GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ED FLYNN AND I AM THE CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT. VIEWERS CAN WATCH THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING LIVE ON YOUTUBE BY VISITING BOSTON DOT GOV SLASH CITY COUNCIL DASH TV. I'D LIKE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES AND THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE TO PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES TRONIC DEVICES. THANK YOU. I'D ALSO LIKE TO ASK EVERYONE TO BE RESPECTFUL OF EACH OTHER AND DO NOT DISRUPT THE MEETING WHILE YOU HEAR IF YOU ARE DISRUPTIVE YOU'LL BE ASKED TO LEAVE AND IF YOU FAIL TO COMPLY YOU'LL BE ESCORTED OUT. PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT ACCORDING TO CITY COUNCIL RULES THERE WERE NO SIGNS COME OUT IN THE CHAMBER. MR CLARK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO ASCERTAIN THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM AND COUNCILOR FOR ANY TO SANDISON COUNCIL FLAHERTY COUNCIL FLYN CANCELLARA COUNCIL LUZHIN COUNCIL LET ME HEAR COUNCILOR MURPHY AND COUNCILOR . THANK YOU MR CLARK, CAN YOU PLEASE ENSURE THE RECORD IS REFLECTED THAT COUNCILOR ARROYO WAS PRESENT IN THE INTRODUCTION OF THE CLERGY TODAY WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE COUNCILOR COVERER INTRODUCE OUR CLERGY TODAY WHO IS A A PRIEST FROM THE SACRED HEART CHURCH IN EAST BOSTON. COUNCILOR CARTER, WILL YOU PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM? GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. I AM SO HONORED TO INTRODUCE FATHER PAOLO KUMIN FROM SACRED HEART CHURCH IN EAST BOSTON A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIM BEFORE HE PROVIDES OUR INVOCATION THIS MORNING. FATHER PAOLO WAS BORN INTO THE ESSAIBI ITALY IN NINETEEN SEVENTY THREE AFTER SCHOOLING HE JOINED THE SEMINARY OF THE FRATERNITY OF ST. CHARLES BORROMEO IN ROME IN 2001 HE WAS ORDAINED DEACON AND ASSIGNED TO THE MISSION OF THE FRATERNITY IN TAIWAN AFTER TEN YEARS IN TAIWAN AND A SHORT VISIT BACK TO ITALY, HE ARRIVED IN BOSTON IN THE BEGINNING OF TWENTY TWELVE AND TAUGHT MATH AT CRISTO REY HIGH SCHOOL IN DORCHESTER IN JUNE TWENTY THIRTEEN CARDINAL SEAN O'MALLEY ENTRUSTED THE PASTORAL CARE OF ST. CLEMENT CHURCH IN MEDFORD IN SOMERVILLE WHERE HE TAUGHT MATH AND RELIGION AT ST. CLEMENT HIGH SCHOOL FOR FOUR YEARS AFTER THE PARISH HAD CLOSED IN JUNE. TWENTY SEVENTEEN FATHER PAOLO SERVED AS VICAR AT THE BEVERLY CHURCH AND LATER APPOINTED CHAPLAIN AT THE SHRINE OF OUR LADY OF GOOD VOYAGE IN THE SEAPORT DISTRICT IN BOSTON IN TWENTY TWENTY EAST BOSTON WELCOMED FATHER PAOLA BACK TO SACRED HEART PARISH CHURCH IN EAST BOSTON AND SACRED HEART. JUST A PERSONAL NOTE IS WHERE I RECEIVED COMMUNION IS WHERE I WAS CONFIRMED AS I WAS BAPTIZED AND I'M THRILLED TO SEE HOW THIS CHURCH COMMUNITY HAS THRIVED SINCE HIS ARRIVAL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY HE'S RECENTLY CREATED A HOT MEAL SOUP KITCHEN AT THE CHURCH ONCE A MONTH AND THE NEXT HOT MEAL SOUP KITCHEN IS OCCURRING ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12TH IN ALL ARE WELCOME TO JOIN. SO AGAIN IT'S MY MY HONOR TO WELCOME FATHER HERE TO THE COUNCIL . PLEASE JOIN ME IN GIVING HIM A WARM RECEPTION. THANK YOU. AND I TO SAY I FEEL A LITTLE BIT INTIMIDATED TO BE HERE IN FRONT OF US OFFICIALS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY. THANK FOR INVITING ME IN FRONT OF HIS NOBLE HONOR ASSEMBLY THIS WEEK. THAT'S VERY SPECIAL FOR MANY OF US FOR US CATHOLICS AND MANY CHRISTIANS IT'S HOLY WEEK THAT WE CAN WE SHOULD CELEBRATE THE CAR FOUNDATIONS OF OUR FAITH WHICH IS A PASSION THAT FOR THE SELECTION JESUS CHRIST NEXT WEEK FOR OUR CHURCHES WE CELEBRATE THE EASTER LITURGIES . TONIGHT THE JEWISH PASSOVER IS BEGINNING AND WE ARE RAMADAN HOLY MONTH OF SEVEN. MY MUSLIMS DISPUTES OUR REACH AN INTENSE TIME TO SAVE IS ALWAYS AN HONOR AND A TASK PARTICULARLY SERVING THE CIVIL AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS WITH DOCUMENTS. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL DECLARES THAT THE POLITICAL COMMUNITY EXISTS FOR THE SAKE OF A COMMON IN WHICH IT FINDS ITS FULL JUSTIFICATION AND SIGNIFICANCE AND THE SOURCE OF ITS INHERENT LEGITIMACY. INDEED, THE COMMON GOOD EMBRACES THE SOME OF THOSE CONDITIONS OF A SOCIAL LIFE BY MANY FAMILIES ASSOCIATIONS MORE ADEQUATELY AND READILY MAY OBTAIN IT ON PERFECTION. ONE OF THE FATHERS OF A CHURCH ONCE SAID TO SERVE IS TO RING WASSWA ECHOED BY DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. ONCE SAID EVERYBODY CAN BE GREAT BECAUSE EVERYBODY CAN SERVE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE TO SERVE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A SUBJECT AND YOUR VERB AGREE TO SERVE. YOU ONLY NEED A HANDFUL OF GRACE AND A SOUL GENERATED BY LOVE IN SERVING WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE TO GIVE PRIORITY TO THE COMMON GOOD OF OUR OWN IDEAS AND INTERESTS TO HAVE GOOD ONES WHICH HAVE ALWAYS IN MIND AND TO HAVE A HEART FULL OF GRACE. WE ALSO NEED GUIDANCE, STRENGTH, HUMILITY AND MUTUAL. SO LET I SAID IN PRAYER I INVITE YOU TO JOIN PRAIN ACCORDING THE TRADITION OF SIMPLE DISRESPECTABLE YOUR WISE LOVING GOD, FATHER OF JESUS CHRIST AND OUR FATHER THINK OF YOUR MONEY AND ABUNDANT BLESSINGS. THANK YOU FOR GIVING US WE ARE ALL LIMITATIONS AND FAILURES. THANK YOU. THE GIFTS OF THESE MEN AND WOMEN THAT HAVE BEEN CHOSEN BY US CITIZEN OF BOSTON TO PROMOTE OUR COMMON GOOD. THEREFORE PRAY YOU FOR A MAYOR FOR THIS ASSEMBLY COUNCIL AND ASK HIM THAT YOU WILL GRACIOUSLY GRANT THEM UNDERSTANDING TO THE CEMETERY NEEDS OF OUR PEOPLE WISDOM TO GOVERN AND JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS DEEP INTO KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR PLANS AND THE GOOD OF THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE COURAGE TO MAKE DECISIONS DECISIONS THEY DEEM NECESSARY BUT REQUIRES SACRIFICE THEY ARE FOR YOU AND RESPECT FOR ONE ANOTHER RIGHT JUDGMENT TO GOVERN AMID THE CONFLICTING INTERESTS AND ISSUES OF OUR TIMES I HAVE A FEELING OF FEAR OF OFFENDING YOU AND THE PEOPLE WE SERVE. FATHER PLEASE GUIDE THEM SO THAT THIS MEETING CAN BE PRODUCTIVE BLESSED WITH SERVANTS OF THE CITIZENS OF BOSTON AS WE PLACE IS MEETING YOUR HANDS THE DECISIONS MAY BENEFIT ALL OF US WHO LIVE AND WORK IN AND AROUND OUR BELOVED CITY. IT IS IN YOUR NAME BUT I PRAY IN. COULD YOU PLEASE JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STANDS THANK YOU, FATHER, FOR THOSE INSPIRING WORDS AND AND IN PRAYER WE HAVE A WE HAVE A SPECIAL PRESENTATION AT THIS TIME AND BEFORE I INTRODUCE THE SPECIAL GUESTS THAT WE HAVE, I'D LIKE TO ASK THE CITY OF BOSTON COMMISSIONER OF VETERAN SERVICES ROBERT SANTIAGO TO PLEASE COME DOWN. I'M GOING TO ASK THE VETERANS COMMISSIONER SANTIAGO TO INTRODUCE OUR OUR GUESTS AND AS THE COMMISSIONER IS SPEAKING, COULD I ALSO ASK THE GOLD STAR WIVES OF GOLD STAR SPOUSES WOULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD AND JOIN US AT THE PODIUM WHEN WE WAIT? YEAH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN CITY COUNCILORS GUS TODAY AND APRIL 5TH IS GOLD STAR SPOUSES RECOGNITION DAY. BUT BEFORE I RECOGNIZE THESE POLICIES THAT ARE LINING UP BEHIND ME, I WANT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE GOLD STAR SYMBOL IS ALL ABOUT THE GOLD STAR SYMBOL BEGAN BACK DURING WORLD WAR ONE WHEN FAMILIES HUNG BANNERS WITH BLUE STARS REPRESENTING FAMILY MEMBERS IN SERVICE AND THE SERVICE MEMBER PASSED. THE BLUE STAR WAS REPLACED BY THE GOLD STAR, THE TERM GOLD STAR FAMILY GOLD STAR SPOUSES AND GOLD STAR WIVES TRADITIONALLY REFER TO A SURVIVING LOVED ONES MILITARY MEMBERS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE LINE OF DUTY. WE EVERYONE IN THIS CHAMBER, EVERYONE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IN THE COMMONWEALTH AND IN THIS COUNTRY ARE INDEBTED TO THE MEN AND WOMEN IN OUR ARMED FORCES AS WE REMEMBER THOSE WHO HAD DIED IN SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY. WE MUST ALSO REMEMBER THE SPOUSES AND THE FAMILIES THAT ARE LEFT BEHIND WHO HAVE SUFFERED THE GREAT LOSS OF THEIR FAMILY MEMBER FOR THE SAKE OF OUR COUNTRY THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS DESIGNATED APRIL 1ST AS GULFSTAR SPOUSES DAY BACK IN 2013 IN RECOGNITION OF THE SACRIFICE MADE BY THE SPOUSES AND FAMILY MEMBERS OF OUR FALLEN HEROES. THESE POLICIES THEY NEVER ASKED TO BE A MEMBER OF THE GOLDSTAR COMMUNITY BUT THEY ARE AND WE ARE TRULY INDEBTED TO THEM WHEN OUR SERVICE MEMBERS ARE OVERSEAS AND THEY'RE SERVING OUR COUNTRY AND THEY DON'T COME BACK, IT'S BECAUSE OF THE FAMILIES THAT ARE BEHIND THEM BEHIND ME. I'M SORRY AS TO WHY THEY WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED AND HONORED AND ALL OF US ARE INDEBTED TO THAT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF THE SPOUSES THAT ARE BEHIND ME TODAY MARILYN OMARION DENNEHY, FRANCES WALTMAN, MARY LOU GORGAN DONNA BROWN, PAMELA HART, DONNA MARCESCENS ELLEN SAVAGE SHARON GORGAN MAUREEN ENGLAND, AMY RIPPEY MARIA SUZA, PATRICIA STANHOPE, PEGGY GRIFFIN AND JEANETTE AND ROSE. IT IS MY HONOR TO RECOGNIZE OUR GOLD STAR SPOUSES. I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE PEGGY WHO'S THE PRESIDENT OF THE GOLD STARS SPOUSES AND I THINK COMMISSIONER SANTIAGO SUMMED UP THE DISORGANIZATION AS WELL AS I'VE HEARD EVER SO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER SANTIAGO AND WE'RE NOT CELEBRATING OR PROMOTING THE GOLD WIVES SPOUSES. BUT WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO IS TO SHARE IN THE PAIN THAT THEY HAVE LOST. THEY THEY HAVE THAT PAIN EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR. BUT AS A NATION ON THIS DAY, EVEN IF IT'S ONLY ONE DAY OUT OF 300 SIXTY FIVE ON THIS ONE DAY IT'S ALSO APPROPRIATE FOR US TO SHARE IN THAT PAIN AND THAT HURT THAT THEIR SPOUSE HAS BEEN HAS BEEN GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN. AND AS WE ADVOCATE IN ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE DO AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB BUT AS WE ADVOCATE FOR SERVICES FOR PROGRAMS FOR GOLD STAR FAMILIES AND GOLD STAR SPOUSES, THEY'RE NOT GETTING ANYTHING. WE'RE NOT GIVING THEM ANYTHING . THEY'VE EARNED EVERYTHING THROUGH THEIR PAIN, THROUGH THEIR SUFFERING, THROUGH THEIR HEARTACHE THAT THEY EXPERIENCE EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR. AND IT'S NOT JUST ON THIS DAY BUT EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR THEY THINK OF THEIR THEY THINK OF THEIR SPOUSE. THEY THINK OF THEIR THEIR CHILDREN THAT DIDN'T HAVE A A HUSBAND TO RAISE THEM OR OR BEING GRANDPARENTS NOW. SO WE WE SHARE IN THAT PAIN. WE RECOGNIZE THAT PAIN, SUFFERING AND HEARTACHE AND AT THIS TIME IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR ME AS A CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND AS THE UNITED STATES NAVY VETERAN ALONG WITH COMMISSIONER SANTIAGO AS A UNITED STATES NAVY VETERAN TO HONOR OUR GOLD STAR FAMILIES GOLD STAR SPOUSES TODAY INTRODUCING PEGGY THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN AND ALL THE MEMBERS AND THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. I WANTED TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES JUST TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT GOLD STAR WIVES. OUR ORGANIZATION TODAY MARKS THE FIRST DAY THAT THE AMERICAN WIDOWS OF WORLD WAR TWO MET IN 1945. SO IT'S OUR SEVENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF BEING AN ORGANIZATION THE GREATER BOSTON CHAPTER OF GOLD STAR WIVES OF AMERICA IS THE SECOND OLDEST CHAPTER IN THE UNITED STATES. SO WE WERE THE NEXT TO FORM OF COURSE RIGHT. BUT WHAT WE DO IS WE HELP THE SURVIVORS IF SOMEONE SERVED WAS DIED IN ACTION, DIED WHILE ON DUTY OR IS THE RESULT OF A SERVICE CONNECTED DISABILITY OF ONE HUNDRED PERCENT, WE ARE THERE TO HELP THE FAMILY TO REFER THEM TO WHAT THEY MIGHT NEED BUT ALSO ONE OF THE PROBLEMS FOR WIDOWS, WIDOWERS YOUR SOCIAL CONNECTIONS GET CUT WHEN YOU LOSE YOUR SPOUSE FINANCIALLY YOU LOSE ROUGHLY 75 PERCENT OF YOUR INCOME AND WHAT IS REPLACED IS SIMPLY BARELY SURVIVING. SO OUR GROUP EXISTS TO PROVIDE ADVOCACY EXCUSE ME AND SOCIAL NETWORKS. WE ALSO DO A LOT OF VETERANS SERVICE PROGRAMS. WE RECENTLY DID A PROGRAM AT THE HOMELESS SHELTER AROUND THE CORNER WE PUT TOGETHER FIFTY BASKETS OF SUPPLIES FOR VETERANS WHO WOULD BE MOVING FROM HOME HOMELESSNESS TO HOMES SO THAT WHEN THEY GET THEIR APARTMENT OR THEIR UNIT THEY HAD SOMETHING TO PUT IN IT AND TO TO MOVE ON. SO WE REBUILD. WE GIVE BACK AND WE TRY TO RAISE AWARENESS AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT MANY OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DO WILL TAKE THIS BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITIES. AND IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE IN YOUR DISTRICT WHO RECEIVES THE DISSY PAYMENTS FROM THE VA AND THEY'RE NOT CONNECTED, WE WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO HELP THEM BE CONNECTED. THEY DON'T HAVE TO JOIN WILL HELP ANYONE. BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE DO AND WHAT WE STAND FOR. SO THANK YOU FOR THE FEW MINUTES TODAY. COULD I ASK MY COULD I ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN US FOR OUR PHOTO PLEASE? THANK YOU. SHE SAID OK, I DON'T WANT TO GO TOO LONG. NO, YOU WERE RIGHT THERE YOU GO FRIEND. OH YEAH. YEAH YOU TO YOUR FIND WHAT ARE YOU DOING? DON'T KNOW. I THINK WANTS TO READ THE PROCLAMATION 250. ARE YOU GOING TO GET THAT. I WANT TO READ THE FINE OH OH I DON'T KNOW I NEVER UNDERSTOOD OH I DON'T THINK ANYTHING LIKE THANK YOU THANK YOU. ONE I YOUNGER THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I WANTED TO HAVE WANTED TO HAVE EVERYBODY THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK PEGGY. SHUT UP YOU I JUST WANT TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECOGNITION OF OUR GOLD STAR SPOUSES HERE TODAY. I ALSO WANT TO MENTION PEGGY SHE SORT OF ELUDED TO ANYBODY WHO YOU KNOW IN THE COMMUNITY WHO IS RECEIVING THE I SEE TO CONTACT THEM BUT YOU COULD CONTACT THEM THROUGH OUR OFFICE, BOSTON VETERANS SERVICES, OUR EMAIL IS OR OUR OUR WEBSITE IS BOSTON DOT GOV SLASH VETERANS. PLEASE CONTACT US FOR ANYTHING DEALING WITH VETERANS. WE WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO WORK WITH OUR VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO ENSURE THAT THEY GET ALL THE BENEFITS AND ALL THE RESOURCES THAT THEY HAVE EARNED AGAIN, THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT ELLEN. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER SANTIAGO . WE'RE ONTO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES WHICH IS THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS SEEING AND HEARING NO DISCUSSION ON THIS MATTER. THE CHAIR MOVES TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING SAY ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY . THANK YOU. THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING STAND IS APPROVED COMMUNICATIONS FROM HER ON TO THE MAYOR ASAKURA CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO SEVEN ONE ZERO PLEASE? DOCKET NUMBER ZERO SEVEN ONE ZERO MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDINANCE GOVERNING CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION OPERATIONS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, THIS ORDINANCE IS A SIGNIFICANT STEP IN THE CITY'S EFFORTS TO REDUCE INJURIES AND FATALITY ON CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION SITES IN BOSTON FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON APRIL 3RD. TWENTY TWENTY THREE THANK YOU. THIS DOCKET ZERO SEVEN ONE ZERO BEFORE IT TO THE COMMITTEE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR CARR, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO SEVEN ONE ONE PLEASE? DUQUAN NUMBER ZERO SEVEN ONE ONE MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF A MINDO PHONE CALL. THIS AS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON WATER AND SEWER COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPERIMENT ON JANUARY 4TH TWENTY TWENTY SEVEN THANK YOU. THIS DOCKET ZERO SEVEN ONE ONE WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE CITY SERVICES INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICES AND OTHERS. MR CLARK, PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO SEVEN ONE TWO ZERO SEVEN TWO ONE DUCKING THEM A ZERO SEVEN ONE TWO NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR OF THE APPOINTMENT OF RACHEL KEMP AS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON ELECTION COMMISSION ADVISORY BOARD FOR A TERM EXPIRING MARCH 31ST TWENTY TWENTY SEVEN DOCKET NUMBER ZERO SEVEN ONE THREE NOTICE AS WE SEE FROM THE MAYOR THE APPOINTMENT OF GABRIEL CAMACHO AS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON CANNABIS BOARD FOR A TERM EXPIRING MARCH 27 TWENTY TWENTY FIVE DOCKET NUMBER ZERO SEVEN ONE FOR NOTICER AS WE SEE FROM THE MAYOR THE APPOINTMENT MICHAEL FLAHERTY AS A MEMBER OF THE SURVEILLANCE OVERSIGHT ADVISORY BOARD EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY DOCKET NUMBER ZERO SEVEN ONE FIVE NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR OF THE APPOINTMENT OF HILLARY ROBINSON AS A MEMBER OF THE SURVEILLANCE OVERSIGHT ADVISORY BOARD EFFECTIVELY IMMEDIATELY DOCKET NUMBER ZERO SEVEN ONE SIX NWC FROM THE MAYOR. THE APPOINTMENT OF TERESA ANDERSON AS A MEMBER OF THE SURVEILLANCE OVERSIGHT ADVISORY BOARD EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY DAQING NOVEMBER ZERO SEVEN ONE SEVEN NOTICE TO SEE FROM THE MAYOR THE APPOINTMENT AND WE AS A MEMBER OF THE SURVEILLANCE OVERSIGHT ADVISORY BOARD EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY DOCKET NUMBER ZERO SEVEN ONE EIGHT NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR THE APPOINTMENT OF DE CROCKFORD AS A MEMBER OF THE SURVEILLANCE OVERSIGHT ADVISORY BOARD EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AND DOCKET NUMBER ZERO SEVEN ONE EIGHT COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM LAWRENCE TACHIRA ,CHAIRMAN OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE UPDATING THE CITY COUNCIL OF THEIR MEETINGS WITH INDEPENDENT AUDITORS CWB KPMG LLP FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31 AS 2022 DUNCAN M. A ZERO SEVEN TWO ZERO COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM SHEILA DILLON, CHIEF OF HOUSING AND DIRECTOR REGARDING THE 2022 ANNUAL REPORT ON BOSTON'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND DOCKET NUMBER ZERO SEVEN TWO ONE COMMUNICATION WE RECEIVED FROM NICHOLAS PERRINEAU AS ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF THE APPOINTMENT OF ANTHONY GREEN AS AN ASSISTANT ASSESSOR. THANK YOU. THESE DOCKET ZERO SEVEN ONE TWO ZERO ZERO SEVEN TWO ONE THEY'LL BE PLACED ON FILE REPORTS COMMITTEE MR CLARK PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO FIVE SEVEN SIX A ZERO FIVE SEVEN SIX THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS TO WHICH WAS REFERRED ON MARCH 15 TWENTY TWENTY THREE DOCKET NUMBER ZERO FIVE SEVEN SIX MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO SUBMIT STATEMENTS OF INTEREST TO THE MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY MSBA CORPS PROGRAM FOR THE PERSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE CHARLES TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PURSUANT TO MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL LAWS CHAPTER SEVENTY B SECTION FIVE THE STATEMENT OF INTEREST DESCRIBED AND EXPLAINS THE DEFICIENCIES WITHIN EACH OF THE SCHOOL FACILITIES THAT PREVENT THEM FROM DELIVERING THEIR DESIRED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE ORDER OUGHT TO PASS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS COUNCIL FERNANDES ANDERSON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS WE HELD A HEARING TO ON THIS MATTER FACT SPONSORED BY THE ADMINISTRATION AND REFERRED TO MY COMMITTEE AND DOCKET ZERO FIVE SEVEN SIX REQUEST APPROVAL TO SUBMIT STATEMENT OF INTEREST FOR FUNDING CONSIDERATION FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY MSBA CORPS PROGRAM TO ADDRESS DEFICIENCIES AT THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR TWENTY NINE AT FOUR TWENTY NINE NORFOLK STREET DORCHESTER MASS. OH TWO ONE TWO FOUR CHARLES AGE TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEN SIXTEEN MORANGE STREET MATTAPAN MASS OR TWO ONE TWO SIX BOTH SCHOOLS WILL BE SUBMITTED FOR IMPROVEMENTS WITH EACH OF THE SCHOOL FACILITIES THAT PREVENT THEM FROM DELIVERING THEIR DESIRED EDUCATION PROGRAM. THE SUPPLY FOR THE FACILITIES LISTED ABOVE DESCRIBED DEFICIENCIES SUBMITTED UNDER PRIORITY NUMBER FOR PREVENTION OF SEVERE OVERCROWDING EXPECTED TO RESULT FROM INCREASED ENROLLMENT PRIORITY NUMBER FIVE REPLACEMENT RENOVATIONS OR MODERNIZATION OF SCHOOL FACILITIES SYSTEMS SUCH AS ROOFS, WINDOWS, BOILERS, HEATING AND VENTILATION SYSTEMS TO INCREASE ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DECREASE ENERGY RELATED COSTS IN A SCHOOL FACILITY AND PRIORITY NUMBER SEVEN REPLACEMENT OF OR ADDITION TO OBSOLETE BUILDINGS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FOR A FULL RANGE OF PROGRAMS CONSISTENT WITH THE STATE APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS AND BASICALLY THE INFORMATION RECEIVED HERE THE COMMITTEE HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON DOCKET AGAIN ZERO FIVE SEVEN SIX ON WEDNESDAY MARCH 29TH TWENTY TWENTY TWENTY THREE BRIAN MCLAUGHLIN, PROJECT MANAGER AT BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. REBECCA GRAINGE GRANGER SENIOR ADVISOR FOR YOUTH IN SCHOOLS AT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. DELEVINGNE DELAVAN STANISLAUS CHIEF OF CAPITAL PLANNING APS AND CARLETON JONES ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AT THE PUBLIC FACILITIES DEPARTMENT PVD TESTIFIED ON BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATION AT THIS TIME MR PRESIDENT, I AM ASKING FOR THIS DOCKET TO PASS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCIL FERNANDES ANDERSON THANK YOU. COUNCIL FERNANDES ANDERSON SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET ZERO FIVE SEVEN SIX. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALSO SAY NAY THIS HABIT DORKBOT ZERO FIVE SEVEN SIX HAS PASSED WE'RE ON TO MATTERS RECENTLY HEARD FOR POSSIBLE ACTION BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT I JUST WANT TO REREAD THE OPENING STATEMENT THAT I HAD. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK AGAIN MY COLLEAGUES AND THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE TO PLEASE SILENCE CELL PHONES, ELECTRONIC DEVICES. I'D ASK EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM TO BE RESPECTFUL AND DO NOT DISRUPT THE MEETING WHILE YOU WERE HERE. I'M ASKING EVERYONE TO BE RESPECTFUL OF EACH OTHER. IF YOU ARE DISRUPTIVE YOU WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE AND IF YOU FAIL TO COMPLY YOU WILL BE ESCORTED OUT AGAIN. THERE ARE NO SIGNS RANCHO MATTERS RECENTLY HEARD FOR POSSIBLE ACTION. MR CLARK PLEASE READ DAWKINS' ONE FIVE FOUR PLEASE DOUG GIVE THEM A ZERO ONE FIVE FOUR ORDER A HEARING ON FIRE AND EMERGENCY DISASTER RELIEF SERVICES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BLOCK, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY COUNCILOR BOK YOU OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR PRESIDENT . WE HELD THIS HEARING THIS WEEK ON DOCKET ZERO ONE FIVE FOUR WHICH WAS CO-SPONSORED BY COUNCILOR'S LUJáN BREADON AND FLAHERTY. THIS IS ABOUT THE CITY'S FIRE AND EMERGENCY DISASTER RELIEF SERVICES. WE ARE JOINED BY A GREAT KIND OF INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM. SO WE HAD COMMISSIONER BURKE FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND EVEN FROM ONIS CHIEF BENFORD FROM OEM, DANIELLE JOHNSON, OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR AT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING AND LIZA WASSERMAN FROM THE OFFICE OF FOOD JUSTICE ON THE ADMINISTRATION. I'M REALLY TALKING ABOUT HOW ALL THOSE AGENCIES CAN COLLABORATE WHEN WE DO HAVE A FIRE OR OTHER DISASTER AND THEN WE HEARD AFTER THAT AND FROM THE RED CROSS AND NOAA, TWO OF OUR MAJOR PARTNERS AND WE HEARD FROM THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE. SO I THINK THE MAIN TAKEAWAY IS, MR PRESIDENT, ONE WAS JUST THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE ACTUALLY HAS A FUND VEHICLE FOR PEOPLE TO DONATE TO SUPPORT DISASTER RELIEF SO THAT THERE CAN BE PRIVATE PHILANTHROPIC FUNDS THAT HELP WITH THESE BIG MOMENTS AND I THINK IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO HEAR ABOUT THAT AND THE STRUCTURE OF THAT TRUST AND IT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD POTENTIAL COMPLEMENT TO THE WORK THAT OUR DEPARTMENTS DO. SO I THINK THERE WAS DEFINITELY A TAKEAWAY ON THAT. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ALL CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE WITH THE FACT THAT THERE IS LIKE A LITTLE MORE OF A OF A SUBSTANTIVE RESOURCE BASED RESPONSE FOR FIRES THAN FOR OTHER TYPES OF DISASTERS. SO WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE FACT THAT WHEN WE'VE GOT WATER MAIN BREAKS OR FLOODS BASED ON PIPES BURSTING OR BUILDING COLLAPSES, THINGS WHERE THERE MIGHT BE A LANDLORD AT FAULT OR THERE MIGHT BE A DISPUTE WITH BOSTON WATER AND SEWER ABOUT WHO'S AT FAULT THAT WE KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IMPACTED, THE TENANTS OF THOSE BUILDINGS ARE NOT THE ONES AT FAULT. AND SO HOW DO WE KIND OF GET THAT THAT EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND FOLLOW UP TO THEN? SO I THINK I THINK SOME GOOD KIND OF LINES OF INQUIRY WE'RE FOCUSING MORE ON THAT CAME OUT OF THIS AND AND YEAH, IT WAS JUST ALL AROUND A GREAT CONVERSATION I WAS JOINED IN ADDITION TO CO-SPONSORS COUNCILORS LUJáN, BREADON AND FLAHERTY AGAIN JOINED BY COUNCILOR COLLETTA COUNCILOR MEJIA AND YOURSELF MR PRESIDENT AND I THINK DEFINITELY A TOPIC OF ONGOING CONVERSATION AND WOULD WANT TO KEEP IT IN COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL BAUK DOCKET ZERO ONE FOUR ZERO ONE FIVE FOUR WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. MR CLARK PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO SIX THREE ZERO PLEASE DUCKING THEM A ZERO SIX THREE ZERO ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS A BAND OF MINIATURE ALCOHOL BOTTLES ALSO KNOWN AS SINGLES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THE WE TAKE A BRIEF RECESS. WE ARE BACK IN SESSION. MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT COUNCILOR ? I WAS PRESENT AT THIS TIME THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ALL THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE AND SMALL BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE COUNCIL ALL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT THE SMALL BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEE MET ON MONDAY APRIL 3RD AT THREE P.M FOR INITIAL HEARING. CONSIDER BANNING BANNING MINIATURE ALCOHOL BOTTLE SALES . THE MEETING WAS ATTENDED BY COUNCILOR ARROYO WHO WAS THE SPONSOR OF THIS BILL OF THIS HEARING COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR FLAHERTY, COUNCILOR LOUISIANIAN COUNCILOR LARA, WE ALSO RECEIVED A LETTER OF ABSENCE FROM COUNCILOR MURPHY. THIS HEARING WAS ADDITIONALLY ATTENDED BY CHAIRMAN JOYCE. DR OJUKWU TO AS WELL A REPRESENTATIVE FROM CHELSEA TO DISCUSS THE POSITIVE IMPACT THE BAN HAD IN CHELSEA RELATED TO ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION BUSINESS AND HOW THIS WAS THIS WAS THE FIRST ONGOING DISCUSSION TO CONSIDER IMPLEMENTING SUCH A BAN. WE WILL CONTINUE TO HOLD SPACE FOR DISCUSSION TO ENSURE THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD. I RECOMMEND THIS HEARING REMAINS A COMMITTEE AND I DEFER TO THE SPONSOR FOR FURTHER COMMENT. THANK YOU COUNCILOR . THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR OF ROYAL COUNCILOR ROYAL. I'LL BE BRIEF. I JUST WANT TO THANK THE REPRESENTATIVES SHALL SEE THE CHIEF OF POLICE, FORMER CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT, FORMER LICENSING BOARD PRESIDENT RAVAGER NAYDA NORDON CITY COUNCIL NORDON FROM KNEWTON IN A NUMBER OF OTHER EXPERTS WHO WE HAD HERE INCLUDING FOLKS IN THE ADMINISTRATION, I THINK THIS IS ISSUE WORTHY OF OUR TIME AND OF OUR WORK AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING CONVERSATIONS IN THE FUTURE. I'M MOVING FORWARD AS A CITY UPON TAKING THE ACTIONS AND THE STEPS OF OF MAKING SURE THAT THESE MINIATURE BOTTLES ARE BANNED AND SALES IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . THIS STOCK AT ZERO SIX THREE ZERO WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. MR CLARK, PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO ONE FOR EIGHT PLEASE. DOCKET NUMBER ZERO ONE FOUR EIGHT ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING CONTRACEPTION AND MENSTRUAL PRODUCT VENDING MACHINES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON . THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH HOMELESSNESS HOMELESSNESS RECOVERY COUNCIL ARE A FEW OF THE FOUR. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT FLYNN. YESTERDAY WE HELD A MEETING IN THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC HEALTH HOMELESSNESS, RECOVERY AND MENTAL HEALTH TO TAKE TESTIMONY AND CONSIDER THIS MATTER TO INCORPORATE. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR WHO WERE PRESENT IN THE THREE CO-SPONSORS WE HAD COUNCILOR GABRIELLA COLLETTA COUNCILOR ROOTSY LOUISIANAN AND COUNCILOR RICARDO ARROYO WHO WERE ALL CO-SPONSORS AND WE WERE ALSO JOINED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I WANT TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION ALEXANDER VALDéS WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF WOMEN ADVANCEMENT. SHE WAS ONE OF OUR PANELISTS AND ALSO THE COMMUNITY LEADER AND ADVOCATE SASHA GOOD FRIEND WHO IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE MASS NOW MASSACHUSETTS CHAPTER OF NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN. WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION. WE LEARNED A LOT OF HOW THE CITY IS BEHIND. UNFORTUNATELY WE FOUND OUT THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO PARTNER WITH NON-PROFITS, COMMUNITY CENTERS AND OTHERS TO GET THIS MATTER. YOU KNOW, TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS HERE. SO IF I MY CO-SPONSORS COUNCILOR COLLETTA LOUISIANA RICARDO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK BRIEFLY ON THIS MATTER. THAT'S GREAT. BUT I AM REQUESTING PRESIDENT THAT THIS REMAINS IN COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MURPHY, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR GALATA COUNCILOR CARTER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT FLYNN. I WANT TO THANK THE CHAIR COUNCILOR MURPHY AND MY CO-SPONSORS COUNCILOR LOUISIANIAN COUNCILOR ARROYO FOR BEING THERE AS WELL AS YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS LARGELY STIGMATIZED EVEN THOUGH HALF OF OUR POPULATION AND I WOULD ARGUE MORE THAN HALF OF OUR POPULATION MAIN STREETS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT PERIODS EVERYBODY AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT NOW IS BREAKING DOWN THAT STIGMA PERIOD. POVERTY IS IS REAL. SO EVERY SINGLE MONTH WOMEN AND FOLKS WHO IDENTIFY AS WOMEN HAVE TO BUY IPADS, TAMPONS AND THEY ARE EXPENSIVE AND LARGELY PEOPLE ARE CHOOSING ON WHAT WE LEARNED FROM SASHA GOOD FRIEND FROM FROM MASS NOW AND WE ALSO INVITED LUGGER, MENSES AND DIGNITY MATTERS IS THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN FOOD PRESCRIPTIONS, EVERYTHING ELSE IN LIFE AND THEN THINGS TO HELP THEM WHEN THEY. AND SO THIS WAS THE FOCAL POINT OF THIS CONVERSATION. THE SECOND THE SECOND FOCAL POINT OF THIS HEARING ORDER WAS TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET CONTRACEPTION CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS INVOLVED AND INCLUDED IN THESE VENDING MACHINES. BUT THAT IS THE SECOND PHASE OF THIS CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST FOCUSING ON PADS AND TAMPONS. IT CERTAINLY WAS AN ENLIGHTENING CONVERSATION. WE LEARNED THAT BOSTON IS BEHIND OTHER MUNICIPALITIES EVEN IN THE STATE AND THERE ARE 21 STATES ALREADY REQUIRE MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS AND STATE BUILDINGS TO HAVE THESE PRODUCTS IN THEIR BATHROOMS. THE IDEA OF FUNDING A PILOT PROGRAM TO SPONSOR THESE VENDING MACHINES WAS DISCUSSED. WE WERE GETTING INTO THE DETAILS OF WHAT IT MIGHT TAKE AND HOW MUCH MONEY IT MIGHT REQUIRE TO HAVE THESE MACHINES OR BOXES OR WHATEVER INCLUDED IN MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS INCLUDING CITY HALL AS WELL AS IV CENTERS, LIBRARIES AND IN OUR SCHOOLS. AND SO WE HEARD FROM WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT THAT A PILOT PROGRAM MIGHT NEED UPWARDS OF ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. SO DURING BUDGET PROCESS PLEASE CONSIDER THIS A PRIORITY OF MINE AND I WOULD WELCOME MY COLLEAGUES TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT AND GET INVOLVED IN THE CONVERSATION UNTIL THEN IN THE INTERIM THERE'S ALSO STATE LEGISLATION THAT'S UP AT THE STATE HOUSE THROUGH MASS NOW IN SUCH A GOOD FRIEND THAT WOULD REQUIRE THESE PRODUCTS AND SHELTERS, SCHOOLS AND PRISONS. AND SO WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, HOW ARE WE GETTING THESE PRODUCTS OUT TO FOLKS WHO NEED THEM THE MOST AND THE CONVERSATION ALSO WENT INTO HOW WE CAN PUT THEM IN THE HANDS OF COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS, WOMEN'S SHELTERS AND NONPROFIT PARTNERS. REGARDLESS, WE SHOULD BE EXERCISING INTENTIONAL AROUND IDENTIFYING REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH DESSERT'S I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT WALGREENS AND CVS LOCATIONS CLOSING SO ENSURING THAT ANYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING IS SERVING OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND THEN JUST THINKING ABOUT BEST PRACTICES WHEN IT COMES TO LARGE SCALE PROCUREMENT AND GOVERNMENT PURCHASING IF YOU DO DECIDE TO EXPAND ON A PILOT PROGRAM I THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE ARE INVESTING IN AND TYING IN OUR CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT GOALS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PURCHASING BIODEGRADABLE APPLICATORS AND SUPPORTING LOCAL STARTUPS AND MWD. AND SO IN FUTURE CONVERSATION, FUTURE CONVERSATIONS I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION THERE AS WELL AS BAPS SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND REALLY WELCOME EVERYBODY TO BE INVOLVED BECAUSE WE DO NEED TO BREAK DOWN THE STIGMA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR CARTER. THIS STOCK AT ZERO ONE FORAYED WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. MR WILL YOU PLEASE READ DORKBOT ZERO SIX ZERO SIX DUKKHA NUMBER ZERO SIX ZERO SIX MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY RESOURCES MINISTER WILL OPT IN SPECIALIZED STRETCH ENERGY CALLED THANK YOU THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ARROYO, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COUNCIL OF OIL. YOU HAVE THE FULL THANK YOU MR CHAIR. LAST WEEK I CALLED THIS FROM THE GREEN SHEETS AND TO THE REQUEST FROM OTHER COUNCILORS WE HAD A MEETING YESTERDAY APRIL 4TH ON DOCKET ZERO SIX ZERO SIX WHICH WAS A MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR OUR APPROVAL ON AN ENORMOUS AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY RESOURCES MENISCAL OPT IN SPECIALIZED STRETCH ENERGY CALLED WHICH WAS SPONSORED BY MAYOR WELL I'D LIKE TO THANK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FOR ATTENDING COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN, COUNCILOR MURPHY, COUNCILOR FLAHERTY CANCELLARA COUNCILOR COLLETTE AND COUNCILOR GENT. I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION FOR ATTENDING REVEREND MARIAMNE HAMMOND CHIEF OF ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY AND OPEN SPACE. DR ALISON BRISAS, COMMISSIONER OF THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT. THE SPECIALIZED DRESS CODE FOCUSES ON MAXIMIZING ENERGY EFFICIENCY, REDUCING HEATING DEMANDS AND PROMOTING EFFICIENT ELECTRIFICATION BY REQUIRING NEW CONSTRUCTION, NEW CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDINGS UNDERGOING MAJOR RENOVATIONS TO BE AS ENERGY EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE BUILDINGS THAT USE ONLY ELECTRICITY AS AN ENERGY SOURCE VERSUS FOSSIL FUELS CAN ELIMINATE THEIR EMISSIONS WHEN ELECTRICITY COMES FROM RENEWABLE RESOURCES. THE SPECIALIZED MUNICIPAL OPT IN CODE INCLUDES NET ZERO BUILDING PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND IS DESIGNED TO ACHIEVE STATE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION LIMITS AND SET LIMITS. THIS CODE HELPS MASSACHUSETTS MEET ITS GOAL OF 50 PERCENT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTION FROM THE 1990 BASELINE LEVELS BY 2030 AND TO REDUCE EMISSIONS GRADUALLY TO AT ZERO BY 2050. DURING THE MEETING WE HEARD FROM THE ADMINISTRATION ON THE PROCESS A TIMELINE THAT OCCURRED AT THE STATE LEVEL FOR THE ADOPTION OF THIS CODE WHICH BEGAN IN LATE TWENTY EIGHTEEN AND CONCLUDED IN SEPTEMBER OF TWENTY TWENTY TWO. THIS PROCESS INCLUDED PASSAGE OF THE CLIMATE ACT OF TWENTY TWENTY ONE WHICH WAS SIGNED BY GOVERNOR BAKER WHICH REQUIRED THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY RESOURCES TO CREATE THIS CODE AS WELL IN NUMEROUS PUBLIC COMMENTS AND PUBLIC HEARING SESSIONS AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON OPERATIONS I RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF THIS COMMITTEE REPORT TO ENSURE THERE IS NO FURTHER DELAY FOR THE CITY TO OPT IN TO THIS ALREADY EXISTING LEGISLATION AT THE STATE LEVEL AND TO CEMENT BOSTON AS A LEADER IN SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE. SO I AM CALLING FOR A VOTE ON SIX ZERO SIX ZERO SIX. THANK MR . THANK YOU COUNCIL RACHEL THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLAHERTY WHOEVER WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER PLEASE PLEASE LET US KNOW. BUT THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT AND OBVIOUSLY APPRECIATE THE THE CHAIR OF GOVERNMENT'S WORK AND THIS AS WELL AS THE CHAIR OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND OBVIOUSLY APPRECIATE THE MEMBERS EFFORTS AND WE HAVE HEARD FROM OUR FRIENDS AND LABOR GASPIN AS AS PLUMBERS, ELECTRICIANS ETC. STILL DON'T FEEL THAT THEY HAVE HAD A SEAT AT THE TABLE AND IT'S FOR THOSE REASONS THAT I'LL BE A NO VOTE TODAY. CLEARLY THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GOING AS A CITY, AS A STATE AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT A LOT OF OUR SUCCESS STORIES HAVE BEEN ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS AND GIVING FOLKS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD AND HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE SO I DO KNOW THAT OUR STEEL WORKERS UNION AS WELL AS PLUMBERS AND PIPEFITTERS, GAS BUDDIES ETC STILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS AS TO WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE ON THEIR INDUSTRY, WHAT IT'S GOING TO MEAN FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT WORK IN THOSE UNIONS FAIRLY PROGRESSIVE UNIONS AS YOU HAD MENTIONED, MR PRESIDENT AND AS WELL AS THEIR FAMILIES. SO I KNOW WE HAVE TIME. WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME. I DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE TIME THROUGH THE CHAIR ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL TIME FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THOSE UNIONS TO TO BE BROUGHT UP TO SPEED ON IT OR AT LEAST THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD SHORT OF THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO BE A NO VOTE TODAY AGAIN FOR THE ONLY REASON BEING THAT OUR FRIENDS AND LABOR HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO BE HEARD SHORT OF THAT. MY SENSE THROUGH THE CHAIR THAT THE PROCESS WILL MOVE FORWARD. BUT IF THERE'S ANY INKLING TO ALLOW FOR A LITTLE ADDITIONAL TIME FOR US STEEL WORKERS THAT PIPEFITTERS OUR PLUMBERS, OUR ELECTRICIANS, ET CETERA TO TO TO BE HEARD TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT THAT WOULD OBVIOUSLY ALLOW ME TO TO VOTE FAVORABLY. BUT SHORT OF THAT I'LL HAVE TO BE A NO VOTE TODAY UNLESS THE CHAIR RECONSIDERS. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THANK THANK YOU. COUNCIL FIHRI THERE IS A QUESTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COUNCIL FIRE. I WOULD GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COUNCILOR ARROYO TO RESPOND. I WON'T REPEAT THE QUESTION YOU KNOW THAT WITH THE QUESTION AS THE RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR . THANK YOU KNOW, I'M NOT RECONSIDERING OR CALLING FOR A THANK YOU. COULD YOU SAY AGAIN, COUNCILOR , CAN YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? I DIDN'T HEAR I'M NOT RECONSIDERING I'M STILL CALLING FOR THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN. I'M JUST RISING TO SAY THAT I DO TAKE VERY ONE OF MY BIGGEST RESPONSIBILITIES IS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE'S VOICES ARE HEARD IN EVERY VOTE THAT WE TAKE ON THIS COUNCIL AND I DO AND I'VE HEARD DIRECTLY FROM UNIONS AND THAT THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEIR VOICE HAS BEEN HEARD. THEY DON'T HAVE TO RUSH THIS VOTE ONCE I FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT EVERYONE HAS BEEN HEARD AND WE CAN THEN COME TO A DECISION BASED ON ALL THE FACTS I WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE VOTING. SO I WILL BE VOTING NO TODAY FOR THAT REASON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MURPHY, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MARIA COUNCILOR HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. AND I JUST WANT TO BE MINDFUL AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT ALL VOICES BEING HEARD. I KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN LOTS OF ISSUES THAT PEOPLE HAVE UPLIFTED HERE ON THIS COUNCIL AND HAVE ASKED US TO ADVOCATE AROUND BUDGETS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND WHEN IT COMES TO THE VOICES OF THE PEOPLE OF THE TIME THOSE VOICES GO FALL ON DEAF EARS WHEN IT COMES TO FUNDING. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY NO FOR THE RECORD THAT YOU KNOW, WE ALL PICK AND CHOOSE THE BATTLES THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING AND WILLING TO DIE ON. BUT IF WE'RE REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT HEARING EVERYBODY'S VOICE THEN WE WILL START ACTING THAT WAY THEN YOU CAN'T HEAR WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER. I'M GOING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER AND THEN WE'LL GO TO A VOTE. BUT NO ONE WANTS TO SPEAK COUNCILPERSON FLEM FOR YOURSELF . THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . I'M ALSO AT THE SAME PLACE AS SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES THAT SPOKE. THIS IS NORMALLY AN ISSUE I WOULD SUPPORT. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE HAS BEEN ISSUES THAT I'VE ALWAYS VOTED IN SUPPORT OF OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS AND I THINK I STILL WANT TO DO THAT BUT I CAN'T DO THAT IF THE VOICES OF WORKING MEN AND WOMEN ACROSS GREATER BOSTON WERE NOT HEARD. THIS SPORT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A SUPPORTER OF ORGANIZED LABOR OF LABOR UNIONS, WORKING MEN AND WOMEN FIGHTING FOR A DECENT WAGE AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR VOICE IS HEARD IN THIS DEBATE I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO SEVERAL OF THEM SEVERAL LABOR LEADERS LAST NIGHT AND THEY ASKED EXACTLY WHAT COUNCILOR FLAHERTY WAS ASKING CAN WE GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT OF TIME SO THAT THEY CAN WEIGH IN AND DISCUSS THIS AND EVEN THOUGH THE COUNCIL WILL PROBABLY VOTE IN FAVOR OF IT, THEY JUST WANT A FAIR OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THEIR POSITION. AND I THINK THAT'S I THINK THAT'S FAIR AND SOMEONE THAT REPRESENTS A LARGE COMMUNITY OF WORKING MEN AND WOMEN, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEIR VOICES ARE HEARD IN THIS DISCUSSION AND IT'S NOT JUST THE STEELWORKERS AND THE PIPEFITTERS AND THE GAS WORKERS AND ELECTRICAL WORKERS. IT'S IT'S ALL UNIONS. THEY WANT TO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE PART OF THE DISCUSSION HERE IN THE COUNCIL AND NOT SURE IF WE'RE DOING THAT THIS TIME. I JUST DON'T LIKE THE PRECEDENT IT SETS IT SETS WHEN WE DON'T KNOW HOW ORGANIZED LABOR TO SPEAK ON AN IMPORTANT ISSUE ALSO I HAVE HEARD FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY ASKING THE ASKING ABOUT THIS AS WELL EXPRESSING IF WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE SOME MORE TIME FOR THEM TO WEIGH IN IN THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AS WELL THAT PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN BOSTON. BUT I WOULD I WOULD BE VOTING NO BECAUSE THE IN MY OPINION OTHER PEOPLE MAY DISAGREE BUT IN MY OPINION ORGANIZED LABOR, WORKING MEN AND WOMEN ACROSS GREATER BOSTON WERE NOT HURT DURING THIS DEBATE AND I CAN'T VOTE ON SOMETHING IF WORKING PEOPLE ARE NOT PART OF THE SOLUTION. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . I THANK YOU. COUNCILOR ARROYO SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET ZERO SIX ZERO SIX. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY OPPOSING MR. CLERK CAN WE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DYKEN NUMBER ZERO SIX ZERO SIX COUNCILOR ARROYO COUNCILOR COUNCILOR BAKER COUNCILOR VACANCY COUNCILOR BURKE COUNCILOR BOOK COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR EXCUSE ME ONE SECOND . SO BLAKE COUNCILOR ARROYO YES. COUNCILOR BAKER NAY COUNCILOR BUT YES COUNCILOR BREDON COUNCILOR CARLA COUNCIL COLELLA YES COUNCIL FOR ANANDA'S ANDERSON COUNCILOR FOR ANALYSIS AND YES COUNCILOR FLAHERTY COUNCILOR FLAHERTY NO COUNCILOR FLYNN NO COUNCILOR FLYNN NO COUNCILOR COUNCILOR YES COUNCIL LOUISIANA COUNCIL LOUISIANIANS COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCILOR MEJIA SC COUNCILOR MURPHY YES COUNCILOR MURPHY KNOW AND COUNCIL YES COUNCILOR WU YES DOCKET NUMBER ZERO SIX ZERO SIX HAS RECEIVED EIGHT VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND FOUR VOTES IN THE NEGATIVE DOCKET HAS PASSED. YES MR. CLERK PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO ONE FOUR OR FIVE DOCKET NUMBER ZERO ONE FOUR OR FIVE ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE SAFETY OF LIGHT POLES, BRIDGES AND OTHER PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BOK, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNITIES COUNCIL YOU OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. MR PRESIDENT HELD THIS HEARING YESTERDAY CO-SPONSORED BY YOURSELF AND COUNCILOR FLAHERTY . THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING ALONG WITH COUNCILOR MURPHY AND COUNCILOR LUJáN. WE ARE JOINED BY THIS IS OBVIOUSLY ON THE SAFETY OF LIGHT POLES OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE. IT WAS PROVOKED BY AN INCIDENT A FEW MONTHS BACK BUT REALLY TOOK THE HEARING AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT DOES IN TERMS OF PROACTIVE MAINTENANCE ON ON EVERYTHING IN OUR PORTFOLIO BUT ESPECIALLY FOCUSED ON LIGHT POLES, BRIDGES ,SOME OF THESE OTHER KIND OF MAJOR INSTALLATIONS THAT CITY HAS. SO WE WERE JOINED BY CHIEF OF STREETS YASHAR FRANKLIN HODGE AND ALSO BY VINEET AND MIKE DONAGHEY SORRY VINNICOMBE TO MIKE FROM OUR STREET LIGHTING DIVISION AND THEY YOU KNOW, WE TALK THROUGH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS. WE TALKED ABOUT THE BRIDGES THAT COLLABORATION WITH THE STATE BRIDGE INSPECTORS ON THAT FRONT TALKED ABOUT LIGHT POLES ,THE KIND OF URGENT RESPONSE THAT OUR STREET LIGHTING TEAM HAS, ANYTHING THAT'S BEEN KNOCKED OVER IS LEANING ETC. AND WE TALKED A BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE JURISDICTIONAL CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CITY AND THE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT NO MATTER WHAT UNSAFE INFRASTRUCTURE IS MADE SAFE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER TOWERS IN THE STATES OR IN OTHER AGENCIES ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT WAS KIND OF WHERE WE SEE RAPID UPGRADING OF INFRASTRUCTURE, HOW THE DEPARTMENT IS DECIDING TO KIND MAYBE CHANGE THE SPECIFICATIONS TO DEAL WITH THAT ISSUE LONG TERM AND SO PROBABLY THE MOST EXCITING NEWS FROM MY PERSPECTIVE THAT CAME OUT OF THIS IS THAT THE CITY IS OFFICIALLY CHANGING ITS SPECIFICATION ON THOSE THOSE PLASTIC TACTILE PADS THAT GO ON THE PEDESTRIAN RAMPS, THE YELLOW AND THEN HISTORIC DISTRICTS RED ONES THAT ARE CONSTANTLY GETTING TORN. YOU KNOW, IT REALLY HASN'T BEEN OK FOR ACCESSIBILITY THAT INSTALLING THOSE AND THEN THEY'RE RAPIDLY GETTING TORN AND THEN THEY CREATE AN ISSUE FOR THE WHEELCHAIR AND STROLLER LIKE WHEELS AS IT STANDS. SO THE CHIEF DID ANNOUNCED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE SWITCHING TO CAST IRON AS THE STANDARD WITH A POWDER COATING FOR COLOR. BUT I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE GREAT FOR ACCESSIBILITY AROUND THE CITY. BUT YEAH, WE COULDN'T DISCUSS THE EXACT INCIDENT OF THAT HAVE PROVOKED THE THING FOR THE PROVOKED THE FILING BECAUSE THE POSSIBILITY OF ONGOING LITIGATION. BUT I THINK WE TALKED BROADLY ABOUT ABOUT THESE ISSUES AND KIND OF HAD THE GREAT CONVERSATION WITH THE PANELISTS. SO MR CHAIR, I WOULD REQUEST THAT THIS DOCKET REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. THIS DOCKET ZERO ONE FOUR OR FIVE WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE MOTIONS, ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS. MR CONCLUSORY DAWKINS' SEVEN TO TWO LAQUINIMOD ZERO SEVEN TWO TWO COUNCIL FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR REHEARING TO REVIEW THE GOOD FOOD PURCHASING PROGRAM FOR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR OUR COUNCIL AREA OF THE FOUR. THANK YOU PRESIDENT FLYNN. I WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES THAT COUNCILOR WHO YAMAJI AS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL CO-SPONSORS CONSELHEIRO CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? I'M SORRY . I WOULD LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR MAHIA IS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNCIL ME COUNCILOR MEJIA IS OUT OF THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR THANK YOU PRESIDENT FLYNN IN TWENTY NINETEEN THIS BODY PASSED THE GOOD FOOD PURCHASING PROGRAM ORDINANCE UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THEN COUNCILOR NOW MAYOR WU. THE GOOD FOOD PURCHASING PROGRAM IS A COLLABORATIVE CITYWIDE INITIATIVE THAT IT'S LED BY THE OFFICE OF FOOD JUSTICE AND IT'S MEANT TO REALLY HARNESS OUR INSTITUTIONAL POWER FOOD PURCHASING POWER SPECIFICALLY TO HELP ACHIEVE OUR SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC GOALS. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES A FRAMEWORK THAT USES FIVE CORE VALUES TO GUIDE OUR PURCHASING BEHAVIOR AND REQUIRES THAT CITY DEPARTMENT AND VENDORS ADOPT A GOOD FOOD PURCHASING STANDARD. THE ORDINANCE FOCUSES ON TRANSPARENCY BY REQUIRING A BASELINE ASSESSMENT THE CREATION OF A SIX MONTH ACTION PLAN AND THAT A PUBLIC HEARING BE HELD NO LATER THAN NINETY DAYS AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE BASELINE ASSESSMENT. THE BASELINE ASSESSMENT IS COMPLETED NOW AND THE CITY COUNCIL IS ON A NINE DAY DEADLINE TO HOLD A HEARING AS THE CHAIR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RESILIENCY AND PARKS COMMITTEE I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE STEWARDING THE FOOD JUSTICE WORK ALONGSIDE DIRECTOR BAZERMAN AND I LOOK FORWARD TO FINDING A TIME TO HOLD THIS HEARING IN A TIMELY MANNER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ME HERE COUNCILOR ME HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR MR I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU CAN HEAR ME JUST YES I CAN COUNT ON YOU ALL RIGHT SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK MICHAEL CANCELLARA FOR CALLING ME AS A CO-SPONSOR. WHAT WE SEE HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IS THAT ZERO PERCENT OF THE PURCHASING WENT TO ANIMAL WELFARE. BP'S FAILED TO REPLACING FIFTEEN PERCENT OF THE TOTAL WEIGHT OF ANIMAL PROTEIN PURCHASED WITH PLANT BASED PROTEIN AND OR PURCHASING FIFTEEN PERCENT OF PRODUCTS THAT A THIRD PARTY CERTIFIED HUMANE. SO YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT ARE THE PROTEIN OPTIONS FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE VEGETARIAN OR DO I EAT MEAT? WHAT WE HAVE REALIZED IS THAT YOU HAS RECEIVED CREDIT FOR TAKING STEPS OUTREACH TO VENDORS WITH LABOR LAW VIOLATIONS. HOW DOES COMMUNICATION VENDORS REGARDING LABOR LAWS YOU KNOW, VIOLATE AND PROCEED? AND I'M JUST CURIOUS, YOU KNOW, AS WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WOULD BE TO TAKE ANY ACTIONS AGAINST FOOD VENDORS IF LABOR LAWS VIOLATIONS CONTINUE OCCURRING. SO THERE'S LOTS TO DIG INTO HERE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO NOT ONLY HOSTING THE HEARING BUT REALLY THINKING ABOUT WHAT ELSE CAN WE BE DOING TO ENSURE BP IS PURCHASING FOOD THAT COMES FROM SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED VENDORS ,WOMEN AND FARMERS AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. SO THANK THANK YOU COUNCILOR MEJIA. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND, MR PLEASE THAT COUNCILOR ARROYO COUNCILOR OUR COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCIL KAWADA COUNCIL , LOUISIANA COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCIL . WE'RE ALL PLEASED PLEASED THAT THE CHAIR THIS DOCKET ZERO SEVEN CHOUTEAU WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION DOCKET ZERO SEVEN THREE HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. MR KIRKLEES DOCKET ZERO SEVEN TWO FOUR DOCKET NUMBER ZERO SEVEN TWO FOR COUNCILOR COLLATERAL FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE DIGITIZATION AND TRAFFICKING TRACKING OF PARKING REGULATIONS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COUNCILOR QUITE A FEW OF THE FOUR. THANK YOU PRESIDENT FLYNN. I SEEK TO ADD COUNCILOR BRERETON AS SECOND CO-SPONSOR AND THEN SUSPEND ALL TWELVE AND ADD COUNCILOR FLAHERTY IS THIRD COUNCILOR CARTER WE'RE NOT ABLE TO ADD COUNCILOR BREADON BECAUSE HE'S NOT PRESENT HERE. WELL THEN WE COUNCIL IF WE COULD ASK WE COULD AT COUNCIL FLAHERTY OK, THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL FIRE IS OUT OF THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR GORDON. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILOR BRITTON EXPRESSED INTEREST IN HELPING ME WITH THIS SO I'M CALLING THIS HEARING TO DISCUSS EFFORTS AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION RELATED TO DIGITIZING AND TRACKING PARKING REGULATIONS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THE CATALYST FOR THIS WAS A RECENT MEETING WITH BTD DISCUSSING PARKING ENFORCEMENT IN MY DISTRICT ENFORCEMENT HAS BEEN A TOP PRIORITY OF RESIDENTS. I GET CALLS ALL THE TIME, PARTICULARLY FROM THE JEFFREY'S POINT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND JUST GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF DENSITY AND VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF PARKING SPACES PER UNITS AND MANY AIRPORT TRAVELERS UTILIZE OUR STREETS TO STORE THEIR CARS WHILE THEY GO ON A TRIP AND THIS ALLOWS THEM TO AVOID PAYING AIRPORT FEES. AND SO WE REALLY NEED A STRONG ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM IN EAST BOSTON AND JUST ANOTHER DENSE AREAS IN MY COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THE NORTH END AND ALSO THE CHARLESTOWN IN CONVERSATION I WANTED TO GET A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT OUR PARKING REGULATIONS ARE TO ASSESS IF WE HAVE ADEQUATE ENFORCEMENT LEVELS AND IF WE NEED A BUDGET PUSH FOR MORE POSITIONS. I WAS TOLD THAT WE DO NOT HAVE AN INVENTORY OF WHERE OUR SIGNS ARE OR WHAT THEY SAY. THERE IS NO TRACKING SYSTEM THAT WE CAN PULL UP TO IDENTIFY WHERE RESIDENTIAL PARKING TO OUR PARKING OR COMMERCIAL PARKING IS LET ALONE WHAT WHAT THE HOURS ARE. LIKE I MENTIONED IN TWENTY TWENTY THREE. I THINK THAT THIS IS CRAZY TO ME THAT WE DON'T HAVE A MODERNIZED SYSTEM THAT WE CAN PULL UP LIKE A GAS OR A TRACKING SYSTEM TO GIVE US A FULL ACCOUNTING OF WHERE OUR OWN ASSETS ARE. THIS HAS LED TO ENFORCEMENT DEPENDING ON INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE BEING PASSED DOWN FROM ENFORCEMENT OFFICER TO ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. ULTIMATELY IF OUR EMPLOYEES DON'T HAVE THE TOOLS TO BEST SERVE OUR STREETS AND OUR RESIDENTS THEN THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE WILL SUFFER AS WE ENTER BUDGET SEASON IT'S IMPORTANT TO FOCUS ON THE DIRE NEEDS TO MODERNIZE SOME OF OUR OUTDATED INTERNAL SYSTEMS THAT DIRECTLY IMPACT EFFICIENT CITY SERVICES. I'D LIKE TO UTILIZE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS WHAT WE NEED IN TERMS OF INVESTMENT FOR DIGITAL TOOLS LIKE THE JAZZ MAPPING SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS EMPLOYEES AND THE PUBLIC TO ACCESS INFORMATION REQUEST SERVICES, SIGN UP FOR ALERTS AND ENFORCE OUR PARKING REGULATIONS AT THE END. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS TO THE DISCUSSION AND HAVING BTD IN THE STREETS AT THE TABLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR CALADO, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL FLAHERTY COUNCIL PRIORITY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. TO THE PREVIOUS WE SHOULD THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING ME AS A CO-SPONSOR OF VERY TIMELY AS WE LEARNED YESTERDAY THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS ON THE VERGE OF ANNOUNCING A NEW PERMANENT COMMISSIONER FOR THE BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. I MAY HAVE LET IT SLIP BUT NONETHELESS PERFECT TIMING FOR THIS ORDER. AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT COUNCILOR CLYDE IS TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW WE NO ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS PAY FOR THEMSELVES IN MORE EACH SHIFT AND IT'S ALSO VERY PRECIOUS REVENUE THAT WE GENERATE THAT PAY FOR THESE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES THAT WE AS A CITY CONTINUE TO MAKE. BUT OFTENTIMES WHEN YOU GO ACROSS NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE I DO AS AN AT LARGE COUNCILOR SIGNAGE IS SOMETIMES FADED, UNREADABLE. SOME SIGNS ARE MISSING AND SO HAVING SOMEONE TO HAVE THE ABILITY THROUGH DIGITIZATION TO BE ABLE DIGITALIZATION TO BE ABLE TO TO IDENTIFY WHERE THOSE SPOTS WHERE WE CAN GET APPROPRIATE SIGNAGE AND APPROPRIATE ENFORCEMENT. AND THEN LASTLY THE ISSUE THAT THIS PARTY CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE WITH WITH THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, IT'S TWENTY TWENTY THREE AND WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO ALLOW HOME HEALTH AIDES AND A PHYSICAL THERAPIST OR AND MORE DIRE SITUATIONS HOSPICE NURSES AND WORKERS TO COME TO OUR CITY TO SERVICE AND TAKE CARE OF OUR RESIDENTS LOVED ONES, FAMILY MEMBERS, NEIGHBORS WITHOUT HAVING TO COME OUT TO A TICKET OR A TOLL. THERE HAS TO BE A SYSTEM I HAVE TO THINK THAT THERE'S SOMEONE OUT THERE THAT HAS CREATED A SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO BE A HOME HEALTH AIDE OR PHYSICAL THERAPIST OR SOME TYPE OF ADULT DAYCARE SPECIALIST THAT YOU COULD LOG ON AND OR GET PUT YOUR LICENSE PLATE IN SO THAT WHEN YOU'RE PERFORMING THAT VERY VITAL IMPORTANT SERVICE FOR A RESIDENT OF OUR CITY THAT IF THERE IS AN ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, THAT TYPE OF THING AND IT FLASHES UP HOME HEALTH AIDE OR HOSPICE WORKER TAKING CARE OF A RESIDENT AT SUCH AND SUCH A PLACE AND IT'S JUST A MATTER OF BASIC FAIRNESS AND BEING RESPONSIVE AND HUMANE TO OUR RESIDENTS. WHAT HAPPENS NOW IS WHEN YOU TALK TO THOSE HOME HEALTH AIDES AND THOSE HOSPICE WORKERS IS THEY DECIDE NOT TO COME TO BOSTON SO THEY LOSE OUT ON THAT TALENT. THEY DECIDE NOT TO COME HERE. OH NO, I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THAT JOB BECAUSE I'M GOING TO GET TICKETED AND THEY END UP GOING TO SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AROUND BOSTON. SO WE LOSE OUT ON ON THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST IN PASSIONATE TALENTED HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND HOSPICE WORKERS AND PHYSICAL THERAPIST BECAUSE OF THE PAINS OF PARKING SOMEWHERE THAT YOU EITHER WEREN'T AWARE OF , YOU DIDN'T SEE THE SIGN OR YOU DIDN'T HAVE A RESIDENCE OR SO I THINK IN SOME ENJOINING WITH THE COUNCIL A LETTER LOOKING AT THE ISSUES THAT SHE'S FOCUSED HERE. BUT THEN MAYBE BEING ABLE TO BROADEN THAT DISCUSSION TO SORT OF DO A FULL STEM TO STERN ON THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE OUR CITY AND OUR TRANSPORTATION BETTER, MORE EFFECTIVE AND TO SERVE OUR CITY RESIDENTS AND OUR VISITORS. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT AND LOOK FORWARD TO AN EXPEDITED HEARING. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . WHY WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO HEAR THEIR NAME PLEASE RAISE A HAND MR CLARK. PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR ARROYO COUNCILOR BOB COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCILOR A COUNCIL LOUISIANA COUNCILOR HERE COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR . WE'RE ALL PLEASED THAT THE CHAIR THIS ZERO SEVEN FOUR WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY. MR CLARK, PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO SEVEN TO FIVE PLEASE GIVE THEM A ZERO SEVEN TWO FIVE COUNCILOR I'M HERE FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING ON CONTRACT AND PIBIL IMPLEMENTATION AND FOR UNIONS IN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. THE RECOGNIZERS THIS ME HERE COUNCILOR ME HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. THE CITY COUNCIL MUST ENSURE THAT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS ARE BEING HONORED AND IMPLEMENTED PROPERLY THROUGH THE ALLOCATIONS OF FUN IT HAS DULY APPROPRIATED. THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL HAS VOTED PREVIOUSLY TO APPROVE APPROPRIATIONS FOR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO FULFILL COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS WITH ELEVEN PUBLIC SECTOR UNIONS WHICH REPRESENT OVER 9000 CITY BOSTON EMPLOYEES. THESE INCLUDE THIS INCLUDES THE BOSTON TEACHERS UNION, ADMINISTRATIVE GUILD, SEIU LOCAL STATE CUSTODIANS ASSOCIATION LOCAL 1952 IU PATCO 35 CAPPATO WORKERS AFSCME LOCAL TO THIRTY PLANNING AND ENGINEERING SEIU LOCAL 888 STOREKEEPERS F C E LOCAL TWENTY EIGHT FOURTEEN BOSTON ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND SUPERVISORS LUNCH HOT LUNCH HOUR MONITORS PLANT ADMINISTRATORS ADMINISTRATORS ASSOCIATION SCHOOL POLICE PATROLMAN'S ASSOCIATION SCHOOL BUS MONITORS UNITED STEELWORKERS BOSTON SCHOOL SUPERIOR OFFICERS FEDERATION. WE HAVE LEARNED THAT MANY OF THESE UNION WORKERS HAVE EXPERIENCED PAYROLL DIFFICULTIES AND OTHER ISSUES WHEN IMPLEMENTING NEW CONTRACTS. THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL OFFICE OF HUMAN CAPITAL HAS BEEN UNRESPONSIVE TO WORKERS CONCERNS AND DEMONSTRATED POOR COMMUNICATION WITH EMPLOYEES. THE PROPER FUNCTIONING OF THE CITY OF BOSTON'S HUMAN RESOURCE DEPARTMENT AND THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL OFFICE OF HUMAN CAPITAL ENSURES THAT BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS CAN HIRE AND RETAIN THE PEOPLE WHO KEEP OUR SCHOOLS IN OPERATION PROVIDING THE PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT SHAPE THE LIVES OF STUDENTS AND THE FUTURE OF THE CITY AND THE COMMONWEALTH. I LOOK FORWARD TO DISCUSSING HOW WE CAN ENSURE OUR UNION WORKERS CONTRACTS COULD BE ADHERED TO AS THE CHAIR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT LABOR AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT AND THE CHAIR OF EDUCATION. THESE ARE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO HAVE HEARD A LOT FROM FOLKS WHO ARE NAVIGATING THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE ISSUES ARE AND SUPPORT THE SCHOOLS TO ADDRESS THEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH HERE IS ANYONE ELSE HOPING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WOULD ANYONE LIKE THE NAME PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND MR KAURA PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR ROYALLE COUNCILOR BOB COUNCILOR CREDIT COUNCIL FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCIL CITY COUNCIL BOROUGH COUNCIL OF MURPHY COUNCILOR L PLEASED THAT THE CHAIR COUNCIL WILL JOIN WITH YOU. DID YOU WANT TO BE PART OK COUNCILOR WITHIN THIS STOCK OF 075 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY. MR CLARK CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO SEVEN TO SIX PLEASE COUNCIL LOUISIANA FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING APRIL AS FAIR HOUSING MONTH. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR JEAN COUNCIL REGION YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO SPEND REQUESENS IS BEANWORLD TWELVE AND AD COUNCILOR BOK AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. COUNCILOR BOK IS SO OUT OF THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR . THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. APRIL IS FOR HOUSING MONTH AND IT'S A MONTH THAT REMINDS US THAT THE PRINCIPLE OF FAIR HOUSING IS NOT ONLY NOT FEDERAL BUT IT'S ALSO LOOKING AT WHAT WE CAN DO HERE ON THE CITY AND STATE LEVEL AND THAT FAIR HOUSING IS A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT FOR ALL OF US AS A CITY WE WELCOME ALL NEIGHBORS RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND RICHNESS GIVEN BY A WIDE VARIETY OF PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS, COLORS, ETHNICITIES, RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS AND GENDER IDENTITIES. WITH THIS RESOLUTION THE CITY OF BOSTON COMMEMORATES THE FIFTY FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PASSAGE OF THE FAIR HOUSING ACT ,A LANDMARK CIVIL RIGHTS ACT THAT MADE DISCRIMINATION IN HOUSING UNLAWFUL. ITS PASSAGE CAME ONLY AFTER A LONG AND ARDUOUS JOURNEY FOUGHT BY ADVOCATES AROUND THE COUNTRY YESTERDAY WE RECOGNIZED AND REMEMBERED THE FIFTY FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASSASSINATION OF DR. KING AND IT IS THAT TRAGIC EVENT THAT REALLY SPURRED OUR NATIONAL POLITICAL LEADERS TO ACTION WHEN PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON URGED FOR THE BILL'S SPEEDY PASSAGE IN CONGRESS AND WAS SIGNED INTO LAW ON APRIL 11, 1968, OUR VERY OWN SENATOR SENATOR EDWARD BROOKE, THE FIRST BLACK SENATOR TO BE ELECTED VALPAK MANDATE TESTIFIED IN THE SENATE ABOUT HIS OWN EXPERIENCE AS A WORLD WAR TWO VETERAN COMING HOME TO FIND HOUSING OF HIS CHOICE BECAUSE OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS AND THE ROLE THAT DISCRIMINATION WAS PLAYING IN THE HOUSING MARKET. SO I HONOR THE LEGACY OF ALL OF THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE WHO FOUGHT FOR THIS AND MADE OUR POLITICAL LEADERS DO THE RIGHT THING IN THE CITY OF BOSTON OUR OWN LAWS GO EVEN FURTHER THAN THE NATIONAL REQUIREMENTS, ADDING FURTHER PROTECTIONS TO PEOPLE THE CITY OF BOSTON OUR POLICY SAYS TO SEE WE'RE PROUD TO SEE EACH INDIVIDUAL REGARDLESS OF THEIR RACE, COLOR, RELIGIOUS CREED, MARITAL STATUS, MILITARY STATUS, HANDICAP CHILDREN, NATIONAL ORIGIN SEX OR GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION AGE ANCESTRY, SEXUAL PREFERENCE OR SOURCE OF INCOME SHALL HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO HOUSING AND TO ENCOURAGE AND BRING ABOUT MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT AMONG ALL INDIVIDUALS IN THE CITY BY ELIMINATING THE BY THE ELIMINATION OF PREJUDICE, INTOLERANCE, BIGOTRY AND DISCRIMINATION IN THE AREA OF HOUSING. WE ALL KNOW THAT THAT EVEN WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE FAIR HOUSING ACT OF DISCRIMINATION STILL PERSIST SOMETIMES IN OBVIOUS WAYS AND SOMETIMES IN SUBTLE WAYS. THERE'S AN ARTICLE THIS WEEK IN THE BOSTON AND BOSTON DALKON TALKING ABOUT THE SEGREGATION IN OUR CITY BECAUSE OF BLACK HOMEBUYERS WHO FACE DISCRIMINATION OR ARE BEING OUTBID IN THE HOUSING MARKET HERE. AND SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE MUST PAY ATTENTION TO. WE DISCUSSED AT OUR RECENT HEARING ON LENDING DISCRIMINATION. THE PAIRED THAT PAIRED TESTING IS THE GOLD STANDARD OF A TESTING METHODOLOGY TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE AGGRESSIVELY GOING AFTER THOSE WHO ARE DISCRIMINATING IN OUR HOUSING MARKET AND WE NEED TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT THE CITY OF BOSTON IS BEING AGGRESSIVE ON THIS FRONT TO LET REALTORS, BROKERS AND EVERYONE KNOW THAT WE TAKE HOUSING DISCRIMINATION VERY SERIOUSLY. AND SO WE HEARD FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FAIR HOUSING COMMISSION HERE, BOB TAUREL, ABOUT THE NEED FOR US TO HAVE MORE TESTERS, IN-HOUSE TESTERS, MORE OF WHICH WE'LL HEAR OF DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS. SO I ENCOURAGE US ALL TO BE SUPPORTIVE SO THAT WE COULD DO OUR ROLE IN DISMANTLING HOUSING DISCRIMINATION IN OUR MARKET. AND I ALSO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO SIGN UP. THERE ARE TWO EVENTS HAPPENING FROM APRIL 11 TO APRIL 13TH IS A VIRTUAL THE VIRTUAL 17TH ANNUAL FAIR HOUSING AND CIVIL RIGHTS CONFERENCE THAT BOB DORELLE IS LEADING. THERE IS ALSO THE ANNUAL FAIR HOUSING SYMPOSIUM ON APRIL 27 FROM ONE OF FOUR P.M. EXPLORING REASON FOR HOUSING RESEARCH AND DISCUSSING THE ACTIONS THAT WE CAN TAKE TO CREATE THE FUTURE THAT WE WANT TO SEE. AND I WANT TO THANK BOTH OF THOSE DIRECTORS FOR BEING HERE AT OUR HEARING DISCRIMINATION AND TELLING US WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FAIR HOUSING ACT IS REALIZED BOTH ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL BUT WHAT WE CAN DO HERE ON THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL. SO THANK YOU AND I'M SEEKING SUSPENSION AND PASS TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL AND THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL BAR COUNCIL BUT YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU TO COUNCIL VISION FOR ALLOWING ME TO CO-SPONSOR FAIR HOUSING IS ONE OF THE GREAT UNFULFILLED DREAMS OF AMERICA AND I THINK IT IS VERY APPROPRIATE THAT EVERY APRIL WE REALLY RECOMMIT OURSELVES TO DOING THIS WORK. IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M EXCITED TO SPEND MORE TIME WORKING ON IN THE NEAR FUTURE. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A HUGE ROLE FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON TO PLAY AND ESPECIALLY AS WE REALLY TRY TO MAKE REAL WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY IN THE LAW BUT REALLY NOT MADE REAL OVER MANY DECADES THAT RESPONSIBILITY TO AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHER FAIR HOUSING TO NOT JUST NOT DISCRIMINATE IN WAYS THAT PEOPLE WERE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST IN THE PAST BUT ALSO TO RECOGNIZE THE MANY WAYS IN WHICH THAT HOUSING DISCRIMINATION HAS BEEN ENCODED IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND TO ACTIVELY PUSH AGAINST THAT. AND SO THAT MEANS THAT THINGS LIKE WHAT WE WERE TALKING OUT OF THE HEARING AS COUNCILOR LUJáN SAID, IT MEANS FUNDING FOR FAIR HOUSING TESTING, MAKING SURE THAT FOLKS ARE NOT BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST WHETHER IN APPRAISALS OR SEEKING TO USE THEIR VOUCHERS OR JUST BASED ON THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN AS RENTERS . BUT IT ALSO MEANS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE AFFIRMATIVE PIECES WHAT ARE WE DOING IN OUR INCLUSIONARY DEVELOPMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE PLACES FOR EVERYBODY TO LIVE IN EVERY PART OF THE CITY? WHAT ARE WE DOING IN JUST IN SMOOTHING THE WAY FOR OUR SHAREHOLDERS EVERYWHERE IN THE CITY AND EVERYWHERE IN THE REGION BECAUSE THE REALITY IS THAT THE THE FAILURE TO FULFILL THE PROMISE OF FAIR HOUSING HAS BEEN DEEPLY FELT IN THE SUBURBS SURROUNDING BOSTON IN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF BOSTON ITSELF AND AND WE CAN'T SOLVE THAT PROBLEM FOR ALL ALL PEOPLE IN THE REGION WITHOUT REALLY PUSHING BEYOND EVEN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY AND SAYING, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE REGARDLESS OF THEIR PROTECTED CLASS ANYWHERE. AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY THIS 1968 IT'S AN ACT THAT COMES OUT OF OUT OF RECOGNITION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING AND ALL THE CIVIL RIGHTS WORK AND PARTICULARLY THE STRUGGLE OF BLACK AMERICANS. BUT WE ALSO CONTINUE TO SEE SUBSTANTIAL RACIAL SUBSTANTIAL HOUSING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST OUR LGBTQ COMMUNITY, AGAINST FOLKS WITH DISABILITIES, AGAINST FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 18. SO THIS REALLY IS A LAW WE'RE FULFILLING. IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK PUT IT IT KIND OF IT'S ESSENTIAL TO HAVING A TRULY INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY. SO I VERY MUCH URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN US IN PASSING THE STOCK TODAY. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER OR ADD ON TO IT PLEASE RAISE A HAND, MR CLARK. PLEASE ADD COLLETTA COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCILOR LARRY COUNCILOR OUR COUNCILOR HERE, COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR . WE'RE ALL PLEASED THAT THE CHAIR COUNCILOR ARROYO COUNCILOR LOUISIANIAN COUNCILOR ARE SEEKING SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOGOOD ZERO SEVEN TO SIX. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE THE AYES HAVE IT. THE DOG HAS BEEN ADOPTED. WE'RE ON TO DOCKET ZERO SEVEN TWO SEVEN DOUG DUNCAN ZERO SEVEN TWO SERVING COUNCILOR WILL OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND CELEBRATE APRIL 23 AS SECOND CHANCE MONTH IN BOSTON. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ALL COUNCILOR ALL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND I LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULE AND ADD COUNCILOR RIDGEN AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR GENIZA ADDED THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL WELL THANK YOU APRIL A SECOND CHANCE MONTH AND THIS THIS MORNING READ MONTAÑO REPORTORIALLY MYSELF I RECEIVED A TOUR OF THE SOUTH BAY CORRECTIONAL HOUSE THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION FROM SHERIFF TOMPKINS, SUPERINTENDENT SWEENEY AND JIM WALSH IN THE PURPOSE OF THIS TOUR WAS TO HEAR FIRSTHAND THE CHALLENGES AND BARRIERS THAT OUR REENTRY COMMUNITY IS FACING AND LEARN ABOUT THE NEW INITIATIVES THAT THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT HAS PUT IN PLACE WITHOUT SECOND CHANCES. FEW FEW OF US WOULD BE IN THIS ROOM TODAY WE MADE MISTAKES LEARN DONE BETTER THE NEXT TIME SOME OF US IN THIS ROOM DO OUR OWN LIVED EXPERIENCES OR HAND EXPERIENCE OF THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE. I UNDERSTAND THAT TOO MANY IN OUR CITY THEY FEEL LIKE THEY THAT THEY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A FIRST CHANCE. BUT MANY INDIVIDUALS REENTERING THE COMMUNITIES WE PROMISED A SECOND CHANCE TO THOSE WHOSE DECISIONS HAVE LED THEM TO INCARCERATION UPON SERVING THEIR TIME SOME ARE OFTEN MET FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR LIVES WITH THE SUPPORT AND RAPPERS WRAPAROUNDS SERVICES THEY NEED AND IN TOO MANY CASES THAT PROMISE OF A SECOND CHANCE IS STILL ELUSIVE AND WE STRUGGLE TO MEET THE NEED AND FULFILL OUR COMMITMENT. WE CANNOT FIX THIS UNTIL WE CHANGE THE NARRATIVE OF INCARCERATION AND REHABILITATION. NOT ONE OF US WILL EVER BE PERFECT BUT WE ARE CAPABLE OF IMPROVEMENT. EVERY ONE OF US IS ABLE TO REFLECT AND GROW. WE DO KNOW THAT OFTEN IT IS A FAILURE TO PROVIDE THOSE EARLY INTERVENTIONS AND STRUCTURAL CHANGES TO SOLVE TRAUMA, VIOLENCE AND POVERTY THAT LEAD PEOPLE TO MAKE MISTAKES. IT IS BECAUSE OF THIS TRUTH THAT WE MUST WORK TO ENSURE THAT WE DO NOT DEFINE ANY ONE INDIVIDUAL BY ANY ONE MOMENT. I'VE BEEN LUCKY TO WORK WITH FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN INCARCERATED FROM TALENTED CHEFS AND REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS TO RAIL TO RELIABLE EFFECTIVE EMPLOYEES AND THRIVING BUSINESS OWNERS. I HAVE EMPLOYED AND CONTRACTED MANY WHO ARE ABLE TO CHANGE THEIR OWN NARRATIVE AND FIND SUCCESS. YOU CAN DO THIS ALONE. REENTRY AND REINTEGRATION INTO SOCIETY REQUIRES COMMUNITY SUPPORT. IT REQUIRES CARE, MENTORSHIP AND UNDERSTANDING. I BELIEVE THE US CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM WAS MORE ORIENTED TOWARD EVIDENCE BASED REFORMS LIKE EDUCATION AND JOB TRAINING INSTEAD OF FORWARD PUNISHMENT WE HAVE BETTER OUTCOMES AND END RECIDIVISM WOULD DECLINE. THIS COUNCIL AND OUR MAYOR HAVE MADE INVESTMENTS TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE OFFICE OF RETURNING CITIZENS, INCLUDING GRANTING ONE MILLION TO ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING FOLKS AS THEY RETURN HOME. MOST OF THESE GRANTS WENT TO ORGANIZATIONS THEY FOUNDED AND RUN BY THOSE WHO ARE FORMERLY INCARCERATED. THIS INITIAL ASSESSMENT IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND. IT SPEAKS TO THE NEED BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN WE SHOULD TAKE A VICTORY LAP. RETURNING CITIZENS STILL FACE BARRIERS THAT WE KNOW LEAD TO INSTABILITY. THEY TRY TO TRY A BETTER PATH. THEY HAVE LITTLE ACCESS TO EDUCATION AND IN ELIGIBLE FOR KEY SERVICES LIKE PUBLIC BENEFITS, PUBLIC HOUSING AND STUDENT LOANS. IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF ALL OF OUR CITIZENS HAVE ACCESS TO HOUSING THAT IS AFFORDABLE JOBS THAT PROVIDE FAMILY SUSTAINING WAGES, HIGH QUALITY PUBLIC PUBLIC EDUCATION, AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE MEDICAL CARE AND AN ENVIRONMENT SUPPORTIVE OF GOOD MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND COMMUNITY HEALTH THE VERY THINGS THAT CAN HELP PREVENT CRIME BEFORE IT HAPPENS. WE CANNOT DISMANTLE THE SYSTEM THAT LED TO INCARCERATION WITHOUT INTENTIONAL ACTIONS TO ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES OF CRIME AND VIOLENCE AS WE RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THIS, I ENCOURAGE MY COUNCILORS TO JOIN TO GET TOGETHER AND SHOW WE FULFILL PROMISES OF A FAIR SHOT FOR ALL AND I'M LOOKING TO SUSPEND AND PASS THE RESOLUTION TODAY. THANK YOU COUNCIL WERLE IS ANYONE ELSE HOPING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCIL FERNANDES INNOCENT YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE. VERY WELL FOR THE RESOLUTION. I WOULD ADD THAT THE SYSTEM IS SEVERELY RACIST IT COME OUT OF THE COMMODITIES IS BLACKMUN'S BODIES AND THAT THE ROOT CAUSES FOR INCARCERATION OR HOW IT DISPROPORTIONATELY INCARCERATES BLACK MEN, LATINO MEN, MEN OF COLOR, INDIGENOUS MEN OVER THEIR COUNTERPARTS IS RACIST AND THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT THE ROOT CAUSES OF GUN VIOLENCE OR ANY OTHER TYPES OF VIOLENCE OR CRIME AS WELL AS RACISM AND HOW TO PREVENT THAT ? IS THAT WHAT WE DO? WHAT COUNCILOR SAID THAT WE CONTINUE TO INVEST IN OUR SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND DISMANTLING SYSTEMIC RACISM AND OPPRESSION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR LOUISIANA AND I SHOULD HAVE CALLED ON COUNCIL LOUISIANA BECAUSE SHE WAS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. SO I I DO APOLOGIZE. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR LOUISIANA. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT AND ALL THAT. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR FOR ADDING ME AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR ON THIS. IT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE LIVE IN A CITY WHERE THERE ARE THREE THOUSAND PEOPLE EVERY YEAR RETURNING HOME FROM INCARCERATION. THOSE ARE FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITIES. THOSE ARE OUR LOVED ONES, OUR COUSINS SIBLINGS AND IT'S UP TO US AS A CITY TO MAKE SURE WE OPENING THE RESOURCES TO SUPPORT FOLKS SO THAT THE POLICY THAT HAS BEEN CREATED BY MASS INCARCERATION THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING IT WITH OUR CITY DOLLARS AND OUR CITY RESOURCES. SO REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE WORK THAT WE DID DURING OUR DURING BUDGET LAST YEAR AND MAKING THE OFFICE OF RETURNING CITIZENS HAD THE RESOURCES TO STAFF UP BUT ALSO TO REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO HAVE AN OFFICE THAT WORKS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS DOING THE WORK. AND I'M REALLY EXCITED AS COUNCILOR RUSSELL STATED ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION'S THAT WE'RE ABLE TO RECEIVE SOME OF THE GRANT FUNDING. WE'RE CENTERED IN THE HEARINGS HERE. WE'RE FUNDED IN THE CONVERSATIONS LIKE JUSTICE FOR HOUSING, LIKE CROSSROADS CONSULTING GROUPS THAT ARE LED BY FOUR THE INCARCERATED FOLKS BY WOMEN WHO ARE FORMERLY BLACK WOMEN OF COLOR WERE FORMERLY INCARCERATED AND SO I THINK OUR A REAL INCOMES ARE OFTEN ADRIAANSEN SAID A LOT ON THAT I DON'T NEED TO REPEAT BUT IT JUST BEARS THE BEARS SAYING THAT NONE OF US ARE THE WORST THINGS WE'VE EVER DONE. IT'S ALSO TRUE THAT NONE OF US ARE THE BEST THINGS WE'VE EVER RIGHT. WE'RE ALL SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE AND WHAT HAS REALLY HAPPENED WITH FOLKS WHO GET CAUGHT UP AS A RESULT OF THE CONTINUATION OF SYSTEMIC AND STRUCTURAL RACISM FROM THE TIMES OF SLAVERY THAT REALLY RECORDED THEMSELVES IN JIM CROW AND IN OUR CARCERAL SYSTEM AND SO REALLY AND DOING A LOT OF THAT HARM TAKES A LOT OF INTENTIONALITY AND YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU THINK ABOUT SECOND CHANCE. A LOT OF FOLKS DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A FIRST CHANCE, DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE CHOICE OR WERE REALLY BOUND BY WHAT WAS WHAT WAS AND WASN'T PROVIDED FOR THEM IN SCHOOL AND IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. SO IT'S INCUMBENT UPON US TO REALLY THINK ABOUT HOW WE'RE ALLOCATING OUR RESOURCES AND HOW WE'RE REALLY LOOKING OUT FOR EACH OTHER AND BEING EACH OTHER'S KEEPER HERE. AND WE DO THAT BY MAKING SURE EVERYONE HAS THE ABILITY TO THRIVE. SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON THIS RESOLUTION AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE WORK . THANK YOU. COUNCIL LOUISIANA THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ROYAL COUNCILOR , YOU HAVE THE FULL THANK YOU, MR CHAIRMAN. I WANT TO COMMEND COUNCILOR COUNCILOR LUJáN FOR THE FAIR CHANCE OR SECOND CHANCE RESOLUTION TODAY. I THINK IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. WHAT COUNCIL WILL PUT ON THE FLOOR WHAT COUNCIL FINITENESS ON THE FLOOR, WHAT COUNCILOR JUMPING ON THE FLOOR ABOUT THE REALITY THAT AS WE TALK ABOUT CRIME AND SAFETY ISSUES IN THE CITY, AS WE TALK ABOUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN BROUGHT INTO OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM THAT WE ADDRESS THE FACT THAT THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IS NOT A CURE TO THE DISEASE THAT LEADS TO THESE SORTS OF BAD ACTS BUT RATHER MAKING SURE WE ARE CREATING STABLE ENVIRONMENTS, MAKING SURE WE ARE CREATING WAYS INTO EMPLOYMENT, MAKING SURE WE ARE CREATING PATHWAYS INTO GOOD EDUCATION. THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT GET TO THE ROOT CAUSES PROVIDING HOUSING, PROVIDING FOR PEOPLE'S NEEDS THAT GET TO THE ROOT CAUSES THAT DRIVE FOLKS TOWARDS BENEFICIAL PRODUCTIVE PROGRESSIVE IN THE SENSE THAT THEY ARE BEING PROGRESSIVE IN THEIR OWN LIFE AND MOVING FORWARD LIVES. AND SO THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT. I'M GLAD THAT YOU DID AND I LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING YES ON THIS TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR OR ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER. AND I WOULD ALSO I TOO WOULD LIKE TO RAISE SINON PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND BEFORE WE DO THAT I'D LIKE TO WEIGH IN BRIEFLY WHAT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCIL ROLE AND COUNCIL VISION FOR THE SUPPORT AND RESOLUTION. AS YOU MIGHT KNOW I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK FOR SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS AND PROBATION AT SUPERIOR COURT AND RETURNING CITIZENS AS AS THIS RESOLUTION STATES. SECOND CHANCES ARE CRITICAL. THIRD CHANCES ARE CRITICAL BUT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER TO TREAT THOSE COMING OUT OF JAIL OR PRISON GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY AND IN A HELPING HAND WITH SERVICES AND COMPASSION MYSELF AND COUNCILOR FOR ALREADY HAD A HEARING LAST YEAR ON CHORY REFORM. THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO DO AGAIN BUT ALSO LOOKING WHAT THE CITY OF BOSTON DOES IN TERMS OF ITS HIRING PRACTICES TO ENSURE PEOPLE WITH THE CORIE ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO CITY CITY OF BOSTON JOBS. SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALSO A PART OF THE SOLUTION. SO I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR COUNCILOR COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE AS WELL AND I WOULD LIKE TO SIGN ON MR CLARK, PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR ROYALLE COUNCILOR COUNCILOR COLLETTA COUNCIL FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCIL CITY COUNCIL ARE A COUNCILOR HERE COUNCILOR MURPHY PLEASE AT THE SHIRE COUNCIL . WELL AND COUNCILOR REGION SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET ZERO SEVEN TO SEVEN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE ANY ER THE AYES HAVE IT THE DOCKET IS ADOPTED WE'RE ONTO PERSONNEL ORDERS MR CLARK PLEASE BE DOCKET ZERO SEVEN TO EIGHT DULKANINNA ZERO SEVEN TO EIGHT COUNCILOR FOR COUNCIL THE CHAIR SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND POSITIVE DOCKET 074 EIGHT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I WILL OPPOSE ANY OF THE AYES HAVE IT THE DARKNESS ASKED MR CLARK PLEASE READ DOCKET 079 DUKAN NUMBER ZERO SEVEN TO NINE COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR COUNCIL THE CHAIR SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND POSITIVE DOCKET ZERO SEVEN TO NINE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE ANY OF THE AYES HAVE IT THE DAKOTAS PASS MR KIRKLEES DOCKET ZERO SEVEN THREE ZERO ZERO SEVEN THREE ZERO OFFLINE FOR COUNCIL . THE CHAIR SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND POSITIVE DOCKET ZERO SEVEN THREE ZERO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE SAY THE AYES HAVE IT. THE DOCKET IS PASSED WE'RE UNTIL WE FILE MATTERS. I'M INFORMED BY THE CORRECT THAT THERE ARE FIVE LEAD FILE MATTERS. THESE LEAD FILE MATTERS SHOULD BE ON EVERYONE'S DESK AT THIS TIME. I'M GOING TO TAKE TAKE A MINUTE TO CONFIRM THAT PERSONALLY RIGHT. ONE PERSON AT THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CLERK. I'M ON THE LATE FILE MATTERS. COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE FILE MATTER FROM COUNCILOR BREADON FIRSTLY FROM CITY COUNCIL LIZ BREEN PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT I WILL BE NOT IN ATTENDANCE AT THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5TH. TWENTY TWENTY THREE DUE TO A PREVIOUSLY ARRANGED FAMILY THE SECOND LATE FILE MADAM THAT WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. OH NO NOT YET OK YEAH MR WE'RE GOING TO DO A MOTION TO ADD THESE LATE FILE MATTERS INTO THE OFFICIAL AGENDA ALTHOUGH ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE ANY THESE LATE FILE MATTERS HAVE BEEN ADDED INTO THE AGENDA . THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CLERK. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. REREAD THE THE LETTER FROM COUNCILOR BREEN WILL NOT BE IN ATTENDANCE AT THE REGULAR MEETING DUE TO A PREVIOUSLY ARRANGED FAMILY COMMITMENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR LIZ BREADON. PEOPLE THAT WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. THANK YOU, MR CARR. SECOND SECONDLY FILE IS A LETTER FROM CITY COUNCILOR KINSEY BOOK. THE CLERK CHARTS IT AS IT HAS BEEN TRULY AN HONOR TO SERVE AS THE DISTRICT EIGHT CITY COUNCILOR REPRESENTING THE INCREDIBLE NEIGHBORHOODS OF MISSION HILL FERNLEIGH BACK BAY, BEACON HILL IN THE WEST THEN I HAVE TREASURED EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR OUR RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND BEYOND. I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE PARTNERSHIP OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AND THE COUNCIL STAFF ON SO MANY IMPORTANT FRONTS I HEREBY IRREVOCABLY RESIGN FROM MY POSITION AS THE BOSTON CITY COUNCILOR FOR DISTRICT EIGHT AS OF ELEVEN FIFTY NINE PM ON APRIL 28 23. SINCERELY KINZIE BOARD BOSTON CITY COUNCILOR DISTRICT DE THAT WILL THAT WILL BE PLACED ON FILE THE NEXT DAY FILE MATTER IS IT'S THE PERSONNEL ORDER FROM COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON. THIRDLY FINAL ORDER FROM COUNCILOR FOR COUNCILOR FOR AN END THE SAME AS THE CHAIR SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF THIS LATE FILE MATTER THIS PERSONAL MATTER ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE THE AYES HAVE IT THIS LATE FILE THAT HAS BEEN PASSED MR CORRECT. THE NEXT DELAYED FILE MATTER IS A SEVENTEENTH SEVENTEENTH ORDER OF COUNCILOR FRANK BAKER UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION SEVENTEEN OF CHAPTER FOUR FIFTY TWO OF THE ACTS OF 1948 AS AMENDED AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE LAW THE MAYOR BE IN HEREBY IS REQUESTED TO OBTAIN AND DELIVERED TO THE COUNCIL WITHIN ONE WEEK OF THE RECEIPT HERE OF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION RELATIVE TO NEW CITY OF BOSTON EMPLOYEES WHO HAS NO ONE WHO HAS THE CITY OF BOSTON HIRED TO DEFEND THE CITY OF BOSTON IN THE DISTRICT IN COURT CASE NUMBER TWO OUTSIDE OF LEGAL COUNCILOR WHO ELSE HAS BEEN HIRED TO TESTIFY FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON? AND NUMBER THREE, MUCH HAS OUTSIDE COUNCILOR AND EXPERTS COST THE CITY OF BOSTON FILED IN THE CITY COUNCIL APRIL FIVE TWENTY TWENTY THREE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BAKER COUNCILOR BAKER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. YES. WHAT CAN I GET A SENSE ON WHAT WHAT IS BEING SPENT ON THIS LAWSUIT HERE AND TAXPAYER MONEY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BAKER. COUNCILOR BAKER SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF THIS LATE FILE MATTER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE ANY MR. CLERK WILL APPARENTLY MR WE'RE GOING TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. ROLL CALL VOTE ON THE SEVEN SEVENTEEN EFFORT TO FILE BY COUNCILOR FRANK BAKER, COUNCILOR ARROYO, COUNCILOR ARROYO NAY COUNCILOR BAKER I COUNCILOR BAKER I COUNCILOR BALKHI COUNCILOR COUNCILOR BRAIN CANCER COLLETTA COUNCIL KHALIDA COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON COUNCILOR FINANCE AND NO COUNCILOR FLORIDIANS COUNCILOR FLAHERTY YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES COUNCILOR COUNCILOR ARE NO COUNCILOR VISION COUNCILOR LOUISIANIANS COUNCILOR ME HERE COUNCILOR ME NO COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES COUNCILOR YES COUNCIL WELL YES THE SEVENTEEN THEREFORE HAS RECEIVED EIGHT VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND FOUR IN THE NEGATIVE. THIS IS PASSED THE FIFTH FLEET FOULMOUTHED IS ORDER OF CITY COUNCILOR ERIN MURPHY UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION SEVENTEEN F OF CHAPTER FOUR FIFTY TWO OF THE ACTS OF NINETEEN FORTY EIGHT AS AMENDED IN ANY OTHER APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE LAW PARANA THE MAYOR B IN HEREBY IS REQUESTED TO OBTAIN AND DELIVER TO THE CITY COUNCIL WITHIN ONE WEEK OF THE RECEIPT HERE OF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION. NOW THAT WE ARE AWARE OF A FOUR YEAR REQUEST TO PRODUCE FIVE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED SIXTEEN PAGES OF REDISTRICT AND CORRESPONDENCE REQUEST REQUESTED DOCUMENTS I REQUEST THE DOCUMENTS THAT WERE SHARED WITH ATTORNEY JOHN LYONS PER HIS FOUR YEAR REQUEST ON OCTOBER 20TH. TWENTY TWENTY TWO REQUESTING THAT THE CITY OF BOSTON THROUGH THE MAYOR PROVIDE ANY AND ALL INFORMATION THAT IS AVAILABLE REGARDING THIS MATTER FILED IN CITY COUNCIL APRIL FIVE. TWENTY TWENTY THREE THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY, COUNCILOR OF YOU OF THE FILE. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO START JUST BY SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE ALL END UP HERE WITH A PATH TO LIFE. I'M FIFTY THREE YEARS OLD AND THERE'S LESSONS MY GRANDPARENTS TAUGHT ME MY PARENTS MODELED FOR ME AND I HAVE INTENTIONALLY TRIED TO MODEL FOR MY OWN CHILDREN IN THE HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS I'VE BEEN PROUD TO BE A TEACHER OF . IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU WIN IF YOU'VE HURT PEOPLE ALONG THE WAY THEN YOU HAVE LOST AND I JUST WANT TO BE REMINDED OF THAT AND ALSO THE TRUTH WILL ALWAYS SET US FREE AND WHEN WE REQUEST INFORMATION IT'S JUST SO THAT FOR ME I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR MYSELF DECISIONS I MAKE OR ASSUMPTIONS I'M MAKING ARE NOT BASED ON HEARSAY THAT WE HAVE THE INFORMATION IN FRONT OF US SO WE CAN MAKE GOOD DECISIONS. I WISH WE WEREN'T IN THIS PREDICAMENT BUT I ALSO RESPECT THE SACRED INSTITUTION THE BOSS'S BOSTON CITY COUNCIL THAT I WAS ELECTED TO AND THAT ALL OF US IN THIS CHAMBER WERE ELECTED TO OUR STAFF AS AN EXTENSION OF OUR OFFICES, OUR ENTIRE STAFF TAKES THE STATE ETHICS PUBLIC RECORDS AN OPEN MEETING, OUR TRAINING ALONG WITH US BECAUSE THEY ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO UPHOLD THE RULES AND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF BOSTON, JOHN LYONS HAD FILED A FOIA REQUEST MONTHS AGO. IT WAS LATE THURSDAY THAT I SAW A COUPLE OF THE EMAILS OF THE FIVE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN PAGES THAT WERE REQUESTED THROUGH HIS FOIR REQUEST IN HIS REQUEST WAS ASKING FOR ANY REDISTRICTING CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN COUNCIL OFFICES AND SOME STAFF . I'M NOT HERE GOING TO GET INTO WHAT WHAT I DID SEE OR DIDN'T SEE OR HOW I FEEL ABOUT THAT. THERE IS WHAT COUNCILOR BAKER MENTIONED IN HIS SEVENTEEN ACOURT SOMETHING HAPPENING IN THE COURT FOR ME THIS IS DIFFERENT. THIS IS THE RULES OF THE CITY OF BOSTON, A CITY COUNCIL THAT WE WE COME TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE THAT WE UPHELD OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP THE CONSTITUTION THAT WE TOOK AN OATH ON IN THE CHARTER. SO I AM REQUESTING THAT WE GET A COPY OF THOSE FOUR YEARS. I'M NOT ASKING FOR DIFFERENT INFORMATION BUT JUST THAT WE AS A COUNCILOR SHARE THE SAME INFORMATION THAT JOHN LYONS, THE ATTORNEY HAS AND SOME PEOPLE NOT MYSELF I DON'T HAVE I HAVEN'T SEEN ALL OF IT HAVE SO THAT WE'RE CLEAR ON WHAT WAS SHARED. THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MURPHY. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A VOTE ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE ANY AND MR CLARK, CAN WE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON SECTION SEVENTEEN BY COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR ROYAL NAME COUNCILOR ROYAL NAY COUNCILOR BAKER I COUNCILOR BAKER A COUNCILOR BUT COUNCILOR BIGEYE COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR COLETTA COUNCILOR COLLETTE NO COUNCILOR FOR ANANDA SANDERSON COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANSONE COUNCILOR FLORIDA COUNCILOR FLAHERTY YES COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES COUNCILOR COUNCILOR AND NO COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR LOUISIANAN NO COUNCILOR HERE COUNCILOR MEJIA NO COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES AND COUNCILOR . OH YES COUNCIL . WELL YES ROLL-CALL VOTE ON THE SEVENTEENTH BY COUNCILOR MURPHY HAS RECEIVED SIX VOTES IN THE NEGATIVE AND SIX VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE DOES NOT PASS BECAUSE MY FATHER DOES NOT THAT THANK YOU MR CARR. WE'RE OUT TO GREAT TREATS. ANYONE WISHING TO PULL FROM THE GREEN SHOOTS MAY DO SO NOW WE ARE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE COURT THAT THERE ARE I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO CONTINUE. I'M GOING TO CONTINUE. WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE CONSERVATIVE AGENDA. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE WORK THAT THERE IS ZERO ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA THAT SHE FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I THANK YOU THE CONSENT THAT HAS BEEN ADOPTED. WE'RE ON MEMORIALS FOR COUNCILOR BAKER FRANCIS O'BRIEN FOR COUNCIL OF FLAHERTY. JUSTINE PEDRO ENRIQUE FOR THE ENTIRE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL . LAWRENCE BROPHY WHO'S THE FATHER OF FORMER CITY BOSTON OFFICIAL PAT PROPHY. THOMAS COYNE OF SOUTH BOSTON, UNCLE OF COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN. A MOMENT OF SILENCE PLEASE. AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT A LOVED ONE THAT PASSED AWAY A FAMILY MEMBER, A CONSTITUENT, A FRIEND. I'M NOT GOING TO I'M ONLY GOING TO ASK YOU TO TALK ABOUT SOMEONE THAT PASSED AWAY THAT WAS DEAR TO YOU. WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT SOMEONE THAT'S MEANINGFUL IMPORTANT TO THEM AND THEIR FAMILY. YOUR COMMUNITY PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR OF OUR COUNCIL . ARE YOU OF THE FLOOR? THANK YOU, PRESIDENT FLYNN. I JUST WANTED TO HONOR MY MOTHER THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF HER DEATH IS COMING UP NEXT WEEK AND I JUST WANTED TO INVOKE HER NAME HERE. MY MOTHER WAS HAVING ROUTINE SURGERY AT BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL THAT HAD COMPLICATIONS AND WAS AT BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL FOR A MONTH IN A COMA BEFORE WE HAD TO TAKE HER OFF OF LIFE SUPPORT. SO I JUST WANTED TO HONOR HER AND I WANTED TO THANK ALL OF THE WORKERS AT BRIGHAM WOMEN'S HOSPITAL WHO WORKED VERY HARD TO KEEP HER HEALTHY. MY MOTHER WAS AN UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT. SHE CAME HERE ALONE. SHE'S ONE OF THIRTEEN AND I AM ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. SO I COME FROM A VERY BIG FAMILY BUT SHE GAVE UP A LOT AND DID A LOT OF HARD WORK, DID A LOT OF CLEANING AND A LOT OF COOKING HERE IN THE UNITED STATES TO MAKE SURE THAT MYSELF AND MY SIBLINGS HAVE THE LIFE THAT WE ENJOY. SO I JUST WANTED TO INVOKE HER NAME HERE. WOULD IT BE HERE IF IT WASN'T FOR HER? SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CANCELLARA, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT SOMEONE THAT'S IMPORTANT OR DEAR TO THEM THAT HAS RECENTLY PASSED AWAY? I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL WISH THE PUBLIC WISH THEY WISH OUR CITY EMPLOYEES HAPPY EASTER A HAPPY AND SAFE PASSOVER AS WELL. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO WEIGH IN ON SOMEONE THAT WAS CLOSE TO THEM? A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR ALL THOSE THAT WE WE'VE LOST DURING THIS TIME. THE CHAIRMAN IS THAT WHEN THE COUNCIL ADJOURNS TODAY WE DO SO IN MEMORY OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED INDIVIDUALS. WE ARE NOW SCHEDULED AGAIN TO MEET IN THE CHAMBER ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12TH AT 12:00 NOON BEFORE WE ADJOURN I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CLERK, THE ASSISTANT CLERK AND THE CLERKS TEAM. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE STENOGRAPHER. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY COUNCILORS FOR THEIR PROFESSIONALISM TODAY AND YOUR STAFF. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR A PRODUCTIVE MEETING ALL IN FAVOR OF A GERMAN PLEASE SAY THE COUNCIL ADJOURNED