CHANGING FROM A MERCHANT CITY OF TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND INHABITANTS TO AN INDUSTRIAL METROPOLIS OF OVER A MILLION. THE HOUSE STOOD ON CENTER STREET DURING BOSTON'S HORSE-DRAWN STREETCAR TIME AND STAYED ON CENTER STREET AND AS AN ENDURING PEACE OF THE ERA OF BOSTON'S STREETCAR SUBURBS WHEN WHAT WERE ONCE THREE TOWNS OF ROXBURY, DORCHESTER AND WEST ROXBURY BEGAN TO GROW INTO THE VIBRANT NEIGHBORHOODS OF BOSTON THAT THEY ARE TODAY. ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 11TH IN TWENTY TWENTY TWO DEVELOPERS DEMOLISHED THE HISTORIC KEITH HOUSE AT 1911 CENTER STREET DESPITE ASSURANCES IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR FROM ESD TOWARDS OUR OFFICE, ESD INFORMED US THAT NO DEMOLITION PERMIT WOULD BE ISSUED UNTIL THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION PROCESS WHICH WAS IN WHICH WAS GOING TO DETERMINE IF THE BUILDING WOULD BE DENOTED AS A LANDMARK WAS FINISHED AT THE BIELSKI MEETING TWO DAYS PRIOR ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 9TH, THE DEVELOPER'S ATTORNEY REQUESTED AN EXTENSION OF THE BLT BOX PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD UNTIL AUGUST TWENTY SIX OF TWENTY TWENTY TWO DESPITE THE COMMUNITY'S RAPID RESPONSE TO THE CITY BEFORE EIGHT A.M. ON EIGHT ELEVEN TWENTY TWO CALLS TO THREE ONE ONE NINE ONE ONE AND USED THE DEMOLITION OCCURRED. HOWEVER A STOP WORK ORDER WAS ISSUED THE NEXT DAY FOR NINETEEN OR FIVE CENTER STREET BUT WE HAVE RECEIVED NO RESPONSE FROM THE NUMEROUS CITY AGENCIES WE HAVE CONTACTED TO LEARN WHY. THEREFORE WE REQUEST INFORMATION FROM THE DEVELOPER AND THE CITY ON WHETHER A DEMOLITION PERMIT WAS GIVEN, WHAT DATE AND WHY THE BOSTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION WAS NOT ALLOWED TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS ON DETERMINING IF THE SITE AT 1911 STREET QUALIFIED. WE'D ALSO LIKE TO KNOW IF NINETEEN OR FIVE CENTER STREET IS GOING THROUGH THE LANDMARK PROCESS AS IT STILL STANDS. MY OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS ISSUE WITH THE RESIDENTS OF WEST ROXBURY SINCE BEFORE I CAME INTO OFFICE. WE HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF WORK FOR THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS AND SO HAVE THE PEOPLE OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD TO SAVE KEITH HOUSE WE HAVE GREASED EVERY WHEEL WE HAVE GONE THROUGH EVERY SINGLE PROCESS AND WE WERE JUST AT THE END OF THE FINISH LINE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE KEY HOUSE WAS GOING TO BE CONSIDERED A LANDMARK AND WE WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SAVE IT. THIS DEVELOPER AT EVERY TURN HAS UNDERMINED THE PROCESS, HAS DISRESPECTED THE PEOPLE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND MY OFFICE AND NOW I D IS BEING COMPLETELY UNRESPONSIVE ABOUT HOW AND WHY THEY WERE GIVING A PERMIT TO DEMOLISH THAT LANDMARK IN WEST ROXBURY. I CANNOT STATE IN ANY CLEARER FORM HOW INCREDIBLY FURIOUS I AM THE PEOPLE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR YEARS AND WE NEED ANSWERS ABOUT WHY SD GAVE THIS DEMOLITION PERMIT TO THIS DEVELOPER. SO WE'RE FILING A SEVENTY SEVENTEEN WE WANT EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A DEVELOPER AND SD BECAUSE WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED NOW WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES WITH COMMUNICATIONS INSIDE OF SD. WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE MAKING DECISIONS THAT ARE NOT CHECKING WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND IF IT'S A SYSTEMIC ISSUE THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THEN I WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND OUR OFFICE WANTS THE ANSWERS IN A TIMELY FASHION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR COUNCILOR SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET ONE ZERO THREE SIX ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. I ALSO SAY NAVIES HAVEN'T DOCKET ONE ZERO THREE SIX HAS PASSED. WE'RE ON TO DOCK AT ONE ZERO THREE SEVEN DOCK NO. ONE ZERO THREE SEVEN CANCELLARA FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER REQUESTING CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER SECTION