A GOOD IDEA. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. I CALL TO ORDER TODAY'S MEETING OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL. VIEWERS MAY WATCH THE COUNCIL MEETING LIVE ON YOUTUBE@BOSTON.GOV BACKSLASH CITY COUNCIL DASH TV. AT THIS TIME I ASK MY COLLEAGUES AND THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE TO PLEASE SILENCE THEIR CELLPHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES. ALSO PURSUANT TO RULE 42 AND REMIND ALL IN THE CHAMBER THAT NO DEMONSTRATION OF APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE PERMITTED. THANK YOU. SO NO CLAPPING. UH, MR CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO ASCERTAIN THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM? COUNCILOR BREEN. HERE. >> COUNCILOR. >> COLLETTA. ZAPATA. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. PIPPIN. COUNCILOR SANTANA HERE. COUNCILOR WEBER. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL. A QUORUM IS PRESENT. THANK YOU. I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CHURCH THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT. NOW IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THIS WEEK'S CLERGY. THE REVEREND MIRIAM WHITE HAMMOND FROM NEW ROOTS AME CHURCH WHO WILL BE PROVIDING OUR INVOCATION. I DON'T FEEL, UH, REVEREND, UH, WHITE HAMMOND NEEDS MUCH INTRODUCTION. SHE'S BEEN A CHIEF OF ENVIRONMENT HERE AT THE CITY AND A FEW YEARS AGO. AND WE WELCOME YOU BACK AND, UH, PLEASE JOIN US IN. I INVITE US. >> TO TAKE A POSTURE OF PRAYER . OH, GOD, CREATOR OF ALL THINGS AND ALL PEOPLE, THE GREAT I AM SPIRIT OF LIFE. WE CALL YOU BY MANY NAMES BECAUSE NO ONE NAME IS BIG ENOUGH. TO HOLD. YOUR GREATNESS. AND WE THANK YOU FOR THIS FIRST GATHERING OF THIS COUNCIL IN THE NEW YEAR. WE THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US IN TO THE NEW YEAR BECAUSE OFTEN WE IMAGINE THAT THAT IS JUST A FOREGONE CONCLUSION. BUT THEY ARE THOSE WHO DID NOT MAKE IT TO THIS YEAR. SO WE THANK YOU. WE THANK YOU FOR THE MAKE UP OF THIS COUNCIL FOR BOTH NEW AND RETURNING FACES. WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THE STAFF . AND MOST IMPORTANTLY WE THANK YOU FOR THE PEOPLE THAT THEY REPRESENT OUR CHILDREN AND OUR TEACHERS, THE RESIDENTS OF DOWNTOWN AND TOWERING HIGH RISES AND THOSE UNSHELTERED RIGHT ON THESE STREETS. THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN ROOTED IN OUR COMMONWEALTH. >> FOR CENTURIES AND THOSE WHO ARE RECENT ARRIVALS. OUR ELDERS AND OUR COLLEGE STUDENTS. THOSE WHO WORSHIP. YOU BY DIFFERENT NAMES AND THOSE WHO QUESTION YOUR EXISTENCE. MAY THIS ROOM BE A HALLOWED SPACE WHERE ALL OF THE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY ARE REPRESENTED. ON THIS FIRST GATHERING WE ASK THAT YOU HELP EACH COUNCILOR TO TRANSITION FROM A CAMPAIGNING MENTALITY TO A GOVERNING MINDSET. WE ASK THAT THEIR FOCUS WILL BE ON THE NEEDS OF OUR PEOPLE IN THESE PERILOUS TIMES. FILL THEM WITH WISDOM. TO KNOW. >> HOW TO NAVIGATE THIS MOMENT AND COURAGE. TO BE BOLD. IN THE FACE OF THOSE WHO MIGHT ASK THEM TO JUST SIMPLY MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO. BECAUSE EVEN AS THIS IS A NEW YEAR, WE ARE FACING SOME VERY OLD DEMONS. WE HAVE BEGUN A NEW YEAR WITH TERROR RAINING TO MANY THE CITIES IN THIS NATION. AND SO WE OFFER PRAYERS FOR THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. WHERE THE. >> BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF OUR NATION IS ON FULL DISPLAY DISPLAY. WE PRAY FOR THEM EVEN AS WE KNOW WE MAY NEED TO BE PRAYING FOR OURSELVES IN THE DAYS AND WEEKS TO COME. 250 YEARS AGO WE LED THE NATION AND STANDING UP TO TYRANNY AND INJUSTICE. AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THAT TIME. BUT WE ALSO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO DEEPER IN OUR EXPLORATION OF WHO WE THE PEOPLE. YES, WE ASK THAT YOU GIVE US THE WISDOM AND THE COURAGE US ALL THE WISDOM AND THE COURAGE TO LEAN INTO THIS MOMENT. AND GOD, WE THANK YOU BECAUSE EVEN AS WE RECOGNIZE A STORM MAY BE COMING IN THIS YEAR, YOU GAVE US A PRACTICE RUN FROM THAT STORM. EARLIER THIS WEEK. AND EVEN AS THAT STORM SEEKED SOUGHT TO COVER US AND SNOW US AND IN THAT STORM YOU REMINDED US. THAT THE ONLY THING THAT MELTS THICK ICE IS THE LIGHT OF THE SUN AND THE SALT OF THE EARTH. SO TEACH US TO BE LIGHT AND SALT. TEACH US TO SHINE YOUR LIGHT IN PLACES WHERE WE HAVE NOT WANTED TO BE HONEST. AND TEACH US TO MELT ICE TO THE DEEP LOVE THAT. >> WE SHOW. TO OUR NEIGHBORS. WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL MAKE US SALT FROM MINNESOTA TO MAINE TO MASSACHUSETTS AND WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL MAKE US LIGHT FROM GROVE HALL TO GAZA. HELP US TO RECOGNIZE THAT WHAT WE DO HERE SETS THE TONE NOT JUST FOR OUR CITY BUT FOR OUR NATION AND OUR WORLD. WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BE WITH EACH AND EVERY COUNSELOR, THAT THEY WOULD SPEAK FORTH THE UNIQUE GIFT THAT YOU HAVE PLACED INSIDE OF THEM AND THAT TOGETHER THEY WILL WEAVE A TAPESTRY NOT OF INDEPENDENCE BUT OF INTERDEPENDENCE. THAT WAY THAT WE SO THAT WE THE PEOPLE CAN TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR NEIGHBOR. WE CAN LOVE EACH OTHER. WE DO BELIEVE THERE IS ENOUGH FOR US ALL. TO BE WHOLE. WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL. HELP THEM. IN THIS WORK. WE ASK ALL THIS IN WHATEVER NAME I WHICH WE KNOW YOU. FOR ME IT IS JESUS THE CHRIST. AMEN. AMEN. >> AMEN. THANK YOU, REVEREND MARIAMA WHITE HAMMOND FOR YOUR WORDS OF WISDOM. WE'LL NOW PLEDGE, UH, SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO TWO HANDS. TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU, UH. ,UM. >> RECORD THAT FITZGERALD AND, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER HERE HAVE JOINED US. THANK YOU. UM, COUNCILOR COLLETTA, THANK YOU. UH, WE ORDINARILY HAVE PRESENTATIONS AT THIS TIME, BUT THIS WEEK WE, UH, HAVE NO PRESENTATIONS. COUNCILOR WEBER HAD INVITED THE ,UH, CROSS-COUNTRY THE BPP'S CROSS-COUNTRY STATE CHAMPIONS HERE TODAY. BUT THEY WERE, UM, HAD TO RESCHEDULE THIS WEEK BECAUSE OF SNOW DAYS. SO, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, MEETING THEM AT ANOTHER TIME. TODAY, UH, OUR STENOGRAPHER IS UNABLE TO, UH, IS UNDER THE WEATHER BUT WILL BE WORKING REMOTELY TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A STENOGRAPHIC RECORD OF THIS MEETING AND WE ALL SEND HER WISHES FOR BEST WISHES FOR A SPEEDY RECOVERY. NOW ON TO THE MINUTES. UH, THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WHICH IS TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE MEETING OF JANUARY 5TH, 2026. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I. UH. ALL OPPOSED. SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE MINUTES OF THE JANUARY 5TH MEETING ARE APPROVED. UH, MR COOK, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE DOCKET 0157 OUT OF ORDER? SO DOCKET NUMBER 0157 COUNSELOR BRAY NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER TO ADOPT RULES FOR THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL FOR MUNICIPAL YEARS 2026 AND 2027. AS IS DONE AT THE START OF EVERY COUNCIL PRESIDENCY. UPDATED COUNCIL RULES ARE FILED AS PART OF THIS WEEK'S REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA. THIS DOCKET WAS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW BY ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS. ADDITIONALLY, CENTRAL STAFF SENT OUT A MEMO OUTLINING THE CHANGES INCLUDING IN THESE RULES. PROVISION OF SUCH A MEMO BY GENERAL STAFF IS NOT TYPICAL, BUT THIS WAS DONE TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY SURROUNDING THE PROCESS AND ENSURE THAT ALL COUNCILORS WERE AS INFORMED AS POSSIBLE. ALTHOUGH ALL MEMBERS HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW PROPOSED CHANGES, I WOULD LIKE TO SUMMARIZE THESE CHANGES BRIEFLY FOR MY COLLEAGUES. FIRST AND FOREMOST I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE MAJORITY OF SUGGESTED EDITS TO THE RULES WERE MINOR AND WERE MADE TO CORRECT INCONSISTENCIES, REMOVE OUTDATED LANGUAGE AND TO FIX TYPOS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE CURRENT RULES REFER TO CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT NO LONGER EXIST. THIS LANGUAGE NEEDS TO BE UPDATED. THESE MINOR CHANGES WERE MADE AT THE AT THE SUGGESTION OF CENTRAL STAFF TO ENSURE THAT OUR RULES ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH CURRENT COUNCIL PRACTICES. BEYOND THESE MINOR EDITS THERE WERE FOUR SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES TO THE RULES. THE FIRST WAS TO CHANGE RULES 34. THIS CHANGE WOULD ENSURE THAT WAYS AND MEANS AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE CANNOT HAVE HEARINGS AT THE SAME DATE AND TIME AS OTHER HEARINGS. THIS CHANGE WILL ENSURE THAT ALL COUNCILORS ARE ABLE TO ATTEND HEARINGS FOR THESE IMPORTANT COMMITTEES. THE SECOND IS TO CHANGE THE RULES 34 AND 35. THIS CHANGE WILL ADD A SPECIFIC COMMITTEE EVENT TYPE FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY SESSIONS. THIS IS ALREADY DONE IN PRACTICE BY THE COUNCIL. FOR EXAMPLE, COUNCILORS HAVE HELD OFFSITE HEARINGS WHERE THE PRIMARY FOCUS IS ON PUBLIC TESTIMONY. THIS CHANGE IS INTENDED TO FORMALIZE THIS PRACTICE AND ENSURE THAT THE COUNCIL HAS A WAY TO HIGHLIGHT PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND THE VOICES OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THE THIRD CHANGE IS TO CLARIFY RULE 15. RULE 15 HAS BEEN REPHRASED TO SPECIFY THAT THE CLERK, NOT THE CHAIR IS THE DECISION MAKER WHEN IT COMES TO RULE 15. IT ALSO ATTEMPTS TO CLARIFY WHAT SHOULD AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED DUPLICATIVE TO REMOVE CONFUSION. THE FOURTH IS A CHANGE TO RULE 39. THIS AMENDMENT WILL ALLOW ONLY THE LEAD AND CO-SPONSORS TO SPEAK ON NEW MATTERS TO BE REFERRED TO TO A COMMITTEE WHEN THE MATTER IS FIRST INTRODUCED ,THE MATTER LEADING TO A MATTER LEADING TO A VOTE INCLUDING WHEN SPONSORS REQUEST SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE WILL STILL ALLOW FOR TEN MINUTES OF SPEAKING TIME FOR ALL COUNCILORS. THIS AMENDMENT ALSO CLARIFIES THAT COMMUNICATIONS, PETITIONS, MEMORIALS AND REMONSTRANCES, REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS AND PERSONNEL PERSONNEL ORDERS ARE NOT OPEN FOR DISCUSSION OR DEBATE EXCEPT AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR. THE EXISTING RULES STATES THAT THE APPROPRIATE TIME FOR QUESTIONING AND DEBATE IS A PUBLIC HEARINGS AND WORKING SESSIONS. THESE CHANGES AIM TO ENSURE THAT COUNCIL PRACTICE REFLECTS THIS. THE INTENT OF THESE CHANGES IS TO HELP ENSURE THAT THE COUNCIL MEETINGS RUN IN A TIMELY MANNER. I UNDERSTAND THAT MY MY COLLEAGUES LIKELY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE RULES. I WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THESE QUESTIONS AND ANY AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY MY COLLEAGUES. I BELIEVE THAT THE TIME FOR A DISCUSSION ON THE RULES IS HERE AND NOW ON THE FLOOR OF THE COUNCIL TO ALLOW FOR A GREATER TRANSPARENCY OF DEBATE AND FULL VIEW OF THE PUBLIC. THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS IT HAS BEEN MY INTENTION TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AND AS COLLABORATIVE AS POSSIBLE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS COLLABORATION HERE AND KNOW. HOWEVER, FOLLOWING THE DISCUSSION I DO INTEND TO ASK FOR SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE OF THE RULES. THE RULES OFTEN HAVE SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES AND AMENDMENTS. AT THE RULES OFTEN OFTEN WITH SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES AND AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED AND PASSED IN AT THE START OF EVERY COUNCIL TERM. GOING BACK OVER TWO DECADES, THERE IS A CLEAR PRECEDENT FROM THIS FOR THIS ACTION AND IT IS THE STANDARD PROCEDURE USED TO ADVANCE THE COUNCIL RULES WITH OVER 70 DOCKETS FILED THIS WEEK . I BELIEVE THE FOCUS SHOULD BE ON THE WORK BEFORE US AND THE BODY. WE MUST ENSURE THE DOCKETS CAN BE SENT TO COMMITTEES AND HEARINGS HELD IN A TIMELY MANNER. OUR CITY AND OUR COUNTRY ARE FACING UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES. THE COUNCIL'S WORK HAS MORE GRAVITY NOW THAN EVER. AND FOR THAT REASON I AM ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO SUSPEND AND PASS THE RULES TODAY. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND WELCOME AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FIRST MEETING. UM, SO WHEN WE SPOKE ABOUT THE RULES, I THINK YOU HAD MADE CALLS TO INDIVIDUALS ABOUT WHAT THE CHANGES ARE. AND I KNOW WHEN YOU CALLED ME I CAN ONLY SPEAK PERSONALLY AND THIS IS NOT FOR ANY OTHER REASON THAN MY PERSONAL UH, UH ,INITIATIVE IN THIS IS THAT, UH I ASKED IF WE WOULD SEE ANYTHING IN WRITING SO THAT WE COULD REVIEW THE RULE CHANGES WHEN WE SPOKE LAST WEEK. UH, THAT EMAIL THAT WENT OUT BY CENTRAL STAFF WAS THAT I THINK 442 YESTERDAY, UH, AT 4:42 P.M. YESTERDAY. UM, I HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO PERSONALLY REVIEW THE RULES HAVING THREE CHILDREN SNOW DAY AND MIND YOU FOR THIS BEING THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL THE WEEK. UM I DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE KNOWING AND I UNDERSTAND I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR PROBABLY 95% OF THE PROPOSALS NOBODY HERE HAS AN ISSUE WITH. BUT THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES IN COMMITTEES THAT ARE THINGS ARE BEING CHANGED. UH IT IS THE FIRST TIME IN ABOUT FOUR YEARS THAT YOU AS YOU SAID TO ME, UH, THAT THE RULES ARE GOING TO BE SORT OF AMENDED AND CHANGED. UM, I JUST THINK IT'S WORTH IF IT IS FULL TRANSPARENCY THERE ARE FOLKS ON THIS BODY THAT HAVE QUESTIONS. I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE START OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT. EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE ROLES ARE, WHAT THEIR COMMITTEES ARE, WHAT THE OVERSIGHT OF THOSE COMMITTEES DO. UM AND I KNOW THAT I JUST DON'T FEEL THAT THIS MOMENT NOW. >> IS THE TIME. >> TO. DISCUSS THAT GIVEN WE HAVE A 15 PAGE AGENDA. UH, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY AN HOUR MEETING TOGETHER. WE CAN PROBABLY RUN THROUGH ALL OF IT LINE BY LINE AND LITERALLY AGREE ON 95% AND THE OTHER 5% I THINK SOME FOLKS HAVE QUESTIONS ON. UM I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO UNDERSTAND KNOWING THAT THAT MIGHT CHANGE WHERE WHERE THINGS GO FROM TODAY'S AGENDA AND TO COMMITTEES. UH, IF COMMITTEES ARE NOT VOTED ON UM THERE ARE SOME CONTRACTS I KNOW THE FIRE CONTRACT SPECIFICALLY UH, THAT IS LOOKING TO BE PASSED NEXT WEEK. UH, AND I THINK WE HAVE SOME TIME SCHEDULED AT 10:00 MONDAY MORNING FOR THAT HEARING. CAN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOLD A HEARING ON THAT CONTRACT AND THAT IT BE VOTED ON NEXT WEEK? IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. YES, WE CAN. >> IT CAN UH WELL THEN WITH THAT KNOWLEDGE I WOULD LIKE TO FORMALLY OBJECT TO THIS RULES THAT YOU TODAY. THAT MEANS MR. DOES ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE. COUNCIL? COUNCIL MEMBER HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. OH SORRY. IS THAT A MOTION? I WAS OKAY. THANK YOU. SO, UM. MR CLERK, IF THERE'S AN OBJECTION TO WE SHOULD MOVE TO . COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, FOR YOUR, UM, WORDS. UH, AND YOU REQUESTED THIS GO TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. WE WILL, UM, SCHEDULE A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE OF THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE TIME. MOVING ON. UH COUNCILOR. COUNCILOR. UM. WEBER, YOU HAD A QUESTION? YEAH. >> I'M JUST IN LIGHT OF THAT, I JUST ASK THAT. UH, I THINK I THINK WE'VE, UH WE HELD THE 2:00 MONDAY FOR WHAT WE ANTICIPATED WAS A WAYS AND MEANS HEARING ON THE FIRE CONTRACT. THERE'S ALSO A, UH, BOSTON SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR CONTRACT THAT WE HAD, UH, SCHEDULED, I THINK A HEARING FOR MAYBE 10 A.M. ON TUESDAY. UH, THOSE, UH AND WE WANTED TO BRING THOSE UP FOR A VOTE. SO I WOULD JUST ASK THAT I THINK SPEAK BECAUSE YOU'RE THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE I BELIEVE THAT, UH, JUST HIGHLIGHTING FOR YOU HOPEFULLY YOU CAN HAVE THOSE HEARINGS, UH, SO WE CAN VOTE ON THOSE, UH CONTRACTS. THAT IS MY THAT IS MY COMMITMENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WEBER. UM, AND THANK YOU, CHAIR OF WAYS AND MEANS. UM, WE WE CERTAINLY, UH, INTEND TO HAVE THE HEARING ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. UM, UM, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT AT EARLY AT THE IS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY SO WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THAT PLAN. UM. SO UH, NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. SHE CAN. >> SEE YOU TAKING ACTION. FOR MEJIA. UM. I GO ON YOU. HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. YOU. UM. >> I JUST WOULD LIKE TO. OFFER UM. UH, JUST A SUGGESTION AS WE PREPARE FOR A WORKING SESSION IS THAT I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD COLLECT LIKE I DID. I WROTE A MEMO AND YOUR TEAM AND MY TEAM MET. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I MADE. UM, AND MODELING THAT TYPE OF BEHAVIOR. I THINK THAT ALL COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE ANY CONCERNS SHOULD PUT ALL THEIR CONCERNS AND OUR RECOMMENDATIONS IN A WRITTEN FORMAT SO THAT WHEN WE MEET WE'RE MOVING THINGS ALONG AND WE'RE NOT YOU KNOW, WE'RE EXPEDITING THE PROCESS. SO I WOULD JUST OFFER THAT AS A AS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING AND I LOOK FORWARD TO. >> THE DISCUSSION. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT CONSTRUCTIVE SUGGESTION. OKAY. UH, COUNCIL UM COUNCILOR DURKIN ,YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. WELL, SINCE SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES DECIDED TO NOT SHOW UP FOR WORK READY FOR WORK, I'M I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. MEETING ADJOURNED. FOR THE SECOND. OH, BEG YOUR PARDON? I'M SORRY. IS THERE A SECOND FOR THAT? TO THE FLOOR. OKAY. >> I BEG YOUR PARDON, COUNSELOR ? UH, DURKIN HAS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO, UH. ADJOURN THE MEETING. ADJOURN THE MEETING? IS THERE A SECONDER? NO. >> OKAY. >> MEETING IS STILL ON. I THINK IT IS. >> SO CONTINUE. BUT I THINK THAT'S WHY I CAME IN FIRST CONCERT. UM, CONCERNS THAT LED US TO. THEN JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION. SO FOR THE. RULES PRESIDING OVER THIS MEETING THEN REVERT BACK TO THE RULES. >> THAT WE. ADOPTED 2024 2025 YEAH CORRECT OKAY. THANK YOU. SO UH. YES. UH COUNCILOR. DURKAN. >> DOES THAT MEAN THAT YOU CAN PLACE UM DOCKETS IN THE IN THE PRIOR COMMITTEES COMMITTEE? NO THERE. EVERYTHING WILL HAVE TO THAT THE PARLIAMENTARY I. >> GUESS MY QUESTION IS IF ESSENTIALLY WE'VE ALREADY ADOPTED THE 2024 OR 2025 MEETING RULES, DID THAT INCLUDE THE COMMITTEES OKAY. COUNCIL FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MY MY RECOMMENDATION. >> IS. WE HAVE. A LONG MEETING COMING UP. UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONDUCT THE MEETING AND TREAT EACH OTHER. ESPECIALLY WITH RESPECT. UM, IT'S GOING TO BE A CONTROVERSIAL MEETING, BUT RESIDENTS ARE WATCHING US. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. FOR US TO BE. >> COURTEOUS. TO EACH OTHER. AND TO BE RESPECTFUL TO EACH OTHER. UM, THIS MEETING HASN'T STARTED OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT. BUT WE STILL. >> HAVE A COUPLE MORE HOURS TO GO. LET'S LET'S ENSURE THAT WE RESPECT EACH OTHER AND LISTEN TO EACH OTHER AND EVEN IF WE DISAGREE. BE RESPECTFUL TO EACH OTHER. THANK YOU. >> MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. OKAY, SO. WE MOVE ON TO COMMUNICATIONS FOR HONOR THE MAYOR. UH, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0124 UM, 0127. TALKING ABOUT ONE TWO FLOOR MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER TO REDUCE FISCAL YEAR 26 APPROPRIATION FOR THE RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY $18,118,488 TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 INCREASES CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE BOSTON FIREFIGHTERS UH A F LOCAL 718 FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON JANUARY 26TH, 2026 DOCKET NUMBER 0125 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION ORDER. FOR THE. >> BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 26, IN THE AMOUNT OF $18,000,118 THOUSAND $488 TO COVER THE FISCAL YEAR 26 COST ITEMS CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND I F LOCAL 718 THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACTS ARE JULY 1ST, 2024 THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2025 AND JULY 1ST 2025 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2028. THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE CONTRACTS INCLUDE A BASE WAGE INCREASE OF 2.5% TO BE GIVEN IN JULY OF 2024 AND A BASE WAGE INCREASE OF 22% IN JULY OF EACH SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEAR ON THE CONTRACT TERM. THE AGREEMENT ALSO INCLUDES SALARY ADJUSTMENTS IN JANUARY OF 2025 STARTING AT FIVE, TEN, 15, 20 AND 25 YEARS OF SERVICE SO I CAN HAVE A0126 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL. NOW TO REDUCE FISCAL YEAR 26 APPROPRIATION FOR THE RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY $1,307,901 TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 26 INCREASES CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE BOSTON ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND SUPERVISORS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK JANUARY 26TH, 2026 NUMBER 0127 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION ORDER FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC. SCHOOLS FOR FISCAL YEAR 26, IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,307,901 TO COVER THE FISCAL YEAR 26 COST THE ITEMS CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE BOSTON ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND SUPERVISORS. THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACTS ARE SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2024 THROUGH AUGUST 31ST, 2027. THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE CONTRACTS INCLUDE BASE WAGE INCREASES OF 2% TO BE GIVEN IN SEPTEMBER OF EACH FISCAL YEAR OF THE CONTRACT TERM. THE CONTRACT ALSO HAS A NEW STEP IN FISCAL YEAR 27 AND A NEW DEGREE TO THE EDUCATION DIFFERENTIAL. THANK YOU, MR CLERK. DOCKET 0124200127 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MR CLERK UM SEE IF YOU READ THROUGH. DID YOU READ. >> UM AND THEN DOCKET 0128 AND 0129 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE CURRICULUM. OH YOU HAVEN'T READ THOSE. BEG YOUR PARDON? DOCKET ZERO. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0128 AND 10129. DARK NUMBER 0128 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO APPROPRIATE $6,500,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING COSTS FOR THE WINDOW AND DOOR REPLACEMENT PROJECTS AT THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS THE WOOD EVERETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE RICHARD J. MURPHY K THROUGH EIGHT SCHOOL. THIS INCLUDES THE PAYMENT OF ALL COSTS INCIDENTAL RELATED THERETO AND FOR WHICH THE CITY OF BOSTON MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A GRANT FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY SET AMOUNT TO BE EXPENDED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE PUBLIC FACILITIES DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. TALKING NUMBER 0129 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL AND ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO APPROPRIATE THE AMOUNT OF $3 MILLION FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING COSTS FOR THE ROOF REPLACEMENT PROJECTS AT THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS THE THOMAS J. KINNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THE HUGH ROAD O'DONNELL ELEMENTARY. SCHOOL THIS INCLUDES THE PAYMENT OF ALL COSTS INCIDENTAL OR RELATED THERETO AND FOR WHICH THE CITY OF BOSTON MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A GRANT FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY SET AMOUNT TO BE EXPENDED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE PUBLIC FACILITIES DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF THE BOSTON. PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. UH DOCKETS 0128 AND 0129 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS? COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YES, I WOULD LIKE TO READ RULE 38. BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO. INVOKE RULE 38. EVERY MEMBER ABOUT TO SPEAK SHALL SIGNAL THE CHAIR BY. ELECTRONIC MEANS. PROVIDED THAT. WHEN AND THEN WAIT UNTIL. RECOGNIZED BY THE CHAIR, NO MEMBER SHALL BE RECOGNIZED OR AWAY FROM HIS OR HER DESK. IN SPEAKING, MEMBERS SHALL ADDRESS OTHER MEMBERS IN ONE OF THE MEMBERS AS FOLLOWS BY TITLE COUNCILOR IN THE MEMBER'S SURNAME AS THE COUNCILOR FROM THE DISTRICT OF OR AS THE CHAIR OF A PARTICULAR COMMITTEE AND SHALL CONVENE THEMSELVES TO THE QUESTION SHALL NOT BE UNBECOMING, ABUSIVE OR NON PARLIAMENTARY LANGUAGE AND SHALL AVOID PERSONALITIES ANY MEMBER WHO IN DEBATE OR OTHERWISE INDULGES IN PERSONALITIES OR MAKES CHARGES REFLECTING. UPON THE CHARACTER OF ANOTHER MEMBER SHALL MAKE AN APOLOGY AND OPEN SESSION AT THE MEETING AT WHICH THE OFFENSE WAS COMMITTED OR AT THE NEXT SUCCEEDING REGULAR MEETING. IF THE MEMBER FAILS TO APOLOGIZE, THE PRESIDENT SHALL HOLD THE MEMBER IN CONTEMPT AND SUSPEND THE MEMBER FROM FURTHER PARTICIPATION IN DEBATE AND THE STATEMENT UNTIL AN APOLOGY IS MADE. I CAME TO WORK PREPARED. THIS IS MY FIFTH YEAR. I HAVE NEVER MISSED A COUNCIL MEETING. I FEEL FORTUNATE BECAUSE I'VE NEVER NEEDED A REASON. SO THOSE WHO HAVE TO I APOLOGIZE FOR SAYING THAT IF YOU'VE HAD GOOD REASONS. I COME ON TIME I COME EARLY I WAS UP TIL 2 A.M.. WORKING ON AND PREPARING QUESTIONS. I NEVER GOT. A CALL. FROM YOU. >> TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU AND TALK THROUGH THIS. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY TRIES TO TALK ABOUT THE CHANGES TO MY COMMITTEE AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU DID TRY AND WE HAD CONFLICTS, BUT I THINK THAT A MEMBER SAYING THAT NONE OF US CAME TO WORK PREPARED DESERVES AN APOLOGY BECAUSE THAT TO ME IS AN INSULT AND REFLECTING UPON MY CHARACTER I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR MYSELF. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. MR CLERK. WHAT ARE WE GOT TO. COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0130? SO I CAN HAVE A0130 MESSAGE? YOU NOT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $1,700,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 TRAINING ACADEMY HERE MY GRANT AWARDED BY MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF FIRE SERVICES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WOULD FUND THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT TRAINING ACADEMY TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND INSTRUCTION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND MUNICIPAL AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH FOR A LINE ITEM 8320 4-0000 OF THE FISCAL YEAR 26 GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. ORDINARILY THIS WOULD BE SENT TO THE PUBLIC COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. UH, BUT IT WILL BE SENT TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0131. DUCKING NUMBER 0131 MESSAGE NOT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND A GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF 1 MILLION $501,150,000 FROM THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY BUILDING RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNITIES PROGRAM. THIS GRANT IS AWARDED TO THE CITY OF BOSTON THROUGH THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS PARK IN LONG WHARF LOCATED IN THE DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD OF BOSTON. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PART OF THE, UH COUNCILOR FOR DISTRICT ONE. THANK YOU. UM, MADAM PRESIDENT, AND. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. >> REALLY LOOKING. FORWARD TO THESE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. UM, I'M RISING TO URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO MOVE WITH URGENCY AND PAST THIS ORDER SO THESE FEDERAL DOLLARS ARE ACCEPTED INTO OUR CITY COFFERS BEFORE THEY'RE AT RISK OF BEING CLAWED BACK. WE'VE SEEN THIS HAPPEN BEFORE WITH THIS VERY GRANT, THE CITY OF BOSTON LOST $35 MILLION. I THINK IT WAS LAST YEAR MAYBE TWO YEARS AGO IN FEDERAL RESILIENCE FUNDING FOR MACLEAY PARK. THESE BRICK UH AND THIS IS NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE BRICK THAT WE THINK ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY SIDE THIS IS THE BUILDING RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNITIES PROGRAM AND IT IS SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE CLIMATE RESILIENCE FOR SOME OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE VULNERABLE PATHWAYS IN MY DISTRICT, CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS PARK AND LONG WHARF ARE LITERALLY GROUND ZERO FOR UH MAJOR FLOODING IN THE ENTIRE CITY. AND SO WHAT THIS GRANT WILL DO WILL HELP TO BUILD A RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE. IF YOU GO TO CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS PARK YOU CAN LITERALLY SEE THAT IT DIPS LIKE THIS. UM AND THERE IS URGENCY BEHIND THIS. WE'VE ALREADY SEEN TWO ONCE IN A GENERATION STORMS UH SINCE 2018 WE WILL SEE ANOTHER BOMBO GENESIS POTENTIALLY THIS SATURDAY. AND SO THE URGENCY IS HERE I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS YOU KNOW, $1.1 MILLION BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DESPERATELY NEED AND WE NEED TO ALLOW FOR OUR OFFICE OF CLIMATE RESILIENCE TO DO THEIR JOB AND UH, PROTECT OUR WATERFRONT, OUR ECONOMY AND OUR RESIDENTS FROM URGING PASSAGE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POWDER UH, THE COUNCILOR FROM DISTRICT ONE, UM, SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKETS 0131. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. UH ALL. THOSE AGAINST, UH, THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED. THANK YOU. BUT, UM. THAT'S DONE. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0132? TALKING OF THE 0132 MESSAGE, ON AUTHORIZING THE CITY BUS AND ACCEPT AND EXPEND TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY $430,340 FROM THE CONNECTED AND ONLINE PROGRAM GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY PASS THROUGH THE MASSACHUSETTS TECHNOLOGY COLLABORATIVE TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY. THE EQUIPMENT INCLUDES LAPTOPS ,DESKTOP BUNDLES AND RELATED EQUIPMENT. THE EQUIPMENT WILL SUPPORT PUBLIC ACCESS TO EDUCATION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, DIGITAL LITERACY AND TELEHEALTH SERVICES ACROSS MULTIPLE CITY DEPARTMENTS. WITH THE APPOINTMENT CENTER, THE BCF CENTERS AND SITES OPERATED BY THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IN THE OFFICE OF RETURNING CITIZENS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS STRONG CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL COLLABORATION AND ADVANCES THE CITY'S BROADER DIGITAL EQUITY GOALS. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. THIS, UH, DOCKET WILL BE SENT TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. MR CHAIR, PLEASE READ DOCKET 0133 AND 0134. COUNCILOR. UH MURPHY. THERE HAS BEEN A COLLEAGUE WHO'S LIGHTS BUT ON. COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU HAVE A. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, UM, I HAD MY LIGHT ON AS. IT RELATED TO 0131. I ALSO WANTED TO INFORM. >> THE CHAIR. >> THAT. I ALSO REPRESENT THE WHARF DISTRICT COUNCIL. >> I'VE REPRESENTED. PART OF THE WHARF. DISTRICT COUNCIL FOR EIGHT YEARS. I HAVE. >> A. WONDERFUL WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY. I ALSO SUPPORT UM SUPPORT THIS DOCKET. TO GET THE. CRITICAL FUNDING THAT. IT'S NEEDED FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCY AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE. WHARF DISTRICT COUNCIL IN. >> THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION UH. >> FOR MANY YEARS ON THIS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. THIS IS ALSO. PART OF DISTRICT TWO. IT'S A. >> CRITICAL PART OF DISTRICT. SO I'M PROUD. TO REPRESENT THESE CONSTITUENT CONSTITUENTS. I ATTEND THE WHARF DISTRICT COUNCIL MEETING FREQUENTLY AND AGAIN I HAVE WORKED WITH THEM FOR EIGHT YEARS NOW. SO I JUST WANTED TO GO ON RECORD. THAT PART OF THE WHARF. DISTRICT IS IN DISTRICT UH DISTRICT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. THANK YOU. >> MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. LET'S SEE. >> UM, WHAT ARE WE HAVE NINE. WHICH WE READ 011133133. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0133 AND 0134. DOCK NUMBER 0133 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $219,178.03 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE ASSISTANCE FUNDING AWARDED BY THE MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE CENTER FOR WORKING FAMILIES BOSTON TAX HELP COALITION IN ASSISTING LOW INCOME TAXPAYERS WITH PERSONAL INCOME TAX FUNDS FOR THE 2026 TAX SEASON. DOCKET NUMBER 0134 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $120,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM AWARDED BY THE UNITED WAY AS TO THE BOSTON LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, THE GRANT WILL FUND FINANCIAL EDUCATION, CREDIT, ASSET BUILDING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS AT THE CENTER FOR WORKING FAMILIES. THANK YOU, MR COOK. DOCKET 0133 AND 0134 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. ORDINARILY THEY WOULD HAVE GONE TO LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. UM MOVING ON MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0135. AND NUMBER 0135 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $100,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT MASSACHUSETTS TECHNOLOGY COLLABORATIVE MASTEC AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY PASS THROUGH THE MASSACHUSETTS TECHNOLOGY COLLABORATIVE TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY. THE GRANT WILL FUND A MULTI SESSION DIGITAL SKILLS WORKSHOP SERIES AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS AND DISTRIBUTE DEVICES TO LEARNERS. THANK YOU MR CLERK. DOCKET 0135 WILL BE REFERRED UM TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. MR DIRECTED PLEASE READ DOCKET 0136. DUNCAN NUMBER 0136 MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $100,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 DELTA UNIT HERE MY GRANT AWARDED BY THE MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SECURE SAFETY AND SECURITY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT TO CONDUCT DEDICATED EMERGENCY SERVICES THROUGH ITS DELTA UNITS CONSISTING OF THREE DELTA UNIT VEHICLES ASSIGNED TO CASTLE ISLAND, PLEASURE BAY AND CARSON BEACH RESPECTFULLY WITHIN THE OLD HARBOR RESERVATION IN THE SOUTH BOSTON SECTION OF THE CITY OF BOSTON SEASONALLY FROM MEMORIAL DAY TO LABOR DAY INCLUSIVE PER LINE ITEM 8320 4-0050 OF THE FISCAL YEAR 26 GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. DOCKET 0136 WE REFER TO THE THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET UM 0137. DOC NUMBER 0137 MESSAGING ON AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $100,000 IN A FORM OF A GRANT MUNICIPAL ADA IMPROVEMENT GRANT AWARDED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS OFFICE ON DISABILITY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY. THE GRANT WILL FUND UPDATING THE MUNICIPAL ADA SELF EVALUATION AND TRANSITION PLAN TO ADDRESS BARRIERS TO ACCESSIBILITY AND WEB DAY SERVICES AND APPLICATIONS. THANK YOU MR CLERK. DOCKET 0137 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE MR CLERK PLEASE READ DOCKET 0138 THROUGH 01330139. DOC NUMBER 0138 MESSAGING ON AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $50,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT ME AS OFFICE OF HUMAN SERVICES CONNECT, LEARN AND EXPLORE INITIATIVE AWARDED BY BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF HUMAN SERVICES. THE GRANT WOULD FUND TRAINING AN ADDITIONAL TEN LIFEGUARDS TO SUPPORT THE SWIM SAFE AUTISM SWIM PROGRAM, HOLD AN AUTISM AWARENESS WATER SAFETY EVENT, PURCHASE AUTISM SWIM EQUIPMENT TO SUPPORT SENSORY SWIM PROGRAMS AND BOUQUET OF POOLS. PROVIDE ALL YOUTH PARTICIPATING IN THE SAFE SAME SAFE LESSONS GEAR PROGRAM WITH GOGGLES AND SWIM CAPS. HOSTED A WEEK LONG. >> ALL. GIRLS SPORTS FESTIVAL CAMP LAUNCH GET INTO THE GAME AD CAMPAIGN AS PART OF THE WOMEN'S COACHING INITIATIVE AND DOC NUMBER 0139 MESSAGE AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THROUGH THE OFFICE OF HUMAN SERVICES AN IN-KIND DONATION OF ATHLETIC SHOES AND APPAREL VALUED AT $3,276 DONATED BY REEBOK CORPORATION. THE PURPOSE OF THIS DONATION IS TO SUPPORT THE MAYOR'S LET'S PLAY BOSTON YOUTH SPORTS INITIATIVE. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. DOCKET 013830139 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE. MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU. HAVE THE FLOOR. I'VE HAD MY LIGHT ON TO RISE AND ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO SUSPEND AND PASS BOTH OF THESE GRANTS. YOU READ BOTH OF THEM? I HAD MY LEAD ON TO SPEAK ON THE SWIM ONE FIRST. BUT AS SOMEONE WHO LEARNED HOW TO SWIM. OVER 50 YEARS AGO AT ABC LIFE AND HAVE UM ATTENDED THE ALL GIRLS SPORTS. FESTIVAL WHICH IS A. GREAT WEEK FOR GIRLS DURING THE SUMMER. UM I WOULD LIKE OUR COLLEAGUES TO SUSPEND AND PASS THIS LOW DOLLAR GRANT AND ALSO THE ONE FOR THE. UM $3,276 TO SUPPORT THE LET'S PLAY BOSTON. >> NEWS SPORTS. THANK YOU. UM. >> COUNCILOR MURPHY. COULD I SUSPEND BOTH. ? >> SUSPEND AND PULL BOTH? YEAH. >> YEP. SEPARATELY. >> YEP. >> YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. UH, COUNCILOR MURPHY WISHES TO COUNCIL. THANK YOU. KEEP LIKE A LIGHT ON THE LIGHTS, COUNCILOR DURKAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. SINCE THERE ARE NO COMMITTEE CHAIRS, I'D LIKE TO JOIN MY COLLEAGUE AND ASKING FOR A SUSPEND AND PASS ON THOSE TWO DOCKETS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR SECONDING THAT. UM, COUNCILOR MURPHY WISHES TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND, UH, PASS DOCKET 013. IT UH THROUGH. INDIVIDUAL THE INDIVIDUALLY HANGING ON WHICH TO. UM TALK OF 0137 AND 3838. >> AND THREE AND. 3839. SO UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. OF UM OF OF QUESTION. ON THREE AND HANG ON. I'LL JUST GET IN FRONT OF ME HERE. COUNCILOR MURPHY ASKED TO SUSPEND AND PASS THE, UH, DOCKET 0138. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. UH. >> ALL THOSE AGAINST DOCKET 01138 IS PASSED. UH, COUNCILOR MURPHY SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET 0139. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. SAY I THANK YOU. DOCKET 0139 HAS PASSED. BUT THAT WOULD TAKE THAT DOESN'T. UH, WE MOVE ON TO REPORTS OF OFFICERS AND OTHERS. UH, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0140 THROUGH 0155? TALKING EV 0140 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT LIZ BRAIN DETAILING THE NAMED CHAIRS, VICE CHAIRS AND VOTING MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL STANDING COMMITTEES FOR THE 2026 2027 TERM TALKING NUMBERS 0141 NOTICE RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF STEPHEN ELKINS AS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 5TH, 2026, DOCKET NUMBER 0142 NOTICE WE RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR THE APPOINTMENT OF LYDIA TORRES AS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 5TH, 2026, DOCKET NUMBER 0143 NOTICES RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR OF THE APPOINTMENT OF FRANKLIN PERALTA AS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 5TH, 2026. TALKING NUMBER 0144 NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR THE APPOINTMENT OF MICHAEL FIRESTONE AS A AS CORPORATION COUNCILOR EFFECTIVE JANUARY 12TH 2026. TUCKER NUMBER 0145 NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR THE APPOINTMENT OF DANIELLE CHOI AS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON CIVIC DESIGN COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING OCTOBER 31ST, 2029. TUCKER NUMBER 0146 NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR THE APPOINTMENT OF ANTHONY HOLLAND BURKE, M.D. AS AN EX-OFFICIO MEMBER OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSIONS BOARD OF HEALTH TALKING NUMBER 0147 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM SCOTT FINN, CITY AUDITOR REGARDING THE CITY OF BOSTON'S FISCAL 2025 ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT TALKING NUMBERS 0148 COMMUNICATION RECEIVED FROM THE BOSTON PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION REGARDING A VOTE TO APPROVE KATHY BAKER ECLIPSE TO SERVE ON THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE AS THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BOSTON PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION DOCKET NUMBER 0149 COMMUNICATION FROM COUNCILOR FLYNN REGARDING RECENT SEXUAL ASSAULT AT BOSTON MEDICAL. CENTER DOCKET NUMBER 0150 COMMUNICATION FROM COUNCIL FLYNN REGARDING BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION OVERSIGHT AND SECURITY AT HOSPITALS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON ,DOCKET NUMBER 0151 COMMUNICATION FROM COUNCIL FLYNN REGARDING OUTGOING ARPA FUNDS TO NONPROFITS IN BOSTON. TALKING NUMBERS 0152 COMMUNICATION FROM COUNCIL REGARDING THE DEMOTION OF BOSTON POLICE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT MARCUS EDDINGS DUGGAN NUMBER 0153 COMMUNICATION FROM COUNCIL FLYNN REGARDING THE COMMUNITY PROCESS FOR THE PARCEL P3 DEVELOPMENT DOCKET NUMBER 015 FOR COMMUNICATION FROM COUNCILOR MEJIA REGARDING PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO BOSTON CITY COUNCIL RULES 2026 2027 AND NUMBER 0155 COMMUNICATION RECEIVED FROM POLICE COMMISSIONER MICHAEL COX IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION THREE OF THE BOSTON TRUST ACT REGARDING CIVIL IMMIGRATION DETAINER RESULTS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2025. THANK YOU, MR TRUCK. UH, DOCKET 0140 BEFORE WE PUT THEM ON FILE, I REQUEST AFTER, UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO SPEAK TO YOUR CORRESPONDENTS FOR, UH, TWO MINUTES, UH, FOR EACH. THANK YOU. >> YEAH. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'M ONLY GOING TO. SPEAK ON DOCKET 0152. AND THAT WAS THE COMMUNICATION REGARDING THE. THE MOTION OF. BOSTON POLICE. DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT MARCUS ADAMS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM, I SENT A LETTER TO BOSTON POLICE COMMISSIONER COX REGARDING THE DEMOTION OF BOSTON PLACE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT MARCUS EDDINGS. THIS FOLLOWED THE. TROUBLING DEMOTION OF ANOTHER WELL-RESPECTED MEMBER OF THE COMMAND STAFF, EDDIE CRISPIN. WHEN EDDINGS WAS DEMOTED, MANY EXPRESSED CONFUSION AND DISAPPOINTMENT ABOUT THE DECISION. IN MY OPINION, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT EDDINGS IS A SEASONED AND KNOWLEDGEABLE LEADER WHO HAS DEMONSTRATED A DEEP DEDICATION TO SERVING THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY. IN MY OPINION, HIS DEMOTION IS A HUGE LOSS TO THE IMPORTANT WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE. I ALSO TALKED WITH THE ORGANIZATION REPRESENTING. THE UM LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND THE MINORITY COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH UM THEY ARE ALSO DISAPPOINTED IN THIS DEVELOPMENT. IT IS DISCOURAGING AND IT'S DISAPPOINTMENT DISAPPOINTING WHEN WE SEE WELL QUALIFIED MEN OF COLOR ON THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT GETTING DEMOTED UM, WITHOUT AN EXPLANATION. UM, I'M HERE TO STAND UP FOR THOSE POLICE OFFICERS WHO I THINK HAVE CONTRIBUTED. GREATLY TO OUR CITY. MANY OF THEM ARE ROLE MODELS AND ENCOURAGE YOUNG PEOPLE THEY THEY MAY WANT TO JOIN THE POLICE FORCE, BUT THEY'RE ALSO BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME AND CONTRIBUTED GREATLY TO COMMUNITY POLICING IN OUR CITY. IT'S DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT CRISPIN OR DEP. DEPUTY EDDINGS UM OUR OUTSTANDING POLICE OFFICERS AND I DO THINK THIS HURTS OUR DEPARTMENT AND I DO THINK THIS HURTS OUR CITY AND I'M HERE TO STAND UP FOR THEM BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE WHEN PEOPLE OF COLOR. ON THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT GET DEMOTED FOR NO REASON. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU MR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. UH, COUNSELOR HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM. >> AND I. THIS IS MORE SO FOR A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, I KNOW I DID FILE A WRITTEN COMMUNICATION REGARDING THE RULES. UM, AND UH, IN MY IN MY REQUEST I ALSO TALKED ABOUT SOME CHANGES THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE TO THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE. UM, AND I'M NOT SURE IF THIS WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE. TIME TO. ADDRESS THAT OR IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE, UH, EXPLORING THOSE ARE IN THE WORK IN SESSION JUST SO THAT I'M CLEAR. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CORRESPONDENCE ON THIS MATTER. UH, WE WILL BRING THESE ISSUES TO THE WORKING SESSION AND WHICH WILL BE NOTICED AS SOON AS WE GET FINISHED HERE TODAY. OKAY. >> THANK YOU. UM. >> MADAM CHAIR, I ARE. YOU YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. >> I LIKE TO ASSOCIATE MYSELF THE REMARKS AND THE COMMUNICATION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER FLYNN REGARDING MARCUS. AND I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT WE DON'T USUALLY HAVE A COMMENTARY ONCE THE THE PERSON WHO. IT'S A COURTESY TO THE FOLKS WHO SEND THE THE CORRESPONDENCE TO LET THEM SPEAK TO IT BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE FLOOR. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT, I STAND CORRECTED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. DOCKET 014030155 WILL BE PLACED ON SCI FI WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0139? OH WHO? DOCKET 0156. DOC AND HAVE A0156 THAT CONSTABLE. BOND UP TO ME COULD. UH J DASH HAVEN'T BEEN DULY APPROVED. BY THE COLLECTOR TREASURER WAS RECEIVED. UM, WHAT AM I GOT? 1567. UH, DOCKET 0156 IS APPROVED UNDER THE USUAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS. THANK YOU, MR TURK. REMIND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO MOTIONS, ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS JUST AS A REMINDER PURSUANT TO RULE 39, REMARKS BY COUNCILORS AT THIS TIME SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES FOR THE LEAD SPONSOR AND TWO MINUTES FOR THE CO-SPONSORS FOR RESOLUTIONS. REMARKS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES FOR THE DOCKET SPONSORS AND TWO MINUTES FOR ANY OTHER COUNCILOR AS THE AS THE APPROPRIATE TIME FOR QUESTIONS AND DEBATE. IS THAT A PUBLIC HEARING OR WORKING SESSION GIVEN THE EXTENSIVE NUMBER OF FILINGS UH AND AS A MATTER OF EFFICIENCY BY REFILE FOR REFILED MATTERS, I KINDLY ASKED COUNCILORS TO LIMIT THEIR REMARKS TO NO MORE THAN ONE MINUTE AND CO-SPONSORS TO DEFER TO THE LEAD SPONSORS FOR REMARKS. THESE ARE REFILED DOCKETS FROM LAST LAST YEAR. UM WE ARE NOW ON TO MOTIONS. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0158? THIS IS A REFUND. DUKKHA NUMBER 0158 COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PART OF THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING. STREET FOOD CUTS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON RE FILE FROM 2025. CONSTITUENTS OF COLOR TO SEATTLE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'M PROUD TO FILE THIS ORDINANCE AND EVEN PROUDER OF THE SUCCESSFUL PILOT PROGRAM THAT WE LAUNCHED IN PARTNERSHIP. >> WITH OIE LAST YEAR THAT DEMONSTRATED A REAL PROOF OF CONCEPT. NOW IT IS TIME TO UH PUT IT UM FROM ACTION INTO WORDS AND GET IT INTO THE CODE. THAT PILOT SHOWED US THAT WHAT WE ALREADY KNEW TO BE TRUE WHEN WE LOWER BARRIERS AND SIMPLIFY SYSTEMS, PEOPLE PARTICIPATE AND SMALL BUSINESSES CAN THRIVE. THIS ORDINANCE IS ABOUT FORMALIZING WHAT ALREADY EXISTS AND TURNING AN INFORMAL ECONOMY INTO A LEGITIMATE, ACCESSIBLE PATHWAY TO ECONOMIC MOBILITY. IT CREATES A STREAMLINED MULTILINGUAL PROCESS, LOWERS PERMIT COSTS AND ESTABLISHES CLEAR RULES AND DESIGNATED ZONES WITH PROPER OVERSIGHT SO VENDORS LARGELY THOSE FROM THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND THOSE WHO SPEAK ANOTHER LANGUAGE AREN'T NAVIGATING A MAZE OF BUREAUCRACY JUST TO EARN A LIVING AT A TIME WHEN BRICK AND MORTAR COSTS REMAIN OUT OF REACH FOR MANY, NON-MOTORIZED VENDING OFFERS A LOW COST ONRAMP TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP. THIS IS A LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY REFORM WORKING HAND IN HAND, TAKING A TESTED PILOT AND PUTTING A REAL VISION INTO ACTION. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES, DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY TO GET THIS RIGHT AND EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES IN BOSTON. THANK YOU. >> UH, CONCEPTS AND IDEAS ABOUT IT. UH. WITH ANYONE ELSE I'D LIKE. >> TO MAKE IT. GOT IT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POWDER. UM, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME TO THIS DOCKET? UH, COUNCILOR DURKAN, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILWOMAN. HERE COMES COUNCILOR PEPEN. COUNCILOR SANTANA, COUNCILOR WEBER AND CONSTABLE WORRELL AND PLEASE OF THE CHAIR AND, UH, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. THANK YOU. DOCKET 015 IT WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE. UM. THE OVERHAUL. >> OF THE WHOLE. MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0159? OH, SO I UNDERSTAND THIS DOCKET IS BEING WITHDRAWN. FROM DOCKET NUMBER 059 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0160? THIS IS ANOTHER REFILE. DUCKY NUMBER 0160 COUNCIL. LET ME HEAR. >> OF THE. FOLLOWING ORDINANCE CREATING A MUNICIPAL IDENTITY. IDENTIFICATION CARD IN THE. CITY OF BOSTON. A REFILE FROM 2025. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMEMBER HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, AND I KNOW THERE'S THIS IS JUST A REFILE. UM, SO I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE UP TOO MUCH SPACE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THE CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> DOCKET 0160 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. OH YES. BEG YOUR PARDON? WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME TO DOCKET 0160? COUNCILOR PEPEN COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCILOR WORRELL AND PLEASE OUT THE CHAIR. DOCKET 0160 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. UH, MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE, UH, READ DOCKET 0161. DUCKING INTO 0161 COUNCIL AS WELL AND BE HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE PREVENTING WAGE THEFT IN THE CITY OF BOSTON FILE FROM 2025. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. MR. CLERK, UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WEBER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS A REFILE. UH, JUST AS A REMINDER, UH, THIS ORDINANCE WOULD STOP THE CITY OF BOSTON FROM ISSUING CONTRACTS AND LICENSES TO BUSINESSES THAT HABITUALLY FAIL TO PAY THEIR WORKERS ACCORDING TO, UH, STATE AND FEDERAL WAGE LAW. UM, WE HAVE UH, COUNCILOR MURPHY AND I HAVE WORKED WITH ADVOCATES OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. UH, AND WE THOUGHT, UH, THIS THIS ORDINANCE IS BASICALLY READY FOR PASSAGE. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE CHAIR OF THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE TO, UH, GET THIS BEFORE. >> THE COUNCIL. UH, SOON, UH, SO WE CAN PROTECT WORKERS HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR WEBER. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR CULPEPER. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD COUNCILOR. UH LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. UH. MURPHY. COUNSELOR. PEPEN COUNCILOR. SANTANA, HUNTER WEBER AND COUNCILOR WORRELL AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. YOU'RE THE LEAD. GOOD. OH, UM, CONSTABLE WEBER YOU HAD. >> SORRY, MADAM PRESIDENT, I NEGLECTED TO ADD, UH, COUNCILOR PEPEN, AS IT WERE. CAN WE ADD PEPEN AS A THIRD ON THIS NOW OR YOU KNOW, TO DO IT LATER, CAN I WE SUSPENDED THAT. YES YOU CAN. YES. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL WEBER UH SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES TO, UH, CONTRA PEPEN AND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY SEEING NO OBJECTION CONTRA PEMBINA. SO, UH SO ADDED UM, DOCKET 010161 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. MR TROUT, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0162. DOCKET NUMBER 0162 COUNCIL IS MEJIA AND WELL OFF OF THE FOLLOWING PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW AND ACT RELATIVE TO REORGANIZATION OF THE BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE RE. FILE 2025. THANK YOU. UH, MR TRUCK, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMEMBER HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCIL OVERALL FOR JOINING ME ON THIS QUEST. THIS IS NOT A NEW VENTURE IN 2023. UM THIS UH DIFFERENT ITERATION OF THIS BODY, UM, PASSED A HOME RULE PETITION THAT WAS SENT OVER TO UM THEN UH, AS WELL STILL UH, CITY COUNCIL UH, NO MAYOR MOVE UM TO UH MOVE FORWARD AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO FINALLY HAVE AN ELECTED SCHOOL COMMITTEE. WE KNOW GIVEN THE STATE OF AFFAIRS HERE, UM, ON THE NATIONAL LANDSCAPE AND ALSO HERE LOCALLY ABOUT MORE THAN EVER PEOPLE WANT TO BE ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS, UM, IN THE DECISIONS THAT GET MADE ABOUT THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION FOR THEIR CHILDREN. BOSTON IS THE ONLY MUNICIPALITY IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS THAT HAS AN APPOINTED SCHOOL COMMITTEE STRUCTURE. IF WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT DEMOCRACY AND IF WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT GIVING PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ELECT THEIR REPRESENTATIVES, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TAKE THE CALL ON THE MANDATE, UM, THAT VOTERS HAD IN 2022 WHEN WE FIRST PASSED UM THAT NONBINDING RULE I THOUGHT I HAD THREE MINUTES. WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? TWO. >> OH, JESUS. >> WELL THANK YOU. WHAT WAS THAT? COMES FROM A HAND. >> LORD. IT'S A REFILE. UH. >> THANK YOU. UM, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR? UH CULPEPER. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCILOR. UH LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. MURPHY COUNCILOR. PEPEN COUNCILOR. SANTANA, COUNCILOR WEBER. AND PLEASE HAVE THE CHAIR. COUNCIL. >> COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I SPEAK ON THAT DOCKET? THIS IS A REFILE. SO WE'RE GOING TO REALLY HOLD THE, UH, DEBATE TO, UH, THE HEARING. IT'LL BE IT'LL BE SENT TO COMMITTEE AND WHEN WE HAVE WORKING SESSION IF THAT'S JUST AN INTEREST OF THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. COUNCILOR FLYNN. THANK YOU. UH, WE WE DID THE ADDING THE NAMES, UH, DOCKET UH, 0162 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0163? THIS IS A NEW. DOCKET NUMBER 0163 COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR THE FOLLOWING PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW AN ACT RELATIVE TO REAL ESTATE TRANSFER FEES AND SENIOR PROPERTY TAX RELIEF. THANK YOU, MR BURKE. UH. >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM AND. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FIRST MEETING. UM, I HAVE A SUBSTITUTION FOR. THIS DOCKET THAT I BELIEVE. HAS BEEN PLACED. ON ALL OF OUR COUNCILORS BASKETS. UM. >> AS EVERYONE GOT THE SUBSTITUTE DOCUMENT. ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD. THERE WAS JUST, UM, THERE'S A TYPO AND THEN THERE WAS, UH WHEREAS THAT WAS ADDED TO REFLECT ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE. >> A. SUBSTITUTION SUBSTITUTE FOR, UH. JUST BEG YOUR PARDON, COUNCILOR SANTANA. IS THERE A SECONDER FOR THE SUBSTITUTION OF THE LANGUAGE COUNCIL? DURKAN JUST A SECOND. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. ALL IN FAVOR? UH. >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, BOSTON IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A HOUSING CRISIS, BUT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF TOOLS WITHIN OUR TOOLBOX THAT WE COULD USE TO ADDRESS IT. ONE OF THESE TOOLS IS A REAL ESTATE TRANSFER FEE WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR THE CITY TO FIND AFFORDABLE HOUSING SOLUTIONS FOLLOWING THE TRANSFER OF HIGH VALUE PROPERTIES WHEN PROPERTIES ARE TRANSFERRED TRANSFERRED INSTEAD OF SOLD, THE CITY LOSES OUT ON VALUABLE SOURCE OF REVENUE. A REAL ESTATE TRANSFER FEE WOULD ALLOW FOR THE CITY TO COLLECT A FEE UP TO 2% OF THE PURCHASE PRICE OF A TRANSFERRED PROPERTY. THIS FEES PACIFICALLY TARGETS HIGH VALUE TRANSFERS. IT WOULD EXEMPT THE FIRST $2 MILLION OF THE PURCHASE PRICE, MAKING ALL PROPERTY TRANSFERS LESS THAN THAT AMOUNT ENTIRELY EXEMPT. THIS WOULD ENSURE THAT THIS FEE WOULDN'T IMPACT MIDDLE AND LOWER INCOME FAMILIES. THE FUND WILL BE DIVERTED TO PROGRAMS WHICH WILL HELP OUR NEIGHBORS FIND AFFORDABLE, LONG TERM AND STABLE HOUSING. THESE PROGRAMS ARE TAILORED TO ADDRESS THE IMPACT OF OUR HOUSING CRISIS HAS ON OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, ESPECIALLY LOW INCOME FAMILIES AND SENIORS. THEY WOULD HELP WITH SENIOR PROPERTY TAX RELIEF, HOUSING ACQUISITION, HOUSING CREATION PROJECTS, LOW INCOME RENTER STABILITY AND SENIOR HOMEOWNER HOMEOWNER STABILITY. THIS WAY THOSE BENEFITING FROM THE MOST HIGH VALUE PROPERTY TRANSFERS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO HOUSING JUSTICE FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS. THROUGH THIS FEE, WE CAN BETTER ADDRESS THE HOUSING CRISIS THAT IMPACTS MOST BOSTON A CITY IN WHICH OVER 50% OF RENTERS ACROSS BURDENED BY IMPOSING A MODEST TAX ON THE MOST LUCRATIVE HIGH VALUE REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES WILL JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING THIS MEASURE. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR SANTANA. UH. >> WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE? COUNCILOR UM, DURKIN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I JUST WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR SANTANA FOR HIS LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE. I THINK THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY NAME. UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ASK COUNCIL SANTANA A QUESTION? UM YES CERTAINLY. THAT THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM, COUNCIL SANTANA, COULD YOU TELL ME AGAIN THE. THE MINIMUM NUMBER IT WOULD BE FOR UM THAT RESIDENTS WOULD BE EXEMPT IN TERMS OF THE COST. I DIDN'T CATCH THAT FIGURE. COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YOU MAY ANSWER YES. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN . I'M A $2 MILLION SO EVERYTHING BELOW $2 MILLION WILL BE EXEMPT THEN. SO I THINK HIGHER THAN 2 MILLION WILL QUALIFY. >> FOR SO. THANK YOU. >> OKAY UM SO FURTHER QUESTIONS I THINK WILL BE THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF HAVING A HEARING AND A WORKING SESSION GOING FORWARD . SO UM. MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. SO I WILL SAY SOMETHING. YES. >> NOT TO YOU BUT. UH ARE YOU ARE YOU DONE, COUNCILOR. FLYNN I'M SORRY I DIDN'T. YES. >> UH, MADAM CHAIR, THE, UH COUNCIL SANTANA ANSWERED MY QUESTION. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO UM COUNCIL SANTANA I ALTHOUGH I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING IT I I DO THINK THIS IS ANOTHER TAX AND DURING, UM, ECONOMIC CHALLENGING TIMES I DON'T THINK UM, TAXING RESIDENTS THAT WANT TO SELL A CONDO OR A HOUSE UM ABOVE $2 MILLION. IS IS THE RIGHT MOVE. UM MANY PEOPLE MANY PEOPLE HAVE HOMES THAT. >> ARE. THAT ARE $1 MILLION HOMES AND THEY'RE NOT WEALTHY AND THEY HAVE TO SELL THEIR HOME FOR VARIOUS REASONS. UM, BUT I DO THINK THIS IS ALSO ANOTHER TAX AND IT WILL NOT BE WELCOMED BY THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY OR INVESTORS IN OUR CITY. BUT I THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILOR SANTANA. THANK YOU MA'AM. THANK YOU. >> UM, DO I HAVE THE FLOOR, MADAM PRESIDENT? UH, COUNCILOR SANTANA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM AND. >> ALTHOUGH I DISAGREE WITH YOUR COMMENTS, I APPRECIATE THAT, COUNCILOR FLYNN. UM. >> I DO WANT TO CLARIFY IS OVER $2 MILLION THAT YOU MENTIONED THE WOMEN IN THAT. SO SOME YOU ABSOLUTELY. WOULDN'T QUALIFY. UM, MADAM PRESIDENT, CAN I ADD ,UM, UM, COUNCILOR REGINA'S A SECOND. UM, AND CAN I ALSO ADD COUNCILOR. DURKAN AS AN. ALTERNATIVE CO-SPONSOR OF THIS COUNCIL? UH, I. >> WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO. ADD COUNCILOR DURKAN. SEEING OR HEARING NO OBJECTION. CONSTANT DURKAN SO ADDED. THANK YOU. >> AND THEN COUNSELOR AND. COUNCILOR CULTURE RESOLUTION. UM THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR DURKAN PUT HER NAME A COUNSELOR HAPPEN COMES. OR WEBER CONTROVERSIAL AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. DOCKET NUMBER 013163 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. UM, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 016 FOR. TALKING OF A016 FOR COUNCIL ZERO LAW FOR THE FOLLOWING PETITION FOR A SPECIAL ENACT RELATIVE TO VARIOUS TAX CLASSIFICATION DEFINITIONS, EXEMPTIONS AND CREDITS. THANK YOU. >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL RURAL COUNCILOR. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND CONGRATULATIONS. >> ON YOUR. FIRST UH, MEETING. UM THIS IS JUST A REFERRAL JUST LOOKING TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION AROUND TAXES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO, UM, LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNSELOR FITZGERALD A COUNSELOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, COUNCILOR. UH LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. PEPEN COUNCILOR. UH SANTANA AND COUNCILOR WEBER. AND PLEASE UH THE CHAIR. AND COUNCILOR MURPHY. OH, AND COUNCILMAN MURPHY. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0164 IT WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE, UH ,READ DOCKET 0165. TALKING NUMBERS 0165 COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PART OF THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING THE ESTABLISHMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF FUNDING MECHANISMS FOR BOSTON'S COASTAL PROTECTION. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL. UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR UM. COLLETTE AS A PATTERN. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS A RE FILE SO I WILL BE BRIEF. UM, THIS IS A DIFFERENT VERSION OF WHAT I HAVE FILED IN PAST YEARS UNDERSTANDING THAT, UM, WHAT IS CURRENTLY MISSING IS A CLEAR SCALABLE FINANCING STRATEGY FOR SOME OF OUR CLIMATE RESILIENCE WORK I DO WANT TO CALL UPON AND GIVE KUDOS TO THE GREEN RIBBON COMMISSION, WHO HAS COMMISSIONED A STUDY THROUGH PHILANTHROPIC DOLLARS TO GET THIS WORK DONE. AND SO THEIR WORK IS SO CRITICAL AND SO FINDING A GREEN RESILIENCE FINANCING BLUEPRINT IS ESSENTIAL TO OUR LONG TERM PROTECTION OF OUR COASTLINE. AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUES JUST CONTINUING THIS CONVERSATION IN THE COUNCIL AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES IN THE ADMINISTRATION ON THIS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. MEJIA PEPEN COUNCILOR. SANTANA COUNCILOR. MURPHY, COUNCILOR WEBER AND COUNCILOR. UH WHAT LAUREL AND PLEASE OUT THE CHAIR. DOCKET 0165 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE. MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0166. SO I CAN NUMBER 0166 COUNCIL OF COLOR AS A MATTER FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR HIM REGARDING BOSTON PUBLIC. SCHOOLS STUDENT ATHLETE TRANSFER AND ELIGIBILITY POLICIES. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THE CHAIR UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PART A COUNSELOR AS A COLOR. THAT'S ABOUT IT. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. UM, THIS IS NOT A REFILE. THIS IS A NEW HEARING ORDER. UH, IN ORDER FOR US TO TAKE A HARD, THOUGHTFUL LOOK AT THE STUDENT ATHLETE TRANSFER AND ELIGIBILITY POLICIES AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, HOW THEY ARE APPLIED IN PRACTICE. OUR STUDENT ATHLETES TRANSFER SCHOOLS FOR MANY VALID NON-ATHLETIC REASONS ACADEMIC NEEDS, SPECIAL EDUCATION SUPPORT, HEALTH CONCERNS OR FAMILY CIRCUMSTANCES. YET TOO OFTEN THOSE TRANSFERS TRIGGER ELIGIBILITY REVIEWS THAT ARE CONFUSING, OPAQUE AND UNFORGIVING WHERE A MISSED DEADLINES, MISCOMMUNICATION OR ADULT DECISION MAKING CAN COST A CHILD AN ENTIRE SEASON. WE'VE HAD CONCERNS FROM ONE OF MY NEIGHBORHOODS UM, ABOUT INCONSISTENT STANDARDS, LIMITED NOTICE ON CLEAR APPEALS AND REVIEW PROCESSES THAT DON'T ALWAYS GUARANTEE STUDENTS A MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD. WHEN SYSTEMS LACK TRANSPARENCY AND DUE PROCESS, STUDENTS NOT INSTITUTIONS END UP PAYING THE PRICE. THIS HEARING IS ABOUT FAIRNESS, FLAHERTY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. IT'S ABOUT ENSURING POLICIES ARE CLEARLY COMMUNICATED, CONSISTENTLY APPLIED AND CENTERED ON STUDENT WELL-BEING WHILE REMAINING COMPLIANT WITH GOVERNING RULES. OUR STUDENTS DESERVE NOTHING LESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNSELOR? UH OH. HOLD ON. I JUST GOT THE LIGHT ON AND JOHN MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. UM, THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. >> COLLETTA ZAPATA I KNOW I HAVE HEARD FROM MANY STAFF FAMILY. MEMBERS AND STUDENTS AND THERE IS A BIG CONCERN THAT POLICIES THAT ARE IN PLACE AND WE HAVE TO FOLLOW STATE RULES ALSO ARE NOT FAIRLY OR UH, APPLIED ALL THE TIME. SO WHEN INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS WHO JUST WANT TO PLAY A SPORT SOMETHING THAT THEY LOVE AND WE KNOW AND I BELIEVE THAT MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE COLLEAGUES HERE WANT TO ALWAYS ADVOCATE AND MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO ARTS AND EXTRACURRICULAR AND FOR MANY A SPORT IS WHAT GETS OUR KIDS TO SCHOOL. SO I THINK THIS HEARING IS IMPORTANT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ASK SOME TOUGH QUESTIONS. I AM PREPARED TO FILE A 17 F TO GET SOME INFORMATION ON STUDENT TRANSFERS AND POLICIES THAT COACHES HAVE BEEN DOING OVER THESE PAST FEW YEARS, BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD AND UNFORTUNATELY IN THIS CASE THE STUDENT THAT. I AM AWARE OF I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S THE SAME ONE BUT PROBABLY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PLAY BASKETBALL THIS TERM BUT HOPING THAT OUR ADVOCACY CAN MAKE SURE THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNSELOR. THEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YEAH THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND PLEASE ADD MY NAME AS WELL. I THINK THIS IS A. CRITICAL ISSUE. I THINK IF THERE IS A RULE IN PLACE IT HAS TO BE FOLLOWED AND THE STANDARD HAS TO BE SET AND APPLY TO ALL EQUALLY. I HAVE RECEIVED CALLS AS WELL FROM THIS. I WAS A FORMER. SUBSTITUTE SCHOOL TEACHER CHARLESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL UM AND I KNOW I HAVE RECEIVED CALLS AND EMAILS ABOUT PARTICULAR ISSUES IMPACTING STUDENT ATHLETES IN HIGH SCHOOL BUT I I JOINED MY COLLEAGUES IN ACKNOWLEDGING THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. UM UM DUNCAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILOR BREADON. COUNCIL PRESIDENT BRUTON, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO COUNCILOR CLETA ZAPATA. OBVIOUSLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT KIDS WE'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT YOU KNOW, ALSO WANTING TO SORT OF MASK IDENTITIES BECAUSE IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT KIDS GET THE ANONYMITY THAT THEY DESERVE WHEN CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING AT THE CITY COUNCIL. UH, BUT I THINK THIS ISSUE IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND I KNOW A LOT OF YOU I'VE TOLD A LOT OF YOU ABOUT, UM, GETTING INTO MY OWN HIGH SCHOOL'S ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME LIKE ATHLETICS WERE EVERYTHING TO ME AS A KID. AND SO I REALLY WANT TO UH, SECOND UM, AND AND ADD MY NAME TO THIS BUT ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE UM YOU KNOW, THESE ARE CHILDREN. THEY DESERVE LIKE ANONYMITY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE SOMETIMES LIKE GRADES, YOU KNOW, COME INTO THESE REVIEWS AND OTHER THINGS . SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT INDIVIDUAL INCIDENCES ARE DRIVING THIS PARTICULAR THING BECAUSE I DO THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ANONYMIZE ALL THE ISSUES. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR DURKIN WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR CULPEPPER COUNCILOR. DURKIN. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNSELOR. NEW LOUIJEUNE COUNSELOR MEJIA CULTURE. MERCY. HUNTER. PEPEN. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNCILOR WEBER, PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET ZERO UH, 166 WOULD BE REFERRED TO, UM, THE COMMITTEE ON THE 67167. THE NUMBERS ARE NOT QUITE RIGHT. WE'LL BE REFERRING TO THE COMMITTEE IN THE WHOLE. IT'S JUST 166. I WAS LOOKING AT THE WRONG ONE. I'M GETTING MY MY DIGITS MIXED UP TODAY. UH DOCKET THERE UH, DOCKET 0166 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. THANK YOU. WE WILL TAKE A BRIEF RECESS. THANK YOU. VERY NICE. >> UH, THANKS. FOR. THE. MR TRUCK. WE ESTABLISH A QUORUM PRESENT AGAIN NINE. YES, YES, WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. WE HAVE A QUORUM. WE'RE BACK IN SESSION. HEADED AGAIN. THANK YOU EVERYONE. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, THE INVOCATION OF RULE 38 BY A COLLEAGUE. UM, AND IT'S MY INTENTION TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE PURSUANT TO THE RULE. I WILL, UH, ADDRESS THIS BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING AND, UH, MOVE ON WITH THE AGENDA. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 0167? DOC NUMBER 0167 COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTNER FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS PROGRESS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADDRESSING. DRINK SPIKING. >> AND DRUG FACILITATED SEXUAL ASSAULT. THANK YOU, MR TRACK COUNSELOR COLLETTE AS A PART OF YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND RULE 12 AND ADD. >> COUNCIL. DIRECTION AS UH, SECOND CO-SPONSOR. SEEING OR HEARING NO OBJECTION UH CONSIDER GOING TO SO OTHER. THANK YOU. >> THIS IS A REFILE SO I WON'T TAKE TOO MUCH TIME UM BUT WE DO HAVE A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO ALIGN OUR MUNICIPAL EFFORTS WITH SENATOR SWEENEY'S BILL UP AT THE STATE HOUSE WHICH WOULD ESTABLISH STANDARDIZED TOXICOLOGY, TOXICOLOGY TESTING AND STRONGER SURVIVOR CENTER, UH, RESPONSE PROTOCOLS. BUT I'M VERY HAPPY ABOUT THE WORK THAT BPD HAS BEEN DOING AND ASSIGNING A LIEUTENANT DETECTIVE TO EACH CASE REGARDLESS IF THERE WAS A SEXUAL ASSAULT OR NOT. UM, THE REPORTING SYSTEM, ALL OF THAT. SO JUST TRYING TO BUILD ON THE WORK THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENED AND CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? OH IS THIS A NEW THIS IS A THIS REFILE SO IT'S JUST THE PRIMARY UH COSPONSOR WILL BE YEAH. ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNSELOR CULPEPER COUNCIL DURKIN COUNTRY. FITZGERALD COUNTRY FLYNN COUNCIL. UH LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. SANTANA COUNCIL. WEBER COUNCILOR WORRELL AND PLEASE HAVE THE CHAIR. DOCKET UH 0167 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE OF THE WHOLE. THANK YOU. MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0168. .0168 >> COUNCIL AS A FOLLOW UP FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR HEARING REGARDING REVIVING THE REDSHIRTS PROGRAM THREE FILE FROM. >> 2025. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PANEL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS A REFILE I'M TRYING TO GET, UH, THIS CONVERSATION GOING FOR BUDGET SEASON. THIS WILL BE A PRIORITY OF MINE AS WE START THIS CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> AND ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME TO THIS DOCKET? CONTRA CULPEPER COUNCILOR FITZGERALD CONSTRUCT DURKAN CONSTRUCT FLYNN. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE CONSIDER MEJIA COUNCILOR MURPHY CONSTRUCT PEPEN SANTANA COUNCILOR WEBER AND COUNCILOR WORRELL AND PLEASE OUT THE CHAIR. DOCKET 016 IT WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0169 DOCKETS 016930171. COUNCIL DOCKET NUMBER 0169 COUNCILOR CULPEPPER FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DEVELOP A REPORT ON THE STATE OF CIVIL RIGHTS IN BOSTON. DUKKHA NUMBER 0170 COUNCILOR CULPEPER FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF MORE TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH RESPECT TO EXTENDING THE TEMPORARY DESIGNATION STATUS OF AND INVESTMENTS IN THE PARCEL P3 AND MADISON PARK PROJECT AND DUKKHA NUMBER 0171 COUNCILOR CULPEPER FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXPLORE DESIGNATING ECONOMICALLY DISENFRANCHIZED AREAS OF DISTRICT SEVEN AS EMPOWERMENT ZONES TO SPUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS. THANK YOU MR. CLERK. IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT WE WELCOME OUR NEW MEMBER COUNSELOR REVEREND CULPEPER FOR HIS MAIDEN SPEECH. COUNCILOR CULPEPER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FIRST MEETING. CONGRATULATIONS. I AM HONORED TO STAND BEFORE. ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES AND I STAND TODAY AS A CITY COUNCILOR DISTRICT SEVEN. I'M DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR. WELL, I TURNED OFF THE WRONG BIKE. SORRY. I BEG YOUR PARDON. COUNCILOR CULPEPER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. PLEASE START OVER. >> LET ME START OVER. PLEASE DO. >> YOU GIVE ME MY TIME BACK? >> YOU GOT YOUR TIME BACK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FIRST MEETING. UH, THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES . UM, I AM HONORED TO STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY AS A CITY COUNCILOR FOR BOSTON DISTRICT SEVEN. I AM DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO THE CONSTITUENTS OF ROXBURY, DORCHESTER, THE SOUTH AND AND THE FENWAY FOR PLACING THEIR TRUST IN ME AT THIS DEFINING MOMENT FOR DISTRICT SEVEN AND FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON ACROSS OUR COMMUNITIES PEOPLE FEEL THE WEIGHT OF THIS MOMENT. RESIDENTS FEEL SCARED, UNCERTAIN AND UNSEEN. TOO MANY NEIGHBORS ARE ASKING WILL THE SYSTEM MEANT TO SUPPORT THEM SHOW UP WHEN THEY NEED THEM THE MOST? OVER THE PAST THREE WEEKS MY OFFICE HAS BEEN INUNDATED NOT WITH POLITICS BUT WITH QUESTIONS FROM CONSTITUENTS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THEIR PLACE IN A CITY THAT FEELS LIKE IS CHANGING AROUND THEM EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND FOR THE PEOPLE OF DISTRICT SEVEN THOSE QUESTIONS COME DOWN TO SOMETHING SOMETHING SIMPLE BUT NOT PROFOUND. DO WE HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE ? DO YOU HEAR ME? DO YOU SEE ME WELL ANYTHING REALLY CHANGE? ARE WE PARTNERS IN GOVERNANCE OR ARE DECISIONS BEING MADE FOR US WITHOUT US? MY CONSTITUENTS WANT TO KNOW WHETHER THE CITY CARES ABOUT THEM AND THEIR ABILITY TO AGE IN PLACE WITH DIGNITY. WELL, THE POLICY WILL BE CO-CREATED WITH THEM RATHER THAN DIRECTED AT THEM. WHETHER GROWTH WILL INCLUDE THEM OR PASS THEM BY. AND YET DESPITE THESE REAL CONCERNS, WE HAVE A GOOD PROBLEM ON OUR HANDS PEOPLE STILL BELIEVE IN GOVERNMENT. THEY STILL BELIEVE THIS BODY. THEY STILL BELIEVE THAT THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS CAN DO MEANINGFUL, SUBSTANTIAL WORK ON THEIR BEHALF. THEY BELIEVE THAT THIS INDEPENDENT COUNCIL CAN PARTNER WITH THE MAYOR'S ADMINISTRATION TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FROM SHORT TERM FRUSTRATIONS LIKE POTHOLES, SNOW REMOVAL. AND STRENGTHS TO LONG TERM CHALLENGES LIKE ECONOMIC MOBILITY, OWNERSHIP, ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION, SAFE AND RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION AND THE RIGHT TO LIVE AND THRIVE IN HEALTHY COMMUNITIES. MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEY BELIEVE THAT THEIR RIGHTS NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE OR WHERE THEY LIVE THAT THEIR RIGHTS MATTER AND DESERVE THIS COUNCIL TO PROTECT THEIR RIGHTS. AND IN MOMENTS LIKE THIS WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO SHOW PEOPLE WHAT EQUITY AND ACTION REALLY LOOKS LIKE LIKE HAVING THE CHANCE TO APPOINT IN SEVERAL MONTHS A FIRST BLACK FIRE CHIEF IN THE HISTORY OF THE CITY OF BOSTON OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WAYS DISTRICT SEVEN IN PARTICULAR HAS BEEN WATCHING CLOSELY. THEY HAVE QUESTIONS THAT DESERVE REAL ANSWERS. THEY WATCHED AS A NEIGHBORING CITY WORKED OUT A DEAL FOR A PROFESSIONAL SOCCER STADIUM, ONE THAT ADDRESS INFRASTRUCTURE IMPACTS FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND THEY ASK WILL BOSTON DO THE SAME FOR US? THEY WANT TO KNOW THAT WHEN THE DEVELOPMENTS HAPPEN IN AND NEAR THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC NOISE AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE WILL BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY AND THEY WANT TO KNOW THAT THEY TOO WILL SHARE IN THE ECONOMIC UPSIDE THROUGH CONTRACT JOBS OWNERSHIP AND NOT JUST BEAR THE BURDEN. THEY WATCHED THE ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCE A DECISION TO BUILD A NEW MADISON PARK ON PARCEL THREE ON THE EVE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING WEEKEND, JUST DAYS BEFORE A DESIGNATION WAS SET TO EXPIRE WITHOUT WHAT FELT LIKE MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. AND LET ME BE CLEAR WE MUST BUILD MADISON PARK A NEW MADISON PARK A STATE OF THE ART MADISON PARK. OUR STUDENTS, OUR EDUCATORS, OUR FAMILIES DESERVE A STATE OF THE ART SCHOOL FOR A STATE OF THE ART FUTURE. BUT HOW WE BUILD IT WHERE WE BUILD IT MUST BE A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS A PROCESS THAT HONORS DECADES OF COMMUNITY PLANNING. RESPECT THE VOICES OF ROXBURY RESIDENTS AND ALIGNS EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE WITH WITH LONG TERM ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. THEY ALSO WATCH AS THE CHIEF OF ECONOMIC INCLUSION ANNOUNCED THAT HE WOULD STEP DOWN FROM HIS ROLE AND THEY ASK A FAIR AND URGENT QUESTION WHO WILL NOW WHO WILL NOW ENSURE THAT SMALL BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY BUSINESSES OF COLOR HAVE A REAL SHOT AT SHARING AND BOSTON'S PROSPERITY? THIS QUESTION IS ESPECIALLY PRESSING IN DISTRICT SEVEN, WHERE NONPROFIT SERVICE PROVIDERS SEEM TO OUTNUMBER SMALL BUSINESSES WITH A MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD HOUSEHOLD INCOME OF A WRITER FAMILY IS ROUGHLY HALF OF THE CITY AS A WHOLE WHO WILL ENSURE THAT FAMILIES CAN NOT JUST SURVIVE. BUT FAMILIES IN ROXBURY WILL ALSO THRIVE AND SURVIVE. LET ME SAY THAT AGAIN WHO WILL ENSURE THAT FAMILIES WHO MAY NOT BE ALL RICH AND MEAN BUT ARE RICH IN PROMISE ARE SET UP TO ACHIEVE ALL THAT THEY IMAGINED FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR CHILDREN? WE ALL HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY INCLUDING EACH ONE OF US ON THIS COUNCIL. I VOW TO BE A RELENTLESS ADVOCATE. I VOW TO SEEK STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND I VOW TO HAVE AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO SECURE WHAT DISTRICT SEVEN DESERVES FROM THE CITY, FROM THE STATE AND FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AND SO IN MY FIRST SET OF FILINGS AS THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THIS BODY PROUDLY REPRESENTING DISTRICT SEVEN, I RISE TODAY WITH THE SIMPLE INTENTION TO DELIVER ANSWERS TO PUSH THIS COUNCIL TO BE INDEPENDENT AND JUDGMENT AND TO BE BOLD IN POLICY PRACTICE TO ENSURE THAT WE SERVE AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE ADMINISTRATION AND PEOPLE NOT A BARRIER NOT JUST FOR THE LOUDEST VOICES OR THE MOST CONNECTED CONSTITUENTS BUT FOR THOSE WHO ARE HARDER TO REACH OUR SENIORS OR SHUT INS THE POOR, THE VULNERABLE, THE OVERWORKED AND IN SOME CASES THE FORGOTTEN. TODAY I RISE TO SPEAK ABOUT WHAT WE ARE PASSING BUT ABOUT WHAT KIND OF COUNCIL WE INTEND TO BE. AND SO MADAM PRESIDENT AND MR. CLERK, MY FIRST SET OF FIVE WAS REFLECT THREE CORE COMMITMENTS TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND A VISION TOWARDS SHARED PROSPERITY. FIRST I HAVE FILED A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF GREATER TRANSPARENCY AND MEANINGFUL CONSULTATION ABOUT THE FUTURE OF PARCEL P-3 AND THE MADISON PROJECT. THIS RESOLUTION AFFIRMS OUR STRONG SUPPORT FOR REBUILDING MADISON PARK WHILE INSISTING THAT THIS INVESTMENT BE ALIGNED WITH LONGSTANDING COMMUNITY PLANS, CLEAR INFORMATION ABOUT COSTS AND PHASING AND A PROCESS GROUNDED IN TRUST AND PARTNERSHIP NOT SURPRISE OR EXCLUSION. MY SECOND FILING IS AN ORDER FOR HEARING. TO COMMISSION MADAM PRESIDENT, A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY AND REPORT ON THE STATE OF CIVIL RIGHTS IN BOSTON AND MASSACHUSETTS AT A TIME WHEN MANY RESIDENTS QUESTION WHETHER EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW IS TRULY EQUAL A TIME WHEN NEIGHBORS STEP OUT OF THEIR HOMES UNSURE IF THEY WILL RETURN. THIS BODY HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO EXAMINE WHERE CIVIL RIGHTS ARE BEING UPHELD AND WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN INFRINGED AND TO ACT ACCORDINGLY. MY THIRD FILING A RESOLUTION TO DESIGNATE EMPOWERMENT ZONES WITHIN DISTRICT THREE PLAY SPACE COORDINATED AREAS OF INVESTMENT DESIGNED TO SPUR SMALL BUSINESS AND GROWTH SUPPORT LOCAL OWNERSHIP AND ALIGN HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, EDUCATION, HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY STRATEGIES AROUND MEASURABLE OUTCOMES. THIS IS ABOUT TURNING. MADAM PRESIDENT, MY FELLOW COUNCILORS, ABOUT TURNING PLANNING INTO PROGRESS AND PROMISES INTO ACCOUNTABILITY. TOGETHER THE FILINGS SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE. GROWTH MUST BE EQUITABLE. GOVERNMENT MUST BE TRANSPARENT AND OPPORTUNITY MUST BE SHARED . COLLEAGUES, I MAY BE NEW TO THIS BODY BUT I AM NOT NEW TO THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE AND I BELIEVE DEEPLY THAT OUR CREDIBILITY IS NOT BUILT IN MOMENTS OF COMFORT, BUT OUR CREDIBILITY IS BUILT IN MOMENTS WHEN WE CHOOSE INCLUSION OVER EXPEDIENCY. PARTNERSHIP OVER SILENCE. IT'S NOT ABOUT ME. AND I SAID THROUGHOUT THIS CAMPAIGN IT'S NOT ABOUT ME. IT'S ABOUT. IT'S NOT ABOUT ME. IT'S ABOUT ME. IT'S NOT ABOUT ME. IT'S ABOUT WE AND ALL OF US CONSIDERING ALL OF US TOGETHER BUILDING A BOSTON THAT SHOWS WHAT'S POSSIBLE WHEN TRANSPARENCY, EQUITY AND OPPORTUNITY GUIDE POLICYMAKING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT. I'M ASKING FOR SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 017. 