JUST. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. NO. GOOD AFTERNOON. I CALLED TO ORDER TODAY'S MEETING OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. YOU MAY WATCH THE COUNCIL MEETING LIVE ON YOUTUBE@BOSTON.GOV BACKSLASH CITY COUNCIL DASH TV. AT THIS TIME I ASK MY COLLEAGUES AND THOSE IN ATTENDANCE TO PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES. ALSO PURSUANT TO RULE 2042, I REMIND ALL IN THE CHAMBER THAT NO DEMONSTRATION OF APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE PERMITTED. THANK YOU. MR. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE CALL THE ROLL TO ASCERTAIN THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM? COUNCILOR BREADON. HERE COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTY COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN. YEAH. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. YEAH. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCIL. PIPPIN. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR WEBER. AND COUNCILOR EARL HERE. A QUORUM IS PRESENT. THANK YOU, MR CLERK. UM, FOR THIS WEEK I UNDERSTAND CLERGY. I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN HE IS SPEAKER HAD TO CANCEL BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER SO THAT THAT UH . SO, MR CLERK, IF YOU WILL GRACIOUSLY OFFER, UH, AN INVOCATION AND FOLLOWING THAT WE WILL SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. LET'S PRAY. THE RINGING OF BELLS CALLS US TO WORSHIP. THE POUNDING OF DRUM CALLS US TOWARD THE POPPING OF A QUOTE CALLS US TO CELEBRATION. WHAT IS THE SOUND THAT CALLS US TO HEAR ONE ANOTHER? LISTEN. LISTEN CAREFULLY. IT IS HERE IN THE SILENCE. LISTEN DEEPLY. THE BEATING OF OUR OWN HEARTS CALLS US TO OURSELVES. CALL US TO BE A TRUE SELVES. CALL US TO BE OUR BEST SELVES. CALL US TO BE WHAT WE MIGHT BECOME. LISTEN. THERE IS ANOTHER SOUND. THE BREATH OF OUR NEIGHBORS CALL US OUTSIDE OURSELVES. CALL US TO BE COMPANIONS. CALL US TO BE ALLIES. CALL US TO BE PARTNERS. LISTEN. WE MUST HEED THE CALL OF OUR OWN HEARTS WHERE LOVE AND TRUTH, CARING AND JUSTICE ARE BORN. LISTEN. WE MUST HEED THE CALL OF OTHERS TO GATHER TOGETHER WITH SOME GREAT PURPOSE WITH PASSION AND FIDELITY. COMPASSION AND EQUITY ARE NOURISHED. THE HAMMERING SILENCE CALLS US TOGETHER THAT WE MAY DO THE WORK WE CANNOT DO ALONE. LET US HEED THE CALLS THAT COME IN THE SILENCE THAT WE MAY BE WELL AND DO GOOD TOGETHER FOR ALL OF BOSTON. AMEN. AMEN. RICH AND. GERMAN LANGUAGE. >> TO THE SKY. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. ONE NATION. UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. FOR ALL. >> THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. WE ARE NOW ON TO PRESENTATIONS . UH, COUNSELOR CULPEPER. HAVE YOU DO YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION TO MAKE? I DO. MADAM PRESIDENT, THANK YOU TO THE BOARD. YEP. >> COME ON UP, COUNSELOR CULPEPER. YOU HAVE UM, IF YOU BRING YOUR, UH, PRESENTATION OF BLACK MEN AND BOYS COMMISSION. UM, IF YOU WANT TO COME ON UP AND MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION, I. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. GOOD AFTERNOON. TO ALL OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES . TODAY I RISE TO PROUDLY PRESENT THIS RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE BOSTON BLACK MEN AND BOYS COMMISSION FOR ITS LEADERSHIP, ADVOCACY AND ONGOING COMMITMENT TO ADVANCING EQUITY, OPPORTUNITY AND OUTCOMES FOR BLACK COMMUNITIES ACROSS OUR CITY. THE WORK OF THE COMMISSION IS NOT JUST IMPORTANT. IT'S ESSENTIAL AT A TIME WHEN FAR TOO MANY BLACK MEN AND BOYS CONTINUE TO FACE SYSTEMIC BARRIERS IN EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC SAFETY. THIS BODY HAS REMAINED STEADFAST IN ITS MISSION TO ENSURE THAT THE VOICES ARE HEARD, THE CHALLENGES ARE ADDRESSED AND THEIR POTENTIAL IS FULLY REALIZED THROUGH THOUGHTFUL POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND CROSS-SECTOR COLLABORATION. THE COMMISSION HAS HELPED SHINE A LIGHT ON DISPARITIES WHICH ACTIVELY WORKING TOWARDS SOLUTIONS AND THAT CREATE MEANINGFUL PATHWAYS TO SUCCESS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. AS WE HONOR THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH, IT IS ESPECIALLY FITTING THAT WE TAKE THIS MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THE COMMISSION'S UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO UPLIFTING BLACK COMMUNITIES AND INSPIRING POSITIVE, LASTING CHANGE HERE IN BOSTON. THE WORK REFLECTS THE LEGACY OF THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE US LEADERS WHO DEMANDED JUSTICE, EXPANDED OPPORTUNITY AND WORKED TIRELESSLY TO ENSURE THAT PROGRESS WAS NOT PROMISED TO SOME BUT DELIVERED FOR ALL. I WOULD LIKE ALSO TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE DEDICATED MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION WHOSE LEADERSHIP CONTINUES TO MOVE THIS WORK FORWARD, INCLUDING THE CHAIR PATRICK GOOD AND YOU'LL HEAR FROM HIM IN JUST ONE SECOND. RICHARD CLAYTON IS NOT HERE. SIMON HAMMOND, JACKIE DEAN, TONY BREWER, TITO JACKSON, FORMER CITY COUNCILOR AND ALL OF THE COMMISSION MEMBERS WHOSE SERVICE AND ADVOCACY MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF BOSTON'S RESIDENTS EACH AND EVERY DAY. BECAUSE OF YOUR EFFORTS, WE'RE BUILDING A STRONGER. BECAUSE OF YOUR EFFORTS. WE ARE BUILDING A STRONGER, MORE INCLUSIVE CITY ONE WHERE BLACK MEN AND BOYS ARE NOT ONLY SUPPORTED BUT EMPOWERED TO THRIVE. JUST A REMINDER THE BLACK MEN AND BOYS COMMISSION IS HAVING A BALL THIS FRIDAY A BALL THAT ALL OF YOU COUNCILORS ARE INVITED TO. THIS FRIDAY IN HONOR OF THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH. ON BEHALF OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL, WE EXTEND OUR SINCERE CONGRATULATIONS AND OUR BEST WISHES FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUCCESS. I'D LIKE TO READ THIS RESOLUTION NOW AND THEN CHAIRMAN MAJORIE MAJORIE GOOD WILL COME UP AND BRING REMARKS. CITY OF BOSTON AND CITY COUNCIL OFFICIAL RESOLUTION PRESENTED BY COUNCILOR MINYARD CULPEPER BID RESOLVED THAT THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL EXTENDS ITS CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BLACK MEN AND BOYS COMMISSIONS IN RECOGNITION OF THE COMMISSION'S LEADERSHIP, ADVOCACY AND ONGOING COMMITMENT TO ADVANCING EQUITY, OPPORTUNITY AND OUTCOMES OF BLACK COMMUNITIES. IN HONOR OF THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BLACK HISTORY OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH, WE RECOGNIZE THIS COMMISSION FOR ITS UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO UPLIFTING BLACK COMMUNITIES AND INSPIRING POSITIVE CHANGE. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL EXTENDS ITS BEST WISHES FOR THE COMMISSION'S CONTINUED SUCCESS ,THAT THIS RESOLUTION BE DULY SIGNED AND HAS BEEN DULY SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND ATTESTED TO A COPY THERE TRANSMITTED BY THE CLERK OF THE CITY OF BOSTON CHAIRMAN MAJORIE. THE MIC IS YOURS. LET ME FIRST BY THANKING YOU COUNCIL CULPEPER THIS IS AN HONOR AND A JOY TO DO THIS WORK ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. UM I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR THE OFFICE OF BLACK MALE ADVANCEMENT. UM, I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE FRANK FARRELL, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WHO'S BEEN HERE SINCE THE INCEPTION. UM, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH FOLKS IN THIS ROOM. UM, I WANT TO THANK ALL YOU COUNCILORS. YOU'VE ALL BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF OUR MISSION. UM, FROM DAY ONE AND REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THE BALL ON FRIDAY. FOLKS CAN ATTEND AND JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF ALL THE COMMISSIONERS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THE COMMUNITY. THE COMMUNITY HAS EMBRACED US. THE COMMUNITY HAS SUPPORTED US. THE COMMUNITY HAS CHALLENGED US . UM AND SO IT IS A A LOVE RELATIONSHIP. UM AND WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY AND APPRECIATE ALL THE SUPPORT THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US AND IF WE CAN DO ANYTHING TO SUPPORT YOU PLEASE LET US KNOW. UM, AND HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH. THANK YOU. MR SMITH. WITH MY COLLEAGUES LIKE TO COME UP FOR A PHOTOGRAPH HERE. >> DOWN HERE. OH, YOU CAN. STAY UP HERE. IF WE ASK. YOU I THINK YOU. AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE SCHOOL. CRISIS AND JUST THANKFUL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. IT'S. EVERYBODY SEE? JEEZ. OH MY. THANK YOU EVERYONE. >> THANK. >> YOU. TAKE THIS. DO WE GET EVERYBODY? DO WE GET EVERYBODY? MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE AMEND THE ATTENDANCE TO REFLECT THAT COUNCILOR COLLETTE IS A PART OF THIS PRESENT? NOW ON TO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MEETING OF FEBRUARY 11TH, 2026. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 11TH MEETING ARE APPROVED. UH, I WANT A COMMUNICATIONS FROM HER HONOR THE MAYOR. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0377. NUMBER 0377 MESSAGING ON AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $189,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT THE SOLAR RECOMMISSIONING PROJECT GRANT AWARDED BY THE MASS DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY RESOURCES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WOULD FUND THE REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING INVERTERS WITH NEW NEWER MODELS. THE INCORPORATION OF RAPID SHUT DOWN MODULES TO MEET SAFETY REGULATIONS. THE REPLACEMENT OF THE MONITORING SYSTEM AND PROPER REDRESSING OF WYOMING. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. DOCKET 0377 WILL, UH, BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE. OH. >> AND COUNCILOR RALPH, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, THIS IS A SMALL DOLLAR AMOUNT GRANT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY RESOURCES THAT WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO RECOMMISSIONED EXISTING SOLAR ARRAYS ON THREE CITY OWNED BUILDINGS THE ARCHIVES BUILDING WHICH RECEIVE 126,000. UH, WHICH I'M SURE, UH, THE CITY CLERK WOULD BE HAPPY ABOUT. YES. UH, BOSTON LIGHTING ACADEMY WHICH RECEIVE 56,000 OF THE GRANT AND DEARBORN STEM ACADEMY ,UH, WHICH WILL RECEIVE $7,000. THESE FUNDS WILL REPLACE AGING UM INVERTERS, UPGRADE SAFETY EQUIPMENT WITH RAPID SHUT DOWN MODULES, IMPROVE WIRING AND INSTALL A MODERN WEB BASED MONITOR SYSTEM SO WE CAN ENSURE THESE SYSTEMS ARE OPERATING EFFICIENTLY, EFFICIENTLY AND RELIABLY. THIS WORK STRENGTHENS BOSTON'S CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, IMPROVES OUR GREEN ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE, SUPPORTS OUR 20 2050 CARBON NEUTRAL GOALS AND EVEN PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL VALUE FOR OUR STUDENTS LEARNING ABOUT RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES. THE VENDOR IS EXPECTED TO BE SELECTED BY APRIL AND THE WORK TO BEGIN THIS SUMMER. AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, RESILIENCY AND PARKS, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE OF THIS DOCKET. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> UH, COUNCILOR. WELL, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RESILIENCY AND PARKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKETS 0377. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL THOSE AGAINST SAY NAY. VOTE. >> MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE, UH, TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 0377. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. >> COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE IS OPPOSED. YES. COUNCILOR AS A PARTY. YES. COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. YES. COUNCILOR. CULPEPPER. YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCILOR. PEPEN. COUNCILOR. PAN. YES. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER. COUNCILOR WEBER. YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL. YES. COUNCILOR EARLE. YES. TALKING NUMBER 0377 HAS RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. DOCKET 0377 HAS PASSED. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0378. TALKING NUMBER 0378 MESSAGING ON AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $20,930 IN FORM OF A GRANT THE CENTRAL FELLOWSHIP GRANT AWARDED BY CATHOLIC CHARITIES ARCHDIOCESE OF BOSTON TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY. THE GRANT WOULD FUND THE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FOR EL CENTRO IT TRAINING PROGRAM GRADUATES. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. DOCKET 0378 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES . MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 037 9 TO 0 380? DOCKET NUMBER 0379 MESSAGE TRANSIT MINISTER AND INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17 OF REGARDING COSTS OF OUT OF DISTRICT VOCATIONAL PLACEMENTS FOR BOSTON RESIDENT STUDENTS. DOCKET NUMBER 0297 PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 4TH, 2026 AND DOCKET NUMBER 0380 MESSAGE TRANSMITTING CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17 OF REGARDING TRAVELING BOSTON SCHOOL. BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES AND PARKING ACCESS NEEDS DUCKY NUMBER 0298 PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 4TH, 2026. THANK YOU. >> DOCKET 0379 AND 20380 WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. WE'RE NOW ON TO REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 038120386. TALKING NUMBERS 0381. NOTICE WE RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR OF HER ABSENCE FROM THE CITY FROM THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH, 2026 AT 7 A.M. RETURNING SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15TH, 2026 AT 12 P.M.. TALKING NUMBERS 0382 NOS. RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR OF ABSENCE FROM THE CITY FROM MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16TH, 2026 AT 9 A.M. RETURNING THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19TH, 2026 AT 6:30 P.M. DOCKET NUMBER 0383 NOTICE WE RECEIVED FROM THE CLERK IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER SIX OF THE ORDINANCES OF 1979 REGARDING ACTION TAKEN BY THE MAYOR, BY THE MAYOR ON PAPERS ACTED UPON BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING OF FEBRUARY 11TH 2026 TRUCKING NUMBER 0384 COMMUNICATION RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK OF THE FILING BY THE BOSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY REGARDING PROPOSED MINOR MODIFICATION TO THE WASHINGTON PARK URBAN RENEWAL PLAN PROJECT NUMBER MASS R DASH 24 WITH RESPECT TO PARCEL L DASH 19 TALKING NUMBER 0385 COMMUNICATION FROM COUNCIL FLYNN REGARDING TEMPORARY ROLLBACK OF INCLUSIONARY DEVELOPMENT POLICY PERCENTAGE FOR FIVE YEARS AND TALKING 0386 COMMUNICATION RECEIVED FROM THE OFFICE OF BLACK MALE ADVANCEMENT OF THE REPORT ENTITLED BLACK MALE ADVANCEMENT IMPACT REPORT 2025. THANK YOU MR. CLERK. DOCKET 03 8120 0386 WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. WE ARE NOW ON TO MATTERS RECENTLY HEARD THERE ARE THERE WERE NO HEARINGS ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY DUE TO COUNCIL CLOSURE . SO DOCKET 0200 AND DOCKET 0166 WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. WE ARE NOW ON TO MOTIONS ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS A REMINDER THAT UNDER RULE 38 REMARKS ON NEW MATTERS NOT UP FOR A VOTE TODAY SHOULD BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES FOR THE LEAD SPONSOR AND TWO MINUTES FOR THE CO-SPONSORS FOR RESOLUTIONS OR ANY OTHER MATTERS BEING VOTED ON. REMARKS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES FOR THE DOCKET SPONSORS AND TWO MINUTES FOR ANY OTHER COUNCILOR WISHING TO SPEAK FOR REFILED MATTERS. I KINDLY ASK THAT COUNCILORS LIMIT THEIR REMARKS TO NO MORE THAN ONE MINUTE AND CO-SPONSORS DEFER TO THE LEAD SPONSORS FOR REMARKS. MISTER KIRK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0387. TALKING THEM 0387 COUNCILORS CALENDARS A PART IN LOUIJEUNE OFFER THE FOLLOWING AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE BOSTON EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND. UH CONSIDERS A PATTERN CONTRACT COLLECTORS A PATTERN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO, UH, RESPECTFULLY ASK TO SUSPEND RULE. >> 12 AND THAT COUNCILOR MORALES ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. SEEING AND HEAR HIM NO OBJECTIONS. COUNCILOR WORRELL IS ADDED AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, TODAY I RISE TO INTRODUCE THE BOSTON EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND WHICH IS A FIRST OF ITS KIND FUND AND STANDARDIZED STANDARDIZED PROCESS TO SUPPORT RESIDENTS IN THE VERY WORST MOMENTS OF THEIR LIVES WHEN A FAMILY LOSES THEIR HOME TO A FIRE OR BUILDING COLLAPSE, THEY'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT FORMS OR BUREAUCRACY. THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT WHERE THEIR CHILDREN WILL SLEEP THAT NIGHT, HOW THEY WILL REPLACE MEDICATION, CLOTHING OR FOOD. AND AS HOUSING STABILIZATION DOLLARS DWINDLE AND RENTS CONTINUE TO SKYROCKET, THE GAP BETWEEN EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND LONG TERM RECOVERY HAS ONLY WIDENED. TOO OFTEN LANDLORDS DO NOT MEET THEIR LEGAL OBLIGATIONS. I PERSONALLY WITNESSED LANDLORDS UH PRESENT UNSEEN ONLY TO DISAPPEAR ONCE THEY ARE INFORMED THEY ARE REQUIRED TO SECURE OR PAY FOR LODGING NEVER TO BE HEARD FROM AGAIN. FAMILIES ARE LEFT NAVIGATING TRAUMA AND DISPLACEMENT ALONE AND TOO OFTEN BRINGING THESE LANDLORDS TO COURT UH IS NOT SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO ENSURE THAT THESE FOLKS HAVE A STABLE RECOVERY. THROUGH CONVERSATIONS IN THIS COUNCIL AND WITH THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE RED CROSS, WE LEARNED THAT WHILE FAMILIES MAY RECEIVE LIMITED EMERGENCY FUNDS OR TEMPORARY SHELTER IF THEY QUALIFY. RISING HOTEL COSTS AND DEPLETED EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE RESOURCES MEANS THAT SUPPORT OFTEN RUNS OUT FAR TOO QUICKLY. THIS ORDINANCE WAS SHAPED BY THE COMMUNITY BY FAMILIES WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED DISPLACEMENT, BY GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE MOBILIZED MUTUAL AID IN THE ABSENCE OF A FORMAL SYSTEM AND BY SERVICE PROVIDERS WHO TOLD US CLEARLY WE NEED A STANDING PREDICTABLE PREDICTABLE MECHANISM TO RESPOND AFTER MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS IN THIS COUNCIL ABOUT FIRE RESPONSE, HOUSING INSTABILITY AND TRAUMA INFORMED RECOVERY, IT IS TIME TO MOVE FROM WORDS TO ACTION THROUGH LEGISLATIVE WORK. IMPORTANTLY, THIS FILING DOES MORE THAN CREATE A FUND IT CREATES THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE CITY TO ACTIVELY PURSUE AND DEPLOY DIVERSE FUNDING STREAMS. IT AUTHORIZES THE ACCEPTANCE OF FEDERAL AND STATE GRANTS. PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS SUPPORT CORPORATE AND INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS AND ENSURES THOSE DOLLARS ARE HELD IN A DEDICATED ACCOUNT THAT CAN BE EXPENDED EFFICIENTLY AND TRANSPARENCY TRANSPARENTLY. IT ESTABLISHES GOVERNANCE AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS TO GUARANTEE ACCOUNTABILITY WHILE ALLOWING RAPID DEPLOYMENT WHEN EMERGENCY STRIKE. THIS IS ABOUT FILING CRITICAL GAPS FOR ESSENTIAL NEEDS FIRST MONTHS RENT TEMPORARY LODGING CLOTHING FOOD SO FAMILIES CAN STABILIZE QUICKLY AND WITH DIGNITY. WE ARE DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE EAST BOSTON MUTUAL AID, THE EAST BOSTON SOCIAL CENTERS AND SO MANY OTHERS ACROSS THE CITY WHO HAVE SHOWN US HOW TO DO THIS AND DO IT RIGHT. WHAT THIS ORDINANCE MAKES CLEAR IS THAT EVERY COMMUNITY DESERVES THAT SAME STABILITY, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEIR CAPACITY IS TO SELF-ORGANIZE OR FUNDRAISE IN A CRISIS. I LOOK FORWARD TO REVIEWING THIS COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND MY COLLEAGUES TO ENSURE BOSTON HAS A RELIABLE, EQUITABLE SYSTEM IN PLACE WHEN OUR RESIDENTS NEED IT THE MOST. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POWDER COUNCILOR. UH LOUIJEUNE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR ZAPATA. FOR YOUR WORK HERE. UM, I THINK THIS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. DURING MY FIRST TERM WE HELD THE HEARING ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO SPECIFICALLY FIRES BASED ON EXPERIENCE IN MY SHORT TIME AS A CITY COUNCILOR OF, UH, PEOPLE EXPERIENCING FIRES AND THE TRAUMA, THE FINANCIAL TRAUMA, THE EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL TRAUMA. BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE AS AN ATTORNEY REPRESENTING PEOPLE WHO WERE IN DIFFICULT LIVING SITUATIONS AND EXPERIENCED THE FIRE. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US TO THE NEXT STEPS THAT WE CAN HAVE THIS FUND ESTABLISHED AT OUR HEARING WE HEARD FROM OTHER CITIES LIKE CAMBRIDGE UM WHO ALREADY HAVE A FUND LIKE THIS. SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET UM UH THAT WE WERE ABLE TO START THIS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF UNFORTUNATELY EXPERIENCE JUST RIGHT NOW AS I'M SITTING GOT A TEXT FROM SOMEONE ABOUT HOW THEY EXPERIENCED UH, A FIRE WHEN THEY WERE YOUNGER AND HAVE A LOT OF, UH, LIVED EXPERIENCE ON HOW WE CAN BE BETTER PREPARED AS A CITY TO RESPOND. UH, AND SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE WORK AND GETTING US PASSED UM. UH. >> PASSED THE LINE HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. COUNCILOR WORRELL, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO COUNCIL AS A PARTNER IN CASTLE LOUIJEUNE, UH ,FOR WORKING ON THIS ALL TOGETHER. AND I JUST WANT TO JUST SHOUT OUT SOME OF THE GREAT CBOS THAT HAVE WORKED WITH ME IN THE PAST, UH, TO STAND UP EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND, UH, WHEN MANY OF MY RESIDENTS WERE GOING THROUGH DISPLACEMENT THE BOSTON PROJECT MINISTRY. BUT THIS WORK SHOULD NOT FALL SOLELY UH, ON UH, COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY SHOULD TAKE ON. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON AND ESTABLISHING THIS FUND TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT RELIEF IS THERE FOR THOSE WHEN THEY'RE GOING THROUGH SOME TRAUMATIC INSTANCES. SO THANK YOU AND LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS WORK. THANK YOU COUNCILOR WORRELL. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MURPHY CONTRA PEPEN COUNCILOR. SANTANA COUNCILOR. WEBER AND PLEASE OF THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0387 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0388. .0388 >> COUNCILOR COLETTA ZAPATA FOR THE FOLLOWING AN ORDINANCE MODERNIZING AND INCREASING TRANSPARENCY AT THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEAL. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTNER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR OPS PRESIDENT. MAY I ASK THAT DOCKET 0388 AND 0389 BE READ TOGETHER BY. >> THE CLERK? AND MAY I ASK THAT, UH, DOCKET 0388 AND. 0389 BE READ TOGETHER. READ TOGETHER. >> OKAY. THANK YOU, MR CLERK. DUCK NUMBER 0389 COUNCILOR COLOR AS A PART OF THE FOLLOWING PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW RELATIVE TO ENACT RELATIVE TO THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS. THANK YOU. >> DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. TODAY I RISE TO, UH EXCUSE ME AND MAY ALSO ASK THAT COUNCILOR SANTANA BE ADDED AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. COUNCILOR UH, SANTANA IS ADDED AS A SECOND CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU. >> UM, TODAY I RISE TO REINTRODUCE A TWO PART REVISED LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE. PARDON? >> IT WAS WHICH COUNSELOR SANTANA YOUR SECOND OR YOUR SECOND. >> IS SECOND? UM. >> BOTH. ON BOTH. >> THANK YOU. UM, THIS IS A, UH, REINTRODUCTION OF A TWO PART REVISED LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE TO MODERNIZE AND STRENGTHEN THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS, WHICH IS AN ENTITY THAT HAS ENORMOUS INFLUENCE OVER HOUSING PRODUCTION NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER AND EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT OVER OUR CITY. THE FIRST IS A CITY ORDINANCE THAT STRENGTHENS TRANSPARENCY, ETHICS AND ACCOUNTABILITY. IT MODERNIZES OPERATIONS BY REQUIRING A SEARCHABLE ONLINE DATABASE IMPROVE PUBLIC NOTICE UM EMAIL SUBSCRIPTION SYSTEMS TRANSLATION ACCESS AND A NEUTRAL IN-PERSON UH. GUIDE TO HELP RESIDENTS ESPECIALLY THOSE WITHOUT ATTORNEYS SO THEY CAN MEANINGFULLY PARTICIPATE. IT ALSO MANDATES BY ANNUAL PUBLIC REPORTING ON VARIANCES BY NEIGHBORHOOD AND ZONING DISTRICT AND REQUIRES ANNUAL HEARINGS BEFORE THE COUNCIL TO INCREASE OVERSIGHT. IT ALSO STRENGTHENS CONFLICT OF INTEREST STANDARDS, EXPANDS DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS AND REQUIRES COMPREHENSIVE ETHICS TRAININGS FOR MEMBERS AND ITS STAFF. BACK IN 2019, UH THEN MAYOR MARTY WALSH INTRODUCED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER AND A LOT OF WHAT IS IN THIS ORDINANCE WITHOUT UH, SPEAKING TO THE COUNCIL OVERSIGHT PIECE WAS INCLUDED IN THAT EXECUTIVE ORDINANCE. UM SCUSE ME THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER IT IS NOW BEING PUT INTO LAW AND HOPEFULLY BEING PUT INTO LAW THROUGH THIS ORDINANCE . THE SECOND DOCKET IS A HOME PETITION, UH, WHICH ENABLES TO US TO REBALANCE AND BROADEN REPRESENTATION ON THE BOARD. IT ADDS SEATS FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EXPERT, AN URBAN PLANNER AND CRITICALLY A RENTER ALONGSIDE REPRESENTATION FROM THE TRADES REAL ESTATE UH ARCHITECTS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS. SO THERE'S ALREADY BEEN A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH ON THIS WITH THE ADMINISTRATION. I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING THIS FORWARD SEEING THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK ON IT AND UH, AGAIN, LOOK FORWARD TO COLLABORATION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MY COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POWDER CONSCIOUS SANTANA UM, THE FIRST THE SECOND DOCKET IS A REFERRAL IS MY UNDERSTANDING. SO, UM, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR TWO MINUTES. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUE. COUNCILOR CLARISSA. POTTER FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS MATTER AND FOR INCLUDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. UM. >> YOU KNOW, OUR CITY'S INSTITUTIONS ESPECIALLY THOSE, UM, AS TANGIBLE, UM, WITH AS MUCH TANGIBLE IMPACT AS A ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS NEEDS TO BE TRANSPARENT, PROMOTE PUBLIC CONFIDENCE AND ENSURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE INFORMED ABOUT HOW AND WHEN THEY CAN WEIGH IN ON THESE DECISIONS TO PUBLIC COMMENT. UM, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS FILING IN REGARDS TO UM THE SECOND FILING UM, THE SPECIAL LAW WILL SERVE TO IMPROVE PUBLIC TRUST THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS AT A CRITICAL TIME. OUR COMMUNITIES KNOW THE IMPORTANT WAYS THAT OUR ZONING LAWS SHAPE, UM THE WAY THAT NEIGHBORHOODS LOOK, UM, FOR BETTER OR FOR OFTEN WORSE GIVEN FOR IMPORTANT ZONING ISSUES ARE UM OUR COMMUNITIES ARE LOOKING TOWARDS THE ZBA THE ORGANIZATION THAT ALLOWS FOR UM EXCEPTIONS TO THESE LAWS FOR IMPARTIAL AND TRANSPARENT RULINGS AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A REPRESENTATION OF DIVERSE INTERESTS AND BACKGROUNDS, WHETHER THAT REPRESENTATION OF OUR RENTERS OR OUR CLIMATE CHANGE UM AND ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTS. UM THIS LAW IS A STEP TOWARDS THAT AND I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT UH MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR CLARA SUPPORTER IN HER EFFORTS TO BUILD PUBLIC TRUST IN THE BOARD, INCREASE TRANSPARENCY AND EXPAND OUR REPRESENTATION, UM, AS STEWARDS OF OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT THAT WILL WORK CUTS TO THE HEART OF OUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO OUR CONSTITUENTS. I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO, UM TO COLLABORATE WITH COUNCIL OTHER UM AND MY COLLEAGUES UM, TO MOVE THIS MATTER FORWARD. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA. UH, WE TAKE THESE TWO DOCKETS SEPARATELY FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO ADD THEIR NAMES. DOCKET 0388. UH, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR CULPEPER. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FROM MEJIA. COUNCILOR PEPPER AND COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCIL WORRELL AND PLEASE UH THE CHAIR AND THEN WE'LL DO DOCKET 0389. UH, ANYONE WOULD ANYONE LIKE THE OTHER NAME TO DOCKET 0389? UM COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. PEPEN COUNCILOR. WEBER COUNCIL. WORRELL AND PLEASE OF THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. UM DOCKET ZERO EIGHT UM DOCKET 0389 AND A0388 AND DOCKET 0389 WILL BE SENT TO THE COMMITTEE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0390. DOC AND NUMBER 0390 COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PART OF THE FOLLOWING PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW REGARDING AN ACT DIRECTING THE CITY OF BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT TO WAIVE THE MAXIMUM AGE REQUIREMENT FOR FIREFIGHTERS FOR RICHARD MAKE UP. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'M SEEKING SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE AS WE HAVE DONE WITH WAIVE UM MAXIMUM AGE UM WAIVER UH REQUIREMENTS BEFORE ON THIS COUNCIL. UM I DON'T THINK I GOT THAT RIGHT BUT IT'S A AGE WAIVER REQUIREMENT. THERE WE GO. UM, SO THIS IS FOR RICKY SCAMACCA SOMEBODY WHO I'VE KNOWN FOR A VERY LONG TIME. HE'S A DISABLED VETERAN. HE'S A HE'S A LOCAL. KATY GREW UP IN THE NORTH END. HE'S TRYING TO GET ON THE THE. FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND HAS GONE THROUGH PHYSICAL TESTS. HE'S GOTTEN AN 88 ON ON THE EXAM AND SO HE'S JUST ASKING FOR MORE TIME. HE'S REALLY EXCITED TO BE A FIREFIGHTER AND VERY DEDICATED. AND SO ALL THIS IS IS JUST GIVING HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO JUST THAT. THANK YOU. >> UH, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME COUNCILOR CULPEPER. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FLYNN COUNCILOR. UH LOUIJEUNE LOUIJEUNE COUNCILMEMBER HERE. COUNCILOR. MURPHY COUNCILOR. PEPEN COUNCILOR. SANTANA COUNCILOR. WEBER, COUNCILOR WORRELL. AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR I SEE A COUNSELOR FRIEND. YOU HAVE YOUR YOUR UM LIGHT ON. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. >> I WILL BE BRIEF. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCIL COLLADO ZAPATA. FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. ANY OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE. TO SUPPORT A DISABLED VETERAN IN THE CITY IS IS TIME WELL SPENT? DISABLED VETERANS. DESERVE AN OPPORTUNITY. TO CONTINUE. TO CONTRIBUTE THEIR SERVICE TO OUR CITY AND TO OUR NATION, TO OUR NATION AS WELL. THIS IS UM THIS IS AN IMPORTANT DOCUMENT. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR QUARTERS ABOUT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR COLETTE IS A PART OF THE SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0390. UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. MR TURNER, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 0390. DUCK A NUMBER 0390. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. >> COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTNER. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PLANNER. YES. COUNCILOR. CULPEPPER. COUNCILOR. CULPEPPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCIL. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCILOR. PIPPIN. COUNCILOR. PIPPIN. YES COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER COUNCILOR. WEBS AND COUNCILOR. WORLD. YEAH. COUNCILOR. WORRELL. YES. DUCKING NUMBER 0390 HAS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. DOCKET 0390 HAS BEEN, UH, PASSED. MR TRUCK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0391? THIS IS A REFERRAL. STUCK CAN NUMBER 0391 COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING BOSTON L. G Q. I A PLUS YOUTH. COMMUNITY SPACES AND THEIR PUBLIC HEALTH BENEFITS A REFERRAL FROM 2025. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTRA SANTANA CONSISTENTLY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT THIS IS A REFERRAL. UM I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD UM COUNCILOR UM LOUIJEUNE UM, AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. AND ALSO ADDED UM WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POWDER COUNCILOR. CULPEPER COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR. FLYNN COUNCILOR. MEDIA COUNCILOR. MURPHY COUNCILOR. PEPEN COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCILOR L AND PLEASE THE CHAIR UH THANK YOU. DOCKET 0391 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0392. TALKING NUMBER 0392 COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A CARE REGARDING BOSTON'S LGBTQ PLUS. MENTAL HEALTH DATA COLLECTION PROCESSES, EXISTING SERVICES AND FURTHER COMMUNITY NEEDS A REFERRAL FROM 2025. THANK YOU. >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, CAN I PLEASE ADD ON COUNCILOR TOKEN AS AN ORIGINAL CO UM SPONSOR COUNCILOR DURKAN . DURKAN. >> UM COUNCILOR DURKAN SO ADDED GREAT. >> THANK YOU. THIS IS A REFILL, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POWDER COUNSELOR. CULPEPER COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD COUNCILOR. FLYNN COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. MEJIA COUNCILOR. MURPHY, COUNSELOR. PEPPER AND COUNCILOR WEBER CONSIDER WORRELL AND PLEASE PLEASE UH, THE CHAIR DOCKET 0392 IT WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH, HOMELESSNESS AND RECOVERY. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0393? DUGGAN NUMBER 0393 COUNCILOR SANTANA OH FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO ENSURE ACCESS TO LIFESAVING ONLINE RESOURCES FOR LG. PTK. >> A PLUS AND OTHER MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES IN RESPONSE TO PROPOSED FEDERAL AND STATE DIGITAL CENSORSHIP LEGISLATION HE REFILED FROM 2025. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS A RAFAEL. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR COLLETTE IS A POWDER COUNCILOR CULPEPER CONSTRUCTOR AND COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILMEMBER HERE COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR PEPPER AND COUNCILOR WEBER CULTURAL AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0393 WERE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS RACIAL EQUITY EQUITY AND IMMIGRATION AND IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0394. DUNCAN NUMBER 039 FOR COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING LEGALIZING CONSTRUCTION OF TRIPLE DECKERS AND OTHER 2 TO 4 UNIT HOUSING IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, A REFERRAL FROM 2025. COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, CAN I ADD COUNCILOR TOKEN AS AN ORIGINAL, UM, CO-SPONSOR ? AND CAN I ALL SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR PREPEND AS A AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AS WELL? WHO'S THE FIRST ONE AGAIN. COUNCILOR DURKAN. DURKAN AND PEPEN. CORRECT. UH, COUNCILOR DURKAN IS ADDED AS A SECOND AND SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS UH COUNCILOR PEPEN IS ADDED AS A THIRD. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS A REFILE. WE NEED MORE HOUSING. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? CULTURE COLLETTE AS A POWDER COUNCILOR. CULPEPER UH, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. MEJIA COUNCILOR. MURPHY COUNCILOR. UH WEBER COUNCILOR WORRELL AND PLEASE OF THE CHAIR. DOCKET 0394 REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0395. DUCKING NUMBER 0395 COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING LEGALIZING ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. A REFILE FROM 2025. THANK YOU, MISTER KIRK CONSCIOUS ANTHONY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, CAN I PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR PIPPEN, UM, AS A CO-SPONSOR AND SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR DURKAN AS WELL? UH, COUNCILOR PEPEN IS ADDED AS A SECOND AND SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS. CONSTRUCTION IS ADDED AS A THIRD. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS A REFILE. THANK YOU. >> WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POWDER COUNCILOR. CULPEPER COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE CONSUMER HAIR COUNTRY MURPHY UH COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCILOR WORRELL UM PLEASE UH THE CHAIR THANK YOU. DOCKET 0395 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION . MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0396. STUCK IN NUMBER 0396. COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO FACILITATE THE CREATION OF SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. A REFILE FROM 2025. THANK YOU. >> UH, COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS A REFILE. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POWDER COUNCILOR. CULPEPER COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. MEJIA. UH COUNCILOR. PEPEN COUNCILOR WEBER, CANCER WORRELL AND PLEASE OF THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0396 WILL REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. MR. CLERK, PLEASE READ DOCKET 0397. DUCKY NUMBER 0397 COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS HOW BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS CAN EXPAND THE USE OF EVIDENCE BASED BEST PRACTICES FOR INCLUSIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS FOR MULTILINGUAL AND SPECIAL EDUCATION LEARNERS A REFILE FROM 2025. THANK YOU MR TRACK AND COUNTER SANTANA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, CAN I ADD COUNCILOR CULPEPER UM, AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND CAN I SUSPEND THE RULES AND COUNCILOR MY HERE AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AS WELL? UM, COUNCILOR CULPEPER IS ADDED A SECOND AND SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COUNCILMEMBER HERE IS ADDED AS A THIRD. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. SORRY THIS WOULD BE FINE. IT IS IT IS A REALLY FOUL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME, COUNCILOR COLLETTE IS A POWDER. UH, COUNCIL DURKAN, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, COUNCILOR FLYNN, COUNCILOR. COUNCILMEMBER HERE. SHE'S ALREADY ON COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR PEPEN COUNCILOR WEBER AND COUNCILOR WERE L AND PLEASE UH THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0397 WOULD BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 039? IT DOES NUMBER 0398 COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING THE PUBLIC SAFETY REQUIREMENTS AND POSSIBLE LOCATION FOR A NEW EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. A REFILE FROM 2025. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS A RE FILE. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POWDER COUNCILOR. CULPEPER COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR IN THE REGION. COUNCILOR. MEJIA COUNCILOR. MURPHY COUNCILOR. WEBER, COUNCILOR WORRELL AND PLEASE UH THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE DOCKET 0398 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. MR CRACK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0399. DUCKING NUMBER 0399 COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING HOW THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT COLLECTS, USES, PROTECTS AND SHARES INFORMATION THAT MAY BE REQUESTED BY EXTERNAL ENTITIES A REFILED FROM 2025. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, CAN I ADD COUNCILOR WEBER AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND CAN I SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR MEJIA AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR? COUNCILOR WEBER IS ADDED AS A SECOND AND SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS. COUNCILMEMBER HERE IS ADDED AS A THIRD. THERE'S A REVIVAL. >> THANK YOU. SO, UM, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POWDER COUNCILOR. CULPEPER COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FLYNN UH COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE UH COUNCILOR. MURPHY. PEPEN COUNCILOR UH AND PLEASE OUT THE CHAIR. ON THAT. OH AND CONSUMER COUNCILOR WORRELL UM. THANK YOU DOCKET 0399 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0400. TALKING NUMBER 0400 COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING ALL CITY OF BOSTON GRANTS ADMINISTERED BY THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT A REFILE FROM 2025. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. UH, COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, THIS IS A REFILE. THIS IS JUST FOR, UM, SO WE CAN HOST A HEARING AND BRING DOWN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, AND OR. UM. >> ASK OUR QUESTIONS ON BEHALF OF ALL THE GRANTS THAT THERE WILL BE, UM, NEEDING TO BE PASSED THIS, UM. >> THIS. UPCOMING YEAR. SO THANK YOU. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE WORK. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO OTHER NAME COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POWDER COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD COUNCILOR. FLYNN COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. MEJIA COUNCILOR. MURPHY COUNCILOR. PEPEN COUNCILOR. WEBER. CANTRELL AND PLEASE OF THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0400 REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0401. DUCKING NUMBER 0401 COUNCIL OF THE PEN FOR THE FOLLOWING LETTER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS PARKING BENEFIT DISTRICTS. . >> COUNCILOR PEPEN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND RENEWING A DISCUSSION FIRST STARTED BY MY PREDECESSOR. UM, THAT COMES FROM ROSCOE VILLAGE MAIN STREETS. MANY NEIGHBORHOODS IN BOSTON SUFFER FROM PARKING ISSUES SPECIFICALLY DUE TO THE QUALITY OF CARS LOOKING FOR PARKING EXCEEDING AVAILABLE SPOTS. THIS IS. >> TO THE DETRIMENT THIS TO THE DETRIMENT OF OUR LOCAL SHOPS, PARKS AND COMMUNITY SPACES. THE PARKING BENEFIT DISTRICT COULD HELP MANAGE PARKING BY MONETIZING PARKING IF YOU SEE THEIR METERS TO INCREASE TURNOVER ABOUT COMING INTO THE REVENUE TO IMPROVE STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND BUSINESSES IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA. IT WOULD BE GREAT TO EXPLORE THIS IDEA WHERE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE SAFER, EASIER TO BUILD AND BETTER UM FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES. UM THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR UH, PEPEN, WOULD ANYONE, UH WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POWDER COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN UH, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE CONCILOR MEJIA HERE COUNCILOR MURPHY CONTRA SANTANA, COUNCILOR WEBER AND COUNCILOR WORRELL THANK YOU. DOCKET ZERO FOUR. UH, COUNCILOR FRIEND, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? UM, YOU HAD YOUR LIGHT ON DID YOU HAVE. YES. >> MAY I SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? UH, IT'S GOING TO GO TO COMMITTEE SO WE WON'T BE HAVING UNLESS YOU'RE CO-SPONSORING. IT WON'T BE, UH, ONLY CO-SPONSORS. SPONSORS AND CO-SPONSORS WILL SPEAK ON THE MATTER IF IT'S GOING TO COMMITTEE, IT'S GOING TO COMMITTEE. UH, DOCKET 0401 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0402. DOC NUMBER 0402 COUNCILOR CULPEPER OFFERED THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXAMINE REALLOCATING FUNDING FOR THE BLUE HILL AVE PROJECT. TOWARDS STREETSCAPE, STREETSCAPE. IMPROVEMENTS AND BEAUTIFICATION AND TO PROVIDE A STATUS UPDATE ON PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION. THANK YOU. UM, MR. CLERK, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I FOLLOWED THIS HEARING ORDER TO ENSURE DISTRICT SEVEN RESIDENTS HAVE A MEANINGFUL VOICE IN SHAPING ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT OF THE CITY'S CORRIDORS WHILE IMPROVING TRANSIT ACCESS. AND WE UNDERSTAND IT'S A SHARED GOAL MANY RESIDENTS, WORKERS AND SMALL OWNERS. SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS. >> KNOW TO KNOW. I'LL CONTINUE PLEASE. SORRY COUNCIL. >> WELL IMPROVEMENT TRANSIT ACCESS IS A SHARED GOAL. MANY RESIDENTS, WORKERS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS ALONG GLOVER AVENUE HAVE RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT THE LACK OF THOROUGH COMMUNITY CONSULTATION ON THE PROPOSED CENTER BUS LEARNING CENTER RUNNING BUS LANES FOR A PROJECT THAT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT TRAFFIC, PARKING AND DAILY MOBILITY. ENGAGEMENT MUST REFLECT THE REALITIES OF THOSE WHO RELY ON THIS CORRIDOR. WITHOUT IT, THE DESIGNED WITH DEEPENING INEQUITIES MANY DISTRICT SEVEN RESIDENTS DEPEND ON CARS FOR WORK, CAREGIVING OR BUSINESS AND REDUCING FLEXIBILITY AND MOBILITY WILL CREATE NEW BARRIERS TO ECONOMIC PARTICIPATION AND MOBILITY. THERE'S MUCH MORE WORK TO BE DONE ALONG BLUE AVENUE CORRIDOR TO ENSURE THAT RESIDENTS EXPERIENCE A QUALITY OF LIFE AND BEAUTIFICATION ALONG THE CORRIDOR THAT THEY DESERVE. THIS HEARING WILL EXAMINE HOW DECISIONS WERE MADE, EVALUATE WHETHER EQUITY IS FULLY INTEGRATED INTO PLANNING AND ENSURE THAT ANY INVESTMENT IN BLUE AVENUE SERVES NOT UNDERMINES THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. CAN YOU IMAGINE, MADAM PRESIDENT AND MY COLLEAGUES AS A BUS LANE RUNNING DOWN BLUE LAB DURING THE SNOW EMERGENCY LIKE THE ONE WE ARE IN NOW? MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR SUSPENSION OF THE RULES. OUR COUNCILORS WERE WELL AND WERE HERE AS CO-SPONSORS TO THIS FINALLY. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT. COUNCIL UH ORAL IS ADDED AS A SECOND AND COUNCIL HERE IS ADDED AS A THIRD CONSTABLE WORRELL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR CULPEPER FOR ME AS A ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR ON THIS HERE IN ORDER I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCIL ME HERE FOR YOUR WORK AROUND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AROUND HAVING THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT BLUE LAB. UH, BLUE LAB IS AN ECONOMIC ENGINE IN MY DISTRICT. IT IS HOME TO SMALL BUSINESSES, FAMILIES, CHURCHES AND GENERATIONS OF RESIDENTS WHO DESERVE THE SAME LEVEL OF VESTMENT THAT WE SEE IN OTHER PARTS OF OUR CITY. DURING THE COURSE OF THIS PROCESS, MY OFFICE HAS SAT THROUGH HOURS OF MEETINGS AND CONVERSATIONS WITH RESIDENTS, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND COMMUTERS ALONG BLUE LAB WE LET'S LISTEN CAREFULLY TO THE FEEDBACK AND I'VE CONSISTENTLY SUPPORTED THE BEAUTIFICATION PROPOSAL BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I'VE HEARD PEOPLE ASKING FOR THERE. THERE'S A 2000 SIGNAL THERE. THERE ARE. >> OVER 2000 SIGNATURES FROM RESIDENTS WHO HAVE EXPRESSED OPPOSITION TO A CENTER RUN A BUS LANE DOWN BLUE ALIVE DURING THE PROCESS I ADVOCATED FOR SIDE ONE BUS LANES AND BUS PRIORITY WAS TO MOVE FORWARD BUT WITH BUT WITH WHERE WE ARE TODAY I BELIEVE WE SHOULD SOLELY FOCUS ON WHAT IS CALLED THE BEAUTIFICATION PLAN FOR BLUE HILL LAB, WHICH WAS ALSO PRESENTED BY THE BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. THAT PLAN ALSO INCLUDES IMPORTANT SAFETY MEASURES FOR PEDESTRIANS FLASHING CROSSWALK BEACONS, BETTER LIGHTING UH, MORE TREES UM AND SIGNAL ACTIVATED ILLUMINATION SYSTEMS. I ALSO AGREE WITH THE NEED FOR AUTOMATED TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT WHICH WHICH WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE TO BE PASSED ON BEACON HILL THIS SESSION. UH BLUE HILL DESERVES EQUITY, IT DESERVES BEAUTIFICATION AND IT DESERVES SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS . WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BEAUTIFICATION PROPOSAL AND FINALLY DELIVER LONG OVERDUE INVESTMENTS TO THIS CORRIDOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR WORRELL CHAIR RECOGNIZES RECOGNIZES COUNCILMEMBER HERE FOR ME. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR CULPEPPER FOR ADDING ME TO THIS HEARING. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE COUNCIL AROUND FOR HIS PARTNERSHIP ALONGSIDE OUR OFFICE, UH, IN WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE CENTERING THE PEOPLE, UM, OVER EVERYONE ELSE IN REGARDS TO THIS PARTICULAR CONVERSATION. BLUE HILL LAB IS A CRITICAL CORRIDOR FOR MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. IN JUNE OF 2025 WE HELD A HEARING WHERE WE HEARD OVERWHELMING OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED CENTER RUNNING BUS LANE CONFIGURATION. RESIDENTS WERE CLEAR ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS WHILE ALSO EXPRESSING STRONG SUPPORT FOR IMPROVING AND INVESTING IN BLUE HILL LAB. UM THIS HEARING GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVISIT THE PROJECT'S STATUS, REVIEW IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS AND EXPLORE WHETHER RELOCATING FUNDING TOWARDS STREET UM IMPROVEMENT AND BEAUTIFICATION BETTER REFLECTS WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS ASKED FOR. I IMAGINE THAT OUR GOAL SHOULD BE TO DESIGN UM, SOMETHING THAT IMPROVES SAFETY, ACCESSIBILITY AND THE OVERALL UM CORRIDOR EXPERIENCE IN WAYS THAT ALIGNS WITH COMMUNITY VOICE. I REMEMBER BACK IN 2022 OUR OFFICE HOSTED UM THE FIRST TOWN HALL ALONGSIDE BISHOP BORDERS OF EOG. UM AND WE DID SO CENTERING THE VOICES OF COMMUNITY. AND HERE WE ARE I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS LATER AND WE'RE STILL SOUNDING THE ALARM. MAKING SURE THAT THE PEOPLE DEFINITELY DO HAVE A SEAT. UM, IN SHAPING WHAT THE BLUE HILL LIVE CORRIDOR SHOULD LOOK LIKE. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING ALONGSIDE MY COLLEAGUES UM, IN DOING JUST THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR MEJIA. MY OWN. >> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HERE. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POWDER. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCIL. WEBER. UM. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0402 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING, TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. MADAM PRESIDENT, MAY I, UM. >> MADAM PRESIDENT. ARE YOU, UM PARDON ME? ARE YOU A CO-SPONSOR? I DON'T THINK HE'S. >> THE LEADER. OF THE. >> OH, YEAH. SORRY. I'M SO CONCENTRATING ON THE COUNCILOR. UH CULPEPER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM PRESIDENT, I RESPECTFULLY APPEALED THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR TO ASSIGN THIS TO THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE. I BELIEVE THAT THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE ASSIGNED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, RACIAL EQUITY AND IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT. THE FUTURE OF BLUE HILL AVENUE IS FUNDAMENTALLY A CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE ROOTED IN DEATH. DECADES OF DISPARATE PUBLIC INVESTMENT AND POTENTIAL FOR DISPROPORTIONATE ADVERSE IMPACTS ON BLACK, BROWN AND LOW INCOME RESIDENTS WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE SIX OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964. THE HEARING ORDER ITSELF MAKES CLEAR THAT DECISIONS REGARDING STREET DESIGN, TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND CAPITAL FUNDING ALONG THIS CARD IMPLICATE MADAM PRESIDENT PROTECTED CLASSES AND MUST BE EXAMINED THROUGH A CIVIL RIGHTS LENS TO ENSURE PUBLICLY FUNDED PROGRAMS DO NOT UNJUSTIFIED DISPARATE IMPACT AND OUR UNDERLYING DISPARATELY IMPACT ON COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. MADAM PRESIDENT, I'D ASK YOU TO REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, EQUITY AND IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT. SYSTEMS THE RECENT. MADAM PRESIDENT, AS. UH, HOLD A SECOND. UH, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BRIEF RECESS. 12345678 TEN. WHAT'S THE WORD? IS HE BACK OKAY? JUST JUST I DON'T KNOW. BUT I CONCESSION. >> COUNCILOR CULPEPER HAS APPEALED THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR. UH, THERE'S A MOTION. SHALL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR STAND AS THE JUDGMENT OF THE COUNCIL? UM. I'M JUST OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE PERSON WHO MOVED THE MOTION. HE'S BACK. UH A VOTE SHALL WE TAKE A, UH A VOTE SHALL BE BY ROLL CALL, UH AND SHALL AND IT SHALL BE DECIDED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE UNLESS A TWO THIRDS MAJORITY OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL IS TO THE CONTRARY. SO, MR TRACK. IS THERE A TIME LIMIT ON HOW LONG? UM I THINK YES, I THINK YOUR TIME IS PASSED. YES. THANK YOU. >> UH. I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK LAST. NIGHT. YOU WERE THE SECONDER. UH, COUNCIL FLYNN DID YOU SECOND THE MOTION? I DIDN'T I JUST. I THINK THE MOTION BEFORE THE BODY IS WHETHER OR NOT TO CHANGE THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR BY, UH, ASSIGNING THE DOCKET TO A DIFFERENT COMMITTEE. SO THAT'S THE QUESTION BEFORE US RIGHT NOW. YES. >> I WANT OH. I LIKE TO EXPLAIN MY POSITION. UM, I THINK WE DECIDE UM, WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY VOTING ON THE ON THE DOCKET. WE ARE ACTUALLY VOTING ON WHETHER IT GOES TO THE UH, YES. SO ISN'T THERE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND IF THERE IS A VOTE? KEEP THE LIGHTS ON. UM. COUNCILOR CULPEPER. ONE MINUTE. ONE MINUTE. >> THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR WITH REGARD TO THE DISPARATE IMPACT BECAUSE I THINK THERE IS SOME CONFUSION WITH REGARD TO THIS. WHEN YOU LOOKED AT THE BUSTLING THAT WAS GOING UP BOYLSTON STREET MAJORITY WHITE AREA THAT BUSTLING WAS PULLED DOWN BECAUSE OF THE COMMUNITY THAT OPPOSED IT. WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED IN WEST ROXBURY, THERE WERE SOME ISSUES WITH REGARD TO BUS LANES THERE THAT WAS PULLED DOWN. I SAY FOR THIS COMMUNITY IN DISTRICT SEVEN THE WAY THEY HAVE VOICED THEIR OPPOSITION TO THIS TO NOT PULL IT DOWN AND PULL IT DOWN THE WHITE AREA, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT DISPARATE IMPACT IS UNDER THE CONSTITUTION. SO I ASK OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS TO LOOK CLEARLY AT WHERE WE ARE. DON'T BE AFRAID TO LOOK AT THE CONSTITUTION AND DON'T BE AFRAID TO THINK ABOUT DISPARATE IMPACT WHEN IT COMES TO DISTRICT SEVEN BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPER. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAD THE FLOOR. ONE MINUTE PLEASE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WAS AT A PUBLIC MEETING AT THE QUARTER POST AND MADAM PEN A WHILE BACK DISCUSSING THIS ISSUE. RESIDENTS WERE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT IT BUT RESIDENTS SAID SPECIFICALLY MOST OF MY COLLEAGUES WERE THERE. THEY BELIEVE THIS IS A CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE AND COUNCILOR CULPEPER HIGHLIGHTED THE REASONS WHY HE THINKS IT'S A CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE. IT'S ABOUT RESPECTING THE RESIDENTS BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES THAT ARE IMPACTING BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES. I STAND WITH COUNCILOR PEPPER'S PROPOSAL TO PUT IT ON THE CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE BECAUSE I ALSO BELIEVE THIS IS A CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE AND PEOPLE IN THAT DISTRICT AND PEOPLE OF COLOR SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD AND RESPECTED AS WELL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. UH, COUNCIL AMIHERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. YES. >> I'D LIKE TO RISE AND IN SUPPORT OF MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR. CULPEPER HAVING WORKED IN THIS, UH, ISSUE FOR UH, MANY YEARS. UM, I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE AND I BELIEVE THAT GIVEN. >> EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE. AND ALL OF THE RACIAL TENSION THAT HAS CONTINUED TO BUBBLE UP TO THE TOP. UM. >> I THINK THAT WE HERE ON THE COUNCIL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEMONSTRATE WHAT A COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP LOOKS LIKE. SO I THINK WE'RE DEBATING ON WHAT UH, COMMITTEE IT FALLS IN. I THINK UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF A BLACK MAN WHO REPRESENTS. DISTRICT SEVEN. WHO WHO IS ALSO A CIVIL. RIGHTS LAWYER. UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT. ELSE TO SAY TO HELP. US UNDERSTAND THE MOMENT. UM, BUT I AM GOING TO STAND IN, UM, FULL SUPPORT. IN. >> UH, OFFERING UM. THIS HEARING ORDER. TO BE PLACED IN HIS COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL FROM HERE. UH, CONSIDER WHETHER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YEAH. >> I'M SORRY, JUST A CLARIFYING QUESTION. UH, WHAT WAS. THE COMMITTEE THAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY ASSIGNED TO? BECAUSE I THINK I'VE HEARD A COUPLE. PLANNING. OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR ONE MINUTE. THANK YOU. FIRST OFF, JUST TO CLARIFY, UM ,SO IF SOMEONE DOES QUESTION THE. PLACEMENT OF A COMMITTEE THAT WE ARE ALL ALLOWED TO SPEAK. BEFORE THE VOTE, CORRECT? YES. >> WE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK BEFORE. >> WE GO FORWARD. >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WILL ALWAYS HAPPEN. OKAY. THANK YOU. >> I JUST WANT TO RISE AND THANK REVEREND CULPEPER FOR SO ELOQUENTLY. STATING WHY HE THOUGHT IT. IS IMPORTANT TO SWITCH IT. AND I DO JUST ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT. MANY OF THE ISSUES AND TOPICS WE FILE EVERY YEAR. AS COUNCILOR SANTANA MANY. >> OF YOURS WHICH YOU ARE CALLING REFILED ISSUES. THAT WILL CONTINUE. >> EVERY YEAR TO BRING UP. SO MANY TIMES HEARING ORDERS MAY HAVE BEEN PLACED IN COMMITTEES IN THE PAST, BUT. >> I. DON'T THINK WE ALWAYS HAVE TO JUST USE PAST HISTORY OF WHERE. THINGS HAD GONE. TO DETERMINE WHERE THEY SHOULD GO. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR. ENLIGHTENING ME ON SEEING. THAT IT WOULD BE A STRONGER. COMMITTEE TO PLACE IT IN AND WE CAN ALWAYS INCLUDE UM. DEPARTMENTS ALL DEPARTMENTS. JUST BECAUSE A. HEARING IS IN EDUCATION DOESN'T MEAN ONLY BEEPS CAN COME. AND SO FORTH. SO JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THIS. >> HEARING IN. >> THE. CORRECT COMMITTEE WHICH. I BELIEVE IS CIVIL RIGHTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. UM, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN. DURKAN, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, AND I UM IF THIS DOES HAPPEN. IN MY COMMITTEE, I, UM, YOU KNOW, PRESSED TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE TO HAVE UM, AND I AND I ACTUALLY THINK THAT MBTA BUS RIDERS GETTING TO WORK FASTER IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE IN TRANSPORTATION. AND SO THERE I THINK THERE'S A NUANCED WAY TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION IN ANY COMMITTEE. BUT I DO THINK BASICALLY THE DESCRIPTION OF THE. PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE MOST ACCURATELY FITS AND WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE. CONVERSATIONS ABOUT UM, THIS REDESIGN. SO UM I WOULD ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO UM VOTE YES AND AND VOTE YES TO STAY ON WITH THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. UM, EVERYONE, AS ANYONE WHO HASN'T SPOKEN WISHING TO SPEAK. OKAY, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMEMBER HILL ONE ONE MINUTE. THIS IS A COURTESY. UH. ONE MINUTE. YES. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I THINK. ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I KEEP SHOWING UP HERE IS BECAUSE I LIKE TO BE THE TRANSLATOR FOR EVERYBODY WHO'S TUNING IN THE UNDERLINING ISSUE TO. HEAR THAT. >> I BELIEVE NEEDS TO BE, UM, BROUGHT TO LIGHT IS. THAT THERE'S A LEVEL OF. MISTRUST, RIGHT, IN TERMS OF WHO IS GOING TO FACILITATE THIS CONVERSATION THAT IMPACTS BLACK PEOPLE. AND SO. BECAUSE OF THAT AND BECAUSE THIS ISSUE HAS GONE ON AND WE KEEP KICKING DOWN THE CAN DOWN THE STREET, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO STAND WITH COMMUNITY AND CREATE A. REAL CONVERSATION AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO BE HEARD IN WAYS THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE SILENCED OR MUFFLED . I'M GOING TO BE HONEST YOU KNOW WHAT. PEOPLE DON'T TRUST? UM, CERTAIN SITUATIONS WHEN THEY COME TO THIS CHAMBER AND I THINK THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REDIRECT THE CONVERSATION AND GIVE, UM, REVEREND CULPEPER COUNCILOR CULPEPER BECAUSE IT'S A DISTRICT IN PARTICULAR AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE THE LEADER IN THAT. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR, COUNCILOR, COUNCILOR PEPEN, YOU HAVEN'T SPOKEN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, FOLLOWING THIS THIS TOPIC IN GENERAL BLUE WHO I KNOW THAT HAS SPARKED UP A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS IN OUR DISTRICT ESPECIALLY YOUR DISTRICT COUNCIL ROSE DISTRICT IN MY DISTRICT AND WE ATTENDED THE MEETING LAST YEAR AND I YOU KNOW, AS COUNCILOR FOR DISTRICT SEVEN, I DO SEE HOW THIS REALLY IMPACTS YOUR DISTRICT AND IS PROBABLY A PASSION FOR YOUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. AND I WAS WONDERING IF THERE'S A WAY THAT YOU CAN REWORD THE HEARING ORDER OR AMEND IT IN A WAY THAT IT COULD GO TO YOUR TO THE TO YOUR COMMITTEE BECAUSE WHAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THAT THAT THE WAY FOR PROTOCOL AND OF THE WAY THAT IT'S WORK THE WAY THAT IT'S WRITTEN RIGHT NOW IT REALLY DOES SOUND LIKE SOMETHING THAT SHOULD GO TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT JUST IN GENERAL. BUT IF YOU WERE TO RE REWORD IT IN A WAY UM, I DO BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD BE AMAZING IF YOU WERE TO CHAIR THIS CONVERSATION. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PEPEN. MADAM PRESIDENT, I HAVE TO. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR UH, CULPEPER. COUNCILOR. >> I'D BE GLAD TO WORK WITH YOU IF YOU GIVE US TIME NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU WANT TO TAKE A QUICK FIVE MINUTE RECESS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH COUNCILOR PEPEN TO SEE IF WE CAN COME UP WITH SOME LANGUAGE TO MAKE IT ACCEPTABLE WITH REGARD TO GOING TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. UM. CANTRELL, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. OKAY. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I SUPPORT. THAT COLLABORATION AND SEE IF WE COULD REWORD IT. BUT IF THAT TIME IS NOT GIVEN, I STAND WITH COUNCILOR CULPEPER ON MOVING IT TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS UH, COMMITTEE JUST BECAUSE IT WAS HIS SOLE ATTENTION AS THE LEAD SPONSOR, UH, TO HAVE A CIVIL RIGHTS CONVERSATION ABOUT THE INVESTMENTS ON BLUE HILL LIVE AND UH, I JUST WANT TO STAND WITH THE LEAD SPONSOR AND WHAT HIS INTENTION TRULY WAS WHEN WRITING THIS HEARING ORDER. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY, MY COUNCILMEMBER. UM. WELL, I KNOW JUST A MOTION TO TABLE THIS TO TO UH WHEN WE REACH THE END OF THE DOCKET TO GIVE. WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE FIRST MOTION AND THEN WE CAN HAVE ANOTHER MOTION TO. SUBSIDIARY MOTION ANYWAY. OKAY, SO APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCORRECT MOTION. COUNCILOR CULPEPER, WOULD YOU WISH TO WITHDRAW AND WE CAN TABLE YOUR MOTION TO, UH, APPEAL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR AND WE CAN, UH, BRING THIS DOCKET BACK AT ANOTHER TIME. NOT TO STAR. NO. >> BUT, UH, TO REWRITE IT TO GIVE US TIME TO REWRITE IT RATHER THAN DOING IT RIGHT NOW TODAY. I GOT THAT, UH, IF I'M A MEDICAL PERSON I'VE EVER SAID WE CAN WORK IT OUT TODAY. PLAN DISCUSSION BACK AND FORTH. UM, I'M WILLING TO WORK WITH COUNCIL. YOU GIVE US A FEW MINUTES. WE CAN GO TO THE LANGUAGE, BUT I DON'T WANT TO PUT UP ANOTHER TIME. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THIS SENATE BUSTLING ISSUE AND YOU THINK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AND YOU THINK ABOUT THE YEARS THAT THIS HAS BEEN GONE ON AND ON AND ON, I THINK AT SOME POINT, MADAM PRESIDENT, WE HAVE TO REALLY BRING IT TO THE POINT WHERE WE AS COUNCILOR MEJIA SAID HAVE SERIOUS DISCUSSION TO GET THIS ISSUE RESOLVED. I THINK THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF GETTING IT RESOLVED. THANK YOU. I THINK I SHOULD. NO SHE. >> SAYS HE CAN'T. THANK YOU FOR. >> COUNCILOR UM CULPEPER. IF YOU WITHDRAW YOUR MOTION WE CAN TAKE A RECESS AND YOU CAN REWRITE. NO, NO. OKAY, HOLD ON A SECOND. I THINK WE'LL GO BACK TO THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS WHETHER OR NOT THE CONSENT. UH UH SHALL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR STAND AS THE JUDGMENT OF THE COUNCIL SO WE WOULD HAVE A VOTE ON THAT. UM BRING IT COUNSELOR. COUNSELOR DURKIN. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I'M SORRY I I DON'T WANT TO BE UNPROFESSIONAL. I WOULD. >> LIKE TO. SUGGEST THAT THE. CHAIR. >> UM, JOINTLY ASSIGN THIS TO CIVIL RIGHTS AND PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION . THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN DONE UM, YEARS AGO I KNOW WHEN, UM WHEN THE MAYOR WAS COUNCIL PRESIDENT SHE OFTEN JOINTLY ASSIGNED THINGS I HAVE I PERSONALLY HEARD MY COLLEAGUES AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A NUANCED CONVERSATION. I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE ONE THAT IS BASED IN TRANSPORTATION. UM, AND BUT ALSO CIVIL RIGHTS. SO I THINK FOR THIS SPECIFIC DOCKET I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WE JOINTLY ASSIGN THIS AND I I'M REALLY UH I WOULD BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH MY COLLEAGUE FROM DISTRICT SEVEN ON ON THIS. I THINK IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A NUANCED CONVERSATION AND THAT WE IT'S CLEARLY IMPORTANT TO MY COLLEAGUES THAT THIS HAVE A CIVIL RIGHTS LENS. BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT FOR THE TRANSPORTATION UM, DEPARTMENT AND FOR US TO HAVE THIS JOINT LENS. SO I, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE CHAIR DO THAT. UM. >> COUNCILOR FLYNN, I'M GOING TO COME BACK TO THAT CONTRAFLOW NEWS FOR FOR ONE MINUTE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM. I RISE AGAIN IN REQUESTING THAT THE THE RESOLUTION THE ORDER PLACED BY COUNCILOR CULPEPER IS PRETTY CLEAR HE OUTLINED WHY IT SHOULD BE IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEE. I UNDERSTAND IT IS A CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE. SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT WANT TO VOTE ON THAT TYPE OF CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE, BUT THAT'S WHAT THE PROPOSAL IS AND IT'S ABOUT STANDING UP DURING THESE DIFFICULT TIMES TAKING A VOTE WHETHER YOU SUPPORT IT OR YOU'RE AGAINST IT. BUT WE SHOULDN'T BE CHANGING THE LANGUAGE JUST BECAUSE, UH, PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO TAKE A DIFFICULT VOTE. UM, LET'S TAKE THIS DIFFICULT VOTE AND VOTE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS. VOTE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, VOTE FOR WHAT'S WHAT'S RIGHT AND THAT'S SUPPORTING REVEREND COLE PEPPERS PROPOSAL PLACING IT IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. >> TWO THINGS ONE, WE HAD MANY HOURS OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THE COMMITTEES, WHICH WAS. A BIG PART OF. >> THE RULES. AND WE ALL. AGREE THAT MANY OF. THESE COMMITTEES OVERLAP. MY OWN COMMITTEE HAS MANY. OVERLAP WITH PUBLIC HEALTH AND WITH PUBLIC SAFETY. SO I DO. THINK THAT IT'S. ALL I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S ALWAYS UP TO THE. PRESIDENT TO MAKE THAT. DECISION. >> EVEN IF. >> SOME OF THE. >> WORDING SEEMS AS THOUGH IT COULD. GO INTO ONE. SO I DON'T BELIEVE. >> WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE WORDING TO. MAKE SURE. THAT IT'S. SAFELY PLACED. >> YOU CAN. PLACE IT IN WHATEVER COMMITTEE YOU WANT, BUT. >> I DO JUST. >> WANT TO RESPOND. TO THE UM OFFER FROM COUNCILOR DURKIN JUST SO EVERYONE. >> IS CLEAR THAT I ALREADY FILED A HEARING ORDER THIS YEAR WHERE I REQUESTED THAT IT GO INTO BOTH MYSELF. AND COUNCILOR FLYNN'S COMMITTEE, CITY SERVICES AND HUMAN SERVICES AND. I WAS TOLD BY YOU AND. >> THE CLERK THAT WE. CANNOT PLACE HEARING ORDERS ANYMORE INTO COMMITTEE. SO I WAS ALREADY DENIED THAT. SO I'M HOPING THAT. WE CONTINUE. >> TO TREAT EVERYONE. EQUALLY GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU. >> MADAM PRESIDENT. I BELIEVE. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WITH. REGARD TO COUNCILOR PEPEN, LET ME JUST READ THE THIRD WHEREAS CLAUSE IN THIS HEARING ORDER SO THAT IT'S CLEAR THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE IS THAT ALL OF THAT CAN STILL HAVE A DISPARATE IMPACT. LET ME READ THIS TO YOU TO SEE IF IT DOESN'T CLARIFY FOR YOU STREET DESIGN, TRAFFIC PLANNING, MAINTENANCE PRACTICES AND THE ALLOCATION OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE RESOURCES MAY RESULT IN A DISPROPORTIONATE DISPROPORTIONATE ADVERSE IMPACT ON PROTECTED CLASSES. SO ALL OF THAT CAN STILL BECOME PART OF WHAT WE'RE ALLEGING, INCLUDING BLACK AND BROWN RESIDENTS WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE SIX OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 WHEN SUCH INVESTMENTS FAIL TO ADDRESS LONG STANDING INEQUITIES AND PUBLIC STREET CONDITIONS. AND THAT'S WHY, MADAM PRESIDENT, I SAY THAT THE RIGHTFUL PLACE FOR THIS IS IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEE. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I THINK THIS. >> IS. A REALLY IMPORTANT DISCUSSION. THE BLUE HILL. AVENUE UH CENTER. >> RUNNING BUSTLING. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO TALK ABOUT THE SOURCES OF FUNDING. IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION ALSO AS A LAWYER ALSO AS SOMEONE WHO'S DONE A LOT OF CIVIL RIGHTS WORK . THERE'S A DISPARATE. IMPACT IN ALMOST EVERYTHING THAT WE DO AS A RESULT OF LEGACIES OF SLAVERY, LEGACIES OF RACISM, EVERY HEARING ORDER THEREFORE IF YOU FOLLOW THE SAME LOGIC COULD BE PLACED IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEE EVERY HEARING ORDER BECAUSE IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SCHOOLS, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TRANSPORTATION, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOUSING, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE RACIAL WEALTH, IF ALL BECAUSE OF THE RACIAL WEALTH GAP AND ALL BECAUSE OF LEGACIES AND CENTURIES OF DISCRIMINATION THERE EVEN IF THERE'S NOT A DISPARATE. INTENT THERE WILL BE A DISPARATE IMPACT. AND THEREFORE IF YOU FOLLOW THAT LOGIC EVERY HEARING ORDER CAN BE PLACED IN THAT COMMITTEE. THERE'S A CIVIL RIGHTS ANGLE TO ALMOST EVERY HEARING ORDER. AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US IN TERMS OF FOR THIS BODY TO BE ABLE TO LOGICALLY SAY THIS IS WHY THIS HEARING ORDER IS GOING IN THIS COMMITTEE, WHO ARE THE PARTIES THAT WILL BE CALLED IT WILL BE PLANNING THAT WILL BE THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WILL BE TRANSPORTATION. THEY ARE THE ONES WHO ARE GOING TO BE THE MOST INTERACTIVE WITH WHAT THE INTENT OF THIS HEARING ORDER IS WHICH IS WHY PLANNING DEVELOPMENT TRANSPORTATION IS RECOMMENDED. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A CIVIL RIGHTS ANGLE AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. THANK YOU FOR CONSISTENCY. SO THERE'S A MOTION. THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. COUNCILOR CULPEPER HAS ASKED TO UH FOR A REASSIGNMENT OF THIS UH THE CHAIR'S DECISION UH TO SEND THIS DOCKET TO CIVIL RIGHTS RATHER THAN PLANNING TRANSPORTATION. SO SHALL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR STAND AS THE JUDGMENT OF THE COUNCIL? MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE, UH, TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE. COUNCILOR BRIEF. YES. >> COUNCILOR. BREADON. YES. COUNCIL. COLLETTE AS A PARTNER. YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTY. YES. COUNCILOR CULPEPER. YES. >> NO I MEAN I LOOK WHAT? YES. >> THE CHAIR OF THE MEETING. >> I DON'T KNOW WHERE I'M GOING TO GO. HOLD HOLD ON A SECOND. THE MOTION IS ON THE FLOOR IS CONTRA. CULPEPER HAS ASKED THAT THIS DOCKET BE REASSIGNED TO A DIFFERENT COMMITTEE AND THE THE THE THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS SHALL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR ME STAND AS THE JUDGMENT OF THE COUNCIL. SO IF YOU'RE IN AGREEMENT WITH ME AND SAYING THAT THIS NEEDS TO GO TO PLANNING TRANSPORTATION, THEN YOU SAY YES IF YOU'RE IN DISAGREEMENT WITH ME AND YOU NEED IT TO WANTED TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE TO CIVIL RIGHTS AND YOU VOTE NO. IS THAT CLEAR NOW? >> BUT YEAH. THE VOTERS ALREADY THE IT'S ALREADY STARTED. UM. >> YOU CAN VOTE NO AND VOTE IF YOU. JUST FOR. >> YOUR ORDER. YES. >> WE'RE VOTING THE VOTE IS ALREADY STARTED. PLEASE PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR CULPEPER. MADAM CHAIR, CAN WE GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF THE VOTE? CAN WE START THE VOTE? >> YES. ALL OVER. WILL, THERE'S THERE'S NO. ONE PERSON TO AND PLACE. THAT'S YOUR CAR. WE'RE GOING. TO MOVE. >> TO VOTE. WE'VE HAD. >> A. PRETTY THOROUGH DISCUSSION. WE'VE GOT. >> MY MICHAEL. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. >> MR TRUCK, CAN YOU, UH, REDO THE VOTE? THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. >> COUNCILOR BREADON? YES, COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER? YES. COUNCIL AS A PARTY? YES. COUNCIL. CULPEPER. NO. COUNCILOR CULPEPER. NO. COUNCILOR DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. NO. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. NO. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCIL. FLYNN. NO. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. NO. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. NO. COUNCILOR. PUT PEN. COUNCILOR. THE PEN. YES COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCIL. SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. AND COUNCIL. WE'RE OUT. NO. COUNCILOR WORRELL. NO. SIX SEVEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND SIX VOTES IN THE NEGATIVE. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. DOCKET 0402 SHALL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING UH ,DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0403. NUMBER 0403 COUNCILORS CULPEPER AND FLYNN ON FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXAMINE THE STATUS OF THE PROPOSED LONG ISLAND RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND THE REOPENING OF THE LONG ISLAND TREATMENT CENTER. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES, UH, COUNCILOR CULPEPER. OH CULPEPER. YOU'RE THE LEAD SPONSOR ON THIS ONE. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. WE HAVE IN MY. MIND WE DON'T NEED LONG. AS LONG BEEN AND IDENTIFIED AS A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF THE CITY'S RESPONSE TO THE OPIOID CRISIS AND THE NEED FOR EXPANDED TREATMENT AND RECOVERY INFRASTRUCTURE. WHILE THERE IS BROAD AGREEMENT ON THE IMPORTANCE OF RESTORING SERVICES ON LONG ISLAND, THERE CONTINUES TO BE SIGNIFICANT UNCERTAINTY AROUND THE PROJECT'S TIMELINE. THE FUNDING, REGULATORY APPROVALS AND THE PRACTICAL STEPS NECESSARY TO MAKE TREATMENT ACCESS A REALITY IN THE NEAR TERM FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES NAVIGATING SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, HOUSING INSTABILITY, DELAYS AND EXPANDING TREATMENT CAPACITY HAVE REAL AND IMMEDIATE CONSEQUENCES AS THE CITY CONTINUES TO PURSUE LONG TERM INTEREST SUCCESS SOLUTIONS, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE ALSO EXAMINE WHETHER THEY ARE VIABLE INTERIM ACCESS ON FEEDS SUCH AS FERRY SERVICE THAT COULD HELP RESTORE TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SERVICES SOONER. LAST YEAR THIS BODY UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF PRIORITIZING A RECOVERY CAMPUS FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON. WHY NOT PUT THAT CAMPUS BACK ON LONG ISLAND? THIS HEARING WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROJECT CURRENTLY STANDS. IDENTIFY ANY BARRIERS TO PROGRESS. EXPLORE ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYS TO ENSURE THAT THE REOPENING OF LONG ISLAND DOES NOT REMAIN A LONG TERM GOAL BUT BECOMES A TIMELY AND ACCESSIBLE FOR THOSE IN NEED OF CARE AND SUPPORT THIS TIME. MADAM PRESIDENT, I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR SUSPENSION OF THE RULES TO ADD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AS A THIRD REGIONAL COUNCIL CO-SPONSOR TO THIS FILING. AND MADAM PRESIDENT, I WAS RECENTLY IN LOS ANGELES AND I WENT TO WHAT THEY HAVE AS THE SKID ROW CARE CAMPUS. LET ME JUST SAY BOSTON IS WELL AHEAD OF MANY OTHER CITIES AND DEALING WITH THESE ISSUES THAT WERE DEALT WITH MASSIVE CARES. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR CULPEPER THE CHAIR UH OH YOU UH CONCEPTUAL PAPER UH, SEEKS TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND UH OH SEEING HERE NO OBJECTIONS TO ADDING COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. SO ADDED UM, COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPER FOR ADDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AS A MASSACHUSETTS PROBATION OFFICER FOR OVER EIGHT YEARS I FOCUSED ON REENTRY SERVICE PROGRAMS AND HELPED HUNDREDS OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES. I KNOW THAT THE RECOVERY SERVICE FACILITY AT LIFELINE LONG ISLAND WERE AN INVALUABLE TOOL THAT HELP PEOPLE INTO RECOVERY. BUT WHILE WE HAVE BEEN SOLELY FOCUSED ON THE 100 MILLION BUDGETED TO REBUILD THE LONG ISLAND BRIDGE, WE HAVE REMAINED FROZEN IN PLACE. ALTHOUGH WE HAVE BUDGETED 38 MILLION FOR THE CAMPUS, WE HAVE NOT MADE ANY SERIOUS EFFORTS IN THE MEANTIME TO REOPEN THE LONG ISLAND TREATMENT FACILITY OR USE THE FERRY SERVICE VIA PILOT FUNDS AS I CALLED WHEN I WAS A CANDIDATE IN 2017, WE DID NOT USE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN ONE TIME AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING AS WELL . DESPITE THE PLEAS OF RESIDENTS ,CIVIC ORGANIZATION AND SMALL BUSINESSES, WE HAVE NOT MADE ANY HEADWAY TO OPEN A RECOVERY CAMPUS ELSEWHERE IN BOSTON. I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS HEARING TO LEARN FROM CITY OFFICIALS ON WHAT THE CURRENT STATUS IS OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE LONG ISLAND BRIDGE. I'M NOT GIVING UP ON THE PEOPLE IN NEED OF RECOVERY SERVICES. THIS IS. >> WHAT I DID. MY ENTIRE LIFE AS A PROBATION OFFICER. AND I'M ALSO NOT GIVING UP ON THE PEOPLE. >> OF DORCHESTER. THE SOUTH AND ROXBURY AND SOUTH BOSTON UM THAT DESERVE A SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD, A HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE HAVE TO DO MORE WORK ON THE AND CHAOS, UH, CRISIS THAT'S FACING THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AS LONG ISLAND SITS IN DISTRICT THREE, I'M HAPPY TO WORK WITH MY CO-SPONSORS HERE. AND THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS FORWARD. UH, IT WAS. ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO THAT. MYSELF AND SOME OF MY OTHER COLLEAGUES HERE ON THIS. COUNCIL TOOK A TOUR OUT THERE AND. GOT TO SEE. >> SOME OF THE LAND. I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL AGAIN TO UH, ISSUE THAT TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL TO TAKE A TRIP OUT. >> THERE. AND SEE BECAUSE IT CERTAINLY UH WOULD BE A BENEFIT THAT IMPACTS ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS. UM, BUT LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION AND OBVIOUSLY, UH, YOU KNOW, LIVING AND BREATHING THIS STUFF EVERY DAY. UM, AND HAPPY TO HELP OUT AND LEND MY UH, WHAT I'VE SINCE LEARNED ABOUT LONG ISLAND TO. MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POWDER COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCILOR MURPHY CONTRA PEPEN CONTRA SANTANA CONTRA WEBER, CONSTABLE RAEL AND PLEASE, UH, THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0403 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH, HOMELESSNESS AND RECOVERY. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0404. DOCTOR NUMBER. 040 FOR COUNCIL CULPEPER AND LIBERAL FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXAMINE WHETHER EMERGENCY POLICIES FOR UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IN COORDINATION WITH HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS ASSISTANCE PROVIDERS AND THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY. THANK YOU. >> MR. CLERK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR CULPEPER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM PRESIDENT, EARLIER THIS MONTH THE COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED DOCTOR DOCKET 0353 RECOGNIZING THE AVOIDABLE DEATH OF CARVELL CURRY AND HIGHLIGHTING THE LIFE THREATENING RISKS EXTREME WEATHER POSES TO UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS WITHOUT SAFE SHELTER AS WEATHER BECOMES INCREASINGLY UNPREDICTABLE, OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE MUST BE PROACTIVE, HUMANE AND FOCUSED ON PROTECTING HUMAN SAFETY AND DIGNITY. PASSING THE RESOLUTION WAS ONLY THE FIRST STEP THE CITY AND THE MBTA MUST ACT AND WE WILL HELP FACILITATE THE DISCUSSION TO ENSURE THAT SOLUTION ORIENTED ACTION BECOMES A REALITY. EARLIER THIS MORNING I SENT A LETTER TO THE MBTA GENERAL MANAGER ASKING TO CLARIFY WHAT THE NBA'S EMERGENCY WEATHER POLICIES ARE AND TO EXPRESS CONCERNS. I UNDERSTAND THAT. THE MTA MANAGER ING PRIORITIZES RIDER COMFORT BUT IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT TO IMPLEMENT COMPASSIONATE POLICIES DURING EXTREME CONDITIONS, ESPECIALLY WHEN LIVES ARE AT RISK. I'M ENCOURAGED THAT DURING THE RECENT BLIZZARD, SOUTH STATION REMAINED OPEN AFTER HOURS AND SHELTERED NEARLY 50 PEOPLE, FURTHER DEMONSTRATING THE RIGHT RIDER COMFORT AND SUPPORT FOR SUPPORT FOR THOSE IN NEED CAN BE PRIORITIZED DURING WEATHER EMERGENCIES. THIS HEARING WILL EXAMINE CURRENT POLICIES AND ASSESS HOW THE CITY CAN IMPROVE COORDINATION WITH PARTNERS INCLUDING SERVICE PROVIDERS AND THE MBTA. COLLABORATION WITH HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS ASSISTANCE PROVIDERS IS CRITICAL TO ENSURING TIMELY COMMUNICATION, SHELTER, ACCESS AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES BY REVIEWING EXISTING EFFORTS AND IDENTIFY IMPROVEMENTS, THE COUNCIL CAN HELP ENSURE UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS IN BOSTON HAVE ACCESS TO SAFE SHELTER AND NECESSARY DURING EXTREME WEATHER. MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR A SUSPENSION OF THE RULES THAT'S COUNCILOR TO COUNCILOR DURKAN AS A THIRD OF WHICH IS NO CO-SPONSOR TO THIS FILE. AND THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, COUNCILOR DURKAN HAS ADDED AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR CULPEPPER FOR FILING THIS, UH, AS WELL AS THE RESOLUTION THAT WE THAT WE PASSED IN HONOR OF CARVELL CURRY. UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, UH IT'S AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR US TO WORK ON. UH, THERE ARE PEOPLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT, UH, DON'T HAVE, UH, STABLE HOUSING. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE SUPPORTED. UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE WE'VE HEARD IT HERE SEVERAL TIMES. I'LL JUST REITERATE UM, UH OR THE REPORTED NUMBERS ARE ABOUT 5000 OF OUR 47,000 STUDENTS EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS EVERY YEAR AND EVERY SCHOOL YEAR WILL TELL YOU THAT THAT NUMBER IS LIKELY UNDERREPORTED. SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO SHELTERS . UH, AND ONE THING THAT I'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT. WE HAVE A UH, STATE E SHELTER IN WEST ROXBURY THAT IS OPEN BUT HAS VERY FEW FAMILIES IN IT AND THAT'S PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE TIGHTENING OF ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP CAN ACTUALLY FIND THE SHELTER AND GET TO THE BEDS THAT ARE THERE ,UH, AND FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, HOW WE CAN ADVOCATE FOR THOSE PEOPLE. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER FOR ADDING ME. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER LIPS THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN. CONSIDER CAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR CULPEPER FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD, UM, INDEPENDENTLY. UM, FROM HIS ADVOCACY HAD JUST FELT LIKE A, YOU KNOW, EMOTIONAL PALL TOWARDS THIS ISSUE. UM, AND I HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS SCHEDULED WITH THE MBTA THAT THEY'VE CANCELED LAST MINUTE. UM, SO I'M NOW PROUD TO BE WORKING WITH THIS CAUCUS OF COMPASSIONATE LEADERS. UM, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SCHEDULING THAT MEETING WITH THE MBTA DIRECTLY AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THEM IN TO UM I DO WANT TO SAY AS THE CHAIR OF PILOT, UM, WE OFTEN IT'S ACTUALLY INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS AS WELL. SO I KNOW THAT THIS UM MIGHT GO TO. PUBLIC HEALTH HOMELESSNESS AND RECOVERY. I DEFINITELY THINK THERE'S AN ELEMENT OF POTENTIALLY THIS GOING TO PILOT BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO COMPEL THE MBTA TO SHOW UP TO THIS HEARING. UM, AND I KNOW THAT WHEN WE COMPELLED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO SHOW UP, UM, THERE WAS A UM WHEN WE COMPELLED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO SHOW UP UM AND THE POSTMASTER UNFORTUNATELY THEY DID NOT SHOW UP. UM, THAT HAPPENED THROUGH THE PILOT COMMITTEE. SO I JUST WANT TO UM, I BUT I DEFINITELY KNOW THAT COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AND CHAIR FITZGERALD WOULD DO A GREAT JOB WITH THIS CONVERSATION AS WELL. I JUST WANTED TO ILLUMINATE THAT ASPECT TO THIS OF WE REALLY DO NEED TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AND GET IN FRONT OF THESE FOLKS AND I'VE BEEN ATTEMPTING TO DO SO PRIVATELY AND MAYBE WE HAVE TO DO SO PUBLICLY. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR FLYNN, I SEE YOUR LIGHT IS ON UM, THAT THE CO-SPONSORS THE LEAD SPONSOR AND THE TWO CO-SPONSORS HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN. THERE'S NO OTHER CONVERSATION WITH THIS. THIS WILL GO TO COMMITTEE. OKAY, I UNDERSTAND IT'S BEEN SAID. MIGHT JUST AS. THANK YOU. WELL, WE LOOK FORWARD TO A SPEEDY, UM, HEARING AND, UH, HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY WILL BE ABLE TO ATTEND. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POWDER CONTRA FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL ME HERE COUNCILOR MURPHY CONTRA PEPEN CONTRA SANTANA COUNCILOR WORRELL AND PLEASE UH THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0404 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH, HOMELESSNESS AND RECOVERY. MISTER KIRK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0405? TALKING OF A0405 COUNCIL IS CULPEPER MEJIA FOR THE FOR. >> THE FOLLOWING. ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXAMINE CROSSING GUARD STAFFING SHORTAGES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND TO EXPLORE STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVED COORDINATION AND VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT. THANK YOU MR CHAIR. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR CULPEPER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. EARLIER THIS MONTH THAT OUR FEBRUARY 11TH COUNCIL MEETING WE UNANIMOUSLY, UNANIMOUSLY PASSED A RESOLUTION ON FILE TO ESTABLISH A CROSSING GUARD CORPSE AT THE TORONTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AND IT REALLY WASN'T LIMITED TO THE TORONTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BUT WE COULD START USING THAT AS A PILOT AND RESEARCHING THAT EFFORT. I LEARNED JUST HOW SERIOUS THIS ISSUE IS ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY ,BUT 1 IN 4 CROSSING GUARD POSITIONS IN BOSTON ARE CURRENTLY UNFILLED. THAT MEANS TOO MANY SCHOOL INTERSECTION LACK CONSISTENT SAFETY COVERAGE DURING ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL. I MIGHT SAY THAT THEY DID RECENTLY HIRE A CROSSING GUARD FOR THAT TRY TO UH TRY TO SCHOOL CROSSING BUT I UNDERSTAND THE CITY BUDGETS CONSTRAINTS. I ALSO KNOW THEIR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE READY, WILLING AND ABLE TO STEP UP TO HELP KEEP OUR STUDENTS SAFE. I'M ONE OF THEM. WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT WAYS TO BETTER RECRUIT AND TRAIN VOLUNTEERS TO SUPPORT OUR EXISTING WORKFORCE, WHILE ALSO STRENGTHENING COORDINATION WITH THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN APPROVING POSTS AND SUPPORTING PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AROUND SCHOOLS. THIS HEARING IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE SCOPE OF THE SHORTAGE AND FIGURE OUT HOW THE CITY AND THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT TO WORK TOGETHER TO BUILD A MORE RELIABLE, COMMUNITY DRIVEN MODEL ONE THAT ENSURES EVERY STUDENT HAS A SAFE PATH TO AND FROM SCHOOL. MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LOVE FOR SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND COUNCILOR MURPHY AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR TO THIS FINALLY. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. SEEING AND HEAR OF NO OBJECTIONS, COUNCILOR MURPHY HAS ADDED AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMEMBER HERE. COUNCIL ME HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UM THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR CULPEPPER FOR ADDING ME TO THIS HEARING ORDER. CROSSING GUARDS PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN KEEPING OUR STUDENTS SAFE EACH DAY. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO STRENGTHEN COORDINATION, SUPPORT RECRUITMENT EFFORTS AND ENSURE EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD HAS CONSISTENT COVERAGE AT SCHOOL CROSSINGS. I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION AND I ALSO THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE TO UPLIFT THAT BOSTON IS RESOURCE RICH AND COORDINATION POOR AND BECAUSE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO UH, STEP UP OUR GAME IN THAT SPACE, I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THIS HEARING SO THAT WE CAN EXPLORE HOW WE CAN DO JUST THAT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MEJIA. UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM. >> I RISE. >> IN. SUPPORT OF THIS HEARING ORDER. CROSSING GUARDS ARE A CRITICAL. PART OF KEEPING OUR. STUDENTS SAFE AS THEY. TRAVEL TO. >> AND FROM SCHOOL. AND WITH TOO MANY POSITIONS. CURRENTLY UNFILLED. AS COUNCILOR CULPEPER TOLD US, 1 IN 4. FAMILIES ARE. >> EXPERIENCING INCONSISTENT COVERAGE. >> AT KEY INTERSECTIONS DURING ARRIVAL. >> AND DISMISSAL TIMES. THAT IS SIMPLY SOMETHING. >> WE CANNOT IGNORE AND. MANY OF US ARE PROBABLY GETTING LOTS OF CALLS AND EMAILS ABOUT HEIGHTENED. CONCERNS WITH THE SNOW PILES THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME TO NEAR BUS STOPS AND FOR OUR STUDENTS, OUR TEACHERS AND OUR FAMILIES. THIS HEARING WILL. GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY. TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE SCOPE . OF THE STAFFING SHORTAGES, EXAM AND COORDINATION. BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH WE KNOW THE CROSSING GUARDS DO FALL UNDER THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND EXPLORE STRONGER . RECRUITMENT STRATEGIES FOR BOTH PAID AND VOLUNTEER CROSSING GUARDS. STUDENT SAFETY MUST REMAIN A TOP PRIORITY. SO I APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATION AND. THE WORK WE'LL DO TOGETHER. I ALSO WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR CAL PEPPER FOR REACHING OUT. >> AND ADDING ME, BUT I AM AWARE. THAT COUNCILOR PEPEN SINCE HE'S COME ON TO THE COUNCIL. AND IT WAS YOUR MAIDEN SPEECH. AND I KNOW. I'VE BEEN. >> TO ALL OF YOUR HEARINGS. AROUND SAFETY OF STUDENTS AND SCHOOL BUSSES. I ALSO KNOW THAT DIFFERENT THIS YEAR THOUGH THIS TERM. IF YOU'RE NOT AN. ORIGINAL SPONSOR YOU CAN'T. SPEAK BUT IT ALSO. IS TRUE AND I JUST WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT ALL OF US. ATTEND AND HAVE THE SAME. ,UM, YOU KNOW, ABILITY TO SPEAK AT. HEARINGS AND. VOTE IF. >> A VOTE COMES UP. BUT I AM. GOING TO. ALLOW COUNCILOR PEPPER. PEPEN WHO HAD ASKED IF HE CAN BE AN ORIGINAL SPONSOR BUT JUST LETTING EVERYONE KNOW THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO DIMINISH MY ADVOCACY AND. I WILL BE AT THIS HEARING AND WORKING. ALONGSIDE ALL OF YOU. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? JUST MAKING SURE THAT WAS SPONSORED. DOES THAT NEED TO BE. SO WE HAVE I'M SORRY WE'VE GOT TO CALL TWO LEAD SPONSORS AT THE MOMENT. IT'S GOING TO TAKE. SHE WAS OH. SO YOU'RE SUBSTITUTING. OKAY. UM COUNCILOR MURPHY HAS UM. THE CLERK COUNCILOR CULPEPER. UH, I LEAVE THE CHAIR TO YOUTH. I DO MADAM PRESIDENT, I DO ACCEPT UH, COUNCILOR MURPHY WITHDRAWING AS A CO-SPONSOR AND HAVING COUNCILOR PEPPER AS A CO-SPONSOR. ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR PEPEN. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, YES. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY. AND COUNCILOR CULPEPER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FINALLY THIS THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING I'VE BEEN WORKING ON. THIS IS GOING ON THE COUNCIL I'VE SPOKEN TO THE SUPERINTENDENT. UM SORRY. THE COMMISSIONER OF BPD. UM, CROSSING GUARDS FALL ON THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO REALLY ELEVATE THEIR POSITIONS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE THEY'RE ALL FILLED UP. THE LAST TIME I CHECKED IT WAS 51 OPENINGS FOR CROSSING GUARDS ACROSS THE CITY. SO I KNOW THAT THE CONCERNS YOU HEAR IN DISTRICT SEVEN ARE VERY SIMILAR TO DISTRICT FIVE AND ACROSS THE CITY. I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PEPEN. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR COLLETTE IS A PART OF COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. COUNCILOR HERE. COUNCILOR MURPHY, COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCIL. WELL, AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0405 WOULD BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. MR TURNER, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0406. DUCKING NUMBER 0406. COUNCILMEMBER HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING ON TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY A PRIVATE FUND RAISING IN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSUMER HERE. COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND BEFORE I START, I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT I AM FIERCELY ADVOCATING TO HAVE THIS PARTICULAR HEARING ORDER AND MY COMMITTEE JUST IN CASE. UM, SO THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS FUNDED PRIMARILY THROUGH, UH, PUBLIC DOLLARS. YET MANY INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS SUPPLEMENT THEIR BUDGETS THROUGH PRIVATE FUNDING. UM AND IN 2018 THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONED AN INDEPENDENT AUDIT OF SCHOOL BASED ACCOUNTS AND AFFILIATED NONPROFITS WHICH FOUND THAT ABOUT ONE THIRD OF SCHOOLS HAD UH 501. SOME THREE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAD THOSE SCHOOLS WERE AMONG THE HIGHEST FUNDRAISERS IN THE ENTIRE DISTRICT. TODAY THERE IS NO CENTRALIZED, PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE SYSTEM THAT SHOWS HOW PRIVATE FUNDING IS RAISED ACROSS EPS AND WHICH SCHOOLS BENEFIT OR HOW THOSE FUNDS ARE USED. NOT ALL SCHOOLS HAVE THE SAME FUNDING UM, FUNDRAISING CAPACITY AND WE ALL KNOW THAT UH THOSE FOLKS WHO HAVE ACCESS TO CAPITAL AND NETWORKS AND UM PROXIMITY TO POWER USUALLY DO. BETTER NOT JUST IN FUNDRAISING BUT IN ALL AREAS OF FUNDRAISING AND AND IN A YEAR WHERE BP FACES A PROJECTED 53 MILLION SHORTFALL. THAT DISPARITY MATTERS NOW MORE THAN EVER. THIS HEARING IS ABOUT TRANSPARENCY AND EQUITY AND ENSURING THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE FULL FINANCIAL PICTURE SO THAT ALL SCHOOLS ARE UM. SUPPORTED FAIRLY. AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HOSTING THIS HEARING AND DRAWING AND UM, FROM EXPERIENCE FROM FOLKS ACROSS. >> THE COUNTRY. WHO HAVE FOUND WAYS TO UM LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD ACROSS DISTRICTS. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO HOSTING THIS UM, HEARING ORDER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MAHONEY. >> ONE MORE. >> THING I WANT TO. THANK QUEST. UM, AND THE PARENTS THAT HAVE BEEN FIERCELY ADVOCATING AROUND THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO. OUR PARTNERSHIP. AND DOING JUST THIS. THANK YOU FROM HERE. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR CULPEPER. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. UH. COUNCILOR. PEPEN. >> COUNCILOR. >> SANTANA. COUNCILOR. WEBER. CULTURAL COUNCILOR MURPHY AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR I GOT TO COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0460406 WOULD BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0407. DOC AND HAVE A040 SO AND CONCILOR MEJIA HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING. ORDER FOR A HEARING TO. REVIEW PREVENTION AND RESPONSE TO BULLYING, SEXUAL. HARASSMENT. >> SEXUAL ASSAULT AND SEXUAL MISCONDUCT IN THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. MR. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSUMER HERE. COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, STUDENTS DESERVE TO. >> FEEL. SAFE IN OUR SCHOOLS. DATA NATIONALLY SHOWS THAT BULLYING AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT REMAIN PERSISTENT ISSUES UM THROUGH K THROUGH 12 SETTINGS WHEN INCIDENTS ARE HANDLED INCONSISTENTLY, THE TRUST OF PARENTS AND STUDENTS ARE UNDERMINED. THIS HEARING IS FOCUSED ON PREVENTION AND RESPONSE WHAT TRAININGS EXIST? WHAT REPORTING PATHWAYS ARE AVAILABLE, HOW FAMILIES ARE INFORMED, HOW IS DATA TRACKED AND HOW ARE REPEAT ISSUES ADDRESSED WHEN NOT ASSUMING FAILURE? WE'RE ASKING FOR FLAHERTY STUDENTS AND PARENTS AND EDUCATORS NEED TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE CLEAR PROTOCOLS, TRAUMA INFORMED SUPPORTS AND ACCOUNTABILITY STRUCTURES IN PLACE. SAFETY IS A FUNDAMENTAL IT IS FUNDAMENTAL FUNDAMENTAL TO LEARNING AND WE OWE FAMILIES TRANSPARENCY UM, ON WAYS THAT UH WE CAN ARTICULATE HOW WE'RE PROTECTING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. AND I JUST WANT TO NOTE, UM, THAT ISSUES OF BULLYING HAVE UH THERE'S BEEN AN UPTICK UM, SINCE COVID WE HAVE SEEN PARENTS REACHING OUT TO OUR OFFICE, UM, BECAUSE OFTENTIMES IT SEEMS LIKE A BLIND EYE IS TURNED OR THINGS ARE NOT GETTING REPORTED OR ADDRESSED. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE DISTRICT TO UM, PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LEARN AND TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE COULD BE DOING DIFFERENTLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HERE. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNSELOR. CULPEPER. CONTRA FITZGERALD CANCER LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. UH. >> PEPEN. >> COUNSELOR WEBER WILL ROLL AND PLEASE UH, THE CHAIR DOCKET 0407 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0408? DUGGAN NUMBER 0408 COUNCILOR. >> MEJIA FOR THE FOLLOWING. ORDER FOR A HEARING TO IDENTIFY COMMUNITY PRIORITIES. NEEDS AND HOPES. IN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. COME TO THE CHAIR. RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS EXPERIENCED ENROLLMENT SHIFTS, BUDGET CONSTRAINTS AND MAJOR STRUCTURAL UM DISCUSSIONS. FAMILIES HAVE BEEN DEEPLY ENGAGED AND OFTEN UM, HAVE SHARED THEIR CONCERNS. THIS HEARING I WILL CREATE SPACE TO FORMALLY DOCUMENT WHAT COMMUNITIES ARE SAYING THEY NEED UH, EXPLORE ACADEMIC STABILITY FACILITY INVESTMENTS ,LANGUAGE ACCESS, SPECIAL EDUCATION SUPPORT, TRANSPORTATION RELIABILITY AND TRUST POLICY DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE QUICKLY AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SLOW DOWN AND LISTEN INTENTIONALLY BEFORE WE RESTRUCTURE. SCHOOLS OR ALLOCATE RESOURCES, WE SHOULD CLEARLY UNDERSTAND WHAT STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ARE PRIORITIZING RIGHT NOW. THIS HEARING IS ABOUT GROUNDING DECISIONS AND DOCUMENTING COMMUNITY INPUT. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO HOSTING THIS UM OPPORTUNITY TO DO JUST THAT. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MEJIA WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. UM. MADAM PRESIDENT. COUNCIL CULPEPER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MAY I BE HEARD? YES, YOU MAY BE HEARD. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER FOR FILING AND ADDING ME. ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR TO THIS HEARING THE ORDER BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL NEED TO PRIORITIZE HEARING TAKING FEEDBACK DIRECTLY FROM THE COMMUNITY THEY SERVE. THIS OOPS. UM BEG YOUR PARDON, COUNCILOR. UH CULPEPER. UM IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. OKAY. >> COUNCILOR MEJIA WISHES TO ADD COUNCILOR CULPEPER AS A SECOND CO-SPONSOR. UM, YOU YOU HAVE. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. >> GO AHEAD SIR. YOU'RE THE SECOND. SO. I THOUGHT I. FINISH BUT I'LL. DO IT AGAIN. THANK YOU. >> PUT IS. >> MY THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER HERE FOR HAVING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR TO THIS HERE IN ORDER THINGS TO PRIORITIZE HEARING. TAKING FEEDBACK. DIRECTLY FROM THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE. THIS HEARING ORDER IS A GREAT STEP IN THAT DIRECTION. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HERE. THANK YOU COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. PEPEN. COUNCILOR SANTANA. CULTURE WEBER. COUNCIL AROUND AND PLEASE UH THE CHAIR. UH THANK YOU. DOCKET 0408 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. MISTER CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0409.. NUMBER 0409? CONCILOR MEJIA HERE FOR THE. FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING ON CIVIL. RIGHTS CONSTITUTIONAL. AND LEGAL IMPLICATIONS. >> OF THE BOSTON. REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER. ALSO KNOWN AS BROOKE. THE ASSOCIATE. >> OF VIOLENCE INFORMATION SYSTEM AVIS. SO AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS ALPR. AND PARTICIPATION. IN FEDERAL JOINT TASK FORCES GTA. THANK YOU, MISTER KIRK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMEMBER HERE FOR ME. HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I KNOW THAT THE CLERK IS ANNOYED WITH ME. SORRY ABOUT THAT BUT I AM SORRY. UH, CASE YOU DIDN'T NOTICE I NOTICED IT, SO, UH, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR CULPEPER AS A SECOND CO-SPONSOR. AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND THAT COUNCILOR SANTANA AS AN ORIGINAL THIRD CO-SPONSOR. UM COUNCILOR CULPEPER IS ADDED AS A SECOND AND SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COUNCILOR SANTANA IS ADDED AS A THIRD. AS MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL WE HAVE SWORN TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION THAT REQUIRES PROACTIVE OVERSIGHT OF THE CITY'S INTELLIGENCE AND SURVEILLANCE INFRASTRUCTURE. BRICK IS ONE COMPONENT WITHIN THE ECOSYSTEM SINCE AVIS, THE ASSOCIATE OF VIOLENCE INFORMATION SYSTEM PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS THE GANG DATABASE WHERE INDIVIDUALS MAY BE INCLUDED IN INTELLIGENCE RECORDS BASED ON ASSOCIATIONS. OR BEHAVIORAL INDICATORS, BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT UTILIZES SURVEILLANCE TOOLS SUCH AS AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READERS. OVER THE SUMMER, BPD CONDUCTED A TRIAL WITH FLOCK SAFETY AND WHILE WE DO NOT YET HAVE A FULL UPDATE ON THAT PILOT, THERE HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED CONCERNS NATIONALLY ABOUT FLOCK AS A COMPANY AND ABOUT. ALPR TECHNOLOGY MORE BROADLY, PARTICULARLY AROUND DATA RETENTION, INTER-AGENCY SHARING AND PROLONGED LOCATION TRACKING . THESE SYSTEMS DO NOT OPERATE IN ISOLATION. SHE IS. >> A. DATA COLLECTED THROUGH A LPR S AND OTHER TOOLS MAY INTERSECT WITH BROADER INTELLIGENCE SHARING ENVIRONMENTS INCLUDING BREAK AND FEDERAL TASK FORCE. OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH COMMUNITY AND CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THE MUSLIM. JUSTICE LEAGUE. DIGITAL FOURTH WHO HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING AND INVESTIGATING BRICK'S OPERATIONS FOR YEARS. THEY HAVE RAISED CONCERNS REGARDING TRANSPARENCY, DUE PROCESS, RACIAL IMPACT AND DATA SHARING PRACTICES. WE WHILE WE UNDERSTAND THAT BREAK MAY BE COMING BEFORE THIS BODY FOR A VOTE UM THIS YEAR UM THIS COMMITTEE UM AND UM AND UM UM THAT COMMITTEE WILL BE PROBABLY MOST LIKELY IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE INTENDS TO HOLD HEARINGS. THIS IS FOCUSED SPECIFICALLY ON THE CIVIL RIGHTS AND CONSTITUTIONAL DIMENSIONS. IT CENTERS THE EXPERTISE OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO HAVE DONE EXTENSIVE WORK ON THIS ISSUE SO THAT COUNCILORS AND THE PUBLIC ARE FULLY INFORMED AND PREPARED AHEAD OF ANY PUBLIC SAFETY PROCEEDINGS. THIS IS ABOUT ENSURING THAT OUR DECISIONS ARE GROUNDED IN CONSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS, COMMUNITY EXPERTISE AND A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPLICATIONS FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES IN BOSTON. SO IF Y'ALL CAN'T TELL FROM THE UH THE TONE IN MY VOICE, I'M REALLY ADVOCATING THAT THIS IS A CIVIL RIGHTS AND CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUE. JUST IN CASE. THANK YOU. >> COMES FROM HERE. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNTRY CULPEPER COUNTRY CULPEPER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR FILING AND ADDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR THIS HEARING ORDER INFORMATION SHARING BETWEEN THE BRICK THE BPD WITHOUT THE AGENCY MUST BE CAREFULLY SCRUTINIZED TO ENSURE THAT IT DOES NOT INFRINGE UPON THE CIVIL RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES OF BOSTON'S RESIDENTS, PARTICULARLY THOSE IN VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPER. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA CONSCIOUS CONSISTENTLY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HERE FOR INCLUDING ME IN THIS. LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION. I'VE UH, GOT TO CHAIR MANY OF THESE CONVERSATIONS LAST YEAR UM. WITH MY WORK WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. UM. WHEREVER THIS ENDS UP, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION AND WORKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES, UM, TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO RESIDENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SANTANA. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR. UH, WEBER. COUNCILOR WORRELL AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. DOCKET 0409 REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, RACIAL EQUITY AND IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0410. TALKING OF 0410, CONCILOR MEJIA HERE FOR THE FINAL ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXAMINE AND MODERNIZE THE BOSTON CITY CHARTER IN ADVANCE OF THE CITY'S 400TH ANNIVERSARY. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMEMBER. HE COMES FROM HERE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, BOSTON IS APPROACHING THE CITY'S 40 400TH ANNIVERSARY IN 2030. THAT MOMENT CALLS FOR REFLECTION ON HOW WE CAN GOVERN OURSELVES TODAY. BOSTON'S CURRENT CITY CHARTER STRUCTURES DATE BACK DECADES. THE CHARTER DEFINES THAT POWER OF THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL SETS CHECKS AND BALANCES AND SHAPES HOW RESIDENTS ENGAGE WITH THEIR GOVERNMENT. MANY RESIDENTS DON'T KNOW WHAT IS IN OR HOW IT SHAPES DAILY DECISION MAKING. THIS HEARING IS ABOUT REVIEWING WHETHER PARTS OF THE CHARTER ARE OUTDATED. WHETHER ACCOUNTABILITY GAPS MAY EXIST AND WHAT REFORMS COULD STRENGTHEN DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION FOR 100 YEARS IS A MEANINGFUL MILESTONE AND IT'S AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO ENSURE OUR GOVERNING FRAMEWORK, REFLECTS MARTIN DE BOSTON. SO REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO DIVING INTO THIS AND FIGURING OUT HOW WE ARE REALLY CREATING PATHWAYS FOR REAL CO GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES AND STYLES THAT ALLOW US TO REALLY DO OUR JOB. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS HEARING. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HERE. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PADDLE COUNCILOR CULPEPER FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR UH MURPHY. COUNCILOR. PEPEN COUNCILOR. WEBER COUNCILOR. WIRRAL COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AND PLEASE, I HAVE THE CHAIR. DOCKET 0410 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0411. TALKING IN THE 0411 CONCILOR MEJIA HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXPLORE HOW TO AMEND SPECIAL LAW TO EXPAND ACCESS TO THE BALLOT BOX BY REMOVING LANGUAGE BARRIERS AND ALIGNING WITH THE LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATIONS ACCESS ORDINANCE. THANK YOU. >> MR. UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCIL ME HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND I WANT TO RISE AND AD COUNCILOR CULPEPER AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. UM CULPEPER SO ADDED. AND I WANT TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. >> SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS. COUNCILOR LOUISIANA'S ADDED AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR. UH THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. BOSTON IS A MULTILINGUAL CITY. THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS HAVE ENGLISH PROFICIENCY AND WHILE WE PASSED A LANGUAGE ACCESS COMMUNICATIONS ORDINANCE, THE STATE SPECIAL LAW STILL RESTRICTS CERTAIN BALLOTS MECHANISMS. UM THIS HEARING EXPLORES HOW TO ALIGN STATE SPECIAL LAW WITH OUR LOCAL LANGUAGE. ACCESS CAN MAKE COMMITMENTS. THIS INCLUDES REVIEWING TRANSLATION REQUIREMENTS, BALLOT DESIGN, VOTER NOTICES AND REMOVAL OF BARRIERS THAT JUST MATTER THAT IMPACT IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. VOTING IS FUNDAMENTAL IF RESIDENTS CANNOT FULLY UNDERSTAND BALLOT AND ELECTION MATERIALS, ACCESS IS IS LIMITED. THIS IS ABOUT ALIGNING POLICY WITH OUR STATE EQUITY COMMITMENTS AND ENSURING MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATION IN DEMOCRACY. AND I JUST WANT TO UM, UPLIFT THAT THIS ISSUE REALLY CAME TO US IN REGARDS TO UM HAVING ENSURING THAT UH IN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS WE HAVE HAITIAN CREOLE UM LISTED IN OUR BALLOT . UM AND WE HAVE LEARNED THAT UPON FURTHER RESEARCH IT HAS BEEN DISCOVERED THAT THE LAST TIME LEGISLATION HAS BEEN PASSED TO BROADEN THE LANGUAGES ON THE BALLOTS IN BOSTON WAS UM CHAPTER 166 OF THE ACTS OF 2014 I BELIEVE. UM SO THEREFORE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY GET UP TO SPEED AND ENSURING THAT UM, ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS CAN ACTUALLY FULLY PARTICIPATE IN THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> FROM HERE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER, COUNCILOR CULPEPER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR ADDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR TO THIS HEARING ORDER AS WE EXPLORE AMENDMENTS TO EXPAND BALLOT ACCESS, WE MUST ENSURE THAT ANY CHANGES FULLY PROTECT LANGUAGE MINORITY VOTERS FROM DISENFRANCHISEMENT AND UPHOLD THE CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER EXISTING FEDERAL AND LOCAL LANGUAGE ACCESS PROTECTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR CULPEPER THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'M GOOD. THANK YOU. GOOD. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR. UH, COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POWDER COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. PEPEN, COUNCILOR WORRELL AND PLEASE THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0411 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CENSUS, REDISTRICTING AND ELECTIONS. PRESIDENT. UM, MISTER TURK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0412. TALKING NUMBERS 0412 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO BRING WORLD CUP ACTIVATIONS AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY TO BOSTON NEIGHBORHOODS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR BREADON, CAN I ADD. >> I MAY ADD COUNCILOR PREPEND AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. PEPEN. >> YES. UH, COUNCILOR PEPEN SO ADDED. >> IN MAY SPEND THE RULES ADD COUNCILOR AS WELL AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS. WELL, AS ADDED AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU. THIS HEARING ORDER IS ABOUT MAKING SURE BOSTON DELIVERS A TRULY CITYWIDE WORLD CUP EXPERIENCE IN 2026, NOT JUST A DOWNTOWN ONE. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED THAT, UH, FAN FEST IS GOING TO BE HERE AT CITY HALL. THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. KEEP ON GETTING EMAILS ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO UPLIFT AND SUPPORT PEOPLE ACROSS THE CITY. WHILE MATCHES WILL BE HELD IN FOXBOROUGH. UM VISITORS AND RESIDENTS WILL COME TO EXPERIENCE THE WORLD CUP TOGETHER. UM FROM WE HAVE THE TARTAN ARMY COMING FROM SCOTLAND. THEY'RE VERY EXCITED. WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO THEM. THEY'RE VERY EXCITED TO COME HERE. UM, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ACTIVATIONS NOT JUST HERE IN CITY HALL BUT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TO SUPPORT NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH PARTIES OR MAYBE ACTIVE AT PEOPLE'S FAVORITE RESTAURANTS AND TO SUPPORT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES. THIS YEAR IN ORDER IS ABOUT WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ADMINISTRATION WITH THE BOSTON 2026 HOST COMMITTEE AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD STAKEHOLDERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS HISTORIC MOMENT BENEFITS THE ENTIRE CITY AND WE HAVE A LOT THAT WE CAN PULL FROM OTHER HOST CITIES ARE ALREADY GIVING US A GOOD PLAYBOOK FOR WHAT, UH, GOOD COLLABORATION IN ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS COULD LOOK LIKE. MEXICO CITY IS OPERATING A MAIN FAN FESTIVAL IN, UH, MEXICO CITY'S MAIN PUBLIC SQUARE PLUS DOZENS OF NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH ZONES ACROSS THE CITY EXPLICITLY FRAMED AS SOCIAL WORLD CUP SO RESIDENTS CAN PARTICIPATE CLOSE TO HOME. TORONTO IS COMBINING ITS DOWNTOWN FAN FESTIVAL WITH NEIGHBORHOOD FAN ZONES SUPPORTED BY SMALL GRANTS AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREAS TO DRIVE FOOT TRAFFIC TO LOCAL CORRIDORS. KANSAS CITY IS INVESTING A SHOUT OUT TO EMILY MECHAM STAFF CAN CITIES HER HOME INVESTING IN EARLY AND NEIGHBORHOOD ACTIVATIONS USING EXISTING COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND LOCALLY CURATED PROGRAMING TO EXTEND ITS ECONOMIC IMPACT. THESE CITIES ARE TREATING NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT NOT AS AN ADD ON BUT AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A SUCCESSFUL WORLD CUP. BOSTON ALREADY HAS THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO DO SO WHILE WE HAVE OUR MAIN STREET DISTRICTS HAVE ALREADY REACHED OUT. WE HAVE CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS, WE HAVE YOUTH SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS. NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS ARE AND THEY'RE ALL READY TO PARTICIPATE IF GIVEN CLEAR COORDINATION AND SUPPORT. LAST UH LAST TERM MY, UH, OFFICE WE HELD A HEARING ORDER ON UH, WORLD CUP AND ON CONTRACTING AND WE WANT TO TAKE IT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE INCLUDED. WE'VE ALREADY GIVEN GUIDANCE TO A LOT OF THE MAIN ENTITIES INVOLVED IN SOME OF THE MAIN PLANNING OF EVENTS THIS SUMMER. THIS HEARING IS ALSO ABOUT MAKING SURE OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES ESPECIALLY SMALL UH, PEOPLE OF COLOR OWN WOMAN OWNED, VETERAN OWNED AND UH OTHER BUSINESSES ARE POSITIONED TO BENEFIT FROM WORLD CUP RELATED ACTIVITY NOT JUST OBSERVE IT FROM THE SIDELINES. THE GOAL OF THIS HEARING ALL IS STRAIGHTFORWARD TO HELP ENSURE THAT THE WORLD CUP COMES TO OUR CITY AND THAT WE BRING THE WORLD CUP TO EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR PEPEN. COUNCILOR PEPEN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR OUT OF ME AS A CO-SPONSOR. YOU KNOW, ONCE WE FOUND OUT THAT THAT, UM, THE FIFA WAS GOING TO COME HERE TO BOSTON AND TO FOXBOROUGH TO PLAY A GAME AND ESPECIALLY ONCE WE FOUND OUT THAT HAITI HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY HERE, WE WERE LIKE WE GOT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. UM, I THINK COUNCIL COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE SAID IT PERFECTLY WHERE YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO EXPAND OUTSIDE OF DOWNTOWN BOSTON. WE HAVE A VERY RICH HAITIAN COMMUNITY IN DISTRICT FIVE BETWEEN HYDE PARK AND MATTAPAN, AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A FIFA WATCH PARTY WHEN WHEN TEAM HAITI PLAYS UM, HERE FOR THE WORLD CUP AND I JUST I LOVE THAT THE STATE ALSO CAME UP WITH THE GRANTS TO ACTIVATE UM, LOCAL BUSINESSES TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO ALSO UM JUST HAVE FUN WITH THIS EXPERIENCE AND I JUST I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN WORK SOMETHING OUT WITH FIFA TO EXPAND THAT LOVE OF OF WHAT IS FIFA ACROSS OUR DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR PEPEN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNTRYMAN EL CONTROL AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT. >> I WANT TO THANK, UH, MY CO-SPONSORS ON THIS AND JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION. THEY PRETTY MUCH WRAPPED UP THE EXCITEMENT AND THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE AS THE WORLD CUP COMES TO BOSTON. THANK YOU. YES, WE'RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POWDER COUNCILOR. CULPEPER COUNCILOR FITZGERALD UH COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILMEMBER HERE COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR WEBER CANCER. AND PLEASE UH THE CHAIR DOCKET ZERO UH 0412 WILL BE UH REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ARTS CULTURE ENTERTAINMENT TOURISM AND SPECIAL EVENTS. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0413. TALKING NUMBER 0413 COUNCILOR FLYNN OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE IN CHINATOWN AND THE LEATHER DISTRICT RE REFILE FROM 2025. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MAY I ADD COUNCILOR MURPHY PLEASE? UH, SEEING, UH, COUNCILOR UH, MURPHY IS ADDED AS A SECOND. THANK YOU. OVER THE WEEKEND THERE WAS ANOTHER WATER MAIN BREAK IN CHINATOWN FROM AN EIGHT INCH PRIVATE FIRE PUMP. UH, MY STAFF WAS ON SCENE AS THEY WERE COMING OUT OF SAINT JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THEY TALKED TO THE WATER AND SO, UH, BOSTON POLICE, BOSTON FIRE PUBLIC WORKS MY PARENTS WERE WITH THEM AND WITH SENATOR COLLINS AS WELL. IN 2025 THERE WAS ANOTHER WATER MAIN BREAK IN CHINATOWN CAUSING EXTENSIVE FLOODING. UM, OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL OTHER WATER MAIN BREAKS INCLUDING A 12 INCH WATER MAIN BREAK IN 2023. UM IN 2024 AND THE OTHER DISTRICT RESIDENTS COMPLAINED THAT TAP WATER TEMPERATURES WERE REACHING NEARLY 100 DEGREES AND SHE HAD CONCERNS REGARDING THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF HIGH GROUNDWATER LEVEL ON CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE. THESE ARE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON. THESE ARE NUTS AND BOLTS QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES. I'M ASKING WATER AND SEWER TO GET MORE ENGAGED MORE ACTIVE. I HAD A BRIEF CONVERSATION WITH JOHN SULLIVAN UM OVER THE WEEKEND ABOUT SOME ISSUES. I'M TRYING TO REACH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AS WELL, BUT WE CAN'T IGNORE WATER AND SEWER ISSUES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. SINCE THIS IS A REFILE, IT'S JUST CONFINED TO THE, UH, LEAD SPONSOR. UH, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POWDER COUNCILOR. CULPEPER COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. UH HERE. UH COUNCILOR. UH PEPEN COUNCILOR WORRELL THE COUNTRY WEATHER CONTROL RAIL. AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0413 WILL BE, UH. REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES. MISTER CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 041 FOR. SO I CAN HAVE A ZERO FOR ONE FOR COUNCIL FLYNN OR FOR THE FOLLOWING. FOR FOR A HEARING ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMITTEE ON CIVILITY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON A REFILE FROM 2025. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MAY I ADD COUNCILOR MURPHY? UH, COUNTRY MURPHY. SO AND, UH. THANK YOU. INTENSE PARTIZAN IDENTITY HAS BEEN ON THE RISE WITH PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE HAVE BEEN LEFT IN A PLACE WHERE THERE WAS A LARGE VOLUME OF ISSUES FOR PEOPLE TO DISAGREE WITH AND IN FACT MANY ARE, UM, DISAGREEING WITH EACH OTHER IN UM, DISRESPECTFUL WAYS ,EVEN VIOLENT WAYS. 80% OF U.S. ADULTS SAID THAT AMERICANS WERE GREATLY DIVIDED ON THE MOST IMPORTANT VS THAT WE FACE. THIS HEARING WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM LEGAL EXPERTS, NONPROFITS RESIDENTS ON HOW THIS COMMITTEE WILL SERVE AS AN EXAMPLE OF STRONG LEADERSHIP IN FELLOWSHIP. IT WILL BE BENEFICIAL BENEFICIAL TO LOOK AT HOW OTHER CITIES UM ARE WORKING ON CIVILITY RELATED ISSUES. UM I DO BELIEVE THAT BOSTON CAN MAKE IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS REGARD. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL COME TOGETHER. WE RESPECT EACH OTHER. WE TREAT EACH OTHER WITH RESPECT AND DIGNITY AND WE MIGHT DISAGREE ON ISSUES BUT WE SHOULDN'T BE DISAGREEABLE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR. UH FLYNN. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE. OH, THIS IS A REFILE ALSO. UM. >> THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, COUNCILOR CULPEPER. COUNCILOR MURPHY'S ALREADY AT IT. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0415 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT. SORRY. READ THE WRONG NUMBER ZERO COUNCILOR DOCKET 0414 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR CRACK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0415. DOC AND HAVE A0415 COUNCIL UP FOR THE FOLLOWING FLORIDA FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS APPROPRIATE USES FOR BOSTON THREE ONE 1 IN 9 ONE ONE EMERGENCY REFILE FROM 2025. THANK YOU, MR BURKE. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. ON THIS DOCKET 0415. COULD I ADD COUNCILOR MURPHY? UM, COUNCILOR MURPHY SO ADDED. THIS IS REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DISCUSS WHEN TO USE 311 AND WHEN TO USE 911. UM, BOTH PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN THE CITY. UM, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO LISTEN TO CITY OFFICIALS EXPLAIN WHY 311 IS IMPORTANT WHY 911 IS IMPORTANT. DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM WHEN TO USE 311 AND 911 UM BUT I THINK I THINK RESIDENTS WOULD FIND THIS AS AN INFORMATIVE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE 311 PROCESS THE UM THE REASONS TO CALL 911. HAVING SAID THAT, IF YOU THINK THERE IS AN EMERGENCY IN BOSTON PLEASE USE 911. THE BOSTON POLICE WILL RESPOND . THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR FROM A COUNCILOR FLYNN. UM, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR UH, COLLETTE AS A PADDLE COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE CONSUMER HERE COUNCILOR PEPEN, COUNCILOR WEBER AND PLEASE OF THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0415 IS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0416. LIKE A NUMBER 0416 COUNCILOR FLYNN OFFERED THE FOLLOWING. ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE BOSTON 2025 CRIME STATISTICS. THANK YOU. >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSTRUCTION COUNCILOR AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ADD COUNCIL? WE'RE ALWAYS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. UH, COUNCILOR WARREN SO ADDED. I THINK GOOD SUPPORT FOR THIS BODY TO DISCUSS THE 2025 CRIME STATS. CRIME STATS? I KNOW THE BOSTON POLICE IS DOING MUCH OF THAT WORK AS WELL AS WELL THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THE BOSTON POLICE ABOUT CRIME STATS, CRIME TRENDS, COMMUNITY POLICING AND OTHER RELATED ISSUES. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. >> UH, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? 100 A A POWDER COUNCILOR CULPEPER. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCIL REGION COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR. PEPEN COUNCILOR WORRELL UH COUNCILOR SANTANA AND PLEASE OF THE CHAIR. UH THANK YOU. DOCKET 0416 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0417. TALKING HIM A0417 COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS HEALTH SERVICES LEADERSHIP REQUIREMENTS. THANK YOU, MR BURKE. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL OFFLINE CONSTRUCTION. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ADD COUNCIL MURPHY UM, AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND SUSPEND THE RULES AN AD COUNCIL ME HERE AS WELL. CONSIDER UM COUNCILMAN MURPHY SO ADDED AND SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTION COUNCIL MEMBER HERE IS ADDED AS A THIRD. SCHOOL NURSES PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN OUR SCHOOLS. THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEALTH OF OUR CHILDREN UM ENSURING THAT THEY ARE SAFE THEY ARE HEALTHY ASSESSING AND TREATING ILLNESS AND OR INJURY, DISTRIBUTING MEDICATION, PROMOTING THE OVERALL HEALTH OF THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY. THE RESPECTED PROFESSIONALS. IN RECENT WEEKS MANY SCHOOL NURSES HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERNS REGARDING THE RECENT CHANGE TO THE QUALIFICATION FOR THE SENIOR DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICE POSITION WITHIN THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WHICH NO LONGER REQUIRES CANDIDATES TO HOLD A REGISTERED NURSING LICENSE. MANY SCHOOL NURSES HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERNS THAT THIS RECENT CHANGE IN QUALIFICATIONS HAS A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THEIR WORK ENVIRONMENT, CITING THAT BEING LED BY SOMEONE WITHOUT A NURSING LICENSE UNDERMINES THE PROFESSION AND RAISES LEGITIMATE CONCERNS ABOUT THE QUALITY AND INTEGRITY OF HEALTH LEADERSHIP WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS. MOREOVER, MANY ARE SAYING THAT THIS CHANGE COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT ON STUDENT CARE. SCHOOL NURSES, AS I MENTIONED, PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN ENSURING THAT STUDENTS WITH COMPLEX AND SIGNIFICANT HEALTH CARE NEEDS CAN SAFELY AND FULLY PARTICIPATE IN THEIR EDUCATION . THIS RESPONSIBILITY REQUIRES CURRENT EVIDENCE BASED CLINICAL JUDGMENT, SOUND DECISION MAKING SUPPORTED BY STRONG LEADERSHIP FROM AN EXPERIENCED AND HIGHLY EDUCATED NURSE. WITHOUT THAT LEADERSHIP, THE CONSISTENCY AND QUALITY OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE SCHOOLS STUDENTS MAY BE PUT AT RISK AT THIS TIME. IT IS CRITICAL FOR THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL TO WORK WITH AND LISTEN TO BP'S LEADERSHIP ON THEIR DECISION TO CUT THIS CRITICAL QUALIFICATION AND THE IMPACT IT HAS ON OUR STUDENTS OR WILL HAVE ON OUR STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL NURSE COMMUNITY AS WELL. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE PROVIDE THE SAFEST ENVIRONMENT WE CAN IN THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AND EVERY SCHOOL FOR EVERY CHILD AND DOING THAT REQUIRES EXCEPTIONAL NURSE NURSES AND PROFESSIONALS AND WE CAN'T UM, TAKE AWAY THAT REQUIREMENT. IT IS BENEFITING UM STUDENTS. IT IS BENEFITING THE NURSE PROFESSION AND I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHY THEY CUT OUT THIS REQUIREMENT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM, THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR ADDING ME TO THIS HEARING ORDER. I RISE IN SUPPORT, UM, AS A SCHOOL TEACHER FOR ALL THOSE YEARS AND AS A PARENT KNOWING THAT SCHOOL NURSES ARE SO IMPORTANT TO OUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION, SCHOOL NURSES ARE HIGHLY TRAINED MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS WHO CARRY ENORMOUS RESPONSIBILITY IN OUR SCHOOLS. THEY CARE FOR STUDENTS WITH COMPLEX MEDICAL NEEDS, ADMINISTER MEDICATIONS, RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES AND ENSURE THAT CHILDREN CAN SAFELY ACCESS THEIR EDUCATION. I FEEL STRONGLY WHEN A JOB REQUIRES SPECIFIC PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS. WE CANNOT PICK AND CHOOSE WHEN THOSE REQUIREMENTS MATTER. STANDARDS EXIST FOR A REASON WHEN WE BEGIN TO RELAX THEM ESPECIALLY FOR A LEADERSHIP POSITION, IT RAISES LEGITIMATE CONCERNS ABOUT CONSISTENCY FAIRNESS IN WHETHER DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE BASED ON QUALIFICATIONS OR SOMETHING ELSE. MANY NURSES HAVE EXPRESSED SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT REMOVING THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE SENIOR DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICES HOLD A REGISTERED NURSING LICENSE. THEY BELIEVE IT UNDERMINES THEIR PROFESSION AND COULD IMPACT THE QUALITY AND INTEGRITY OF HEALTH LEADERSHIP IN OUR SCHOOLS. THIS HEARING IS NOT ABOUT ATTACKING INDIVIDUALS IT IS ABOUT TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND ENSURING THAT OUR STUDENTS PARTICULARLY THOSE WITH SIGNIFICANT MEDICAL NEEDS ARE SUPPORTED BY LEADERSHIP GROUNDED IN CLINICAL EXPERTISE AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE. OUR NURSES DESERVE RESPECT. OUR STUDENTS DESERVE THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF CARE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO A THOROUGH AND HONEST DISCUSSION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL MEMBER HERE COME TO MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> THANK. YOU. >> OKAY. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO, UH. THIS IS A. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POWDER COUNCILOR. CULPEPER COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, UH COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE UH COUNCILOR PEPEN COUNCILOR OF UH SANTANA, COUNCILOR WEBER, COUNCILOR WORRELL AND PLEASE OF THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0417 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0418. TALKING NUMBER 0418 COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTNER FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND REAFFIRMING BOSTON'S COMMITMENT TO WOMEN'S RIGHTS. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CONNECT AS A PART OF COUNTRY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO. >> ADD. YOU AS, UH, SECOND CO-SPONSOR. >> AND. SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR. LOUISIANA'S THIRD CO-SPONSOR HEARING. UM, CAN'T AT ME. UH THANK YOU. THE CHAIR'S ADDED AS A SECOND CO-SPONSOR AND AND HEARING AND SEEING NO OBJECTIONS, UH, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE IS ADDED AS A THIRD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> AND WHILE WOMEN NO LONGER. >> HAVE MAJORITY. >> ON THIS COUNCIL IT GOES IT SHOULD GO WITHOUT SAYING BUT I FEEL LIKE ALL OF OUR NAMES SHOULD BE ON THIS JUST BECAUSE WHEN WOMEN DO WELL WE ALL DO WELL UH BUT UH, TODAY I RISE TO INTRODUCE THIS RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND REAFFIRMING BOSTON'S COMMITMENT TO COMMITMENT TO WOMEN'S RIGHTS. BOSTON HAS LONG BEEN A CENTER OF WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP FROM THE SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT TO CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZING TO THE TWO WOMEN LEADING IN OUR CLASSROOMS HOSPITALS SMALL BUSINESSES AND PUBLIC SERVICE. TODAY, WOMEN ARE MORE THAN HALF OF OUR CITY'S POPULATION AND NEARLY HALF OF OUR WORKFORCE. THEY'RE THE BACKBONE OF OUR ECONOMY AND THE HEART OF OUR COMMUNITIES. WHILE WE ARE INCREDIBLY LUCKY HERE IN BOSTON AND IN MASSACHUSETTS, WOMEN STILL DO NOT REFLECT, UH, SOCIETY IN POSITIONS OF LEADERSHIP. AND THIS IS WHY WE KNOW THE WORK IS NOT FINISHED. WOMEN CONTINUE TO FACE PERSISTENT WAGE GAPS, HIGHER RATES OF HOUSING INSECURITY, DISPROPORTIONATE CAREGIVING, CAREGIVING BURDENS, MATERNAL HEALTH DISPARITIES AND GENDER BASED VIOLENCE AT A TIME WHEN FEDERAL PROTECTIONS AROUND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, WORKPLACE RIGHTS AND CIVIL RIGHTS ARE BEING WEAKENED. LOCAL LEADERSHIP MATTERS MORE THAN EVER AND I'VE SAID IT MANY TIMES BEFORE, BUT I HAVE SPENT THE BETTER PART OF MY CAREER RECRUITING, TRAINING AND ELECTING WOMEN TO OFFICE AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I WILL CONTINUE TO DO EVEN BEYOND WHATEVER THE NEXT LIFE IS FOR ME. AND I UH I REALIZE THAT IT GOES BEYOND THAT WHERE WE SHOULD BE MENTORING YOUNG WOMEN AND BRINGING THEM INTO SPACES NOT JUST IN THE POLITICAL WORLD BUT IN BUSINESS IN THE HEALTH CARE FIELD. DO WHAT YOU CAN TO REACH BACK AND LIFT YOUNG WOMEN UP. THIS RESOLUTION IS. BOTH A CELEBRATION AND A COMMITMENT, A CELEBRATION OF THE IMMEASURABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN IN BOSTON AND A COMMITMENT THAT OUR CITY WILL CONTINUE ADVANCING EQUITY, PROTECTING RIGHTS AND DEFENDING DIGNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL DIVISION UH COUNCIL THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL DIVISION CONCLUSION. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU, UH, TO, UH, COUNCILOR BECAUSE I WAS ABOUT TO HAVE THE UPCOMING, UH, WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. I THINK WHAT UM. THE SPONSOR SAID IS, UH, REALLY SPOT ON. YESTERDAY I WAS IN A CALL WITH A YOUNG WOMAN, A YOUNG BLACK WOMAN WHO JUST TALKED ABOUT SHE LAMENTED HER ABILITY TO ADVOCATE FOR HERSELF WHEN IT CAME TO GETTING EQUAL PAY. AND SHE WENT BACK AND SHE NOTICED THAT THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE WHITE MALE HAD HAD HER JOB PRIOR TO HER HAD A STARTING SALARY THAT WAS MUCH HIGHER THAN HERS. SO I WANT TO UNDERSCORE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR US TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER, ESPECIALLY TO SUPPORT OUR YOUNG WOMEN, UM ,WHO ARE ENTERING THE WORKFORCE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN ROOT OUT PAY PER UH, PAY DISPARITY. UM, BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A BIG ISSUE UH, ON THE LONG TERM WHEN IT COMES TO WOMEN FEELING SECURE IN THEIR IN THE WORKFORCE, UH, FEELING SECURE IN THEIR ABILITY TO, UH, ENTER THEIR PROFESSIONS AND BE UH, CONSIDERED JUST AS GOOD AND JUST AS WORTHY. AND SO MAY WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON THOSE ISSUES AS WE'RE EXITING BLACK HISTORY MONTH. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SO MANY UH I ALWAYS REMEMBER WHAT DOROTHY HEIGHT SAID ABOUT BEING A BLACK WOMAN AND BEING REJECTED IN BOTH SPACES. AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO UPLIFT, UH, THE WOMAN AND THE WOMAN OF COLOR WHO CONTINUE TO PUSH FORWARD TO TRY TO CREATE SPACES FOR PEOPLE ESPECIALLY UH, WOMEN OF COLOR, UM, IN ALL SPACES. SO THANK YOU AND HAPPY WOMEN'S. HISTORY MONTH. >> THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR DOCKETS COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN A UH MEJIA COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR PEPEN. CONCHA SANTANA. CONSTABLE WEBER AND COUNCILOR L CONCHA COLETTE IS A PART OF SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0418. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. YEAH, I HAVE IT. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0418 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 40419. IN NUMBER 0419 COUNCILOR CULPEPPER FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION DECLARING FEBRUARY 17TH AS JESSE JACKSON DAY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. IN RECOGNITION OF JESSE JACKSON SENIOR, WE HONOR A TOWERING FIGURE IN THE STRUGGLE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS WHOSE LIFE HELPED SHAPE THE MODERN DAY MOVEMENT FOR JUSTICE, EQUITY AND OPPORTUNITY IN AMERICA. REVEREND JACKSON PASSED ON FEBRUARY 17TH, 2026 A DATE THAT WILL NOW STAND NOT ONLY AS A CELEBRATION OF HIS LIFE'S WORK BUT AS A SOLEMN REMINDER OF THE ENDURING LEGACY HE LEAVES BEHIND. MENTORED BY DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR, HE CARRIED FORWARD THE PRINCIPLES OF NONVIOLENT SOCIAL CHANGE THROUGH DECADES OF ADVOCACY FOR VOTING RIGHTS, EDUCATIONAL ACCESS, POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE. AS FOUNDER OF THE RAINBOW PUSH COALITION, HE CREATED PATHWAYS FOR COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO DEMAND FAIRNESS AND OPPORTUNITY IN THE FACE OF SYSTEMIC INEQUALITY. HE LAUNCHED A WALL STREET PROJECT ECONOMIC SUMMIT, AN ANNUAL EVENT IN NEW YORK CITY THAT EXPANDED BUSINESSES EMPLOYMENT AND INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR, WOMEN AND MINORITY OWNED FIRMS CHALLENGING CORPORATE AMERICA TO END THE MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR TRADE DEFICIT WITH MINORITY VENDORS AND CONSUMERS. HIS LEADERSHIP ALSO LEFT A MARK ON BOSTON, PARTICULARLY DURING THE SCHOOL DESEGREGATION CRISIS OF THE 70S WHEN HE ELEVATED THE CHALLENGES FACING COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND SUPPORTED EFFORTS TOWARD SCHOOL INTEGRATION, FAIR HOUSING, WORKFORCE EQUITY AND INCLUSIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. TODAY AS BOSSES, THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL DECLARES FEBRUARY 17TH AS REVEREND JESSE JACKSON SENIOR DAY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, WE HONOR A LIFE DEVOTED TO JUSTICE AND RECOMMIT OURSELVES TO THE WORK THAT HE CHAMPIONED. I WAS BLESSED TO CALL HIM BOTH A FRIEND, FAITH PARTNER, A MENTOR, A LEADER AND I WILL CARRY FORWARD HIS EXAMPLE OF COURAGE AND MORAL LEADERSHIP IN THE YEARS AHEAD. MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR SUSPENSION OF THE RULES THAT COUNCIL WOULD WEAR AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR A SUSPENSION OF THE VOTE ON THIS DOCKET. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT. UH, WHO IS YOUR SECOND COUNCILOR? WELL, AND THERE WAS NOT A SECOND CALL. OKAY. >> EXCELLENT. >> THANK YOU. THERE WAS NOT A CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU. UM, AS WELL AS I ADDED AS A SECOND COUNCILOR WHEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR CULPEPER FOR BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION FORWARD. UH, REVEREND JESSE JACKSON'S IMPACT ON BLACK COMMUNITIES WAS NEVER ABSTRACT. IT WAS REAL. YOU COULD FEEL IT ESPECIALLY IN CITIES LIKE BOSTON AS WE WERE NAVIGATING IN SOME OF OUR HARDEST MOMENTS AROUND RACE ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY. HE DIDN'T JUST SPEAK ABOUT JUSTICE. HE STOOD ON IT AT THE SON OF IMMIGRANT PARENTS COMING UP IN THE 80S AND 90S. I REMEMBER HEARING KEEPING KEEP HOPE ALIVE AND FOR SO MANY OF US THAT WASN'T JUST A SLOGAN IT WAS A CHARGE A CHARGE TO BELIEVE WE BELONG, A CHARGE TO STEP FORWARD, A CHARGE TO RUN EVEN WHEN THE ODDS AND THE SYSTEM SAID WE SHOULDN'T. WHEN YOU RAN FOR PRESIDENT HE EXPANDED THE MAP WHAT THOUGH POSSIBLE FOR BLACK MEN AND BLACK LEADERSHIP IN THIS COUNTRY, HE HELPED CLEAR THE PATH THAT OTHERS WOULD WALK LEADERS WHO CAME AFTER HIM AND LEADERS WHO ARE STILL COMING. HE SHOWED US THAT HOPE IS NOT QUIET. HOPE ORGANIZES HOPE RUNS HOPE DEMANDS TO BE SEEN. I PRAY HE REST IN POWERS AND HIS WORK LIVES ON THROUGH ALL OF US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCIL EARL WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR COLITIS A POWDER COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FLYNN CULTURAL DIVISION COUNCILOR MEJIA CULTURE MURPHY CONSTRUCT PEPEN COUNCILOR SANTANA CASTRO WEBER CULTURE WILL CANCEL AND PLEASE OUT THE CHAIR. COUNCILOR CULPEPER SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0419. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0419 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0420. TALKING NUMBER 0420 COUNCIL'S PUT PEN AND SANTANA OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE 27TH OF FEBRUARY AS DOMINICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY. THANK YOU. >> MR. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR PEPEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I SUSPEND THE RULES AND THAT COUNCILMAN HE HAS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COMES FROM HE IS ADDED AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU. UM FEBRUARY 27TH CELEBRATES DOMINICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY. THE DOMINICAN COMMUNITY IN BOSTON HAS MADE REMARKABLE CONTRIBUTIONS THROUGH OUR CITY THROUGH BUSINESSES, CULTURE AND CIVIC LEADERSHIP, ENRICHING OUR CITY AND STRENGTHENING NEIGHBORHOODS AS A PERSON OF DOMINICAN IMMIGRANTS, DOMINICA INDEPENDENCE DAY IS A REMINDER OF THE HISTORY THAT LED TO WHERE I AM TODAY AND TODAY. YOU KNOW HERE ON THE CITY COUNCIL WE HAVE THREE BRILLIANT DOMINICANS REPRESENTING OUR PEOPLE. UM WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT. WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A BEAUTIFUL FLAG RAISING TODAY. BUT THE DOMINICANS DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE WINTER OLYMPICS SO WE DECIDED TO. UM MOVE THAT ON TO NEXT WEEK. HOPEFULLY IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT UM LESS SNOWY OUTSIDE BUT I KNOW THAT THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL EVENTS HAPPENING THIS WEEK THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY. UM, AND UM, COUNCILMAN HILL IS GOING TO HOLD SOME BREAKFAST I BELIEVE WAS ALL OF HER SPEAK ON THAT AND THEN UM, MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S INVITED TO OUR FLAG RAISING NEXT WEEK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PEPEN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONTRA SANTANA. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YOU'RE GOOD. UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMEMBER HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WANT TO THANK MY DOMINICAN COLLEAGUES FOR ALLOWING ME TO, UM, JOIN YOU ALL AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR BEING ON THIS COUNCIL, UH, FOR I DON'T KNOW, 6. >> OR. 7 YEARS I'VE BEEN REALLY PROUD TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST, UM, DOMINICAN ELECTED HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. AND I'VE BEEN A BEAUTIFUL THING TO SEE COUNCILOR LAURA WALK THROUGH THAT DOOR FOLLOWED BY COUNCILOR SANTANA AND COUNSELOR BURBANK. UM, SO REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THE DOMINICAN COMMUNITY GROWING IN POLITICAL POWER. BUT AS WELL AS RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT SO MANY OF OUR DOMINICAN OWNED BUSINESSES MAKE HERE TO CONTRIBUTE TO OUR LOCAL ECONOMY . DOMINICAN RESIDENTS ARE EDUCATORS, HEALTH CARE WORKERS, PUBLIC SERVANTS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND THEY STRENGTHEN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS EVERY DAY. AS SOMEONE WHO CAME TO THIS COUNTRY AT THE AGE OF FIVE LEAVING A BEAUTIFUL UH. WARM WEATHER. BEHIND UH AND TO BE MET HERE DURING THE BLIZZARD OF 78. Y'ALL. I WAS HERE FOR THAT. YES. UM IT HAS BEEN A CULTURE SHOCK BUT I'M REALLY EXCITED TO JOIN, UH, IN CELEBRATION OF THE DOMINICAN INDEPENDENCE AND ALSO JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, UM, EVERY YEAR WE HOST OUR DOMINICAN BREAKFAST UM, AND EVERY YEAR WE PICK DIFFERENT UM ,PARTNERS. THE FIRST YEAR WE WORKED IN COLLABORATION WITH COUNCILOR SANTANA AND COUNCILOR BIGBANG. THE FOLLOWING YEAR WE WORKED WITH OUR LAWRENCE UM COLLEAGUES BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE ACTUALLY THE LARGEST DOMINICAN POPULATION LIVES IN LAWRENCE AND THIS YEAR WE ARE PARTNERING WITH LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR SABINA MATOS AND UM COUNCILOR ANA VARGAS FROM RHODE ISLAND AND HONORING WOMEN UM DOMINICAN WOMEN IN POLITICAL UH POWER BUILDING ACROSS NEW ENGLAND. AND SO THIS YEAR, UH DUE TO THE SNOW WE ARE POSTPONING OUR DOMINICAN BREAKFAST TO MARCH THE 13TH AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO CELEBRATE. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MEJIA. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCIL COLETTE IS A PART OF COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCIL. DURKAN COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FLYNN CULTURAL DIVISION COUNCILORS UH, THAT'S A MURPHY COUNCILOR UH, WE'RE L A COUNCIL OF WEBER CULTURE WHERE L AND PLEASE ARE THE CHAIR. CONSCIOUS PEPEN SANTANA AND HERE SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0420. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED. SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0420 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET. 0421.20421 COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MARCH 2ND AS READ ACROSS AMERICA DAY. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR MCHUGH. UM COUNTRYMAN HERE SO ADDED. AND I'D LIKE US TO SUSPEND THE RULES. RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR CULPEPER. CULPEPER HEARING AND SEEING NO OBJECTION. UH, COUNCILOR CULPEPER IS ADDED AS A THIRD. THANK YOU. I FILED THIS RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING READ ACROSS AMERICA DAY AND REAFFIRMING BOSTON'S COMMITMENT TO LITERACY. READ ACROSS AMERICA DAY PROMOTES THE JOY AND IMPORTANCE OF READING FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ACROSS THE NATION. AS WE KNOW, STRONG LITERACY SKILLS ARE FOUNDATIONAL TO ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND LIFELONG SUCCESS. ONE OF THE REASONS I CONTINUE TO BE A FIERCE ADVOCATE AND GETTING UP OUR LITERACY SCORE IS ACROSS THE CITY OF BOSTON WHEN LESS THAN 80% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE READING ON GRADE LEVEL. THIS IS A PERFECT DAY TO COME TOGETHER AND REALLY ADVOCATE FOR WHAT IS NEEDED. INCREASING READING PROFICIENCY ACROSS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS REMAINS ESSENTIAL TO IMPROVING EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES AND CLOSING OPPORTUNITY GAPS. SCHOOL LIBRARIES, PUBLIC LIBRARIES EDUCATORS LIBRARIANS FAMILIES CAREGIVERS PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN SUPPORTING STUDENT LITERACY AND ACCESS TO BOOKS ACROSS THE CITY OF BOSTON. FAMILIES ARE ESSENTIAL PARTNERS IN SUPPORTING CHILDREN'S LITERACY DEVELOPMENT AND FOSTERING A LIFELONG LOVE OF READING AT HOME AND IN THE COMMUNITY. CULTIVATING A CULTURE OF READING STRENGTHENS FAMILIES, EMPOWERS CHILDREN AND CONTRIBUTES TO STRONGER COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF BOSTON. I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN SUSPEND AND PASS THAT ALL OF THE COLLEAGUES WILL SUPPORT THIS AFTER UM, THE OTHER LEAD SPONSORS SPEAK TO REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT FOR ALL RESIDENTS AND I DO JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT LAST WEEK MYSELF, COUNCILOR FLYNN AND COUNCIL ME HERE AT THE LIBRARY HEARING ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR BRANCH LIBRARIES IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD HAS ACCESS TO EQUITABLE ACCESS TO LIBRARY BOOKS LITERACY AND SO LOOKING FORWARD. >> TO. CONTINUING THAT ADVOCACY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE FOR ADDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. UM UH I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHICH TERM IT WAS, BUT OUR OFFICE ESTABLISHED A LITERACY TASK FORCE HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO GET A HANDLE ON THE LITERACY RATES. THE LAST TIME THERE WAS A STUDY TO MEASURE OUR LITERACY RATES, I BELIEVE IT WAS IN 2003. AND SO WE ARE WELL OVERDUE. UH, WE UNDERSTAND THAT LITERACY UH, ALSO IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ARE LEADING THE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE. WE HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING BOUNCED FROM GRADE GRADE. THEN THEY END UP. UM BEHIND THE WALL AND THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO END UP THERE THEN COME BACK AS ADULTS WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO READ AND WRITE AND FILL OUT JOB APPLICATIONS. SO LITERACY DEFINITELY IS SOMETHING THAT IS DEEPLY UM PERSONAL TO ME. MY MOM AS I MENTIONED WHEN I FIRST UM ESTABLISHED THE LITERACY TASK FORCE HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON UM HAD INTERRUPTED EDUCATION AND STRUGGLES TO READ AND WRITE EVEN IN HER NATIVE LANGUAGE. SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LITERACY, IT'S NOT JUST YOUNG PEOPLE IT'S ALL ACROSS THE ENTIRE AGE SPECTRUM. AND SO I THINK THAT READING IS DEFINITELY ESSENTIAL AND I ALSO BELIEVE THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THIS WORK. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DISTRICT TO. ENSURE THAT. OUR EARLY. UM, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION EFFORTS, UM, LEAD OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AWAY FROM THE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HERE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY ADDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR THAT WAS READ ACROSS AMERICA DAY RESOLUTION. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND SIGNIFICANT THAT ON MAY MARCH 2ND THAT WE VISIT SPECIFIC SCHOOLS TO READ TO THE CHILDREN. I'VE DONE THAT WITH THE BROOK ACADEMY SCHOOL AND I PLAN TO DO IT AGAIN THIS YEAR. I'M NOT SURE WHAT SCHOOLS WE'RE GOING TO UM MARCH 2ND BUT I'LL BE READING WITH STUDENTS IN THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER . UH, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PADDLE COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN, COUNCILOR. UH COUNCILOR DIVISION UH COUNCILOR PEPPER AND COUNCILOR SANTANA, COUNCILOR. WEBER COUNCIL MEMBER OF THE PLACE OF THE CHAIR. COUNCILORS MURPHY, MEJIA AND CULPEPER SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0421. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. I'M NOT OPPOSED. SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0421 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0422. DOC NUMBER 0422 COUNCILOR MURPHY OFFERED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MARCH AS DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN IS SO AT IT. THANK YOU. >> I RISE TO ASK FOR ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MARCH AS DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF BOSTON THIS MONTH IS NOT JUST ABOUT AWARENESS, IT IS ABOUT INCLUSION. IT IS ABOUT ENSURING THAT RESIDENTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ARE FULLY SEEN, FULLY VALUED AND FULLY INCLUDED IN EVERY PART OF CIVIC LIFE IN OUR CITY. INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ARE OUR STUDENTS, OUR COWORKERS, OUR NEIGHBORS AND OUR FAMILY MEMBERS. THEY STRENGTHEN THE FABRIC OF BOSTON EVERY SINGLE DAY. OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS POLICYMAKERS IS TO MAKE SURE OUR SYSTEMS, SCHOOLS, WORKPLACES AND PUBLIC SPACES REFLECT THAT VALUE THROUGH TRUE ACCESSIBILITY AND MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITY. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FAMILIES CAREGIVERS EDUCATORS AND ADVOCATES WHOSE DEDICATION MAKES INCLUSION POSSIBLE AND WHOSE VOICES MUST CONTINUE TO GUIDE OUR WORK. I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION AND REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO BUILDING A BOSTON WHERE EVERYONE TRULY BELONGS. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR ADDING ME. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT RESOLUTION TO ME AND TO MY FAMILY. WE HAVE A SPECIAL NEEDS NEPHEW . BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN SOUTH BOSTON IS WONDERFUL ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO EXCEPTIONAL WORK. AND THERE'S SO MANY WONDERFUL ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE CITY AS WELL. BUT FOR EXAMPLE THE SOUTH BOSTON SPECIAL NEEDS YOUNG ADULTS GROUP, THEY DO A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK HELPING DEVELOPMENTALLY UM UM YOUNG CHILDREN AND ADULTS YOUNG ADULTS UM THROUGH VARIOUS PROGRAMS. BUT IT'S ABOUT AS COUNCILOR MURPHY MENTIONED, IT'S ABOUT TREATING THEM WITH RESPECT AND THESE ARE CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUES AS WELL. THEY HAVE WE MUST DO EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN TO ENSURE THAT EVERY SPACE IS ACCESSIBLE FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, INCLUDING PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AS WELL. IT'S ABOUT BRINGING PEOPLE IN. IT'S ABOUT INCLUSION. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS IN THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT THEY DO. UM, I KNOW COUNCILOR MURPHY WAS A WONDERFUL TEACHER AND I ALSO KNOW COUNCILOR MEJIA WAS INVOLVED IN THIS ISSUE FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME AS WELL SUPPORTING STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR DPS PERSONNEL THAT HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB OVER THE YEARS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR FLYNN. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNSELOR COLLETTE AS A COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR FITZGERALD LOUIJEUNE COUNTRYMAN HERE UH COUNCILOR PEPEN CONSCIOUS SANTANA COUNCIL WEBER COUNCILOR WORRELL AND PLEASE OF THE CHAIR COUNCILORS MURPHY AND FRIENDS EXPANSION OF THE RULES ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0422. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED? NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0422 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0423? I CAN HAVE A0423 COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MARCH AS NATIONAL SOCIAL WORK MONTH. . >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY COMES FROM MURPHY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I RISE TO ASK FOR ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MARCH AS NATIONAL SOCIAL WORKER MONTH IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. SOCIAL WORKERS ARE OFTEN THE QUIET BACKBONE OF OUR COMMUNITIES. THEY SHOW UP IN MOMENTS OF CRISIS, IN MOMENTS OF TRANSITION AND IN MOMENTS WHEN SOMEONE SIMPLY NEEDS TO BE HEARD WHETHER IN OUR SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS, PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEMS OR HOUSING PROGRAMS THEY PROVIDE STEADY, COMPASSIONATE SUPPORT TO RESIDENTS ACROSS BOSTON. THEIR WORK IS ROOTED IN DIGNITY, RESPECT AND A DEEP COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL JUSTICE. THEY STRENGTH AND FAMILIES STABILIZE COMMUNITIES AND HELP ENSURE THAT OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS ARE NOT LEFT BEHIND. TODAY WE TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY CLEARLY AND PUBLICLY THAT THEIR WORK MATTERS AND THAT THIS COUNCIL IS GRATEFUL FOR THEIR SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON. SO I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT WE ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION TODAY. THANK YOU. YES, AND I HAVE ADDED COUNCILOR MEJIA AS A REGIONAL SPONSOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HAYES. AND UH, FROM HERE UH, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR ADDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. OUR OFFICE, UM, HAS BEEN WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SOCIAL WORKERS, UM, SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE WORK THAT I'VE BEEN DOING HERE ON THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. UM, WE KNOW THAT SOCIAL WORKERS USUALLY ARE THE FRONT LINES. THEY ARE THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE WHEN YOUNG PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING TO ACCESS THE CURRICULUM. OFTENTIMES IT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE DEALING WITH AN ISSUE AT HOME OR THEY'RE BEING BULLIED OR THEY'RE DEALING WITH OTHER UM, ISSUES. AND SO I THINK OUR SOCIAL WORKERS DEFINITELY ARE A PIECE OF THE PUZZLE AS IT RELATES TO THE ACADEMIC SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENTS AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, UM, THEY'RE ALWAYS UNDERRATED, UNDERUTILIZED UM OVERWORKED AND UNDERPAID. AND SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO NOT ONLY RECOGNIZE THEIR WORK BUT TO ADVOCATE FIERCELY, UM, TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN, UH, SOFTEN THEIR UH, WORKLOAD. AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO UPLIFT ALL OF THE SOCIAL WORKERS WHO LITERALLY, UM, SAVED MY LIFE WHILE I WAS GROWING UP HERE IN THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS NAVIGATING VERY DIFFICULT CHALLENGES AND IT WAS SOCIAL WORKERS THAT PUT ME ON THE RIGHT PATH. SO SHOUT OUT TO MISCARRYING UM ,WHO I KNOW STILL KEEPS AN EYE ON ME AND THE REASON WHY I ENDED UP GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL SHE USED TO I USED TO PLAY HOOKY AND GO TO WORK UM, AFTER DROPPING OUT OF SCHOOL AND AND I REMEMBER HER SOMETIMES GOING TO MY PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT WHICH WAS STOMACH AND SHOE STORE AND BRINGING ME BACK TO SCHOOL WHERE I BELONGED. UM, AND SO SHE WAS UM WHO GOT MY FIRST JOB UM, WORKING AT PICK AND I JUST WANT TO THANK HER BECAUSE OF HER. I GOT TO, UM, HEAR LIZ WALKER SPEAK AND THAT PUT ME ON A PATHWAY TO GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL. AND SO IT. >> WAS. A. SOCIAL WORKER. UM, AND A GUIDANCE COUNSELOR AT MY SCHOOL WHO, UM, REDIRECTED MY MY LIFE. AND SO SHOUT OUT TO YOU ALL FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND ALL THE LIVES THAT YOU SAVE. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MEJIA, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE, THIS MATTER? UH, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNSELORS COLITIS IPAD? UH, CULPEPER. DURKIN. FITZGERALD. FLYNN. LOUIJEUNE. UH PEPEN SANTANA. WEBER WORRELL AND PLEASE UH THE CHAIR. UH COUNCILORS MURPHY AND MEJIA FOR SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0423. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. UH UH. ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0423 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0424. SO I CAN HAVE A042 FOR COUNCIL MURPHY AND FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. THANK YOU. >> I'D LIKE TO ADD COUNCIL ON HERE MY FELLOW COLLEAGUE IN BOTH MOTHERS OF DAUGHTERS TO UM, SPONSOR THIS RESOLUTION WITH ME. COUNTRYMEN HERE SO AH. THANK YOU. WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH IS OBSERVED EACH MARCH TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN THROUGHOUT HISTORY IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY. IN 1987 CONGRESS DESIGNATED MARCH AS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH ,ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT ON THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND LASTING IMPACT OF WOMEN ACROSS OUR NATION AND WITHIN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES. WOMEN HAVE SHAPED THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, CULTURAL AND CIVIC LIFE OF THE CITY OF BOSTON THROUGH LEADERSHIP IN EDUCATION ,HEALTH CARE, BUSINESS, PUBLIC SERVICE, THE ARTS, ADVOCACY AND COUNTLESS OTHER FIELDS. GENERATIONS OF WOMEN IN BOSTON HAVE STRENGTHENED FAMILIES, BUILT INSTITUTIONS, ADVANCED EQUITY AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE CHARACTER AND PROGRESS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS IN OUR CITIES. WOMEN SERVING ON THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL AND WITHIN ITS CENTRAL STAFF PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN ADVANCING LEGISLATION, CONDUCTING OVERSIGHT AND ENSURING THE EFFECTIVE AND EQUITABLE OPERATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT. THE GROWING PRESENCE OF WOMEN IN ELECTED OFFICE AND MUNICIPAL LEADERSHIP REFLECTS MEANINGFUL PROGRESS WHILE UNDERSCORING THE CONTINUED RESPONSIBILITY TO EXPAND OPPORTUNITY, MENTORSHIP AND INCLUSION FOR OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS. THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL WILL HOST A 20 THE 2026 WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18TH IN THE CURLEY ROOM TO RECOGNIZE OUTSTANDING WOMEN NOMINATED BY ALL THE MEMBERS HERE ON THE COUNCIL. UM LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS UM CELEBRATION WHERE OTHER WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES WILL HELP US HOST THIS CELEBRATION. AND I'D ALSO UM, ASK THAT WE, UM, SUSPEND AND PASS. THIS RESOLUTION TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. UH, COUNCILMEMBER HERE DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WANT TO THANK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE, UH, FOR ADDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. UH, AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE CELEBRATING WOMEN ALL DAY EVERY DAY WHILE IT'S A MONTH. I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW ALL YOU MEN OUT THERE THAT EVERY DAY IS WOMEN'S DAY. OKAY, JUST FOR THE RECORD, UM, BUT YOU KNOW, IT IS NOT LOST ON ME THAT, UM, I WAS RAISED BY A SINGLE MOTHER AND I AM A SINGLE MOTHER RAISING A DAUGHTER. UM, AND IT IS NOT EASY TO DO ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. AND SO THE AMOUNT OF TRAUMA AND DRAMA THAT WE GO THROUGH SO PUBLICLY OUR CHILDREN ARE THE ONES THAT ARE OFTEN THE UM CASUALTY OF THE THINGS THAT WE ENDURE. BUT I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT MY DAUGHTER UM DESPITE IT ALL CONTINUES TO PERSIST AND HAS UTILIZED HER OWN VOICE TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF HERSELF. AND HER PEERS. UM AND SO WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT HOW WE SHOW UP DEFINITELY DEMONSTRATES THE NEXT WAVE OF OF WOMEN WHO WILL STEP INTO POSITIONS OF LEADERSHIP. AND I HOPE THAT WE CONTINUE TO CREATE SPACE AND ALLOW PEOPLE TO BE AS THEY ARE AND UM, IN ALL OF OUR ROUGH EDGES, UH, THAT WE COME IN ALL DIFFERENT SHAPES AND SIZES AND PERSONALITIES AND SO AS WE CONTINUE TO CREATE SPACE FOR OTHER WOMEN TO STEP INTO THESE CHAMBERS, WE ALSO HAVE TO REMIND OURSELVES THAT, UM, WE HAVE TO EMBRACE. ALL THAT COMES ALONG WITH US. SO THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER HERE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I WAS JUST WANTING TO ASK I KNOW, UH, THE DOCKET UM 0418 IS VERY SIMILAR. SO WAS THERE A CONVERSATION ABOUT RULE 15? WE'VE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT. I THINK THERE WAS UH. SOME REVISIONS OF THE DOCKET. SO I THINK WE, UM, MADE THE DECISION TO LET IT GO FORWARD. OKAY. >> I THINK THEY'RE SUSPICIOUSLY FAMILIAR. SO I DON'T THINK THE COUNCIL SHOULD GET INTO THE PRACTICE OF VOTING ON. >> THE SAME THING TWICE. SO I DO OBJECT TO A VOTE TODAY ON THIS RESOLUTION JUST TO KEEP IT CLEAN SO THAT THERE'S ONE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH DOCKET. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN. UM. DOCKET 0424 WILL BE SENT TO, UH. THE COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION. >> WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON. SURETY. >> IT'S IT'S IT'S OVER. NO MORE DEBATE. NORMAL CONVERSATION. UM. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET. 042520425 COUNCIL PUT PEN OFF OF THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION URGING CONTINUED FUNDING OF THE MBTA'S FARE FREE BUS PROGRAM. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. UM, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR PEPEN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. MAY I ADD COUNCILOR CULPEPER AS A AS A SECOND ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. UH, COUNCILOR CULPEPER SO ADDED . THANK YOU. >> UM, THE FARE FREE BUS PROGRAM ON THE 23, THE 28 AND THE 29 BUS ROUTE HAS HELPED THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS SAVE MONEY, RIDE MORE OFTEN AND SPEND LESS TIME WAITING AT BUS STOPS. THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN EXTREMELY POPULAR AND HAS IMPROVED TRAVEL FOR THE COMMUNITY AND BOOSTED OVERALL BUS RIDERSHIP. THIS INITIATIVE NEEDS. TO CONTINUE. AND WE SHOULD KEEP WORKING TO MAKE THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION MORE AFFORDABLE, CONVENIENT AND RELIABLE FOR EVERY SINGLE CITY. BOSTON RESIDENT I ALSO WANTED TO BRING IN SOME SPECIFIC NUMBERS OF THE TRIAL FROM THE PAST THREE YEARS. UM SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE FARE FREE PILOT, NEARLY 24,000 TRIPS ARE TAKEN FARE FREE EVERY WEEKDAY ON ON ROUTES 23, 28 AND 29. RIDERSHIP GREW BY 35% IN THE FIRST YEAR, MORE THAN DOUBLE THE MBTA SYSTEM AVERAGE, AND THESE ROUTES ARE NOW CARRYING 16% MORE RIDERS THAN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. ALL DOOR BOARDING HAS ALSO BEEN CUT BY ABOUT 20% OF TIME. UM, BECAUSE OF THIS THE 28 BUS HAS ACTUALLY UM BECOME ONE OF THE TOP THREE MOST USED BUSSES IN THE ENTIRE MBTA NETWORK AND I WAS JUST ON THE I WAS ON THE BUS ON FRIDAY WE WAS GETTING AN INTERVIEW AND WE WERE ABLE TO JUST SEE HOW PACKED IT WAS EVEN ON OF VACATION WEEK THERE WERE FOLKS GOING FROM MATTAPAN. WE GOT ON MATTAPAN SQUARE AND WE RODE ALL DOWN TO NUBIAN SQUARE AND THERE WERE FULL SCANNING IN FOR THE GROCERY STORES. WE SPOKE TO SOMEONE THAT WAS GOING TO THE MOSQUE. WE SPOKE TO SOMEONE THAT WAS GOING TO THE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER. UM, IT'S USED FOR EVERY SINGLE THING YOU CAN THINK ABOUT AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PROGRAM. SO HOPEFULLY WE ARE LOOKING FOR A CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MTA IN THE STATE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR UH, PEPEN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES UH, COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR CULPEPER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PEPEN FOR FILING THIS RESOLUTION. MAD IN ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR, WE NEED TO SUPPORT THE CONTINUATION OF THE FAIRFIELD BUS PROGRAM, WHICH HAS BEEN AN OVERWHELMING SUCCESS. UH, IT'S ALLUDED TO BY COUNCILOR PEPEN SOME OF THE MOST LOW INCOME RIDERS WHO RELY ON THE BUS RELY ON ROUTES 23, 28, 29 AND AS WE CONSIDER LONG TERM FUNDING OPERATIONS, I BELIEVE WE SHOULD ALSO LOOK AT SHORT TERM FUNDING OPTIONS LIKE EXPLORING REALLOCATING AVAILABLE FUNDING FROM THE BLUE OF AVENUE TRANSPORTATION PLAN PROJECT TO SUSTAIN THE FREE BUS PROGRAM, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT ALL THREE DISSIPATING ROUTES RUN THROUGH DISTRICT SEVEN SERVING THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF ROXBURY AND DORCHESTER. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPER. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES, UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UH, MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ASK A QUESTION TO COUNCILOR PEPEN, PLEASE? YOU MAY. UM. >> AND THE REASON I WANTED TO ASK A, UH A QUESTION I DIDN'T WANT TO OBJECT TO IT. I'D RATHER TAKE A VOTE. UM, BUT I DO WANT TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION BEFORE I DO VOTE. COULD YOU TELL ME TELL US WHAT ? >> YOU'RE A QUICK QUESTION TO ME AND I THINK WE WILL ANSWER IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM, CAN YOU TELL US HOW MUCH EACH MONTH THE CITY IS SPENDING ON THIS MBTA FARE PROGRAM? IT'S NOT FREE. THE CITY HAS TO PAY THE MBTA SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS PER MONTH. MAYBE I THINK THIS IS THROUGH FEDERAL ARPA MONEY. BUT I JUST WANT TO ASK COUNCIL PEPEN IF HE HAS AN IDEA OF SOME OF THE FUNDING. COUNCILOR PEPEN, DO YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION? YOU HAVE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YES. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, UM THROUGH YOU TO RESPOND TO MY COLLEAGUE. SO EVERY SINGLE MONTH THIS IS FUNDED BY ARPA FUNDS WHICH ARE WE KNOW IT'S IT'S COMING DOWN TO AN END. IT'S ABOUT $300,000 AN ESTIMATE PER MONTH. UM WHICH IS WHY WE ARE WE WANT TO COLLABORATE WITH YOU AND THE STATE TO LOOK FOR OTHER WAYS WE CAN FUND THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, THANK. THANK YOU. >> WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? UH, COUNCIL COUNCILOR DURKAN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I'M DEFINITELY PREPARED TO VOTE YES ON THIS TODAY. UM, I I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT COST. UM, AND BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT IT HASN'T BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH THE SUMMER AND I I REALLY SUPPORT THAT DECISION. UM, I THINK THAT SOME OF THE AREAS OF HIGHEST BUS RIDERSHIP HAVE ALREADY BEEN PRIORITIZED BY THE ADMINISTRATION. UM, PARTICULARLY UM I HAD AN EXPERIENCE WHERE MY PHONE DIED AND THE 28 BUS WAS MY ONLY WAY HOME AND I ONLY HAD TAP PAY. IT WAS A VERY CRAZY SITUATION, BUT I WAS AT A MEETING IN ROXBURY AND THE 28 BUS GOT ME, YOU KNOW, GOT ME WHERE I NEEDED TO GO. SO, UM, I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS AROUND COSTS, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THIS IS REALLY A POLICY ISSUE THAT IS REALLY ABOUT EQUITY AND IT'S REALLY ABOUT HOW DO WE HAVE THIS CONVERSATION OF UM, WHO RIDES BUSSES AND HOW DO WE GET PEOPLE? HOW DO WE CREATE OPPORTUNITY? UM, SO I'D BE THRILLED TO ALSO HAVE A HEARING ON THIS MATTER. UM, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BUT UM BUT I'M PREPARED TO SUPPORT THIS TODAY. THANK YOU. >> ANYONE ELSE LEFT TO SPEAK? UM. ANYONE ELSE WHO HASN'T SPOKEN? COUNCIL. COUNCIL? FLYNN. ANYONE ELSE WHO HASN'T SPOKEN ONCE. OKAY. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I THINK JUST ADDING UP THE FIGURES. THAT'S ALMOST $4 MILLION WE ARE SPENDING ON THIS BUS ROUTE. MAYBE 3.6 MILLION, I SHOULD SAY. UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS IT'S BEEN ONGOING. AGAIN, IT'S FEDERAL MONEY. THAT FEDERAL MONEY IS ALMOST OVER DURING THIS BUDGET PROCESS. I'M SURE THAT ISSUE WILL COME UP AND WE'LL TRY TO FIGURE OUT A WAY FORWARD. BUT I DO THINK IT'S A LOT OF MONEY TO SPEND. UM, WHEN WE'RE CUTTING THE BUDGET OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, UM, CUTTING PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A A BUS PROGRAM THAT REALLY CAPTURES MUCH MORE OF THE CITY BUT MORE LOW INCOME RESIDENTS OR SENIORS . UM, AND MAYBE PLAN IT THAT WAY. I DO KNOW SOME RESIDENTS IN MY DISTRICT ESPECIALLY IN UM PHIL VICTORIA OF RUTH BARCLAY HAVE ASKED ME ABOUT ADVOCATING FOR THEM. SO I DO WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR MY CONSTITUENTS AS WELL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I RISE IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION. I THINK. >> IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE SORT OF LOOK AT THE DATA AND WHAT THE DATA HAS SHOWN IS THAT OUR MOST VULNERABLE, OUR MOST LOW INCOME ARE THE FOLKS WHO USE THIS ROUTE THE 23, THE 28 AND THE 29. AND I ALSO THINK THE DATA ON SORT OF THE TIME SAVED BY NOT HAVING TO PAY BY TRYING TO SHUTTLE THE BUS ALONG A LITTLE AVENUE IS ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT DATA. IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT OUR WORKING POOR RIGHT AND MY FAMILY MEMBERS DEPEND ON THE 28 JUMP ON THE 28 TO GO TO WORK, TO GO TO SCHOOL, TO GO TO THEIR JOBS THAT THIS HAS BEEN UM AN IMPORTANT ADDITION AND WE YOU HEAR IT IF YOU'RE TALKING TO FOLKS WHO ARE RIDING THE BUS UNFORTUNATELY TOO OFTEN THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THAT WE ARE THAT WE ARE NATURALLY CONVERSING WITH THE FOLKS WHO ARE SOMETIMES AT MEETINGS ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE ONES WHO ARE THE POOR FOLKS WHO ARE RIDING THIS BUS THE 23, THE 28 AND THE 29. SO I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. IT'S REALLY RICH DATA THAT SHOWS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ADDRESS WHEN YOU INVEST IN PUBLIC TRANSIT AS A PUBLIC GOOD, WHICH IT IS AND WHICH WE NEED TO CONTINUE DOING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? UH, COUNCILOR CULPEPER. >> MADAM. PRESIDENT, I WOULD. >> LIKE TO TAKE NOTE OF THE COMMENTS THAT THE MERE MADE WITH REGARD TO THIS FREE BUS PROGRAM AND CONTINUING IT AND ONE OF THE POINTS THAT SHE MADE THAT REALLY STOOD OUT TO ME WAS THAT THESE FAMILIES HAVE ABOUT $20 EXTRA TO USE TO BUY FOOD AND USE FOR OTHER NEEDS IN THEIR HOMES BECAUSE OF THIS FREE BUS PROGRAM. SO I THINK WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS WE SHOULD WORK HARD TO FIND A WAY TO KEEP THE FREE BUS PROGRAM RUNNING PAST JUNE. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. >> WOULD ANYONE ELSE, UH WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR COLLECTORS IPAD? UH, COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL. MEJIA. COUNCILOR MURPHY. UH, COUNCILORS. UH. WEBER. SANTANA WORRELL PLEASE OF THE CHAIR. COUNTER COUNCILORS PEPEN AND CULPEPER SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0425. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. UM, ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. UM, MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 0425. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS OPPOSED TO YES, COUNCILOR CLOSED. BUDDY. YES. COUNCILOR. CULPEPPER. YES. >> COUNCILOR. >> CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKIN. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKIN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCIL. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. NO. COUNCILOR FLYNN. NO. COUNCIL. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCIL. MEJIA. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCILOR. PIPPIN. COUNCIL. PIPPIN. YES. COUNCIL. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. COUNCIL. YES AND COUNCILOR WORRELL. YES. COUNCILOR. WELL YES. DOCKET NUMBER 0425 HAS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND ONE IN THE NEGATIVE. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. DUNCAN 0425 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR KERR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0426. DUNCAN NUMBER 0426 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE OH FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN RECOGNITION OF INDEPENDENCE THE INDEPENDENCE OF GHANA ON MARCH 6TH, 1957. THANK YOU, MR TRUMP. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. UH, MADAM PRESIDENT, THIS IS A RESOLUTION THAT I'M SEEKING SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE, UH, RECOGNIZING THE INDEPENDENCE OF GHANA THE FIRST UH, FREE UH, AFRICAN NATION IN THE SUB-SAHARAN UH, IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA THAT GAVE THE WORLD SO MUCH UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF KWAME NKRUMAH. THIS HAPPENED IN GHANA, UM AND ITS DIASPORA HAS GIVEN UM SO MUCH OF THE CITY OF BOSTON TO THE COUNTRY BUT ALSO WHEN GHANA BECAME INDEPENDENT IT REALLY HELPED SPARK THE UH LIBERATION MOVEMENTS FOR A NUMBER OF COUNTRIES IN AFRICA AND IT ALSO HELPED UH KWAME NKRUMAH, UH PATRICE LUMUMBA, KWAMI UH AND YARA SO MANY CARRIED FORWARD A LEOPOLD SAYING THAT UH SO AND THAT'S INDOOR UM IN IN SENEGAL UM IN CABRAL IN UH CAPE VERDE UM ANGOLA UH UM AND UH GUINEA BISSAU THERE ARE SO MANY WHO KEPT UH WHO CARRIED FOR THE TORCH OF LIBERATION AND DOING THE WORK OF PAN-AFRICANISM BECAUSE OF GHANA ITS RICH HISTORY PREDATES COLONIZATION EVEN THOUGH AND WHAT WE'RE MARKING IS ITS INDEPENDENCE. BUT THERE'S SO MUCH UM RICH HISTORY WHEN IT WHEN IT COMES TO THE ASHANTI EMPIRE THE KINGDOM OF BACKBONE UM WHOSE RESISTANCE COLONIAL DOMINATION REFLECTED A LONGSTANDING COMMITMENT TO SOVEREIGNTY AND SELF-DETERMINATION. AND SO THEY ENDURED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT UM, EUROPEAN UH, COLONIZERS. BUT GHANA TODAY AND I'VE HAD THE THE PLEASURE OF TRAVELING THERE UM IS A COUNTRY IN WEST AFRICA AND IN AFRICA AS A WHOLE THAT IS A MODEL FOR STABILITY, IS A MODEL FOR PEACE AND IS A MODEL FOR UH, CONTINUED LEADERSHIP IN WEST AFRICA AND IN THE ENTIRE UM CONTINENT. UH, WE HAVE A WE HAVE A RICH GHANAIAN POPULATION HERE. THIS WILL NOT BE OUR FIRST OR SECOND OR THIRD OR FOURTH TIME RAISING THE GHANAIAN FLAG HERE . I WANT TO THANK THE GUINEAN COMMUNITY THAT HAS REACHED OUT TO US TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN AND WAS HAPPY TO, UH, BE INVOLVED IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. UH, WE ALSO KNOW THAT GHANA'S ONE OF THE COUNTRIES THAT IS PLAYING IN THE WORLD CUP HERE IN UH, THE CITY OF BOSTON UM, WELL IN THE GREATER BOSTON AREA AND WE'RE EXCITED TO WELCOME UH THE GHANAIAN COMMUNITY HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON WILL BE RAISING THE FLAG NEXT FRIDAY AT 10 A.M. UH, WITH THIS RESOLUTION AND I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES CAN JOIN AND SUPPORT AND CAN JOIN IN PASSING IN SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILORS. COLLECTORS OF POWDER. CULPEPER. FITZGERALD. FLYNN. MCGEE. UH. PEPEN. SANTANA. WEBER. MORRELL. AND PLEASE UH THE CHAIR COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0426. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. UH, MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 0426. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES COUNCILOR. BREADON. >> YES, COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POWDER. YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A YES. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKIN. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. YES COUNCILOR. MURPHY COUNCIL PUT PEN. YES, COUNCILMEMBER. PEN. YES COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. AND COUNCILOR. WORLD COUNCILOR. WORLD YES. DUCKY. NUMBER 0426 HAS RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0427? COUNCIL? >> SO THANK YOU. PARDON? I ASKED HE SHOULD ASK PEOPLE TO ADD THEIR NAMES IS THAT. OH NO. NO JUST ONE I JUST WANTED TO ADD ONE THING. SORRY IF I MAY I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT THERE'S A SISTER CITY SEKONDI TAKORADI AND THERE WERE CITY COUNCILORS PRIOR TO THIS BODY UH PARTICULARLY UH COUNTRY ANC AND OTHERS WHO MADE SURE THAT THE CITY SISTER CITY PARTNERSHIP IT'S NOT IN MY RESOLUTION SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I UPLIFTED OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH A SISTER CITY IN GHANA SEKONDI TAKORADI. THAT'S ALL. >> THANK YOU. YES, THANK YOU FOR REMINDING US ABOUT THAT. I THINK SISTER CITIES ARE A WONDERFUL THING. WE'RE ALSO SISTER CITY WITH BELFAST WHERE I COME FROM NORTHERN IRELAND SO THANK YOU COUNCILOR DIVISION. UM OKAY WHERE ARE WE? UH, COUNCILOR WEBER UM, DID WE READ YOUR DOCKET? HANG ON. UM, MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0427. SO I CAN HAVE A0427 COUNCILOR WEBER FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE UH 5608 AN ACT PROMOTING RULE OF LAW OVERSIGHT TRUST AND EQUAL CONSTITUTIONAL TREATMENT THE PROTECT ACT. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'D LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR CULPEPER AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. COUNCILOR CULPEPER SO ADDED. THANK YOU. UH ON. DECEMBER 4TH TWO, 2024, THIS BODY REAFFIRMED ITS COMMITMENT TO THE TRUST ACT, WHICH MAKES CLEAR THAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL NOT ASSIST IN IN CIVIL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ONE ASSIST ICE UH, ON MARCH 5TH, 2025, THIS BODY ADOPTED A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF SEVERAL UH STATE IMMIGRANT'S RIGHTS BILLS INCLUDING THE SAFE COMMUNITIES ACT, THE IMMIGRANT LEGAL DEFENSE ACT AND THE DIGNITY NOT DEPORTATIONS ACT THE LATTER WHICH PROHIBITS THE STATE FROM ENTERING TO NEW TO 87 G AGREEMENTS WHICH ARE THE COOPERATION AGREEMENTS UH WITH LOCAL ENTITIES AND AND ICE. ON JANUARY 29TH, UH GOVERNOR HEALEY SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER PROHIBITING THE STATE FROM ENTERING INTO NEW TREATY SEVEN G AGREEMENTS ALTHOUGH I WILL POINT OUT THAT UH, MASSACHUSETTS IS THE ONLY UH, DEMOCRATICALLY CONTROLLED STATE THAT HAS A 287 G AGREEMENT. THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS DOES COOPERATE WITH ICE. LAST MONTH THE MASSACHUSETTS BLACK AND LATINO LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS FILED LEGISLATION THAT WOULD SIMILARLY, UH, PROHIBIT LOCAL POLICE FROM COOPERATING WITH ICE FOR CIVIL OFFENSES. UM IT WAS UH BAN LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM ASKING ABOUT IMMIGRATION STATUS, UH, AND RESTRICT NONPUBLIC INFORMATION SHARING OR THE RELEASE OF UH OF UH COORDINATION UH FOR CIVIL ICE ACTIONS UH UNLESS REQUIRED OR BACKED BY A JUDGE WHO WOULD BLOCK ANY CIVIL IMMIGRATION TO 87 G PARTNERSHIPS AND PLACE STRICT STATE OVERSIGHT ON DEPARTMENTS SEEKING AGREEMENTS THAT FOCUS ON SERIOUS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. THAT IS, YOU CAN STILL HAVE 27 G AGREEMENTS IF THERE IS ADDRESSES CRIMINAL UH SERIOUS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY BUT THERE WILL BE AN OVERVIEW BY EOPS TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE REQUIREMENTS ARE MET. UH, IT PROTECTS COURTHOUSES UH, PROTECTS COURTHOUSE ACCESS SAFETY PROHIBITS CIVIL IMMIGRATION ARRESTS IN AND AROUND COURTHOUSES WHICH HAS BEEN A BIG PROBLEM HERE IN OUR CITY, UH, PROTECTS SURVIVORS AND VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UH, THROUGH CONSISTENT U AND TV CERTIFICATIONS. IT STOPS DETAINEE GHOSTING, WHICH IS WHERE UH, DETAINEES ARE ESSENTIALLY DISAPPEARED IN THE IMMIGRATION SYSTEM BY PROVIDING INTAKE UH RIGHTS NOTICE AND LANGUAGE ACCESS RAPID CONFIDENTIAL LEGAL COMMUNICATIONS, A FACILITY HOTLINE AND AND A SECURE LOCATOR FOR QUICK CONFIRMATION ABOUT WHERE OUR RESIDENTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS ARE BEING HELD. IT ALSO, UH, WILL MAINTAIN HIGH POLICING STANDARDS BY REQUIRING ANYONE APPLYING TO WORK AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN MASSACHUSETTS TO NOTIFY AND DISCLOSE THEIR EMPLOYERS THAT THEY HAVE WORKED FOR ICE DURING THIS PERIOD. UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SEEN IF ANYONE WATCHED UM, THE STATE OF THE UNION LAST NIGHT WE KNOW THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS NOT LEARNED FROM ITS UH YOU KNOW, ITS ACTIONS IN MINNEAPOLIS AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY. UH, THEY YOU KNOW, DESPITE ROUTINE VIOLATIONS OF PEOPLE'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS BREAKING DOWN DOORS, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, DETAINING PEOPLE WITHOUT DUE PROCESS AND EVEN MURDERING PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATORS. UH, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT THEY WANT TO CONTINUE THIS UH, THESE ACTIONS AND BY SUPPORTING OUR THE THE UH STATE BLACK AND LATINO CAUCUS, UH, AND THIS LEGISLATION, YOU KNOW, WE CAN HELP MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GOING TO STAND UP, UM. TO THE. >> FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IF THEY, UH, HAVE A SURGE HERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR WEBER. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER, COUNCILOR CULPEPER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER FOR ADDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR FOR FILING THIS RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT THE PROTECT ACT WHICH WILL HELP SAFEGUARD THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF ALL BOSTON RESIDENTS . THIS EFFORT BUILDS UPON THE WORK I ADVANCED THROUGH DOCKET NUMBER 2026 0266, AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING ICE FROM USING CITY PROPERTY AT BOTH THE CITY AND THE STATE LEVEL. WE NEED TO ENSURE OUR RESOURCES ARE NOT USED IN WAYS, THAT UNDERMINE DUE PROCESS OR ROAD TRUST BETWEEN IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. THANK YOU COUNCILOR WEBER. THANK YOU COUNCILOR CULPEPER. WOULD ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE LIKE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILORS COLLETTE IS THE POWDER COUNCILOR DURKIN FITZGERALD UH LOUIJEUNE HERE PEPEN. UH AND UH, PLEASE HAVE THE CHAIR. OH OH. COUNCILOR WORRELL UM, COUNCILOR WEBER AND COUNCILOR CULPEPER SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0427. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. UH. >> ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THANK YOU. UH, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 0427, PLEASE. COUNSELOR. >> BREADON. YES COUNSELOR. BREADON. >> YES, COUNCILOR. COLOR AS A PER COUNCILOR. GOOD AS PER THE YES. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES COUNCILOR. DURKIN. COUNCILOR. DURKIN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL. FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES COUNCILOR. MEJIA. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCIL. PIPPIN. COUNCILOR. PIPPIN. YES. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. YES AND COUNCILOR. WORLD. YES. COUNCILOR. WORLD. YES. TALKING NUMBER 0427 HAS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. DOCKETS 0427 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 042 IT. DOC NUMBER 0428 CANCEL PLAY NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF AN INITIATIVE TO CREATE A U.S COMMEMORATIVE STAMP SERIES IN HONOR OF AFRICAN AMERICAN. VETERANS. >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS MY FRIEND HAYWOOD FINNELL, A FORMER U.S. VETERAN AND FOUNDER OF THE TRIAD VETERANS LEAGUE UM HAS BEEN SPEARHEADING AN EFFORT TO RECOGNIZE AFRICAN-AMERICAN VETERANS. THE STAMPS WILL BE BASED ON ORIGINAL ARTWORK FROM AN ART EXHIBIT CALLED UNSUNG HEROES. SINCE THE FOUNDING OF OUR NATION AFRICAN-AMERICAN SOLDIERS HAVE PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE DEFENSE OF OUR COUNTRY DURING THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR. CERTAINLY PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION ALLOWED FOR THE FIRST BLACK REGIMENT RIGHT HERE NOW 54TH OUT OF HYDE PARK TO BE CREATED IN THROUGH THEIR SUCCESS AND BY THE ENLISTMENT OF OVER 180,000 BLACK MEN. WORLD WAR TWO TUSKEGEE AIRMEN WERE THE FIRST GROUP OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN AVIATORS IN THE AIR FORCE. THEY KNOW THEY NOT ONLY GOT IN MUCH SUCCESS AND EARNED EIGHT PURPLE HEARTS, 14 BRONZE STARS UM AND THIS LED TO PRESIDENT TRUMAN SIGNING THE EXECUTIVE EXECUTIVE ORDER IN 1948 TO END SEGREGATION TIME AND AGAIN AFRICAN AMERICAN SOLDIERS HAVE PLACED THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY FOR THE PROTECTION OF OUR NATION AND STILL ARE NOT TREATED WITH RESPECT. THEY HAVE BEEN AND CONTINUES TO BE AN INTEGRAL THEY ARE AND CONTINUE TO BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR MILITARY. WITHOUT THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS OUR FORCES WOULD NOT HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THEIR MISSIONS. I THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN SEVERAL OF MY COLLEAGUES OVER THE WEEKEND UM FOR A BRANCH IN ROXBURY FOR UM IN HONOR OF BLACK VETERANS. IT WAS WONDERFUL TO LISTEN AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT CRITICAL ISSUES, UM, THAT THEY ARE CONCERNED WITH. BUT WE ALSO MUST ADVOCATE FOR THEM AT THE VA. I WAS DOWN IN DC OVER THE WEEKEND. I WAS THERE FOR PROBABLY 18 HOURS AND NEEDED TO COME BACK BEFORE A. >> BIT. BEFORE THE STORM. BUT ONE OF THE ISSUES I WANTED TO FOCUS ON AND DID FOCUS ON SOMEWHAT DOWN IN DC IS HOW WE SUPPORT BLACK VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES WOMEN VETERANS. I HIGHLIGHTED THIS WHEN I SPOKE AT THE HIBERNIAN HALL OVER THE WEEKEND. MY CLOSE FRIEND WAS A GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF WILLIS SAUNDERS ,WHO WAS A BOSTON POLICE SUPERINTENDENT WHO WAS A TUSKEGEE AIRMAN. UM, BUT BLACK VETERANS HAVE CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH TO OUR NATION, TO OUR CITY AND WANT TO STAND WITH MY FRIEND HAYWOOD IN ADVOCATING FOR THIS IMPORTANT STAMP TO ENSURE THAT WE PROVIDE THE RESPECT AND DIGNITY THAT AFRICAN-AMERICANS UM, HAVE DEMONSTRATED DAY IN AND DAY OUT, NIGHT IN AND NIGHT OUT IN HARM'S WAY AND CAME BACK TO AMERICA AND STILL FACED RACISM, DISCRIMINATION AND HATE CRIMES . THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. WOULD ANYONE DOES ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WELL, UH, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? UH, COUNSELORS CULPEPER, DURKIN, FITZGERALD. LOUIJEUNE MEJIA. MURPHY. PEPEN. WEBER. MORRELL PLEASE. UH, THE CHAIR COUNSELOR. FORENSIC SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0428. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. UH. THANK YOU. DOCKET ALL. UM. OKAY. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON 0428. COUNSELOR BRAIN. YES, COUNSELOR. BRAINY AS COUNSELOR COLOR AS OPPOSED COUNSELOR CULPEPER. COUNSELOR. CULPEPER. YES COUNSELOR. DURKIN. COUNSELOR. DURKIN. YES. COUNSELOR. FITZGERALD. YES. YES. COUNSELOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL. YES. COUNSELOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES, COUNSELOR. VISION. YES COUNSELOR. MEJIA. COUNSELOR. MEJIA. YES, COUNSELOR. MURPHY. COUNSELOR. MURPHY. YES COUNSELOR. PIPPIN. COUNSELOR. HAPPINESS. COUNSELOR. SANTANA. COUNSELOR. WEBER. COUNSELOR. WEBER. YES. AND COUNSELOR. WORLD COUNSELOR. OH YES. TALKING OF A0428 AS RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. DOCKET 0142. IT HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0429. DOC NUMBER 0429 COUNSELOR FLYNN NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF RECEIVING A RESPONSE TO DOCKET NUMBER 0221 OR A REQUEST ON CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17 F REGARDING ELEVATOR ACCESS, LIFE SAFETY AND DISABILITY COMPLIANCE. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN CONSIDERING YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. ON JANUARY 28TH, 2026, THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL PASSED AN ORDER REQUESTING CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17 F REGARDING ELEVATOR ACCESS, LIFE SAFETY DISABILITY COMPLIANCE WHICH WAS. DOCKET 0221. THAT WAS NEARLY A MONTH AGO. NEARLY TWO WEEKS AGO I WROTE TO CORPORATION COUNCILOR MICHAEL FIRESTONE RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THE LAW DEPARTMENT ASSIST WITH GETTING A RESPONSE TO THE 17 F REQUEST TO PROVIDE FLAHERTY ON WHETHER VHA IS OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH TIMELY RESPONSES AND WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC SHOULD EXPECT A RESPONSE. DETAILS ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE CITY COUNCIL'S OVERSIGHT FUNCTION. ELEVATOR ACCESS AND PUBLIC HOUSING DIRECTLY IMPACTS RESIDENTS SAFETY. ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE THE CITY'S OBLIGATION TO RESIDENTS WITH DISABILITIES NOT NOT LIMITED TO MOBILITY IMPAIRMENTS . WITHOUT COMPLETE AND RELIABLE INFORMATION, THE COUNCIL CANNOT EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ITS INTERNAL CONTROLS OR THE NEED FOR FURTHER LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT AND MEASURES. I SIMPLY REFUSE TO STOP ADVOCATING FOR RESIDENTS OF PUBLIC HOUSING, COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, OUR SENIORS PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES ON THESE CRITICAL ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES. VIA THESE ARE CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUES. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR PEPEN CONTRA PEPPER AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, I FELT THE NEED TO SPEAK ON THIS TODAY BECAUSE WHILE IT IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL THAT WE SUPPORT RESIDENTS SAFETY NETS, DISABILITY AND PUBLIC HOUSING, I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE 79TH IS THE APPROPRIATE PATH FORWARD. UM SECTION 17 F IS A POWER GRANTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL UNDER THE CITY CHARTER WITH WHICH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS REQUIRED TO COMPLY. IT CARRIES MORE WEIGHT THAN A NON-BINDING RESOLUTION, AND I'M CONCERNED THAT PASSING THIS MEASURE WOULD SET DANGEROUS PRECEDENT BY UNDERMINING THE AUTHORITY THAT WE HAVE AS A COUNCIL TO SUBMIT A 17 F REQUEST IN THE FUTURE. FOR THAT REASON I WILL BE OBJECTING TO THIS PASSAGE OF THE RESOLUTION. SO THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCILOR PEPEN, UH, DOCKET 0429 WILL BE SENT TO THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET. 04300430 COUNCILOR FLYNN NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF ESTABLISHING A BLUE RIBBON COMMISSION TO STUDY AND ADDRESS DOWNTOWN OFFICE VACANCIES AND CITY REVENUE. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'M FILING THIS RESOLUTION FOR THE THIRD TIME TO CALL FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A BLUE RIBBON COMMISSION MADE UP OF BUSINESS LEADERS, CITY AND STATE OFFICIALS NEIGHBORHOOD ADVOCATES, OTHER EXPERTS TO STUDY AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE ISSUE OF OFFICE VACANCIES IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON AND CITY REVENUE. I REPRESENT DOWNTOWN BOSTON. THIS BODY PASSED. >> THIS. RESOLUTION ON THIS CRITICAL ISSUE TWICE TWICE. NOW IN THE LAST. >> TWO. >> YEARS. I HOPE THAT MY COLLEAGUES WILL JOIN ME AGAIN. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING. ACCORDING TO A BOSTON GLOBE REPORT IN DECEMBER. >> 2025. THE CITY OF BOSTON INDICATED THAT IT WOULD LAUNCH A TIME LIMITED TASK FORCE IN 2026 ON THESE ISSUES THAT I HIGHLIGHTED INCLUDING EXPLORING WAYS TO GENERATE REVENUE ASIDE FROM COMMERCIAL PROPERTY TAXES. IN 2023, I HELD A HEARING ON BRINGING BACK ALL CITY OF BOSTON BOARD MEETINGS IN RELATED BUSINESSES IN PERSON WITH A HYBRID. OPTION FOR THE PUBLIC IN AN EFFORT TO BRING MUCH NEEDED FOOT TRAFFIC, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY DOWNTOWN IMPROVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT I CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE MORE IN-PERSON WORK FROM ALL OF US. DOWNTOWN BOSTON IS AN IMPORTANT ECONOMIC DRIVER OF OUR CITY STATE REGIONAL ECONOMY. BUT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS A NUMBER OF HIGH PROFILE BUILDINGS HAVE SOLD FOR LARGE DISCOUNTS INCLUDING ONE ON ONE ARCH STREET SELLING FOR $43 MILLION LESS THAN WHEN IT WAS BOUGHT IN 2005 ONE LINCOLN STREET FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE STATE STREET BUILDING AND NOW HUB OF. VEST WHICH WAS SOLD FOR 400 MILLION AT A FORECLOSURE AUCTION IN 99 HIGH STREET WHICH SOLD FOR 227 MILLION AND FOR $46 MILLION LESS THAN IN 2025. I HIGHLIGHT THESE. THESE REAL. ESTATE TRANSACTIONS TO INFORM YOU THAT BOSTON WILL SEE LESS PROPERTY TAX DUE TO THESE SALES OF OF BUILDINGS AT A FRACTION OF WHAT THEY WERE SOLD FOR IN THE PAST. UM WE NEED ALL HANDS ON DECK TO ENSURE WE ARE SUPPORTING A STRONG AND VIBRANT DOWNTOWN BOSTON ECONOMY AND I IF THIS REPORT BY THE GLOBE. >> IS. ACCURATE, I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATION FOR MOVING FORWARD ON MY RECOMMENDATION TO ESTABLISH A TASK FORCE. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR SUPPORTING THIS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS BECAUSE I KNOW YOU KNOW HOW IMPORTANT DOWNTOWN BOSTON'S ECONOMY IS TO NOT JUST THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON BUT TO NO ONE WANTS ECONOMY AS WELL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILORS CULPEPER FITZGERALD LOUIJEUNE MURPHY. PEPEN. WEBER. MORELLE. MEJIA. UH OKAY. UH COUNCILOR FLYNN SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0430. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY. ALTHOUGH, UH, MR TRAYER, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 0430. COUNCILOR BREADON. UH, PRESENT. COUNCILOR BREADON PRESENT COUNCIL COLOR. ZAPATA COUNCILOR. CULPEPER COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES COUNCILOR. DURKIN. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCIL. YES COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL. FLYNN. YES COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES COUNCILOR. MEJIA. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES COUNCILOR. MURPHY. >> YES. COUNCILOR. PIPPIN. YES. COUNCILOR. PEN. YES COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES AND COUNCILOR. WORLD. YES. COUNCIL. YES. TEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND ONE PRESENT. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. DOCKET 0430 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0431? TALKING OF A0431 COUNCIL FLYNN FOR THE. FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE SEVEN NIGHTS PER WEEK RESIDENTIAL PARKING ONLY IN SOUTH BOSTON. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN CONSTRUCTION. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. IN DECEMBER 2024 ETD INFORMED ME THAT THEY WOULD IMPLEMENT MY PLAN TO IMPLEMENT A SEVEN NIGHTS PER WEEK RESIDENT PARKING ONLY POLICY FOR ALL AREAS OF SOUTH BOSTON. MOST OF THE TOWN HAS OUR FOUR NIGHTS PER WEEK AND NOTHING FROM FRIDAY. >> AT 10:00. AM UNTIL MONDAY AT SIX. I'M ASKING FOR SUPPORT FROM COLLEAGUES TO MAKE THIS A REALITY. THE PARKING CRISIS IN SOUTH BOSTON HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSUSTAINABLE. IN 2023, BTD INDICATED THAT THERE WERE OVER 29,000 ACTIVE RESIDENT PARKING PERMITS AND ONLY 10,000 ON STREET PARKING SPACES. I REQUESTED AN AUDIT OF ALL SOUTH BOSTON RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMITS. THOUSANDS OF INCORRECT PERMITS WERE WERE REVOKED, BUT RESIDENTS CONTINUED TO ASK FOR ENFORCEMENT IN QUESTION. THE PANDEMIC POLICY OF AUTOMATIC PARKING PERMIT RENEWALS MEANWHILE, SOUTH BOSTON CONTINUES TO OBSERVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ARTICLE 80 DEVELOPMENTS WHILE A LARGE NUMBER HAVE GONE THROUGH A THOROUGH COMMUNITY PROCESS AND GAINED SUPPORT OF RESIDENTS, NEIGHBORS, CIVIC GROUPS, ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THE MIDST OF OUR HOUSING CRISIS, DEVELOPERS HAVE REPORTED BEING STALLED WITH REQUEST TO CUT ALREADY AGREED UPON PARKING RATIO RATIOS AND ADD HERE TO BE TD'S RECOMMENDATION OF PARKING GUIDELINES OF 0.5 PARKING SPACES. FOR SEVERAL YEARS, NEIGHBORS NOTICED ON BPD BOARD AGENDAS THAT OTHER NEIGHBORS IN NEIGHBORHOODS WILL HAVE. >> LARGE. PROJECTS WITH AT LEAST 1 TO 1 PARKING RATIO IS WHAT I HAVE ADVOCATED FOR CONSISTENTLY. THEY ASK WHY IS OUR COMMUNITY. BEING SINGLED OUT DIFFERENTLY TO A DIFFERENT STANDARD? NEIGHBORS CONTINUE TO CALL ATTENTION TO HAVING TO CONSISTENTLY SEARCH FOR PARKING . THEY NEED CARS TO TAKE THEIR CHILDREN TO ACTIVITIES. THEY NEED TO CARE FOR ELDERLY SO THEIR PARENTS THEY NEED TO WORK NIGHTS. THEY COME HOME TO CIRCLE FOR 45 MINUTES HOPING TO FIND A PARKING SPOT. SOUTH BOSTON RESIDENTS CONSISTENTLY REPORT A LARGE NUMBER OF OUT-OF-STATE PLATES IN CARS LACKING A RESIDENT PARKING PERMIT. WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVING BECOME A DESTINATION FOR MANY YOUNG PEOPLE ON THE WEEKENDS. VISITOR PARKING FOR SEVERAL DAYS BEGINNING FRIDAY MORNING UNTIL MONDAY EVENING IS VERY CHALLENGING. AT THE VERY SAME TIME, THIS INFLUX OF NONRESIDENT VEHICLES OCCURS EACH WEEKEND. THERE ARE NO RESIDENTIAL PARKING ONLY RESTRICTIONS TO SPEAK OF. BPD ENFORCEMENT IS SCALED BACK. I'M SIMPLY ASKING FOR RESPECT FOR MY NEIGHBORS IN SOUTH BOSTON AS YOU WOULD. YOU ARE NEIGHBORS THAT YOU ADVOCATE FOR IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. MY RESIDENTS IN SOUTH BOSTON DESERVE RESIDENT PARKING. IT WAS PROMISED TO US OVER THREE YEARS AGO BY FRANKLIN HODGE AND WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR IT. I WOULD ASK MY COLLEGE COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT ME. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. WOULD ANYONE IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER COUNCILOR? UH WORRELL. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR FILING THIS. I HEAR FROM MY NEIGHBORHOODS ALL THE TIME THAT THEY WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE PROGRAM. THERE'S NO FLAHERTY RIGHT NOW. THE RESIDENTIAL PARKING PROGRAM IS STILL UP AND RUNNING OR WHAT IS IT GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE? SO I DO URGE THE ADMINISTRATION JUST TO PROVIDE, UH, A FUTURE TIMELINE THAT THE PROGRAM IS GOING TO EXIST OR IF THEY DOING AWAY WITH IT OR UH, JUST LET US KNOW WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS AROUND THIS RESIDENTIAL PARKING PROGRAM ACTUALLY IS. SO I AM URGING THE ADMINISTRATION TO JUST OFFER SOME FLAHERTY TO US AS COUNSELORS AND TO THE REST OF THE PUBLIC AROUND THIS PROGRAM. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WORRELL . UM WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILORS. UH, COKE PEPPER FITZGERALD. LOUIJEUNE BAHIA MURPHY. PEPEN. SANTANA. UH WORRELL. AND PLEASE, UH. THE CHAIR. UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0431. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU KINDLY, UH ,TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 0431. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR. BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR. COLLETTA. ZAPATA. COUNCILOR. CULPEPPER COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKIN. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. JOE. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL. LOUIJEUNE. YES COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES COUNCILOR. PEPEN. >> COUNCIL. >> BULLPEN. YES COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. COUNCIL MEMBER. PRESENT. COUNCILOR. WORLD. YEAH. >> COUNCILOR. >> WORLD. >> YES. SO I CAN HAVE A ZERO FOR THREE. ONE HAS RECEIVED TEN VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND ONE PRESENT. THANK YOU. >> DOCKET 0431 HAS BEEN ADOPTED . MR TRACK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0432. TALKING NUMBER 0432 COUNCILOR FLYNN OFF OF THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF A TEMPORARY ROLLBACK FOR THE INCLUSIONARY DEVELOPMENT POLICY AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING REQUIREMENT TO 13%. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. COUNCILOR FRIEND UH, CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN CONSTRUCTION. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. IN LIGHT OF OUR HOUSING CRISIS ,THE URGENT. NEED TO INCREASE SUPPLY AND ADDRESS AFFORDABILITY IN OUR CITY, I AM RESPECTFULLY RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY OF TEMPORARILY ROLL OUT ROLLBACK INCLUSIONARY DEVELOPMENT POLICY AND INCOME RESTRICTED AFFORDABLE UNIT PERCENTAGES FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT BACK DOWN WHEREAS PREVIOUSLY AT 13% FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. LET ME BE CLEAR FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS I'VE BEEN A STRONG SUPPORTER OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN DISTRICT TWO AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF BOSTON. IN MY DISTRICT. WE HAVE ABSORBED AS MUCH OR MORE HOUSING AND I HAVE SUPPORTED AS MUCH OR MORE HOUSING AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS. ANY OTHER. DISTRICT COUNCIL DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME I ALSO ADVOCATED FOR ON SITE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHEN IT CAME TO PLAN DOWNTOWN, WHICH THE CITY DID NOT INCLUDE. AT THE SAME TIME I SAID NO ONE WANTS TO SEE WEALTH STORAGE UNITS THAT DO NOT ADDRESS THE HOUSING CRISIS. AS YOU ALL KNOW, I SUPPORTED INCREASING OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING REQUIREMENTS. I STILL BELIEVE THERE IS. THAT IS STILL THE RIGHT THING TO DO BUT WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ECONOMY WE'RE IN IN THE DATA SHOWING WE ARE NOT BUILDING ENOUGH HOUSING AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT THIS TIME. THE REASON BEING SEVERAL YEARS NOW OF POST PANDEMIC INFLATION ,A HIGH INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT RISING CONSTRUCTION COST TARIFFS BUT I ALSO BELIEVE IT IS LONG PAST TIME FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND LEADERS IN OUR CITY AND STATE TO ACKNOWLEDGE REALITY. WHILE WE DO NOT CONTROL MANY OF THE BIG PICTURE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, WE SHOULD DO WHAT WE CAN WITHIN OUR POWER TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WILL HELP TO SPUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN BOSTON DURING THIS TIME OF GREAT ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY, WE ALSO USE TOOLS AVAILABLE TO BUILD HOUSING IN BOSTON. THE NUMBERS CLEARLY SHOW THAT PRODUCTION HAS DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY. ACCORDING TO A JUNE 2025 REPORT IN THE BOSTON GLOBE. WE WENT FROM 98 UNITS 9800 UNITS IN 2020 TO 20 300 IN 2024 AND JUST 852 IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2025. RECENT REPORTS ALSO SHOW BOSTON LIKE 16 CITIES IN PRODUCTION WHILE OPTIONS SHOULD BE ON THE TABLE. A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF AFFORDABLE UNITS HAS HAD THE BEST OF INTENTIONS FROM ALL OF US TO ADDRESS AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS FOR WORKING FAMILIES. BUT IN THESE IN THESE CONDITIONS, IF WE'RE PRODUCING LESS HOUSING WE'RE ALSO GETTING LESS AFFORDABLE UNITS FOR WORKING CLASS PEOPLE. SOME HOUSING IS BETTER THAN NO HOUSING I UNDERSTAND WE ARE IN POLITICS. I'M SINCERELY ASKING US TO HAVE THE COURAGE TO PUT POLITICS ASIDE, IGNORE THE NOISE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND MAKE THIS TEMPORARY ADJUSTMENT WITH THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY IN BOSTON'S LONG TERM ECONOMIC REALITY IN MIND. THIS IS A CRISIS. WE NEED ALL THE TOOLS TO SOLVE THIS CRISIS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR PEPEN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD BECAUSE AFFORDABILITY CONTINUES TO BE AN ISSUE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. OBVIOUSLY THERE'S BEEN A HISTORY OF IT AND AS A CHAIR OF HOUSING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF HEARING WORDS AND AND UM ,OTHER POLICY BEING BROUGHT INTO MY COMMITTEE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. HOW CAN WE MAKE IT EASIER? THERE'S BEEN CONVERSATION ABOUT REZONING, CONVERSATIONS ABOUT PARKING MINIMUMS, CONVERSATION ABOUT USING EMPTY PARCELS ACROSS THE CITY. SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT GO INTO THE CONSTRUCTION OF AFFORDABILITY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. UM, AND THEN I ALSO JUST ONCE THE GENERAL CAME OUT I RECEIVED MESSAGES I RECEIVED A SPECIFIC MESSAGE FROM YOU KNOW, UM, WE ROXBURY FROM DISTRICT SEVEN WITH GREAT CONCERNS THAT IF WE ROLE IF WE WERE TO ROLL THIS BACK THAT WOULD HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS TO THE COMMUNITY SIDE AS WELL AND A LOT OF WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS WHEN THIS WAS IMPLEMENTED WAS FROM THE COMMUNITY. IT WASN'T JUST FROM INTERNALLY HERE TODAY UM, AGAIN AS THE CHAIR OF HOUSING AND CONSIDERING THAT THERE'S SO MANY HEARING WAS ALREADY PUT IN PLACE THAT I'M MORE THAN COMMITTED TO HEARING TO TALK ABOUT AFFORDABILITY IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE FUTURE, I'M GOING TO RESPECTFULLY OBJECT TO THIS RESOLUTION AND I AM COMMITTED TO DO A RESOLUTION ON THIS. I MEAN TO HAVE A HEARING ON THIS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PEPEN. UH, DOCKET 0432 WILL BE SENT TO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0433. DOCKET NUMBER 0433 CONCILOR MEJIA HERE FOR THE. FOLLOWING FOR. REQUESTING CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17 OF REGARDING INCREASED WEIGHT, STADIUM COSTS AND THEIR EFFECT ON OTHER BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL CAPITAL PROJECTS. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMEMBER HERE COMES FROM HERE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT UNDER . SECTION 17 F WE. ARE FORMALLY REQUESTING. DOCUMENTATION RELATED TO INCREASE WHITE STADIUM COSTS AND THEIR IMPACT ON OTHER BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL CAPITAL PROJECTS. UM PUBLIC REPORTING HAS CITED RISING COSTS AND A 252 MILLION COMMUNITY BENEFITS FIGURE. WE NEED ITEMIZED DOCUMENTATION THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE CONTRACT CONTINGENCY CHANGE ORDERS, FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS AND ANY PROJECTED DELAYS OR. REDUCED AS A RESULT. YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM COMMUNITY AND WE BELIEVE THAT THE BEST WAY FOR US. TO MOVE FORWARD UM, YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES A HEARING MIGHT BE ABLE TO WORK BUT SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO DO THINGS LIKE THIS, UM ,TO GET ANSWERS TO THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SUBMITTING THIS RESPECTFULLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HILL AND ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE THIS MATTER ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? UM ON 17. OH 1917 FS THANK YOU FOR THAT REMINDER MR. CLERK. UM CONCERN ME IS THE SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0433. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. UM, MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 0433. COUNCILOR BROOM. YES COUNCILOR. BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR. COLETTA. ZAPATA. YES. COUNCILOR. CLOSE. BUTLER. YES. COUNCILOR. CULPEPPER. COUNCILOR. CULPEPPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKIN. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCIL. FASO. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCIL. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCIL. MEJIA. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCIL. THE PEN COUNCIL. OPINIONS. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. AND COUNCILOR. WORLD COUNCIL. YES. TALKING NUMBER 0433 HAS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0433 HAS PASSED. MR KURT, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0434. >> SO I CAN HAVE A043 FOR COUNCIL OF OFF FOR THE FOLLOWING. ORDER REQUESTING CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17 OF REGARDING MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING COOPERATION AGREEMENTS OR COLLABORATIVE. PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND EXTERNAL ENTITIES. THANK YOU MR. CLERK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL FRIEND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. AND THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I FOUND THE 17 F TO GET MORE PUBLIC INFORMATION ON ANY EXISTING AND OR EXPIRED MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING COOPERATION AGREEMENTS BETWEEN BOSTON AND FEDERAL PARTNERS. UM THIS THIS WOULD BE FROM JANUARY 2021 TO THE PRESENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSTABLE WEBER. COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YES. >> THANK YOU. I JUST, UM MAYBE TO THE CHAIR. I FILED A 17 F FOR MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND COUNCILOR SANTANA. JOIN ME ON THAT. UM. >> I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, I'M. I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS. UH, I DO BELIEVE WE'RE. THIS IS THIS IS DIFFERENT. YEAH. OKAY. THE CLERK SAYS IT'S DIFFERENT. GREAT. UH, YOU KNOW, I DO I I I JUST FOR MY COLLEAGUES, UH. >> WE'VE. BEEN TOLD THAT THOSE MEMORANDA ARE FORTHCOMING AND, UH, PART OF THE DELAY HAS BEEN THAT FOR EACH ONE THEY HAVE TO GET THE PERMISSION OF THE OTHER PARTY IN THE CONTRACT BEFORE THEY DISCLOSE IT SO THAT THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING AND, UM, I. HOPE TO HAVE A RESPONSE TO TO THE 17 OF THE THAT I FOLLOW COUNCILOR SANTANA UH, IN JANUARY UH, VERY SOON. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER. UM, CONSIDERING YOUR LIGHT IS STILL ON, DO YOU WANT TO. YEAH, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCIL WEBER FOR THAT UM, RESPONSE AND UH, RESPECT RESPECT HIS POSITION RESPECT THAT HE FILED A A 17 FS SIMILAR TO THIS BUT SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT BUT UH I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCIL WEBER. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILMEMBER VIEW OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR I JUST ASK. RESPECTFULLY IS THE. 17 F YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE SAME ONE YOU REFILED. THAT WE FILED BACK. >> IN AUGUST THAT NEVER GOT A RESPONSE? CONSIDER WHETHER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YES. >> THE IDEA. WE'RE NOW AND WHAT MONTH SEVEN RIGHT. SO THEY HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO GET US ANSWERS AND I THINK WE NEED TO WORK MORE COLLABORATIVE AS THIS BODY TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE INFORMATION WE NEED TO ADVOCATE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. UM IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? UH, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? THAT'S AT 17 F I WILL REMEMBER AT THAT. THANK YOU. UH, MR CLERK, UM, COUNCILOR MAHI, UM, I GOT COUNCILOR FLYNN SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0434. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED, SAY NAY. UH. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0434 HAS PASSED. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0435. SO I CAN HAVE A043 FOR COUNCIL. >> FLYNN. ON FOR THE FOLLOWING. ORDER REQUESTING CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17 F REGARDING DETAINER REQUESTS FROM JANUARY 1ST, 2024 TO THE. PRESENT. >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. BASIC INFORMATION AS YOU HIGHLIGHTED IT CLARK HIGHLIGHTED RATHER REGARDING DETAINER REQUESTS FROM JANUARY 2024 TO THE PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR WEBER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR HERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM AND I APPRECIATE THESE 17 F REQUESTS BEING A WAY TO UM FOR US TO GET NECESSARY INFORMATION . I DO THINK YOU KNOW, I MENTIONED THE STATE OF THE UNION EARLIER AND UH, YOU KNOW, DESPITE REPEATED ACTIONS WHERE WE'VE SEEN CITIES TERRORIZED, UH, PEOPLE PEPPER SPRAYED IN THEIR FACES, DOORS KNOCKED DOWN ,CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS BEING VIOLATED AND PEOPLE BEING MURDERED THAT'S ALL BASED AROUND THIS FALSE NARRATIVE THAT OUR CITIES ARE UNSAFE AND IT'S BECAUSE OF OUR IMMIGRANTS THAT THEY'RE UNSAFE. AND WE SAW THE PRESIDENT DOUBLED DOWN ON THAT LAST NIGHT. SO YOU KNOW, I, I JUST I PERSONALLY DO NOT WANT TO GIVE ANY OXYGEN TO THAT FALSE NARRATIVE AND I DO FEEL LIKE THIS 17 F IS AIMED AT THAT. SO THAT'S WHY I'LL BE VOTING NO ON THIS 17 F. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU COUNCILOR WEBER. UM ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? >> NO. I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. UH. >> COUNCILOR FLYNN SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0435. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 0435. COUNCILOR BREEN. NO. >> COUNCILOR BRAYTON, NO COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A. PART OF. >> COUNCIL AS A PART OF NO COUNCILOR CULPEPER. YES. >> COUNCILOR. >> CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKIN. COUNCILOR. DURKIN. NO. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. >> FITZGERALD. >> YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN COUNCILOR. FUNNIEST COUNCIL. LOUIJEUNE. NO COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE NO COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. NO. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. >> COUNCILOR. >> MURPHY. YES. COUNCILOR. PEPEN COUNCILOR. PIN NO. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. NO. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. NO. COUNCIL. WEBER. COUNCILOR. >> WEBER. NO AND COUNCIL. >> WORLD NO. COUNCIL. ROLL. NO. DOCKET NUMBER 0435 HAS RECEIVED NINE VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND FOUR VOTES EXCUSE. >> ME. NINE VOTES IN THE NEGATIVE AND FOUR VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. DOCKET 0435 HAS FAILED. WE'RE NOW ON TO PERSONNEL ORDERS. UM, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE, UH, READ THE PERSONNEL ORDERS? UM, I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE. UH. >> READ DOCKET 043620439. PERSONNEL LOTUS DOCKET NUMBER 0436 COUNCILOR BREADON, UH, FOR A TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE. DUCKY NUMBER 0437 COUNCILOR BREEN FOR CONCILOR MEJIA HERE I CAN NUMBER 0438 COUNCILOR BREADON FOR CONCILOR MEJIA HERE AND DUCKY NUMBER 0439 COUNCILOR BREADON FOR CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. UM, THE CHAIR MOVES FOR PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0436 230 439. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THANK YOU. UH. THANK YOU. THE PERSONNEL ORDERS HAVE PASSED. UH, WE'RE NOW ONTO GREEN SHEETS BEFORE WE, UH, MOVED TO GREEN SHEETS. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME TO A DOCKET THAT THEY HAVE MISSED WITH MR CALL? VOTE FOR, UH, COUNCILOR DURKIN. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKIN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANKS. >> I'D LIKE TO ADD MY NAME TO 0407 040 904 1104 12. NINE FIVE. AND 0433 THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE UH COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. UH, SIGNING ON TO. 0409 PLEASE AND THANK. YOU 0409 THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? VERY GOOD. SO WE'RE NOW ON TO GREEN SHEETS. UH, IS ANYONE LOOKING TO PULL, UH, ANYTHING FROM THE GREEN SHEETS? I UNDERSTAND THE CHAIR OF WAYS AND MEANS, UH, HAS A PULL CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR OF WAYS AND MEANS COUNCILOR WEBER. SO I APOLOGIZE. UH. GET MY. >> NUMBERS STRAIGHT. UM UM. >> THIS IS MSBA FUNDING FOR. SCHOOLS THAT, UM, THAT WE VOTED ON ONCE ALREADY AND WE HAVE TO VOTE ON AGAIN. I APOLOGIZE, I DON'T KNOW. UM, OKAY. >> YEAH, I'VE GOT IT RIGHT HERE. SORRY. I'D LIKE TO PULL DOCKET NUMBERS 1 TO 8 AND 1 TO 9 FROM THE GREEN SHEETS THERE ON PAGE TWO ASSIGNED FOR FURTHER ACTIONS. UH, UNDER THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU READ DOCKET ZERO UH, 128 AND DOCKET 0129 INTO THE RECORD. FROM THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS DOCKET NUMBER 0128 MESSAGE NINE FOR YOUR. APPROVAL IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON. APPROPRIATE $6,500,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING COSTS FOR THE WINDOW AND DOOR REPLACEMENT PROJECTS AT THE FOLLOWING. SCHOOLS HERE WOULD. HAVE IT. >> EVERETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE RICHARD. J MURPHY K THROUGH EIGHT SCHOOL. THIS INCLUDES THE PAYMENT OF ALL COSTS INCIDENTAL AND RELATED THERETO AND FOR WHICH THE CITY OF BOSTON MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A GRANT FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY AND SET AMOUNT TO BE EXPENDED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE PUBLIC FACILITIES. DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC. SCHOOLS AND DOCKET NUMBER 0129 . MESSAGE. IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL AND ORDER AUTHORIZING. THE CITY OF BOSTON TO APPROPRIATE $3 MILLION FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING COSTS FOR. THE ROOF REPLACEMENT PROJECTS. AT THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS. THE THOMAS J. KINNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE HUE ROW O'DONNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THIS INCLUDES THE PAYMENT OF ALL COSTS AND DENTAL RELATED THERETO, AND FOR WHICH THE CITY OF BOSTON MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A GRANT FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL. BUILDING AUTHORITY. SET AMOUNT TO BE EXPEND UNDER THE. DIRECTION OF THE PUBLIC FACILITIES DEPARTMENT. ON BEHALF OF THE. BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER, THE CHAIR OF WAYS AND MEANS. YES, I BELIEVE THE FOUR OH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AS I SAID WHEN I WAS STALLING JUST THEM UM, YOU KNOW THESE ARE MSBA GRANTS TO TO HELP REPAIR OUR SCHOOLS, UH, YOU KNOW, WINDOWS DOORS AND ROOFS AT FOUR SCHOOLS. SO THAT REQUIRES TWO VOTES. UH, WE'VE ALREADY VOTED UH, ONCE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND AS THE CHAIR A WAYS AND MEANS I'M ASKING FOR A SECOND READING OF THE DOCKET WHICH HAS HAPPENED AND A. VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR WEBER, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS MOVES FOR A SECOND READING AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0128. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 0128. COUNCILOR BREADON. >> YES. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS. A COUNCILOR. AS A PARTY. YES. >> COUNCILOR. >> CULPEPER. COUNCILOR. >> CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. >> DURKIN. COUNCILOR. DURKIN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. >> COUNCILOR. >> VIDEO. YES COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES COUNCILOR. MEJIA. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCIL. PIPPIN. YES. COUNCIL OF OPINIONS. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. SATANIC. YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. YES AND COUNCILOR. WORLD. >> YES. COUNCIL. WORLD. YES. TALKING ABOUT 0128 HAS RECEIVED 13 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND THE SECOND READING. THANK YOU. >> UH, DOCKET 012 IT IS RECEIVED A SECOND READING AND HAS PASSED UH COUNCILOR WEBER CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS MOVES FOR A SECOND READING AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0129. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ, UH, CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 0129. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR CARLOS OPPONENT YES. COUNCIL A LITTLE. >> BIT. >> YES. COUNCILOR. CULPEPPER. >> COUNCILOR. >> CULPEPPER. YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN. YES. >> COUNCILOR DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. >> COUNCILOR VISTO. YES. COUNCILOR. >> FLYNN. >> YES. >> COUNCIL AND YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. >> YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCIL. MEJIA. YES CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR. >> MURPHY. COUNCILOR. >> MURPHY. YES. COUNCIL. >> BEAR PEN. YES. COUNCIL. PIPPIN. >> YES. >> COUNCILOR. >> SANTANA. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. >> COUNCILOR. WEBER. >> YES AND COUNCILOR. YES. COUNCIL. ORAL. YES. SO I CAN NUMBER 0129. HAS RECEIVED 13 VOTES. >> IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. RECEIVING ITS SECOND READING. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0129 HAS RECEIVED A SECOND READING AND HAS PASSED. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM GREEN SHEETS? THANK YOU. NOW WE'RE ON TO LATE FINANCE. I'M INFORMED BY THE CHAIR THERE IS ONLY A MATTER A COMMUNICATION FROM THE LAW DEPARTMENT TO ABSENT OBJECTION THESE LATE FILED MATTERS WILL BE ADDED. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET UH PLEASE READ READ THE LATE FILE MATTER UH INTO THE RECORD. COMMUNICATION FROM THE LAW DEPARTMENT AND UH, UM REGARDING OPEN MEETING LAW COMPLEX. TO FILE ON FEBRUARY 1ST, 2026. THANK YOU. >> UM, THIS DOCKET OR THIS, UM ,UH, COMMUNICATION WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. WE'RE NOW ONTO THE CONSENT AGENDA. I AM INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT WE HAVE EIGHT ADDITIONS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE QUESTION NOW COMES ON APPROVAL OF THE VARIOUS MATTERS CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONSENT CONSENT AGENDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I THANK YOU. THE CONSENT AGENDA, UH, AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED. UH, MOVING ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS . UM, THESE ARE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND US OF UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS. UH, WE HAVE, UH, CITY COUNCIL BIRTHDAYS. UH, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR COLLEAGUE. COUNCILOR SHARON DURKAN FOR THE BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY. AND ALSO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MALEAH HARRIS WHO WORKS IN DISTRICT NINE IS OFFICE. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME. UM, AND THE OTHER BIRTHDAYS TO SHADOW. THANK YOU. >> UM. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENT? PLEASE PUT YOUR LIGHT ON AND IF YOU HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. NO ANNOUNCEMENTS. COUNCIL MEETING CONTINUE HERE. I SHOULD BE HERE. RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME IF COUNCILMEMBER HEAR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UH, JUST WANTED TO, UH, WISH AN ELISE A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. UH, SO EVEN THOUGH SHE DOESN'T WORK. >> FOR THE CITY. COUNCIL YET, ONE DAY SHE'LL BE HERE TERRORIZING ALL OF Y'ALL. BUT UNTIL THEN, I JUST WANTED TO WISH HER UM, SHE TURNED 16, UM, ON THE 16TH, WHICH WAS HER GOLDEN BIRTHDAY. IT WAS A BIG DEAL. SO I JUST WANT TO WISH HER A HAPPY, HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING ME WITH THE WORLD AND FOR SACRIFICING SO MUCH OF OUR TIME TOGETHER. SO I LOVE YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. WE ALL WISH LISA HAPPY BIRTHDAY . UH, CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM PRESIDENT, I JUST WANT TO WISH ANNIE JOHNSON AND BIRTHDAY TODAY FOR THE RECORD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> UM, WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO MEMORIALS. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO UPHOLD, UH, UPLIFT A NAME? UH, PLEASE PUT YOUR LIGHTS ON IF YOU WANT TO UPHOLD THE NAME, UH, COUNCILOR UH, PEPEN AND THEN COUNCILOR CULPEPER. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I, UM I HAVE TWO NAMES TODAY. FIRST FROM ROSLINDALE, MR BOB LIANO PASSED AWAY ON FEBRUARY 14TH. BOB WAS A FORMER OWNER OF THE BELOVED RIALTO BARBERSHOP WHERE HE WORKED FOR 65 YEARS. NOT JUST CUTTING HAIR BUT BEING A COMMUNITY STAPLE TO SO MANY ROSLINDALE WEST ROXBURY RESIDENTS WHERE HE LIVED MOST OF HIS LIFE. AND THEN SECOND, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT, UM, TO HONOR MR JOSEPH G. OAKLEY THE FATHER REPRESENTATIVE BRANDON FLUKER REED WHO PASSED EARLIER THIS MONTH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR CULPEPER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM PRESIDENT. I RISE ONCE MORE TODAY NOT SIMPLY TO ACKNOWLEDGE A PUBLIC FIGURE BUT TO REFLECT ON THE LIFE OF REVEREND JESSE JACKSON A TRUE FORCE WHOSE IMPACT REACH ACROSS THE NATION AND HELP RESHAPE ITS CONTENTS. REVEREND JACKSON WAS MORE THAN A CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER. HE WAS A BRIDGE BUILDER, A TRUTH TELLER AND AN UNAPOLOGETIC UNAPOLOGETIC VOICE FOR THE UNHEARD. HE INSPIRED GENERATIONS TO DO THE SAME AT CRITICAL MOMENTS IN OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY. HE CHALLENGED INSTITUTIONS TO LIVE UP TO THEIR PROMISES AND CALLED COMMUNITIES TO BELIEVE IN THEIR COLLECTIVE POWER. WE NEED THAT COURAGE NOW AND WE NEED THAT STRENGTH. HIS WORK ADVANCE VOTING RIGHTS, ECONOMIC JUSTICE, EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY AND POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT NOT AS ABSTRACT IDEAS BUT AS LIVED REALITIES FOR MILLIONS BEYOND THE MOVEMENT AND THE HEADLINES. I KNEW HIM AS A MAN OF DEEP FAITH AND CONVICTION. I WAS BLESSED TO CALL HIM A FRIEND AND I MISS HIM DEARLY. MAY WE HONOR NOT ONLY REVEREND JESSE JACKSON IN WORDS BUT IN ACTIONS BY KEEPING HOPE ALIVE. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPER. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL DIVISION CONSIDERATION. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I WANT TO UPLIFT TWO NAMES. UM, ONE IS UM JUST THINKING OF THE RICHARDS FAMILY AND THE LOSS OF CHERYL RICHARDS. UH, SHE WAS LOVED DEEPLY AND WAS MISSED BY HER THREE CHILDREN, INCLUDING HER SON ELIJAH WHO WORKS FOR THE OFFICE OF BLACK MALE ADVANCEMENT AND HER SON TONY RICHARDS REPORTS FOR MASS HOUSING AND IS AN INTEGRAL LEADER HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON INCLUDING UH MANY OTHER AUNTS, UNCLES AND COUSINS. UM SO JUST WANTED TO UPLIFT HER MEMORY AND ALSO UM AFTER THE PLAQUE WANTED US TO ADJOURN ON BEHALF OF UH AND REMEMBERING GEORGE AS AN ARMY VETERAN OF JAMAICA PLAIN AND OF SOUTH YARMOUTH WHO PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT THE AGE OF 98, WE WANT TO THANK HIM FOR HIS SERVICE TO HIS COUNTRY AND HOPE THAT HE IS RESTING IN PEACE AND SAME WITH. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU COUNCILOR DIVISION UH COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UH, I JUST WANT TO RAISE. >> UP. THE NAME OF ANN MCLAUGHLIN, FRIEND OF MY UH THE MOTHER OF, UH, MY FRIENDS I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH THAT WAS BURIED THIS PAST WEEKEND. SHE WORKED AT JP AND DC, UH, AND DID A LOT OF WORK GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND BOTH JAMAICA PLAIN WAS ROXBURY UH, AS WELL. AND I ALSO WANT TO LIFT UP SANTOS TO THE BOY, UH, WHO PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK, UH, AND IS BEING MEMORIALIZED UH, TOMORROW UH, ADMISSION CHARGE. SHE IS A 50 YEAR RESIDENT OF MISSION MAINE. UM, AND SO MY PRAYERS ARE WITH BOTH OF THOSE FAMILIES. THANK YOU. WOULD YOU MIND REPEATING THE SECOND NAME FOR ME? SANTOS. >> LABOY. LABOY. >> YES. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? UM, COMES FROM MEJIA. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COME FROM HERE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? YES. >> I WANTED TO, UH, RISE AND ALSO UPLIFT OUR OUR VERY OWN JUAN LOPEZ WHO UM, RECENTLY UM ,LOST HIS SON JUAN GABRIEL LOPEZ. SO JUST WANTED TO UPLIFT HIS NAME IN THIS CHAMBER. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER HERE. TODAY WE WILL ADJOURN OUR MEETING IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ON BEHALF OF THE WHOLE COUNCIL JUAN GABRIEL LOPEZ, THE SON OF ONE LOPEZ ON BEHALF OF COUNSELOR DURKIN CHINA ALTMAN AND ANNA PRISCILLA MUNGAI ON BEHALF OF COUNSELOR PEPEN JOSEPH G. OAKLEY AND BOB AND UH. ALI ALI ARNAUD ON BEHALF OF COUNSELOR FLYNN, BOSTON FIREFIGHTER WILLIAM C G KERRY ON BEHALF OF COUNSELOR LOUIJEUNE GEORGE'S AND SHIRLEY GALLER RICHARDS ON BEHALF OF COUNSELOR PEPEN O COUNSELOR ON BEHALF OF COUNSELOR FITZGERALD MARY ANN MCLAUGHLIN AND SANTOS LABOY ON BEHALF OF COUNSELOR CULPEPER AND THE ENTIRE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. THE REVEREND JESSE JACKSON. PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE. THE CHAIR MOVES THAT WHEN THE COUNCIL ADJOURNS TODAY IT DOES SO IN THE MEMORY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS. THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO MEET AGAIN IN THE IRON CHAMBER ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4TH 2026 AT 12 P.M. THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR COLLEAGUES. THE CHAIR CENTRAL STAFF, THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND ALLEN COUNCIL STENOGRAPHER WHO'S BACK WITH US AGAIN. ALL IN FAVOR OF AN ADJOURNMENT PLEASE SAY I THE COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU EVERYONE.