SEVENTEEN OF GROWTH TO COUNCILOR FRANK BAKER THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR LAURA COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FALL. THANK YOU PRESIDENT FLYNN AS AN ABOLITIONIST IT IS REALLY HARD FOR ME TO FATHOM THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT SOMEONE'S CRIMINAL RECORD OR LACK OF CRIMINAL RECORD FROM MANY YEARS AGO TO ASSESS WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE FIT TO SERVE IN PUBLIC OFFICE OR IF THEY'RE FIT TO CHAIR COMMITTEES IN ALL AREAS OF SOCIETY WE OFTEN USE RECORDS AGAINST PEOPLE TO STIGMATIZE THEM DECADES LATER EVEN WHEN THEY'RE FOUND OF NO FAULT WHEN THEY LIE. EXCUSE ME WHOEVER HAS DONE THAT COULD I WE'RE IN A BRIEF RECESS . IT'S DISRESPECTFUL TO INTERRUPT A COLLEAGUE. CAN WE CAN WE PLEASE ALLOW COUNCILOR LAURA TO SPEAK PLEASE? WE'RE BACK IN SESSION COUNCILOR. ARE YOU OF THE FOUR EXCUSE ME. EXCUSE ME. CAN COUNCILOR LAURA PLEASE CONTINUE THE RECESS PLEASE EXCUSE AFTER THE NEXT OUTBURST FROM ANYONE ELSE. I'M GOING TO ASK THIS WHOLE BODY TO BE CLEARED FROM FROM ALL SPECTATORS IF I HEAR ONE MORE INTERRUPTION FROM EITHER SIDE EVERYONE'S GOING TO LEAVE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR OUR COUNCILOR ARE YOU OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU PRESIDENT AS AN ABOLITIONIST IT'S REALLY HARD FOR ME TO FATHOM THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT SOMEONE'S CRIMINAL RECORD FOR MANY YEARS AGO OR LACK OF CRIMINAL RECORD TO MAKE DECISIONS ON WHETHER OR NOT ARE FIT TO SERVE IN PUBLIC OFFICE OR CHAIR THEIR COMMITTEES IN ALL AREAS OF SOCIETY WE OFTEN USE RECORDS AGAINST PEOPLE TO STIGMATIZE THEM DECADES LATER OR THEIR LACK OF RECORDS TO STIGMATIZE THEM DECADES LATER HERE ON THIS VERY BODY WE HAVE COUNSELORS WHO WERE AT SOME POINT UNDOCUMENTED WHOSE MERE PRESENCE IN THE UNITED STATES IS DEEMED AN ILLEGAL ACT PUNISHABLE WITH ARREST IN HIS OWN WORDS, COUNCILOR BAKER SHARED THAT HE WAS A TWENTY FIVE YEAR OLD MUCH DIFFERENT THAN WHO HE WAS WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED AND THE PUBLIC SHOULD LOOK AT WHO HE IS NOW AND NOT WHO HE WAS THEN. I DON'T DISAGREE. I DIDN'T FILE THE SEVENTEENTH TO RETALIATE OR BECAUSE I BELIEVE COUNCILOR BAKER IS SOMEHOW UNFIT TO SERVE. THAT IS A DECISION THAT SHOULD BE MADE BY THE VOTERS AND THE CITY COUNCIL IN A DEMOCRATIC WAY. I FILED IT TO ILLUSTRATE SOMETHING THAT HAS BECOME VERY OBVIOUS TO ME IN THE LAST FEW DAYS THAT PEOPLE OF COLOR IN THE CITY AND ON THIS COUNCIL ARE NOT ONLY HELD TO HIGHER STANDARDS, THEY ARE ALSO DISCIPLINED IN HARSHER WAYS BY LEADERSHIP. WHAT WE KNOW FOR SURE IS THAT NONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES HAS BROKEN ANY LAWS OR ANY COUNCIL RULES DURING THEIR TENURE ON THE CITY COUNCIL . I THINK THAT MY POINT HAS BECOME SALIENT TO EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE CITY WHICH IS WHY MR. CLARK, I WOULD LIKE TO WITHDRAW MY 17 F FROM THE RECORD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR DOCKET DWARKA ONE ZERO THREE SEVEN HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. MR. CLARK, PLEASE READ DOCKET ONE ZERO THREE EIGHT ONE ZERO AS ITALIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE DAY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU MR. CLARK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR OF YOU OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU PRESIDENT FLYNN. I WAS GOING TO WORK ON THIS WITH COUNCILOR COLLETTA BUT WHEN SHE'S NOT HERE WHEN WE'VE HAD MORE CONVERSATION SO I WOULD LIKE TO WITHDRAW IT FOR THIS MEETING AND WE'LL BRING IT UP AT A LATER MEETING. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MURPHY DOCKET ONE ZERO THREE AID HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. WE'RE ONTO PERSONNEL ORDERS. MR CLARK PLEASE READ AT ONE ZERO THREE NINE DORKING NUMBER ONE ZERO THREE NINE COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR COUNCIL OF THE SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE ROLES OF PASSAGE OF DOCKET ONE ZERO THREE NINE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY THE AYES HAVE IT. THE DOCKET IS PASSED. MR KIRKLEES DOCKET ONE ZERO FOUR ZERO DARK NUMBER ONE ZERO ZERO COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR COUNCIL . THE SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET ONE ZERO FOUR ZERO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I'LL OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE IT THE DOCKET IS PASSED MR CLARK PLEASE READ DOCKET ONE ZERO FOUR ONE ONE ZERO FOUR ONE COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR COUNCILOR OVER THE SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF ONE ZERO FOUR ONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY OPPOSING THE AYES HAVE IT. THE DOCKET IS PASSED. MR CORRE PLEASE READ DOCKET ONE ZERO FOUR DUKAN NUMBERS ONE ZERO FOUR TWO COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR COUNCIL SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND POSITIVE DOCKET ONE ZERO FOUR TWO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE OPPOSED SAY THE AYES HAVE IT. THE DOCKET IS PASSED. MR CLARK PLEASE READ DOCKET ONE ZERO FOUR THREE DOCKET NUMBER ONE ZERO FOUR THREE COUNCILOR FINN OFFERED THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR APPOINTMENT A TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE ETHAN VAIRA IN CITY COUNCIL THE SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND POSITIVE DOCKET ONE ZERO THREE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE DOCKET IS PASSED. WE'RE MOVING ON TO FILES. I AM INFORMED BY THE CORRECT THAT THERE ARE TWO LARGE FILE MADDIS. ONE LATE FILE MATTER IS A LETTER OF ABSENCE FROM TODAY FOR FROM COUNCILOR COLLETTA. THE SECOND ONE IS IN ORDER FROM CITY COUNCIL BRADIN ON BRIGADED REDISTRICTING PROCESS PRINCIPLES DELAYED FILE SHOULD NOW BE ON EVERYONE'S DESK. WE WILL NOW TAKE A VOTE TO ADD THESE ITEMS INTO THE AGENDA ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADDING THE FILE THAT IS INTO THE AGENDA SAY I THANK YOU THE LATE FILE MADDE HAS BEEN ADDED INTO THE AGENDA. MR COLLIER CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE FIRST FILE MATYA INTO THE INTO THE AGENDA WHICH IS A LETTER FROM CITY COUNCIL CARLETTO LETTER FROM COUNCILOR DEAR COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN I REGRET TO INFORM YOU THAT WE ABSENT FROM OUR WEEKLY COUNCIL MEETING ON AUGUST THIRTY FOUR AS TWENTY TWENTY TWO DUE TO HEALTH RELATED REASONS. KINDLY READ THIS LETTER INTO THE RECORD SINCE EARLY COUNCILOR KHALIDA THANK YOU MR CLARK. THAT LETTER HAS BEEN ADDED MR CARR CAN YOU READ THE SECOND LATE FILE MATTER INTO THE AGENDA WHICH IS AN ORDER FROM COUNCILOR BREADON OR FROM COUNCILORS LIZ IN ORDER FOR ADOPTION OF CITY COUNCIL REDISTRICTING PRINCIPLES WHEREAS THE NINETEEN EIGHTY ONE MUNICIPAL ELECTION RESIDENCE OF THE CITY OF BOSTON VOTED FORTY ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED SEVENTY THREE TO THIRTY FOUR THOUSAND SIX TWENTY THREE IN FAVOR OF BINDING REFERENDUM CHANGING THE STRUCTURE OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL FROM BEING ELECTED ENTIRELY AT LARGE AND ADDING DISTRICT REPRESENTATION WHEREAS HISTORICAL CONTEXT LET THE MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE SPECIAL JOINT COMMITTEE ON REDISTRICTING IN THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL'S COMMITTEE ON CENSUS AND WE JUST WANT TO FACILITATE 2011 AND 2012 REDISTRICTING PROCESS PROCESSES BY INTENTIONALLY PRIORITIZING MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT OF RESIDENTS FROM MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS HISTORICALLY SPLIT ACROSS DISTRICT LINES WITH AMPLE TIME TO SCRUTINIZE PROPOSALS, DOZENS OF PUBLIC HEARINGS AND COMMITTEE COMMITTEE MEETINGS SPANNING MORE THAN A YEAR. AND DESPITE THESE EFFORTS, THE MAYOR TWICE DISAPPROVES THE COUNCIL MAPS TO THE OF INEQUITABLE RACIAL IMBALANCE. NOW THEREFORE BE IN ORDER THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THE FOLLOWING PRINCIPLES TO GUIDE THE INFORMED PROCEDURES LED BY THE COMMITTEE ON REDISTRICTING FOR CRAFTING LEGALLY DEFENSIBLE CITY COUNCIL ELECTORAL DISTRICTS FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON PURSUANT TO CHAPTER SIX OF THE ACTS OF NINETEEN EIGHTY TWO AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER THREE FORTY THREE OF THE ACTS OF NINETEEN EIGHTY SIX THANK MR CLARKE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BRIGHTON COUNCIL BRIGHTON YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR MR PRESIDENT AND MR WHEN COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS TO OUR BODY WERE ANNOUNCED ON JANUARY TWENTY TWO I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING TO WORK AS VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON REDISTRICTING. REDISTRICTING IS AN IMMENSELY IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITY AND A PROCESS THAT HAS AND HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENHANCE AND EXPAND CIVIL CIVIC PARTICIPATION WHILE STRENGTHENING PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN OUR ELECTIONS AND DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE. TRANSPARENCY IN REDISTRICTING IS ESSENTIAL ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS HISTORY OF LITIGATION BROUGHT BY BOSTON RESIDENTS OF COLOR AGAINST DISTRICT MAPS DRAWN BY FEDERAL, STATE AND MUNICIPAL ELECTED OFFICERS FROM THE VERY INCEPTION OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL SHIFT FROM BEING ELECTED ENTIRELY AT LARGE TO THE INAUGURAL COUNCIL DISTRICTS OF NINETEEN EIGHTY THREE, THE CITY'S FIRST VERY FIRST MAP WAS RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL IN THE CASE LATINO POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE VERSUS CITY OF BOSTON PROMPTING THE CITY AND THE STATE TO ADOPT EMERGENCY ELECTION PROCEDURES FOR BOSTON THE SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH ROUNDS OF CITY COUNCIL REDISTRICTING IN NINETEEN EIGHTY SEVEN 1993 AND 2002 WERE ALSO IMPACTED OR DELAYED AMID FURTHER LITIGATION BASED ON PROPOSED STATE OR CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS. COALITIONS OF COLOR LED BY BOSTON'S BLACK COMMUNITY MOBILIZED FOR EQUAL REPRESENTATION WITH MULTIPLE SUITS BROUGHT BY THE BLACK POLITICAL TASK FORCE. THIS HISTORIC CONTEXT LED BOTH STATE HOUSES SPECIAL JOINT COMMITTEE ON REDISTRICTING AND CITY OF BOSTON'S COMMITTEE ON CENSUS AND REDISTRICTING TO FILL FACILITY AT 2011 TO 2012 REDISTRICTING PROCESS THAT INTENTIONALLY PRIORITIZED MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO DIRECT OUTREACH AND WITH DIRECT OUTREACH TO COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. AND IN 2011 2010 2012 THE CITY COUNCIL REDISTRICTING PROCESS LASTED MORE THAN ONE YEAR WITH DOZENS OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS INCLUDING THOSE HELD IN NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY. DESPITE BEST INTENTIONS EVEN THIS THUKRAL PROCESS PRODUCED MAPS APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL THAT WERE TWICE DISAPPROVED BY THE MAYOR DURING DUE TO INEQUITABLE RACIAL IMBALANCES. THIS SHOWS JUST HOW MUCH IS AT STAKE AS VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, TO MY KNOWLEDGE THERE HAVE BEEN NO THERE HAVE NOT BEEN REDISTRICTING MAPS MAPS PROPOSED BEFORE THIS BODY OR TO THE PUBLIC TO THE STATE WHILE WE ARE WORKING UNDER A VERY TIGHT TIMELINE OF ROUGHLY 60 IS I COMMIT TO STEWARDING A REDISTRICTING PROCESS TO CRAFT A LEGALLY DEFENSIBLE REDISTRICTING REDISTRICTING PLAN THAT IS EQUITABLY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. I OFFER THIS DRAFT ORDER FOR THE COUNCIL TO ADOPT REDISTRICTING PRINCIPLES TO GUIDE OUR PROCESS THROUGH NOVEMBER 7TH. I AM NOT SEEKING SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE TODAY. THIS IS TO GET THE DRAFT ORDER ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE FOR MEMBERS TO DELIBERATE SO THAT WE MAY STEWARD AS THOROUGH AND TRANSFORM OF A PROCESS AS IS POSSIBLE AND URGENT URGENTLY NEEDED UNDER THE GIVE AND TIMELINE AND I AM REALLY WELCOME THE PARTICIPATION OF ALL MY COLLEAGUES AND ASSURING THAT WE HAVE AN EQUITABLE AND TRANSPARENT REDISTRICTING PROCESS FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL BREADON THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR LOUISIANA COUNCIL LOUISIANA. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR WITH YOU MR PRESIDENT. I JUST RISE TO REITERATE COMMENTS THAT I'VE MADE BEFORE ON THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS AS AN ATTORNEY WHO'S WORKED ON A NUMBER OF REDISTRICTING CASES THAT HAVE GONE BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT. THE MOST SALIENT THING IN REDISTRICTING IS THAT COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ARE ABLE TO ELECT THE CANDIDATES OF THEIR CHOICE AND TOO OFTEN POLITICAL POWER IS USED TO THWART THE DESIRES OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. AND SO THE SUPREME COURT HAS ACTUALLY SET OUT PRETTY CLEAR PRINCIPLES THAT WE NEED TO USE TO ENSURE THAT COMMUNITIES THAT ARE POLITICALLY COHESIVE ARE GEOGRAPHICALLY GEOGRAPHICALLY COHESIVE THAT CAN ELECT CANDIDATES OF THEIR CHOICE OF HAD THAT CHOICE THWARTED BY MAJORITY GROUPS, WHITE VOTERS WORKING TO DEFEAT THE CANDIDATE OF THEIR CHOICE. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ALWAYS ENTERING THE ABILITY FOR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR TO ELECT THE CANDIDATE OF CHOICE AS THE SUPREME COURT HAS OUTLINED PRETTY CLEARLY WE HAVE DISTRICTS HERE IN THE CITY WHERE THAT COULD HAPPEN IF WE ARE USING THESE PRINCIPLES OF REDISTRICTING THAT HAVE BEEN SET OUT AND WHEN WE ARE THINKING ABOUT BUILDING THE POLITICAL POWER OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. THANK YOU. I LOOK FORWARD TO THESE HERE TO THIS HEARING AS IN DISCUSSING THE PRINCIPLES THAT THE COUNCIL HAS LAID OUT. THANK YOU COUNCILOR JOHN. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ME HERE, COUNCILOR ME HERE YOU HAVE THE FULL IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE LAWYERS AS COLLEAGUES BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE LAW. BUT I JUST REALLY QUICKLY WANT TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AS A RESULT OF REDISTRICTING. RIGHT. WE ARE ABLE TO ELECT THE FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR TO REPRESENT DESEX AND THE FIRST MAN OF COLOR TO REPRESENT THE FAR RIGHT. AND SO CAN WE TALK ABOUT REDISTRICTING? THERE IS A LOT AT STAKE AND A LOT OF POLITICAL BEHIND THE SCENES SITUATIONS GOING DOWN TO TO ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THIS PROCESS. THAT LEADER LEADERSHIP AND REPRESENTATION MATTERS. RIGHT AND IF WE DIVIDE UP THESE DISTRICTS IN WAYS THAT ARE GOING TO BE MORE EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE, THE CHANGE OF THIS CITY COUNCIL BODY WILL BE MORE REFLECTIVE RIGHT OF THE THINGS THAT WE WE KNOW AND THAT'S MORE DIVERSITY AND THAT IS WHAT IS AT STAKE. SO AS WE CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH THESE CONVERSATIONS, IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO ALSO BE SUPER MINDFUL OF WHO IS LEADING THOSE CONVERSATIONS. AND SO LOOK, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE HEARING AND AS ALWAYS BEING A BIG MOUTH AS EVERYBODY KNOWS ME TO BE AND I WILL NEVER WATER MYSELF DOWN TO MAKE ANYONE FEEL COMFORTABLE. RIGHT. BECAUSE Y'ALL ELECTED ME AS I AM TO REPRESENT WHO I AM AND THE PEOPLE WHO PUT ME IN THE SEAT. SO THEREFORE BE IT THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROCESS WE DO SO UNDERSTANDING EVERYTHING THAT IS AT STAKE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MEJIA THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PRESIDENT FLYNN. I'M GOING TO MAKE IT REALLY PLAIN BECAUSE I'M OVER THE PAST I THINK A MONTH OR SO WE'VE ALL BEEN GOING THROUGH IT AND YOU SEE ALL THE FIGHTS ON TWITTER OR THE MEDIA OR YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT ARTICLES BACK AND FORTH. AND SO THE COMMUNITY THINKS THAT THE COUNCIL IS RACIALLY DIVIDED AND NOW I'M GOING TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MY CONSTITUENTS, THE COMMUNITY HAS REPORTED TO ME AND THE MAJORITY OF COMMUNITY LEADERS HAVE REPORTED TO ME IN MY DISTRICT THAT THE WHITE COUNCILOR HERE HAVE SOMEHOW FIGURED OUT A WAY AND TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE REDISTRICTING AND GIVE IT TO A WHITE COUNCILOR . THE FEAR IS THAT AND THIS IS AGAIN REPORTING OUT THE FEAR IS THAT BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE ARE AFRAID THAT THEIR DISTRICT WILL CHANGE AND DIVERSIFY LIKE A BAKER'S DISTRICT THAT PEOPLE WILL RUN FOR OFFICE AND THAT PERSON WILL BE A PERSON OF COLOR. AND SO EVERYONE IS NOW SUPER AFRAID THAT BECAUSE COUNCILOR BREADON, A WHITE WOMAN HAS IT THAT NOW THAT THIS BODY BECAUSE COUNCILORS FOR EXAMPLE, ALL THE WHITE COUNCILORS HERE STICK TOGETHER THAT THEY WILL VOTE OR TRY TO MOVE TO DISTRICTS IN A WAY THAT IS NOT DIVERSE SUFFICIENTLY TO BE ABLE TO VOTE IN ELECTIVES OF COLOR. WE HAVE FOUGHT FOR A VERY LONG TIME. IT IS TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY TWO WE'RE GOING BACK AND FORTH ABOUT ALLEGATION BUT HERE PEOPLE ARE NOT INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY. PEOPLE ARE GUILTY FIRST PEOPLE ARE CRUCIFIED, PEOPLE ARE LYNCHED. SAME OLD TRICKS, SAME MASTERS AND STILL PEOPLE NOW EVERYTHING'S CHANGED AND EVERYBODY EVERYBODY IS UPSET. EVERYBODY IS BOILING UP. PEOPLE ARE CALLING ME AND TELLING ME DON'T SAY ANYTHING. STAY IN YOUR LANE, BE QUIET, SIT DOWN. YOU WILL LOSE YOUR SEAT. THEY WON'T VOTE FOR YOU. FIGHT DON'T FIGHT. WHAT THE DO I HAVE TO DO? AND THIS SO IN ORDER TO GET RESPECT AS A BLACK WOMAN I AM NOT GOING TO TELL YOU I'M NOT AFRAID OF LOSING THE VOTES. I'M NOT AFRAID OF THE SEAT. I'M NOT AFRAID OF ANYBODY HERE . THIS IS THE MESSAGE THAT I GOT BECAUSE YOU GOT TO GET THIS COUNTRY TO GO WHITE PEOPLE BY WHITE PEOPLE. THE PRESIDENT'S ALL THE WAY IF WE DON'T MAKE YOU WANT TO TAKE US BACK TO YOUR WE JUST TOOK A SECOND ON YOU HAD YOUR THIS IS WHAT I GET. I GET ABOUT THREE OR FOUR OF THEM IN MY OFFICE. I HAVE TWO SONS. I'VE MADE MISTAKES AND ONCE I LEARNED I CORRECTED IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE I MADE A STUPID MISTAKE BECAUSE I BROUGHT PEOPLE THAT WERE LOYAL TO ME. I HAVE I HAD SIX STAFF AS OF YESTERDAY. I HAVE FOUR THAT IS CLEAR FOR EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND WHEN I MAKE A MISTAKE I WILL BE CLEAR I DON'T HATE YOU AS A WHITE WOMAN. I DON'T HATE YOU AS A WHITE MAN. I AM SICK AND TIRED OF THIS BODY SO STUPIDLY RACIALLY DIVIDED, SO AFRAID, SO DEPRAVED WITH NO FAITH BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID OF THEIR LOSING THEIR INVESTMENT. THEY'RE AFRAID OF BARGAINING. THEY'RE AFRAID OF HURTING THESE PEOPLE. OH MY GOD I CAN'T EVEN CALL YOU COWARDS BECAUSE DESPERATION DESERVES MERCY. DESPERATION DESERVES MERCY. WE'VE ALL HEARD EACH OTHER HERE . THEIR ALLEGATIONS FOR CRYING OUT LOUD LET THE COURT DECIDE FINE. YOU DON'T AGREE. YOU DON'T LIKE HIM. I THINK HE'S COCKY BUT I THINK THERE'S GOOD IN HIM AND UNTIL I SAY PROOF I SAY LET THE COURTS DECIDE. BUT A REDISTRICTING FINE. WE GIVE IT TO A WHITE WOMAN. CAN WE ALL GET ALONG? CAN WE GET TOGETHER? CAN WE LOVE EACH OTHER? HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT BLACK AND BROWN BABIES DON'T DIE? CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT COPS DON'T KILL BEFORE PEOPLE ARE PROVEN INNOCENT? CAN WE DO THAT? NO, NO, NO, NO BECAUSE THIS BODY CRUCIFIES YOU FIRST BECAUSE OF ALLEGATIONS THIS IS NOT A COURT YOU DON'T GET TO CRUCIFY PEOPLE BEFORE THEY'RE PROVEN GUILTY. THEY'RE INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY. NOW AFTER THIS I WILL LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU BECAUSE I HAVE STAMINA. I BELIEVE AS BALDWIN SAID WHAT YOU DO NOT WHAT YOU SAY YOUR VOTES HERE SOMETIMES ARE RACIST YOU SOMETIMES IN A WAY THAT HURTS MY PEOPLE THEN AND THEN WHEN I GET UP TO STAND UP AND TALK OH, SHE TALKS ABOUT BLACK STUFF AND SHE SHOULD NOT I AM HERE TO REPRESENT EVERY SINGLE BLACK WOMAN AND MAN IN THE COMMUNITY. I AM NOT AFRAID TO NOT BE ELECTED AGAIN. GOD HAS MY BACK. I AM NOT AFRAID TO NOT HAVE POLITICAL ASYLUM OR ANY TYPE OF AFFILIATIONS OR CONNECTIONS. I CAME HERE I LEARN NO MAN BUT MY LORD AND I CAME HERE TO SERVE PEOPLE. I CAME HERE TO LOVE. I CAME HERE TO GROW. BUT PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THIS RACIAL EQUALITY THING. IT'S ALL FAKE AND YOU DO POLITICS AND YOU HURT EACH OTHER AND YET HERE I AM A FIVE FOOT TALL AFRICAN WOMAN FROM THE PROJECTS AND I AM HERE TO TELL YOU IF THE VOTERS DON'T VOTE ME BACK WE DECIDED THAT I COME HERE FOR MY PEOPLE. THE REDISTRICTING THING THAT'S A VERY SOUR THING. YOU THE WHOLE THE WHOLE WAY THAT THIS HAS BEEN HANDLED AND YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU. YOU KNOW I CARE ABOUT YOU BUT THAT WAS WRONG. INVESTIGATE THE WAY THIS WAS DONE WAS WRONG. IT'S NOT ABOUT BELIEVING OR NOT BELIEVING. IT'S ABOUT BELIEVING THE CONSTITUTION AND DOING THE RIGHT THING AND FOLLOWING THE LAW AND THIS WAS NOT RIGHT. DON'T BE AFRAID OF LOSING YOUR POSITION. DON'T BE AFRAID A BELIEVER DOES NOT COMPROMISE THE ADVANCEMENT WITH SEXUALITY, WITH MONEY, WITH DRUGS. THIS WORLD IS NOTHING. WE ARE NOTHING. THIS WORLD IS ONLY A PRISON TO THOSE WHO DON'T BELIEVE AND THOSE WHO LEAD THEIR LIVES LIKE THIS EXPLOITING AND PIMPING OUT POVERTY AND CULTURE CULTURE I'M GAINING FROM YOU MY TIME. I APPRECIATE COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN. I LOOK FORWARD TO REBUILDING OUR RELATIONSHIP. I BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE IS REDEEMABLE. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER WITH YOU DON'T COME FOR ME BECAUSE IF YOU WANT SMOKE YOU GET SMOKED. OH, I'M NOT AFRAID OF ANY OF YOU. I CAME FOR MY PEOPLE THAT GOD WILL BE DONE. HEY MAN THANK YOU. THANK YOU CONSUL FERNANDES INNOCENT GO. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? I THINK THE CHAIR THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY AND I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO BE I'M GOING TO ASK EVERYONE TO BE BRIEF LESS THAN LESS THAN ONE MINUTE PLEASE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT I MAY HAVE BEEN ONE OF YOUR FIRST VOTES BACK WHEN WE DECIDED WHO WAS THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I HAVE FAITH IN YOU. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE LIZ BREADON I ALSO HAVE FAITH NEW I'M AN AT LARGE CITY COUNCILOR . REDISTRICTING HAS MEANS NOTHING TO ME. HOWEVER YOU WANT TO CUT UP THE DISTRICT DOES NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE. I REPRESENT ALL SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. NEVER IN MY LIFE HAVE I MADE A DECISION OUT OF FEAR. WE HAVE SPOKEN TOGETHER ABOUT THAT. I WILL CONTINUE TO REPRESENT ALL OF THE PEOPLE BOSTON I WILL SHOW UP TO THESE HEARINGS. WE'VE HAD ONE HEARING ON REDISTRICTING IN THE NINE MONTHS WE'VE BEEN HERE. WE HAVE SIXTY DAYS TO MAKE THIS DECISION. THAT HEARING STARTED ONE HOUR LATE AND LASTED TWENTY MINUTES. WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN HAVING THESE HEARINGS A LONG TIME AGO . SO I APPLAUD COUNCILOR BREADON FOR BRINGING THIS ORDER TO TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE IN KNOWING THAT MYSELF AS A COUNCILOR SHOW UP TO ALL OF THE HEARINGS AND WORK TOGETHER LIKE I ALWAYS THANK THE COUNCIL MURPHY THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR IRA FOR ONE MINUTE. THANK I THINK THAT THIS IS AGAIN HIGHLIGHTING THE DISPARATE LEVEL OF EXPECTATION FOR WHITE LEADERSHIP AND LEADERSHIP OF COLOR HERE IN THE COUNCIL WHEN PRESIDENT PUTIN CALLED ME TO ASK ABOUT HOW I FELT ABOUT CHANGING REDISTRICTING, I WAS CONCERNED . BUT HE SAID THAT REDISTRICTING HAD STALLED AND THAT IT WASN'T MOVING AS FAST AS HE THOUGHT. SO I WENT AND DID MY RESEARCH AND I SAID WHEN WE DID REDISTRICTING LAST TEN YEARS AGO WHEN HIS PREDECESSOR, A WHITE MAN FROM SOUTH BOSTON COUNCILOR LENIHAN HAND WAS THE CHAIR, NOT ONLY DID HE HAVE EIGHTEEN NINETEEN MONTHS TO PRODUCE THE MAPS BY THIS TIME AFTER ALMOST TEN MONTHS OF WORK HE HAD ONLY HELD SIX HEARINGS. COUNCILOR ARROYO AS THE CHAIR OF THE REDISTRICTING COMMITTEE HAS ALREADY HELD FOUR NOT ONE WHICH ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE HE WAS OUTPACING COUNCILOR LENIHAN. BUT OF COURSE WE'RE GOING TO HOLD COUNCILOR ARROYO TO A DIFFERENT STANDARD THAN EVERYBODY ELSE. THE FACTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. I JUST WANTED TO SEND MY CARE AND I LOVE TO COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON. I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A WOMAN OF COLOR ON THIS COUNCIL . I HAVE TO SHOW UP TO EVENTS IN MY DISTRICT WITH SECURITY BECAUSE OF THE DEATH THREAT THAT COMES TO ME EVERY DAY I GET AN EMAIL THAT CALLS ME A IN MY INBOX AND THAT THAT WAS A RESULT OF AN ATTACK THAT WAS MOUNTED UP BY COUNCILOR ERIN MURPHY. SISTER DARRAGH MURPHY EXCUSE ME, CAN WE NOT GET FAMILIES INVOLVED HERE COUNCIL LAURA CAN YOU CAN YOU FINISH UP PLEASE? ABSOLUTELY. CAN YOU FINISH UP PLEASE? ABSOLUTELY. PRESIDENT I CAN FINISH UP. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELL, PRESIDENT FLYNN I WENT EXCUSE ME THANK SO MUCH YOU ALL I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. EXCUSE ME. THANK YOU. CAN YOU PLEASE NOT INTERRUPT MY COLLEAGUE WHOEVER IS WHOEVER IS SPEAKING. THANK YOU PRESIDENT. I REALLY WANT TO FINISH UP SO I CAN STAY TO THE MINUTE THAT YOU GAVE ME I WENT THROUGH THE PROPER CHANNELS. I SPOKE TO PRESIDENT PUTIN. I SAID PRESIDENT PUTIN I CAME UNDER ATTACK. I'M A SINGLE MOTHER OF A SIX YEAR OLD KID. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO DO. CAN YOU PLEASE ASK COUNCILOR MURPHY TO EITHER SPEAK TO HER SISTER OR PUBLICLY CONDEMNED THE RACIST VOLATILE ATTACKS AGAINST THE COUNCILORS COLOR AND PRESIDENT FLYNN RIGHTFULLY SO SPOKE TO COUNCILOR MURPHY AND COUNCILOR MURPHY SAID SHE WOULD NOT THANK YOU. COUNCIL LARIBEE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BAHíA COUNCIL MEETING. I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE YOU FOR ONE MINUTE. ONE MINUTE? YES, ONE MINUTE. COUNCILOR ME FIND THAT I'M BEING CENSORED. I DON'T THINK SO. I'M JUST ONE MINUTE PLEASE. NO, YOU KNOW, I JUST FEEL LIKE I WALKED INTO THIS COUNCIL HEARING MEETING TODAY KNOWING THAT ALL OF LANDRY WAS GOING TO BE PUT OUT TO DRY BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH RAMA RIGHT THAT HAPPENS BEHIND THE SCENES. YEA RIGHT. I'VE BEEN ON THIS COUNCIL FOR TWO AND HALF YEARS. I TOO HAVE EXPERIENCE RACISM A WE WE ALREADY KNOW AND THE THING IS IS THAT I RECOGNIZE THAT I REPRESENT THE ENTIRE CITY OF BOSTON ALL SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND CONSTITUENTS THE ONES THAT LIKE ME AND THE ONES THAT DON'T. BUT HERE'S THE DEAL. THERE'S THIS MENTALITY THAT PEOPLE HAVE SELECTIVE WHITE RAGE AND PEOPLE PICK AND CHOOSE WHEN AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO USE THEIR POLITICAL BULLY PULPIT. THE BLACK RACE TO EXCUSE ME BUT CAN YOU PLEASE NOT INTERRUPT MY COLLEAGUE PLEASE EXCUSE ME. CAN YOU CAN YOU PLEASE MY COLLEAGUE CAN YOU PLEASE NOT INTERRUPT MY COLLEAGUE COUNCIL COUNCILOR ME HERE I'M GOING TO WRAP UP WE HAVE ANOTHER FEW SECONDS HERE YOU HAVE ANOTHER TEN SECONDS PLEASE GO AHEAD. I WANT TO GET OUT I WANT TO GET FIGURES I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE NOW I HAVE TWENTY SECONDS NO COUNCILOR MEJIA PLEASE FINISH UP BECAUSE I THINK YOU'RE ON MY SIDE. WE'RE ALMOST DONE. I I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK UNTIL I CAN HEAR MYSELF OK. YEAH YOU HAVE TEN SECONDS PLEASE FINISH UP COUNCILOR MEJIA. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU COUNCILOR ANDERSON BECAUSE LIKE YOU I DON'T CARE EITHER IF I GET REELECTED BECAUSE I'M HERE FOR THE WORK NOT THE POLITICS RIGHT. AND PEOPLE THINK THAT BECAUSE WE'RE COLOR WE'RE GOING TO LEAD WITH FEAR. BUT WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS SHOW UP IN THIS CHAMBER RIGHT AND SHOW UP AS WE ARE. THANK THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MEJIA THAT WHAT WE'RE IN A BRIEF UH, UH UH UH UH UH UH OH UH UH UH UH UH UH UH O O O O ON BUT BACK IN SESSION WE HAVE A QUORUM. WE HAVE SEVEN PEOPLE HERE. THAT LATE FILE MATTER WILL BE ADDED INTO THE REDISTRICTING COMMITTEE. WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANNOUNCEMENTS. WE'RE GOING ON TO THE MEMORIAL'S WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO THE OF AGENDA. THEY'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA. THE CHAIR MOVES THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AS WE PRESENTED ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I THANK YOU. THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED. WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANNOUNCEMENTS AT THIS TIME. WE'RE GOING TO DO MEMORIAL'S WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING IN MEMORY OF THE FALLEN FOR A COUNCIL COLLETTA STANLY WANT TO JARRA JON KYL FOR COUNCILOR MURPHY ZACH ZACHARY ANZALONE A MOMENT OF SILENCE PLEASE. THE CHAIR MOVES THAT WHEN THE COUNCIL RUNS TODAY IT DOES SO AND THOSE THAT ARE MENTIONED AND WE ARE NOW SCHEDULED TO MEET AGAIN IN THE CHAMBER ON WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER FOUR AT 12:00 KNOWN ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENT PLEASE SAY I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CLERK. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MY CITY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AND THEIR STAFF AS WELL AS CITY COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF. THE COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED. THANK