RIGHT. >> YEAH. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. I CALL TO ORDER TODAY'S MEETING OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. VIEWERS CAN 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 OR CELL PHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES. ALSO PURSUANT TO RULE 42. I REMIND ALL THAT THIS ALL IN THIS CHAMBER THAT NO DEMONSTRATION OF APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL FROM THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE PERMITTED. THANK YOU. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO ASCERTAIN THE PRESENCE OF THE QUORUM? COUNCILOR BREADON HERE. COUNCILOR COLETTA. ZAPATA. COUNCILOR CULPEPER HERE. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YEAH. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE HERE. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. YEAH. COUNCILOR MURPHY. YEAH. >> COUNCILOR VIPIN. COUNCIL. SANTANA. COUNCILOR WEBER AND COUNCILOR EARL HERE. A QUORUM IS PRESENT. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. UH, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE, UH, DO US THE HONOR OF OPENING OUR MEETING THIS MORNING WITH AN INVOCATION? AFTER WHICH WE WILL DO A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. PLEASE STAND. LET'S PRAY. SPIRIT OF LIFE AND LOVE WHICH MOVES THROUGH US AND THROUGH ALL THE WORLD. MAY WE THIS DAY BE GRATEFUL FOR THE GIFT OF LIFE WHICH IS OURS . REMEMBERING TODAY AND ALWAYS THAT THE LIFE WE HAVE AND HOLD IS TO US A MYSTERY AND PRECIOUS. MAY THIS DAY BE REMINDED OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES WE CARRY NOT SO THAT WE ARE INTIMIDATED OR OVERWHELMED, BUT SO THAT WE MAY BE TRUE TO THEM SO THAT WE MAY BE FAITHFUL IN CARRYING THEM FORWARD. MAY WE MAY WE THIS DAY MAINTAIN A SENSE OF PERSPECTIVE REMEMBERING WHO WE ARE, ENGAGING THE TASK AT HAND AND UNDERSTANDING OUR LIMITATIONS, UNDERSTANDING HER OWN SHORTCOMINGS, FORGIVING OTHERS AND OTHERS IF WE FALL SHORT OF PERFECTION. MAY WE THIS DAY BE INSPIRED, BE FILLED WITH NEW BREATH, BE FILLED WITH NEW ENTHUSIASM. BE READY TO SEE FRESH OPPORTUNITY, NEW PERSPECTIVES, UNNOTICED AVENUES FOR ACTION AND RESOLUTION AND MAY WE THIS DAY REMEMBER THOSE VIRTUES THAT BLESS OUR LIVES AND BLESS THE LIVES OF OTHERS. THE VIRTUES OF CARING AND CONCERN, THE VIRTUES OF HONESTY AND RESPECT, THE VIRTUES OF CHARITY, INDUSTRY AND PATIENCE. AND MAY THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL MAINTAIN A HIGH SENSE OF THEIR CALLING. REMEMBER THAT THEY ARE INVESTED HERE WITH HONOR AND CALL TO A WIDER VERSION A WIDER VISION OF THE WORLD A WORLD MADE MORE FAIR, MORE JUST, MORE EQUITABLE BY THEIR EFFORTS. AMEN. AMEN. >> PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE. TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU, MR CLERK. >> UM, AT THIS MOMENT I'D LIKE TO INVITE COUNCILOR MURPHY TO COME FORWARD. UH, WE HAD A WONDERFUL CELEBRATION OF THE INCREDIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN IN THE CITY OF BOSTON JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO WITH A LOVELY RECEPTION. AND I WANT TO THANK ALL MY COLLEAGUES FOR BEING IN ATTENDANCE AND ALL THE GREAT FOLKS WHO ARE HERE. BUT I LEAVE THE I LEAVE IT TO COUNCILOR MURPHY TO, UH, FOR REMARKS AND THEN AFTER THAT WILL HAVE ALL OF YOUR HONOREES AND OUR COUNCIL COLLEAGUES UP FOR A PHOTOGRAPH. SO THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT BREEDEN. UM GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. I'M ERIN MURPHY AND WE JUST CELEBRATED WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH HERE AT THE CITY COUNCIL AND ALL OF OUR COLLEAGUES HAD THE OPPORTUNITY. TO NOMINATE AND HONOR A WOMAN, UM, WHO, YOU KNOW, JUST MAKES THE CITY BETTER AND WE I THINK MOST OF THEM WERE ABLE TO COME HERE AND ENJOY UM, BEING RECOGNIZED HERE AT THE COUNCIL TOO. SO I DO JUST WANT TO SHARE WHO WAS RECOGNIZED FROM COUNCILOR BREADON. SHE RECOGNIZED. HELLO. ISA MARIA CARVALHO. SHE'S A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER. COUNCILOR CULPEPER HONORED BRANDY CREW THIRD A WELLNESS LEADER. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD HONORED BRIANNA GAW, A COMMUNITY BUILDER. COUNCILOR FLYNN HONORED CASSANDRA XAVIER, A DISABILITY ADVOCATE COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE HONORED STACY THOMAS, A COMMUNITY ANCHOR COUNCIL MEMBER HERE ON IT ALL NITA ANY LAVELLE A SOCIAL JUSTICE LEADER MYSELF I HONORED TRACY WALKER GRIFFITH A SCHOOL LEADER COUNCIL AT PEP IN HONOR MARILYN SMITH COCO A COMMUNITY ADVOCATE COUNCILOR SANTANA HONORED NOT JUST NOT JUST FLORES THE DOCTOR BUT HIS MOM WHO SHE IS HER MOM'S DOCTOR. SO THAT WAS VERY SPECIAL WHO'S NOT JUST A BUT SHE'S ALSO A HEALTH EQUITY LEADER. COUNCILOR WEBER HONORED FOR POLANCO A DOCTOR AND PUBLIC HEALTH LEADER ACROSS THE CITY AND COUNCIL. MORRELL HONORED GIL LATIMORE, A COMMUNITY DEVELOPER. SO IF YOU WERE ABLE TO JOIN US BACK HERE IN THE CHAMBER, IF YOU COULD JOIN US UP HERE AND MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES SO WE COULD GET A A PHOTO BEFORE WE START OUR COUNCIL MEETING. THANK YOU. SO. >> BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS TO. MAKE IT. AND PEOPLE CAN COME UP HERE TOO IF YOU NEED SPACE. YOU WANT TO COME UP HERE. OH SO. >> WE ALL FIT. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR CULPEPER DO YOU WANT TO JOIN UP HERE SO YOU'RE NOT TOO FAR OUT OF THE STREAM? PLEASE JOIN US. OKAY. >> BAILEY AND BONNIE. >> HAVE THE BEST CAMERA SO MAKE SURE YOU LOOK AT THE. AWESOME PICTURE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU EVERYONE. AWESOME. >> THANK YOU. OH YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU EVERYONE. >> YEAH. WE NOW MOVE ON UH TO WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS TODAY. UH I WANT TO CALL ON CONSTABLE DURKAN FIRST UH, CONSIDER DURKAN. WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN ME UP ON THE PODIUM? AND THEN WE'LL BE THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY CONSTABLE WEBER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL PRESIDENT BREADON. UM, I'M REALLY GLAD TO BE HERE TODAY. UH WITH. >> SOME LEADERS. WHO HAVE DONE A LOT TO SUPPORT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. UM, THIS MORNING, UH, WE HEARD ESSENTIALLY AN ORAL HISTORY OF HOW THE BOSTON GROUNDWATER TRUST STARTED. I'M PROUD TO BE A TRUSTEE THIS MORNING WE'RE JOINED BEHIND ME BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CHRISTIAN SIMONELLI, BOARD CO-CHAIRS GARY SANDERS AND ROB WHITNEY AND A LONG TIME MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES THE FIRST EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ELLIOTT LAFFER. SO GRATEFUL TO YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE THIS BODY BACK UM THE CITY COUNCIL ESTABLISHED THE GROUNDWATER TRUST 40 YEARS AGO IN 1986 SOMETHING THAT MANY PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IS THAT MUCH OF BOSTON, BEACON HILL EAST BOSTON, FENWAY SOUTH END WAS BUILT ON FELLED LAND. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THESE AREAS STAND ON WOOD PILE FOUNDATIONS THAT NEED TO STAY SUBMERGED AND GROUNDWATER TO REMAIN STABLE. WHEN GROUNDWATER LEVELS DROP, THOSE FOUNDATIONS BEGIN TO DETERIORATE, PUTTING BUILDINGS AND THE STABILITY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AT RISK. FOR THE PAST 40 YEARS, THE BOSTON GROUNDWATER TRUST HAS QUIETLY BEEN PROTECTING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. THEY MONITOR GROUNDWATER LEVELS ACROSS THE CITY, MAINTAIN WELLS, COLLECT DATA AND PARTNER WITH THE CITY AND STATE AGENCIES, ENGINEERS AND RESIDENTS TO MAKE SURE DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE DECISIONS DON'T JUST JEOPARDIZE DON'T JEOPARDIZE GROUNDWATER LEVELS. THEIR EFFORTS HAVE PROVIDED US WITH A REGULATORY FRAMEWORK AND DATA INFORMED APPROACH TO SUSTAIN BOSTON'S HISTORY AND RESILIENCE FOR YEARS TO COME, AND THIS WORK ONLY BECOMES MORE IMPORTANT AS WE THINK ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE, SEA LEVEL RISE AND CHANGING WEATHER PATTERNS. BOSTON TRULY WOULD NOT BE WHAT IT IS TODAY WITHOUT THE DEDICATION AND EXPERTISE OF THE MEN BEHIND ME AND THE WOMEN WHO ARE HERE IN THE CROWD AS WELL. UM, THE RECOGNITION ALSO KICKS OFF PROGRAMING AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT FROM THE GROUNDWATER TRUST. SO UH, SPREAD THE WORD AND STAY TUNED FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR. LASTLY, I WANT TO ADD THAT AS UH, TRUSTEE OF THE BOSTON GROUNDWATER TRUST, IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO WORK ALONGSIDE THIS GROUP. I WANT TO THANK, UH, THE FORMER COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR FLYNN, UH, FOR GIVING ME THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL SEAT ,UH, SOMETHING I'M NOT WILLING TO GIVE UP BECAUSE I CARE SO MUCH ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES WILL JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY TODAY. BUT BEFORE THEN, UM, I HAVE UH WE ARE GOING TO START WITH CHRISTIAN SIMONELLI AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO DOWN THIS LIST BECAUSE I WANT TO HEAR FROM THESE LEADERS WHO HAVE BEEN SO ESSENTIAL TO PROTECTING OUR PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE BUT ALSO BRINGING AWARENESS TO HOW IMPORTANT THIS ISSUE IS. THANK YOU, MADAM COUNCILOR. UM, HE'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GROUNDWATER TRUST. IT IS MY GREAT HONOR TO STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY AS WE CELEBRATE THIS IMPORTANT MILESTONE OUR 40TH ANNIVERSARY . UM. >> OUR ORGANIZATION EXISTS BECAUSE OF YOUR LEADERSHIP VISION AND FORCING. FOR THE PAST 27 YEARS I'VE HAD THE DISTINCT PLEASURE OF WORKING FOR THE TRUST, WITNESSING ITS GROWTH, PURSUIT AND ENDURING COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING BOSTON'S GROUNDWATER RESOURCES. IN 1986 THIS COUNCIL RECOGNIZED A SIMPLE BUT PROFOUND TRUTH THAT THE STABILITY, HISTORY AND CHARACTER OF BOSTON QUITE LITERALLY RESTS ON THE HEALTH OF GROUNDWATER AND WOULD PASS BENEATH OUR FEET FROM LOW BEACON HILL TO THE BACK BAY FROM THE SOUTH AND TO THE FENWAY FROM BAY VILLAGE TO CHINATOWN, FROM THE LEATHER DISTRICT TO FOUR POINT CHANNEL AND FROM THE NORTH END TO EAST BOSTON. OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE BUILDINGS THAT DEFINE THEM DEPEND ON RESOURCES MOST PEOPLE NEVER SEE. AND REALLY THINK ABOUT YOUR DECISION TO CREATE A DEDICATED TRUST WAS A PROTECTION OF BOSTON'S HISTORY, IDENTITY AND ARCHITECTURAL LEGACY. SIMPLY PUT, NONE OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS WOULD HAVE BEEN MADE POSSIBLE TODAY WITHOUT THE COUNCIL'S WILLINGNESS TO SEE THE INVISIBLE AND ACT BEFORE PROBLEMS GREW LARGER OVER THE PAST FOUR DECADES, THE TRUST HAS DEDICATED ITSELF TO MONITORING, PROTECTING AND ADVOCATING FOR BOSTON'S GROUNDWATER AND WOODPILE SUPPORTED STRUCTURES. WE'VE INSTALLED AND MAINTAIN HUNDREDS OF OBSERVATION WELLS, OBTAIN THOUSANDS OF WATER LEVEL READINGS, RESEARCHED THOUSANDS OF BUILDING PERMIT FILES FOR FOUNDATION INFORMATION AND AIDED IN ESTABLISHING THE GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION OVERLAY DISTRICT. TOGETHER WE WORKED HAND IN HAND WITH CITY AND STATE AGENCIES, ENGINEERS, COMMUNITY GROUPS IN RESIDENCES WE'VE TURNED WHAT WAS ONCE AN INVISIBLE CHALLENGE INTO A SHARED CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY. TODAY WE CELEBRATE NOT ONLY AN ORGANIZATION BUT A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND THAT PROTECTING GROUNDWATER WOOD PILES IS PROTECTING BOSTON'S FUTURE. SO THE GENERATIONS OF TRUST BOARD MEMBERS, TRUST FIELD ENGINEERS ADVISORS COUNSELORS ,MAYORAL ADMINISTRATIONS AND DEPARTMENT HEADS WHO HAVE CONTINUED TO CHAMPION THE STABILITY AND RESILIENCE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. THANK YOU. TO GARY SAUNDERS AND TIM MITCHELL, A LONGTIME CO-CHAIRS. THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR DILIGENT, DILIGENT WORK AND DILIGENT AND TIRELESS WORK AND SHAPING THE TRUST INTO THE INSTITUTION IT HAS BECOME TODAY . YOUR YEARS OF COMMITTED LEADERSHIP AND WISE COUNCILOR HAVE LEFT A LASTING LEGACY THAT CONTINUES TO GUIDE OUR MISSION AND SERVE THE COMMUNITY. TIM MITCHELL RETIRED FROM THE TRUST IN 2024. HE WAS REPLACED BY ROB WHITNEY, THE TRUST REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE BEACON HILL CIVIC ASSOCIATION WHERE ROB WAS MOST RECENTLY AS A BOARD CHAIR AND WAS A BOARD MEMBER FOR 18 YEARS . OUR LEADERSHIP REMAINS STRONG TO OUR INAUGURAL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ELLIOTT LAFFER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR STEADY LEADERSHIP, THOUGHTFUL GUIDANCE DURING THE FORMATIVE YEARS IN THE TRUST YOUR CLEAR VISION, PATIENCE AND GENEROUS MENTORSHIP HELPED LAY THE STRONG FOUNDATION THAT CONTINUES TO SUSTAIN AND GUIDE OUR WORK TO CS ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT AND THE BOSTON WATER AND SEWER COMMISSION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND CONTRIBUTIONS WHICH ENABLES THE TRUST TO OPERATE AT ITS MOST EFFECTIVE LEVEL TO ADVANCE OUR WORK IN PROTECTING AND MANAGING BOSTON'S GROUNDWATER RESOURCES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY . AND TO EVERYONE HERE TODAY, THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZES THE VALUE OF THIS ISSUE THAT IS OFTEN UNSEEN BUT ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL WHETHER YOU'VE CONTRIBUTED RESOURCES, EXPERTISE OR SIMPLY YOUR CURIOSITY, YOU ARE PART OF THIS SUCCESS STORY. IN CLOSING, I JUST LIKE TO SAY ANNIVERSARIES AREN'T ONLY ABOUT LOOKING BACK. THEY'RE ABOUT RECOGNIZING WHAT OUR PAST MAKES POSSIBLE. TODAY, BOS HAS CONFRONTED WITH NEW CHALLENGES AS THE COUNCILOR UH STATED SEA LEVEL RISE, CHANGING RAINFALL PATTERNS, STRONGER STORMS, INCREASED DEMANDS, OUR UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE OUR WORK HAS EVER BEEN MORE VITAL UNNECESSARY THAN IT IS TODAY AND ART AND ITS IMPORTANCE CONTINUES TO GROW AND THESE CHALLENGES INTENSIFY. AND THANKS TO YOUR SUPPORT, OUR PARTNERS, OUR STAKEHOLDERS, OUR NEIGHBORS WE ARE PREPARED TO MEET THE NEXT 40 YEARS WITH THE SAME DEDICATION AND COLLABORATION THAT GOT US HERE AS WE LOOK TOWARD THE NEXT 40 YEARS, WE DO SO WITH GREAT DEEP GRATITUDE FOR THE FOUNDATION YOU LEAD FIGURATIVELY AND LITERALLY. TOGETHER WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROTECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD STRUCTURES AND STORIES THAT DEFINE THE CITY OF BOSTON. SO ON BEHALF OF THE GROUNDWATER TRUST, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TRUST, YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND YOUR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO PRESERVING THE CITY WE ALL LOVE. AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER NOW TO CO-CHAIR GARY SAUNDERS. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. >> A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. UM, I THINK IT WAS UH, IN THIS BUILDING IN THE LATE 1990S THAT WE HAD ONE OF OUR FIRST GROUNDWATER TRUST MEETINGS AND I THINK I WENT TO THE MEN'S ROOM AND I CAME BACK AND I HAD BEEN APPOINTED CO-CHAIR. UM, IT'S. BEEN A PRIVILEGE FOR ME PERSONALLY FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS TO HAVE LED THIS ORGANIZATION WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY, THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE STATE UH LEGISLATION, UH INFRASTRUCTURE INSTALLING WELLS, PROVIDING UH ECONOMIC. UH SUSTENANCE TO THE ORGANIZATION, UH AND SEEING IT GO THROUGH. >> A WHOLE. SERIES OF GROWTH AND AND CHALLENGES AND COMING OUT ON TOP WHERE AS AN ORGANIZATION OUR MISSION IS ESSENTIALLY TO PRESERVE, PROTECT AND ENDURE TO HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS IN BOSTON. WHAT GIVES THE CITY ITS CHARACTER, UH, ITS UNIQUENESS. SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY HERE, UH ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SERVED AS TRUSTEES UH SUPPORTERS ENGINEERS, UH AND EVERYBODY UH THAT HAS SHOWN AN INTEREST AND PROVIDED THE SUPPORT THAT WAS CRITICAL TO THE TRUST'S SUCCESS. THANK YOU. >> OH, ROB WHITNEY. MY COACH HERE. HE ACTUALLY VOLUNTEERED FOR. >> THE POSITION. >> I DID I DID. GOOD AFTERNOON. COUNSELORS AND FRIENDS. UH, IT'S CHRISTIAN MENTIONED I'M ROB WHITNEY. I'M THE CO-CHAIR. OF THE. >> GROUNDWATER TRUST THAT WAS ORIGINALLY NOMINATED BY. THE TO THE SORRY TO THE BOARD OF THE TRUST. IN 2018. >> BY THE. BEACON HILL CIVIC ASSOCIATION. >> SO I'M ACTUALLY ONE OF THE RELATIVELY YOUNGER PARTICIPANTS YOUNGER NOT BY AGE BUT BY BUT BY YEARS ON THE ON THE TRUST UH ,AS MANY OF YOU WILL RECALL HAS BEEN ALREADY MENTIONED BUILDINGS IN PART OF BEACON HILL ACTUALLY HAD BEEN ADVERSELY AFFECTED AND DAMAGED BY LOWERING OF GROUNDWATER LEVELS, PARTICULARLY IN THE FLAT AREA BETWEEN CHARLES STREET AND THE CHARLES RIVER THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED ON LANDFILL DURING THAT LAST CENTURY. ACTUALLY WE HAD. TWO OF THE RESIDENTS. FROM BREMER STREET RIGHT THERE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WERE GROUND ZERO. FOR SOME OF THE EFFECTS. >> OF LOWERING GROUNDWATER ON THE PYLONS PILINGS BELOW THE STREET BECAUSE. >> OF THE. WORK OF THE TRUST OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS. THIS PART OF BEACON. HILL AND MANY OTHER SIMILAR NEIGHBORHOODS. IN BOSTON HAVE BEEN SAVED FROM FURTHER. SUBSIDENCE DUE TO LOWER GROUNDWATER LEVELS. THE TRUST'S VAST. NETWORK OF GROUNDWATER OBSERVATION. WELLS THAT EXTEND OVER MANY PARTS OF. THE CITY. THAT WERE ORIGINALLY BUILT ON LANDFILL HAS ALLOWED. >> THE. TRUST TO. COMPREHENSIVELY MONITOR THE GROUNDWATER LEVELS ON A REGULAR BASIS. THE WORK OF THE TRUST, WHILE. SHAPED BY THE PAST, IS ALSO LOOKING AHEAD TO FUTURE CHALLENGES. FOR EXAMPLE, OVER THE PAST SEVERAL. YEARS THE TRUST HAS GREATLY EXPANDED ITS REMOTE MONITORING CAPABILITIES FOR GROUNDWATER LEVELS. THESE AUTOMATED DEVICES. ALLOW US WHICH ARE PUT INTO WELLS. THROUGHOUT THE CITY. ALLOW US TO COLLECT GROUNDWATER LEVEL DATA IN REAL TIME BY CELLULAR DATA TRANSMISSIONS ON A. DAILY BASIS. AFTER INITIALLY DEPLOYING FIVE REMOTE SENSORS BACK IN 2022. MOST RECENTLY. >> WE'VE EXPANDED ITS REMOTE MONITORING CAPABILITIES TO ADDING 25 MORE AUTOMATED. DEVICES AND THE GOAL OF THE TRUST. IS TO. >> HAVE AS. >> MUCH OF OUR GROUNDWATER MONITORING AS POSSIBLE. REMOTELY ACCESSIBLE. SO THAT WE ARE ABLE TO DETERMINE ANY ISSUES WITH FALLING GROUNDWATER ANYWHERE IN THE CITY. ALMOST INSTANTANEOUSLY. THE CITY HAS ALSO. RECENTLY EXPANDED THE GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION OVERLAY DISTRICT THAT GOD THAT REQUIRES PEOPLE RENOVATING BUILDINGS AND PROPERTIES IN AFFECTED AREAS. SO THAT THEY WON'T. CAUSE REDUCTION IN GROUNDWATER LEVELS. THE TRUST IS TASKED WITH. PROTECTING THE LEVELS OF GROUNDWATER WITHIN THE G CODE AREA. TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE BUILDINGS. AND RESIDENTS, BUT THE EXPANSION RECENTLY. UPPED THE GEOGRAPHICAL. SIZE OF THE G. CUT HAS. AFFORDED US. >> AN OPPORTUNITY. TO EXPAND THE MEMBERSHIP OF. THE TRUST. >> TO INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES OF OTHER. NEIGHBORHOODS IN BOSTON THAT HAVE BUILDINGS ERECTED ON WOODEN PILINGS. >> SO AS A RESULT, WE'VE. RECENTLY WELCOMED NEW REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE. LEATHER DISTRICT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. THE BAY VILLAGE. NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, THE AUDUBON CIRCLE. NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. GREATLY EXPANDED OUR TRUST REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL THROUGHOUT. >> THE CITY. IN THE NEAR FUTURE, WE'RE HOPING TO. ADD EVEN MORE MEMBERSHIP FROM MEMBERS FROM THE EAST BOSTON. THE SEAPORT DISTRICT. AND OTHER AREAS. FINALLY THE. TRUST'S PUBLIC OUTREACH AND AWARENESS ENDEAVORS THROUGHOUT RECENT YEARS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE FUTURE. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CITY DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES AND. NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS, LAW FIRMS ,REAL ESTATE BROKERAGES TO ADVANCE OUR AGENDA. ONE OF OUR GOALS. HAS BEEN. >> TO CONTINUE. WORK CLOSELY WITH THE VARIOUS CITY AGENCIES IN HELPING TO. >> FURTHER. DEVELOP THE CITY'S. GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS, PARTICULARLY IN REFERENCE TO REPLENISHING GROUNDWATER THROUGHOUT THE. CITY. >> AS THE TRUST CELEBRATES ITS. PAST 40 YEARS OF SUCCESS, WE ARE. LOOKING AHEAD TO MANY MORE YEARS OF COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS . WITH OUR CITY AGENCIES, NEIGHBORHOODS ELECTED OFFICIALS TO SAFEGUARD. >> OUR GROUNDWATER LEVELS FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. THANK YOU. AND LAUGHTER. I GET TO. GO LAST AND I'LL TALK SHORTEST . . >> UM. WHAT HAS BEEN REALLY CRITICAL IN THE WORK OF THE GROUNDWATER TRUST YOU'VE HEARD THIS WORD SEVERAL TIMES IS COOPERATION AND AN UNDERSTANDING THAT POINTING FINGERS AND LOOKING FOR FAULT USUALLY LEADS TO DIVISION. BUT DECIDING THAT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS LEADS US TO GO FORWARD. THE TRUST HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO WORK ON SOLUTIONS PARTNERS IN THE CITY AND THE STATE. WHEN I WAS THERE EARLY ON. UH THE KEY SUPPORTERS WERE MAYOR MENINO AT THE TIME AND JIM HUNT WHO WAS THE FIRST HEAD OF THE UH OFFICE OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT AND WAS CRITICAL IN DRAFTING A LOT OF THAT GOOD EFFORT. BUT WE'VE ALL WORKED TOGETHER AND AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND HOPEFULLY THE TRUST CAN BE AN EXAMPLE FOR HOW OTHER ENTITIES AND GOVERNMENT CAN WORK TOGETHER AND SOLVE PROBLEMS INSTEAD OF POINTING FINGERS. THANK YOU. >> UH. AND I KNOW WE'RE A LITTLE OVER OUR TIME UM, BUT I THANK 40 YEARS OF CARING FOR OUR CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE. YOU KNOW. IT'S IT'S INCREDIBLE. I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE AND THEIR WORK BEHIND ME A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, WORST KEPT SURPRISE . UM, TODAY WE ARE MAKING IT BOSTON GROUNDWATER TRUST DAY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON FOR ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS. UM, I WANT TO THANK THOSE THAT ARE IN THE CROWD AS WELL WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESS OF THE GROUNDWATER TRUST AND FOR 40 MORE YEARS, UH, MAY THE GROUNDWATER TRUST CONTINUE TO PRESERVE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE HEART OF THE CITY. UM, THE EXPANSION HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE. SO, UH, WE ARE VOTING ON THIS SOON BUT ORDERED THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL HEREBY RECOGNIZES THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BOSTON GROUNDWATER TRUST AND DECLARES MARCH 18TH, 2026 AS BOSTON CROWN WATER TRUST IN THE CITY OF BOSTON CELEBRATING ITS DECADES OF LEADERSHIP AND PROTECTING BOSTON'S GROUNDWATER RESOURCES AND EXTENDED SINK SERIOUS GRATITUDE TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SUPPORTERS, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND I'D LIKE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME FOR A PHOTO AND I'D LIKE TO ASK ANYONE WHO HAS COME HERE FOR THE PRESENTATION TO JOIN US AS WELL. SO MUCH FOR FOR I GOT I SEE YOU DOWN THERE IF YOU LIKE TO CHANGE. NO NEED TO. YEAH SURE. BIG. YEAH YEAH. JUST MADE MAILBOXES. TIERED. TIERED GALLERY. 34 TO 60. I START. THANK YOU. THANK YOU EVERYONE GOOD. CONGRATULATIONS. >> HEY IT'S CHRISTMAS YOU. NICE THANK YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH I CAN'T I CAN'T THROW IT. THANK YOU. YOU GUYS I JUST. THIS RIGHT. SO NOW WE MOVE ON TO A SECOND PRESENTATION BY COUNCILOR WEBER . UH COUNCILOR WEBER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN US UP HERE? JUST JUST YOU STAND UP HERE. OKAY? UH. >> THANK YOU. UM. SO YOU KNOW, I THINK, UH. IN ALL THE PLACES I'VE LIVED I FEEL LIKE A NEIGHBORHOOD IS A BETTER NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A MOVIE THEATER. UM, EVERY TIME THERE'S A COMMERCIAL SPACE OPEN, UH, IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD I'VE ADVOCATED FOR ONE. UM, IT JUST, YOU KNOW, IT BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER. UH, IT BRINGS COMMUNITY TOGETHER. UH, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THEY'RE WATCHING, UH, YOU KNOW, AN ORIGINAL OR THE THE A CLASSIC FILM NOIR LIKE, UH, DOUBLE INDEMNITY UH, OR SORT OF A NEW CLASSIC LIKE, UH, DO THE RIGHT THING. UH, PEOPLE CAN YOU KNOW, THEY COME TOGETHER, THEY TALK UH, AND THEY IT JUST I FEEL LIKE IT FORMS COMMUNITY AND I DO FEEL LIKE YOU KNOW, I THINK IN BOSTON OUTSIDE OF, UH, YOU KNOW, DOWNTOWN I DON'T THINK ANY OUTLYING NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A MOVIE THEATER. UH, WHICH IS SOMETHING I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD ALL WORK ON. WELL, SOMEONE, UH, IN IN DISTRICT SIX HAD THE SAME IDEA AS ME AND THAT'S MATT SCHUMAN AND JESSE IS THAT, UM, AMBROSE'S SO THIS IS MATT SCHUMAN. JESSE, UH, IS IS OUT OF TOWN. UM, BUT THEY CAME TOGETHER AND FORMED WHEN UM, STREET CINEMA AND, UH, THIS IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE COULD GATHER THEY COULD WATCH MOVIES, THEY COULD HEAR MUSIC, THEY COULD TALK. THEY COULD EVEN HEAR POLITICIANS SPEAK. I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN AT ONE A STREET CINEMA OVER THE YEARS. UM, AND YOU KNOW, ITS IMPORTANCE I THINK WAS NEVER MORE EVIDENT THAN DURING THE COVID LOCKDOWN. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE. WERE KIND OF SCARED TO EVEN GO SHOPPING WHEN I WOULD GET UH, YELLED AT FOR WALKING THE WRONG WAY AROUND JAMAICA POND. UH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHEN UM, STREET CINEMA WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT I HEARD ABOUT BECAUSE THIS CINEMA IS RUN OUT OF A GARAGE, UM, WHERE PEOPLE COULD CAME TOGETHER AS GROUPS AROUND UH, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, MOVIES. UM, SO YOU KNOW, I WAS REALLY SAD TO HEAR, UH, THAT THE WINTER STREET CINEMA HAS IS NOW CLOSED. UH, AND I WANTED TO HONOR, UH, MATT AND JESSE FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, AND FOR SHOWING US, YOU KNOW, A REALLY POSITIVE WAY TO BRING COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND I HOPE WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER TO, UH, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. SO I I'M GOING TO, UH I A RESOLUTION UH. FOR FOR MATT AND JESSE JUST AS A TOKEN OF OF MY APPRECIATION UH AND OUR APPRECIATION FOR FOR GROUPS LIKE YOURS WHO HAVE SHOWN US, UH, A GREAT WAY TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER. UH, SO I'M GOING TO I DIDN'T PREPARE THIS OBVIOUSLY. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S PREPARED ANYTHING, BUT, UM, IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO TO THE COUNCIL, THIS IS. >> JUST UM. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. UM, I BELIEVE I LIVE IN THE BEST CITY IN AMERICA. I WONDER IF YOU DO. UM. AND I TRULY AND DEEPLY BELIEVE THAT I LIVE IN A CITY THAT VALUES COMMUNITY VERY DEEPLY, THAT IT VALUES THE INITIATIVES OF ITS RESIDENTS, THAT IT UM THIS IS A CITY THAT THAT BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER AND AND REALLY BELIEVES IN BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER. AND I FEEL THAT I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE I DID A SMALL THING FOR A SMALL PERIOD OF TIME. UM BUT I, I DON'T THINK I WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IT IN MANY OTHER PLACES IN AMERICA AND I JUST FEEL THAT THIS WAS A UH A CITY AND A COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY JAMAICA PLAIN THAT REALLY UM ALLOWED ME TO DO SOMETHING THAT I FEEL PROUD OF AND THAT I FEEL WAS SPECIAL. SO UM I JUST FEEL DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR THE LEADERSHIP OF EVERYONE IN THE ROOM AND FOR MAKING OUR CITY, UM, THE BEST IN OUR COUNTRY. UH. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MATT AND I JUST I WANT TO INVITE MY COLLEAGUES UP HERE FOR A PHOTO. UH. >> IS THAT. >> IS THAT IS THAT YOUR JOB? SORRY. YEAH. >> UH. AND THAT I HAVE A RESOLUTION HERE. IT'S FOR WHEN, UM, STREET CINEMA IN RECOGNITION OF BEING A NEIGHBORHOOD GATHERING SPOT AND HELPING TO BUILD COMMUNITY THROUGH FOOD, FILM AND DISCUSSION IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF JAMAICA POINT. >> THANK YOU. SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> THIS IS FOR YOU. THANK YOU. >> GOOD TO. MEET YOU. THERE'S A HI HOW ARE YOU. AT NETFLIX I'M JOHN HOW ARE YOU I'M SORRY I FORGOT MY HAT I DIDN'T. OKAY. THANK YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH I DID NOT. I JUST WAS. >> LIKE THIS. IT'S A GREAT SCHOOL. YEAH I CAN SEE THAT. YES. >> YEAH, IT WAS A RAINY NIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY YOU HUNG OUT IN THIS WORLD AND YOU. RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH I. JUST. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE AMEND THE ATTENDANCE TO REFLECT THAT COUNCILOR UH, CLARISSA CARTER HAS JOINED US. ONTO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MEETING OF MARCH 11TH, 2026 . ALL IN FAVOR SAY I. UH. >> ALL OPPOSED. SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE MINUTES OF THE MARCH 11TH MEETING ARE APPROVED. WE'RE MOVING ON TO COMMUNICATIONS FROM OUR HONOR THE MAYOR. UM, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0567 AND 0568. ? >> TALKING OF A0567 MESSAGE IN HONOR OF THE RIGHT, UH, SORRY MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE FISCAL YEAR 26 APPROPRIATION FOR THE RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY $33,759, THIS ORDER IS NECESSARY TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 26 INCREASES CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE NEW ENGLAND POLICE ASSOCIATION LOCAL 174 FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON MARCH 16TH 2026. SECOND NUMBER 0568 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 26, IN THE AMOUNT OF $33,759, THIS ORDER IS NECESSARY TO COVER THE FISCAL YEAR 26 COST SAVINGS CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE NEW ENGLAND POLICE BELOVED ISLAND ASSOCIATION LOCAL 174. THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACTS ARE JULY 1ST, 2023 THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2026 AND JULY 1ST 2026 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2027. THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE CONTRACTS INCLUDE A MARKET RATE ADJUSTMENT OF WAGE SCALES EFFECTIVE JULY 2025 AS WELL AS INCREASES TO THE DETAIL RATE. THANK YOU. >> MR CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER, THE CHAIR OF WAYS AND MEANS. REMEMBER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. AND THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT . UH, AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS, I'D. >> LIKE. TO SEEK SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBERS 0567 AND 0568. THESE ARE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS FOR MUNICIPAL POLICE OFFICERS UNDER PROPERTY MANAGEMENT WHO ARE MEMBERS OF LOCAL 174 UH THE NEW ENGLAND POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION. UH PASSAGE OF THESE DOCKETS WILL ALLOW THE CITY UH APPROPRIATE UH FOR. MAJOR PROVISIONS PARTAKEN. >> FOR IN THEIR CONTRACT INCLUDING MARKET RATE ADJUSTMENTS TO WAGE SCALES FOR JULY OF LAST YEAR AND TO REFLECT INCREASES IN THE DETAIL RATE UH GIVEN CALENDAR CONSTRAINTS AND THE NEED TO ENSURE, UH, THAT PAY FOR OUR MUNICIPAL OFFICERS GETS PROCESSED IN A TIMELY FASHION AND DUE TO THE, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, THIS THE RELATIVELY LOW DOLLAR FIGURE OF $33,000 UH, I AM FORMALLY REQUESTING PASSAGE OF THESE DOCKETS BEFORE US TODAY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. I SEE YOUR LIGHT ON. YES. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I THROW YOU MAY I ASK THE, UM THE CHAIR WAYS MEANS A QUESTION. UM, CERTAINLY. UM ON THIS. UH. >> SOMETHING YOU, UH. KNOW, SOMEONE SAID SOMETHING TO. WEBER AND COUNCILOR FLYNN HAS A QUESTION. UM, ARE YOU. OPEN TO. >> THROUGH THE THROUGH THE I DON'T. >> KNOW YEAH. I DON'T KNOW IF SOMEONE FROM MY ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES WANTED TO ADD SOMETHING TO THE FLYNN. YOU MAY CONTINUE. OKAY. UM. >> MR CHAIR. DID TO THE CITY COUNCIL HAVE A HEARING ON THESE DOCKETS? YEAH. >> UH, YEAH. WE HAVE NOT HAD A HEARING. UH, YOU KNOW, AS AS I I'VE TRIED TO HAVE A HEARING WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE, UH, THE FIREFIGHTERS CONTRACT AND UH, THE UH, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS CONTRACT. THIS IS A RELATIVELY SMALL DOLLAR FIGURE. UH, BUT WE HAVE NOT HAD. >> A HEARING ON. >> ON THIS. UH, BUT I STILL THINK WE SHOULD PASS TODAY IT'S. UH, THINK THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCILOR WEBER SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE ROLLS AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0567. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. MR TURNER, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 0567. ROLL CALL VOTE AND NUMBER 0567 COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCIL BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PILOT. COUNCILOR. CLASSIFIED. YES. COUNCILOR. CULPEPPER. YES. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES COUNCILOR. THE PIN. COUNCILOR. PIN. YES COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. WEBER. COUNCIL. WEBER. YES. AND COUNCILOR. WORLD. YES. COUNCIL. WELL. YES. COUNCIL. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. CAN NUMBER 0567 HAS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0567 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR COOK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ UH COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 0568. ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 0568. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. >> COUNCILOR BREADON. YES, COUNCILOR COLOR AS OPPOSED COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTY. YES. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCIL. FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL. LOUIJEUNE. YES. SO HE'S IN? YES COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR MEAD HERE. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES COUNCILOR. PIPPIN. COUNCILOR. PAN. YES. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES AND COUNCILOR. WORLD. YES. COUNCIL. WORLD. YES. DUCKING NUMBER 0568 HAS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. >> DOCKET 0568 HAS BEEN ADOPTED . MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0569? DOC NUMBER 0569 AS THE GENERAL APPROVING AN APPROPRIATION OF 32,600,000 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 COMMUNITY PRESERVATION FUND REVENUES FOR COMMUNITY PRESERVATION PROJECTS AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY OF BOSTON COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE, THE UPCOMING PROJECTS WILL AIM TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE ACROSS BOSTON NEIGHBORHOODS. PLANS INCLUDE RENOVATING PLAYGROUNDS AND ENHANCING OR CREATING RECREATIONAL SPACES SUCH AS PARKS, COMMUNITY GARDENS AND URBAN FARMS. IN ADDITION, THESE PROJECTS WILL PLANT TREES TO GROW THE CITY'S TREE CANOPY, PRESERVE HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND ARTIFACTS, SUPPORT A PROGRAM FOR AFFORDABLE FIRST TIME HOMEBUYERS AND CONSTRUCT NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS FOR RESIDENTS. TOGETHER THESE EFFORTS ARE EXPECTED TO DELIVER A MEANINGFUL AND LASTING POSITIVE IMPACT ON BOSTON'S NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. DOCKET 0569 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0570 AND DOCKET. 05710570 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO APPROPRIATE THE AMOUNT OF $20,200,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING COSTS FOR THE WINDOW AND DOOR REPLACEMENT PROJECTS AT THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THIS INCLUDES THE PAYMENT OF ALL COSTS INCIDENTAL OR RELATED THERETO, FOR WHICH THE CITY OF BOSTON MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A GRANT FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY SET AMOUNT TO BE EXPENDED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE PUBLIC FACILITIES DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. DUNCAN NUMBER 0571 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO APPROPRIATE THE AMOUNT OF $1,100,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING COSTS FOR THE WINDOW AND DOOR REPLACEMENT PROJECTS AT THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS MY MARGUERITA MUNIZ ACADEMY MILDRED AVENUE K THROUGH EIGHT SCHOOL ORCHARD GARDEN SCHOOL THIS INCLUDES THE PAYMENT OF ALL COSTS INCIDENTAL RELATED THERETO AND FOR WHICH THE CITY OF BOSTON MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A GRANT FOR THE MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY SET AMOUNT TO BE EXPENDED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE PUBLIC FACILITIES DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THANK YOU, MR TRACK DOCKET 0570 AND DOCKET 0571 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0572? DOCKET NUMBER 0572 MESSAGING ON OR AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $256,500 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT. YEAH. THE COMMUNITY FIRST PARTNERSHIP GRANT AWARD BY MASS AVE TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT WITH ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES TO DRIVE INCREASED AWARENESS AND MEASURABLE PARTICIPATE PARTICIPATION IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS. THANK YOU. >> MR. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WORRELL, THE CHAIR OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RESILIENCY REPORTS. COUNSELOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UH, THIS IS A RELATIVELY SMALL DOLLAR AMOUNT GRANT I SUPPORT IMPORTANT OUTREACH TO MAKE SURE RESIDENTS CAN ACCESS ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS THAT HELP LOWER THEIR COSTS. A BIG PART OF, UH, THIS GRANT IN THIS WORK IS LANGUAGE ACCESS. UH, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH IN LANGUAGE OUTREACH PARTNERSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS OR CONNECTING WITH RESIDENTS AT LOCAL EVENTS. THIS FUNDING ALSO SUPPORTS AN ENERGY ADVOCATE POSITION TO HELP GUIDE RESIDENTS THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS AND CONNECT THEM TO AVAILABLE RESOURCES. SO I WOULD LIKE UH TO REQUEST SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE OF. THIS GRANT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RESILIENCY AND PARKS SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0572 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. UH, MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 0572. ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 0572. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PART OF YES. COUNCIL AS A PARTY. YES. COUNCILOR. CULPEPPER. COUNCILOR. CULPEPPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. HAS. JOE. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCIL. YES. COUNSELOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCIL. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCIL. MEJIA. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCILOR. PIPPIN. COUNCILOR. PIPPIN. YES. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCIL. WEBER. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES AND COUNCILOR. WORLD. YES. COUNCIL. ORAL. YES. TALKING OF A0572 AS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. DOCKET 0572 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0573 THROUGH DOCKET 0577? DOCKET NUMBER 0573 MESSAGE NOT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $75,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FISCAL YEAR 2026 EARMARKED FOR THE WEST END AWARDED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF TRAVEL AND TOURISM TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE EIGHT STRONG COMMISSION. THAT GRANT WILL FUND OLDER ADULT PROGRAMS IN THE WEST END NEIGHBORHOOD NUMBER 0574 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $75,000 IN A FORM OF A GRANT . FISCAL YEAR 26 EARMARK EAST BOSTON AWARDED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF TRAVEL AND TOURISM TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE H. STRONG COMMISSION. THE GRANT WOULD FUND OLDER ADULT PROGRAMS IN THE EAST BOSTON NEIGHBORHOOD. DARK NUMBER 0575 MESSAGE AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $75,000 AND FORM FOR GRANT FISCAL YEAR 26 EARMARK DORCHESTER AWARDED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF TRAVEL AND TOURISM TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE STRONG COMMISSION. THE GRANT WOULD FUND OLDER ADULT PROGRAMS IN THE DORCHESTER NEIGHBORHOOD SO I CAN HAVE A0576 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF. 50 $50,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FISCAL YEAR 26 YEAR MARK SO END AWARDED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF TRAVEL AND TOURISM TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE H STRONG COMMISSION. THE GRANT WILL FUND OLDER ADULT PROGRAMS IN THE SOUTH END NEIGHBORHOOD SO I CAN HAVE A0577 MESSAGE YOU NOT AUTHORIZED IN THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $50,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FISCAL YEAR 26 EARMARKED ROXBURY AND DORCHESTER AWARDED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF TRAVEL AND TOURISM TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE H. STRONG COMMISSION. THE GRANT WILL FUND OLDER ADULT PROGRAMS IN THE ROXBURY AND DORCHESTER NEIGHBORHOODS. THANK YOU. >> MR. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES. COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I DO JUST WANT TO START BY THANKING JULIE PEREIRA FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THIS MEMO. >> I KNOW IT WAS SENT OUT. WORKING ALONGSIDE EIGHT STRONG TO. >> ALL OUR. COLLEAGUES BEFORE THE HEARING TODAY, BUT THESE FIVE EARMARKS WERE ADDED TO THE STATE BUDGET BY OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE. IN ORDER TO HELP EXPAND. PROGRAMING FOR OLDER. ADULTS FOR ALL BOSTON, THIS FUNDING HELPS CONTRIBUTE TO THE OVERALL GOAL OF ENSURING THAT EVERY OLDER ADULT IN BOSTON HAS ACCESS TO WELCOMING INCLUSIVE SPACES THAT PROMOTE PHYSICAL HEALTH, SOCIAL CONNECTION, ARTISTIC EXPRESSION, LIFELONG LEARNING AND OVERALL WELLNESS. BELOW I WILL JUST TOUCH ON THE DIFFERENT ONES IN WHICH STATE REPRESENTATIVES WERE PROMOTING THEM THE EIGHT STRONG PIECE BOSTON. FROM REPRESENTATIVE. MONROE AMENDMENT 1566 HE GOT FUNDS PROVIDED TO THE CITY OF BOSTON'S EIGHT STRONG. COMMISSION FOR SENIOR. PROGRAMING IN THE EAST BOSTON NEIGHBORHOOD. THESE FUNDS SUPPORT PROGRAMING AT THE EAST BOSTON. SENIOR CENTER. >> THE EAST BOSTON SOCIAL CENTER, THE VERONICA ROBLES CULTURAL CENTER AND OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS INCLUDING ONGOING ACTIVITIES, SPECIAL EVENTS AND TRIPS FOR OUR OLDER ADULTS. REPRESENTATIVE WORRELL UM HELPED GET. FUNDING FOR AMENDMENT 1437 WHICH IS FUNDS PROVIDED TO THE CITY OF BOSTON'S EIGHT STRONG COMMISSION FOR SENIOR PROGRAMING IN THE DORCHESTER. >> AND ROXBURY NEIGHBORHOODS. THESE FUNDS SUPPORT PROGRAMING A, B, C, Y. >> F. TALL AND COMMUNITY CENTER AND WITH OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS INCLUDING ONGOING ACTIVITIES, SPECIAL EVENTS AND TRIPS FOR OLDER ADULTS. AND REPRESENTATIVE JOHN MORAN GOT FUNDING AN AMENDMENT 1299 PROVIDED TO THE CITY OF BOSTON'S EIGHT STRONG COMMISSION FOR SENIOR PROGRAMING IN THE SOUTH END IN ROXBURY NEIGHBORHOODS. THESE FUNDS SUPPORT PROGRAMING AT UNION CHURCH, BCC WIFE VINE STREET COMMUNITY CENTER AND OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS INCLUDING ONGOING ACTIVITIES, SPECIAL EVENTS AND TRIPS WHICH WE KNOW OUR SENIORS REALLY WANT FOR OLDER ADULTS. REP LIVINGSTONE UM HELPED FUND AMENDMENT 1157 WHERE FUNDS PROVIDED TO THE CITY'S EIGHT STRONG COMMISSION IN THE WEST END, BEACON HILL AND BACK BAY NEIGHBORHOODS. THESE FUNDS SUPPORT PROGRAMING AT THE NEW WEST END COMMUNITY CENTER AND WITH OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS INCLUDING ONGOING ACTIVITIES, SPECIAL EVENTS AND TRAVELING FOR ADULTS. AND LASTLY, REPRESENTATIVE DAN HUNT FUNDED AMENDMENT 1198 WHERE FUNDS PROVIDED THROUGH THE EIGHT STRONG COMMISSION FOR SENIOR PROGRAMING IN THE DORCHESTER NEIGHBORHOOD. THESE FUND SUPPORTED PROGRAMING AT THE IRISH PASTORAL CENTER, THE ADAMS STREET LIBRARY AND OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS INCLUDING ONGOING ACTIVITIES, SPECIAL EVENTS AND TRIPS FOR OUR OLDER ADULTS. SO I'M ASKING THAT MY COLLEAGUES HELP SUSPEND AND PASS ALL OF THESE UM TODAY SO THAT WE CAN GET THIS FUNDING TO THOSE SENIORS THAT DESPERATELY NEED IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. UH, COUNCILOR DURKAN, I SEE YOUR LIGHTS ON. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR PASSING THESE EXPEDITIOUSLY. HAVING BEEN TO THE WEST END NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, I KNOW JUST HOW CRUCIAL IT IS FOR FOLKS TO HAVE PLACES TO GATHER, ESPECIALLY OUR OLDER ADULTS. SO I WANT TO THANK MY STATE REP JAY LIVINGSTONE AND ALSO FORMER COUNCILOR KENZIE BOK WHO FOUGHT FOR THAT SPACE AS PART OF MITIGATION. I CAN SEE THESE MONEY THESE UH THESE DOLLARS BEING SPENT IN A FABULOUS WAY THERE. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER EMILY SHAY FOR ALL THE WORK THAT SHE DOES EVERY DAY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN. CONSIDER MURPHY SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RESOLUTION ADOPTION. UH, WE'LL TAKE THESE ONE AT A TIME. SO I WILL START WITH A COUNCILOR MURPHY SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES. ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0573. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I THE I, UH ALL THOSE OPPOSED. UH, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON 0573. ROLL CALL VOTE ON 0573. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A COUNCILOR OCCURS. YES. COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNCIL. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCIL. FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCILOR. PEPEN. COUNCILOR. PIN. YES. COUNCIL. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. AND COUNCILOR. WORLD. YEAH. COUNCILOR. ORAL. YES. TALKING TO A0573 AS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE TOURNAMENT. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0573 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. COUNCILOR MURPHY SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 00574. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. SO. >> MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 0574. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES, COUNCILOR BREADON. YES, COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER COUNTS BECAUSE APPARENTLY. YES, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. BISTRO. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCIL ILLUSION. YES COUNCILOR. MEJIA. NOT TO MEJIA. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCIL. PIPPIN. COUNCILOR. PIPPIN. YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. YES. AND COUNCILOR. WORLD. YES. COUNCIL WILL. YES. SO I CAN HAVE A0574 HAS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0574 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. COUNCILOR MURPHY, SUSPENSION OF THE RULES. ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0570575. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. ALL OPPOSED? SAY NAY. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 0575. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. >> SO GREEN. YES. COUNCILOR ZAPATA. YES. COUNCILOR. CLOSE. YES. COUNCILOR. CULPEPPER. COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCIL. FISHER. YES. COUNCIL. FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL OF SENIORS. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. PEN. COUNCILOR. THE PEN. YES COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. WEBER. COUNCILOR WEBER. YES. AND COUNCILOR ZERO. YES. COUNCILOR. WORLD. YES. TALKING NUMBER 0575. WE RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. DOCKET 0575 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. COUNCILOR MURPHY SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES ON ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0576. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL THOSE AGAINST ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE, UM ,TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 0576. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES COUNCILOR. GREAT NEWS, COUNCILOR CARLOS OPPOSED COUNCIL THAT WAS PUT. A YES, COUNCILOR. CULPEPER COUNCILOR CULPEPER. YES COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. YES, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. OH. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCIL. AUSTIN. YES. COUNCIL. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE PLUS YOU CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCIL MEMBER OF HIS COUNCILOR. THE PEN. COUNCILOR. THE PEN. YES. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. WHETHER. YES. COUNCILOR. WHOPPER. YES. AND COUNCILOR EARLE. COUNCILOR. WELL YES. I CAN HAVE A0576 AS WE RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0576 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. COUNCILOR MURPHY SIX SUSPENSION OF RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0577. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 0577. COUNCILOR. >> GREAT. YES. >> COUNCIL. >> BREADON. YES. COUNCIL KELLER AS OPPOSED. COUNCILOR. CLOSE. YES. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. MEJIA TO ME. HERE. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY. YES. COUNCILOR. PIPPIN. YEAH. COUNCILOR. BURN. YES. COUNCIL. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. COUNCIL. WEBB'S AND COUNCILOR. WORLD. COUNCILOR. WORLD. YES. TALKING OF A0577 HAS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0577 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0578. DOCKET NUMBER 0578 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $38,229.30 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT THE STATE LITERACY PROGRAM GRANT AWARDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT . THE GRANT WOULD FUND THE INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS FOR THE ADULT COMMUNITY LEARNING SERVICES AT THE MASS HIGHER CAREER CENTERS. THANK YOU. >> UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL. WELL, COUNCILOR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS A SMALL DOLLAR AMOUNT. GRANT COMING TO THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH DC AND IT SUPPORTS COORDINATION ACROSS OUR ADULT LITERACY PROGRAMS. UH, HERE IN BOSTON I KNOW, UH, THIS BODY HAS TAKEN UP ADVOCACY AND ACTION AROUND ADULT LITERACY, UM, IN THE PAST. UH, WHAT THIS REALLY DOES IS BRING TOGETHER YES, A WELL IN ADULT EDUCATION PROVIDERS ACROSS THE CITY TO STAY ALIGN CHAN RESOURCES BEST PRACTICES AND IDENTIFYING WHERE THE GAPS ARE SO WE CAN BETTER SERVE RESIDENTS. IT ALSO SUPPORTS STAFF WHO ARE HELPING CONNECT THESE PROGRAMS AND MAKE SURE STATE FUNDING IS BEING USED EFFECTIVELY, ESPECIALLY FOR RESIDENTS WHO ARE TRYING TO ACCESS LANGUAGE AND ADULT EDUCATION SERVICES. UH, MADAM PRESIDENT, I'D LIKE TO REQUEST THE SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF THIS DOCKET. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0578. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED, SAY NAY. UH. UH, MISTER CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 0578. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. >> COUNCILOR BREADON? YES. COUNCIL IT AS A COUNCIL AS A BODY. YES. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. SHOW. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCIL MEMBER HERE. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCILOR. PEPEN. COUNCILOR. FAN. YES. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES COUNCILOR. BUT YES, IN COUNCILOR WORRELL. YEAH. IT'S COUNCILOR ARROYO. YES. TALKING NUMBER 0578 HAS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. DOCKET 0578 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. WE WANT TO REPORT TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS HAVE RULE 39 NO REMARKS ON COMMUNICATIONS FROM COUNCILORS. UH, WE MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0579 THROUGH DOCKET 0582. DOCKET NUMBER 0579 NOTICE TO SEE FROM MAYOR THE APPOINTMENT OF ANDREA LANE HANLEY AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PEOPLE AND CULTURE OF THE OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 24TH, 2026. TALKING NUMBER 0580 NOTICE RECEIVED FROM ANITA TAVARES REGARDING HER RESIGNATION AS CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS EFFECTIVE JANUARY 30TH 2026, NUMBER 0581 COMMUNICATION RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL FLYNN REQUESTING EARLY STREET SWEEPING FOLLOWING THE EVACUATION DAY SAINT PATRICK'S DAY PARADE IN SOUTH BOSTON TALKING OF A0582 COMMUNICATION WE RECEIVED FROM ASHLEY GRIFFIN BERG CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND COLLECTIVE TREASURER REGARDING RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PROCESS. THANK YOU. >> DOCKET 0579 305 282 WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. WE ARE NOW ON TWO MATTERS RECENTLY HEARD. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0281. DUNCAN NUMBER 0281 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS PEST CONTROL AND THE DISCOVERY OF LEPTOSPIROSIS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES, UH COUNCILOR FLYNN, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. ON MONDAY, MARCH 16TH AT 10:00 AM, THE CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES HELD AN INFORMATIVE AND IMPORTANT HEARING ON. DOCKET 0281 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS PEST CONTROL DISCOVERY. OF BOTH CIRRHOSIS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THIS MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY MYSELF. WE WERE JOINED BY JOHN ELRICK, THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION AT ESD. LUKE HYNES, SPECIAL PROJECT MANAGER AND DOCTOR CATHERINE HAMILL STAND FROM THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION. THE FOLLOWING CITY COUNCILORS WERE PRESENT MYSELF. THE HEARING ADDRESSED THE GROWING RODENT AND PEST CONTROL CRISIS IN BOSTON. WE EMPHASIZE AND DISCUSS THE IMPACT ON PUBLIC HEALTH, NEIGHBORHOOD SANITATION AND RESIDENTS QUALITY OF LIFE. CITY COUNCILORS PRESIDENT HIGHLIGHTED THE SIGNIFICANT RISE IN RODENT ACTIVITY SINCE THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC, ALONGSIDE FINDINGS FROM A TUFTS UNIVERSITY STUDY SHOWING THAT RATS IN BOSTON ARE CARRYING ABOUT BOTH CIRRHOSIS A DISEASE EXACERBATED BY WARMER TEMPERATURES. IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY CASES IN MANY YEARS, BUT THERE ARE PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS RELATING TO UM RATS BITING CHILDREN. UM WE DISCUSSED THAT AT LENGTH. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVIDED EXCELLENT FEEDBACK. CONCERNS WERE RAISED ABOUT RISK TO VULNERABLE POPULATIONS IN OUR CITY INCLUDING HOMELESS COMMUNITY AND SANITATION WORKERS. MANY MANY FROM THE BOSTON PUBLIC BOSTON PARKS DEPARTMENT I ADVOCATED FOR ANYONE IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT THAT IS ENGAGED IN ANY TYPE OF PHYSICAL WORK IN AND AROUND THE PARK WHERE SOIL IS TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE GLOVES ON AT ALL TIME. THE DISCUSSION CALLED FOR THE EVALUATING AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON RODENT ACTION PLAN INCREASING INSPECTIONS IMPROVING COORDINATION ACROSS CITY DEPARTMENTS AND IN MY VIEW ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL PIECES CREATING A MASSIVE PUBLIC OUTREACH AWARENESS CAMPAIGN IN BOTH TRADITIONAL AND SOCIAL MEDIA TO ALL NEIGHBORS IN OUR PROUD IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES IN VARIOUS LANGUAGES. I DISCUSSED AT LENGTH ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY COMMUNICATING TO MY CONSTITUENTS AND CHINESE. AND SPANISH AS WELL IN VIETNAMESE THERE WAS ALSO RENEWED SUPPORT FOR CREATING A DEDICATED RATS OPPOSITION WHICH THE CITY'S EXPERT WE KNOW RENOWNED UH RODENT PROFESSIONAL DOCTOR BOBBY CORRIGAN AND I CALLED FOR YEARS AGO TO CENTRALIZE EFFORTS, ENHANCE ACCOUNTABILITY AND STRENGTHEN THE CITY'S LONG TERM RESPONSE TO PEST CONTROL CHALLENGES. I WANT TO I WANT TO ELEVATE THE WORK OF JOHN ELRICK AND HIS TEAM. I THINK THEY'RE DOING A VERY GOOD JOB, BUT I THINK THIS DEPARTMENT COULD BE ELEVATED IN WITH MORE SERVICES AND SUPPORT ,COULD BE DOING EVEN MORE WORK THROUGHOUT THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON. I ALSO HIGHLIGHTED THAT BOSTON HAS UM LICENSED INSPECTORS HOWEVER THEY DON'T WORK ON THE WEEKENDS. THERE IS SOMEONE ON CALL ON WEEKENDS BUT WE NEED SOMEONE THAT IS WORKING 24 SEVEN BASICALLY FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON TILL UNTIL MONDAY MORNING. HOWEVER THEY WORK THAT SCHEDULE OUT BUT I THINK THAT'S A CRITICAL TIME TO DISCUSS AND ENGAGE UM RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES ON PEST CONTROL CHALLENGES. I DON'T THINK WE CAN WAIT UNTIL MONDAY MORNING TO BEGIN TO DO THE. WORK THAT WE SAW OVER THE WEEKEND. THAT'S WHY I BELIEVE WE NEED TO HAVE PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE WORKING ON FRIDAY NIGHT, SATURDAY, SUNDAY, SUNDAY NIGHT UH THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO ADVOCATE FOR DURING THE BUDGET. I THINK THESE ARE CRITICAL ISSUES THE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES, THE PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES, THE PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES AND I'M NOT GIVING UP ON TRYING TO GET MORE INSPECTORS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON SO WE CAN DEAL WITH THE PEST CONTROL CRISIS IN OUR CITY. THE CHAIR OF THE CITY SERVICES AS CHAIR OF THE CITY SERVICES I RECOMMEND THAT THE MATTER OUGHT TO STAY IN COMMITTEE AND I HOPE TO HAVE A HEARING ON IT MAYBE IN ABOUT 4 OR 5 MONTHS FROM NOW. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. DOCKET 0281 WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0199 AND 0250 TOGETHER. DOC AND HAVE A0199 ORDER FOR A HEARING ON GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF DECISION MAKING PROTOCOLS IN CITY GOVERNMENT AND DUCK AND NUMBER 0205 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO REVIEW CONSTRUCTION COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH WHITE STADIUM PROJECT. THANK YOU, MR BURKE. THIS CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR AND THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION . COUNCILOR DURKAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION HELD A JOINT HEARING ON MONDAY WITH THE COMMITTEE ON POST AUDIT CO-CHAIRED UH CHAIRED BY MYSELF AND COUNCILOR FITZGERALD ON UM ON DOCKET 0199 AND 0255. DOCKET 0199 WAS SPONSORED BY COUNCILOR MEJIA AND DOCKET 0255 WAS SPONSORED BY COUNCILOR WEBER. WE WERE JOINED BY OUR COLLEAGUES COUNCILORS FLYNN CULPEPER PEPEN MURPHY AND WE'RE OUT. WE RECEIVED A LETTER OF ABSENCE FROM COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE THE COMMITTEE HEARD TESTIMONY FROM THE ADMINISTRATION PANEL INCLUDING DOCTOR SAMUEL DE PINA, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF OPERATIONS AT BP'S JOHN IRISH CHIEF OF OPERATIONS. DIANA FERNANDEZ BRAVO, CHIEF OF URBAN PLANNING AND CARLTON JONES, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC FACILITIES. WE ALSO HEARD TESTIMONY FROM COMMUNITY ADVOCATES INCLUDING PAMELA JONES LEWIS, LISA PRISCILLA, REGGIE STEWART, RENE STACY WALSH, RICKY THOMAS, MARVIN ROSELIA AND STEVEN RAMIREZ IN ADDITION TO THE MANY OTHERS WHO PROVIDED PUBLIC TESTIMONY. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO ATTENDED OR PARTICIPATED AS THE CHAIR OF UM UH OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, I RECOMMEND THAT DOCKET UM 0199 STAY IN COMMITTEE AND I WANT TO, UH, GIVE THE FLOOR TO COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, MY CO-CHAIR, IF HE HAS ANY WORDS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH, NOTHING FURTHER TO ADD TO THE ORDER BANNING COMMITTEE. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. >> GOOD. DOCKET 0199 AND DOCKET 0205 WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. WE ARE NOW ON TO MOTIONS, ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0583? SO NUMBER 0583 COUNCIL I'M HERE OH FOR THE FOLLOWING HOME RULE PETITION FOR AN ACT RELATIVE TO VOTING FOR. ALL LEGAL RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> MADAM PRESIDENT. UM UH UH AND I WANT TO THANK UH FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO THANK THEN, UH, CITY COUNCILOR KENDRA LARA FOR HAVING THE AUDACITY TO BRING THIS HERE TO THE COUNCIL. UM, AND FOR HER LEADERSHIP UM, AS SHE PUSHED US FURTHER TO THE LEFT ALONGSIDE ME COUNCILOR THEN ARROYO AND UM, COUNCILOR ANDERSON AND SO, UM, IT'S WITH THAT ENERGY OF BEING STILL HERE AND STILL STANDING UM, THAT I'M HAPPY TO, UM, CARRY ON THE TORCH OF WHAT PROGRESSIVE UM, LEADERSHIP IS LOOKING UH, FOR US TO DO IS TO REALLY STEP UP AND BE LOUDER IN OUR ADVOCACY. UM, SO IN 2023 THIS MEASURE WAS PASSED HERE ON THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. UM, AND IT WAS SENT TO THE STATE HOUSE WHERE EVERYTHING GOES TODAY. UM, AND WHEN IT WAS REFERRED TO COMMITTEE, UM WE DECIDED TO REALIZE THAT WE HAD A MOMENT AND TODAY WE'RE BACK AGAIN BECAUSE THE URGENCY OF THIS ISSUE HAS ONLY GROWN AT A TIME WHEN IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES ARE FACING INCREASING ATTACKS, HARMFUL RHETORIC AND FEAR. WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL TO RESPOND. THIS IS ABOUT MORALE AND AND ABOUT WHETHER OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS FEEL SEEN, VALUED AND PROTECTED IN THE CITIES THAT THEY CALL HOME. BOSTON IS HOME TO THOUSANDS OF LEGAL RESIDENTS WHO CONTRIBUTE EVERY DAY. THEY ARE WORKERS, PARENTS, STUDENTS, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS ,PEOPLE WHO DEEPLY INVEST IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND IN THE FUTURE OF THIS CITY THEY PAY TAXES AND THEY DO THEIR FAIR SHARE OF HEAVY LIFTING WHEN IT'S TIME TO ACT. YET THEY'RE EXCLUDED FROM DECISIONS THAT DIRECT LEE SHAPED THEIR SCHOOLS, THEIR HOUSING, THEIR PUBLIC SAFETY AND THEIR DAILY LIVES AT THE LOCAL LEVEL WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AND I WOULD SAY AN OBLIGATION TO LEAD TO AFFIRM THAT CIVIC PARTICIPATION. SHOULD REFLECT THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE UP OUR COMMUNITIES AND TO SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT BOSTON VALUES ALL OF ITS RESIDENTS. THIS POSITION THIS PETITION IS ABOUT STRENGTHENING OUR DEMOCRACY, BUILDING TRUST AND MAKING SURE THAT THOSE WHO ARE PART OF OUR CITY ALSO HAVE A VOICE IN SHAPING IT. AND SO I THINK AS WE CONTINUE TO NAVIGATE THIS CONVERSATION, I REALLY WANT TO CENTER IT IN WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE NATIONAL LANDSCAPE WHEN SO MANY OF US FEEL UNSEEN AND UNHEARD AND I THINK BOSTON UM, BEING A LEADER IN SO MANY WAYS WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT OF HOPE THAT IN THIS CITY WE SEE PEOPLE, WE AFFIRM THEM, WE BELIEVE IN THEM AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ELEVATE NOT JUST THEIR VOICES BUT GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE IN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS BECAUSE OFTENTIMES OF THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE HERE IMPACT DAILY LIVES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR MCGILL. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR? UH, CULPEPER COUNCILOR. DIVISION COUNCILOR. PEPEN. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. CONSTABLE. WEBER, COUNCILOR WORRELL. AND PLEASE OUT THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0583 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR COOK, COULD YOU PLEASE UH, DOCKET 0584. DOC NUMBER 0584 COUNCILOR CULPEPER. OH, FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXAMINE TELEHEALTH ACCESS AND DIGITAL HEALTH EQUITY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR CULPEPER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS TELEHEALTH HAS BECOME AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT PART OF HOW PEOPLE ACCESS HEALTH CARE FROM ROUTINE CHECKUPS AND BOTH HAVE YOUR OWN HEALTH SERVICES TO FOLLOW UP VISITS ONCE REQUIRED TIME OFF FROM WORK ALONG TRAVEL TIMES BUT MANY RESIDENTS ESPECIALLY SENIORS, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND WORKING FAMILIES THE ABILITY TO SEE A DOCTOR REMOTELY CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RECEIVING CARE AND GOING WITHOUT IT. BUT AS TELEHEALTH BECOMES A LARGER PART OF OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, WE ALSO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT ACCESS TO THESE SERVICES IS TRULY EQUITABLE ACROSS EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD AND DEMOGRAPHIC IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, TAP TELEHEALTH HAS THE POTENTIAL TO HELP EXPAND THAT ACCESS BY MAKING IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO CONNECT WITH PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS AND SPECIALISTS EARLIER AND MORE CONSISTENTLY. BUT THAT ONLY WORKS IF RESIDENTS HAVE RELIABLE BROADBAND ACCESS TO DEVICES AND DIGITAL LITERACY NEEDED TO USE THESE TOOLS. THIS HEARING WILL GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHERE GAPS IN DIGITAL HEALTH ACCESS STILL EXIST AND TO EXPLORE HOW THE CITY CAN ENSURE THAT TELEHEALTH BECOMES A TOOL FOR CLOSING HEALTH DISPARITIES NOT ANOTHER BARRIER THAT LEAVES SOME COMMUNITY BEHIND. MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AS A SECOND ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST SUSPENSION OF THE RULES THAT COUNCILOR AND COUNCIL DURKAN AS THE THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPER. UH COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AS ADDED AS A SECOND UM, SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, COUNCILOR DURKAN HAS ADDED AS A THIRD. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR CULPEPER FOR HAVING ME AS THE ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. UH, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT I THINK ABOUT THINGS LIKE THE CLOSING OF KIND OF HOSPITAL AND THE LESS AND LESS LOCATIONS ACROSS OUR CITY FOR ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE. IT WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT THAT TELEHEALTH ACCESS AND DIGITAL HEALTH EQUITY IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE FUTURE OF HEALTH CARE. UH, AND SO I'M HAPPY TO HAVE A HEARING ON THIS AND LOOK FORWARD TO SOME SOLUTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIR. I WANT TO THANK BOTH OF THE CO-SPONSORS. UM, COUNCILOR PEPPER, THANK YOU, UH, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS. UM, AS A YOUNG PERSON GROWING UP IN THE CITY GUESS GROWING UP AND IN MY 20S I HAD A HARD TIME ACCESSING, UM, HEALTH CARE AND AS, UH, I USED TO BE A 1099 AND I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT CHALLENGES FOLKS ARE FACING, UM, IN TERMS OF GETTING ACCESS TO CARE. UM, I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UM, HAVING A LOT OF THE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND HOSPITALS IN OUR DISTRICT. THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS WHO STRUGGLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO TELEHEALTH AND ACCESS TO PRIMARY CARE. SO THESE ISSUES ARE DEEPLY IMPORTANT AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL PUT ITS OWN LENS ON THIS. UM, AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT THIS CAME OUT OF AN INCREDIBLE CIVIL RIGHTS HEARING, UH, THAT COUNCILOR CULPEPER BOTH CHAIRED AND SPONSORED. UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE THINK ABOUT UM, HOW WE CAN DRAW ATTENTION TO SOME OF THESE HEALTH CARE ISSUES ON THE CITY COUNCIL AND I'M STRIVE FOR SOLUTIONS. SO THANK YOU COUNCILOR CULPEPER . I LOOK FORWARD TO ATTENDING AND BEING PARTICIPATING IN THIS HEARING. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN. WOULD ANYONE UH LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A MATTER COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNSELOR. PEPEN CONTRA SANTANA. CONSTABLE WEBER WORRELL AND PLEASE, UH, THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0584 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH, HOMELESSNESS AND RECOVERY. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0585. NUMBER 0585 COUNCILOR CULPEPER FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXAMINE ACCESS TO PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER CONCEPTUAL PAPER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. ACCESS TO A PRIMARY CARE DOCTOR IS OFTEN THE FIRST STEP IN MAINTAINING GOOD HEALTH WHETHER IT IS MANAGING CHRONIC CONDITIONS RECEIVING PREVENTIVE CARE OR CATCHING SERIOUS ILLNESSES EARLY THROUGH SCREENING. BUT MANY RESIDENTS ACROSS BOSTON ARE FINDING IT INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A RELATIONSHIP WITH A PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN. RECENT DATA SHOWS THAT FOR FIRST TIME PATIENTS TRYING TO SCHEDULE AN INITIAL APPOINTMENT WITH A NEW DOCTOR, WAIT TIMES CAN AVERAGE MORE THAN THREE MONTHS, WITH SOME OFFICERS REPORTING WAIT TIMES AS LONG AS EIGHT MONTHS. DELAYS LIKE THESE CAN PREVENT RESIDENTS FROM RECEIVING THE TIMELY CARE AND EARLY SCREENINGS THAT ARE CRITICAL TO PREVENTING MORE SERIOUS HEALTH COMPLICATIONS. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES OF COLOR WHO EXPERIENCE A WEIGHT OF HEALTH INEQUITY. THIS HEARING WILL GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE BARRIERS RESIDENTS FACE IN ACCESSING PRIMARY CARE AND TO EXPLORE SOLUTIONS THAT EXPAND ACCESS, STRENGTHEN OUR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE AND ULTIMATELY HELP CLOSE THE HEALTH GAPS THAT STILL EXIST THE CITY OF BOSTON TODAY. MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AS A SECOND ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST SUSPENSION OF THE RULES THAT COUNCILOR DURKAN AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. CONSTITUENTS SHOWN THE SO ADDED AND SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COUNCILOR DURKAN IS ADDED AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR UH THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UH, IN A UH A JOB THAT SEEMS TO BE A UH MORE LIKE LIKE YOU CAN ONLY GET A PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN THAT SEEMS TO BE RELYING ON WHO YOU KNOW, UH, AND WHERE MORE DOCTORS ARE GOING TO SPECIALTIES AND NOT GETTING IT. I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THIS HEARING AND I THANK COUNCILOR CULPEPER, UH, FOR WHAT WE CAN DO AS A CITY TO ATTRACT MORE PEOPLE TO THE PROFESSION AS WELL AS MORE OF THOSE PEOPLE IN THE PROFESSION TO LIVE IN THIS CITY SO THEY'RE ACCESSIBLE TO OUR CITIZENS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN CONSIDER CAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO COUNCILOR CULPEPER, UH, FOR INCLUDING ME ON THIS, UM, PCP AND OUR GENERAL PRACTITIONERS ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, UM, TO MAKING SURE THAT HEALTH CARE WORKS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND MAYBE, UH, THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR A UNION. 88% OF THEM VOTED TO FORM A UNION. I JOINED THEIR PICKET, UH, OVER A YEAR AGO WITH COUNCILOR MEJIA. UM, IT'S AN ABOMINATION THAT, UH, THE BIGGEST HEALTH CARE PROVIDER IN OUR CITY, UM, THAT THEIR PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS HAVE VOTED TO FORM A UNION AND THOSE CALLS ARE BEING IGNORED. SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT INTO THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE BURNOUT THE TREATMENT OF EMPLOYEES, UM, THE TREATMENT OF DOCTORS. UM, IT'S NO WONDER WHY PEOPLE ARE LEAVING THIS PROFESSION. UH, MY DOCTOR DOCTOR MESMER IS AN INCREDIBLE PHYSICIAN. UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, I'VE BEEN ON A HEALTH JOURNEY THIS PAST YEAR AND WITHOUT HER CARE I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE THE PAST YEAR. UM, SO I JUST WANT TO THANK HER AND ALL OF THE PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS WORKING TO MAKE BOSTONIANS HEALTHIER. UM, AS WE APPROACH THIS CONVERSATION, UM, I THINK HAVING, UH, A LENS TO HOW WORKERS ARE ACTUALLY I MEAN, WHEN PEOPLE TRY TO MAXIMIZE PROFITS AND HEALTH CARE, IT MEANS THAT PEOPLE WANT TO LEAVE AND THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A SCARCITY MINDSET IN TERMS OF GETTING APPOINTMENTS, UH, WHEN APPOINTMENTS ARE CHANGED FROM 45 MINUTES TO 30 MINUTES, THERE'S AN IMPACT ON THE LEVEL OF CARE YOU CAN RECEIVE IN THAT TIME. AND FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC UM I GET TO REPRESENT THE LONGWOOD MEDICAL AREA. I GET TO REPRESENT, UH, BOTH THE BRIGHAM AND UH MASS GENERAL AND A LOT OF OTHER HOSPITALS, UH, IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THIS CRISIS AND, UM AND PEOPLE NEED ACCESS TO PRIMARY CARE. SO THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPER. UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POWDER. UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MURPHY COUNCILOR. PEPEN COUNCILOR. SANTANA COUNSELOR. WEBER. WORRELL AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. DOCKET 0585 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH, HOMELESSNESS AND RECOVERY. MR TRAYER, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0586. STALKING NUMBER 0586 COUNCILOR CULPEPER FOR THE FOLLOWING FOR FOR A HUMAN TO REVIEW DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN MARKET VALUE AND TAX ASSESSED VALUE FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND TO EVALUATE THE CITY'S TAX ASSESSMENT PRACTICES . THANK YOU, MR STARK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER, COUNCILOR CULPEPER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. PROPERTY TAXES ARE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WAYS THE CITY FUNDS ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND THE FAIRNESS OF THAT SYSTEM DEPENDS ON ASSESSMENTS ACCURATELY REFLECTING MARKET CONDITIONS. HOWEVER, RECENT SALES SUGGESTED SOME PROPERTIES ESPECIALLY HIGH VALUE HOMES ARE BEING ASSESSED FAR BELOW THE ACTUAL SALE PRICE. AT THE SAME TIME, SOME LOWER PRICED HOMES APPEAR TO BE ASSESSED AT OR EVEN ABOVE THE SALE PRICE, RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT WHETHER THE CURRENT SYSTEM IS APPLYING VALUATION PRACTICES CONSISTENTLY ACROSS DIFFERENT SEGMENTS OF THE HOUSING MARKET. THIS HEARING WILL GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW THESE ASSESSMENTS ARE DETERMINED AND WHETHER THE CURRENT METHODOLOGY IS KEEPING PACE WITH THE REALITIES OF BOSTON'S HOUSING MARKET. ENSURING THAT PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS ARE ACCURATE AND EQUITABLE IS ESSENTIAL TO MAINTAINING PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN OUR TAX SYSTEM AND MAKING SURE THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF FUNDING CITY SERVICES IS SHARED FAIRLY ACROSS ALL HOMEOWNERS. MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR MURPHY AS A SECOND ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST SUSPENSION OF THE RULES THAT COUNCIL FERRARO AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR CULPEPER. UH COUNCILOR MURPHY TO ADDED IS A SECOND UM SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COUNCILOR WU IS ADDED AS A THIRD COUNCILMEMBER FOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU REVEREND CULPEPER WHEN YOUR TEAM REACHED OUT I KNOW. >> YOU'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF. REVIEW ON PAST HEARING ORDERS FILED. >> AND YOU KNOW THAT THIS HAS COME UP IN THE PAST. SO WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TAXES AND WAYS WE COULD GIVE RELIEF ALL THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT I KEPT PUSHING OVER THESE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IS WHAT IS PLAN B AND WHAT ARE OUR OTHER OPTIONS BUT ALSO LOOKING AND WHEN WE SAW THAT LIST OF DIFFERENT. NEIGHBORHOODS, DIFFERENT ZIP CODES, DIFFERENT STREETS. THAT WERE BEING WHAT MANY WOULD SAY OVERLY. ASSESSED OR UNDER. ASSESSED IT DIDN'T SEEM CONSISTENT, IT DIDN'T SEEM EQUITABLE AND IT DEFINITELY DIDN'T SEEM WHEN WE HAVE THE ADMINISTRATION HERE THAT THERE WAS ANY GOOD REASON WHY SOME STREETS OR NEIGHBORHOODS SEEM TO BE SEEING YOU KNOW, WITH 2,030% AND OTHERS WERE SEEING SOMETHING MUCH LESS. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO MAKE. SURE THAT WE'RE. GETTING DOWN TO NOT JUST THE NEIGHBORHOODS ZIP CODE STREET BUT THE HOUSES BECAUSE THE OTHER. FEAR THAT. MANY RESIDENTS HAVE IS. IF YOU FILE. FOR THEM TO COME IN CHECKED IT COULD. INADVERTENTLY NEGATIVELY IMPACT YOU IN THE OTHER WAY. SO SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE AFRAID FOR US TO CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DID IT RIGHT. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS UP AGAIN THIS YEAR AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL. WELL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR CULPEPER AND COUNCILOR MURPHY, UH, FOR ADDING ME AS A THIRD UH, CO-SPONSOR UH, THE SOMETHING THAT MY OFFICE HAS BEEN RESEARCHING. SO I DEFINITELY WANT TO JUST DIVE INTO THE NUMBERS JUST TO SEE HOW WE'RE VALUING UM, UH, ALL THE RESIDENTIAL HOMES AND ALSO NOT JUST THE THE, YOU KNOW, ONES IN THE SAME CATEGORY BUT ONES THAT ARE LARGER OR SMALLER AS WELL. SO JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO THE. CONVERSATION AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. UM, I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT UH, ALL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES ARE EVALUATED UH, FAIRLY THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PADDLE CONSTRUCTOR AND CONSTANT FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE CONSUMER HERE . COUNSELOR. PEPEN COUNSELOR SANTANA COUNCIL WEBER AND PLEASE UH THE CHAIR DOCKET 0586 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0587. TALKING HAVE A0587 COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO REVIEW ADMINISTRATIVE TRANSPARENCY, EQUITABLE STUDENT REPRESENTATION AND STUDENT FREEDOMS AND HIGHER EDUCATION. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCIL ME HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. >> I'D LIKE. >> TO ALSO ADD COUNCILOR CULPEPPER AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. UH, COUNCILOR UH CULPEPER SO ADDED. UH SO OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN, UH, COMMITTED TO UH, BUILDING CODE GOVERNANCE, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS THAT WE TAKE OUR ORDERS FROM THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE AND WE WORK IN DEEP PARTNERSHIP AND COMMUNITY, UM, AROUND POLICYMAKING. AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE THE EDUCATION FREEDOM PROJECT STILL HERE. GOOD JOB GUYS BECAUSE IT'S NOT EASY TO STAY HERE FOR MUCH OF THE SHOW BUT GOOD JOB. UM AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THIS SPACE. UM, THE STUDENT GROUP HERE UM, FROM THE NORTH UH, NORTHEASTERN WHO RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT TRANSPARENCY REPRESENTATION AND THE ABILITY TO FREELY EXPRESS THEMSELVES ON CAMPUS. NOW I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT WHILE I AM THE EDUCATION CHAIR AND MOST THINGS COME TO ME UM, IN IN THE UH K THROUGH 12 SPACE ,I WANT TO JUST NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION IN HIGHER ED IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE ENTIRE EDUCATIONAL ECOSYSTEM AND SO REALLY HAPPY TO BE PARTNERING WITH THEM AROUND SOME OF THESE ISSUES. AS ELECTED OFFICIALS WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO LISTEN AND RESPOND. STUDENTS ARE PART OF OUR COMMUNITIES EVEN IF BOSTON IS ISN'T UM. IT'S ONLY THEIR HOME FOR A FEW YEARS. THEY DESERVE TO FEEL HEARD, RESPECTED AND INCLUDED IN CIVIC LIFE. WE ALSO HAVE TO BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT BUILDING STRONGER CONNECTIONS BETWEEN STUDENTS AND THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT. TOO OFTEN THERE'S A DISCONNECT AND THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CLOSE THAT GAP AND MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS KNOW THEIR VOICES MATTER BEYOND THEIR CAMPUSES. THIS HEARING IS ABOUT STRENGTHENING ACCOUNTABILITY, UPLIFTING STUDENT VOICES AND MAKING SURE OUR INSTITUTIONS ARE RESPONSIVE AND ALIGNED WITH THE DEMOCRATIC VALUES WE EXPECT ACROSS OUR CITY. AND OFTENTIMES WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS THAT NORTHEASTERN AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS UM WHICH I'M SURE YOU KNOW WHO THEY ARE, UM ,YOU KNOW, HAVE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THEY HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR FACULTY AND OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF AND YET INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THE BOARD GOVERNANCE AND PRACTICES INCLUDING MEETING MINUTES AND BOARD MEMBERSHIP MAY NOT ALWAYS BE WIDELY ACCESSIBLE, UM, TO THE BROADER CAMPUS COMMUNITY. AND SO I THINK THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF DIGGING AND UM, CREATING SPACE UM, WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE STUDENTS, UM, TO CREATE SPACE FOR A REAL LOOK AND SEE BEHIND THE VEIL, UM, TO SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING. THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL HAS AN INTEREST IN UNDERSTANDING HOW OUR HIGHER ED UM, INSTITUTIONS IN THE CITY ARE ADDRESSING ISSUES RELATED UM TO TRANSPARENCY, GOVERNANCE AND STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HOSTING THAT HEARING IN MY COMMITTEE SO WE CAN DO JUST THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER, COUNCILOR CULPEPER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MEJIA FOR FILING THIS IMPORTANT HEARING ORDER AND FOR INCLUDE ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. I AM CALLING ON NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY AND ALL PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN BOSTON TO ENSURE CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT DECISION MAKING BECAUSE DECISIONS MADE BY UNIVERSITY LEADERSHIP IMPACT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY FROM STUDENTS AND FACULTY TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT SURROUND THEM, IT IS TROUBLING TO HEAR THAT STUDENTS FEEL THEIR VOICES ARE NOT BEING HEARD OR REFLECTED IN DECISIONS MADE BY UNIVERSITY LEADERSHIP. TRANSPARENCY IS ESSENTIAL TO BUILDING TRUST AND CULTIVATING A UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY THAT IS BUILT FOR STUDENTS AND WITH STUDENTS. THIS HEARING IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENSURE THAT INSTITUTIONS ARE NOT ONLY LISTENING TO STUDENT INPUT BUT IS ALSO ACTING ON STUDENT INPUT. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME CONSIDERED AS A PART OF COUNCILOR DIRK AND COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR PEPEN SANTANA COUNCILOR WEBER, COUNCILOR WORRELL AND PLEASE ARE THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET 058 IT WILL BE REFERRED NO 0587 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0588. DUKKHA NUMBER 0588 COUNCILOR DURKAN ON FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS CITY OF BUS AND TRANSPORTATION PHILOSOPHY AND STATUS OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSIDER CAN CONSIDER AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT I WANT TO START BY ADDRESSING WHY I'VE INTRODUCED THIS HEARING ORDER IN THIS BODY. I THINK THAT I'VE BEEN ONE OF THE MOST PROGRESSIVE PEOPLE ON TRANSPORTATION THAT HAS OFTEN ALIGNED WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AT CERTAIN TIMES IT HAS IN FOR ME IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT TRANSPORTATION PHILOSOPHY ABOUT WHAT DRIVES PEOPLE MOVING THROUGH THE CITY. THE REASON I LOVE PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION AS A COMMITTEE IS BECAUSE I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THESE ISSUES. THEY'RE PERSONAL TO MY CONSTITUENTS DAILY LIVES A DEFINING PRIORITY FOR MY DISTRICT AND CENTRAL TO MY BROADER VISION AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. I HAVE BEEN A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR TRANSPORTATION AND I'VE TAKEN DIFFICULT POSITIONS SUPPORT PROJECTS IN MY DISTRICT. MY CONSTITUENTS KNOW THAT I'VE HELD HEARINGS ON COMPLICATED TRANSPORTATION ISSUES. I'VE SUPPORTED ZONING CHANGES TO IMPROVE DOWNTOWN MOBILITY. I'VE PROPOSED ELIMINATING PARKING MINIMUMS AND I'VE I'VE TALKED ABOUT FORWARD LOOKING APPROACHES TO PEOPLE, THE WAYS THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY MOVE THROUGH OUR CITY. I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE IN THIS BODY FOLLOW THE TRENDS BUT IF BUT IF THEY CAN HELP IT. YOUNG PEOPLE ARE NOT DRIVING. GEN-Z ARE NOT DRIVING. GO GOOGLE WHETHER YOUNG PEOPLE ARE DRIVING AND WE SHOULD BE BUILDING A CITY FOR THE FUTURE NOT FOR THE PAST. I'M IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH YOUNG PEOPLE IN MY DISTRICT. I'M IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH THE MOST VULNERABLE ROAD USERS AND THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES, UH, THAT WE'RE FACING AS A CITY. WE HAVE NOT HAD A COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE TO OUR TRANSPORTATION GOALS SINCE BOSTON 2030. WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT TRANSPORTATION PHILOSOPHY COUPLED WITH RECENT TURNOVER WITHIN THE STREETS CABINET AND PUBLIC REPORTING ABOUT POTENTIAL POLICY SHIFTS, THE CITY NEEDS TO ENGAGE IN A TRANSPARENT CONVERSATION WITH RESIDENTS AND ADVOCATES ABOUT HOW WE MOVE FORWARD. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE COUNCIL TO EXERCISE OUR OVERSIGHT ON WHAT HAPPENS ON OUR STREET. I HOPE THAT WE WILL COME TOGETHER AND WORK TOWARDS ALIGNMENT ON OUR SHARED PRIORITIES. IT IS CLEAR TO ME THAT I DON'T SHARE THE SAME TRANSPORTATION POLICIES AS SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES, SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GOT OUR SELVES AS WELL ON THE RECORD. OUR RESIDENTS CARE DEEPLY ABOUT TRANSPORTATION AND THESE ISSUES ARE URGENT. PEOPLE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SAFELY AND RELIABLY MOVE THROUGH OUR CITY. I'M COMMITTED TO SCHEDULING THIS HEARING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I LOOK FORWARD TO A CONSTRUCTIVE CONVERSATION ABOUT TRANSPORTATION PHILOSOPHY, DECISION MAKING PROCESSES AND THE STATUS OF ESSENTIAL PROJECTS. BUT I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION ONE. WE CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS WE CAN'T WANT FEDERAL GRANT MONEY BUT NOT WANT THE PROJECT THAT THE FEDERAL GRANT MONEY IS FOR FEDERAL GRANTS. I PASSED THROUGH MY PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE LAST TERM HAVE BEEN TAKEN BACK BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. I KNOW THAT THE NEXT HEARING ORDER IS ABOUT THAT. I THINK THEY'RE EXTREMELY RELATED. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR PEPEN AND COUNCILOR WEBER SECONDS AND THIRDS IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR PEPEN IS ADDED AS A SECOND AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS. UM UH COUNCILOR UH WEBER IS ADDED AS THE THIRD UH THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR PEPEN. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UH THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DEREK. AND FOR ADAM IS A SECOND THIS HAS BEEN. IT TOPIC THAT I HAVE BEEN TALKING. ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME BUT DEFINITELY MORE RECENTLY WITH RECENT ARTICLES AND JUST A LOT OF CONVERSATION AMONGST THE TRANSPORTATION ADVOCATES OF WHAT'S THE FUTURE OF ALL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS ACROSS THE CITY. AND WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT THE SMALL PROJECT, THE BIG PROJECTS. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT RENOVATIONS OF ENTIRE ROADS. I'M TALKING ABOUT CROSSWALK UPDATES. I'M TALKING ABOUT SPEED HUMPS. I'M TALKING ABOUT SIDEWALKS EVERYTHING. >> THAT IS IN. QUESTION ON THERE BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT I WOULD LOVE TO GET UPDATES. UM I SENT A LETTER LAST AND DURING LAST WEEK'S COUNCIL MEETING TO THE ADMIN UM, REQUESTING UPDATES ON ALL OF THESE PROJECTS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE MOVING THEM FORWARD. UM, I HAVE SOME I HAVE ADVOCATE SPECIFICALLY IN MY DISTRICT UM SHOUT OUT TO WALK UP ROSINDELL WHO. JUST THEY KEEP. ME ON MY TOES MAKING SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO MOVE SAFE INFRASTRUCTURE FORWARD. SO THANK YOU COUNCILOR DURKAN FOR ADAM IS OUR SECOND CO-SPONSOR. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER. THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE THE FLOOR. YEAH. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, THANK YOU TO COUNCIL DURKAN FOR ADDING ME. UM, YOU KNOW. I. >> I FILED, UH, A REQUEST FOR A HEARING ON THE SO-CALLED 30 DAY REVIEW AND THE THE OUTCOME OF THAT MONTHS AGO. WE CAN TRY TO SCHEDULE THAT HEARING. I JUST THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN OVER A YEAR. >> WE NEED TO. I'M SURE ALL OF OUR OFFICERS GET REQUESTS FOR, UH, STREET IMPROVEMENTS AND WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PROCESS IS TO, UM, GET MUCH NEEDED STREET IMPROVEMENTS DONE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. UH, THAT WILL ALLOW OUR RESIDENTS TO WALK AND BIKE SAFELY. AND SO I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING. >> THE CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> UM, COUNCILOR WEBER, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNTRY COLOR THIS A POWDER COUNCILOR CULPEPER. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. UM COUNCILOR. UH, SANTANA COUNCILOR WORRELL AND PLEASE UH THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET 05888 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0589. SO I CAN NUMBER 0589 COUNCILOR BRAY ENOUGH OF THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE STATUS OF STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING ALLOCATED FOR TRANSPORTATION AND STREET PROJECTS. COUNCILOR BRETON, YOU HAVE. THE FLOOR. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'D LIKE TO CONSIDER CO-SPONSOR . TODAY I AM CALLING FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE STATUS OF STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING ALLOCATIONS FOR VARIOUS TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY HAVE SUCCESSFULLY SECURED A COMBINED ESTIMATED $200 MILLION IN STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING TO ADVANCED PROJECTS, PROJECT PLANNING, DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION. HOWEVER, IN RECENT AS RECENT PRESS COVERAGE HAS INDICATED AND OUR EXPERIENCE AND ALLSTON BRIGHTON CONFIRMS THE CITY'S PARTICIPATION IN MANY OF THESE PROJECTS HAS BEEN INDEFINITELY PAUSED. THESE RANGE FROM MAJOR CORRIDOR WIDE PROJECTS TO SMALL SCALE SIDEWALK REPLACEMENTS. SOME OF THESE PROJECTS ARE LED BY THE MBTA. AND MASSDOT. BUT ALL REQUIRE THE PARTICIPATION OF THE CITY AND THE STREETS CABINET TO SUCCESSFULLY PROCEED. FEDERALLY FUNDED TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS MUST MEET FEDERAL DESIGN AND PROCUREMENT DEADLINES IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN ELIGIBILITY FOR FUNDING. STATE FUNDING IS ALSO SUBJECT TO SIMILAR DEADLINES WITHOUT DECISIVE ACTION. THIS $200 MILLION IN PUBLIC INVESTMENT COULD BE JEOPARDIZED AS HAS BEEN AS IT AS HAS BEEN IMPRESSED UPON US AS A CITY COUNCIL MANY TIMES ALREADY WE ARE IN A CHALLENGING BUDGET SEASON RISING COSTS, LIMITED REVENUE GROWTH AND CHAOS IN WASHINGTON MAKE IT ESSENTIAL THAT BOSTON'S RESPONSE IS RESPONSIBLE IN THIS EXTERNAL FUND WITH THIS EXTERNAL FUNDING . GIVEN THIS CONTEXT, THE FOCUS OF THIS HEARING IS ABOUT TRANSPARENCY AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT STATE AND FEDERAL MONEY IS CURRENTLY ON THE TABLE FOR BOSTON BASED TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, WHAT DEADLINES. APPLY AND WHAT CONSEQUENCES MAY RESULT FROM CONTINUING THIS POLICY OF DELAY IF THESE FUNDS ARE JEOPARDIZED, THE CITY, THE MBTA AND MASSDOT ABILITY TO RECEIVE AND UTILIZE FEDERAL FUNDS FOR FUTURE BOSTON BASED TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS MAY BE SERIOUSLY WEAKENED. THERE MAY BE THERE ARE MANY KEY TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE THAT MAY BE PUT AT RISK, INCLUDING THE MBTA AS GREEN LINE TRANSFORMATION PROJECT A VITALLY IMPORTANT PROJECT FOR MY DISTRICT WHICH RECENTLY RECEIVED $100 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING AND ALLSTON BRIGHTON ABILITY MOBILITY IMPROVEMENT TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND SAFER STREETS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT PRIORITIES FOR RESIDENTS. WE'VE ALREADY LOST OVER 300 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING FROM THE ALLSTON MULTIMODAL PROJECT ,A CRITICALLY IMPORTANT REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECT DUE TO A CLAWBACK BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. IN THESE VOLATILE TIMES, WE SIMPLY CANNOT AFFORD TO MAKE A TERRIBLE SITUATION EVEN WORSE BY SQUANDERING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN EXTERNAL FUNDING THROUGH OUR OWN DELAY. I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING HOLDING THIS HEARING WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU COUNCILOR BURTON AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT MORE SO ADDED COUNCILOR PEPEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR BREADON, COUNCIL PRESIDENT BREADON FOR ADDING ME AS A CO-SPONSOR. I'M HONORED TO BE PART OF THIS CONVERSATION AS MANY OF OUR STREET RENOVATION PROJECTS ARE AT RISK OF BEING CANCELED WITH UPCOMING FUNDING DEADLINES IN DISTRICT FIVE ALONE, RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR CLOSE TO A DECADE FOR TRANSPORTATION REVIEWS OF OUR MAJOR BUSINESS CORRIDORS AND TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES IN OUR RESIDENTIAL STREETS TO HEAR PROJECTS SUCH AS THAT ROSLINDALE SQUARE TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN AND THE HIGH PARK OUT MULTIMODAL CORRIDOR THAT. >> HAVE. BEEN STALLED AFTER A LOT OF. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. INCLUDING COUNCIL HEARINGS COULD LOSE THEIR FUNDING IS UNACCEPTABLE AND LOSES TRUST. WE NEED THIS HEARING TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY TO RESIDENTS. UNDERSTAND HOW THESE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS ARE BEING USED TO IMPROVE SAFETY MOBILITY IN OUR STREETS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR PEPEN. UH WOULD. ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR CULPEPER. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FLYNN COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. MURPHY COUNCILOR. SANTANA COUNCILOR. WEBER COUNCILOR. ROWAN PLEASE ADD CHAIR. UH THANK YOU. DOCKET 0589 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0590. >> DARK AND HAVE A0590 COUNCILORS MURPHY AND FLYNN OFF OF THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO REVIEW NIGHTLIFE INDUSTRY SAFETY TRAINING AND THE ROLE OF THE OFFICE OF NIGHTLIFE ECONOMY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR CULPEPER PLEASE. HEARING AND SEEING NO OBJECTION, COUNCILOR CULPEPER IS ADDED AS A THIRD. THANK YOU. THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL RECENTLY. >> HELD A HEARING. >> IN THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE TO DISCUSS INCIDENTS OF DRINK SPIKING AND SAFETY CONCERNS IN NIGHTLIFE ESTABLISHMENTS ACROSS THE CITY OF BOSTON. DURING THAT HEARING, TESTIMONY . FROM CITY OFFICIALS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC RAISED QUESTIONS REGARDING PREVENTION EFFORTS AND SAFETY INITIATIVES DIRECTED TOWARDS BARS, RESTAURANTS AND NIGHTLIFE ESTABLISHMENTS. THE OFFICE OF NIGHTLIFE. ECONOMY, WHICH OPERATES WITHIN THE CITY'S ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND INCLUSION CABINET, HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED TO SUPPORT BOSTON'S NIGHTLIFE INDUSTRY AND TO COORDINATE INITIATIVES INTENDED TO PROMOTE SAFE AND RESPONSIBLE OPERATIONS WITHIN LICENSED ESTABLISHMENTS. THE CITY HAS DESCRIBED A NUMBER OF SAFETY INITIATIVES AND TRAININGS OFFERED TO NIGHTLIFE ESTABLISHMENTS. INCLUDING EFFORTS. RELATED TO DRINK. SPIKING PREVENTION. NALOXONE ADMINISTRATION, DE-ESCALATION TRAINING, CPR TRAINING, STOP THE BLEED TRAINING AND OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY PRACTICES. QUESTIONS REMAIN REGARDING THE SCOPE OF THESE INITIATIVES. THE NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS PARTICIPATING IN SUCH TRAININGS AND THE ROLE OF THE OFFICE OF NIGHTLIFE ECONOMY IN COORDINATING SAFETY AND. TRAINING EFFORTS FOR BOSTON NIGHTLIFE WORKFORCE. ENSURING THAT HOSPITALITY. WORKERS, VENUE OPERATORS AND NIGHTLIFE STAFF. HAVE ACCESS TO EFFECTIVE TRAINING. AND SAFETY RESOURCES IS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF PROTECTING. PATRONS. >> WORKERS AND VISITORS TO BOSTON'S NIGHTLIFE ECONOMY. AS I MENTIONED, WE HELD. >> THIS. HEARING LAST WEEK IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE WHEN I WAS WRITING THIS HEARING ORDER. UM, WE ALREADY HAD. >> THE LENS OF LOOKING AT THE POLICE AND OTHER INITIATIVES WORKING ALONGSIDE THEM. BUT I DO BELIEVE UM, OBVIOUSLY I'M NOT SURE. WHAT COMMITTEE YOU'RE GOING TO PLACE THIS IN BUT WAS HOPING IT WOULD GO INTO LABOR AND. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO REALLY LOOK AT. >> THE. WORKFORCE SIDE OF THE INITIATIVES AND THE TRAININGS WE'RE OFFERING THE UM, RESTAURANTS AND ANY OTHER WORKERS WHO ARE IN OUR BARS AND RESTAURANTS ACROSS THE CITY. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS HEARING AND I WILL LET MY OTHER CO-SPONSOR. SPEAK ON IT. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THE CITY COUNCIL RECENTLY HAD AN IMPORTANT HEARING ON THIS SUBJECT AND WE EXAMINED INCIDENTS OF DRINK SPIKING AND BROUGHT A SAFETY CONCERN WITHIN NIGHTLIFE ESTABLISHMENTS ACROSS BOSTON. DURING THE TESTIMONY, UM RESIDENTS PROVIDED UM MOVING STORIES OF HOW THEIR DRINKS WERE SPIKED UM IN MANY BOSTON RESTAURANTS OR BARS WE ALSO DISCUSSED UM THE TRAINING THE PREVENTION SAFETY INITIATIVES DIRECTED TOWARDS BARS, RESTAURANTS AND OTHER LICENSED NIGHTLIFE VENUES. THE OFFICE OF NIGHTLIFE ECONOMY PART OF THE CITY'S ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY INCLUSION CABINET, HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED TO SUPPORT BOSTON'S NIGHTLIFE SECTOR AND TO COORDINATE INITIATIVES INTENDED TO PROMOTE SAFE, REASONABLE OPERATIONS ACROSS LICENSING ESTABLISHMENTS. DURING THE PRESENTATION, THE CITY IDENTIFIED SEVERAL SAFETY PROGRAMS AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES THAT COUNCILOR MURPHY MENTIONED. NOTWITHSTANDING THESE EFFORTS, QUESTIONS REMAIN REGARDING THE SCOPE IMPLEMENTATION PARTICIPATION LEVEL LEVELS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH INITIATIVES AS WELL AS THE PRECISE ROLE OF OFFICE OF NIGHTLIFE ECONOMY AND COORDINATING IN ADVANCING SAFETY AND TRAINING FOR THE CITY'S NIGHTLIFE WORKFORCE. FROM LISTENING TO TESTIMONY OF RESIDENTS UM OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS UM. AND TO. TALKING TO BAR AND RESTAURANT OWNERS UM ABOUT THIS ISSUE, I BELIEVE THE WORK IS MINIMAL AT BEST AT THIS DEPARTMENT. I AM NOT CONVINCED THAT WE ARE DOING THE THE NECESSARY WORK TO PREVENT DRINK DRINK SPIKING. THIS ALSO INCLUDES I DON'T THINK WE'VE DONE THE RIGHT TRAINING AND I DON'T THINK WE'VE PASSED OUT THE UM PREVENTION STICKERS THAT GO ON TOP OF THE UH ON TOP OF THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE. BUT I WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS. I'M NOT CONVINCED THE JOB IS GETTING DONE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER. UM, COUNCILOR YOU HAVE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY FOR FILING THIS HEARING ORDER AND FOR ADDING ME AS A CO-SPONSOR. I ATTENDED THE HEARING TO ADDRESS INCIDENTS OF DRINK SPIKING AND SAFETY CONCERNS IN BOSTON NIGHTLIFE ESTABLISHMENTS WHERE TESTIMONY WAS RAISED ABOUT IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ABOUT PREVENTION EFFORTS AND THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO VENUES AND WORKERS. THIS HEARING IS A NECESSARY STEP TOWARD ASSESSING THE SCOPE OF TRAINING AND SUPPORT OFFERED BY THE OFFICE OF NIGHTLIFE ECONOMY, ENSURING THAT HOSPITALITY WORKERS, VENUE OPERATORS AND NIGHTLIFE STAFF HAVE ACCESS TO THE MOST CURRENT AND COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY TRAINING IS ESSENTIAL TO PROTECTING PATRONS AND SUSTAINING A THRIVING NIGHTLIFE ECONOMY. EQUALLY IMPORTANT IS MAKING SURE THESE RESOURCES ARE WIDELY KNOWN SO THAT ESTABLISHMENTS ACROSS THE CITY. CAN FULLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEM. THIS IS A CRITICAL CONVERSATION AND ONE THAT IS ESPECIALLY URGENT AS WE PREPARE TO WELCOME VISITORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD FOR THE FIGHT THE WORLD CUP. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR DURKAN? COUNCILOR FITZGERALD UH, COUNCILOR PEPEN SANTANA. CONSTABLE WEBER. CONSTABLE RAIL COUNCILMEMBER HERE. AND UH, PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. OH YEAH. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTNER. ANYONE ELSE? I GOT CANCER. AND HERE I'VE GOT COUNCILMEMBER HERE. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0590 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0591. TALKING NUMBERS 0591 COUNCILOR. MURPHY OFF. >> OF THE PHONE. ORDER FOR A HEARING. >> TO REVIEW FUNDING REIMBURSEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY. FOR POLICE OVERTIME DETAILS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. WE ARE. IN THE THICK UM BUDGET SEASON WHICH ALWAYS COMES UPON US AND WE OFTEN TALK A LOT ABOUT POLICE OVERTIME IN THE SPENDING . AND I HEAR TIME AND TIME AGAIN. THAT WE JUST DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WE SPEND, HOW MUCH IS NEEDED OR WHO ACTUALLY PAYS FOR IT. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND AFTER REACHING OUT DIRECTLY TO THE POLICE AND OTHERS WHO OVERSEE THIS AND HAVE THE ANSWERS, AGREED THAT THIS HEARING WOULD BE GREAT FOR US TO HAVE SO EVERYONE HAS THE INFORMATION NEEDED GOING INTO BUDGET IN AMENDMENT SEASON. SO EACH. >> YEAR DURING THE CITY COUNCIL'S BUDGET DELIBERATIONS ,SIGNIFICANT DISCUSSION OCCURS REGARDING POLICE OVERTIME SPENDING AND THE FINANCIAL IMPACT. >> OF. OVERTIME COSTS ON THE CITY'S OPERATING BUDGET. THE BOSTON POLICE. DEPARTMENT PROVIDES OVERTIME COVERAGE. >> FOR. A VARIETY. >> OF PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS INCLUDING EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PUBLIC SAFETY STAFFING, SPECIAL EVENTS, CONSTRUCTION DETAILS AND OTHER OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS. MANY POLICE. DETAILS THROUGHOUT THE CITY ARE ASSOCIATED WITH PRIVATE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, UTILITY WORK, SPORTING EVENTS, CONCERTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES WHERE OUTSIDE ENTITIES SUCH AS UTILITY COMPANIES, DEVELOPERS OR EVEN EVENT VENUES ARE RESPONSIBLE. FOR REIMBURSING THE CITY FOR POLICE SERVICES. QUESTIONS ARE. FREQUENTLY RAISED. BY OURSELVES AND THE PUBLIC. REGARDING HOW POLICE. OVERTIME IS FUNDED, HOW REIMBURSEMENT FOR PAY DETAILS IS ADMINISTERED AND HOW MUCH OF THE OVERTIME COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH POLICE DETAILS ARE ULTIMATELY BORNE BY THE CITY OF BOSTON VERSUS REIMBURSED BY PRIVATE ENTITIES. A CLEARER UNDERSTANDING OF THE FUNDING STRUCTURE FOR POLICE OVERTIME DETAILS, INCLUDING. REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS AND COST RECOVERY WOULD HELP PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY AND ALLOW THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE MORE INFORMED DECISIONS DURING THE CITY'S ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS. ENSURING TRANSPARENCY. REGARDING OVERTIME FUNDING. REIMBURSEMENT PRACTICES IN THE FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN . >> THE CITY. AND OUTSIDE ENTITIES. PAYING FOR POLICE DETAILS IS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF RESPONSIBLE FISCAL OVERSIGHT. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS HEARING HOPING THAT IT HAPPENS IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS BEFORE WE ARE ACTUALLY MAKING DECISIONS DURING THE BUDGET SEASON. I WOULD LIKE TO. ADD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AND UM COUNCILOR FLYNN SUSPEND THE RULES. I AM SORRY COUNCIL WORLD DID ASK BUT IT WAS AFTER I HAD ALREADY ADDED TO BUT I DO JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCIL OFFICE FOR REACHING OUT AND ASKING UM. I KNOW WE'LL ALL. HOPEFULLY ATTEND AND GET THE INFORMATION WE NEED TO MAKE SOME INFORMED DECISIONS GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD IS ADDED AS A SECOND HEARING A HEARING AND SEEING NO OBJECTIONS. COUNCILOR UH COUNCILOR FLYNN'S ADDED AS A THIRD COUNCILOR. UH, FITZGERALD, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UH, I ECHO EVERYTHING MY FRIEND AND COUNCILOR COUNCILOR MURPHY HAD TO SAY. UH, I JUST THINK IT'S A BIG TICKET ITEM IN THE BUDGET AND I THINK THE EDUCATION NOT ONLY FOR OURSELVES BUT ALSO FOR THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON THAT ARE TAXPAYERS. UH, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO UNDERSTAND WHERE AND HOW THE MONEY GOES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL FOR A NEW FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE ISSUE THAT HASN'T BEEN MENTIONED THE ,UH THE UNEXPECTED NUMBER OF RETIREMENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PROBABLY THIS SUMMER AND FALL FOR POLICE OFFICERS THAT PROBABLY HAVEN'T EVEN REACHED THEIR MANDATORY RETIREMENT AGE IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER FACTOR WE'RE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH. I DO THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE A SHORT TERM IN A LONG TERM STRATEGY OF HIRING POLICE OFFICERS SO WE'RE ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY MEET THE MANY LEVELS WE'RE NOT THERE. WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? CONSIDER COLLETTE AS A POWDER COUNSELOR. CULPEPER. UH, CULTURAL VISION COUNCILOR. BE COUNCILOR. UH PEPEN, COUNCILOR. SANTANA, COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCIL WORRELL AND. PLEASE UH THE CHAIR DOCKET 0591 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0592. TALKING NUMBER 0592 COUNCILOR FLYNN OFFERED THE FOLLOWING FOR FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE IMPACT OF THE FIFA WORLD CUP FAN MARCHES ON BASIC CITY SERVICES. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THE WORLD CUP IS FAST APPROACHING. OUTSTANDING ISSUES REMAIN AS IT RELATES TO PUBLIC SAFETY, SECURITY TRANSPORTATION SPECIFICALLY. NEIGHBORS HAVE RAISED CONCERNS ON HOW THE EVENTS WILL IMPACT BASIC CITY SERVICES. WELL WE KNOW GAMES AT FOXBORO WILL RUN FROM JUNE 13TH TO JULY 9TH AND THAT MANY OF THOSE ISSUES UH WILL BE WRITTEN ROUTINE. WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THE FAN FESTIVAL WILL BE HELD AT CITY HALL FOR 16 DAYS AND PERHAPS SOME TYPE OF FAN FEST ACTIVITY AT THE UH MASS CONVENTION CENTER AUTHORITY AT THE THOMAS MENINO CONVENTION UM CENTER AND OR THE JOHN B HINES VETERANS MEMORIAL CONVENTION CENTER. I'M VERY CONCERNED THAT SOME OF THESE FAN EVENTS MAY BE NEW AND DIFFERENT AND AS A RESULT POSSIBLY PRESENT A SERIES OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. ON FEBRUARY 10TH I WROTE TO MAYOR BILL RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING A BRIEFING ON THESE ISSUES. I'VE READ REPORTS INDICATING THAT CITIES AND OTHER SITES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE PLANNING FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR UNPLANNED ASSEMBLIES AND EVEN FAN MARCHES WHICH ARE A PART OF INTERNATIONAL SOCCER CULTURE WHERE HUNDREDS OR EVEN THOUSANDS OF FANS WILL GATHER TO MARCH IN THE CITY WHILE OTHER LOCATIONS ARE PREPARING TO DEAL WITH FAN MARCHES. I'VE ALSO RECEIVED REPORTS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS ON MEETINGS AT THE CITY AND STATE LEVEL TO ACTIVELY COORDINATE THESE FAN MARCHES SPECIFICALLY WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE MAY GATHER AT CITY HALL. THE BOSTON COMMON EVEN MET OFF ON A PARK IN SOUTH BOSTON BEFORE MARCHING TO THE THOMAS MENINO CONVENTION CENTER. LET ME BE CLEAR I CAN'T SUPPORT A PLAN FOR RIDESHARE AS UBER OR LYFT PICK UP AND DROP OFF THOUSANDS OF VISITORS IN MARCHES AT THE AT THIS SCALE THAT WOULD ONLY EXASPERATE LONGTIME PEDESTRIAN SAFETY OR SOUTH BOSTON'S EXISTING PARKING CRISIS. I CANNOT IN GOOD FAITH SUPPORT A PLAN THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY SHUT DOWN SUMMER STREET WHICH WOULD NOT ONLY RESULT IN TRAFFIC IN THE CITY FOR EVERY GAME THIS SUMMER, IT WOULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT OPERATIONS FOR MANY NEARBY BUSINESSES IN THE SOUTH BOSTON WATERFRONT, ESSENTIALLY CLOSING THE CONNOLLY TERMINAL. THE FLYNN CRUISE PORT A KEY DRIVER FOR OUR STATE LOCAL REGIONAL ECONOMY. BEYOND THE ABILITY OF FIRST RESPONDERS TO NAVIGATE THE CITY DURING THIS TIME OF POTENTIAL GRIDLOCK SAY AN AMBULANCE BEING REROUTED UM THERE ARE MAJOR PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS AS WELL. WELL, WE SUPPORT SHOWCASING BOSTON ATTRACTING VISITORS. REMEMBER OUR RESIDENTS SPOKE IN ONE VOICE TO SAY THEY DIDN'T WANT THE NEGATIVE QUALITY OF LIFE ON SO MANY DIFFERENT PROPOSALS THAT WE'VE THAT WE'VE SEEN THAT WEREN'T ACCEPTED. WE CAN'T SHUT DOWN MAJOR ROADS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON NOT ONLY DUE TO PUBLIC SAFETY BUT OUR ABILITY AS A CITY TO DELIVER BASIC CITY SERVICES. MADAM CHAIR, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THIS, UH THIS HEARING ORDER GOES INTO CITY SERVICES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> UH, THE CHAIR. THE CHAIR. UM, SO YES THE CHAIR. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? SORRY. UH, COUNCILOR COLLETTA ZAPATA, COUNCILOR. CULPEPER COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE CUNNINGHAM HERE, COUNCILOR. MURPHY COUNCILOR. PEPEN COUNCILOR. SANTANA COUNCILOR. WEBER COUNCILOR. WERE AROUND PLEASE. UH THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0952 WILL BE REFERRED REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC UH, CITY SERVICES. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0593. DUCKING NUMBER 0593. COUNCILOR FLYNN. ON FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER REGARDING A TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE BOSTON ZONING CODE RELATIVE TO REQUIRING REQUIRING ON SITE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN PLAIN DOWNTOWN. THANK YOU. UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AS YOU KNOW, I VOTED TO INCREASE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS IN RECENT YEARS. SUPPORT IS MUCH MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AS ANYONE IN OUR CITY OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS AS CHIEF DILLON RECENTLY SAID HERE IN CHINATOWN, SOUTH BOSTON AND FOR MY DISTRICT AT THE SAME TIME I RECENTLY ADVOCATED FOR US TO TEMPORARILY ROLL BACK THESE REQUIREMENTS TO WHERE THEY WERE PREVIOUSLY DUE TO DATA SHOWING THAT OUR HOUSING IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS IS ONLY GETTING WORSE DURING THIS TIME OF GREAT ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY, HIGH INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT FOR YEARS TO STAMP POST PANDEMIC INFLATION INCREASED CONSTRUCTION COST TARIFFS. THE BOSTON GLOBE REPORT CITED THAT BOSTON LAGS 16 CITIES IN HOUSING PRODUCTION IN 2024. PLANNED DOWNTOWN WAS THE FIRST MAJOR PLANNING EFFORT IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON SINCE 1989, REPORTEDLY AIMED TO BREAK STAKEHOLDERS TO BRING STAKEHOLDERS TOGETHER IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY. THANKS TO THE ADVISORY GROUP, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT ADOPTED A CAREFULLY CRAFTED MASTER PLAN IN 2023. HOWEVER, IN JANUARY 2025 THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT INTRODUCED A PLAN THAT WAS DRASTIC THAT WAS A DRASTIC SHIFT FROM THE PREVIOUS 2023 DRAFT DESPITE YEARS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMPROMISE SINCE 2018, THE BPA BOARD APPROVED A PLAN WITH NEGATIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THE BOSTON ZONING COMMISSION APPROVED THE PLAN IN OCTOBER 2025. I TESTIFIED IN PERSON AGAINST THE PLAN BECAUSE RESIDENTS EXPRESSED OVERWHELMING CONCERN ABOUT POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS OF THE STATE'S SHADOW, THE LOSS OF HISTORIC CHARACTER, EXCESSIVE HEIGHT BUT A KEY AREA THAT RESIDENTS AND I HIGHLIGHTED AS THE PLAN IS THAT THE PLAN FAILED TO REQUIRE ON SITE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I WANT TO REQUIRE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON SITE. NOBODY WANTS TO SEE WEALTH STORAGE UNITS. NOBODY WANTS TO SEE EMPTY HOUSING BUILT ONLY FOR WEALTHY TO PARK THEIR MONEY AS AN INVESTMENT. IF WE DO THAT, HOW CAN WE IN GOOD CONSCIENCE CALL OURSELVES THE MOST PROGRESSIVE CITY REQUIREMENT REQUIRING ON SITE AFFORDABLE UNITS NOT ONLY ADDRESSES SOME CONCERNS ON WEALTH STORAGE UNITS THAT FAIL TO ADDRESS THIS CRISIS, IT PROVIDES ACCESS TO WORKFORCE MIDDLE MARKET INCOME RESTRICTED UNITS THAT WORKING FAMILIES SO DESPERATELY NEED. WELL WEALTH STORAGE UNITS WOULD PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED FOOT TRAFFIC TO THE CORE OF THE CITY. ON SITE HOUSING WOULD PROVIDE THE CONSISTENT SUPPORT THAT OUR SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY HAS LACKED SINCE THE OUTSET OF THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC. DURING THIS TIME OF GREAT ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY, WE MUST USE ALL TOOLS AVAILABLE TO GATHER AND BUILD MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN BOSTON, ESPECIALLY TO GENERATE MORE FOOT TRAFFIC IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON. STILL STRUGGLING WITH FAILING COMMERCIAL PROPERTY VALUES. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME COUNCILOR COLOR THIS IS A POWDER COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILMEMBER HERE COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR. PEPEN CONSCIOUS INTERNAL COUNCILOR. WEBER, COUNCILOR WORRELL. THANK YOU. DOCKET UH 0593 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET. 0594.059 FOR COUNCIL WORRELL FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER REGARDING A TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE BOSTON ZONING CODE TO ESTABLISH BOSTON INVESTMENT ZONES AND ANTI DISPLACEMENT TOOL. THANK YOU. >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WORRELL COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. . >> UH THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UH, LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR CULPEPER AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. UM COUNCIL CULPEPER SO ADDED. AND I TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PART UH AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. HEARING AND SEEING NO OBJECTIONS COUNCILOR PART OF THIS A LOT OF. UH THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. WE ALL KNOW THAT BOSTON IS GETTING MORE EXPENSIVE AND IT'S PUSHING OUR RESIDENTS. LAST YEAR, UH, THE MAYOR AND H UH, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING RELEASED THEIR ANTI DISPLACEMENT PLAN WITH A MAP SHOWING THE AREAS THAT ARE AT THE HIGHEST RISK OF DISPLACEMENT BASED UPON THE CITY'S DATA AND RESEARCH DORCHESTER ROXBURY EAST BOSTON AND MISSION HILL ARE THE NEIGHBOR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE OUR HIGHEST RISK OF DISPLACEMENT. THOSE ARE THE AREAS I'M TARGETING WITH INVESTMENT ZONES. THIS ZONING PETITION BUILDS OFF THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT WORK THAT HAS BEEN TAKING PLACE ACROSS THE CITY AND WILL CREATE NEW FUNDS IN NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THE HIGHEST RATES OF DISPLACEMENT USING DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT FINANCING. WHAT IT DOES IS IT FUNNELS NEW PROPERTY TAX GROWTH AND THESE DESIGNATED AREAS TO FUND INTO A FUND AND THEN THAT FUND IS THEN DISTRIBUTED AND TO THE SOLUTION THAT WE KNOW CAN FIGHT DISPLACEMENT THERE'S THREE THREE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES INCREASE IN THE TYPE OF HOUSING PRODUCTION WE KNOW WORKS SUCH AS FAMILY STYLE UNITS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. THE SECOND CATEGORY IS INVESTING IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND UPWARD ECONOMIC MOBILITY BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT GIVING SOMEONE THE TOOLS TO GO FROM EARNING $40,000 A YEAR TO EARNING $70,000 A YEAR CAN MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STABILITY. AND THE THIRD IS IMPROVEMENTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE. WHAT WE'RE DOING IS ENSURING THAT ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT IN THESE HIGH RISK AREAS GETS INVESTED BACK INTO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THOSE AREAS. SO THAT DEVELOPMENT DOESN'T MEAN DISPLACEMENT IT MEANS INVESTMENT. I WANT TO THANK ACTION FOR EQUITY WHO IS HERE TODAY AND THE CROWD AND ITS MEMBERS INCLUDING MARVIN MARTIN CHASE AND BOYD LAKE ALARMING KATHY BROWN, MIA JOHNSON, MELA ASIA WEEZY AND MORE UH WHO'S PART OF THE ORGANIZATION AND WHO HAVE WORKED WITH OUR OFFICE. I FEEL LIKE. EVERY WEEK WE. MEET FOR THE LAST YEAR UM ON THIS POLICY UM AND ANTI DISPLACEMENT WORK. I ALSO WANT TO SHOUT OUT OUR INTERN FROM UMASS BOSTON LANE. UM AND I ALSO WANTED TO GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT UH TO NOT ONLY OUR FACILITATOR BUT OUR POLICY UH, DIRECTOR EXTRAORDINAIRE UH STACY WHO HAS PUT IN SO MUCH WORK BEHIND ANTI DISPLACEMENT IN THIS POLICY I THINK SHE TOLD US YESTERDAY SHE SPENDS WEEKENDS UH, READING ZONING LAWS. UH, SO JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION. UH THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANK YOU. >> UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER. COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FOR FILING THIS IMPORTANT TEXT AMENDMENT FOR HAVING ME AS A CO-SPONSOR. THIS IS. >> THE DISPLACEMENT OF SMALL BUSINESSES HAS BEEN AND CONTINUES TO BE A SERIOUS ISSUE AND CHALLENGE IN DISTRICT SEVEN BY INVESTING PROACTIVELY IN NEIGHBORHOODS MOST AT RISK THROUGH HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION ENVIRONMENTAL RESILIENCY AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES, WE CAN PROTECT THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE MOST VULNERABLE FROM BEING PUSHED OUT. I SUPPORT AMENDING THE ZONING CODE TO STRENGTHEN ANTI DISPLACEMENT POLICIES FOR LONG STANDING BUSINESSES AND THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH COLLEAGUES AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS TO ENSURE THAT BOSTON GROWTH BENEFITS EVERYONE AND THAT IS DONE THROUGH THOUGHTFULLY AND EQUITABLY PLANNING. MOREOVER, I LOOK FORWARD TO COMBINING THIS WORK WITH MY EMPOWERMENT ZONE EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT ALL COMMUNITIES HAVE ACCESS TO STABILITY, OPPORTUNITY, PROSPERITY AND A HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POWDER. THANK YOU LAURA. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR WATER WELL FOR HAVING ME AS A CO-SPONSOR. UM, I APPRECIATED OUR. THOUGHTFUL AND POLICY INFORMED DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD AND YOUR TEAM, UM, DID A REALLY GREAT JOB IN HELPING TO CRAFT THIS. SO THIS. >> IS THE TYPE OF PROACTIVE, UH, ZONING THAT WE SHOULD BE ADVANCING WHERE WE ARE UTILIZING THE CODE NOT TO HINDER GROWTH. UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT IT DOES NOT COME AT THE EXPENSE OF THE COMMUNITY. I SUPPORT THIS OVERALL VISION OF INVESTMENT AND SPECIAL ZONES WHILE USING DIFFS AS AN ANTI DISPLACEMENT TOOL IN EAST BOSTON. THIS MATTERS DEEPLY. WE'VE EXPERIENCED RAPID DEVELOPMENT AND PRESSURES ON WORKING CLASS FAMILIES, PARTICULARLY IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND THOSE WHO HAVE LONG CALLED OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HOME IN THE ABSENCE OF SOME OF THE WORK THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENED THROUGH MY WAGE WITH THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT PLAN, WE'VE ALREADY BEGUN IMPORTANT WORK THROUGH A FIRM AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING THE EAST NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING TRUST TO STABILIZE RESIDENTS AND CREATE UH EQUITABLE OUTCOMES. AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PROPOSAL BUILDS ON THAT PROGRESS AND DOES NOT INTENTIONALLY, UH, WORK AT ODDS WITH IT. THAT MEANS BEING THOUGHTFUL ABOUT HOW OVERLAY DISTRICTS ARE APPLIED, HOW, UH, GOVERNANCE OR ADVISORY BODIES ARE STRUCTURED SO THAT THEY ALIGN AND THEY STRENGTHEN EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD BASED EFFORTS RATHER THAN DUPLICATING OR CONFLICTING WITH THEM. THIS CAN BE A TRANSFORMATIVE TOOL, ONE THAT SUPPORTS GROWTH AND ENSURES EAST CAN GROW WITHOUT LOSING THE FOLKS THAT DEFINED THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I LOOK. FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION AND WANT TO THANK AGAIN THE CO-SPONSOR FOR HIS WORK IN ADDING UM ADDING YEARS AGO SPONSOR THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? CONCILOR MEJIA HERE COUNCILOR MURPHY, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR PEPEN CONTRA SANTANA COUNCILOR WEBER UH AND PLEASE UH, THE CHAIR DOCKET 0594 WILL REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0595. TALKING NUMBER 0595. COUNCILORS MURPHY AND FLYNN OFFERED THE FOLLOWING ORDER REQUESTING CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17 F REGARDING THE CITY OF BOSTON'S EFFORTS TO ADDRESS DRINK SPIKING AND DRUG FACILITATED SEXUAL ASSAULT IN NIGHTLIFE ESTABLISHMENTS INCLUDING SAFETY TRAINING PROGRAMS PREVENTION INITIATIVES COMMUNICATIONS WITH LICENSED VENUES AND THE STATUS OF RECORDS MAINTAINED BY THE CITY REGARDING THESE EFFORTS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSTABLE MURPHY. THANK YOU. UM SOMETIMES. I FILE 17 FS TO ASSIST ME IN MY OWN. POLICY RESEARCH AND OTHER TIMES IT'S TO UPLIFT RESIDENT VOICES AND HELP. BUT IN THIS CASE I WOULD SAY IT'S FULL. SO FILING THIS 17 F TO GET IMPORTANT INFORMATION IT TIES IN TO THE HEARING THAT WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE UM SOONER THAN LATER. ALSO I DO JUST WANT TO SAY UM I. HOPE WE GET THIS ANSWER WITHIN THE SEVEN DAYS I'M LOOKING AT THE GREEN SHEETS AND THERE ARE FIVE OUTSTANDING 17 AFTER. ONE REGARDING. ELEVATOR ACCESS, LIFE SAFETY, DISABILITY COMPLIANCE ONE ON. >> A MEMORANDUM. BETWEEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND EXTERNAL AND ENTITIES. ONE REGARDING THE WHITE STADIUM COST. ANOTHER ON THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN. COOPERATION AGREEMENTS. >> AND. THE CITY OF BOSTON. AND ONE ABOUT THE. $558 MILLION IN ARPA. >> FUNDS. THAT STILL. >> AREN'T ANSWERED. SO HOPING WITH YOUR HELP COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND US WORKING TOGETHER AS A. BODY THAT. WHEN WE ASK. >> FOR. QUESTIONS AND WE USE THIS POWER THAT WE DO HAVE THAT THEY FOLLOW THROUGH AND GET US THE CORRECT ANSWERS IN A TIMELY FASHION. SO THANK YOU. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR FLYNN USE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I UH I WOULD JUST ECHO THAT AT THAT COUNCIL HEARING THAT. WAS CHAIRED BY COUNCIL SANTANA A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED UM FOR THE CHAIR THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY BE RESPONDED TO BY THE UH ADMINISTRATION STAFF. SO I DO KNOW THAT COUNCILOR SANTANA HAS A LIST OF QUESTIONS AND I KNOW IT'S SOMEWHAT SIMILAR TO A 17 TO THAT BUT NOT NOT QUITE BUT I DO EXPECT UM, THAT WE GET RESPONSES FROM THOSE UH, QUESTIONS UH, SEEKING DATA AS WELL. THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU WILL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH ADMINISTRATION TO SEE IF WE GET ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS. I SEE COUNCIL COLOR AS ABOUT ANY OF YOUR LIGHT. UM YES. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, AND SINCE WE ARE VOTING ON THIS, I THINK I CAN I CAN SPEAK ON IT. I'M NOT GOING TO BLOCK OR VOTE NO. UM, THANK YOU FOR, UH, ADDING ON TO THE WORK THAT'S ALREADY EXISTING. UM, I DO JUST WANT TO PUT ON RECORD AND COUNCILOR FLYNN HAD MENTIONED IT BUT THERE WERE OPPORTUNITIES TO ASK THESE QUESTIONS WITHIN THE HEARING THAT WE HAD UM, VERY PROUD TO UH, LEAD UM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COUNCILOR SANTANA UH, THAT HEARING I BELIEVE SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS WERE ASKED AND PUT INTO THAT RFP IN COMMITTEE, UH, WHICH WAS SENT ON MONDAY. I ALSO ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO REVIEW THE TAPE BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE QUESTIONS THAT ARE LISTED HERE UM, WERE ANSWERED BY THE PANEL WHICH INCLUDED THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION ,THE LICENSING BOARD AND THE OFFICE OF NIGHTLIFE ECONOMY. SO I'M GOING TO BE VOTING YES ON THIS AND JUST WANT TO THANK THE SPONSORS FOR THEIR SUPPLEMENTARY WORK. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR MURPHY. UM THANK YOU MA'AM. I JUST JUST WANT TO. GO ON RECORD. ALSO SAYING LAST YEAR WHEN WE LOOKED I HAD FILED A 17 F AND FOUND OUT THAT I THINK ALMOST 300 RFIS WERE NEVER ANSWERED LAST YEAR ALONE TO THIS BODY. SO MANY TIMES WHEN WE DO PUT A QUESTION ON RECORD. AND I DO KNOW THAT. THE CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY PUT THOSE QUESTIONS THROUGH ABOUT THE ODDS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET THOSE. SO THIS IS JUST ENSURING THAT BETWEEN THESE TWO TOOLS THAT WILL DEFINITELY OR HOPEFULLY GET THE ANSWER THAT WE ALL WANT THANK. >> YOU THANK YOU. UH, COUNCILORS FLYNN AND MURPHY SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0595. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THANK YOU. DOCKET 05595 IS PASSED. UH, MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0596. TALKING NUMBERS 0596 COUNCILOR CULPEPER FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE 21ST CENTURY ROAD TO HOUSING ACT. THANK YOU. >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY HOW PROUD I AM OF THE LEADERSHIP WE HAVE SEEN FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION JUST LAST WEEK THIS COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY PASSED A RESOLUTION URGING CONGRESS TO ADOPT A SPARK ACT. THE SPARK ACT WAS INTRODUCED BY SENATOR MARKEY TO EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR MINORITY BUSINESSES. NOW WE ARE SEEING SENATOR WARREN LEAD ON ANOTHER MAJOR ISSUE FACING COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY BY INTRODUCING AND SUCCESSFULLY ADVANCING THROUGH THE SENATE BOTH THE BIPARTISAN ROAD TO HOUSING AND THE BIPARTISAN ROAD TO HOUSING ACT IS A BILL THAT I TALKED TO SENATOR WARREN ABOUT. UH, AND WHEN WE TALKED SHE HAD UH COMMUNITIES IN MASSACHUSETTS UH, IN THE FOREFRONT OF HER THINKING. WE REALIZED THAT HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AFFORDABILITY REMAINS ONE OF THE MOST URGENT ISSUES IN BOSTON AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE ROAD TO HOUSING ACT TAKES IMPORTANT STEPS TO ADDRESS THE NATIONAL HOUSING SHORTAGE BY EXPANDING HOUSING SUPPLY, MODERNIZING FEDERAL HOUSING PROGRAMS AND REMOVING BARRIERS TO MAKE IT HARDER TO BUILD NEW HOMES. THE LEGISLATION ALSO INCLUDES PROVISIONS AIMED AT ENSURING FAMILIES HAVE A FAIR CHANCE TO BECOME HOMEOWNERS BY LIMITING EXCESSIVE ACQUISITION OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES BY LARGE INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS. BY SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION, THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL IS URGING THE THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO MOVE QUICKLY ON PASSING THIS BILL SO THAT FEDERAL ACTION CAN HELP INCREASE HOUSING SUPPLY, IMPROVE AFFORDABILITY AND EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR FAMILIES SEEKING STABLE AND AFFORDABLE HOMES. MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD COUNCIL WILL WELL AS THE SECOND ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST SUSPENSION OF THE RULES THAT COUNCILOR PEPEN AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REQUEST SUSPENSION OF THE RULES TO VOTE ON THE PASSAGE OF THIS DOCKET. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR MORALES ADDED A SECOND AND SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, COUNCILOR PEPEN IS ADDED AS A THIRD. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WORRELL COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR CULPEPER FOR INTRODUCING THIS RESOLUTION ANATOMY AS A UH CO-SPONSOR. THIS ACT REPRESENTS A COMPREHENSIVE AND CREATIVE SET OF TOOLS TO PROMOTE THE HOUSING PRODUCTION. WE NEED UH, JUST A MULTITUDE OF ASPECTS THAT MAKE HOUSING DIFFICULT TO ACCESS AND PROTECT AND PRESERVE HOUSING AND HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE WHO NEED IT MOST FROM CORPORATE GREED. SENATORS WARREN AND SCOTT HAVE OUTLINED A WAY FORWARD TO TANGIBLY ADDRESS THE COMPLEXITIES OF THE NATIONAL HOUSING CRISIS ONE THAT WOULD SURELY BENEFIT BOSTON'S RESIDENTS HERE AT HOME. AND I JOINED MY COLLEAGUE IN URGING THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE TO GET THIS BILL OVER THE FINISH LINE SO YOU CAN START SEEING THE RESULTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR PEPEN. COUNCILOR PEPEN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPER FOR ADDING ME AS A CO-SPONSOR. I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE SOME SIGNIFICANT MOVEMENT IN DC ON THE HOUSING CRISIS. THIS BIPARTISAN BILL SPONSORED BY OUR OWN MASSACHUSETTS SENATOR WARREN, WILL SEEK TO ADDRESS THE CRISIS BY BOLSTERING SUPPLY, PREVENTING PRIVATE EQUITY FROM BUYING SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND INCENTIVIZING THE SALE OF UNITS FOR HOME OWNERSHIP. I'M GLAD TO SEE AND HEAR THAT THE SENATE IS TAKING ACTION, AND I'M HAPPY TO SHOW SUPPORT TO OUR AC DC DELEGATION WITH THIS RESOLUTION. SO THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN AND THEN COME TO CONSIDER LOUIJEUNE NEXT CONSIDER CAN YOU HAVE THE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILOR BRATTON. I WANT TO THANK OUR U.S. SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN, UH, FOR HER WORK ON THIS. UM, AND I'M GRATEFUL, UH, THAT THERE'S WORK AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. BUT LOCALLY WE DO HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY AND SUPPORTING HOUSING AND THE TOP THING WE CAN DO AS DISTRICT COUNCILORS IS TO SUPPORT HOUSING IN OUR INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS. UH, THE SECOND THING WE CAN DO IS SUPPORT ZONING REFORMS LIKE REDUCED LIKE REMOVING PARKING MINIMUMS. IT LOOKS LIKE IF WE DON'T DO THIS THE STATE IS GOING TO BEAT US TO IT AND WE WILL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THAT. UM, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE CAN DO LOCALLY THAT I WANT TO SEE PEOPLE TRUDGING FORWARD ON. UM, BECAUSE HONESTLY THIS FEDERAL LEGISLATION WOULD BE GREAT DOLLARS FOR HOUSING WOULD BE GREAT. ALL OF THE BENEFITS OF OF UNLOCKING THIS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL WOULD BE GREAT. BUT IF YOU AND YOUR INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS ARE OPPOSING HOUSING PROJECTS, THIS IS ALL FOR NAUGHT. SO UM I THINK WE NEED TO CHARGE FORWARD, UM AND RESPOND BOLDLY . WE HAVE A LOT OF POWER AT THE LOCAL. LEVEL TO. ACTUALLY MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE PERMITTED IN OUR DISTRICTS . UM, SO I I'M GRATEFUL TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO DO THAT. UM, WE NEED TO WORK HARD. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR JERKINS CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR. UH LOUIJEUNE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO RISE TO, UH, JUST LIKE THIS IS MONUMENTAL LEGISLATION THAT HAS PASSED. IT'S MONUMENTAL BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION. SO I WANT TO THINK, SENATOR WARREN, ESPECIALLY FOR HER LEADERSHIP ON THIS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE EXTRACTION THAT WE'RE SEEING IN SO MANY COMMUNITIES THAT WHEN I STARTED WORKING AS A HOUSING ATTORNEY YOU WOULD SEE SO MANY RATES, YOU'D SEE SO MANY UM, BANKS THAT WERE EXTRACTING FROM OUR COMMUNITIES AND YOU'RE SEEING IT AGAIN TODAY IN A DIFFERENT FORM. SO I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW GREAT THIS IS. A VERY LITTLE GOOD IS COMING OUT OF WASHINGTON. AND SO WHEN THERE IS GOOD IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO CELEBRATE AND ESPECIALLY TO CELEBRATE OUR LEADERSHIP HERE. UM I'M EXCITED FOR WHAT WILL COME AS A RESULT OF THIS. UM, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, IF WE TALK ABOUT. UM IF WE TALK ABOUT UH, HOUSING AS A HUMAN RIGHT, WE ALL HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFICULT INTERPLAY BETWEEN UM, THE PROFIT MODEL BEHIND HOUSING THAT PREVENTS IT FROM BEING A REALITY FOR EVERY PERSON. AND SO I THINK THIS BILL ADDRESSES A LOT OF THOSE ISSUES AND I ALSO WANT TO UPLIFT THAT. I DO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT NATIONAL LEGISLATION AND LOCAL ACTION HAVE TO MATCH EACH OTHER WELL FOR US TO GET PAST THAT WE NEED THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? UM I ALSO WANT TO ECHO THE SUPPORT FOR THIS UH, ACT UH, THE UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF ELIZABETH WARREN. IT'S REALLY INCREDIBLE. FOR MANY YEARS WE'VE JUST COMPLAINED AND COMPLAINED ABOUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NOT PUTTING ENOUGH MONEY INTO HOUSING. SO HOPEFULLY IF THIS PASSES THROUGH THE HOUSE SUCCESSFULLY AND THAT WE WILL THEY WILL PUT SOME MONEY UH BEHIND THIS INITIATIVE. SO UH I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THIS NEWS. UM. COUNCILOR CULPEPER ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR UH, COLLETTE IS A POWDER COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR HERE COUNCILOR MURPHY UH, COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCILOR WEBER AND PLEASE UH THE CHAIR. COUNCILOR CULPEPER SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0596. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. I, UH, MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 0596. ROLL CALL VOTE ON NUMBER 0596. COUNCILOR BRAID. YES. COUNCILOR. >> BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR. COLETTA. ZAPATA COUNCILOR. CLOSE BUDDY. YES. COUNCIL. CULPEPER. YES COUNCILOR. CULPEPPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. VISTO. YES. COUNCIL. FLYNN. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. CONSENT. MURPHY. YES. COUNCIL PUT PEN. COUNCIL FOR A PEN. YES. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL. YEAH. COUNCIL. ROWE. YES. DUCKY. NUMBER 0596 AS WE SEIZED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0596 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0597? TALKING OF A0597 COUNCIL DURKAN AND PAPIN FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MARCH 18TH, 2026 AS TRANSIT DRIVER APPRECIATION DAY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCIL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILOR BREEDEN. UM, AND I'D LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR SANTANA AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR. UH, COUNCILOR UM COUNCILOR SANTANA AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR HEARING AND SEEING NO OBJECTIONS COUNCILOR SANTANA IS ADDED AS A THIRD. THANK YOU. TODAY I RISE AND TO INTRODUCE A RESOLUTION WITH COUNCILOR PREPEND AND SANTANA RECOGNIZING MARCH 18TH 2026 AS TRANSIT DRIVER APPRECIATION DAY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THIS DAY IS CELEBRATED WORLDWIDE TO HONOR PUBLIC TRANSIT DRIVERS AND A FUN FACT COMMEMORATES THE LAUNCH OF THE FIRST EVER FORM OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION A BUNCH IN PARIS IN 1662. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PAUSE AND RECOGNIZE THE THOUSANDS OF TRANSIT DRIVERS AND OPERATORS WHO KEEP OUR CITY MOVING EVERY SINGLE DAY WHETHER IT'S RESIDENTS GETTING TO WORK, STUDENTS TO SCHOOL OR VISITORS SAFELY ACROSS BOSTON, THESE WORKERS ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE DAILY LIFE AND FUNCTIONING OF OUR CITY. BOSTON IS HOME TO THE OLDEST, OLDEST SUBWAY SYSTEM IN NORTH AMERICA AND WE TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN OUR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION NETWORK. WHILE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT PERFECT, THE SYSTEM ONLY WORKS. BECAUSE OF. >> THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE WHEEL WHO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE CAN GET SAFELY AND RELIABLY WHERE THEY NEED TO GO. THESE DRIVERS AND OPERATORS RUN BUSSES TRAINS FERRIES SHUTTLES THROUGHOUT BOSTON AND TROLLEYS. OF COURSE THEIR WORK IS NOT EASY THEY OFTEN FACE LONG HOURS, CHALLENGING CONDITIONS AND AND OFTEN FACE SAFETY RISKS . THEY THE STATE RECENTLY EXPANDED SAFETY PROTECTIONS FOR TRANSIT WORKERS ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH, AN IMPORTANT STEP FOR IONIZING THE RISKS THEY FACE AND THE RESPECT THEY DESERVE. AT THE END OF THE DAY, PUBLIC TRANSIT WOULD NOT BE WITHOUT THE DILIGENCE OF THESE PROFESSIONALS. TODAY WE HONOR THEIR COMMITMENT, THEIR SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON. I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES WILL JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING TODAY AS TRANSIT DRIVER APPRECIATION DAY. THE MBTA IS ALSO RECOGNIZING ITS WORKERS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF MARCH. SO IF YOU'RE TAKING PUBLIC TRANSIT IN THE COMING WEEKS, PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK YOUR DRIVER OR OPERATOR THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR PEPEN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN FOR DOING THIS WITH ME. UM, WE RECOGNIZE THE PUBLIC TRANSIT APPRECIATION DAY AND WE THANK THE DEDICATED TRANSIT WORKERS WHO KEEP THE CITY OF BOSTON IN THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS MOVING EVERY DAY THEIR HARD WORK AND COMMITMENT ENSURE THAT RESIDENTS, STUDENTS AND WORKERS CAN SAFELY GET WHERE THEY NEED TO GO AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING THEY DO TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES. UM THE MBTA ACTUALLY MOVES. ALMOST A MILLION PASSENGERS EVERY SINGLE DAY AND FOR ME PERSONALLY WHENEVER I GET ON THE COMMUTER RAIL OR ON THE ORANGE LINE TO GET TO CITY HALL, IT'S EASY FOR US TO JUST HOP ON BUT NOT REALIZE THAT THERE'S SOMEONE THAT'S BEEN ON THERE CONDUCTING THAT TO THOSE TRAINS OR OR DRIVING THOSE BUSSES SINCE THE VERY EARLY MORNING AND IT'S JUST UM THEY. MOVE SO MANY PEOPLE EVERY SINGLE DAY. I'M GLAD THAT WE ARE HONORING THEM TODAY BECAUSE UM, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IS SUCH A HUGE RESOURCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND IT JUST HELPS MOBILITY WORK BETTER ACROSS EVERYWHERE. IT MAKES IT MORE AFFORDABLE FOR EVERYONE. AND I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO, UM, THE CARMEN'S UNION FOR PROTECTING THEIR WORKERS. WE'RE ALWAYS ADVOCATING FOR THEM UM, JUST VERY THANKFUL FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO. SO UM, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO DO THIS WITH YOU. COUNCILOR DURKAN. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA CONTRA SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR DURKAN AND. UM, COUNCILOR AND FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, UM, ON THIS UM, I WANT TO JUST THANK OUR, UM, PUBLIC TRANSIT DRIVERS AND OPERATORS FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO ON A DAILY BASIS TO KEEP OUR CITY RUNNING. UM, THEY ARE SO IMPORTANT, UM, UP. TO. >> UM, THE THE FABRIC OF OUR CITY. UM, AND THEY'RE JUST MORE THAN JUST, UM, OPERATORS AND DRIVERS I THINK AS, UM SO MANY OF OUR OTHER UM, JOBS HERE I THINK A LOT OF THESE RESIDENTS ARE LIVE HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, UM ,PARTICIPATING AND DIFFERENT MEETINGS. UM, OUR COACHES UM, AND YOU KNOW, JUST REALLY LOVE UM, WHAT THEY DO EVERY SINGLE DAY. SO I GOT TO THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN. I'M IN CONCERT PREPARED FOR, UM, ACKNOWLEDGING UM, UH, THEIR WORK. UM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO. I'M VOTING AS A PART. >> OF THIS RESOLUTION TODAY. THANK YOU. >> WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? I'D ALSO JUST LIKE TO WAY BACK WHEN I WAS IN BELFAST, A FRIEND OF MINE UH SUCH HERE SAID SHE STOPPED TO THANK THE DRIVER OF A BUS AND SOMEONE BEHIND HER SAYS WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR? AND SHE SAYS WELL THEY GOT ME TO MY DESTINATION SAFELY. SO UH, SINCE THIS IS UH, THE DAY OF RECOGNITION RECOGNIZING UH, THE UH TRANSIT DRIVERS APPRECIATION DAY, I'D ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO STOP AND TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK THE DRIVER OF THE BUS OR THE THE, UH, TROLLEY UH, TODAY AND EVERY DAY BECAUSE THEY GET US SAFELY TO OUR DESTINATIONS. UM. COUNCILOR DURKAN. ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? THAT'S THE OTHER THING. COUNCILOR COLLETTE IS A POWDER COUNCILOR. CULPEPER COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. MEJIA COUNCILOR. MURPHY COUNCILOR. WEBER COUNCILOR. WELL AND PLEASE UH THE CHAIR COUNCILOR CULPEPER. NO. COUNCILOR DURKAN, PÉPIN AND SANTANA SIX SUSPENSION OF THE ROAD RULES AND PASSAGE OF UH AND AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0597. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0597. IT'S BEEN ADOPTED. MR COOPER, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0598? DUNCAN NUMBER 0598 COUNCILOR DURKAN OFF WITH THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY AND NAMING MARCH 18TH, 2026 BOSTON GROUND ROAD TRUST DAY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR BRATTON. UM, AS UH YOU HEARD THIS UH, AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR MEETING, UH, WE HAD CHRISTIAN SIMONELLI HERE, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BOSTON GROUNDWATER TRUST. WE HAD UH, GARY ELLIOTT AND ROB, UH, FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN THE TRUST. AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HEARING OUR PRESENTATION THIS MORNING. UM, AND I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR SUPPORTING THIS, UH, 40 YEARS OF PRESERVATION AND CARE, UM, AND AND AND LOOKING AT OUR GROUNDWATER, UH, BUILDING OVER 400 WELLS. UM, I THINK THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE FEAT AND SUPER EXCITED, UH, TO HONOR THEM TODAY AND WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR SUPPORT. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST A VOICE VOTE ON THIS. I MEAN, SORRY, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST UM, US TO EACH VOTE ON THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> UM, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM, I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL AND THE MID-EIGHTIES THAT, UH, WORKED WITH MAYOR FLYNN AT THAT TIME TO ESTABLISH THIS IMPORTANT GROUND WATER COMMISSION. UM, I WAS PROUD TO BE A, UM, ACTIVE MEMBER OF THIS AS WELL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO HAVE THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POWDER COUNCILOR. CULPEPER COUNCILOR. UH FLYNN. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MURPHY COUNCILOR. PEPEN COUNCILOR. SANTANA, CONSTABLE. WEBER COUNCILOR. WORRELL AND PLEASE ARE THE CHAIR AND COUNCILOR FITZGERALD . UH COUNCILOR DURKAN SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0598. MR BURKE, WOULD YOU KINDLY TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE UM, DOCKET 0598. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. >> COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS OPPOSED COUNCILOR CALL IT AS A PARTY. YES. COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. YES. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCIL. YES. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCIL. LOUIJEUNE. YES COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILMEMBER HERE. YES. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. YES. COUNCILOR. PIPPIN. COUNCILOR. PEN. YES. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER. YES. COUNCIL. WEBER. YES AND COUNCIL. WORLD. YES. COUNCIL. WORLD. YES. SO I CAN HAVE A0598 HAS RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. DOCKET 059598 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. CHAIR RECOGNIZES. UH, I HAVE TO HOLD ON A SECOND. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0599? DUCKY NUMBER 0599 COUNCILOR FLYNN, UH, FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION AGAINST THE APPROVAL AND CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITIONAL ROOF DECKS IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS OF SOUTH BOSTON. THANK YOU. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DECADES WITH THE CHANGING TOWN AND SOUTH BOSTON HAVING BECOME A DESTINATION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO VISIT EACH WEEK AND WE HAVE SEEN SO MANY ROOF DECKS BUILT IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREA OF SOUTH BOSTON RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT FROM RESIDENTS, FROM SENIORS, FROM VETERANS, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, YOUNG FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN'S RELATED TO NOISE IN PARTIES AT ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT SMOKING PRIVACY ISSUES, TRASH REMOVAL, PIZZA BOXES DISCARDED ALL OF OUR OUR STREETS PEST CONTROL RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO EXPRESS CONCERNS THAT ADDITIONAL ROOF DECKS IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS OF SOUTH BOSTON DO NOT IN ANY WAY HELP TO ADDRESS OUR HOUSING AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS BEGINNING WITH THE OUTSET OF COVID 19 UM THE APPROVAL OF ROOF DECKS THROUGH ZONING RELIEF HAS GENERATED STRONG OPPOSITION FROM BOTH LONGTIME NEIGHBORS AND LOCAL CIVIC GROUPS, WHILE RAISING BROADER CONCERNS ABOUT CONSISTENCY IN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS DURING THE PANDEMIC. ALMOST EVERY WEEKEND I SPENT TIME WITH THE BOSTON POLICE C SIX COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICES, OFFICES BREAKING UP ROOF DECK PARTIES AT ALL HOURS. I WOULD GET CALLS AS THE DISTRICT COUNCIL MANY FROM ELDERLY PEOPLE FROM YOUNG FAMILIES TRYING TO GET THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL NOT ABLE TO SLEEP BECAUSE OF THESE PARTIES LASTING 3:00 AND 4:00 IN THE MORNING. IN RECENT YEARS DESPITE NO IMPACT ON THE HOUSING CRISIS AS I MENTIONED, YOU KNOW NEARLY EVERY CASE IS APPROVED REGARDLESS OF OPPOSITION TESTIMONY FROM LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS, CIVIC GROUPS AND NEIGHBORS. THERE HAVE BEEN ALSO MANY CASES WHERE NEIGHBORHOOD AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS HAVE SUPPORTED NEW DEVELOPMENTS SPECIFICALLY TO DUE TO GOOD FAITH COMPROMISES WITH DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPERS ON REMOVAL OF ROOF DECKS DURING THE COMMUNITY PROCESS. HOWEVER, YEARS LATER THESE SAME ROOF DECKS WERE PROPOSED AGAIN AND APPROVED BY THE ZBA WITH RESIDENTS FEELING THEIR OBJECTIONS HAVE GONE UNHEARD OR DISREGARDED. THIS HAPPENED RECENTLY ON EAST BROADWAY WHERE AN OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF RESIDENTS IN NEGATIVE HAVE AN ASSOCIATION OPPOSE A NEW ROOF DECK BECAUSE IT WAS REMOVED AS A COMPROMISE YEAR BEFORE AND THE ZBA APPROVED IT. DESPITE THIS HISTORY WITH THE COMMUNITY AS SOUTH BOSTON NEIGHBORS CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES UM ROOF DECKS AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS WILL CONTINUE CONTINUE TO SEE A LOT OF NOISE TRASH REMOVAL CONCERNS RESIDENTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORHOOD IN MY OPINION DESERVE A SAY IN WHAT TAKES PLACE AND GETS BUILT IN THEIR COMMUNITY. I'M ASKING FOR A THEY'RE ASKING FOR MY CITY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT ME BUT ESPECIALLY THE AT CITY COUNCIL IS THAT DO COME INTO MY INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND INTERACT WITH THE RESIDENTS. THEY KNOW THE IMPACT THE NEGATIVE IMPACT THIS HAS ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS FOR RESIDENTS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES UH CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCIL TALKING. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THROUGH THE CHAIR. I JUST WANTED TO ASK IF THIS WAS PLANNING TO BE SUSPENDED. IF THERE WERE IF THE SPONSOR WAS ASKING FOR A SUSPENDED PASS ON THIS RESOLUTION. I THINK OFTEN YOU SEEKING A SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE OF THIS DOCKET? YES. >> OKAY. >> UM, I'LL BE VOTING PRESENT. UM, I KNOW THIS IS A NON-BINDING RESOLUTION. UM, I DO THINK IT DISREGARDS THE COMMUNITY PROCESS WHICH, UM ,IS INVOLVED WITH CBA VARIANCES. I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY BUSINESS WEIGHING IN UM ON SOMETHING IN EAST BOS I MEAN, I'M SORRY SOUTH BOSTON. UM, SO I'M GOING TO VOTE PRESENT BECAUSE I, I DON'T KNOW PARTICULARLY ABOUT THIS ISSUE. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS? BUT UH, NO CONSTRUCTION. I WANT TO MOVE ON. I THINK. >> SHE ASKED COUNCIL MEMBER ASKED A QUESTION. UH, I THINK WE WE AND WE ANSWERED THE QUESTION THE SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE AND THEN SHE STATED THAT SHE WAS GOING TO VOTE PRESENT. SO I THINK THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE TO DISCUSS. >> WITH US WAS. KIND OF STUFF DISCUSSED NATURALLY. COUNCILOR FLYNN ONE MINUTE. MADAM CHAIR, I WOULD I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MY UM AT-LARGE CITY COUNCIL IS IN DISTRICT COUNCIL IS TO PLEASE UM VOTE VOTE IT UP OR DOWN. UM I DON'T WANT TO SEE A PRESIDENT VOTE. I'D RATHER YOU GO ON RECORD IN SUPPORT OF IT OR AGAINST IT. BUT THIS IS ABOUT THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR MY CONSTITUENTS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. I KNOW THIS AREA AS WELL AS ANYBODY. I'M ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT ME TO SUPPORT MY RESIDENTS. I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE IN SOUTH BOSTON. I'VE BEEN ON THE I'VE BEEN THE CITY COUNCIL FOR EIGHT YEARS. I WIN WITH 90% OF THE VOTE. IT'S NOT ABOUT POLITICS, IT'S ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES. AND WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS IN YOUR PARTICULAR DISTRICT I SUPPORT YOUR DISTRICT. THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. UM, I THINK NEXT IS COMES FROM MURPHY AND THEN IT COMES FROM HERE AND THEN COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> I JUST WANTED. >> TO RISE TO THANK COUNCIL FLYNN FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. AND UPLIFTING THE VOICES. I KNOW WHEN WE HAVE TO WEIGH. IN ON. ZONING ISSUES AND GOING IN FRONT OF. THE BOARD AND TAKING SIDES, IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY BUT THAT'S WHY THEY ELECT US TO MAKE HARD DECISIONS AND NOT ONLY. >> THE. QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE. IF ANY OF YOU WERE AT THE SOUTH BOSTON PARADE. WHERE A MILLION PEOPLE ARE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOU LOOK UP EVEN THOUGH I THINK YOU HAD. ABOUT 20. SAFETY MEETINGS WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT . FIRE AND. POLICE THERE ARE SO MANY. YOUNG PEOPLE MIDDLE. AGED PEOPLE ON ROOFS. WITHOUT DECKS ON ROOF DECKS AND IT'S JUST ALSO A SAFETY ISSUE JUST WAITING FOR SOMETHING REALLY BAD TO HAPPEN. SO AS WE. KNOW ALL. >> OF OUR RESOLUTIONS ARE. NON-BINDING AND. >> SO I WILL. BE VOTING IN SUPPORT OF THE DISTRICT COUNCILOR WHO DOES KNOW HIS NEIGHBORHOOD BEST. >> I DO SPEND A LOT OF TIME THERE. THOUGH AND HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND THE. NEGATIVE IMPACT IT CAN HAVE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMEMBER HERE COMES HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM I THINK PEOPLE I WANT TO GET ONE MINUTE TO TALK. ONE MINUTE. OH, DAD GO FOR IT. OKAY. >> UM, SO. I THINK. >> IT'S REALLY. >> IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THE, UH, THE DYNAMICS. I AM GOING TO SAY. THAT I AM AN AT LARGE CITY COUNCILOR AND. I THINK THAT IF. >> I'M GOING. >> TO BE TRUE. TO WHO. I AM AND. >> HOW I AM, I. AM GOING TO STICK TO. A PROCESS AND THE PROCESS IS ALWAYS CREATING SPACE. FOR COMMUNITY. >> TO HAVE INPUT. AND I HAVE. I'M GOING TO. STRUGGLE WITH SUPPORTING A BLANKET STATEMENT UM BECAUSE I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM. EVERYONE AND IF. >> I'M GOING TO BE UH CONSISTENT I'M GOING TO BE CONSISTENT REGARDLESS OF WHO IS PRESENTING SOMETHING. SO I. AM GOING TO. RESPECTFULLY ASK. UM. >> MY COUNCIL. COLLEAGUES TO. CONSIDER PLACING THIS IN COMMITTEE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A HEARING AND ALLOWING PEOPLE TO HAVE A VOICE SO THAT WE CAN DETERMINE THE WAY WE MOVE. SO I AM GOING UM, RISING TO UH. BLOCK UH, THIS. WELL, WHATEVER UM. I WANT OUT OF. HEARING I WANT TO THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MEJIA. UH, SINCE IT'S BEEN PROPOSED THAT WE SEND THIS TO, UH, A HEARING, UM, THERE BE NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. UM, THIS DOCKET WILL BE SENT TO THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING, TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0599 WILL BE SENT TO PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. UH NO. WE'RE ON TO GREEN SHEETS. BUT BEFORE WE GO TO GREEN SHEETS, UM, COULD WE CHECK ANYONE WHO MISSED, UH, A VOTE OR WOULD LIKE TO RECORD A VOTE WHILE THEY WERE OUT OF THE ROOM? ANYONE GOT ANY CHANGES? ANY ADDITIONS? COUNCILOR? UH, SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, IT'S VERY EARLY ON IN THE MEETING. I HAD TO, UM, STEP OUT TO, UM, TAKE CARE OF ONE THING, BUT I WOULD LIKE MY NAME OUT OF, UM, UM, COMMUNICATIONS FROM HER HONOR THE MAYOR FROM DOCKET NUMBER 0567 ALL THE WAY THROUGH UM, DOCKET 0578A DUTY TO DO YOU NEED ME TO READ IT, MR CLERK? EACH ONE. OKAY. SO ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU BEFORE. ANYONE ELSE. >> THANK YOU. UH, WE'RE NOW ON TO GREEN SHEETS. IS ANYONE LOOKING TO PULL ANYTHING FROM THE GREEN SHEETS ? UH, I UNDERSTAND, COUNCILOR FLYNN, THAT YOU HAVE FOUR DOCKETS YOU'D LIKE TO PULL IN. IS THAT CORRECT? YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT. OKAY, THOSE COULD PASSING BY ANYONE ELSE. VERY GOOD. UM. MR. MR. CLERK WILL WE'LL SKIP PAST DOCKETS THOSE DOCKETS THAT, UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN HAD THAT LINED UP. NOW WE'RE ON TO ADVISE ANYONE WHAT KIND OF NEWLY ADVISE? I'M INFORMED BY THE WORK THAT WE'VE NORMALLY ADVANCE. UM, AND I WE'RE ON TO MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. I'VE BEEN FORMED. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA? I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE TRUCK THAT THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE QUESTION NOW COMES TO ON APPROVAL OF THE VARIOUS MATTERS CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I THANK YOU. THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED. I NOTICED A COUNSELOR HERE YOU HAVE A LIGHT ON LIONS MEMORIALS . OKAY. VERY GOOD. I'LL CALL ON YOU IN A MOMENT. WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO MEMORIALS. WOULD ANYONE LIKE UP TO LIKE TO. NO ANNOUNCEMENTS. VERY GOOD. I'M GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF TODAY. UH, WHEN I WANT TO REMIND ANNOUNCEMENTS, PLEASE REMEMBER THESE ARE FOR UPCOMING EVENTS AND DATES. UH, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS? UH, COUNCILOR PET, THEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. YES. SO THERE ARE TWO VERY, UM, FUN AND IMPORTANT EVENTS IN MY DISTRICT THIS SATURDAY. FIRST IS THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS SUMMIT IN HYDE PARK THAT IS REGARDING THE HEALTH CARE CENTER CONVERSATION HAPPENING THIS FROM 9 TO 230. AND THEN THERE'S THE HOLLY MILLER COLOR FESTIVAL UH, ADAMS PARK THAT'S FROM UM WELL I WILL BE THERE FROM 11 TO 12 BUT UH IT'LL BE LONGER AND IT'S A. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL. COLORFUL EVENT IN ROSLINDALE AND I INVITE YOU ALL TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS AND THEN ALSO I JUST WANT TO REMIND MY COLLEAGUES THAT FOR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING WE ARE HONORING CROSSING GUARDS. AND PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU NOMINATE YOUR FAVORITE CROSSING GUARD UM FOR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING TO MAKE SURE WE HONOR SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PÉPIN I'M GOING TO GO AROUND THE ROOM. SO, UH, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT. >> I WOULD LIKE. TO, UH, WISH MY OLDEST SISTER A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY. UM, SHE'S THE LEADER OF THE PACK OF FOUR GIRLS AND SO I JUST WANTED TO WISH A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO A WOMAN. UM. AND I HOPE THAT SHE'S ABLE TO CELEBRATE AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR US ALL TO CELEBRATE TOGETHER. SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SISTER. AND THEN, UM, MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT TODAY AT 530 HERE AT CITY HALL THERE'S GOING TO BE A VIGIL, UM, LED BY THE LUCY NETWORK IN IFRC UH, FOR UH, THE PASSING OF EMMANUEL TOMAS WHO I MENTIONED TWO WEEKS AGO WHO WAS ARRESTED UH, HERE IN DORCHESTER ,UH, DISAPPEARED BY ICE TO ARIZONA AND DIED UH, AS A RESULT OF COMPLICATIONS FROM A SIMPLE TOOTHACHE AND COMPLAINT AND HE HAD COMPLAINED ABOUT IT FOR WEEKS. SO I HOPE THAT MY COLLEAGUES CAN JOIN US OUTSIDE TODAY AT 5:30 P.M. UH, FOR THAT VIGIL, UM, HIS FAMILY WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE. UM, AND ALSO THE MEMORIAL FOR EMMANUEL DE MASS WILL BE NEXT SATURDAY, MARCH 28TH. UM, AND WE ARE ASKING FOLKS TO BE THERE UH THERE'S. UH WE'RE ASKING FOLKS TO BE THERE THE MEMORIAL SERVICE IS STOUT AND THERE'LL BE A GATHERING BEFORE FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY. THE MEMORIAL ITSELF STARTS AT 1130 AT THE BTU UNION HALL IN DORCHESTER. A BIG SHOUT OUT TO ERIC BERG FOR ALL THE WORK THAT HE DID TO HELP THE FAMILY TO GET UM MAKE THIS POSSIBLE BUT I JUST I HOPE MY FAMILY I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES CAN JOIN UM IT'S A REALLY DARK MOMENT IN OUR IN OUR COUNTRY. WHAT'S HAPPENING? WHAT ISIS DOING TO UM SO MANY THE MEDICAL NEGLECT, THE MEDICAL RACISM INVOLVED IN HIS DEATH AND HIS FAMILY HAS JUST BEEN USING EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO UPLIFT, UH, THE MEMORY OF EMMANUEL DEMOSS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN. SO I HOPE THAT FOLKS CAN JOIN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, I'M GOING TO CONTINUE RUN THE ROOM. DOCTOR. UH, COUNSELOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AN EVENT THAT I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE THIS SATURDAY. IT'S THE ANNUAL WOMAN VETERANS ROUNDTABLE OVER AT UMASS BOSTON . THE CITY OF BOSTON VETERANS SERVICES IS HOSTING IT. UM, IT'S A COMMUNITY EVENT AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LISTEN. TO THE CRITICAL SERVICE, THE IMPORTANT SERVICE AND THE OUTSTANDING SERVICE OF WOMEN VETERANS. BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT UH, COMING TOGETHER, ACKNOWLEDGING THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS BUT ALSO KNOWING THAT THE VA MEDICAL SYSTEM HAS REALLY NOT CAUGHT UP WITH THE WITH THE SERVICES AND SPECIFIC NEEDS FOR WOMEN VETERANS GENDER SPECIFIC MEDAL OF MEDICAL CARE IN MY OPINION IS LACKING AT MANY OF THESE VETERAN UH VETERAN HOSPITALS ACROSS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ALTHOUGH WE'RE DOING WELL HERE IN JAMAICA PLAIN AND AT WEST ROXBURY AND BROCKTON. BUT WHAT HAPPENS ACROSS OTHER OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY DOES HAVE AN IMPACT HERE. UM, IT'S IT'S THIS SATURDAY, MARCH 24TH FIRST 11 A.M. AT THE UM AT THE UMASS BOSTON. IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I'M ACTUALLY GOING DOWN AGAIN TO WASHINGTON D.C. TO ADVOCATE FOR WOMEN VETERANS SOMETIME IN APRIL MEETING WITH CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS TALKING ABOUT SPECIFIC NEEDS UM, CHALLENGES WOMEN VETERANS HAVE UM AS PART OF THE OUTREACH WITH THE DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSIDER CAN CONSIDER CAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT SEEMS EARLY BUT WE'RE GETTING READY FOR MARATHON MONDAY. UM AND WHAT WAS JUST A FLEDGLING TRADITION A COUPLE YEARS AGO NOW IT'S WE'RE DOING OUR THIRD ANNUAL BLOCK PARTY IN KENMORE SQUARE. SO ALL MY COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS, PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ARE INVITED. THIS IS RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE SECOND SIGN. UM, AND I WANT TO THANK, UM, JESSE'S HUSBAND FOR MY OFFICE CONNOR FRAZIER. HE IS AN INCREDIBLE RUNNER HAS TAKEN OUR BIB AND HE'S RUNNING FOR FENWAY CARES. UM, WHICH IS A CONSORTIUM OF SEVEN ORGANIZATIONS FIGHTING FOOD INSECURITY IN THE FENWAY. UM, HE IS TRAINING FAST. UM, HE'S GOING TO I'M SO EXCITED FOR HIS RUN BECAUSE HE'S GOING TO MAKE TEAM DURKAN LOOK AMAZING. BUT THE ONE MILE TO GO BLOCK PARTY YOU DON'T NEED TO RUN AT ALL. THERE'S GOING TO BE. THERE'S GOING TO BE CORNWALLS UM THERE'S GOING TO BE UH INCREDIBLE. THERE'S EVEN GOING TO BE OYSTERS THIS YEAR. SO GET READY IF YOU DON'T HAVE MARATHON MONEY PLANS PLEASE COME TO KENMORE SQUARE. UM, AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT, UM ,THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT NONPROFITS THAT ARE INVOLVED STEPPING STRONG CENTER FOR TRAUMA INNOVATION, UM, AND SOME OTHERS AND SO REALLY INCREDIBLE UH, THING THAT'S COME TOGETHER AFTER THREE YEARS. UM, SO THE THIRD ANNUAL IS COMING. I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN. UM, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CULPEPER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM, TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COUNCIL NEXT WEEK I WILL BE HOSTING OUR LUNCHEON LEARN AT 11 A.M. IN THE CURLEY ROOM BEFORE THE COUNCIL MEETING. WE WILL HAVE TWO INCREDIBLE ORGANIZATIONS KNEE CARE AND HIGHER GROUND TO SHARE MORE ABOUT THEIR MISSION. SO HIGHER GROUND BRINGS TOGETHER PARENTS, SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY PROVIDERS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO CREATE ACTIONABLE SOLUTIONS. THEY SUPPORT PARENTS AND RESIDENTS. THEY NAVIGATE THE SERVICES THAT IMPACT THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES AND FILL IN THE GAPS FOR THE PARENTS AND STUDENTS WHEN NEEDED. WE'LL ALSO HAVE NE. CAN WE. CAN EMPOWER YOUNG ADULTS, FACE SOME BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT THROUGH TRAINING AND CULINARY SKILLS, SOCIAL EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CAREER READINESS FOR SUCCESS AND LONG TERM STABILITY. AND HERE'S THE EXCITING PART ABOUT A KNEE CAP WILL ALSO PROVIDE THE LIGHT REFRESHMENTS FOR THE LUNCH AND LEARN NEXT. WEEK 11:00 FOR THE COUNCIL MEETING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COLITIS AS A PARTNER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO WISH A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BELOVED FATHER EDMUND COLETTA JUNIOR. I ABSOLUTELY ADORE MY DAD. HE'S BEEN THE BEST DAD. UM. GRANDPA. PAPA, GRANDPA. AND IT'S GOING TO BE SO FOR OUR NEWEST ADDITION. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK HIM FOR HIS SUPPORT, FOR HIS LOVE AND FOR HELPING ME PUT UP SIGNS AT 1 A.M.. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, WISH YOU A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. UH, JUST, UH, ON SATURDAY FROM NOON TO, UH, THREE BIKES UP BOMBS AT THE BREWERY AND JAMAICA PLAIN IS HOSTING A DOMINO TOURNAMENT, UH, TO BENEFIT THE VEGAS PROJECT. UH, HOPE FOLKS WILL COME AND JOIN US. THANK YOU. GOOD. >> DO THE GIVE INSTRUCTIONS. SAYS IT'S ONE FOR EVERYONE FROM ,UH, FROM BEGINNERS TO GRANDMASTERS. OKAY. EXCELLENT. >> THANK YOU. UM. >> ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? NO, NO, WE'RE MOVING ON TO MEMORIALS. UH, I UNDERSTAND FROM HERE YOU HAD YOUR LIGHT ON EARLIER FOR MEMORIALS. SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO UPLIFT THE NAME? YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, I'D LIKE TO, UH, UPLIFT MARK HARRIS. UM, AND AND MY ENTIRE, YOU KNOW, CONDOLENCES TO THE ENTIRE URBAN. HEAT FAMILY. UM, HE WAS ALSO A CITY EMPLOYEE. UM, SO I WANT TO READ HIS NAME INTO THE RECORD AS WELL AS EDMUND. UM, GLORY, UM, WHO IS THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF MADDIE? UH. WOULD YOU MIND REPEATING THOSE, UM. MARK HARRIS MARK. AND EDMUND AND I'M GOING TO SPELL THE LAST NAME G U I L L O. R Y. OKAY. >> I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, UPLIFT THE NAME OF DOCTOR UH, BRENDA GAIL MCSWEENEY WHO IS A LONG TIME RESIDENT AND IN OC SQUARE . UM, SHE LIKE MYSELF WAS A BLUE WHEN ADOPTED. OC SQUARE IS OUR HOME NEIGHBORHOOD AND UH, WAS AN INCREDIBLE CONTRIBUTOR TO OUR COMMUNITY. DOCTOR BRENDA GAIL MCSWEENEY IS AN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEADER, SCHOLAR AND FORMER SENIOR UNITED NATIONS OFFICIAL . SHE PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 11TH AFTER A DISTINGUISHED CAREER DEDICATED TO GLOBAL COOPERATION ,GENDER EQUITY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. UM I KNOW HER THROUGH HER UH, VOLUNTEERISM AS A RETIREE SHE WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN OUR UH ,FRIENDS WITH THE FOUNDER LIBRARY AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND WAS THE INSTIGATOR OF A THE ALL THE ALLSTON BRIGHTON WOMEN'S HISTORY TRAIL. SO WE ARE INDEBTED TO HER FOR HER UH, NEIGHBORLINESS, HER CONTRIBUTION TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BUT ALSO HER CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORLD COMMUNITY. SHE WORKED ALL AROUND THE WORLD. SHE WORKED IN JAMAICA. SHE WORKED IN BURKINA FASO, FASO AND UH, YOU KNOW, SHE JUST HAD AN INCREDIBLE LIFE AND WE HAVE TO PAY TRIBUTE TO HER TODAY. AND WHAT ELSE? CERTAINLY. >> UH, SEE YOU LIGHT ON COUNCILOR UH, CULPEPER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I HAVE TWO NAMES I WOULD LIKE TO UPLIFT. THE FIRST IS PHILPOTT ROLAND CUMMINS. PHILPOTT PASSED AWAY ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 2026, IN ROXBURY . HE WAS BORN ON JULY 6TH, 1940, IN SPAIN IN THE PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD TO THE LATE IONA AND DANNY CUMMINGS. HE WAS RAISED IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO WHERE HE MET HIS BELOVED WIFE ANNETTE CUMMINGS IN 1973 PHILPOTT MADE THE JOURNEY TO BOSTON AND BY 1979 HE WAS JOYFULLY UNITED WITH HIS FOUR CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES. GILBERT HAD A DEEP LOVE FOR FOOTBALL. ENJOY WATCHING CLASSIC WESTERN MOVIES AND TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN HIS WORK AS A TAXI DRIVER. HE WAS ESPECIALLY KNOWN FOR KEEPING ONE OF THE CLEANEST VEHICLES ANYONE HAD EVER SEEN. A REFLECTION OF HIS DISCIPLINE AND CARE. HE WAS A DEVOTED FATHER TO SIX CHILDREN. THE LATE DON MACLEOD, DARLEEN MACFARLANE, GAYLE CUMMINGS, PHILPOTT CUMMINGS JUNIOR. THE LATE ERICA CUMMINGS AND GILLIAN J. CUMMINGS. HE LEAVES BEHIND A LEGACY AND LOVE AND WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED BY THE MANY FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS WHO CHERISHED HIM. THE SECOND NAME I WOULD LIKE TO UPLIFT IS EDMUND GUILLORY. EDMUND PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 4TH. HE WAS ALSO KNOWN BY THE NAME RICKY GILL. HE WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 16TH 1947. THE BOSTON CITY HOSPITAL TO THE LATE ORMOND AND PEARL GUILLORY. HE WAS A THIRD OF SIX SIBLINGS AMONG JOHN JOSEPH, BUTCH, EDMUND AND PATRICIA AND SHEILA BRAES ON SYMPHONY ROAD. EDMUND ATTENDED CATHEDRAL HIGH SCHOOL BEFORE ENROLLING IN BOSTON TRADE WHERE HE DISCOVERED HIS PASSION FOR WELDING. HE WENT ON TO MASTER THE CRAFT WORKING ON MANY STRUCTURES THAT REMAIN PART OF BOSTON'S SKYLINE TODAY INCLUDING THE ICONIC 40 FOOT FLYING FISH SCULPTURE ATOP LEGAL SEAFOODS AT THE HARBORSIDE WATERFRONT. IT WAS DURING HIS WORK AT THE FUTURE REFLECTION HOME OF THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CENTER THAT HE MADE THE LOVE. HE MET THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE MATTY D, WHO ALSO GREW UP ON TIFFANY ROWE MARRIED WHO WAS ALSO ACTIVE AND INVOLVED IN THE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THE TWO BUILT A LIFE TOGETHER, RAISING THREE DAUGHTERS NATASHA ,NATALIE AND NYESHA AND WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE ON MAY 21ST, 1981. EDMUND WAS A DEVOTED FATHER WHO FOUND GREAT JOY IN HIS FAMILY, OFTEN BRINGING HIS DAUGHTERS ALONG WHEREVER HE WENT. HE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS CRAFTSMANSHIP, ESPECIALLY THAT 40 FOOT FLYING FISH ATOP LEGAL SEAFOOD AT THE HARBORSIDE WATERFRONT AND HE WILL ALSO BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS DEDICATION, DEEP LOVE FOR THOSE CLOSEST TO HIM AND ALL OF HIS FAMILY. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPER. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, I WANTED TO SPEAK, UM, ABOUT A FRIEND I LOST RECENTLY DIANE MCCALL. MANY, MANY RESIDENTS IN SOUTH BOSTON KNOW HIM. HE WAS AN ARTIST, A NEWSPAPER MAN. HE WHO WAS LARGER THAN LIFE PERSONALITY WHO IS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS SALTY'S OLDEST TEENAGER. HE PASSED AWAY UM LAST WEEK AT THE AGE OF 96. OVER THE COURSE OF A LONG AND COLORFUL LIFE HE HE HAS MANY THINGS. HE WAS MANY THINGS A NEWSPAPERMAN, A PAINTER, WRITER SINGER TEACHER MENTOR UNCLE FRIEND GRANDFATHER, GREAT GRANDFATHER ,FATHER BUT ABOVE ALL BUT ABOVE ALL HE WAS A MAN WHO EMBRACED LIFE WITH CREATIVITY, HUMOR, AN OPEN POT AND HE WAS A WONDERFUL NEIGHBOR. THE OTHER PERSON I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE UM WAS HE WAS A YOUNG PERSON. HIS NAME WAS ALEX NGUYEN. ALEXANDER WAS A KIND AND HAPPY PERSON WHO FOUND JOY IN THE SIMPLEST THINGS IN LIFE. HE HAD A GENTLE PRESENCE AND WAS DEEPLY THOUGHTFUL OF THOSE AROUND HIM. HE WAS EVEN THOUGH AS A YOUNG PERSON WHO WAS ACTIVE IN MANY ORGANIZATIONS ESPECIALLY ORGANIZATIONS HELPING THE VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY WAS GUIDED BY A SENSE OF DUTY, INTEGRITY, THOUGHTFULNESS, CARING FOR OTHERS. OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS. HE HAD MANY FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN THE CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD. HE HAD MANY FRIENDS ESPECIALLY IN DORCHESTER HIS VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY. BUT OUR OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH HIS FAMILY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. WOULD YOU MIND? UH, I HAVE SOME HEARING LOSS SO I DIDN'T CATCH DAN. YOU'RE, UM, DAN MCCALL MCCALL? YES. OKAY. >> EXCELLENT TO HAVE HIM AND CONSTABLE HERE WOULD YOU REMIND MIND REPEATING IN YOUR OUTDOOR VOICE? UH, THE NAMES OF THE TWO FOLKS THAT YOU WANTED TO HONOR TO REMEMBER TODAY? I MARK. WE WILL. GIVE YOU A MIC. YES. THERE YOU GO. OKAY. THANK YOU. MARK HARRIS. SMITH H A R I S. O GOOD. EXCELLENT. AND THE OTHER WAS EDMUND. GILRUTH AS WITH COUNCILOR UH CULPEPER. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. I, I DO HAVE SOME HEARING LOSS AND I MISS THINGS SOMETIMES. THE CHAIR MOVES THAT WHEN THE COUNCIL ADJOURNS TODAY IT WILL DO SO IN THE MEMORY OF THE FOUR MENTIONED INDIVIDUALS ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL DIVISION AND TO MY PERSONAL AND SINCERE ALLY ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR CULPEPER, PHILBERT ROLAND CUMMINGS. ON BEHALF. OF COUNCILOR CULPEPER AND CONCILOR MEJIA HERE EDMUND GILRUTH. UH ON. BEHALF OF COUNCILOR PEPEN AND ALSO ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR. UH HERE COUNCILOR MARK HARRIS ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR PEPEN RICO REECE ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR FLYNN DAN MCCOOL. ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR FLYNN AND COUNCILOR FITZGERALD ALEXANDER NGUYEN ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR BRITAIN DOCTOR BRENDA GIVE MCSWEENEY A MOMENT OF SILENCE PLEASE. THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO MEET AGAIN IN THE INTER CHAMBER ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25TH 2026 AT 12 P.M.. THANK YOU TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES, CENTRAL STAFF, THE CHURCH, THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE COUNCIL STENOGRAPHER. AND ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENT PLEASE SAY AYE. THE COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU EVERYONE.