0017900170070. >> I'M NOT HERE. YEAH. >> SO, UM, MR TURK, UH, WE'LL GO THROUGH THE, UM, DOCKETS IN ORDER. UH, COULD YOU COULD YOU READ, UM, DO WE HAVE A READ THE DOCKET? UM YEAH. I'D LIKE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES. WOULD ANYONE DUNCAN 0169. UH, THAT'S THE DOCKET. UM, THE HEARING TO DEVELOP A REPORT ON THE STATE OF CIVIL RIGHTS IN BOSTON AND MASSACHUSETTS. UH, WOULD ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME AS A PATTER COUNCILOR DURKAN, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, COUNCILOR FLYNN, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL MEMBER HERE COUNCILOR. MURPHY COUNCILOR. PEPEN COUNCILOR. SANTANA COUNCILOR. WEBER, COUNCILOR WORRELL AND PLEASE UM THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. UH SO. NEXT, UM, THIS DOCKET WILL BE SENT TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE THAT'S STALKING 069. UH. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0170. THAT IS THE RESOLUTION. COUNCILOR CULPEPER I SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0170. UH, WE'LL ASK OUR COLLEAGUES. ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? THAT'S THE, UH, THE RESOLUTION ON SUPPORT FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH RESPECT TO EXTENDING TEMPORARY DESIGNATE ETC.. UH COUNCILOR UH COLLETTE AS A MATTER UH CULTURE FLYNN. COUNCILOR JULIAN COMES FROM HERE. COUNCILOR. DIVISION. COUNCIL. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. PEPEN. COUNCILOR. SANTANA COUNCILOR. WEBER COUNCILOR. WORLD. AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. SO COUNCILOR UH, CULPEPER SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0170. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I. DON'T KNOW. UM, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON DOCKET 0170. ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER 0170. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. >> COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR COLETTA ZAPATA. YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTNER. YES. COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. YES. COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. YES. COUNCILOR DURKIN. PRESENT. COUNCILOR DURKIN. PRESENT. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN. YES. COUNCIL OF FLYNN. YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR MEJIA. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY. YES. COUNCILOR. BENTON. COUNCILOR. THE PEN. YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR WEBER. YES. COUNCILOR WEBER. YES. IN COUNCIL ZERO. YES. COUNCIL. WELL YES. DOCKET NUMBER 0170 HAS RECEIVED 12 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND ONE PRESENT. THANK YOU, MR CLERK. DOCKETS 0170 HAS BEEN ADOPTED. THANK YOU. NOW WE MOVE ON TO DOCKET 0171. UH, UM THE CHAIR. DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS DOCKET AGAIN? UH, WE DID ALREADY. THANK PRESIDENT I HAVE ALREADY ,BUT IF I'LL TALK NOW. >> I KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT. WE HAVEN'T HAD A PREACHER IN THE HOUSE. >> FOR A WHILE, SO, UM. THANK YOU. UH SO. THEY WENT AHEAD. AND WHICH NUMBER? 16171. YES. UH, SO REGARDING DOCKET 0171, UH, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME TO THIS DOCKET, COUNCILOR UH COUNCILOR COLLETTA ZAPATA. COUNCILOR. DURKAN. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD COUNCIL. GRIFFIN. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILMEMBER HERE COUNCILOR MURPHY CONSTRUCT. PEPEN COUNCILOR SANTANA AND THAT'S WEBER COUNCILOR WORRELL AND PLEASE OUT THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0171 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. THANK YOU. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE DOCKET 0172. DUKKHA NUMBER 0172 COUNCIL IS DURKAN AND BREADON ON FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO INVESTIGATE THE USE, IMPACT AND POTENTIAL BAN OF ALGORITHMIC PRICE SETTINGS IN THE BOSTON RENTAL MARKET REFIRE FROM 2025. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR UM CONCENTRA, CAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT BOTH OF MY DOCKETS BE READ INTO THE RECORD SO I CAN SPEAK TO THEM BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. UH. >> THANK YOU. UM, MR CHAIR, COULD YOU READ ALSO READ DOCKET. UM DOCKET. DOCKET 0172 INTO THE RECORD. I READ THAT ALREADY. >> SO SEVEN THREE OOPS. OVER THE PAGE. YES 0173. NUMBER 0173 COUNCIL IS DURKAN AND SANTANA FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXPLORE AMENDING THE BOSTON ZONING CODE TO REMOVE PARKING MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT REFILE FROM 2025. THANK YOU. >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT BREADON. WELL, IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK WITH MY COLLEAGUES. THIS IS A DIFFICULT MOMENT FOR US TO BE HAVING THIS FIRST MEETING. THE WORK OF THIS BODY MATTERS DEEPLY, BUT IT'S CHALLENGING TO PROCEED WITH BUSINESS AS USUAL GIVEN WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTRY. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS TERRORIZING CITIES AND PEOPLE ARE AFRAID FOR THEIR SAFETY AT THE SAME TIME HOUSING, FOOD, HEALTH CARE YOU NAME IT COSTS ARE HIGHER THAN EVER AND PEOPLE ARE LOSING HOPE IN GOVERNMENT AND OUR DEMOCRATIC SYSTEMS. SO FAR THIS YEAR MUCH OF OUR ATTENTION IN THIS BODY HAS FELT CONSUMED BY POLITICS. IN THIS MOMENT IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER THAT WE STAY GROUNDED IN WHAT OUR RESIDENTS NEED FROM US. WE MUST USE OUR POWER TO RESPOND TO CRISIS AND DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO TANGIBLY IMPROVE RESIDENTS EVERYDAY LIVES. IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE GOVERNMENT WORK FOR THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON AND TO MAKE THE CITY A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE NOW AND IN THE FUTURE. FROM THE GOVERNOR'S STATE OF THE COMMONWEALTH ADDRESS WHICH I WAS PROUD TO BE IN THE ROOM FOR, IT'S CLEAR THAT LOWERING THE COST OF LIVING IS THE NUMBER ONE ELECT AT NUMBER ONE PRIORITY FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS RIGHT NOW RESIDENTS ARE BEING FORCED TO MAKE AN IMPOSSIBLE CHOICE BETWEEN STRUGGLING TO AFFORD BASIC NEEDS AND LEAVING THE CITY ALTOGETHER. LOOKING BACK AT MY FEELINGS OVER THE PAST YEAR, I ASKED WHETHER THEY FULLY REFLECTED THIS MOMENT AND I CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THIS TERM NEEDS TO BE ABOUT FOCUS. AFFORDABILITY IS MY TOP PRIORITY AND IT SHOULD BE THE PRIORITY OF EVERYONE IN THIS BODY. WITH SO MUCH CHAOS AND UNCERTAINTY AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, THIS IS AN AREA WHERE WE DO HAVE POWER AND AN AREA WHERE WE CAN PROVIDE STABILITY AND SECURITY FOR BOSTONIANS. THE TWO HEARING ORDERS I FILED FOR THIS MEETING ELIMINATING PARKING MINIMUMS AND INVESTIGATING A BAN ON ALL PRICE SETTING IN THE CITY OF BOSTON ARE FIRST STEPS AS HOUSING COSTS CONTINUE TO RISE. WE ALL KNOW THE SINGLE BIGGEST ISSUE FACING OUR RESIDENTS. THE REAL QUESTION IS WHETHER WE WILL COME TOGETHER AS A BODY AND USE OUR POLITICAL CAPITAL TO ACTUALLY MOVE THE NEEDLE. ARE WE WILLING TO ELIMINATE PARKING MINIMUMS SOMETHING THAT THROUGH OUR LAST HEARING SHOW LOWER HOUSING COSTS AND ENABLE HOUSING TYPOLOGIES THAT RESIDENTS CAN ACTUALLY AFFORD? ARE WE WILLING TO PROTECT TENANTS FROM ALGORITHMIC PRICE SETTING? WE'RE SEEING OUR ENTERPRISE SETTING IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT MARKETS BUT INCLUDING THE RENTAL MARKET AND AS THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL CHAIR OF PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION IF IT'S EVER CONFIRMED, I INTEND TO PRIORITIZE ZONING AND PLANNING REFORMS THAT WILL REMOVE OUR NECESSARY BARRIERS TO HOUSING AND HELP BOSTON GROW. RECENTLY A LOCAL PAPER QUESTIONED MY AUTHORITY TO LEAD THIS WORK BECAUSE I'M A RENTER . IT'S TRUE I'VE NEVER OWNED A HOME BUT I SEE THE UNDERS THAT THE STRUGGLE OF LIVING HERE AS A QUALIFICATION TO DOING THIS WORK NOT A HINDRANCE. I LIVE WITH THE CONSEQUENCE OF OUR HOUSING POLICIES FIRSTHAND AND I CAN RELATE TO THE URGENCY OF THIS MOMENT. OUR RESIDENTS NEED A CITY COUNCIL THAT IS READY TO EXERCISE POLITICAL LEADERSHIP, COLLABORATE AND GET THINGS DONE. LET'S DO THAT. I KNOW EARLIER IN THIS MEETING WE HAD A MOMENT OF ME BEING UPSET WITH SOME THINGS THAT TRANSPIRED BUT THAT'S WHAT RESIDENTS WANT THEY WANT US WORKING TOGETHER. THEY DON'T WANT HINDRANCES TO THE WORK. AND SO IF THERE WAS EVER A FRUSTRATION THAT I HAVE WITH THIS BODY WE NEED TO PUT THE BODY FIRST AND I'M GRATEFUL TO COUNCILOR BREADON. SORRY I WENT OVER THESE ARE MY ONLY FILINGS FOR THE DAY. THANK YOU MY COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN. WOULD ANYONE LIKE THE DOCKET 0172 UM WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? TEAM DOCKET 0172 UH, COUNCILOR COLLETTE IS A PATA UM COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. MEJIA COUNCILOR PEPEN COUNCILOR SANTANA. OH, GOD. COUNCILOR WEBER. AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. YOU HAD A. SORRY, I JUST FORGOT TO ADD UM ,UH, COUNCILOR SANTANA AS A THIRD ON 0172 AND THEN I FORGOT TO ADD YOU AS A THIRD ON 0173. SEEING REALLY NO OBJECTIONS UM CONSCIOUS AND TANNER'S ADDED AND UM THE CHAIRS ADDED TO COUNTER A0173 UH SO THAT WE DO THE NAMES. ON THE SEVEN TWO. >> YES 172. THANK YOU. UH ZERO DOCKET 0172 BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. COUNCIL OF LAND USE A QUESTION. YOU, MADAM CHAIR, AM I ABLE TO SPEAK ON 0173? UM, NO. THESE ARE CONTRARY TO COMMITTEE. THE TIME AND PLACE FOR DISCUSSION IS IN THE IN COMMITTEE SO I APOLOGIZE BUT HOLD THAT FOR LATER. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, MR CLERK. UM. OH YES. UM, COUNCILOR DURKIN UH, ASKED UH, DOCKET 0173 WILL BE UH. HANG ON, START OVER AGAIN. DOCKET 0173. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. PEPEN. COUNCILOR WEBER. UM, PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. UH, DOCKET 0173 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. THANK YOU. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 01740. DOCKET NUMBER 0174 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, UH, FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS 2026 LARGE EVENTS, SAFETY RESOURCES AND INFRASTRUCTURE. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. UM, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UH, AS WE ALL KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF BIG EVENTS COMING UP THIS SUMMER. UH, TALL SHIPS 250 FIFA UH, AND OTHERS. UH, THIS IS SIMPLY TO GET FOLKS IN FRONT OF US, UH, FROM PUBLIC SAFETY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT INFRASTRUCTURE UH, AND PLAN WE HAVE FOR SUCH LARGE CROWDS ACROSS OUR CITY THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER UH, AND UH, POTENTIALLY HELP THEM SPOT ANY GAPS, UH, WITH OUR GREAT QUESTIONING TO THEM AND SEE IF WE CANNOT MAKE SURE WE'RE FULLY SAFE THIS SUMMER TO HAVE A LOT OF FUN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POWDER COUNCILOR. CULPEPER COUNCILOR DURKAN, COUNCILOR FLYNN, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILMEMBER HERE COUNCILOR. MURPHY COUNCILOR. PEPEN, COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCIL. WEBER COUNCIL. WORRELL PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0174 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. MR. CLERK, PLEASE READ DOCKET 0175. NUMBER 0175 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD UH, OFF OF THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE REGULATION OF ON AND IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. CONTRARY TO GENERAL. DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? THANK YOU. >> COULD WE PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR FLYNN AS A SECOND CO-SPONSOR. SEEING OR HEARING NO OBJECTIONS CONTRA FRIEND SO OTHERS. THANK YOU. >> UH, SO IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER UH, SEVERAL YEARS AGO UH, SOLD IN GAS STATIONS IT WAS SYNTHETIC MARIJUANA K2 SPICE HAD A LOT OF NAMES LIKE THAT. UH, KRATOM IS NOW WHAT IS, UH, SORT OF TAKING THAT PLACE AS A SYNTHETIC OPIOID? UH, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY MUCH MORE DANGER THAN THE SYNTHETIC MARIJUANA, UM, AND IS SOLD IN THE SAME TYPE OF PLACES. SO, UH, THIS IS TO BRING ATTENTION TO THAT MATTER, UH, AND ACTUALLY KIND OF ON A LARGER LEVEL IF YOU'VE NOTICED WHERE THESE PLACES WHERE THIS IS SOLD THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE SOLD THAT UH UH PROMOTE DRUG USE BUT MIGHT BE LEGAL UH, THINGS TO SELL AND DO NOT NEED UH, AN ORDINANCE OR PERMITS UH, FROM EITHER A BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION OR THE CITY AND SO UH, I ACTUALLY WOULD LIKE TO IN THE HEARING WIDEN THIS OUT TO TALK ABOUT THE OTHER THINGS. UH, A LOT OF PLACES YOU'LL FIND CLEAN URINE SOLD FOR PEOPLE TO PASS DRUG TEST, UH, WHIPPETS, IF YOU WILL, FOR UH, KIDS TO PUT IN UM, UH, TO TO GET HIGH OFF OF UH AND ALL THESE THINGS ARE NOT REGULATED UH AND SO ALONG WITH KRATOM AND EXPANDING IT TO THOSE OTHER OPTIONS AS WELL, WE SHOULD REALLY LOOK AT WHAT IS ALLOWED TO BE SOLD AT THESE CORNER STORES AND GAS STATIONS, UH, THAT PROMOTE THIS TYPE OF STUFF AND DO NOT HELP THE PUBLIC HEALTH OF OUR CITY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU CANCER COUNCIL FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU COUNCIL FITZGERALD FOR ADDING ME. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCIL FITZGERALD WE HAD AN IMPORTANT DISCUSSION UH, THIS WEEK WITH SOME SOUTH AND RESIDENTS CONCERNED ABOUT THIS SUBJECT UH, CONCERNED THAT THERE IS AN ESTABLISHMENT ALREADY SELLING THESE TYPES OF DRUGS AND INCLUDING UM. URINE UM, FOR LIKELY FOR DRUG TESTING. I WAS A PROBATION OFFICER FOR EIGHT YEARS AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS COMMON. UM, THIS IS A COMMON PRACTICE TO TRY TO SMUGGLE IN, I GUESS DIRTY URINE FOR A DRUG SCREEN. UM, BUT A LOT OF THESE DRUGS I ALSO HAVE SEEN ESPECIALLY IN THE BOSTON COMMON UM, WHEN I WAS A PROBATION OFFICER, SYNTHETIC MARIJUANA, UH, WAS UNREGULATED AT THE TIME. THERE'S OTHER DRUGS RIGHT NOW THAT ARE UNREGULATED. WE NEED TO, UH, PROVIDE OVERSIGHT REGULATION ON THEM. I ALREADY NOTIFIED POLICE COMMISSIONER COX ABOUT IT AS WELL AS DOCTOR OJUKWU TOO ABOUT HOW SERIOUS THIS IS IN TERMS OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY. WE WANT TO ENSURE WE PROVIDE ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE WITH POSITIVE UH, THINGS TO DO AND NOT MAKE IT EASY FOR THEM TO. USE UM DRUGS THAT ARE NOT REGULATED. WE NEED TO PROVIDE THE BEST OPPORTUNITY THAT WE CAN UH, TO SUPPORT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. BUT I AM ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE OVERSIGHT AS I MENTIONED BUT ALSO UM, HOW COMPANIES OR ORGANIZATIONS ARE ABLE TO SELL THESE PRODUCTS LIKE WE HAVE IN THE SOUTH AND UM, LEGALLY WITHOUT ANY OVERSIGHT FROM THE CITY OF BOSTON OR THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCIL FITZGERALD FOR UM, HIS LEADERSHIP ON THIS IMPORTANT SUBJECT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. >> MR. STOP AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. UM, I SEE THE LIKES OF COLLEAGUES. UM UM UM, COUNCILOR MURPHY, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR. DON'T WOULD JUST LIKE TO SPEAK QUICKLY ON THIS HEARING ORDER. UM, WE'RE LIMITING OF. TO ONLY SPONSORS. YES TO ONLY SPONSORS. YES. I WILL GO TO COMMITTEE AND THEN IT'LL BE A TIME FOR GREAT. NOT FURTHER. EVEN THIS ISN'T A REFILE. THIS IS AN ORIGINAL. IT'S A NEW ONE. YEP. >> THIS IS NEW. I THINK IT'S A TWO MINUTES PRESIDENT. I'LL BE QUICK. I BEG YOUR PARDON? TWO MINUTES. UM, I WANTED TO THANK COUNCILOR CULPEPER BECAUSE I ATTENDED YOUR LISTENING SESSION IN THE SOUTH END AND GOT TO MEET THE FATHER OF, YOU KNOW, A YOUNG BOY AND MOTHER WHO ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THESE ISSUES. SO THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AND COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR BRINGING IT HERE. I DO BELIEVE OUR JOB IS TO HEAR THE CONCERNS OF THE CONSTITUENTS, THE RESIDENTS AND BRING IT FORWARD AND ADVOCATE AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WERE ALREADY SAID BY MY FORMER COLLEAGUES. I'M JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS HEARING, MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL OUR RESIDENTS. WE TALK OFTEN ABOUT VETERANS AND SENIORS. WE HAVE TO ALWAYS ALSO REMEMBER ABOUT YOUNG KIDS. HE TALKED ABOUT HOW HIS SON'S BEDROOM IS RIGHT ABOVE THIS SMOKE SHOP THAT NOW WAS SELLING THINGS THAT NEVER WERE ALLOWED BEFORE AND IT'S CHANGING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR HIS FAMILY IN THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. SO STANDING IN SOLIDARITY FOR THE ENTIRE SOUTH AND COMMUNITY WHICH CONTINUES TO NEED OUR SUPPORT EVERY DAY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR DURKAN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. UM, I WENT ON A WALK THROUGH WITH MARIANNE PONTI OF THE BOSTON COMMON AND UH, HORRIBLY UM, MATT A VETERAN WHO UM, ACTUALLY UM, REALLY THOUGHT THAT CANNABIS WAS THE SAME AS K2 AND UM IT WAS HEARTBREAKING BECAUSE WHAT I LEARNED FROM MARIANNE PONTI IS THAT UM, ESSENTIALLY THERE IS NO GOOD DETOX FOR K2. UM, UNFORTUNATELY IT'S JUST SUFFERING. SO I HOPE THAT WE HAVE THAT AS PART OF THIS CONVERSATION. IT'S SO INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A REALLY NUANCED CONVERSATION. BUT I HAVE SEEN THIS IN MY OWN DISTRICT AND UM, REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THIS UH, CONVERSATION BEING KICKED OFF AND I'D LIKE TO ADD MY NAME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKAN. WOULD ANYONE ELSE I'D LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME. COLETTE IS A PART OF COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCIL. DURKAN UH, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL. MEJIA COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR PEPEN CONTRA SANTANA AND SO WEBER COUNCIL WORRELL AND PLEASE HAVE THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET 0175 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. UM THEN, UM, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU COULD YOU PLEASE READ, UH, DOCKET 0176. DUNCAN NUMBER 0176 COUNCILOR FITZGERALD UH, FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS INCREASING ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY SCHOOL OPTIONS FOR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ALL NEIGHBORHOODS RE FILE FROM 2025. THANK YOU, MR TRUCK. UH, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS A REFILE. UH, IN SUMMARY I WOULD JUST LOVE TO CUT THE BUS BUDGET, HAVE FOLKS GO TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS AND REINVEST THAT MONEY BACK INTO THE NEEDS SUCH AS AIDS BARRIERS, UH, EQUIPMENT AND THINGS, UH, TO SUPPORT OUR CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> WOULD ANYONE LIKE I'D LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME CONTRA COLOR. THERE'S A POWDER. COUNCILOR DURKIN. COUNCILOR FLYNN, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNTRYMAN HERE. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR PEPEN CONTRA SANTANA . HANSON WEBER, COUNCILOR WORRELL. UM, PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. DOCKET 0176 WILL REFER TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0177. DOC NUMBER 0177 COUNCIL IS FLYNN AND FITZGERALD OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS PUBLIC SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE CONCERNS AT MASS IN CASS AND SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM, MADAM CHAIR, UM, MAY I ADD ,UM, CITY COUNCIL COLE PEPPER AS AN ORIGINAL SPONSOR ON THIS PLEASE. ? >> SEEING HEARING NO OBJECTIONS. UH, COUNCILOR COLE PEPPER SO ADAM. THAT THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM. THIS IS A REFILE FROM FROM LAST YEAR. UM, IT'S ABOUT ADDRESSING QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES, PUBLIC SAFETY CHALLENGES IN AND AROUND THE MASS IN CASS IMPACTED NEIGHBORHOODS. AND OF COURSE THEY ARE. IT'S THE SOUTH END. ,ROXBURY. >> PARTS OF DORCHESTER, SOUTH BOSTON. UH, IT'S ABOUT WORKING TOGETHER, COORDINATING SERVICES . WE HAD A INFORMATIVE MEETING LAST NIGHT UM, WITH WORCESTER SQUARE UM AND SEVERAL OTHER MEETINGS OVER THE LAST COUPLE DAYS IN THE SOUTH END AND RESIDENTS WANT US TO REALLY COORDINATE SERVICES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES WITH WITH UM PUBLIC. SAFETY SUPPORT. UM, SO THAT'S WHAT I'M CONTINUING TO FOCUS ON PROVIDING THE BEST POSITIVE LEADERSHIP I CAN TO MY CONSTITUENTS IMPROVING THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE. BUT GOING FORWARD WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT UH, THESE IMPACTED NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, HAVE THE NECESSARY RESOURCES AND BASIC. CITY SERVICES. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE KELLY YOUNG THAT HAS DONE A VERY GOOD JOB WORKING FOR THE UH FOR THE CITY AND COORDINATING RESOURCES AND SERVICES IN THAT AREA ALONG WITH THE BOSTON POLICE AND BOSTON WORKS BEST WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN FITZGERALD, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> JUST WANT TO ADD, UH, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UH, THAT WE HAVE SEEN A GREAT IMPROVEMENT UH, SINCE SEPTEMBER ,UH, WHEN KELLY YOUNG, UH, THE CITY TEAM IN NEST UH, BEGAN TAKING PART IN SORT OF A DIFFERENT TACTIC, UH, TOWARDS CLEANING UP. AND SO WE ARE SEEING IMPROVEMENT. OF COURSE THE REAL TEST WILL BE, UH, WHEN THINGS WARM UP. IT'S HARD TO THINK ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW IN THIS WEATHER, BUT, UH, HOPEFULLY WHEN THE WARM WEATHER COMES WE'LL CONTINUE THAT SAME SUSTAINED, UH, SUPPRESSION, UH, FOLKS OUT IN THE STREETS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. THE CLERK IS ALERTED TO ME THAT THIS IS A, UH, A REFILE. UM, SO, UH, DOCKET 0177 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE. OH. ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME COUNCILOR COLOR AS A PAD? UH, COUNCILOR CULPEPPER SOMEBODY ADDED, UM, COUNCILOR JULIA MEJIA COUNCILOR. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. PEPEN COUNCILOR. SANTANA COUNCILOR. WEBER. COUNCIL. WELL, AND PLEASE OUT THE CHAIR. DOCKET 0177 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0178. ,DOCKET NUMBER 0178. COUNCILOR FLYNN OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS DEDICATING THE NEW OPEN SPACE AT PHILLIP SQUARE TO TONY LEE PLAZA CONSULTING. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS I HAVE CALLED ATTENTION TO CHINATOWN'S URBAN TREE CANOPY ONLY AT 7% THE LEAST OPEN SPACE PER CAPITA AMONG BOSTON NEIGHBORHOODS. A PROJECT HAS BEEN INITIATED BY THE BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT TO REDESIGN THE BARRICADED. AREA OF HARRISON AVENUE, KNOWN AS PHILIP SQUARE, INTO A MORE WELCOMING AND COOLING OPEN SPACE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACTED BY THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT. THE PROJECT WILL INCLUDE A PLAZA THAT INTERSECTS WITH OXFORD PLACE, THE CHILDHOOD HOME OF TONY LEE. TONY LEE WAS A WIDELY RESPECTED AND WELL-LOVED COMMUNITY LEADER RAISED IN OXFORD PLACE IN BOSTON'S CHINATOWN, TONY LEE HAD A LONG AND INFLUENTIAL CAREER AS AN ARCHITECT URBAN PLANNER BOTH AS THE CHIEF OF PLANNING AND DESIGN FOR THE BOSTON REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND MIT IN THE DEPARTMENT OF URBAN STUDIES. TONY LEE WORKED TIRELESSLY TO SAVE WORKING CLASS NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR FROM DESTRUCTION. DEMOLITION HAS MEMORIALIZED IN THE BOOK PEOPLE BEFORE HIGHWAYS . TONY LEE MENTORED MULTIPLE GENERATIONS OF URBAN PLANNERS AND COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS ACROSS THE GLOBE. TONY LEE WAS AN AVID HISTORIAN OF BOSTON CHINATOWN WHO LED PROJECTS TO EXPLORE THE COMMUNITY'S HISTORY AND HISTORIC STREETSCAPES. THIS HEARING WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS DEDICATING THIS NEW OPEN SPACE ,PHILLIPS SQUARE TO TONY LEE AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE RESIDENTS OF CHINATOWN. THEY ASKED ME TO HOST THIS HEARING BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS TONY LEE MADE TO THE CHINATOWN COMMUNITY BUT ALSO TO THE CITY OF BOSTON. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CHINATOWN COMMUNITY FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD TO ME AND HONORED TO REPRESENT, UM, THE PEOPLE OF CHINATOWN AND RIGHT ACROSS FROM IT OBVIOUSLY IS THE OF THE DISTRICT THAT HAS ALSO HAS A HIGH UH, CONCENTRATION OF UH CHINESE BUT ALSO ON THE SOUTH END WHICH IS JUST OVER THE BORDER FROM CHINATOWN. OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS ALWAYS A HISTORICALLY A LARGE CHINESE COMMUNITY STILL HAS A LARGE CHINESE COMMUNITY THERE. BUT TONY LEE'S CONTRIBUTIONS AND THESE THREE AREAS INCLUDING THE BAY VILLAGE UM ARE WELL KNOWN AND WE WANT TO HONOR TONY LEE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. OVER THE SUMMER WE BOTH ATTENDED AN EVENT IN THIS AREA AND THE CHINATOWN LEADERS MAIN STREET AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ,TUFTS MEDICAL WERE THERE TO ADDRESS THE REAL CONCERNS ABOUT THE HEAT WAVE IN THE CHINATOWN RESIDENTS MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES ADDRESSED AND THE LEATHER DISTRICT WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR. SO JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS WITH COUNCILOR FLYNN AND THE HEARING THAT'S COMING UP. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME COUNCILOR COLITIS COUNCILOR. CULPEPER COUNCILOR. DURKAN COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNTRYMAN HERE COUNCIL. MURPHY. COUNTRY. PEPEN COUNCILOR. SANTANA CONSTABLE. WEBER, COUNCILOR WORRELL AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR DOCKET 017 IT WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0179. HAVE A0179 COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS FOOD INSECURITY AND MALNUTRITION IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. IN 2019, THE CITY OF BOSTON RELEASED THE STATE OF FOOD SECURITY IN THE CITY. WHAT DATA PRESENTED FROM THE BOSTON OFFICE OF FOOD ACCESS AND CONDUCTED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF FOOD ACCESS. THE REPORT FOUND THAT THE ESTIMATED FOOD INSECURITY RATE FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON WAS AT 80% AS OF 2016. AND MANY NEIGHBORHOODS HAD AS HIGH AS 27% AT THE SAME TIME, IT WAS FOUND THAT 1 IN 5 PEOPLE IN BOSTON EXPERIENCED FOOD INSECURITY COMPARED TO 1 IN 10 IN MASSACHUSETTS. THE EFFECTS OF COVID 19 PANDEMIC WERE FELT AROUND THE WORLD BUT ESPECIALLY FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES AND OUR SENIORS WHO ARE LIVING ON FIXED INCOMES . THIS WAS EVIDENT WHEN WE WITNESSED HIGH LEVELS OF FOOD INSECURITY AMONG OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS AND THE LATINO, BLACK AND ASIAN COMMUNITIES. WE MUST RECOGNIZE HOW FOOD ACCESS CONTINUES TO BE. A CRITICAL ISSUE FOR SO MANY FAMILIES AND NEIGHBORS IN NEED. COMMIT OURSELVES TO SUPPORTING THESE FAMILIES AND PEOPLE STRUGGLING WITH HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY. WE NEED TO ENSURE OUR CHILDREN ,FAMILIES SENIORS PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, OTHERS IN NEED HAVE ACCESS TO NUTRITIOUS FOOD. IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE DISCUSS THE STATE OF MALNUTRITION, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR SENIORS AND WORKING FAMILIES TO BETTER INFORM POLICY RELATED TO FOOD ACCESS IN MOVING FORWARD. I REPRESENT ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICTS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND I ALSO REPRESENT THE MOST RESIDENTS LIVING IN PUBLIC HOUSING AND I SEE THE FOOD INSECURITY THROUGHOUT UM VHA DEVELOPMENTS IN OTHER AREAS THROUGHOUT DISTRICT TWO. UM HARD HIT HARD IS THE CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD AND MANY OF OUR SENIORS IN THE COMMUNITY RELY ON SO MANY NONPROFITS THAT PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL SUPPORT AND SERVICES TO THEM, INCLUDING THE WOMEN'S LUNCH PLACE THAT I DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR WITH MY WIFE AND TO SUPPORT THE WONDERFUL WORK THEY DO. BUT THAT ORGANIZATION AND MANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THE SOUTH BOSTON NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL SOUTH BOSTON NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE AS WELL UM SUPPORTS SO MANY FAMILIES IN NEED. IT'S ABOUT ENSURING EVERYBODY IS TREATED WITH RESPECT AND DIGNITY AND FOOD ACCESS IS A CRITICAL PART OF THAT. I THINK FOOD ACCESS IS A CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR FLYNN. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? CONSIDER THIS A POWDER COUNCILOR COBURN. CONTRACTOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COME FROM MEJIA COUNCILOR MURPHY CANCER KEVIN COUNCIL SANTANA COUNCILOR WEBER CONSTABLE MORRELL AND PLEASE I HAVE THE CHAIR. DOCKET 0179 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0180. DOCKET NUMBER 0180. COUNCILOR FLYNN OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS RESOURCES FOR THE BOSTON POLICE CRIME LABORATORY . WE FROM 2025. COUNCIL. >> FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WILL FILE THIS HEARING ORDER TO RECEIVE AN UPDATE FROM LAST YEAR'S HEARING. ACCORDING TO A REPORT BY THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY, THE LAB RECEIVED 186 SEXUAL ASSAULT KITS IN FY 23 BETWEEN JUNE 2022 AND JUNE 2023 AND 93 OF WHICH DID NOT MANAGE TO TEST WITHIN 30 DAYS. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE BY COMPARISON, THE STATE POLICE CRIME LAB TESTED 96% OF THE 700 PLUS KITS IT RECEIVED WITHIN 30 DAYS. THAT'S THE STATE LAW THEY HAVE TO BE TESTED WITHIN 30 DAYS. AT THE HEARING IN 2024, POLICE EXPLAINED THAT THERE WERE STAFFING SHORTAGES AT THE CRIME LAB AND THAT WHILE THERE WERE ONLY 22 EMPLOYEES IN THE LAB, THEY WERE OPEN POSITIONS THAT NEEDED TO BE FILLED. THIS IS AN ISSUE I HAVE REPEATEDLY FOCUSED ON OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. THERE'S A LOT OF KITS THAT WE NEED TO TEST WITH THE MOST ADVANCED TESTING POSSIBLE AND THAT'S WHY SCREENING AND I'M GOING TO ENSURE I DO EVERYTHING TO ENSURE THAT SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT ARE TREATED WITH RESPECT AND DIGNITY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. >> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR FITZGERALD CONSTANT DURKAN, COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE CONTRA MEJIA. COUNCILOR MURPHY CONTRA PEPEN CANCER WEBER AND CULTURAL. AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR AND COUNCIL CULPEPER UH DOCKETS 0180 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0181. DOC NUMBER 0181 COUNCIL SIGN ON FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR HIM TO DISCUSS PUBLIC SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON AND THE BOSTON COMMON. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT I'VE WORKED ON FOR EIGHT YEARS ENSURING THAT DOWNTOWN BOSTON IS AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE. UM, YEARS AGO MAYBE FOUR YEARS AGO I HIGHLIGHTED THIS ISSUE ABOUT THE ONGOING DRUG TRAFFICKING IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON AND THROUGHOUT BOSTON COMMON AS WELL. I DID RECEIVE SOME PUSHBACK AT THAT TIME FROM CITY OFFICIALS KIND OF DISCOURAGING ME FROM UH, FOCUSING ON THIS ISSUE. BUT I HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO THE BUSINESSES AND TO MY CONSTITUENTS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA TO PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM. AND THAT'S ABOUT ADDRESSING PUBLIC SAFETY CHALLENGES. IT'S ALSO ABOUT ADDRESSING QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES WHEN VISITORS COME TO BOSTON AND SPEND TIME IN OUR CITY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE SAFE. I TALKED ABOUT A ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY FOR DRUG DEALING ACTIVITY IN BOSTON COMMON AND UH, ON TREMONT STREET THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN BOSTON. UM THE BOSTON POLICE DID FINALLY AGREE WITH ME AND WE WE ARE WORKING NOW ON ENSURING THAT ANYONE THAT IS SELLING DRUGS OR INVOLVED IN ANY TYPE OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY UM, OUR ARREST AND THAT'S THAT'S IMPORTANT. I DO WANT TO THANK THE DOWNTOWN RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION FOR THEIR INCREDIBLE WORK IN ORGANIZING THIS RACE. SHE DID A WONDERFUL JOB AND KAREN, MICHAEL AND MANY OTHER PEOPLE AS WELL. BUT WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THE POLICE RESOURCES IN THIS CITY, UM ARE ALSO SPENT AND APPROPRIATED IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. WE HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH THE MBTA POLICE. THEY PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON, BUT WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DRUG TRAFFICKING THAT WAS TAKING PLACE IN AND AROUND THE BOSTON COMMON AREA, INCLUDING ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SCHOOL THAT I VISITED. UM AND RESIDENTS ESPECIALLY FROM BEACON HILL, BACK BAY AND DOWNTOWN BOSTON WANTED WANT A SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR FOR THEIR CHILDREN GOING TO SCHOOL. I MADE THAT A PRIORITY TO ADDRESS THESE PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES. WE HAVE MADE PROGRESS BUT I'M NOT GOING TO REST ON PROGRESS. I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THIS ISSUE AS WE GO INTO THE BUDGET PROCESS AND FIGHT FOR MY CONSTITUENTS WHETHER THEY'RE IN BEACON HILL, BACK BAY OR DOWNTOWN BOSTON. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR CULPEPER CONSTANT DURKAN, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD CULTURAL LOUIJEUNE COUNCILMEMBER HERE COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR. PEPEN COUNCILOR WEBER AND CONSTABLE ROWLAND PLEASE. I HAVE THE CHAIR. DOCKET 0181 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MR TRACK, PLEASE READ DOCKET 0182. DUCK NUMBER 0182 COUNCIL AS LOUIJEUNE AND COLORED AS A PART OF THE FOLLOWING. ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING THE CITY OF BOSTON'S RESPONSE TO SEXUAL ASSAULT, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND RELATED RESOURCES FOR SURVIVORS REFERRED FROM 2025. THANK YOU COUNCILOR UM LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. UH, CONGRATULATIONS. >> ON YOUR FIRST READING, UH, MADAM CHAIR AND CONGRATULATIONS TO CULPEPER ON YOUR FIRST ON YOUR MAIDEN SPEECH. JOB WELL DONE FOR YOU AND FOR YOUR RESIDENTS. THIS IS A REFILE I WANT TO THANK KIMBERLY AT THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION FOR ALL THE WORK THAT SHE'S DOING. YOU KNOW, THE ADVOCATES FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE WORK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, DOCKET 0182 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. OH, PARDON? WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAMES? DOCTOR. COUNSELOR. CULPEPER. COUNCILOR DURKIN CONTRA FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. CULTURE. MEDIA COUNSELOR. PEPEN COUNSELOR WEBER AND CULTURAL REALM. PLEASE OUT THE CHAIR. UH, DOCKET 0182 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0183. ? >> TALKING OF A0183 COUNSELORS LOUIJEUNE AND PREPARE AND OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING VOTER ACCESSIBILITY AND ELECTION. PREPAREDNESS THREE FILE FROM 2025. UNTIL LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT RE FILE ON PREPAREDNESS OF ELECTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME COUNCILOR DURKIN CANTOR FITZGERALD CONTRA FLYNN, COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCILOR WORRELL AND PLEASE HAVE THE CHAIR AND COUNCILOR UH CULPEPER DOCKET 0183 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE UH THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 018 FOR. DUCKING NUMBER 018 FOR COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE AND WEBER OF THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING ON BUILDING A STRONGER FAIR HOUSING FUTURE FOR BOSTON A REFERRAL FROM 2025. THANK YOU, MR TRUCK COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> THIS IS A RE AND A MORE IMPORTANT RE FILE GIVEN UH, A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S ATTACK ON WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IN THEIR RECENT LETTER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> UH, ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? CONTRA DURKAN CONTRA CULPEPER CONTRA FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FLYNN, COUNCILOR MEJIA CONSTANT PEPEN MORRELL AND COUNCILOR UH UH CHAIR UH THANK YOU. DOCKET 0184 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. UH UH, COUNCILOR UH, CULPEPER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MAN GO BACK TO NUMBER 173 I WASN'T ADDED AT AS A CO-SPONSOR AT THE TIME. I'D LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR 173. REGARDING PARKING MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS. YEAH, I COUNCILOR DURKAN AND SANTANA. YES. >> UM, YOU'D LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A YES. ORIGINAL CO-SPONSORS ARE CORRECT. YES. >> UM COUNCILOR UM UH, MR CHAIR, COULD YOU HAVE THAT CONSTABLE PEPPER? YOU'RE SO WELL THANK YOU. WE'LL DO ANY MOTIONS TO RECONSIDER IT, BUT IT'S NOT A DO YOU WANT TO ADD COUNCILOR? UM SORRY. >> I WANTED TO REMOVE MY NAME FROM 0162. I GOT CONFUSED ON WHAT FILING THAT WAS. OH ONE YEAH. UM 162. UM YES. DOCKET ZERO ONE UH SIX TWO UH, COUNCILOR UH DURKAN WOULD LIKE TO BE REMOVED FROM THAT AS A CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU. LET'S MOVE ALONG. UH, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ, UM, MY PAGE? COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0185. DOCKET NUMBER 018 FOR COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE AND WORRELL OF THE. FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING ON CROSS-SECTOR. COLLABORATIVE CITYWIDE STRATEGY . FOR COMMUNITY SAFETY AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION REFERRAL FROM 2025. COUNCILOR RESOLUTION. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THIS IS A REFILE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> UM, COUNCILOR FLYNN, I SEE YOUR LIGHT WAS ON. YEAH. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UH, MADAM CHAIR, I I NEGLECTED TO ADD COUNCILOR UM, COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR ON DOCKET UM, 179017 9TH MAY I HAD HER PLEASE. UM, AND SEE HEARING NO HEARING YOU SECONDED. THANK YOU. UH, HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, COUNCILOR MURPHY. SO I THANK YOU THANK YOU. MOTION. UH. ONTO THE CLERK. COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0186? >> UM, IT TO SEE IF ANYBODY WANTS TO. FLAG UH, OKAY. UM, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME TO DOCKETS 0185 IT'S A REFERRAL. YES. >> COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR DURKAN, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FLYNN COUNCILOR. MEJIA COUNCILOR. PEPEN COUNCILOR. SANTANA, COUNCILOR WEBER AND PLEASE. AH THE CHAIR. MR BROOKS, WE ARE ON TO THANK YOU. DOCKET 0186 WILL BE SENT TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE. MR ONE FIVE. THANK YOU. PARDON? 185 UM, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0186. NUMBER 0186 COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING ON EQUITABLE CONTRACTING AND BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR MAJOR CIVIC SPORTING EVENTS IN BOSTON TO FILE FROM 2025. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THIS IS A REFILE. WE HAD A HEARING ON THIS AT THE END OF LAST YEAR AND WE'LL BE DOING MORE WORK ON THIS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME TO DOCKET 0186 COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR DURKIN. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. CANCER. FLYNN COUNCILOR. MEJIA COUNCIL. PEPEN COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCIL WEBER AND SEVERAL AND PLEASE OUT THE CHAIR DOCKET 0186 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0187. DUNCAN NUMBER 0187. COUNCILOR I'M HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXAMINE INCOME ADJUSTED PARKING FINES AND INTEREST FREE PAYMENT PLANS. COUNCILOR UM MAGGIO, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND LOOK. IT'S 3:00 AND WE'RE STILL STANDING. FOR SOME STANDARD. THE JOB. UM. >> ALL RIGHT. >> SO I WANT TO DO A POINT. OF CLARIFICATION HERE FOR THE CLERK. THIS IS TECHNICALLY A. REFILE NO. 2020 BUT IT WAS LIKE. A DECADE AGO AND COVID HAPPENED. SO COULD I GET LIKE A FULL COULD I GET A I JUST. >> HAVE A NEW FILING RIGHT. >> I JUST. >> WANT TO MAKE SURE I DON'T GET. ZAPPED LIKE I DID EARLIER TODAY OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO GOOD AFTERNOON I'M FILING THIS HEARING ORDER TO EXAMINE INCOME ADJUSTED PARKING FINES AND THE OPTION UM FOR INTEREST FREE PAYMENT PLANS. THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT OUR OFFICE FIRST RAISED IN 2020 AT THE HEIGHT OF COVID AND AT THE TIME THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT FAIRNESS AND ENFORCEMENT. AND THAT FEEDBACK IS EXACTLY WHY THIS ISSUE MERITS A HEARING UM AND NOT A UM RELEGATED POSITIONS BUT TO LOOK CAREFULLY AT HOW SYSTEMS ARE WORKING TODAY. BOSTON CURRENTLY USES A FLAT RATE PARKING FINES THAT APPLY THE SAME DOLLAR AMOUNT TO EVERYONE. FOR SOME RESIDENTS A TICKET IS A MINOR INCONVENIENCE FOR OTHERS, PARTICULARLY ELDERS ON FIXED INCOMES WORKERS. WHO RELY ON THEIR CARS. UM UH WHO TO WHO ARE VISITING OTHER FOLKS WHO ARE UM UNDER CARE. IT COULD CREATE A REAL FINANCIAL HARDSHIP WHEN TICKETS GO UNPAID LATE FEES AND PENALTIES CAN QUICKLY ADD UP AND MAKE IT HARDER FOR PEOPLE TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THIS HEARING IS ABOUT EXAMINING WHETHER THERE ARE PRACTICAL TOOLS THAT IMPROVE COMPLIANCE WITHOUT CHANGING THE RULES THEMSELVES. INTEREST RATE PAYMENTS PLANS ARE ONE EXAMPLE. OTHER CITIES HAVE LOOKED AT SIMILAR APPROACHES. TO REDUCE UNPAID FINES WHILE MAINTAINING ENFORCEMENT. AND I THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT AS WE CONTINUE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS AROUND MEETING THE MOMENT AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR US TO THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE INEQUITIES IN THE HOUSING CRUNCH AND ALL OF THIS . THESE ARE THE. LITTLE THINGS THAT POTENTIALLY THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP SUPPORT THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE LIVING IN EXTREME POVERTY WHO HAPPEN TO HAVE A VEHICLE BUT NEED TO GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B TO TAKE CARE OF ELDERS OR FOLKS WHO ARE SICK AS PART OF THEIR JOBS OR JUST ELDERS WHO ARE IN FIXED INCOMES AND SOMETIMES THEY FORGET THAT THE THE UM ALTERNATE STREET PARKING AND THEY GET A TICKET AND THIS COULD REALLY IMPACT. UM THEIR POCKETS. SO I GOT A LOT OF RESISTANCE THE FIRST TIME I FILED IT. BUT YOU KNOW I HAVE THICK SKIN AND I AM USED TO RESISTANCE SO I'M GOING AT IT ONE MORE TIME GIVEN EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND THE FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS THAT SO MANY OF OUR CONSTITUENTS FACE, I BELIEVE WE ARE WELL-POSITIONED, UM, IN THIS BODY TO REALLY TAKE A DEEP LOOK AT HOW WE CAN ALLEVIATE EVEN IF IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT UM, FOR THOSE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HERE. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR UM CANCER. CULPEPER. CANCER. DURKAN CANCER LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR PEPEN. CANCER. WEBER CULTURAL PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR DOCKET 0187 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. MR CROW, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET. 01880188 COUNCIL AND HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING ON BOSTON. PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES. PUBLIC ASSETS AND WHITE. STADIUM FUNDS FROM THE HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I WANT, UH, TO TAKE A MOMENT, UH, TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK COUNCILOR UH CULPEPER FOR HIS SPEECH. YOU HIT IT ON THE. MARK WHEN IT COMES TO THINGS BEING DONE TO US WITHOUT US. AND SO I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE SENSE OF URGENCY THAT YOU BROUGHT. UM, AND AS I FILED THIS HEARING ORDER, UH, I THINK OF YOU ACROSS WE'RE DEALING WITH AGING SCHOOL BUILDINGS, YEARS OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES THAT HAVEN'T BEEN FULLY ADDRESSED AND UNEQUAL ACCESS TO ATHLETICS. UM. >> EXTRACURRICULAR SPACES DEPENDING ON WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD A STUDENT LIVES IN. AT THE SAME TIME THE DISTRICT IS FACING DECLINING ENROLLMENTS ,STAFFING CHALLENGES AND A SIGNIFICANT PROJECTED BUDGET SHORTFALL. ALL OF THAT MAKES FACILITY DECISIONS EVEN MORE CONSEQUENCE CONSEQUENTIAL. THIS HEARING IS ABOUT STEPPING BACK AND ASKING WHETHER OUR FACILITIES PLAN IS TRULY ALIGNED WITH STUDENT NEEDS. WHITE STADIUM COMES INTO THIS CONVERSATION AS ONE EXAMPLE IT IS A BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS ATHLETIC FACILITY THAT HAS LONG BEEN USED FOR STUDENT ATHLETES AND SCHOOL PROGRAMING. ANY CHANGE TO HOW THAT SPACE IS GOVERNED, SCHEDULED OR ACCESS HAS A DIRECT IMPACT ON THE STUDENT ATHLETES AND THE SCHOOLS THAT RELY ON IT. WHEN PUBLIC DOLLARS ARE BEING COMMITTED, ESPECIALLY DOLLARS THAT COULD OTHERWISE BE USED TO ADDRESS THE UNMET NEEDS IN SCHOOL BUILDINGS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. THERE HAS TO BE FLAHERTY AND ACCOUNTABILITY, BUT THIS HEARING IS ABOUT. ACCESS UM AND PRESIDENTS AND WE AND UM AND WHEN WE INVEST TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO A SINGLE ATHLETICS SITE WITH MANY SCHOOLS WHO ARE STILL STRUGGLING WITH BASIC FACILITY NEEDS, WE OWE IT TO THE FAMILIES AND EDUCATORS TO EXPLAIN HOW THOSE DECISIONS FIT INTO THE. BROADER FACILITY STRATEGY. THIS HEARING IS ABOUT MAKING SURE A WHITE STADIUM DOESN'T CROWD OUT THE LARGER CONVERSATION. THERE ARE MANY OTHER FACILITIES CLASSROOMS, GYMS, FIELDS AND SCHOOL BUILDINGS THAT DON'T GET THIS LEVEL OF ATTENTION BUT MATTER JUST AS MUCH AS TO THE STUDENTS UM DAILY EXPERIENCE THIS ORDER CREATE SPACE TO LOOK AT WHITE STADIUM IN THE CONTEXT ALONG WITH THE FULL LANDSCAPE OF FACILITIES WITH STUDENT ACCESS, EDUCATIONAL EQUITY AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY AT THE CENTER. I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION AND I ALSO AM GOING TO BE PARTICIPATING AND BEING ALL IN ON THE CONVERSATION THAT COUNCILOR CULPEPER HAS RAISED REGARDING. MADISON PARK, WHICH IS ALSO ANOTHER BUILDING THAT HAS BEEN UM, PUT ON THE SIDELINES. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MEJIA. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE HENRY MURPHY CONTRA PEPEN CONTRA SANTANA AND TO WEBER COUNTRY AND PLEASE OUT THE CHAIR. DOCKET 018 IT WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. MR CRAB, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET. 01890189 COUNCILMEMBER HILL FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO AUDIT CHILDCARE INVESTMENTS IN THE FINANCIAL STABILITY OF FAMILY CHILDCARE PROVIDERS RE FILE FROM 2025. . >> THANK YOU. HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT IS EVERY FILE I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THE CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR UM FITZGERALD COUNCILOR MURPHY IF IT'S UH LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR PEPEN. HUNTER SANTANA, COUNSELOR WEBER WHEREVER AND PLEASE OUT THE CHAIR AND COUNCILOR CULPEPER UH, DOCKET 0189 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0190. DUCK NUMBER 0190 COUNCILOR MEJIA OF THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT HOUSING FOR A CITY OF BOSTON EMPLOYEES WE FILE FROM 2025. THANK YOU, MR TRUCK. UH, COUNCILMEMBER HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH. >> THANK YOU. UM, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR WEBER AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR AND THIS IS A REFILE HEARING ORDER THAT EXAMINES WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT HOUSING FOR OUR CITY, UH, BOSTON EMPLOYEES. UM, IN 2023, OUR OFFICE ADVOCATED AND SECURED OVER $750,000 IN EMERGENCY HOUSING RELIEF FOR CITY EMPLOYEES EXPERIENCING HOUSING INSTABILITY. EVERY DOLLAR OF THAT FUNDING WAS USED. THAT TOLD US TWO THINGS FIRST, THE NEED IS REAL AND SECOND ONE TIME EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE IS NOT ENOUGH. TODAY THE PRESSURE IS EVEN GREATER AS HOUSING COSTS CONTINUES TO RISE AND IF WE WANT TO RETAIN A STRONG AND STABLE MUNICIPAL WORKFORCE, WE NEED TO THINK BEYOND SHORT TERM RELIEF AND BEGIN EXAMINING SUSTAINABLE LONG TERM HOUSING SOLUTIONS. OTHER CITIES AND COUNTIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE DOING EXACTLY THAT DEVELOPING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING ,PARTNERING WITH UNIONS AND USING PUBLIC LAND AND OR PENSION FUNDS TO CREATE HOUSING OPTIONS THAT SPECIFICALLY SERVE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. THIS HEARING IS ABOUT LEARNING FROM THOSE MODELS AND ASKING WHAT MIGHT BE FEASIBLE RIGHT HERE IN BOSTON. IT'S ABOUT COORDINATION ACROSS HOUSING, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND LABOR AND ABOUT ENSURING THAT THE PEOPLE WHO SERVE THE CITY CAN ACTUALLY AFFORD TO LIVE HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HERE. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME COUNCILOR FLYNN? COUNCILOR. UH LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR FITZGERALD UH COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER COUNTRY. PEPEN. COUNTRY. UH CONTROL. ALLEN. PIECE OF THE CHAIR. UM. THANK YOU. UM, DOCKET 0191 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE A19190 JUMPING. AHEAD OF MYSELF THERE. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0191? TALKING OF A0191 COUNCIL, I'M HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING QUARTER FOR A HEARING TO ADDRESS CRITICAL ISSUES IN JAIL BASED VOTING AND EMPOWER INCARCERATED COMMUNITIES TO STRENGTHEN. TO STRENGTHEN DEMOCRACY BE FIVE FROM 2025. CONSUMER HEAR. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS A REFILE. OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN IN DEEP PARTNERSHIP WITH FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN DOING THIS WORK AND SUPPORTING OUR INCARCERATED LOVED ONES WHO ARE BEHIND THE WALL AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE BALLOT BOX. I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS CONVERSATION ON BEHALF OF THOSE WE SERVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME COUNCILOR CULPEPPER? COUNCILOR. UH LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR PEPEN CONTRA SANTANA CONTRA WEBER. COUNCILMEMBER ALLEN, PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. DOCKET 0191 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0192. DUCKING NUMBER 0192 COUNCIL I'M HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HUMAN TO AUDIT GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY TOWARDS SURVEILLANCE EQUIPMENT A REFILE FROM 2020 FIND. A COUNCILOR MCHUGH, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. IT'S A REFILE I THINK NOW MORE THAN EVER GIVEN EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING ON THE NATIONAL LANDSCAPE, WE HAVE TO BE, UH, HERE DOING OUR PART AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT UTILIZING TOOLS THAT FURTHER UH ,PROFILE UH, FOLKS AND CONTINUE TO PUT FOLKS OF COLOR IN PARTICULAR. >> AT HARM. UM, THIS INCLUDES TECHNOLOGY LIKE SHOTSPOTTER AS WELL AS THE NEWER SYSTEMS SUCH AS BLOCK TANGLES AND CHORUS UM WHICH COLLECT AND ANALYZE AND SHARE LARGE AMOUNTS OF DATA OFTEN IN WAYS THAT ARE NOT IMMEDIATELY VISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC OR TO THIS BODY. WHAT CONCERNS ME IS NOT JUST THE TECHNOLOGY ITSELF, BUT THE PROCESS IN WHICH THESE. TOOLS ARE INTRODUCED. IN THE PAST, THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS USED AND OR PILOTED SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL HAS FULLY BEEN INFORMED AND BEFORE COMMUNITIES HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THESE TOOLS. WILL AFFECT THEM. I THINK GIVEN THE FACT THAT EVERYTHING THAT IS HAPPENING WE HAVE TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE, UM, AND UH SERVE AS AN OVERSIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER HERE WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? AND MAKE THE BELL? UH, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILMEMBER HE UH WE'VE DONE IT. COUNCILOR MURPHY CONTRA PEPEN CONTRA SANTANA PUNCH OF WEBER CULTURE WARRIOR AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. DOCKET 0192 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0193. SO I CAN NUMBER 0193 CONCILOR MEJIA HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO AUDIT THE CITY OF BOSTON'S HIRING, FIRING AND PROMOTION POLICIES, PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES WE. FILE FROM 2025. CONSUMER HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS A REFILE I THINK AS WE CONTINUE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ,I THINK AT THE CENTER OF THIS IS A LOT OF THE RETALIATION THAT HAPPENS WHEN OFTENTIMES FOLKS UH YOU WE PICK AND CHOOSE UM AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO REALLY DIVE DEEPER AND HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF OUR PROTOCOLS, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE FAIR ACROSS. >> THE BOARD. UM, AND THAT WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS ISSUE OF ACCOUNTABILITY, THAT WE'RE ENFORCING IT WITH THE SAME RULES THAT APPLY. TO EVERYONE. UM, AND WE'VE WE'VE ALSO HEARD FROM CITY WORKERS WHO ARE AFRAID TO COME FORWARD, YOU KNOW, UH, RETALIATION IS REAL FOR YOU THAT RAISING THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT MISCONDUCT, FAVORITISM OR BROKEN PROCESSES WILL HARM THEIR CAREERS AND THAT ALONE SHOULD GIVE US PAUSE. AND SO AS WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS I HELP THOSE WHO ARE AFRAID, UM, HAVE THE COURAGE TO SPEAK UP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN HERE. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. UH LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. MURPHY CONTRA PEPEN. HUNTER. SANTANA. COUNCILOR. WEBER. COUNCIL. WARREN. PLEASE ADD MY NAME AND CONTRITION I THINK I GOT YOU. OH. DO YOU WISH TO SPEAK TO THIS? UM, WE'RE TRYING TO JUST, UM. THIS IS A REFILE. SO DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A BRIEF REMARKS OR YOU KNOW. >> THAT'S OKAY. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. >> THANK YOU. UH, DOCKET 0930193 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. THANK YOU. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET. 0194A019 FOR CONCILOR MEJIA HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING. BUT FOR A HUMAN TO AUDIT THE CITY OF BOSTON PROCUREMENT PROCESSES PROCEDURES IN PROGRESS REFERRAL FROM 2025. THANK YOU COUNCIL MR. CLARK UH ,COUNCILMEMBER HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I MAY FILE IN THIS ORDER BECAUSE WE CONTINUE TO SEE HIGH IMPACT DECISIONS MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT A CLEAR VISION AND UNDERSTANDING OF HOW INFORMATION GETS TRICKLED DOWN. SO OFTENTIMES PROCESS STANDARDS UM, AND LACK OF OVERSIGHT ARE THE THINGS THAT MOST FOLKS ARE SCREAMING ABOUT PARTICULARLY UM THE MOST RECENT CASES PARCEL THREE IS ONE EXAMPLE WITH A DESIGNATION SET TO EXPIRE AT THE END OF JANUARY FOLLOWING A PROCESS THAT HAS RAISED QUESTIONS ABOUT LOTUS FLAHERTY AND COUNCIL INVOLVEMENT. WHITE STADIUM IS ANOTHER. WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE BOSTON LEGACY FOOTBALL CLUB HAVE COMMITTED TO AWARDING 50% OF ALL CONTRACTING DOLLARS ACROSS ALL THREE PHASES OF THE WHITE STADIUM PROJECT TO CERTIFIED MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES. THAT COMMITMENT MATTERS. BUT WHAT'S STILL MISSING IS BASIC FLAHERTY. WE DO NOT KNOW WHICH DOLLARS ARE. INCLUDED. >> WHETHER THESE DOLLARS APPLY TO THE FULL BUILD, HOW PRIORITY IS DEFINED. >> AND WHETHER OR. >> NOT THIS COMMITMENT APPLIES EQUALLY TO THE PORTIONS OF THE PROJECT THAT THE CITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR AND OR THE PORTIONS CONTROLLED BY THE PRIVATE PARTNERS. WITHOUT THAT INFORMATION IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO EVALUATE WHETHER OR NOT PROCUREMENT GOALS ARE BEING MET AND OR SIMPLY STATED. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HERE UH WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR FLYNN, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR MURPHY CONTRA PEPEN CONTRA SANTANA CANCER. WEBER COUNCILOR, CANCER. CULPEPER COUNCILOR FITZGERALD PLEASE ADD MY NAME THE DECLARE THE CHAIR. UM THANK YOU. DOCKET 0194 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0195. SECOND NUMBER 0195 COUNCILMEMBER HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO AUDIT THE DISTRIBUTION OF LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS TO SMALL BUSINESSES WE FILE FROM 2025. COME TO MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS A REFILE I THINK UH, GIVEN EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING ACROSS THE WORLD, UH ,THIS UH, HEARING WILL ALLOW US TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW WE HERE ON THE LOCAL LEVEL, UH, HOW OUR FUNDS ARE BEING ALLOCATED, WHO IS BEING REACHED AND WHERE THE GAPS EXIST, PARTICULARLY FOR BUSINESSES THAT HAVE HAD HISTORICALLY BEEN FACED WITH BARRIERS TO ACCESS. THE GOAL IS TRANSPARENCY, EQUITY AND EFFECTIVE USE OF PUBLIC RESOURCES. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER HERE. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR. UM COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCILOR. ME UH LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. MURPHY COUNCILOR. SANTANA COUNCILOR. PEPEN. COUNCIL. WEBER. CONSTABLE. REALM PLEASE HAVE THE CHAIR. UH DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 0195 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. UM, MR CHAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0196. NUMBER 0196 COUNCIL I'M HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO REVIEW THE CITY OF BOSTON'S USE OF FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDS RE FILE FROM 2025. FROM HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS THE RE FILE. LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNTRY. UH COUNTRY. FLYNN. COUNTRY LOUIJEUNE COUNTRY MURPHY. COUNTRY. PEPEN. COUNTRIES AND TOWN OF COUNTRY WEBER. COUNTRY WHERE L A COUNTRY CULPEPER. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD APPRECIATE THE CHAIR. DOCKET NUMBER 0196 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0197. DOCKET NUMBER 0197? CONCILOR MEJIA HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO REVIEW PAST EXPENDITURES THROUGH QUARTERLY UPDATES ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 OPERATING BUDGET WE FILED FROM 2025. HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS A REFINED LOOKING FORWARD TO DIVING DEEPER. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME COUNCILOR UH FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE CONTRA MURPHY CONTRA PEPEN COUNCILOR WEBER CULTURAL REALM PLEASE ADD THE COUNCILOR CULPEPER AND PLEASE OUT THE CHAIR. DOCKET 0197 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0198. DUCKING NUMBER 0198 CONCILOR MEJIA HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO AUDIT THE IMPLEMENTATION AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE 2014 BOSTON TRUST THERE BE FILE FROM 2025. COMES FROM MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE TRUST ACT WAS PASSED TO PROTECT IMMIGRANTS AND COMMUNITIES UM, TO ENSURE THAT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IS NOT ACTING AS AN ARM OF FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. AND TO BE CLEAR, BOSTON POLICE HAVE COMPILED WITH THE LAW IN 2025. WE NOW KNOW THAT THE BPD DID NOT HONOR ANY OF THE 57 ICE DETAINER REQUESTS, BUT COMPLIANCE ALONE IS NOT THE SAME AS CONFIDENCE. WE'VE HEARD GROWING. CONCERNS FROM RESIDENTS AND ADVOCATES ABOUT HOW INFORMATION CAN STILL FLOW IN PRACTICE, PARTICULARLY WHEN OFFICERS ARE OPERATING IN DIFFERENT ROLES. SOMETIMES DESCRIBED AS WEARING A BRICK HAT QUOTE UNQUOTE AND SOMETIMES NOT. THE CONCERN, UM, IS THAT EVEN WITHOUT FORMAL COOPERATION, INFORMATION CAN BE SHARED UNINTENTIONALLY, INFORMALLY OR WITHOUT CLEAR GUARDRAILS CREATING FEAR AND CONFUSION IN COMMUNITIES. THE TRUST ACT IS MEANT TO PROTECT US. AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE SEEING AGGRESSIVE FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY INCLUDING ACTIONS THAT HAVE LED TO TRAGIC DEATHS LIKE WE'VE SEEN IN MINNEAPOLIS. THESE REALITIES MAKE IT EVEN MORE IMPORTANT FOR BOSTON TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT OUR LOCAL PROTECTIONS ARE STRONG ENOUGH IN TODAY'S ENVIRONMENT. OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN CLEAR SINCE WE'VE STEPPED FOOT INTO THIS CHAMBER THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO VOTE NO ON BRICK FUNDING WHEN IT RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT SURVEILLANCE, DATA SHARING OR A ROAD EROSION. OUR TRUST THIS HEARING IS PART OF THAT SAME COMMITMENT TO EVALUATE HOW FEDERAL ACTIONS INTERSECT WITH LOCAL POLICIES AND WHETHER SAFEGUARDS ARE KEEPING PACE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCIL ME HERE. UH, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. PEPEN. COUNCILOR. SANTANA. COUNSELOR. WEBER. COUNCIL. ROLL PLEASE OUT THE CHAIR. UH, THANK DOCKET 019. IT WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0199. TALKING OF A0199 COUNCILOR MEJIA WITH THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR HAVING A GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF DECISION MAKING PROTOCOLS IN CITY GOVERNMENT WE FILE FROM 2025. COUNCIL FROM HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND I'M REFILING THIS ORDER BECAUSE TOO MANY MAJOR DECISIONS CONTINUE TO BE MADE BY THE CITY UH, WITH MANY FOLKS FEELING CLOSED OFF, INCONSISTENT AND DISCONNECTED FROM WHAT PEOPLE ARE FEELING AND EXPERIENCING AND MOST OF THEM ARE ALWAYS SAYING THAT THEY'RE DOING THINGS TO US WITHOUT US. AND BOSTON MAKES HIGH STAKES DECISIONS EVERY DAY ABOUT HOUSING, SCHOOLS, PUBLIC LANDS, INFRASTRUCTURE. BUT TOO OFTEN RESIDENTS EXPERIENCE THESE DECISIONS AS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS TO THEM, NOT WITH THEM. INFORMATION IS HARD TO ACCESS TIMES LINE SHIFT WITHOUT EXPLANATION AND COMMUNITY COMES IN LATE IF AT ALL. I MEAN WE'VE SEEN THIS TENSION PLAY OUT REPEATEDLY AT WHITE STADIUM COSTS NEARLY DOUBLED FROM 50 MILLION TO 91 MILLION, RAISING QUESTIONS NOT JUST ABOUT MONEY BUT HOW DECISIONS WERE MADE AND HOW COMMUNITIES IN ROXBURY AND MATTAPAN AND ACROSS THE CITY WERE MEANINGFULLY ENGAGED. UM, NOW AT PARCEL THREE, ROXBURY RESIDENTS SPENT YEARS ENGAGING AROUND A LIFE SCIENCES AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING PLAN. ONLY TO LEARN AFTER THE FACT THAT THE CITY INTENDED TO ABANDON THE DESTINATION IN FAVOR OF A DIFFERENT USE WITHOUT A CLEARLY DEFINED DECISION MAKING PROCESS. WE'RE SEEING SIMILAR CONCERNS WITH SQUARES AND STREETS REZONING WITH PARTICIPATION DATA SHOWS UNDERREPRESENTATION OF KEY DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS. LISTEN, WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. THIS HEARING IS ABOUT STEPPING BACK AND EXAMINING THE RULES, THE NORMS, THE PROTOCOLS THAT GUIDE CITY DECISION MAKING PROCESSES ACROSS DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES WHETHER THEY ACTUALLY ALIGN WITH OUR STATED COMMITMENTS TO EQUITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND PUBLIC TRUST IF WE WANT IF WE WANT RESIDENTS TO BELIEVE IN GOVERNMENT, THEN WE HAVE TO START SHOWING THEM THAT DECISIONS ARE MADE AND INVITE THEM EARLY AND BE HONEST WITH THE TRADE OFFS WHEN THEY EXIST. THANK YOU COMES FROM HERE. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR CULPEPER, COUNCILOR FLYNN UH COUNCILOR FITZGERALD UH COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR WEBER, COUNCILOR ORAL AND UH COUNCIL PLEASED THE CHAIR DOCKET 0199 WILL BE UH REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. THANK YOU. UM, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0200. NUMBER 0200 COUNCILOR MURPHY OH, FOR THE FINE ORDER FOR A HEARING ON BPA STAFFING PROGRAM IMPACTS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR FLYNN AND I WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CLOSED HEARING. AND SEEING NO OBJECTIONS. COUNCILOR UH, FITZGERALD IS SO AT IT. OKAY. >> THANK YOU. UM, I HAVE FILED THREE HEARING ORDERS THIS TERM SO FAR TO HOLD BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS ACCOUNTABLE AND TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY IN DECISIONS THAT DIRECTLY IMPACT STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND EDUCATORS AND ALSO COMMUNITIES. THESE HEARINGS FOCUS ON SCHOOL CLOSURES AND MERGERS, PARKING ACCESS FOR TRAVELING DPS EMPLOYEES. TODAY I'M FILING THIS HEARING IN ORDER TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THE REAL IMPACTS OF THE BUDGET SHORTFALL ON OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES. MANY OF US HAVE ALREADY FIELDED FRANTIC CALLS FROM PARENTS, TEACHERS, FAMILIES WHO ARE HEARING DIRECTLY AS SCHOOL SITE COUNSELORS AND PRINCIPALS ARE MAKING DECISIONS ON NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. HAVE PUBLICLY IDENTIFIED THE PROJECTED BUDGET SHORTFALL FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR TO BE APPROXIMATELY $50 MILLION AND MANY OF US HAVE HEARD RUMORS THAT IT'S EVEN HIGHER COMMUNICATIONS TO SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND LEADERS INDICATE THAT THIS FREEZE APPLIES TO HIRING FOR VACANT POSITIONS, DISCRETIONARY PURCHASES, STIPENDS, CONTRACTS, TRAVEL AND OTHER EXPENDITURES. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WORRIES ME THE MOST BESIDES OBVIOUSLY LAYING OFF TEACHERS IS THE STIPENDS. MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS PROVIDE TUTORING AFTER SCHOOL BEFORE SCHOOL PROGRAMING AND THEY PAY OUR TEACHERS WHO ALL NEED TO BE PAID WITH STIPENDS. SO IF THERE'S A FREEZE ON THAT MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS EXTRA ACTIVITIES THAT MANY STUDENTS AND FAMILIES DEPEND ON WILL BE GONE. EDUCATORS, FAMILIES AND SCHOOL COMMUNITIES HAVE EXPRESSED SERIOUS CONCERN ABOUT HOW THESE STAFFING MEASURES WILL AFFECT THEIR STABILITY, THEIR STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES AND ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING, UM, ADVOCATING THAT WE GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS SO THAT WE HAVE REAL ANSWERS AND THAT WE CAN CLEARLY COMMUNICATE THESE CONCERNS TO OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES AND TO OUR PARENTS AND FAMILIES. I BELIEVE THAT THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL SHOULD HOLD THIS HEARING TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPACTS BECAUSE THIS TO ME IS NOT JUST A CONVERSATION ABOUT MONEY. WE WILL HAVE MANY CONVERSATIONS DURING WAYS AND MEANS AND BUDGET HEARINGS WHEN WE'RE ADDRESSING THE BUDGET FOR TO ME THIS IS STAFFING ISSUES. THIS IS AFTER SCHOOL BEFORE SCHOOL PROGRAMING CONCERNS THAT I KNOW THAT THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE SHOULD BE BRINGING UP AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM MY OTHER COLLEAGUES WHO ARE ORIGINAL SPONSORS, ONE WHO IS A PARENT OF STUDENTS AND WHO I KNOW CAN SHARE A VERY PERSONAL UM STORY AND SIDE TO THIS THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND I AGREE WITH COUNCILOR MURPHY AS WELL. THIS SHOULD. GO INTO THE. EDUCATION COMMITTEE. WE HAD SEVERAL SCHOOLS THAT ARE EITHER CLOSED. ON MERGED LAST YEAR. AND PARENTS, CONCERNED PARENTS. AND TEACHERS WERE CALLING US AT THE CITY COUNCIL ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED, WHY IT HAPPENED, WHAT THE PLAN IS. BUT THE BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ANSWERS BECAUSE THE CITY COUNCIL DID NOT WANT TO HOLD A HEARING ON IT. UM, BUT I DO THINK THESE ISSUES ARE IMPORTANT FOR US TO DISCUSS. THEY MIGHT BE CONTROVERSIAL, YES, BUT THEY'RE IMPORTANT TO PARENTS. THEY'RE IMPORTANT TO FAMILIES, TO STUDENTS, TO TEACHERS AND THEY WANT TO HAVE AN HONEST CONVERSATION ABOUT US ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. BUT THE BUT THE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES WANT TO BE ENGAGED. THEY WANT TO COME AND TESTIFY. THEY WANT TO THEY WANT US TO HEAR THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT HOW CLOSING A SCHOOL MIGHT IMPACT THEIR CHILD OR ABOUT A MERGER OF A SCHOOL. WHAT IMPACT WOULD THAT HAVE ON A CHILD'S AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS OR THE MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING OR THE SPORTS PROGRAM? IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE A ROLE AND ACTIVE ROLE IN MY OPINION IN THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM WE HAVE TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF PARENTS AND FOR TEACHERS AS WELL. I DON'T THINK WE'RE JUST ABLE TO BE A RUBBER STAMP AND ACCEPT THINGS THE WAY THEY ARE WITHOUT ASKING QUESTIONS, HAVING DISCUSSIONS, HOLDING BP ACCOUNTABLE MORE IMPORTANTLY FIGHTING FOR TEACHERS, FIGHTING FOR PARENTS AND FIGHTING FOR STUDENTS THAT'S WHAT OUR JOB IS ABOUT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. YEAH, VERY SIMPLY A COUPLE WEEKS AGO MY WIFE AND I SAT ON A SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL MEETING, UH, WHERE WE LISTENED TO, UH, OUR CHILDREN'S PRINCIPAL TALKED TO US ABOUT SOME OF THE CUTS YOU'D NEED TO MAKE. UH, AND WITHOUT GETTING INTO SPECIFICS, IT CERTAINLY MAKES YOU QUESTION WHETHER YOU WERE PROVIDING YOUR CHILD WITH THE BEST EDUCATION POSSIBLE. AND SO, UH, THAT'S A SCARY THING FOR PARENTS TO CONSIDER. UH, I KNOW TALKING TO SOME OF THE OTHER PARENTS AFTER THE MEETING WAS OVER, UH, THEY HAD REACHED OUT AND EXPRESSED SOME SAME CONCERNS. IF IT'S HAPPENING AT ONE SCHOOL, I'M SURE IT'S HAPPENING AT SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. UM, AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS HEARING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME COUNCILOR CULPEPPER OR COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. CONCILOR MEJIA COUNCILOR UH HEPBURN COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCIL WEBER CONTROVERSIAL AND PLEASE OUT THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. DOCKET 00200 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. MR COOK, YOU PLEASE PLEASE READ DOCKET 0201. MHM MHM 0102 TOGETHER OKAY EXCELLENT. MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO UH TO UH 201 AND UM 202 TOGETHER. SO I CAN HAVE A0201 COUNCIL AS WEBER AND FITZGERALD OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS BOSTON'S FISCAL YEAR 27 OPERATING BUDGET AND NUMBER 0202 COUNCIL AS WEBER AND FITZGERALD OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FISCAL YEAR 27 OPERATING BUDGET. THANK YOU, MR BURKE. UH, COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, THESE TWO DOCKETS WILL ALLOW US TO START OUR OVERSIGHT OF THE, UH, CITY'S FY 27 OPERATING BUDGET, UH, WITH THE. SEPARATE DOCKET FOCUSED. ON THE BUDGET. UH, SINCE WE'VE HAD. >> LITTLE. TURNOVER FROM LAST YEAR. UH, WELCOME AGAIN, COUNCILOR CULPEPER. UH, WE HAVE HAD TWO BUDGET CYCLES WORKING TOGETHER, IMPROVING HOW WE DELIBERATE DEBATE AND DECIDE THE BETTER WE DO IN THIS PROCESS, THE MORE IMPACT WE CAN HAVE ON WHAT WILL BECOME THE CITY'S FINAL BUDGET AND WHAT WE CAN DO FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT WE ALL REPRESENT . THE BUDGET IS THE. MOST IMPORTANT POLICY DOCUMENT WE HELPED PRODUCE. IT SHOWS WHERE WE WANT TO INVEST OUR RESOURCES AND WHAT WE THINK WILL BE THE BEST WAY TO SERVE BOSTON RESIDENTS. OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS THIS HAS INVOLVED SUPPORTING SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENTS IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, OUR SENIORS, OUR YOUTH ,OUR VETERANS AND IN PUBLIC SAFETY. WE ALL HAVE ISSUES WE WANT TO ADDRESS NOW HOW CAN THE CITY BUDGET LESSEN THE IMPACTS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INTENT TO GO TO WAR WITH COMMUNITIES LIKE BOSTON THAT WELCOMES IMMIGRANTS SO THEY CAN MURDER DETAINEES AND ANYONE WHO STANDS IN THEIR WAY? IT'S BEEN REPORTED THAT 5000 STUDENTS EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS EACH YEAR, THAT EVEN THIS IS MOST. LIKELY AN UNDERSTATEMENT. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE TO TACKLE URGENT ISSUES LIKE THESE, TO CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THE GOOD WORK WE HAVE DONE OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS UNDER WAYS AND MEANS CHAIR BRIAN WORRELL AND OUR AMAZING BUDGET ANALYST KARISHMA CHOHAN AND HER NEW SIDEKICK RYAN PRATT. WE ARE ALL GOING TO HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER. GONE ARE ALL THE FEDERAL FUNDS WE USED TO LAUNCH INITIATIVES LIKE THE SPACE PROGRAM AND THE. HOUSING ACCELERATOR. WE NEED TO BE THOUGHTFUL AND INNOVATIVE TO DELIVER WHAT OUR RESIDENTS NEED ON A TIGHTER BUDGET AND TO DO THAT TO MAKE OUR RESIDENTS NEEDS, UH, TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS MEET THEIR NEEDS. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO STAND BY EACH OTHER. THEY SAY A GOOD BUDGET IS A STORYBOOK THAT TRANSLATES THE CITY'S VALUES INTO NUMBERS. MY GOAL AS CHAIR WOULD BE MAKE SURE EVERYONE HERE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO WRITE A CHAPTER OF THE STORY AND SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF BOSTON RESIDENTS AT A TIME WHEN THE CITY IS GOING TO NEED US MORE THAN EVER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR WEBER CONTRA FITZGERALD, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. YES, UH, MADAM PRESIDENT, WE HAVE A LONG ROAD AND SOME TOUGH DECISIONS AHEAD OF US. I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THE CHAIR. UH, AND ALL THIS NEEDS TO ACT AS A SOUNDING BOARD IN ANY OTHER WAY. HE MIGHT NEED MY SUPPORT AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU AND TO SUCCESSFULLY DELIVERING A BUDGET. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, COUNCIL FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND PLEASE ADD MY NAME. I WANT TO BE PART OF THIS DISCUSSION. I ALSO KNOW AS COUNCILOR WEBER MENTIONED THE OUTSTANDING WORK THAT COUNCILOR WORRELL. DID OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS AS BUDGET CHAIR, UM, OF THIS IMPORTANT COMMITTEE. BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, UH THAT COUNCIL WE'RE ALL REMAIN INVOLVED. ENGAGED UH BECAUSE HE PROVIDED EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP. DURING CRITICAL TIMES AND AS WE FOCUS ON THE BUDGET, IN MY OPINION WE NEED THAT STRONG LEADERSHIP WITH COUNCIL. COUNCILOR WORRELL COUNCIL WEBER BUT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR A PERSON OF COLOR TO PLAY A KEY ROLE ON THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE EVEN THOUGH HE MAY NOT BE NECESSARILY THE CHAIR IT IS IMPORTANT FOR COUNCIL. WE'RE ALL IN MY OPINION TO HAVE A KEY ROLE ON THAT COMMITTEE AS WELL. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL MEMBER HERE. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, AND I JUST WANT TO RISE UH, TO THINK UM, CONGRATULATE COUNCILOR WEBER IN HIS NEW ROLE, UH, SHEPHERDING US THROUGH WHAT I KNOW WILL BE A VERY EXCITING PROCESS. SO GOOD LUCK WITH THAT. UM, BUT I WHILE I'M. UP, I JUST WANT TO ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE UH COUNCIL WHEREAS. LEADERSHIP I MEAN, YOU REALLY CENTERED RACIAL EQUITY AND EVEN AT A TIME WHEN SO MANY OF US WERE GOING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS IN TERMS OF WHAT WE WERE FIGHTING FOR, YOUR ABILITY TO REALLY BRING US IN, UM, AND REALLY CENTERING FAIRNESS, UM, AND NOT FAVORITISM WAS REALLY ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I ALWAYS SHOWED UP UM, AND ACTIVELY PARTICIPATED, UH, BECAUSE YOU DEMONSTRATED WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO REALLY PUT THE BODY FIRST. UM, AND OUR PRIORITY. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. AS YOU STEP AWAY FROM THAT ROLE AND LOOKING FORWARD. SO HEARING YOUR VOICE IN THIS SPACE AND JUST BECAUSE YOU MAY NOT HAVE THE FORMAL ROLE DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A VOICE. SO WE LOOK TO YOU TO CONTINUE TO KEEP US ON TRACK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MEJIA UH, WOULD TAKE DOCKET 0201 FIRST. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR? UH, COLOR AS A POWDER COUNCIL CULPEPER COUNCILOR FLYNN CULTURAL DIVISION COUNCILOR. MURPHY COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCIL. PEPEN SANTANA COUNCILOR WORRELL UM, PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. DOCKET 0201 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE UM AND THEN DOCKET 0202. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POWDER COUNCILOR. CULPEPER COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILMAN LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. MEJIA COUNCILOR. MURPHY COUNCILOR. PEPEN CONTRA SANTANA. COUNSELOR. WARREN PLEASE HAVE THE CHAIR. UM DOCKET ZERO TWO UM TO DOCKET 0202 WILL BE SENT TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0203? DUCKY NUMBER 0203 COUNCILORS WEBER AND FITZGERALD OFFERED THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS PRIOR OPERATING BUDGET AMENDMENTS FROM FISCAL YEAR 23 TO FISCAL YEAR 25. COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH. >> THANK YOU. UH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE ALL WORKED REALLY HARD UH, ON THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS LAST TWO YEARS. UH, AND THANKS TO COUNCILOR UH ,BRIAN. WELL, THE CHAIR OF THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE WE MANAGED TO GET THROUGH I BELIEVE I LIKE $15 MILLION IN AMENDMENTS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, I THINK TO INFORM HOW WE APPROACH THAT, UH ,ISSUE THIS YEAR. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR BUDGET AMENDMENTS. UH, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THE MONEY WAS ALLOCATED IN THE WAY WE B WE AMENDED THE BUDGET TO TO HAVE ALLOCATED WHETHER THOSE PROGRAMS, UH, WERE INSTITUTED, WHETHER THEY DELIVERED UH ON THE PROMISE THAT WE UH, HAD HOPED THEY WOULD. HELP UH, YOU KNOW, OUR CONSTITUENTS. SO UH THAT'S WHY YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A SEPARATE HEARING ON. UH, WHAT HAS. REVIEWING THOSE BUDGET AMENDMENTS AND WHAT. >> HAS. HAPPENED TO THEM. I KNOW SOME OF US HAD ISSUES ABOUT GETTING THE MONEY TO WHERE WE. WANTED IT TO. TO BE UH, MAYBE TWO YEARS AGO, MAYBE NOT SO MUCH LAST YEAR BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I LOOK FORWARD TO FIGURING THAT OUT SO WE CAN MAKE SURE. OUR AMENDMENTS ARE AS EFFECTIVE AS THEY. CAN BE. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR. UM, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. CAN'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING IF YOU DON'T KNOW WE'VE BEEN LOOK FORWARD TO THE WORK THAT. KEEP GOING. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. WOULD ANYONE LIKE THE OTHER NAME? COUNCILOR COLLETTE IS A POWDER COUNCILOR. CULPEPER COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. MEJIA COUNCIL. MURPHY COUNCILOR. PEPPER AND COUNCILOR SANTANA CONSTABLE REALM PLEASE OUT THE CHAIR. DOCKET NUMBER 0203 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0204. COUNCIL IS WEBER IN? UH, JUST EXCUSE ME, DUCKY NUMBER 0204 COUNCILORS WEBER AND PIPPIN OFFERED THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS MAKING NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS SAFER FOLLOWING THE 30 DAY REVIEW OF STREET PROJECTS IN BOSTON, A REFERRAL FROM. 2025. UM, COUNCILOR WHETHER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YEAH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IS A REFILE UH, JUST UH I THINK FOR COUNCILOR COLE PEPPERS UH, INFORMATION. YOU KNOW, WE UH IT DOES DEALS WITH, UH, STREET IMPROVEMENTS, SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, SPEED BUMPS, STOP SIGNS, BIKE LANES. UH, AND THERE WAS A 30 DAY REVIEW INSTITUTED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WHICH AT LEAST IN MY DISTRICT RESULTED IN A STOP TO MOST OF THOSE THINGS GOING IN PLACE. WE'D LIKE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET BEYOND THE 30 DAY REVIEW AND TO, UH, TO ALLOW US TO DELIVER THOSE, YOU KNOW, MUCH NEEDED UH, SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR STREETS. TO OUR CONSTITUENTS. UH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> UM, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME, COUNCILOR UM, COLLETTE IS A PARTNER. COUNCILOR COLE. CULPEPER, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, COUNCILOR FLYNN, UH, COUNCILOR UH, HERE COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR SANTANA. CONSTABLE RAEL. AND PLEASE HAVE THE CHAIR. DOCKET 0 TO 0 FOUR WILL BE GO TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE. THANK YOU. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET. 02050205 COUNCILOR WEBER FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO REVIEW CONSTRUCTION COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WHITE STADIUM PROJECT. COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. OKAY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AS A COUNCIL LAST YEAR. UH, WE I THINK WE PASSED A RESOLUTION ASKING FOR, UH, THE UPDATED NUMBERS ON CONSTRUCTION FOR WHITE STADIUM. THIS IS JUST TO ENSURE THAT WE GET THOSE NUMBERS AND WE CAN DISCUSS IT AS A BODY. I THINK. REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU STAND ON WHETHER THE STADIUM SHOULD BE RENOVATED IN THE WAY IT'S PLANNED OR NOT, YOU KNOW WE ALL HAVE AN INTEREST IN OVERSIGHT AND UH, OF THAT PROJECT AND MAKING SURE THAT UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PROVIDING THE UH, YOU KNOW, ACCURATE INFORMATION TO OUR CONSTITUENTS. ABOUT THE PROJECT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, CONTROVERSY DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK FOR CLARIFICATION ON IF THIS IS SIMILAR TO COUNCILMEMBER. HE IS HEARING ORDER THAT INCLUDES AN ORDER FOR A HEARING ,UM, TO DISCUSS WHITE STADIUM . MR CHAIR. THAT WOULD BE DOCKET 01880188. JUST TO COUNCILOR WEBER IS MORE DIRECT JUST ADDRESSING WHITE STADIUM BUT HERS DID INCLUDE UM BOSTON PUBLIC. >> SCHOOL. FACILITIES ASSETS AND WHITE STADIUM. SISTER TRACK. >> UH I HAVE TO. LOOK IT UP. YEAH. >> 1218 IT. BECAUSE I ALSO. HAVE TO. FIND IT. >> NO THAT'S FINE. WE CAN HELP. AND ALTHOUGH, UM, A COLLEAGUE STATED THAT MANY OF US MAYBE DIDN'T READ YOUR RULES OR ALL, BUT I DID SEE, UM, COUNCIL PRESIDENT THAT YOU DO WANT. >> TO WORK ON. RULE 15 MAKING SURE THAT WE TIGHTEN MAKING SURE THERE AREN'T DUPLICATIVE HEARING ORDERS OR RESOLUTIONS. SO THAT'S WHY THIS I WANTED TO FLAG THIS. WE CAN GO IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE AND THEN IT WOULD BE PLACED IN RULES BEFORE IT HAPPENED. THIS IS COUNCIL ONE. STILL LOOKING TO GET. >> YOUR YOUR THAT WAS HEARD BUT WE NEED. EXHIBIT EIGHT. THANK YOU THANK YOU. THE COUNCIL ON ME IS IS ON THE REDEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL OF WHITE STADIUM AND INCLUDING ITS IMPLICATIONS TO BOSTON. PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS. AND THIS COUNSELOR WEBB IS IS PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS. SPECIFIC TO THE COST. >> IS OKAY. COULD I, UM REASSURE THAT WE'RE ONLY GOING TO FOCUS ON THE COST OF IN THE OTHER HEARING ORDER BECAUSE WE HAD THE LAST TERM FILED MANY HEARING ORDERS THAT WENT INTO GOVERNMENT OPS AND OTHER HEARINGS, UM. COMMITTEES THIS ISSUE COMES UP A LOT. IT SHOULD. BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A BIG CONCERN. >> JUST THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. UH, COUNCIL WEBER, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE. YEAH. >> I MEAN. >> I THINK AS THE CLERK SAID, IT'S A DIFFERENT HEARING ORDER. UH, AND. WE'LL BE. HAVING A HEARING ON THAT ISSUE OR AT. >> LEAST THAT THAT. I'M SPONSORING. I'M SURE WE'LL BE HEARING ABOUT A LOT. >> OF DIFFERENT ISSUES WITH. >> WHITE. STADIUM UH. >> IN THE COMING YEAR. THANKS, COUNSELOR. JULIE HERE. YES, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND SO IT BEGINS. ALL RIGHT. >> SO I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR. I DON'T WANT TO, UM, START OFF THE YEAR WITH. UM, CHAOS, HOWEVER. UH, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY INCIDENCES HERE ON THIS COUNCIL. THAT RULES HAVE BEEN USED TO BLOCK AND PREVENT CONVERSATIONS FROM HAPPENING. AND MY QUESTION IS MY HEARING ORDER WAS FILED BEFORE COUNCILOR WEBERS AND MINE HEARING ORDER. I'LL TAKE MY EXHIBIT BACK. SO I CAN HAVE FIVE. TRYING TO. ALEX THAT POINT BACK. SO JUST FOR THE RECORD TUNING IN THIS IS HOW THESE. IS HOW I ENDED UP IN SITUATIONS THAT I KNOW DO NOT WANT TO BE IN. BUT I AM ASKING SPECIFICALLY AROUND COST AS IT RELATES TO WHITE STADIUM AND SO I NEED A BETTER. I NEED A BETTER ANSWER. TO SATISFY. THE RULING. OF THE. >> CLERK IN ORDER FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND IT OR I NEED A TRANSLATOR I NEED SOMETHING. BECAUSE ALEX I STILL. AM A LITTLE BIT UM. UNCLEAR AS TO IF MY HEARING ORDER. LOOKS AT. THE FACILITIES, THE. CHALLENGES, THE BUDGET, THE MONEY. THE REDEVELOPMENT, THE PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP. THE COST. 91 MILLION OF MUNICIPAL CAPITAL FUNDING TOWARDS THE STADIUM. ALL OF THAT IS IN MY HEARING ORDER. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, COUNSELOR UM HERE THAT YOU ARE ALSO LOOKING MORE BROADLY AT SCHOOLS, PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES GENERALLY AND PUBLIC ASSETS LIKE THIS ONE HEARING SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE MORE FOCUSED ON WHITE STADIUM AND THEN AN ALL WHITE STADIUMS AND THE BOTTOM OF THE BASKET WITH THE OTHER WITH THE OTHER. UH I JUST WANT TO KNOW FOR THE RECORD THAT THIS IS A NEW AREA. OKAY. >> A NEW DAWN. AND COUNCIL. COUNSELOR COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YEAH. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM, I WANT TO MAKE TWO TWO POINTS OR ONE POINTS. MAY I ASK A QUESTION TO COUNCIL WHETHER. UH, YES, YOU MAY ASK A QUESTION TO COUNCIL. YOU. >> UM, COUNCILOR WEBER, DO YOU KNOW WHEN WE'RE GOING TO GET THE MOST UPDATED NUMBERS ON THE COST OF WHITE STADIUM? LET'S SEE. >> UM. >> THANK YOU. I GOT YOU COVERED IN THERE. YEAH. >> ALL RIGHT. I DON'T I CAN I'VE BEEN ASKING. I'M SURE. MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN ASKING. I SIMPLY DON'T KNOW. OKAY. I'M HOPING SOON. UM, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE COMMENTS COUNCILOR MICKEY YOU MADE I I DO AGREE WITH COUNCILOR MEJIA, BUT I THINK COUNCILOR MEJIA EFFECTIVELY MADE HER POINT. I'M NOT GOING TO REHASH THAT. BUT I DO STAND WITH COUNCILOR MEJIA. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. YOU, UH YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> UM, I WAS GOING TO ASK THIS AS A POINT OF ORDER LATER, BUT COUNCIL ME HERE BROUGHT IT UP IN THIS DISCUSSION I NOTICED THAT THIS AGENDA UM, IF I COULD ADDRESS THE CLERK IS ALPHABETICAL NOT IN ORDER OF WHEN WE FILED. AND THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM WHEN BECAUSE RULE 15 IS INVOKED. UH, IF SOMEONE FILED IT BEFOREHAND, IS THAT BECAUSE THERE WERE JUST SO MANY ITEMS AND WE WERE ASKING BECAUSE OF THE SNOW DAY ON FRIDAY TO MAKE SURE WE FILED BEFORE MONDAY AT TEN? WELL, IT'S DIFFICULT TO. TO READ ALL THESE ORDERS. >> IT IS IT'S THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR SO THERE ARE TECHNICALLY ANY GREEN SHEETS TO COMPARE. FILINGS AND LOOK AT OUR PACKET FROM THIS FROM TODAY. THIS IS TODAY A LOT SO THERE'S A LOT. BUT GOING FORWARD. >> WE WILL DO THEM WHEN THEY'RE FILED. THEY USUALLY REVIEW THEM BEFORE THEY GET ON THE AGENDA. THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY UM COUNCILOR WEBER. WELL NO I JUST I I I MY GUESS IS THAT THE COUNCILOR MURPHY'S UH, STATEMENT IS NOT ACCURATE THAT WE'VE LISTED ALPHABETICAL I THINK AS OFFICES WE OFTEN PREPARE ALL. >> OF OUR THINGS AND FILE. THEM AT ONCE. UH, AND THEN SO, YOU KNOW, ONE LIKE JORDAN FOR MY OFFICE FILED FIVE THINGS. THAT'S WHY YOU SEE WEBER WEBER WEBER. UM. >> BUT, UH. AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT IS EVEN AN ISSUE MAYBE MAYBE WE DID AT WHO KNOWS? BUT UH. UM YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT'S WHY MY THINGS ARE TOGETHER. UM. >> THANK YOU ANYWAY. AND I, I WILL SAY IF WE ADOPT THE RULES, I BELIEVE THIS HEARING WOULD BE UM. >> IN THE POST AUDIT COMMITTEE. UH. >> SO FOR THAT. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, UM THANK YOU EVERYONE . WOULD ANYONE UH SO WE'VE HAVE WE HAD FOLKS ADDED THEIR NAME TO DOCKET 0205. HAVE WE ASKED THAT? WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME TO DOCTOR 0 TO 0 FIVE? COUNSELOR COLOR DOES IT MATTER, COUNSELOR. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD COUNCILOR. FLYNN COUNSELOR. PEPEN. CONSCIOUS. SANTANA. COUNSELOR. WELL, PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. UH, DOCKET 0205 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE AND I THINK AT THAT STAGE WE WILL, UH, ADJUDICATE THE WHETHER THIS WILL BE A COMBINED HEARING OR WHATEVER, BUT WE'LL DEAL WITH THIS AT A LATER TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UM, DRAWING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ A DOCKET 0206. DUCKING MA0206 COUNSELORS WERE L MEJIA FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXPLORE WAYS OF USING MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS TO HOST CHILDCARE CENTERS. THANK YOU. >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WORRELL. UH, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UH. >> CAN I REQUEST THAT WE'RE DOCKET NUMBER ZERO TWO 620220? UH, ALL TOGETHER PLEASE. 06202260220010 REFERENCE. TO THREE. THESE ARE UH OH THESE ARE ALL YOUR REFERENCE. OKAY. UH, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU, UH, READ DOCKET 0206 THROUGH ZERO 22020? SO THE FIRST. >> ONE. IN THE LAST ONE NOT REVISED. YEAH. >> UH, THE FIRST ONE IS FIRST ONE IS. LAST TWO. OKAY. WE DIDN'T. ALL RIGHT. >> NUMBER 0206 COUNCIL. COUNCIL IS WHERE I'LL BE HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXPLORE WAYS OF USING MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS TO HOST CHILDCARE CENTERS. DOCKING NUMBER 0207 COUNCIL WHERE L ARE FOR THE. FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO REVIEW AND ESTABLISH. >> A BUSINESS. OWNER 101 PROGRAM FOR GRANT RECIPIENTS TALKING NUMBER 0208 COUNCIL WE'RE L OFF WITH THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO ADDRESS PROBLEM PROPERTIES IN BOSTON SO I CAN NUMBER 0209 COUNCIL WE'RE ALL OFF FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND BEST PRACTICES FOR CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS. TALKING NUMBER 0210 COUNCIL WORRELL OFF THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE CREATION OF CULTURAL DISTRICTS IN BOSTON. TALKING NUMBER 0211 COUNCIL WE'RE L FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE CREATION OF INDOOR PLAYGROUNDS IN BOSTON. DOCKET NUMBER 0212 COUNCIL WE'RE FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING ON THE PROPOSAL FOR A CHRISTMAS ATTIC. STATUE TALKING MA0213 COUNCIL WILL OFFER THE PHONE ORDER FOR A CARRYING TO ALLOW FOR MONTHLY PROPERTY TAX PAYMENTS FOR RESIDENTS. TOKEN NUMBER 021 FOR COUNCILOR RELLA FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO REVIEW THE. DISTRIBUTION OF BOSTON'S 225 NEW LIQUOR LICENSES AND PROVIDING ONGOING SUPPORT RESTAURANT TOURS SO I CAN NUMBER 0215 COUNCILOR MORELLO FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXPLORE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR BOSTON STUDENTS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO ALL FORMS. OF HIGHER EDUCATION. TOKEN NUMBER 0216 COUNCILOR L OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO BRING HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY SATELLITE. CAMPUS TO. >> BOSTON DOC NUMBER 0217 COUNCILOR URL FOR THE. FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING THE HOMEOWNERSHIP VOUCHER PROGRAM TOKEN NUMBER 0218 COUNCILOR L OFFER THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO REVIEW THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE BOSTON RESIDENT'S JOB. POLICY AND IMPROVING EQUITY AND EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ON PROJECTS THROUGHOUT. >> THE CITY. TOKEN NUMBER 0219 COUNCILOR WE'RE ALL OFF OF THE FOLLOWING FOR A FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS LONG TERM CITY. JOB VACANCIES. SO I CAN HAVE 0220 COUNCILOR WORRELL UH FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO BRING MORE SIGNATURE SPORTS. EVENTS TO BOSTON SO I CAN NUMBER 02110221 COUNCIL OKAY. SO I. >> WOULD COME TO THE. END TO TWO ZERO. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. UH WE START WITH DOCKET. UM WE START WITH TALKING 0206 COUNCILOR. UH WORRELL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST ADD COUNCILOR. FLYNN TO, UH, DOCKET NUMBER 0212 AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR . OKAY. >> 020212. >> SO. >> ANYONE ELSE? OH, AND THEN I'D LIKE TO. SORRY. UH, I'D LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR MEJIA TO DOCKET NUMBER 0211. PURSUANT TO, UM, MAYOR. OKAY, HEARING NO OBJECTIONS. AND THEN ALSO CONCILOR MEJIA HERE TO DOCKET NUMBER. 02162216. >> AND THEN. UH COUNCILOR HERE TO 0 TO 1. 00210 OKAY. I LIKE TO ADD COUNSELOR WEBER TO UH 0219. 22129 WEBER OKAY. AND I HAD TO FILL INTO A CASTLE TO DOCKET 0212 ALREADY. RIGHT. UM YES. ALL RIGHT. YES. >> UM TWICE SORRY 210 OH, AND I LIKE TO ADD CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. YEAH. TO DOCKET NUMBER 0210. YEAH I HAVE THAT. YES. ALL RIGHT. >> AWESOME. UM, THESE ALL REFERRALS FROM CHRISTMAS ADDING STATUES TO, UM, INVESTING INTO OUR LITTLEST RESIDENTS, OUR LITTLE BABIES AND TODDLERS UM, AND ALSO TO TRYING TO FIND WAYS ON MAKING OR STREAMLINING OUR BUSINESS, UM, TO GET UP AND RUNNING HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. SO JUST LOOKING TO CONTINUE THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE ON THE LAST TWO TERMS UM, THIS TERM THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> I WAS GOING TO ZERO UM DOCKET 0206. UH, ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PLATEAU UM COUNCILOR CULPEPER FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COST TO ME UH PENSION MURPHY CONTRACT. PEPEN CANCER. SANTANA CARTER WEBER AND PLEASE ARE THE CHAIR. DOCKET 0206 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE. UM. >> WE MOVE ON TO DOCKET 0207 AND WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? UH, DOCTOR? UH COUNCILOR UH CLEDUS, COUNCILOR CULPEPER CONTRA FITZGERALD COUNCILOR. FLYNN, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. MEJIA COUNCILOR. PEPEN, COUNCILOR SANTANA CASTRO. MURPHY, COUNCILOR WEBER AND THESE ARE. THE CHAIR. DOCKET 0207 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. THANK YOU. MOVE ON TO DOCKET 0208. WOULD ANYONE, UH, LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A POWDER COUNCILOR. CULPEPER COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD COUNCILOR. FLYNN COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL. MEJIA. COUNCILORS. UH MURPHY COUNCILOR. PEPEN CONSCIOUS SANTANA COUNCIL. WEBER AND PLEASE UP THE CHAIR UH DOCKET 020 IT WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE UH DOCKET. WE'LL MOVE ON TO DOCKET 0209. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? UM, DOCTOR, KEEP CALLING A DOCTOR GIVING YOU, UH, COUNCILOR COLLECTORS A PADDOCK. UM, COUNCIL COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR FLYNN, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL MEMBER HERE. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. COUNCILOR. PEPEN COUNCILOR. SANTANA, COUNCILOR WEBER AND COUNCILOR CULPEPER. AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. UM DOCKET 020 IT WILL GO TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE. THANK YOU. UH, DOCKET 0210. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME COUNCILOR? UH LOUIJEUNE. CUT NO. WELL, PLEASE CONSIDER THIS A POWDER COUNCILOR. CULPEPER. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FLYNN COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL. MEJIA CANCER. MURPHY COUNCILOR. PEPEN CANCER. SANTANA COUNCILOR WEBER AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR DOCKET 0200210 UH WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE DOCKET 0211 BUT ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR UH, COLLECTORS OF POWDER COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR FITZGERALD CONTRA FLYNN COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR MEJIA CONTRA PEPEN UH MURPHY COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCILOR WEBER UM. PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. DOCKET 0211 WILL GO TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE, UH, DOCKET UH 0212. ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILORS COLLETTE AS A POWDER CONTRA CULPEPER COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR. UH LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR UM MEJIA COUNCILOR. PEPPER AND COUNCILOR SANTANA, COUNCILOR. WEBER, COUNCILOR MURPHY UH AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR DOCTOR DOCKET 0212 WILL GO TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE, UH, DOCKET 0213. ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? UH, COUNCILOR COLOR AS A PART COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR FITZGERALD CONTRA FLYNN, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. MEJIA, COUNCILOR MURPHY CONTRA PEPEN COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCILOR WEBER AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR DOCKET 0213 WHEN WE GO TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. THERE'S UH, STILL GOING UH DUNCAN 0214 ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PATTER COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR. UH, FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE CULTURE MEJIA COUNCILOR. PEPEN UH COUNCILOR SANTANA, COUNCILOR WEBER AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. UM DOCKET 0214 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE DOCKET 0215. ANYONE WISH TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNTRY COLOR AS A PANDA COUNCILOR. CULPEPER COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCILMAN LOUIJEUNE COUNTRYMAN HERE COUNCILOR. MURPHY COUNCILOR. PEPEN COUNCILOR SANTANA CANCER. WEBER AND THE CHAIR PLEASE OUT THE CHAIR. DOCKET 0215 WILL GO TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE, UH, DOCKET 0216. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PART OF COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR UH, FLYNN COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILMEMBER HERE COUNCILOR MURPHY CONTRA PEPEN COUNCILOR SANTANA, COUNCILOR WEBER AND PLEASE OF THE CHAIR DOCKET UH 0161 GO TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE UH DOCKET 0217. BUT THEN WOULD LIKE TO OTHER NAME CONSIDER THIS A POWDER COUNCILOR CULPEPER COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILMAN LOUIJEUNE COUNCILWOMAN HERE UH, COUNCILOR PEPEN COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCILOR WEBER. AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR DOCKET 017. WE'LL GO TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE, UH, WHAT. >> ARE WE GETTING. >> ON DOCKET 021 IT. AND WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNTRY UH, CONTRA ADDIS ABABA COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, COUNCILOR UH CULPEPER COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. MEJIA COUNCILOR. PEPEN COUNCILORS SANTANA MURPHY COUNCILOR WEBER AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR DOCKET 0218 WILL GO TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. UM AND THEN DOCKET 0219. UH, ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR UH, COLLETTE AS A PADDLE COUNCILOR. CULPEPER COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE TO BE HERE COUNCILOR PEPEN COUNCILOR SANTANA. UH, UM PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. UH, THAT'S DOCKET 0219 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE UH, DOCKET 0220. UH, ANYONE WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? UH, COLLECTORS. COUNCILOR. CULPEPER COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD COUNCILOR. THIN COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. MEJIA PEPEN, COUNCILOR SANTANA, COUNCILOR MURPHY. AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. DOCKET NUMBER 0220 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. YES. MR TRUCK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 0221? DOCKET NUMBER 0221 COUNCIL SENT OFF OF THE FOLLOWING ORDER REQUESTING CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 17 OF REGARDING ELEVATOR ACCESS, LIFE SAFETY AND DISABILITY COMPLIANCE. THANK YOU. >> UM, MR PRESIDENT FLYNN SIX I'VE GIVEN YOU A PROMOTION. PRESIDENT FLYNN OKAY. UH, CONSTRUCTION SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND UH OH, SORRY. IT SPEAKS TO THE MATTER. SORRY I GET THIS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. UH, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS ABOUT A 17 F REQUEST THAT I'M MAKING AGAIN TO THE BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY. I REPRESENT THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF RESIDENTS LIVING IN PUBLIC HOUSING. UM, I TAKE THAT RESPONSIBILITY VERY SERIOUSLY. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES AM I GOING TO NOT ADVOCATE FOR MY CONSTITUENTS MOST OF THEM AT BOTH BERKELEY AND THE SOUTH END. UH, PEOPLE OF COLOR. THEY DESERVE DIGNITY. THEY DESERVE RESPECT. THEY DESERVE ANSWERS. THEY DESERVE. EQUAL ACCOMMODATIONS. AND WHEN AN ELEVATOR IS BROKEN I WILL NOT ACCEPT THAT I WANT SOMEONE FIXING THAT ELEVATOR IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT MY CONSTITUENTS DESERVE. I THINK EVERYONE ELSE'S CONSTITUENTS DESERVE THAT AS WELL. BUT I'M NOT TURNING MY BACK ON MY CONSTITUENTS. I'M GOING TO DO EVERYTHING I POSSIBLY CAN FOR MY CONSTITUENTS AND THE ROUTE. BERKELEY DEVELOPMENT APARTMENTS IN THE SOUTH END THEY DESERVE DIGNITY AND THEY ARE NOT GETTING IT. THEY ARE NOT GETTING IT AT THE BAR WE ARE LOOKING FOR ANSWERS AND I NEED TO DO MY DUE DILIGENCE TO ENSURE THAT PROVIDES ME WITH CLEAR ANSWERS BECAUSE THIS THIS ISSUE OF BROKEN ELEVATORS HAS BEEN ONGOING AND IT'S TAKING PLACE FAR TOO LONG. DURING THANKSGIVING PEOPLE WERE STUCK IN THE ELEVATORS FOR SEVERAL DAYS NOT STUCK IN THE ELEVATORS. THEY WERE STUCK IN THEIR APARTMENTS FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND THEY COULDN'T GET DOWN THE ELEVATOR TO SEE THE FAMILY. ONE PERSON OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS COULDN'T GET TO HER DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT BECAUSE THE ELEVATOR WAS BROKEN . SHE WAS GOING THROUGH CHEMOTHERAPY, CHEMOTHERAPY. THE ELEVATOR WASN'T WORKING. SHE COULDN'T GET TO HER MEDICAL APPOINTMENT. I CAN'T ACCEPT THAT ONE OTHER PERSON WAS WAITING FOR THE ELEVATOR ON THE GROUND LEVEL TO GO TO HER APARTMENT, WAITING FOR THE ELEVATOR FOR HOURS AND SHE NEEDED TO GO TO THE TO THE BATHROOM. IT'S ABOUT RESPECT. IT'S ABOUT DIGNITY FOR PEOPLE IN PUBLIC HOUSING. MANY OF THEM ARE PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AS WELL. BUT THE DAY WE DON'T ADVOCATE FOR PEOPLE IN PUBLIC HOUSING IS THE DAY WE SHOULD GET OUT OF POLITICS BECAUSE I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR MY CONSTITUENTS AND PUBLIC HOUSING. I KNOW IT MAKES PEOPLE IN THE CITY ADMINISTRATION UM, UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT THEY ARE MY CONSTITUENTS AND I'M GOING TO DO EVERYTHING I POSSIBLY CAN TO ADVOCATE AND FIGHT FOR THEM BECAUSE THAT'S MY JOB. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKETS 0221 17 F ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. UH, ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. PEERS HAVE THAT I HAVE IT. DOCKET ZERO UH 221 HAS PASSED. YEAH. >> COUNCILOR MEJIA, YOU, UM YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? YES. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, UM. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. UM, I REALIZE THAT I DIDN'T HEAR THE CLERK, UH, MENTION THAT THERE CULTURAL ROLE WAS ADDED TO MY DAYCARE HEARING ORDER, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT HE WAS ADDED. UM. >> IT'S 0189. UH SO. >> THERE WAS A REFILE AND HE WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL CO-SPONSORS THE. FIRST TIME AROUND. >> SO I DON'T WANT TO MAKE ANY ASSUMPTIONS. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT HE'S ADDED TO 0189 AND I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AT COUNCIL WERE ALSO 0190 THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT HOUSING UM FOR CITY EMPLOYEES. IS HE'S THERE. SO YOU WISH TO OF COUNCILOR WERE ABLE TO. >> HE. WAS AT IT HE WAS HE WAS OF UH JUST. >> YOU YEAH SO. MUCH THAT I SAID TODAY I JUST. FORGOT TO. THANK YOU. HEARING NO OBJECTIONS? UH, COUNCIL WHERE I WAS ADDED TO DOCKET 0189 AND DOCKET 0190 . OKAY, ON TO THE NEXT. MR CLERK, PLEASE READ DOCKET 0222. SO I CAN HAVE A0222 COUNSELOR COLOR AS A PARAGRAPH OF THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF BILL SD 3607 AND ACT PROTECTING ACCESS TO. JUSTICE COUNSELOR CONSTRUCTION THAT IS A PART OF YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND. >> RULE. 12 AND AD COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE SEEING OR HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COUNSELOR? UH, NO. SO ADDED THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM. >> WHAT WE ARE SEEING TODAY AT COURTHOUSES ACROSS BOSTON AND IN PARTICULAR AT THE EAST BOSTON DISTRICT COURT IS DEEPLY TROUBLING A TROUBLING THERE HAS BEEN AN UPTICK IN ABHORRENT BEHAVIOR WHERE RESIDENTS ARE BEING DETAINED WHILE SIMPLY TRYING TO ACCESS THE COURTS. EVERYONE'S PUBLIC SAFETY SUFFERS WHEN PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO SHOW UP TO SEEK JUSTICE, SEEK A RESTRAINING ORDER TO TESTIFY AS A WITNESS OR RESOLVE A FAMILY MATTER WHEN PEOPLE FEAR ARREST JUST FOR WALKING INTO A COURTHOUSE, JUSTICE IS NO LONGER ACCESSIBLE AND PUBLIC SAFETY SUFFERS AS A RESULT. SENATE DOCKET 3607 SPONSORED BY UH SENATOR EDWARDS AND JALEN IS ABOUT RESTORING BASIC FAIRNESS AND TRANSPARENCY. IT DOES NOT PREVENT LAWFUL. ENFORCEMENT IT SIMPLY REQUIRES IDENTIFICATION JUDICIAL WARRANTS AND CLEAR RULES SO OUR COURTS REMAIN PLACES OF DUE PROCESS AND NOT INTIMIDATION. ACCESS TO JUSTICE IS A CORNERSTONE OF DEMOCRACY. I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION AND CALL ON THE LEGISLATURE TO ACT SWIFTLY TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF OUR COURTS AND THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. UH, COUNSELOR, UM, AS A PARTNER COUNCILMAN LOUIJEUNE, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> AND THANK. YOU TO. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PART, UH, FOR ADDING ME. UM, I THINK. IT IS ABHORRENT WHAT IS HAPPENING AT OUR COURTHOUSES ACROSS. THE COUNTRY. AND ESPECIALLY. HERE IN. IN BOSTON. >> IN EAST. BOSTON UM LIKE COUNCILOR COLLETTE IS A PART OF SAID. PEOPLE GO TO COURT SEEKING RESTRAINING ORDERS TO UH UH, ESCAPE UH, SITUATIONS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TO GET JUSTICE AND IT SHOULD HAPPEN FOR PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF THE IMMIGRATION STATUS THAT PEOPLE ARE NOW LIVING IN FEAR UH, DECREASES ACCOUNTABILITY. IT DECREASES ACCESS TO JUSTICE . AND SO I WANT TO THANK THE SENATORS, SENATOR JAYLEN AND SENATOR EDWARDS FOR PUTTING THIS FORWARD BECAUSE OUR COURTHOUSES SHOULD BE WHAT THEY ARE PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO AND UH, ADJUDICATE DISPUTES WHERE THEY CAN GO AND UH FIGURE OUT HOW THEY CAN GET UH UH, CHILDCARE PAYMENTS. UH, THERE IS SO MUCH THAT OUR JUDGES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR AND YOU HAVE JUDGES SPEAKING UP AND SPEAKING OUT AGAINST HOW THEIR JOB IS MADE MORE DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF FEDERAL INTERFERENCE . AND SO IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE OUR COURTHOUSES SPACES, UH, WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO REGARDLESS OF IMMIGRATION STATUS AND FEEL SAFE, FEEL LIKE THEY CAN GET JUSTICE, LIKE THEY CAN ASK QUESTIONS OF THE LIKE THEY CAN SAVE THEIR HOUSING UM, LIKE THEY CAN GO TO SMALL CLAIMS COURT LIKE WE CAN SERVE AS A WITNESS IN A CRIMINAL MATTER. I KNOW THAT IF UH, YOU KNOW, AS AN ATTORNEY AS SOMEONE WHO'S PRACTICED IN COURT, IF I HAD CLIENTS WHO WERE FEARFUL OF THEIR IMMIGRANT STATUS, I WOULD NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO IN THIS MOMENT. AND THAT IS TERRIFYING. IT IS TERRIFYING FOR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND IT IS TERRIFYING FOR UH, LAWYERS REPRESENTING THEM. IT IS TERRIFYING FOR JUDGES WHO ARE TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING. AND SO I ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO STAND IN SUPPORT OF THIS LEGISLATION BECAUSE I KNOW PEOPLE WHETHER FROM EAST BOSTON TO ROXBURY DISTRICT COURT HAVE BEEN REALLY UM, IN A LOT OF FEAR AND WE HAVE TO DO WHAT WE CAN AND IT'S NICE TO SEE THE LEGISLATURE ACTING HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> UH, COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ASK A QUESTION TO THE SPONSOR, PLEASE? UH COUNSELOR? FRIEND YOU, UH, MAY I ASK A. QUESTION ABOUT THIS APPELLANT? YEAH. THANK YOU. UM, I DO HAVE I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SENATE BILL. UM, AND MAYBE IF THERE'S A HOUSE BILL THAT'S ALSO PART OF IT. BUT HAS THIS BEEN TAKEN UP YET AT THE SENATE? HAVE THEY HAD A FORMAL UM, HEARING YET? BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IMPACT IT WOULD HAVE SPECIFICALLY ON COURT OPERATIONS. BUT ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE WAS A HEARING WHAT WAS THE OPINION OF COURT PERSONNEL ? UM, ON ON THIS BILL AND IF THERE ARE ANY PROS AND CONS THAT WOULD IMPLEMENT UM IMPACT JUSTICE. SO I WANT TO KNOW IF THE SENATE HAS HAD A FORMAL HEARING ON IT BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS. THANK YOU COUNCILOR OFFLINE I WOULD COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS COUNCILOR FLYNN'S QUESTION. UH YES MADAM PRESIDENT THE SENATE HAS NOT HAD A FORMAL HEARING. >> ON THIS. THANK YOU FOR. THAT I'M SORRY. OKAY. NOW SURE. THANK YOU MADAM YOU OH. BEG YOUR PARDON? GET ON THE BOTTOM. I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL. I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE FROM THE COURT PERSONNEL ON HOW THIS WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED, HOW IT WOULD IMPACT, UM, OFFICIAL BUSINESS. I SPENT EIGHT YEARS WORKING IN THE COURT SYSTEM. UM, I'D LIKE TO HEAR THE TESTIMONY. UM, I'D LIKE TO OBJECT TO THIS AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR UM, FLYNN OBJECTS TO THIS THIS RESOLUTION. UH, THEREFORE, UM, WE MOVE ON. IT WILL BE DIRECTED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. THANK YOU. PUT IT ON HERE. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU READ DOCKET 0223. TALKING NUMBER 0223 COUNCIL SENT OFF WITH THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION ACKNOWLEDGING. OPEN MEETING LAW VIOLATIONS. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'M GOING TO AT THIS TIME NOT DISCUSS WHAT I'M WHAT I'M PREPARED TO DO BECAUSE OUT OF RESPECT FOR MY COLLEAGUES, MY COLLEAGUES MANY OF THEM ASKED ME TO UM, WITHDRAW FOR VARIOUS REASONS. SO OUT OF RESPECT FOR MY COLLEAGUES AT THIS TIME I AM GOING TO WITHDRAW THIS. THIS UM RESOLUTION. BUT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENCY ELECTION INVOLVED. BUT MADAM CHAIR, I DID HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU WHEN YOU MENTIONED TO ME YOU ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH ME AS WE GO FORWARD ON HOW WE CAN CONDUCT A PROPER ELECTION PER SE FOR CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT WITHOUT VIOLATING THE OPEN MEETING LAW. SO I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMITMENT. BUT AT THIS TIME I AM GOING TO WITHDRAW THIS OUT OF RESPECT FOR MY CITY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. UM, DOCKET 0223 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. MOVE ON TO, UH, DOCKET 0224. TALKING OF A 0 TO 2 FOR COUNCILOR. SANTANA FOR THE FOLLOWING. RESOLUTION URGING. SUPPORT FOR THE 2026. BALLOT QUESTION ON RENT STABILIZATION TO PROTECT TENANTS IN MASSACHUSETTS. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA CONSISTENTLY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I COMMUNITIES HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THAT BOSTON NEEDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING. EXCUSE ME. OUR COMMITTEES HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THAT BOSTON NEEDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE CAN DEPEND ON TO STAY AFFORDABLE WHEN RENT CONTROL WAS ABANDONED IN STATE WIDE, UM STATEWIDE IN 1994, BOSTON RESIDENTS VOTED OVERWHELMINGLY AGAINST THE MEASURE WITH THE ISSUE RETURNING TO THE BALLOT LATER THIS YEAR. THANKS TO THE LEADERSHIP OF MASSACHUSETTS HOME COALITION, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVISIT THIS QUESTION OF AFFORDABILITY AND STAND WITH OUR RESIDENTS AND FIGHT FOR HOUSING JUSTICE. OVER 30 YEARS LATER, OUR CITY STILL SEES THE NEED FOR RENT CONTROL AND FEELS THE NEED NOW MORE THAN EVER. OVER 50% OF BOSTON RENTERS ARE COST BURDENED, MEANING THEY PAY MORE THAN 30% OF THEIR INCOME ON RENT AND UTILITIES AND MORE THAN 27% ARE SEVERELY BURDENED, PAYING OVER 50% AS AN AT LARGE CITY COUNCILOR. I HEAR FROM CONSTITUENTS ACROSS BOSTON WHOSE LANDLORDS HAVE INCREASED OUR EVENTS, PUSHING THEM TO FINANCIAL STRAIN OR FORCING THEM OUT OF THEIR HOMES . OUR RESIDENTS DESERVE BETTER. THEY DESERVE TO KNOW THAT AFTER SIGNING THE LEASE OF AN APARTMENT WITHIN THEIR BUDGET THAT LOWER THAN THAT THEIR LANDLORD WILL DECIDE THE NEXT YEAR TO DEMAND MORE THAN THEY CAN AFFORD. BOSTON SHOULD BE A CITY WHERE EVERYONE IS WELCOME AND WHERE NO ONE IS DISPLACED BY UNCAPPED RENT INCREASES. WE MUST TAKE ACTION TO ENSURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS CAN CONTINUE LIVING IN A PLACE THEY CALL HOME. THE VIBRANCY AND THE INCLUSIVITY OF OUR CITY DEPENDS ON THESE MEASURES. I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS MEASURE AND TO STAND WITH OUR COMMUNITY TO RESPECT HOUSING AS A HUMAN RIGHT. THAT WE KNOW THAT WE ALL KNOW IT IS. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM THANK YOU. UH. CLIMATE FIRST IS. UM I AM LOOKING FOR SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE OF, UH OF THIS RESOLUTION. UM, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. COUNCILOR UH, SANTANA SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOKKAN 0224. UH, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU, UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE? UH FIVE. UH, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU DO A ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET 0224, PLEASE? COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU MADAM CHAIR, ARE WE ABLE TO. SORRY, I THINK I'VE SKIPPED FORWARD A VITAL STEP. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS MATTER? UM. I'M ASSUMING COUNCILOR THING TO DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? YES. >> I'M SORRY. GET THIS LIGHT ON. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM, I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TO MY COLLEAGUES THAT I BELIEVE THIS BALLOT INITIATIVE IS NOT BEING SUPPORTED BY GOVERNOR HALEY. I ALSO BELIEVE IT'S NOT BEING SUPPORTED RIGHT AT THIS TIME BY BY MAYOR WOLF. I DO THINK HAVING SUPPORTING THIS BALLOT INITIATIVE WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE BUSINESS CLIMATE IN THE ECONOMY OF BOSTON DURING THIS DIFFICULT PERIOD OF TIME. WE WANT INVESTORS COMING INTO BOSTON TO INVEST THEIR MONEY TO BUILD HOUSING. I THINK THIS TYPE OF PROPOSAL UM ALTHOUGH WE SUPPORT EVERYONE HAVING EQUAL ACCESS TO HOUSING IN BOSTON, I DO THINK IT HAVE WILL HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE BUILDING OF HOUSING THAT WE DESPERATELY NEED IN THE CITY. I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO VOTE AGAINST IT. I WOULD I'M NOT GOING TO ASK FOR A HEARING. UM BUT I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE BALLOT INITIATIVE. BUT UM, OUT OF RESPECT FOR MY COLLEAGUES I'M I'M JUST GOING TO VOTE NO. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. >> THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANY. CANDIDATE HAVE THE NAMES? YES. >> YES. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAMES? UH, TO THE UM. COUNCILOR? UM, COLLETTE IS A POWDER COUNCILOR CULPEPER. UH, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL ME HERE. COUNCILOR PEPEN, HUNTER WEBER CULTURAL PLEASE. OUT OF THE CHAIR. UH THE CHAIRS. UH, COUNCILOR SANTANA SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET 0224. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. UH, ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL UM, FOR DOCKET 0224. ROLL CALL ON DUKKHA NUMBER 0224 COUNCILOR BREEN. YES, COUNCILOR BREADON. YES, COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A. COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTNER. YES. COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. YES. COUNCILOR CULPEPPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKIN. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. NO. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. NO. COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN. NO. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR. MURPHY. NO. COUNCILOR. PIPPIN. COUNCILOR 15. YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA IS COUNCILOR WEBER. YES. COUNCILOR WEBER? YES. AND COUNCILOR WHERE ELSE? YES. COUNCILOR EARLE YES. DOCKET NUMBER 0224 HAS RECEIVED NINE VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND THREE VOTES IN THE NEGATIVE. THANK YOU, MR CLERK. CONGRATULATIONS EVERYONE. WE'VE GOTTEN THROUGH ALL THE THE REFUNDS AND NEW DOCKETS, PERSONNEL OR PERSONNEL ORDERS, UH, WE KNOW ON TO PERSONNEL OR MR TRAYER, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE PERSONNEL ORDERS AND DOCKET UM 022520227. PERSONNEL ORDERS NUMBER 0225 COUNCILOR BREADON DUMP IT. UH, DUNCAN, NUMBER 0226 COUNCILOR BREEN FOR CONCILOR MEJIA HERE AND DUCKY NUMBER 0227 COUNCILOR BREEN FOR COUNCILOR DURKIN. UH, THE CHAIR SEEKS PASSAGE OF DOCKET 022520227. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. UH, ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THANK YOU. THE PERSONNEL ER PERSONNEL ORDERS HAVE BEEN PASSED. GREEN SHEETS. UH, WE, UH, MOVING ON TO GREEN SHEETS SINCE THIS IS THE FIRST MEETING OF A NEW YEAR, WE DON'T HAVE ANY GREEN SHEET DOCKETS TO DEAL WITH. UM. UM, DO WE SPEAK TO THE ISSUE ABOUT REASSIGNMENT? UH, MR. CLERK WHO'S ALREADY REASSIGNED THEM? EVERYTHING'S AT THE COMMITTEE. EVERYTHING'S AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL. THAT'S GOOD. UM, NEXT, UH, LEAD FOR MR. CLERK. DO WE HAVE ANY LEAD TIME WE HAVE FOR LATE FILES? WHAT HAVE WE GOT? WE HAVE, UH. TWO ABSENCE LETTERS. UH. >> A RESOLUTION OF COMMUNICATION. VERY GOOD. >> UM, ABSENT OBJECTION. UH. WE'LL SEE. I'M CONFIRMED BY THE TRUCKS THAT THERE ARE FOUR LEFT FILES. UH, REMIND ME AGAIN. UH, TWO ABSENCE. TWO ABSENCE LETTERS. UH, RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION AND A COMMUNICATION. UH. >> ABSENT OBJECTION, THESE MATTERS WILL BE ADDED TO THE AGENDA. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE FIRST LIT FILE MATTER? FIRSTLY, THEY'VE FOUND THAT A LETTER FROM THE MAYOR DE CLARK CHURCHES. PLEASE NOTE THAT I WILL OUT OF TOWN ON TUESDAY, JULY 20TH. UH, JANUARY 27TH, 2026 AT 7:55 P.M. RETURNING THURSDAY, JANUARY 29TH, 2026 AT 10:30 P.M.. SINCERELY, MAYOR VU. THANK YOU. THIS MATTER WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE SECOND FILE MATTER? SECOND LIFE OFFERED BY COUNCIL IS GABRIELA COLLETTE AS A PARTNER AND COUNSELOR. COUNSELOR RUTHIE'S LOUIJEUNE RESOLUTION CONDEMNING THE UNLAWFUL KILLING OF RENE NICOLE GOOD AND ALEX PRIDDY BY FEDERAL ICE AGENTS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILORS THE POWER TO COLOR DISSIPATE. THANK YOU. UM. YES. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UH, I WANTED TO FILE THIS. EMERGENCY RESOLUTION. WE TRIED TO GET IT IN ON TIME. UM, BUT I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE CLERK'S GRACE ON THIS AND GRATEFUL FOR YOUR GRACE TO MADAM PRESIDENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THIS. WE ARE AN INFLECTION POINT, UH, IN OUR NATION'S HISTORY AND IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE STAND UP AND CONDEMN THIS WHEN IT IS HAPPENING. WHAT WE ARE CONFRONTING, UH, HERE IS NOT ABSTRACT AND IT IS NOT DISTANT. IT IS A QUESTION OF WHO WE ARE AS A CITY AND WHETHER WE ARE WILLING TO SPEAK PLAINLY WHEN CONSTITUTIONAL LINES ARE CROSSED. RENEE NICOLE GOODE AND ALEX PERETTI WERE KILLED BY FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AGENTS NOT AFTER TRIAL, NOT AFTER DUE PROCESS BUT IN THE STREET DURING OPERATIONS THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO UPHOLD THE LAW, NOT REPLACE IT. THIS RESOLUTION EXPLICITLY NAMES JUST THESE TWO. BUT FOLKS HAVE RIGHTLY, UH, ASKED ME TO NAME AND REMEMBER KEITH PORTER WHO WAS ALSO KILLED ON NEW YEAR'S EVE AND COUNTLESS OTHERS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES IN DETENTION CENTERS. ALEX PRETI WAS AN ICU NURSE, A LAWFUL GUN OWNER, A PERSON DOCUMENTING FEDERAL ACTIVITY IN A PUBLIC SPACE, AN ACT PROTECTED BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT. PUBLIC REPORTING AND VIDEO EVIDENCE SHOW HE WAS RESTRAINED ,DISARMED AND STILL SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES AND BEFORE ANY INVESTIGATION COULD TAKE PLACE . SENIOR FEDERAL OFFICIALS LABELED HIM AS A DOMESTIC TERRORIST. THAT IS NOT JUSTICE. THAT IS A SMEAR MEANT TO JUSTIFY LETHAL FORCE AFTER THE FACT. NO GOVERNMENT AGENCY. NONE HAS THE AUTHORITY TO ACT AS THE JUDGE, JURY AND EXECUTIONER. EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS VIOLATE THE CONSTITUTION. THEY VIOLATE HUMAN RIGHTS AND VIOLATE THE MOST BASIC STANDARDS OF DEMOCRACY. BOSTON HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO SAY THAT OUT LOUD, AND IT IS A DECLARATION THAT BOSTON WILL NOT BE SILENT WHEN FEDERAL POWER IS ABUSED. WE ARE A CITY BUILT ON RESISTANCE TO UNCHECKED POWER. WE ARE A CITY THAT KNOWS WHEN PEOPLE ARE DEHUMANIZED IN THE NAME OF ORDER IT IS WRONG. A CITY THAT UNDERSTANDS WHEN MILITARIZED UNACCOUNTABLE AGENTS ARE DEPLOYED INTO CIVILIAN NEIGHBORHOODS EVERYONE'S RIGHTS ARE AT RISK, NOT JUST IMMIGRANTS. IF WE CANNOT CONDEMN UNLAWFUL KILLINGS, IF WE CANNOT STAND UP FOR DUE PROCESS AND THE RULE OF LAW, THEN WE FAIL THE PEOPLE WE WERE ELECTED TO REPRESENT. AND I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU COUNCILOR. LET US HAVE A COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> AND THANK YOU TO, UH, COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTNER FOR THIS FILING AND FOR THE PREVIOUS FILING. WE ARE LIVING IN WICKED TIMES AND IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO JUST MARK HOW MUCH OF A DEPARTURE, UH, FROM DEMOCRATIC NORMS THAT WE UNDERSTAND TO BE TRUE, UH, THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW. AND SO TO THE FAMILIES OF RENÉ GOOD AND TO ALEX BREADON AND TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED IN ICE DETENTION, A NUMBER OF PEOPLE, UM, WHO COULD HAVE HAD ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE OR A HOSPITAL THAT WOULD HAVE CHANGED THE TRAJECTORY. UM. WE'RE SORRY. I'M SORRY THAT OUR COUNTRY IS WHERE IT IS. UM, AND THAT IT'S PEOPLE'S FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS ARE BEING VIOLATED PEOPLE'S RIGHTS DUE PROCESS. AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE SPEAK UP. UM, I WAS THIS MORNING READING COMMENTS FROM PEOPLE WHO RECEIVED CARE FROM ALEX PRETI AT THE VA. UM, AND HE TALKED ABOUT HOW MUCH HE CARED DEEPLY ABOUT THIS COUNTRY AND HOW MUCH HE CARED DEEPLY AND WAS SO MUCH IN SERVICE TO OTHERS. AND SO, UM. I'M. I'M VERY RARELY AT A LOSS FOR WORDS AND I'M I'M REALLY FEARFUL RIGHT NOW OF WHAT COULD AND WHAT IS HAPPENING AND WHY IT'S ALL THE MORE IMPORTANT FOR US TO SPEAK UP AND TO SPEAK OUT AND WANT TO THANK THE GREATER BOSTON LABOR COUNCIL FOR PUTTING ON A RALLY IN SOLIDARITY WITH MINNEAPOLIS, UM ,LAST WEEK. UM, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE IN MINNEAPOLIS, UM, IN MAINE AROUND THE COUNTRY UH, THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING BY MASKED AGENTS IT'S NOT HAPPENING IN OUR NAME AND THAT WE PUSH BACK AGAINST IT AND MAY WE NOT ONLY TO THE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY BUT TO THE WORLD KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT WHO WE ARE. UM AND EVEN IF THIS IS WHO PEOPLE WANT US TO BE, WE ARE GOING TO RESIST AT EVERY LEVEL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR. UH LOUIJEUNE. COUNCILOR PEPEN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UH, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, AND I JUST WANT TO THROW IN THANK COUNCILOR CLAUDIA SUPPORTER AND COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE FOR BRINGING FORWARD THIS RESOLUTION. I'VE BEEN I THINK WE'VE ALL BEEN REALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO THE NEWS LATELY ABOUT WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND OBVIOUSLY THESE TWO EXAMPLES UM ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT'S GOING WRONG IN OUR COUNTRY AT THE MOMENT AND I'VE BEEN GOING DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE EVER SINCE WE GOT INTO 2026 BECAUSE IT IS THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR COUNTRY AND 250 YEARS AGO WE WERE FIGHTING FOR OUR FREEDOM. WE WERE FIGHTING FOR OUR RIGHTS FOR WHAT WE BELIEVE IN AND YET HERE WE ARE DOING THE SAME EXACT THING. UM IT'S VERY JUST THE STARTING TO SEE A LOT OF RESIDENTS TERRIFIED FOR THEIR LIVES. UM, OUR OFFICE HAS RECEIVED QUITE A FEW EMAILS FROM RESIDENTS THAT JUST WANT TO THEY EITHER WANT TO HELP OR THEY WANT TO SEEK RESOURCES TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO FOR OUR NEIGHBORS. UM, I KNOW FOLKS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS QUOTE UNQUOTE LEGALLY TRYING TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS TO BECOME A RESIDENT OR GET A GREEN CARD OR BECOME A CITIZEN AND YET EVEN BY DOING THAT THEY'RE SCARED TO SHOW UP TO THE COURTS OR TO THEIR CEREMONIES. SO I JUST I JUST WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES BECAUSE I THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO TACKLE AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT. UH, COMMUNITIES ANYONE HONESTLY THAT CARES ABOUT THIS TOPIC. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD AND I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PEPEN. UH, COUNCILOR UM, CLARISSA PATE I SEE YOU AND I DON'T YOU WISHING TO SPEAK? YES. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADD, UM, COUNCILOR CULPEPER AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU. >> UH, HEARING AND SEEING NO OBJECTION, COUNCILOR CULPEPER SO ADDED. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? CONSIDERED A COUNSELOR FITZGERALD, COUNCILOR FLYNN, COUNCILOR LOUIS, YOU'RE LEAD SPONSOR COUNCILOR MEAD HERE COUNCIL MURPHY. COUNCILOR. PEPEN. COUNCILOR SANTANA, CONSTABLE WEBER AND, UH, PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR. COUNCIL. UH, COUNCILOR, LET US A SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. I, UH, MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON THIS RESOLUTION. COUNCILOR BREADON. YES. COUNCILOR BREADON? YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE ZAPATA. YES. COUNCILOR. CLOSER. PURDY. YES. COUNCILOR. CULPEPPER. COUNCILOR. CULPEPPER. YES. COUNCILOR. DURKIN. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR. FITZGERALD. YES. COUNCILOR. FLYNN. COUNCILOR. SENIORS. COUNCILOR. LOUIJEUNE. YES. COUNCILOR. HUSSAIN. YES. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. COUNCILOR. MEJIA. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY. YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY. YES. COUNCIL. THE PEN COUNCIL. GRIFFIN. YES. COUNCIL. SANTANA. COUNCILOR SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR. WEBER. COUNCILOR WEBER. YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL. RESOLUTION HAS RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. UH, THIS RESOLUTION HAS BEEN ADOPTED. THANK YOU EVERYONE, BUT WE WILL NOT ANYMORE WITH ONE MORE LIKE 5 TO 2 MORE. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE NEXT LED FILE? MATTER. ? >> NEXT FIVE FROM COUNCILOR SHARON DURKIN. DEAR CLERK, PLEASE ACCEPT THIS LETTER AS A NOTICE OF MY PARTIAL ABSENCE FROM TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING. I'LL BE REPRESENTING THE CITY OF BOSTON AND BOSTON UNIVERSITY'S PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS. BU IS IN A CERTAIN PART OF THE CITY AND AS A COUNCIL REPRESENTING THE CHARLES STREET CAMPUS. THANK YOU AND PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF ANYTHING FURTHER, COUNCILOR DURKAN. GOOD PLACE. >> AND THAT A COUNCILOR DUNCAN'S LETTER WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. UH, WE HAVE ANOTHER LATE FINE MATTER. CAN YOU PLEASE READ THAT? THANK YOU. >> MR. UH, LAKE FILE MAYOR FROM COUNCILOR MURPHY COMMUNICATION REGARDING INAPPROPRIATE PRESSURE RELATED TO COUNCIL GOVERNANCE, GOVERNANCE AND PENDING LEGISLATION. THANK YOU. UM, MR. CLERK. UM, COUNCILOR MURPHY, UH, YOU KNOW, TO TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK TO YOUR ACCOUNT OF YOUR, UH, COMMUNICATION. SURE. >> THERE'S LOTS OF EYE ROLLING ,BUT I WILL CONTINUE TO SPEAK. WE TALK A LOT ABOUT STICKING UP FOR OTHERS. AND AS A MOM, A TEACHER FOR ALL THOSE YEARS AND SOMEONE I BELIEVE I STICK UP FOR MY COLLEAGUES. WE DON'T HAVE TO ALWAYS AGREE ON OUTCOME, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF TODAY IT'S ME TOMORROW IT WILL BE YOU. SO I'M RAISING THIS ISSUE NOT TO ESCALATE CONFLICT BUT TO MAKE CLEAR THAT COUNCIL DELIBERATION MUST REMAIN FREE FROM COERCION, MISREPRESENTATION OR IMPROPER INFLUENCE. THE INTEGRITY OF THIS BODY DEPENDS ON COUNCILORS BEING ABLE TO EXERCISE INDEPENDENT JUDGMENT WITHOUT PRESSURE TIED TO UNRELATED LEGISLATIVE ITEMS. SO I AM FILING THIS TO PLACE IT ON RECORD. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. YOUR COMMUNICATION WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MURPHY. UM, SO THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE LEAD FILE MATTERS. UH, WE MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. UH, I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE TRC THAT THERE ARE NO NO ADDITIONS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA . THE QUESTION NOW COMES TO ON THE APPROVAL OF VARIOUS MATTERS CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I THANK YOU. THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED. AND WE ALSO MOVE ON AND FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS. UH. UH, COUNCIL COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YES. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANTED OTHER FOLKS ADDED THEIR NAME BUT I JUST WANT A CHANCE IF ANYONE. OH THAT'S RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? >> WELL, IF WE GIVE THAT OPPORTUNITY I WOULD HAVE MISSED ADDING ANYTHING. UH, SO GO AHEAD. YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD. >> WOULD NOW BE THE RIGHT TIME? YEP. >> NOW YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. >> UH, 0170278017270. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. MOVING ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS WE KNOW UH, PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THESE ARE FOR UPCOMING EVENTS AND DATES. UH, WE'D ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE JANUARY BABIES, THE JANUARY BIRTHDAYS, MYSELF INCLUDED. UH, COUNCILOR JULIA MEJIA. JANUARY 1ST. SHE WON BY ONE VOTE. SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 11111. UM, I'M EMILY POLSON, JANUARY 4TH. MAURA CARRIGAN JANUARY 14TH OUR NATIVE FLYNN LAUREN KAMI BAILEY UH SIGNS. AND I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO A LITTLE ONE THAT ARRIVED, UH, INTO THE HOUSEHOLD OF OUR DEAR FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR PEPEN. CONGRATULATIONS ON THE BIRTH OF YOUR BABY GIRL. ANOTHER CAPRICORN. WONDERFUL. UH. >> SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, MEMORIALS. OH, ANY ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? UM. COUNCILOR WEBER. OH. ALL RIGHT. UM, MOVING ON TO MEMORIALS. WOULD, UH, ANYONE LIKE TO LIFT UP THE NAME OF SOMEONE WHO'S PASSED RECENTLY? OKAY. TODAY WILL WE WILL ADJOURN OUR MEETING IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS. ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR SANTANA JOHN PAUL SCHRADER. ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE JOHN SULLIVAN. GABRIEL GABRIEL GORBY, ELMER RAY FREEMAN, VELDA LEWIS YOU JUNE UH, BETTY JEAN CHISHOLM AND ROBERT FRANKLIN. ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR COLLETTA SUPPORTER JUDY AGGREY BARBARA AND SUTRA SUTRA JOSEPHINE JOSE SALVA SALVATORE UM SPANGLE SPANGLE I'LL GET BETTER AT THIS. MARIA CONTRATO ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR FLYNN MARIA E GIULIANO UH, KATHLEEN KAY RYAN KIMBERLY PARKER JOSEPH EUBANKS JR. ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR PEPEN JOHN R SULLIVAN ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR DURKAN. SUZANNE, COME TO US AND GABRIEL GORBY OR GABRIEL COLBY AND ON BEHALF OF THE CHAIR, UH, ANTHONY RUSSO JUNIOR AND SISTER MARY DUQUE. CINDY. THE CHAIR MOVES THAT WHEN THE COUNCIL ADJOURNS TODAY IT DOES SO IN MEMORY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS. THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO MEET AGAIN AND THE IRON WILL BEG YOUR PARDON. THANK YOU. PARDON? GET MY HEAD DONE. UH, WHO WAS FIRST COUNCILOR DIVISION? YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, I WANT TO ADJOURN ON BEHALF OF MY GREAT AUNT TO, UH, LOUIJEUNE WHO WAS THE OLDEST WHICH IS THE OLDEST AGE IN MY FAMILY AT THE AGE OF 99, THREE WEEKS SHY OF OUR HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY. UM, AND SHE MEANT A LOT TO ME AND I'M REALLY SAD THAT I WASN'T ABLE TO SEE HER. UM, I DID THIS YEAR LAST YEAR AND SO MY FAMILY WILL BE GATHERING SOON, UM, TO PAY OUR RESPECTS TO HER. UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO LIFT UP HER NAME AND ALSO MY NEIGHBOR, MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR . UM, AND WE SHARE A WALL. BETTY JEAN CHISHOLM WHO DIED UM ,LAST WEEK AND WHOSE FAMILY, UH, TWO WEEKS AGO AND WHOSE FAMILY IS IN DEEP MOURNING AND SO I JUST WANT TO LOOK THOSE UP. I ALSO WANT TO LIFT UP ROBERT FRANKLIN. UH, BOSTON FIREFIGHTER. THEY GATHERED YESTERDAY AT 12TH BAPTIST CHURCH TO, UM, PAY THEIR RESPECTS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNEW HOW MUCH SHE WAS VALUED HERE IN THIS CITY. SO I JUST LIKE TO UPLIFT THOSE NAMES AND THE NAMES THAT I'VE GIVEN YOU. AND MAY THEY ALL REST IN PEACE AND IN POWER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE CONSIDER WHETHER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YEAH. >> THANK YOU. I JUST LIKE TO REITERATE, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, HOW SAD IT IS ABOUT THE PASSING OF FIREFIGHTER ROBERT FRANKLIN AS A MEMBER OF TOWER LADDER TEN . UH, WAS APPOINTED IN 1995. UH, HIS SISTER, UH, JENNIFER FRANKLIN ASKED THAT I READ A SHORT POEM. I'M JUST GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DO IT. UM, BIG BROTHER, WHEN YOU. LEFT US YOU LEFT WITH A LOT OF NAMES, SON. THE NAME MOM GAVE YOU A BIRTH. BIG BROTHER. YOUR LITTLE SISTER. SCREAMED AT YOU AT FIRST SIGHT. GRANDSON. THE NAME GRANDMA GRACED YOU WITH ROBERT. UNCLE YOUR NIECE. NEPHEW MADE UP THEIR OWN DAD WITH ALL THE JOY AND LOVE. NEPHEW. OUR AUNTS UNCLES CALLED YOU WITH PRIDE. STEPSON. COLLEAGUE. FRIEND BUT MOST OF ALL HERO A STRANGER WHO YOU NEVER MET GAVE THAT NAME TO YOU. REST IN PEACE FROM YOUR LITTLE SISTER. THANK YOU TO JENNIFER. THANK YOU CONSTABLE. WELL, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YES. >> UM. I LIKE TO. ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF MISS FRANCIS LAWSON. UH CHIEF. IT WAS, UH, GRANDMOTHER WHO, UH, HAS JUST RECENTLY PASSED. SO I JUST WANT TO UPLIFT, UH, CHIEF TO THE AND GREAT FAMILY, UM, AS THEY MOURN AND REMEMBER, UH, THE LIFE UH, MISS FRANCIS ANITA LAWSON. THANK YOU. I THINK WE, UM ALL OF US EXTEND OUR CONDOLENCES TO CHIEF EDWARD. UH, COUNSELOR? UM. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? THE CHAIR MOVES THAT THE COUNCIL ADJOURNS TODAY AS IT DOES IN IN MEMORY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS. THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO MEET AGAIN IN THE IRON CHAMBER ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4TH, 2000 AND 2026 AT 12 P.M.. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES AND CENTRAL STAFF. THE CLERK AND THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE COUNCIL STENOGRAPHER. I HOPE YOU'RE FEELING BETTER AT HOME AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU BACK HERE SOON. ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENT, PLEASE SAY AYE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. >> THE COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED.