OF THE COMPASSIONATE HEART AND HUMAN MIND MELDER OF COMMUNITY DEEP PRESENT TO US AS WE GATHER IN CELEBRATION AND ENDEAVOR MAY BE A LIGHT WITH YOUR FIRE IN ALL OUR WORKS. WE WELCOME THE MANY PRESENCES HERE. EACH PERSON UNIQUELY FORMED AND STILL FORMING IN LIFE'S CRUCIBLE. EACH ONE IN TURN A GIFT AND A GIVER TO THE WORLD CREATING SUSTAIN AND RENEWING SPIRIT. BE WITH US TODAY IN OUR GLAD IN OUR HEARTFELT THANKSGIVINGS AND IN OUR BITTERSWEET FAREWELLS. BE WITH US AS WE SEEK TO EMBODY YOUR LOVE IN ALL OUR WORKS. BE WITH US NOW AND ALWAYS KNOW INVITE EACH OF US TO SANELY ADD A WORD OF OUR OWN TO THE ONE WHO BEARS WHO HEARS AND NOW LET US BRING OUR MEDITATION OR PRAYER TO A CLOSE EACH AND IN OUR OWN WAY. SO BE IT. AMEN. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. WE WILL NOW RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH YOU STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. CLERK, FOR TODAY'S INVOCATION. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE AMEND THE ATTENDANCE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT COUNCILORS FITZGERALD AND WEBER. OH SORRY. THERE WAS ANOTHER PERSON WHO WALKED IN. COUNSELOR FITZGERALD AND DURKIN AND OUR PRESIDENT WITH US. YEP. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW ON TO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2025. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL OPPOSED NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE MINUTES OF THE SEPTEMBER 24TH MEETING ARE IMPROVED, ARE APPROVED. WE ARE NOW ON TO COMMUNICATIONS OUR HONOR THE MAYOR. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER 173891739 DUNCAN NUMBER 1738 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER TO REDUCE FISCAL YEAR 26 APPROPRIATION FOR THE RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY $347,178 TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 26 INCREASES CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION AND SEIU LOCAL 1199 FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ON SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2025 DOC NUMBER 1739 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION ORDER FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 IN THE AMOUNT OF $347,178 TO COVER THE FISCAL YEAR 26 COST ITEMS CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION AND SEIU LOCAL 1199 THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT SPAN OCTOBER 1ST, 2020 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH 2027 THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE CONTRACTS INCLUDE BASE WAGE INCREASES OF 2% TO BE GIVEN IN OCTOBER OF EACH YEAR OF THE CONTRACT TERM EXCLUDE IN FISCAL YEAR 22 WHERE THERE IS AN INCREASE OF 1.5%. THE AGREEMENT ALSO INCLUDES ADJUSTMENTS TO STEPS AND OTHER CHANGES TO PAY STRUCTURE. THANK YOU DOCKETS NUMBER 17381739 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. MR CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKETS NUMBER 174011741 DUNCAN NUMBER 1740 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF PHILOMENE LOVE TEST AS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION'S BOARD OF HEALTH FOR A TERM EXPIRING ON JUNE 15, 2028 AND NUMBER 1741 MESSAGE NO FURTHER CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF DR. GAY FISH AS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION'S BOARD OF HEALTH FOR A TERM EXPIRING JANUARY 15, 2028. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILMAN JOE THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH, HOMELESSNESS AND RECOVERY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I HAVE SPOKE WITH THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION AND THOSE OTHER MEMBERS AND WE WOULD LOOK TO SUSPEND AND PASS THESE TWO TO BE APPOINTED TODAY IN ORDER TO CONTINUE THE WORK THAT THEY DO ON THE ON THEIR BOARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THESE MATTERS? COUNCILOR FITZGERALD'S EXPANSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKETS OF THE APPOINTMENTS IN DOCKETS NUMBER 1740 AND THE REAPPOINTMENT AND CONFIRMATION OF THE RE APPOINTMENTS AND DOCKETS NUMBER 174081741. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL SAY NO. THE AYES HAVE IT. THESE APPOINTMENT RE APPOINTMENTS HAVE BEEN APPROVED. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 174221745 TUCKER NUMBER 174 TO NOTE AS WE SEE FOR THE MAYOR OF THE APPOINTMENT OF NOAH TO HOLD AS A MEMBER OF THE BLACK MEN AND BOYS COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING JULY 1ST, 2028 TUCKER NUMBER 1743 NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM GOVERNOR HEALEY OF THE APPOINTMENT OF MATTHEW J. O'MALLEY AS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY EXPIRING SEPTEMBER NINE, 2030. TUCKER NUMBER 1744 NOTICE RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER SIX OF THE ORDINANCES OF 1979 REGARDING ACTION TAKEN BY THE MAYOR AND PAPERS ACTED UPON BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 17, 2025 TALKING ABOUT 1745 COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM THE BOSTON AIR POLLUTION CONTROL COMMISSION REGARDING THE BUILDING EMISSIONS REDUCTION AND DISCLOSURE ORDINANCE REGULATIONS AND THE STATEMENTS OF FISCAL EFFECT AND SMALL BUSINESS IMPACT REPORT. THANK YOU. THESE DOCKETS WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. MR COURT COULD YOU PLEASE UPDATE THEIR ATTENDANCE RECORD TO REFLECT THE COUNCIL COUNSELOR BRIAN MORELLA IS NOW PRESENT AND WITH US. THANK YOU. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 17466 ALL THESE DOCKET STOCK IS NUMBER 174221745 WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1746 DUCK NUMBER 1746 THAT CONSTABLE BONDS OF DOMINIQUE CHESTER NAME IS CHESTER TAYLOR ON GRANT MICHAEL LOPES AND WAS MARLEY NOVA HAVE BEEN DULY APPROVED BY THE COLLECTOR TREASURER WE'RE RECEIVED THANK YOU DR. NUMBER 1746 IS APPROVED UNDER THE USUAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS WE ARE NOW WANT TO HEAR REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR AROUND CONTROL. WELL, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PRESIDENT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR A MOTION TO RECONSIDER DOCKET NUMBER 17381739. IS THAT SECONDED ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER REPLACEMENT IN COMMITTEE? SAY I WILL IS IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO I'M LOOKING TO SUSPEND IN PART YEAH BUT BECAUSE WE PLACE IT IN COMMITTEE SO PULLING IT OUT OF COMMITTEE AND SO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR COUNCILOR WU THANK YOU COUNCILOR PRESIDENT DOCKETS NUMBER 1738 AND 1739 ARE COLLECTIVELY BARGAINING TREATMENTS FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES AT THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION REPRESENTED BY SEIU LOCAL 1199 THIS BARGAINING UNIT INCLUDES ABOUT 30 REGISTERED NURSES, NURSES, PRACTITIONERS AND SUPERVISORS AND MANAGERS WHO WORK IN THE INFECTIOUS DISEASE BUREAU TWO HEALTHY BABY HEALTHY CHILD PROGRAM OUR SCHOOL BASED HEALTH CENTERS AND AT BOSTON EMS THE AGREEMENT SPANNING A SEVEN YEAR PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 1ST 2020 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH 2027 AT A TOTAL COST OF ABOUT 1.5 MILLION. THE ANNUAL COSTS ARE AS FOLLOWS F Y 21 $23,552 F Y 22 65,000 $165,121 FBI 23 118 $614,000 F FY 24 184 $618,000 IN FY 25 263 $199. THE APPROPRIATION BEFORE US TODAY IS 347,347 $178,000 FOR FY 26 IT WILL BE TRANSFERRED FROM THE RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND SUPPLEMENTED INTO BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE'S BUDGET. THE CONTRACTS INCLUDE ANNUAL GENERAL WAGES INCLUDE INCREASES OF 2% WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FY 22 AT 1.5% AS WELL AS STRUCTURAL COMPENSATION CHANGES . NEW HIRES WOULD NOW START AT STEP THREE AN EXTRA STEP. STEP 13 WILL BE ADDED IN 2026 FOR MORE EXPERIENCED NURSES. THERE'S ALSO A $15 PER WEEK INCREASE IN EDUCATION BONUSES. IN ADDITION, BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION WILL TRANSITION TO A NEW DIGITAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION SYSTEM FOR NURSES. THESE UPDATES ARE DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN RECRUITMENT RETENTION AND WORKFORCE STABILITY FOR A GROUP OF NURSES WHO PROVIDE CRITICAL CARE IN OUR PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM. THESE NURSES HAVE WAITED MORE THAN FIVE YEARS FOR A RAISE AND MANY HAVE ACCESS NOT TO DELAY THIS IN DUE TO THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT'S UNDER 500,000. IT'S TYPICAL FOR US TO PASS THESE TYPE A CBA SO MAXIMUM FOR SUSPENSION THAT PASSES FOR THESE TWO DOCKETS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THESE DOCKETS? I JUST WANTED TO SAY I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF HARD WORK TO GET THESE DOCKETS TO GET AN AGREEMENT SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME TO THE TABLE FOR OUR C NURSES. THIS WAS LONG AND HARD FOUGHT AND I KNOW THAT THERE WERE COMPROMISES MADE YOU JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME TO THE TABLE SO THAT THIS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT COULD BE REACHED. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I RISE TO SUPPORT THIS. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE INCREDIBLE WORK OUR NURSES PLAY AT THE HOSPITAL. THEY'RE REALLY LIFESAVERS AND THEY'RE UNSUNG HEROES IN OUR CITY AND I THINK THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE CONTRACT AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN TO ENSURE OUR NURSES ARE TREATED WITH RESPECT AND DIGNITY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR BREADON AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, I ALSO RISE TO SUPPORT THIS. WE'VE BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO AND IT'S SORT OF SHOCKING TO REALIZE THAT THEY'RE SUCH ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT WORK IN THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT AND SCHOOLS. THERE'S SUCH A DISPARITY BETWEEN THE WAGE LEVELS OF OUR PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES AND THOSE WHO ARE ALSO IN A DIFFERENT UNION AND IN SCHOOLS AND THEY'RE IN THE BTU. AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME OUR PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE HAS BEEN DEGRADED AT A NATIONAL LEVEL AND SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE ABLE TO HIRE AND RETAIN HIGHLY QUALIFIED NURSES AND NURSE PRACTITIONERS IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND IN OUR PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. SO I HOPE THAT WE CAN PASS THIS AND EXPEDITE THE REIMBURSEMENT OF PAST EARNINGS THAT THEY'RE MISSED OUT AND HOPEFULLY THAT WE WILL NOT BE DELAYING THE NEXT TIME WE HAVE A CONTRACT THAT WE WILL SET UP IN A TIMELY WAY AND AND ENSURE THAT OUR NURSES ARE ADEQUATELY COMPENSATED FOR THEIR INCREDIBLE WORK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THESE DOCKETS? OKAY, WE'LL TAKE THEM ONE BY ONE. COUNCILOR ROUSE SEEKS SUSPENSION OF SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1738. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT THE ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON NUMBER 1738. COUNCILOR BREEN? YES. COUNCILOR BREADON? YES. COUNCILOR COLLETTE IS A PILOT. COUNCILOR AS A PART OF YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PIPPIN. COUNCILOR 15 YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER YES. COUNCILOR FOR YES. COUNCILOR WU YES. COUNCILOR EARL YES. TALK NUMBER 1738 HAS RECEIVED 11 VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. DOCKING NUMBER 1738 HAS PASSED BECAUSE OF OUR SUSPENSION OF THE RULES ON ADOPTION AND PASSENGER DOCKET NUMBER 1739. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCK NUMBER 1739. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR CLLR ZAPATA. COUNCILOR CLARE A YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. COUNCILOR PHYSIO YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCIL WAS IN. YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PIPPIN. COUNCILOR OPINIONS. COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR SANTANA. YES. COUNCILOR WEBER. YES. COUNCILOR WEBER. YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL? YES. COUNCILOR WU YES. NUMBER 1739 HAS RECEIVED A LOT OF VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1739 HAS PASSED. OC BACK TO THE ORDER. OKAY. WE ARE NOW ON TO REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. IS THAT WHERE WE WORK? WE ARE NOW ON TO REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 15702I CAN NUMBER 1570. THE COMMITTEE ON THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT TWO WHICH WAS REFERRED ON AUGUST 21ST, 2025 NUMBER 1570 IN ORDER TO HOLD A MEETING TO INTERVIEW APPLICANTS FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THE APPOINTMENT OF MICHELE HOLMES FOSTER TO BE CONFIRMED. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR PAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AS WE KNOW EARLIER IN AUGUST AT-LARGE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE MEMBER AND SANDERS RESIGNED FROM HER POSITION LEAVING A VACANCY ON THE COMMITTEE. WE WORKED SWIFTLY WITH THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION OFFICE IN THEIR APPLICATION PROCESS TO INTERVIEW SIX QUALIFIED CANDIDATES LAST MONTH. I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES, MY COLLEAGUES COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR WEBER AND COUNCILOR WILL RALPH FOR ATTENDING THE DIFFERENT INTERVIEWS AND A THANK YOU TO THE DIRECTOR THERRIEN BROWN AND MANAGER ROKIA ISLAM FROM THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION OFFICE FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND OVERALL WORK. I WANT TO STRESS ALL OF THE CANDIDATES WERE QUALIFIED PRO BOSTONIANS WITH A DRIVE TO PRESERVE AND ENHANCE THE CHARM OF THEIR COMMUNITIES, MAKING IT A DIFFICULT DECISION. ONE CANDIDATE IN PARTICULAR SPOKE OF THEIR PASSION FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SHARING THEIR PERSPECTIVE ON BROADEN CP'S REACH THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THAT IS WHY I RECOMMEND MICHELLE QUOTE UNQUOTE CHIEF HOMES FOSTER FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE MEETING AS A FINANCE AND OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE WITH OVER 15 YEARS OF MISSION DRIVEN WORK IN THE NONPROFIT AND PRIVATE SECTOR. SHE WAS A PROUD DORCHESTER RESIDENT AND HAS HAS MANAGED DIFFERENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS PORTFOLIOS. I TRULY BELIEVE SHE WILL BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE WHICH IS WHY I AS CHAIR OF THE COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT I RECOMMEND MOVING THE LISTED DOCKET FROM THE COMMITTEE TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND FORMAL ACTION AT THIS TIME. MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL COUNCIL WOULD BE THAT THE ATTACHED APPOINTED APPOINTMENT OF MICHELE HOLMES FOSTER OUGHT TO BE CONFIRMED. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMUNITY PROJECT ON THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACTS AND THE ATTENDANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND CONFIRMATION OF ARE YOU LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I RISE TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR PEPEN FOR A VERY INFORMATIVE HEARING. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND SANDERS WHO IS LEAVING THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT BOARD DID A TREMENDOUS JOB AN OUTSTANDING JOB. SHE WAS A NEIGHBOR OF MINE SOMEONE I WAS VERY CLOSE WITH AND RESPECTED AND ADMIRED. SHE WAS ALSO THE SHE WAS THE FIRST LGBTQ LIAISON IN THE CITY OF BOSTON UNDER UNDER MAYOR FLYNN. BUT WHAT ENDED IN WHAT THEY DEEMED BROWN AND ALSO WHAT THEY WHAT THEY DEEMED DID AS WELL IS BROUGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER. THAT'S WHAT THE CPA TEAM HAS ALWAYS DONE. THEY LISTENED TO RESIDENTS. THEY LISTENED TO NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS. IT'S A IT'S A WONDERFUL AND IT'S A WONDERFUL TEAM. THEY DO HAS THEY DO A TREMENDOUS JOB IN THE CITY AND I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE DEAN FOR HER PROFESSIONALISM, HARD WORK AND MORE IMPORTANTLY HER WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH THE RESIDENTS AND AND BE BE A GREAT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. SO I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE HER PROFESSIONALISM AND HER TEAM'S PROFESSIONAL SYSTEM AS WELL. THANK YOU. OKAY. THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT 60 TAPPED INTO THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND CONFIRMATION OF THE ATTACHED APPOINTMENT. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I. I WILL SAY THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AND THEIR APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. WE ARE I WANT TO ADD AS RECENTLY HEARD MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE REPORT THIS NUMBER 135021352 DOC NUMBER 1350 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF NAPOLEON JONES HENDERSON AS THE COMMISSIONER OF THE BOSTON ART COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING JUNE 1ST, 2029 DOC NUMBER 1351 AS A GENERAL FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF IAN L T AS A COMMISSIONER OF THE BOSTON ART COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING JANUARY 1ST, 2029 AND DOC NUMBER 1352 MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION APPOINTMENT OF CAITLIN GOULD LOWRY AS A COMMISSIONER OF THE BOSTON ART COMMISSION BUT TERM EXPIRING AUGUST 1ST 2029 THANK YOU THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THE COMMITTEE ON ARTS TOURISM AND SPECIAL EVENTS HELD A HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2025 TO CONSIDER DOCKETS 1352 1352 THE COMMITTEE HEARD TESTIMONY FROM KAREN GOODFELLOW OF THE DIRECTORS BOSTON ARTS COMMISSION IN THE APPOINTMENTS OF NAPOLEON JONES HENDERSON IN ALT SILVER AND CAITLIN GOULD THE LOWRY THE ADMINISTRATION INTRODUCED THE APPOINT APPOINTEES NOTING THEIR DISTINCT BACKGROUNDS MR JONES HENDERSON AS A PRACTICING ARTIST WITH A 50 YEAR CAREER IN BOSTON NOMINATED BY THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY MISS GOULD LOWRY AS A MUSEUM PROFESSIONAL WITH EXPERTISE IN EXHIBITION PLANNING AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH NOMINATED BY THE ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM AND MR ALTIDORE AS A CURATOR AT THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS WITH EXPERIENCE COMMISSIONING PUBLIC FACING WORKS NOMINATED BY MFA MYSELF AND COUNCILOR ERIN MURPHY WERE PRESENT COUNCILORS ASKED THE APPOINTEES ABOUT THEIR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS, BACKGROUND AND VISION FOR SERVING ON THE BOSTON ARTS COMMISSION COUNCIL HAS ALSO INQUIRED ABOUT HOW THE APPOINTEES WOULD CONNECT RESIDENTS WITH ART AND CULTURE PARTICULARLY THOSE IN PUBLIC HOUSING IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND ASKED FOR THEIR PERSPECTIVE ON EXISTING PUBLIC ARTWORKS SIGNAGE EDUCATION AND STUDENT INVOLVEMENT. IN RESPONSE, THE APPOINTEES EMPHASIZED THAT PUBLIC ART SHOULD BE ROOTED IN COMMUNITY LIFE REPRESENTATIVE OF BOSTON'S DIVERSITY ACCESSIBLE IN BOTH NEW IN BOTH NEIGHBORHOODS AND MUSEUMS. THE APPOINTEES AGREED ON THE IMPORTANCE OF MEETING RESIDENTS WHERE THEY ARE EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENT ART AND CREATING EDUCATIONAL TOOLS SUCH AS SIGNAGE TO DEEPEN ENGAGEMENT. EACH APPOINTEE REAFFIRMED THEIR COMMITMENT TO EXPANDING ACCESS TO PUBLIC ART SUPPORTING YOUTH ENGAGEMENT AND ENSURING THAT BOSTON'S COLLECTION REFLECTS THE CITY'S DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES. AS CHAIR OF THE HE AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT TOURISM SPECIAL EVENTS I RECOMMEND AND RECOMMEND MOVING THE LISTED DOCKETS FROM THE COMMITTEE TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND FORMAL ACTION. AT THIS TIME MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL COUNCIL WOULD BE THAT THESE APPOINTMENTS OUGHT TO BE CONFIRMED. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR FLYNN. OH, ADDITIONAL YOU HAVE AN ADDITIONAL NIGHT. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ANYTHING ADDITIONAL ON THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. GREAT. THE CHAIR, THE COMMITTEE ANYONE LIKE TO GO ON THE DOCKET? OKAY. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON ARTS CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT AND TOURISM AND SPECIAL EVENTS SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1350. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON ARTS, CULTURE ENTERTAINMENT TOURISM AND SPECIAL EVENTS. IF ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1351 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL OPPOSING NAY. THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 1351 IS PASSED THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON ARTS, CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, TOURISM AND SPECIAL EVENTS SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1352 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I'LL SAY THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE REPORT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN DOCKET NUMBER 1352 HAS PASSED. MR CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 128 YOU KNOW I CAN NUMBER ONE TO WAY TO ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS EXAM SCHOOLS ADMISSIONS POLICY AND PROPOSED CHANGES. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR SANTANA COMES TO ANY THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON DOCKET NUMBER 1282 ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2025 TO REVIEW THE CURRENT EXAM, BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMISSIONER POLICIES THE MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY COUNCILOR AND RECAP AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT LUCY LOUIJEUNE AND COUNSELOR BENJAMIN WEBER. WE WERE ALSO JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES HOUSER FITZGERALD, COUNSELOR PIPPIN COUNSELOR FLYNN COUNSELOR MAGEE COUNSELOR LET US ABOUT THE COUNSELOR PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE COUNSELOR GRADE AND COUNSELOR BEN WEBER AND COUNSELOR BRIAN WELL THE COMMITTEE ALSO RECEIVED A LETTER OF ABSENCE FROM COUNSELOR SHARON DURKIN. THE COMMITTEE HEARD TESTIMONY ON BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATION FROM MARY SKIPPER WHO WAS THE SUPERINTENDENT OF BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. MONICA HOGAN WAS THE CHIEF OF DATA INFORMATION AND SYSTEMS IMPROVEMENT WITH BP'S AND AND DR. COLIN ROSE WAS A SENIOR ADVISOR FOR STRATEGY AND OPPORTUNITY GAPS WITH VP'S. WE ALSO HAD A COMMUNITY PANEL THAT WAS MADE UP OF ROSIE AND TOM WHO WAS A 2021 EXAM SCHOOL TASK FORCE MEMBER AND INDEPENDENT RESEARCH CONSULTANT CHRISTA MOGENSEN WAS A STATE ORGANIZER WITH THE MASSACHUSETTS EDUCATION JUSTICE ALLIANCE AND PETER ALVAREZ, WHO IS A PARENT OF THE LINDEN SCHOOL. I THINK WE WERE ABLE TO HEAR A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM BOTH THE ADMINISTRATION AND FROM THE PUBLIC, FROM THE COMMUNITY PANEL, BOTH PEOPLE IN FAVOR AND IN OPPOSE OF THE NEW SUGGESTIONS AND WE THINK IT WAS A VERY INFORMATIVE HEARING. A LOT OF WHITE CASTLE COLLEAGUES WERE PRESENT AND ASKING QUESTIONS AND I KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS THAT WEREN'T ANSWERED THAT OUR COMMITTEE WILL FOLLOW UP ON. KNOW, I WANT TO THANK THE PANELISTS, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN YESTERDAY'S HEARING AND THANK YOU. THANK AGAIN THE LEAD SPONSORS COUNCILOR BUT THEN COUNCILOR PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE AND COUNCILOR WEBER FOR SPONSORING THIS HEARING. I'M SURE THAT YOU'LL HEAR FROM SOME OF THEM AFTER THIS AND AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION IT IS MY RECOMMENDATION OF THIS DOCKET SHOULD REMAIN IN COMMITTEE AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE JARGON IS KIND OF A TANGLE DEPENDING ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, CHAIR SANTANA, THE CO-SPONSORS ON THIS DOCKET AND ALL THAT ATTENDED MONDAY'S HEARING WHEN I FILED THIS HEARING ORDER BACK IN JUNE, I DID SO WITH THE INTENT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROCESS THE PROPOSED CHANGES OF THE EXAM SCHOOL'S APPLICATION PROCESS AS WE KNOW THAT COULD BE VERY CONVOLUTED AND CONFUSING AT TIMES EVEN FOR ME AN EXAM SCHOOL ALUMNUS I'M GRATEFUL THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT LEADERSHIP TOOK THE TIME TO EXPLAIN THIS SOMEWHAT SIMULATION IN ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS. I'M ALSO GRATEFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY PANELISTS SHARING THEIR EXPERTISE AND CONCERNS WITH THE POLICIES TRULY THANK YOU ALL TO THE PANELISTS AND THOSE THAT TESTIFIED AS WELL HERE IN BOSTON WE HAVE A COMMITMENT TO THE CITY ENSURING OUR STUDENTS HAVE THE BEST EDUCATION POSSIBLE THAT I KNOW WE DO NOT TAKE LIGHTLY. OUR ADVOCACY FOR THE BEST DOES NOT STOP JUST EXAMS SCHOOLS BUT IN ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS NO MATTER WHERE A STUDENT GOES THEY WILL HAVE A BRIGHT FUTURE AGAIN, I'M JUST THANKFUL THAT THIS HEARING HAPPENED THANKS TO THE CHAIR FOR HOSTING IT. THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE ATTENDING. LOOKING FORWARD TO HEAR FROM THE REST MY COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU IN SENTINEL FOR HOLDING THE HEARING. THANK YOU. CAN'T PREVENT FILING THE CHAIR AND HIS COUNCILOR WEBER AGAIN FOR YOUR THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU TO COUNSELOR SANTANA FOR FOR CHAIRING THE HEARING AND I THINK THE ATTENDANCE OF YOU KNOW ALMOST EVERYONE SHOWS HOW IMPORTANT THIS ISSUE IS FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FOR OUR FUTURE AS A CITY. YOU KNOW, JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, I JUST AGAIN AGREE WITH THE FIRST CIRCUIT'S REVIEW OF OUR INITIAL CHANGES TO THE EXAM SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO HAVE A SYSTEM HERE THAT REWARDS NOT JUST KIDS WHO TEST WELL BUT KIDS WHO WOULD HAVE TESTED WELL IF THEY HAD THE SAME ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES OF THE KIDS WHO SCORED HIGHLY ON THE TESTS. AND THAT'S THAT'S WHAT THESE CHANGES GET AT. YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT A COUPLE ISSUES. YOU KNOW WHAT THIS NEW WHAT THE NEW PROPOSALS DO WHICH WILL BE VOTED ON I THINK BY THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE IN EARLY NOVEMBER. YOU KNOW, WOULD THEY REMOVE BONUS POINTS AND WOULD CREATE A CITYWIDE TIER FOR 20% OF THE SEATS THAT THE THREE TEST IN SCHOOLS YOU KNOW, THIS IS SWINGING THE PENDULUM BACK TOWARD PEOPLE WITH KIDS IN SCHOOLS THAT DIDN'T GET ANY POINTS BEFORE. YOU KNOW, THREE OF THOSE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE IN MY DISTRICT BUT THERE WAS A PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS AS WELL. I THINK WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT WAYS TO INCENTIVIZE INTENSIVE SCHOOLS. I'M NOT SURE THAT BOTH OF THOSE MECHANISMS ARE NEEDED, YOU KNOW, HERE IN THE CITY. BUT WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE MONTH A MONTH AND A HALF BEFORE THE VOTE. BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, JUST THE FACT THAT THERE ARE SO SUCH HIGHLY ATTENDED HEARING HIGHLIGHTS HOW WE NEED A SYSTEM HERE THAT'S GOING TO HELP ALL OF OUR KIDS IN BOSTON. THE TESTS IN SCHOOLS ARE YOU KNOW IT'S ABOUT A THIRD OF OUR STUDENTS GO TO THOSE SCHOOLS. WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR EVERYONE ELSE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON? IT REALLY SEEMS YOU KNOW, WE SPEND TOO MUCH TIME TRYING TO TWEAK THE SYSTEM AND MAKE THOSE SCHOOLS A LITTLE BETTER WHEREAS YOU KNOW, I THINK AT THE SAME TIME AND ENERGY PUT INTO THE REST OF OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM IS REQUIRED AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES ON ON THAT ISSUE. THANKS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES FORWARD AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR . THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU COUNSELOR SANTANA AND EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED. I THINK IT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT AND IMPORTANT CONVERSATION TO HAVE ON THE HEARING THE OTHER DAY. ONE OF THE ISSUES I RAISED IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THAT YOUR CHILDREN WHO ARE IN DIFFERENT SOCIO ECONOMIC TIERS DO NOT HAVE THE SAME ACCESS TO BOOKS AND RESOURCES AT SCHOOL OR NOT MAYBE NOT AT SCHOOL BUT IN AT HOME AND VERY OFTEN THAT THAT INEQUITY STARTS AT A VERY EARLY AGE AND I FEEL THAT IN THE PAST WE HAD THE ADVANCED WORK PROGRAM THAT HAD ITS MERITS AND ITS DEFICITS. BUT I THINK IT WAS A GREAT WAY FOR MY MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE EXPERIENCE OF STUDENTS AT THE JACKSON MOUNT AND THE JACKSON MAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS THAT THE STUDENTS THAT GOT INTO THE ADVANCED WORK REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEIR FAMILY BACKGROUND WAS, REGARDLESS OF WHAT LANGUAGES SPOKEN AT HOME, REGARDLESS OF THEIR CURRENT COUNTRY OF ORIGIN THAT THAT EXTRA RIGOR, THAT EXTRA SUPPORT IN THEIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ENABLED THEM TO GO ON AND GET PAST THE EXAM SCHOOL TEST AND PROCEED TO DO VERY WELL IN LIFE . IT SEEMS THAT THAT IMPETUS HAS SORT OF DISAPPEARED AS A LITTLE AND AS AS I OFTEN SAY WHEN WE COME TO DISCUSS EDUCATION OF STUDENTS AREN'T ABLE TO READ AT GRADE LEVEL OF GRADE THREE AT THIRD GRADE THEY'RE REALLY BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL. SO I FEEL THAT WHEN WE SPEND A LOT OF ENERGY TALKING ABOUT EXAM SKILLS BUT WE ALSO NEED TO SPEND AN EQUAL AMOUNT OF RESOURCES AND THOUGHT AND ENERGY IN RAISING OUR LITERACY LEVELS SO THAT STUDENTS ARE READING AT THIRD GRADE LEVEL AND THAT THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE PREPARED. IT'S THAT UPSTREAM INPUT AND THAT UPSTREAM INVESTMENT IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT MAKE IT THAT MAKE OUR STUDENTS BE SUCCESSFUL WHEN IT COMES TO APPLYING FOR EXAM SCHOOLS WE I WILL REFERENCE EAST BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL AS A AS A SUCCESS IT'S IT'S MOVING FORWARD AND UPWARD I THINK IF WE PUT AS MUCH EFFORT INTO WORKING WITH ALL OF OUR GENERAL ADMISSION HIGH SCHOOLS AND HAVE REAL OFFERINGS AND EXCITING OFFERINGS AND CHALLENGING OFFERINGS IT WON'T FEEL TO PARENTS THAT THAT IF YOU DON'T IF YOUR KID DOESN'T GET INTO AN EXAM SCHOOL IT'S IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD YOU KNOW WE ALL KNOW THAT THE SUCCESS OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AND I HOPE THAT THE DISCUSSION THIS THIS TWEAKING OF THE EXAM SCHOOL PROCESS WHICH WILL BE IN PLACE FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS WILL GIVE US SOME SOLID DATA TO BE ABLE TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. BUT WE CAN'T HOLD OUR BREATH AND WAIT. WE HAVE TO REALLY FOCUS ON LITERACY IN THE EARLY GRADES TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS SUCCEED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR MADE THIS COUNTRY FUNNY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR FOR CONDUCTING AN IMPORTANT DISCUSSION. I WENT ON RECORD IN SUPPORT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE CITY ADMINISTRATION AS IT RELATES TO THE THREE EXAM SCHOOLS. MY MAIN POINT OTHER THAN THAT WAS WE ALSO HAVE SOME EXCELLENT HIGH SCHOOLS AS WELL. COUNCILOR BREADON WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT WHETHER IT'S JOSIAH QUINCY SCHOOL, THE SNOWDEN SCHOOL HE'S BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL AS COUNCILOR BREADON MENTIONED . BUT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR EXAM SCHOOLS BUT EQUALLY OR EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY IS GETTING OUR ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS INTO A PLACE WHERE THEY COULD BE AN EXCEPTIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL. THE WORLD DOING THE BEST THEY CAN BUT THEY DO NEED SIGNIFICANT SUPPORT FROM US AND FROM THE CITY. THE THE SUBJECT OF ADVANCED WORK WAS MENTIONED DURING THE HEARING SEVERAL TIMES. I BROUGHT IT UP AND I NEVER TALKED ABOUT MY SON WHO WAS IN THAT PROGRAM AND BUT I DO KNOW THAT THAT PROGRAM ACADEMIC FULLY PREPARED YOU IN SUCH A WAY THAT IF YOU WERE INTERESTED IN GOING TO AN EXAM SCHOOL I THINK ADVANCED WORK PROGRAM WAS IN A WAY KIND OF DESIGNED TO PREPARE YOU FOR THAT TOUGH ACADEMIC PROGRAM THAT MANY OF THE EXAM SCHOOLS HAVE. I THOUGHT ADVANCED WORK WAS DOING WELL AND IT WAS ELIMINATED BUT WHETHER WE CALL IT ADVANCED WORK OR A DIFFERENT PROGRAM, I THINK THE LOWER GRADES SHOULD HAVE SIMILAR CHALLENGING ACADEMIC PROGRAMS THAT CAN HELP STUDENTS MAYBE GET INTO IT, MAYBE GET INTO ONE OF THE EXAM SCHOOLS AND OR GET INTO SOME OF THESE OTHER GREAT HIGH SCHOOLS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON SUCH AS SNOWDEN OR NORTHEAST BOSTON OR BURGESS JESUIT QUINCY. BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT ENSURING WE HAVE THE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT FOR ALL SCHOOLS, ENSURING THAT REGARDLESS OF WHERE A CHILD GOES TO SCHOOL THAT THEY DO RECEIVE A GOOD EDUCATION AND THEY MAY NOT HAVE THE POLITICAL SUPPORT BEHIND THEM BUT THEY ARE DESERVING OF A QUALITY EDUCATION AND I THINK THAT'S OUR JOB ON THE CITY COUNCIL IS TO IS TO REPRESENT EVERY CHILD REGARDLESS OF WHAT SCHOOL THEY GO TO. BUT REALLY REPRESENT EVERY CHILD ESPECIALLY IF THEY DON'T IF THEY GO TO A CHALLENGING SCHOOL. WE NEED TO PROVIDE MORE SUPPORT TO THAT CHILD IN THEIR FAMILY AS WELL THAT CAN HELP YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR HOSTING THE HEARING AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ECHO THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING THIS CONVERSATION ESPECIALLY IN THIS MOMENT FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO YOU KNOW ARE FOLLOWING THIS. I, I THINK IT'S EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND KIND OF THE DYNAMICS. EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT I HAVE A LITTLE CHIP ON MY SHOULDER BECAUSE I WENT TO DORCHESTER HIGH. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW EXAM SCHOOLS EXISTED. SO I FEEL LIKE WE SPEND SO MUCH OF OUR TIME AND ENERGY ON THESE EXAM SCHOOLS AND THEY ALWAYS FEAR WHAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING TO THE KIDS WHO DON'T GET IN RIGHT. I THINK THAT THAT IS ALSO PART OF THE CONVERSATION AND I THINK THAT THE WAY I SEE IT IS THE EXAM SCHOOLS WITHIN THE DISTRICT ARE THE ELITE CLASS SO THOSE STUDENTS WHO GET IN HAVE FAR BETTER OPPORTUNITIES AND ACCESS TO WEALTH AND OPPORTUNITIES AND TO NETWORKS. THEN YOU HAVE YOUR MIDDLE CLASS STUDENTS THOSE ARE THE KIDS THAT HAVE TO APPLY THROUGH LIKE MICHIGAN AND YOU KNOW THESE SCHOOLS YOU HAVE TO APPLY YOU HAVE TO TAKE AN EXTRA STEP TO GET IT AND THEN YOU HAVE YOUR LOW INCOME WORKING CLASS SCHOOLS AND THOSE ARE THE OPEN ENROLLMENTS WHICH IS ONE OF THE SCHOOLS THAT I WENT TO AND THOSE KIDS USUALLY DON'T GO AS FAR AS OTHERS. I AM LUCKY THAT I MADE IT THROUGH THAT SYSTEM AND THAT I'M STANDING HERE AS A CITY COUNCILOR BUT I THINK IT IS THE WRONG CONVERSATION AND THE FACT THAT WE CONTINUE TO GIVE EXAM SCHOOLS ALL THIS OXYGEN IS WHY WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION STILL TO THIS DAY I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE SAME ENERGY AROUND MADISON PARK AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO A HIGH QUALITY BOTH TAX SCHOOL I LIKE TO SEE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO BOSTON TECH BRIGHT IN CHARLESTOWN I KNOW THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF GREAT THINGS NOW THE PARK IS THE HOLLAND SO I THINK WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. BUT IF WE LOOK AT THE DYNAMICS REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR CONVERSATION IN EXAM SCHOOLS, MOST OF THE FOLKS WHO HAVE THEIR CHILDREN IN THESE SCHOOLS ARE HIGHER VOTER TURNOUT, RIGHT? SO THEY'RE ACTIVELY ENGAGED, RIGHT? THEY'RE USUALLY HIGHLY MORE RESOURCED. RIGHT. HAVE ACCESS TO CAPITAL AND OPPORTUNITIES AND THEY'RE POWERBROKERS. RIGHT? SO WE'RE PROTECTING THAT CLASS EVERY SINGLE TIME WE DECIDE TO FOCUS ALL OF OUR ENERGY ON JUST THE EXAM SCHOOLS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS BODY AND I'M JUST GRATEFUL TO COUNCIL OVERALL FOR HIS LEADERSHIP IN THIS SPACE THINKING ABOUT CRADLE TO CAREER AND REALLY LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE PORTFOLIO AND HOW WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT ALL STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO A QUALITY EDUCATION THAT DOES NOT BEGIN AND END WITH THE ELITE EXAM SCHOOLS. I MEAN I'M NOT SAYING THAT I'M HATING ON THEM BECAUSE I DO WORK WITH BEALS AND I HAVE A CHILD THAT BUSTLE AT AN ACADEMY I'D BE A HYPOCRITE. BUT I WILL SAY THAT WE REALLY NEED TO SHIFT THE CONVERSATION AND REALLY START THINKING ABOUT ALL OF THE INEQUITIES THAT EXIST IN ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW HAVING AND I'M THE ONLY BOSTON CITY COUNCILOR THAT GRADUATED FROM A NON EXAM SCHOOL FROM BEPS RIGHT AND SO THIS IS AND I ONE OF THE FEW THAT HAS WORKED IN THE EDUCATION SPACE I DON'T MIND THROWING THAT AROUND BECAUSE THAT GIVES ME A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF LIVED EXPERIENCE AND NOBODY CAN NEGATE THAT. I WILL SAY THOUGH RIGHT THAT IN MY TIME HERE ON THIS COUNCIL WE WORKED IN A VERY PROGRESSIVE ITERATION OF THIS BODY AND WE WERE ABLE TO REPAIR THE HARM THAT WAS BEING CAUSED TO STUDENTS WHO ARE LOW INCOME AND OF COLOR. AND SO NOW IN THIS MOMENT IN TIME BECAUSE IT'S TIME FOR US TO REVISIT, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO CENTER RACIAL EQUITY IN THESE DISCUSSIONS BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT REGARDLESS OF WHAT SCHOOL YOU GO TO, WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD LIVE IN, REGARDLESS OF YOUR SKIN COLOR AND YOUR SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERY SINGLE STUDENT HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHO WE'RE GOING TO STAND UP FOR AND FIGHT FOR. AND I'VE SEEN THAT DONE HERE WHEN WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIGHT FOR MADISON PARK WE DID IT BUT NOW WE'RE FIGHTING FOR EXAMS SCHOOLS AND EVERYBODY IS ALL IN SO TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION I'M NOT SURE WHERE EVERYBODY STANDS WITH IT BUT I JUST WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE SAME ENERGY BEING APPLIED TO OTHER SCHOOLS AND OTHER SCENARIOS AS WE CONTINUE TO NAVIGATE THESE VERY DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS. THANK YOU VERY THANK YOU. THIS IS DOCKET NO. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNSELOR COUNSELOR EARLIER ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR SANTANA PEPEN AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE FOR BRINGING FORWARD THIS IMPORTANT HEARING. AND I JUST ALSO JUST WANT TO JUST DRAW ATTENTION TO THE DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE IN STUDENT INVITES YEAR OVER YEAR AND JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO UPLIFT THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW, AS WE TAKE A LOOK OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS THAT WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE MAKING THE NECESSARY TWEAKS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS WHETHER THE EXAM SCHOOL APPLICATION BASE SCHOOLS, OPEN ENROLLMENT SCHOOLS ARE ALL INCLUSIVE SCHOOLS SO THAT ALL OF OUR KIDS REGARDLESS OF STUDENT ABILITIES ,STUDENT DISABILITIES ARE LEARNING ABILITIES HAVE ACCESS TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS. ONE OF MY MAJOR CONCERNS ON TOP OF THE CHANGE IN THE INVITATION IS ALSO THE SECTION EIGHT VOUCHER HOLDER BONUS POINTS JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I CONTINUE TO PUSH THAT FORWARD AND THAT WE GIVE HOUSING BONUS POINTS TO VHA RESIDENTS. BUT SECTION EIGHT VOUCHER HOLDERS DO NOT CURRENTLY GET THAT SAME BONUS POINT SO HOPEFULLY IN ANY NEW VERSION THAT PASSES THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE HOPEFULLY WE ARE ABLE TO SEE SECTION EIGHT VOUCHER HOLDERS GET THOSE HOUSING BONUS POINTS AND THE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY IS HOPEFULLY IN THE NEW FY 27 BUDGET FOR THE FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL WE SEE MORE INVESTMENT AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO MORE TUTORING. I AM A BIG ADVOCATE FOR PROGRAM IN AND ENRICHMENT UP UNTIL 6 P.M. AND EVEN ON THE WEEKENDS WE KNOW A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS COME FROM LOW TO MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES AND MAKING THINGS MORE AND MORE OF THOSE RESOURCES AND SUPPORTS AS FREE AS POSSIBLE IS WHAT I WHAT I BELIEVE WILL HELP IN OUR STUDENTS DEVELOPMENT. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THIS CONVERSATION. WE HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON IT. OH AND LASTLY I WOULD ADD I KNOW OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE IMPLEMENTED DASHBOARDS. I KNOW THAT DPS REPORTS OUT ANNUALLY BUT IF WE CAN HAVE A DASHBOARD THAT WE CAN TRACK OUR PROGRESS OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS, OUR WHO'S IN ABLE TO GET INTO THE EXAMPLE SCHOOLS WHAT WAS GETTING INVITED I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR BREADON THANK YOU PRESIDENT I APPRECIATE I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN BUT I JUST WANTED TO ADD ANOTHER THING I SPOKE ABOUT THE ADVANCED WORK CLASS AND IT WAS CRITICIZED AS BEING ELITIST ETC. AND BUT IT WAS A VALUABLE WAY TO INCREASE MORE RIGOR BUT IT WAS REPLACED BY AN EXCELLENT FLOOR PROGRAM AND IT HAD BEEN EVALUATED TO BE PROVEN TO BE VERY EFFECTIVE IN IMPROVING ACADEMIC STANDARDS. AND I THINK AS PART OF OUR CONVERSATION ABOUT PREPARATION FOR EXAMS TO SCHOOLS AND WHO GETS INTO AN EXAM SCHOOL AND BASICALLY WHO SUCCEEDS IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, I THINK REALLY GOING BACK AND LOOKING AT THE EXCELLENCE FOR OUR PROGRAM AND SEEING IF IT COULD BE AND IF IT'S BEEN IMPLEMENTED IN ANY SHAPE OR FASHION AND IF IF THE LEARNING AND THE ADVANCEMENT THAT WAS ACHIEVED BY THAT PROGRAM COULD BE CONTINUED AND I WOULD BE VERY VALUABLE IN THIS CONVERSATION. I THINK WE'RE VERY, VERY FOCUSED IN THIS VERY NARROW SPACE BUT EXAM SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOLS BUT WE REALLY HAVE TO SORT OF LOOK AT EVERYONE IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND SEE HOW WE CAN HELP EVERYONE SUCCEED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1282. WE'RE REMAINING COMMITTEE WE'RE IN I WANT TWO MOTIONS ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS. REMINDER TO MY COLLEAGUES THAT IF YOU ARE OFFERING A DOCKET, A MOTION ORDER OR A RESOLUTION YOU HAVE 3 MINUTES TO SPEAK ON A DOCKET. CO-SPONSORS IN OTHER CONCERNS HAVE 2 MINUTES TO SPEAK ON A DOCKET. MR CLAIR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 17471747 COUNCILOR DURKIN ON FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF BOSTON CODE CHAPTER TEN SECTION TEN UNIVERSITY ACCOUNTABILITY. THE CHAIR AGAIN I JUST KIND OF DURKIN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIR AND I AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD COUNCILOR REAGAN AS A CO-SPONSOR AND SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR SANTANA A CO-SPONSOR AS WELL. COUNCILOR BREADON IS ADDED AS A SECOND CO-SPONSOR. COUNCILOR DURKIN SEEKS TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO ADD COUNCILOR SANTANA THE THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR. SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS. COUNCILOR SANTANA SO ADDED. COUNCILOR DURKAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I'M EXCITED TO BRING FORWARD AMENDMENTS TO THE UNIVERSITY ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE. THIS ORDINANCE FIRST PASSED IN 2004 SPONSORED BY THEN COUNCILOR MIKE ROSS WAS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT PUBLIC SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN NEIGHBORHOODS WITH LARGE STUDENT POPULATIONS. IT REQUIRES UNIVERSITIES TO REPORT DATA ON ENROLLMENT AND HOUSING. AND SINCE 2015 THE CITY HAS ALSO PREPARED AN ANNUAL STUDENT HOUSING TRENDS REPORT BASED ON THE DATA. THESE DATA AND REPORTS HAVE PROVIDED VALUABLE INSIGHTS INTO HOW STUDENT HOUSING IMPACTS OUR BROADER HOUSING MARKET, HELPING THE CITY STRENGTHEN ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS AND SUPPORT NEIGHBORHOOD STABILITY. THIS IS NOT JUST AN ACADEMIC EXERCISE AS IT AFFECTS DAILY LIFE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. BOSTON IS HOME TO NEARLY OVER 160,000 COLLEGE STUDENTS. MORE THAN 69,000 OF WHOM LIVE OFF CAMPUS OCCUPYING MORE THAN 17,000 UNITS. THIS HAS A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE MISSION HILL ALLSTON BRIGHTON THE NORTH END DOWNTOWN AND FOR THE FENWAY WHILE CONTRIBUTING TO HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND STABILITY CHALLENGES NEIGHBOR CITYWIDE. AT OUR JUNE HEARING AND FOLLOW UP WORKING SESSION IT WAS CLEAR THAT WHILE THE ORDINANCE HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE THERE ARE STILL SOME GAPS. UNIVERSITIES AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING HAS NOTED THAT THE CURRENT OCTOBER ONE REPORTING DEADLINE DOES NOT GIVE SCHOOLS ENOUGH TIME TO CAPTURE ACCURATE DATA GIVEN ENROLLMENT SHIFTS WITH ADD DROP PERIODS AND EARLY SEMESTER HOUSING CHANGES. WE ALSO CONCLUDED THAT WHILE THE STUDENT HOUSING TRENDS REPORT CONTAINS CRITICAL INFORMATION, THERE IS CURRENTLY NO CITY COUNCIL REVIEW OR ACCOUNTABILITY TO TRANSLATE THAT DATA INTO POLICY TO ADDRESS THESE GAPS. MY TWO AMENDMENTS ARE WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THE REPORTING DEADLINE FROM OCTOBER 1ST TO NOVEMBER 1ST TO ALLOW FOR MORE ACCURATE ENROLLMENT AND HOUSING DATA. HOW PERFECT COULD IT BE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING THIS ON OCTOBER 1ST? SO I GUESS IF THE MAYOR SIGNS IT TODAY, MAYBE THE SCHOOLS WILL HAVE UNTIL NOVEMBER 1ST TO REPORT TO REPORT THEIR HOUSING DATA AND THEN THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS REQUIRE AN ANNUAL CITY COUNCIL HEARING ON STUDENT HOUSING TRENDS REPORT SO WE CAN USE THIS DATA INFORM ENFORCEMENT PLANNING AND THE CITY'S INSTITUTIONAL MASTER PLANNING PROCESS. THESE CHANGES WILL HELP THE UNIVERSITY ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE ENSURE THAT WE HAVE RELIABLE DATA AND HELP US BALANCE THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS, UNIVERSITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS WHILE ADDRESSING HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND STABILITY ACROSS OUR CITY FOR YEARS TO COME. IF WE ACT QUICKLY, THERE'S STILL A CHANCE THAT THE REPORTING DEADLINE CAN BE EXTENDED FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR MEANING THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HAVE MORE ACCURATE DATA THIS YEAR. I GUESS WE COULD ASK THE CLERK IF HE'S HEARD FROM SOME OF THE SCHOOLS. I'M SURE SOME OF THEM HAVE STARTED REPORTING. I RESPECTFULLY ASKED MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR SUPPORT TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS THESE AMENDMENTS TODAY GIVEN THAT WE'VE HAD A HEARING AND A WORKING SESSION ON THESE IDEAS AND I'D LIKE TO YIELD NOW TO THE CHAIR OF GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COLLETTE AS A PARTNER ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR DURKAN FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND OF COURSE COUNCILOR THEN COUNCILOR ROSS FOR HIS LEADERSHIP BACK IN THE DAY. I LOVE WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO BUILD ON AND SUPPLEMENT THE WORK OF OUR PREDECESSORS AND ALSO I THINK COUNCILOR BRAYTON FOR HER WORK ON ALL THINGS PILOT IT'S A PERENNIAL ISSUE HERE ON THE COUNCIL. SO I'M RISING TO NOTE THAT WHILE IT IS NOT TYPICAL PRACTICE TO TO SUSPEND AND PASS ORDINANCES THE SAME DAY THAT THEY ARE INTRODUCED AS COUNCILOR DURKAN ALREADY MENTIONED WE'VE ALREADY HELD A PUBLIC HEARING IN JUNE AND WE HELD A WORKING SESSION IN AUGUST WITH BROAD PARTICIPATION AND GENERAL SUPPORT AND THIS MATTER IS STRAIGHTFORWARD WE'RE LITERALLY ADDING TO THE ISS TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE UNIVERSITIES CAN COME BEFORE US AFTER THEY PUBLISH THIS REPORTING DATA AND IT CHANGES A MONTH FROM OCTOBER TO NOVEMBER SO THAT WE CAN GET QUALITY DATA THAT WE CAN THEN ASK THEM ABOUT. SO IT PROVIDES MORE BETTER FLAHERTY AND ALSO MORE OVERSIGHT OF THE COUNCIL. AND SO THAT IS WHY AS CHAIR I'M NOT GOING TO DO THIS REALLY EVER UNLESS THE CIRCUMSTANCES MEET THIS LEVEL OF CRITERIA WHERE WE'VE ALREADY HAD A HEARING AND A WORKING SESSION AND BECAUSE THIS IS SO STRAIGHT FORWARD AND PRETTY YOU KNOW, PRETTY SMALL IN SCOPE THAT IS WHY I'D RECOMMEND RECOMMENDING PASSAGE TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CAROL. COLETTE AS A PARTNER THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR BREADON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR DURKAN FOR LEADING THE CHARGE ON THIS ONE. I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO MAKE THESE MINOR CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCE SO THAT WE GET MORE EFFECTIVE DATA COLLECTION ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE WERE MENTIONED ARE DEEPLY IMPACTED BY STUDENT HOUSING OFF OFF CAMPUS HOUSING. YOU KNOW IT'S A BOON TO OUR COMMUNITIES TO HAVE STUDENTS LIVING THERE. IT'S AN ECONOMIC DRIVER. IT STIMULATES A LOT OF ENERGY AND EXCITEMENT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. BUT THE DOWNSIDE IS THAT OFF CAMPUS HOUSING TAKES UP A HUGE PROPORTION OF OUR HOUSING STOCK AND VERY OFTEN THAT INCENTIVIZES INVESTMENTS BY OUT OF CITY, OUT OF INVESTORS WHO USE THEIR STUDENT HOUSING AS A AS A CASH MACHINE. THAT MONEY DOESN'T STAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE'RE OFTEN LEFT WITH THE IMPACTS OF DEALING WITH AND WITH THOSE THOSE ARE THOSE THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT POLICY. SO I WOULD REALLY JUST FOCUS ON PASSING THIS. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE AN ANNUAL HEARING JUST TO REVIEW THE STATUS OF WHERE WE ARE WITH STUDENT HOUSING OFF CAMPUS. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AND INFORMING OUR DISCUSSIONS AROUND INSTITUTIONAL MASTER PLANNING AND I THINK HAVING EXTENDING THE TIME THE DATE TO NOVEMBER 1ST WILL ENSURE THAT WE GET MORE ACCURATE IN IN A TIMELY DATA ON THE NUMBERS AND LOCATION OF OF OF STUDENT HOUSING. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILOR DURKAN AND COUNCILORS HAVE COLLECTED ZAPATA AND I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTANA. COUNCILOR SANTANA GIVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR DURKAN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS IMPORTANT MATTER AND FOR ADDED ME AS A CO-SPONSOR. ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO YOUR FORMER PREDECESSOR MICHAEL TOWNS CITY COUNCILOR MICHAEL ROSS WHO IS A GREAT WAS ONE OF MY GREATEST MENTORS TO THIS DAY ENSURING THAT ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS RECEIVE NECESSARY PUBLIC SERVICES IS ESSENTIAL ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH HIGH OFF CAMPUS STUDENT POPULATIONS. OVER 40% OF HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS AT BOSTON BASED INSTITUTIONS LIVE OFF CAMPUS. THAT'S ALMOST ABOUT 66,000 STUDENTS. THE LACK OF ARE THE OF ON CAMPUS HOUSING RAISES COSTS FOR BOTH STUDENTS AND OUR WHOLE COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE WHERE A HIGHER DENSITY OF STUDENTS LIVE. DATA SUGGEST THAT RENTAL PRICES ARE $200 HIGHER COMPARED TO NEIGHBORHOODS WITH LESS THAN TWO STUDENTS POPULATIONS TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS NEEDS ARE BEING MET, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE AS A CITY HOLD HEARINGS AT LEAST EVERY YEAR TO REVIEW THE CHANGE IN DATA ONCE IT'S MADE AVAILABLE IN JUST ONE YEAR, THESE TRENDS CAN CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING DEPENDING ON STUDENT ENROLLMENT CHANGES THE NUMBER OF DORM BEDS OFFERED BY UNIVERSITIES AND THE GROWTH OF GRADUATE PROGRAMS TO ONLY NAME A FEW FACTORS BECAUSE THE SCOPE OF THE SITUATION IS ALWAYS CHANGING, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE REVIEW THESE FINDINGS, DISCUSS THE IMPACTS AND CONSIDER THE IMPLICATIONS FOR OUR CITY ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. WE GOT TO RETHINK WHAT ONE THINK. THE LEAD SPONSOR COUNCILOR DURKAN FOR LEADING THIS AND COUNCILOR BREADON AND I WILL BE VOTING IN SUPPORT OF THIS TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE WILLING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? HEY COUNCILORS DURKAN, BRAYDON AND SANTANA SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF A NUMBER 1747. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL THE POLLS SAY NO. THE AYES HAVE IT. THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED. MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1748 NUMBER 1748 COUNCILORS DURKAN AND PENNER FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS CITY SERVICES IN REGARD TO CUP COMPOSTING AND THE NEED FOR INCREASED COMPOSTING SERVICES. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN. COUNCILOR DURKAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU CHAIR. I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY WITHIN THE RULES AND I'D YOU AS A THIRD CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR DURKIN USES BEND THE RULES TO ADD CUPS PRESENT LOUIJEUNE IS THE THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS I'M SO ADDED COUNCILOR DURKAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. I'M VERY EXCITED TO INTRODUCE THIS HEARING ORDER WHICH I'VE INTRODUCED IN PRIOR YEARS TO DISCUSS THE CITY OF BOSTON'S COMPOSTING SERVICES AND THE URGENT NEED TO EXPAND THEM OUR CURBSIDE COMPOSTING PROGRAMS AND THE COMMUNITY BASED PROJECT OSCAR BEANS HAVE PROVEN TO BE INCREDIBLY POPULAR AMONGST RESIDENTS ACROSS THE CITY. IN FACT, DEMAND HAS OUTPACED CAPACITY AT OUR CONTRACTED COMPOSTING FACILITY, UNDERSCORING BOTH THE SUCCESS AND POTENTIAL OF THESE NEW PROGRAMS. RECENTLY BEACON HILL AND WEST END GOT THEIR NEW PROJECT OSCAR BEANS, WHICH IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT I THINK MY OFFICE CAN PAT OURSELVES ON THE BACK A LITTLE BIT FOR AS A STATE WE MUST DOUBLE DOWN ON THE AMOUNT OF FOOD WASTE DIVERTED ANNUALLY TO MEET THE SOLID THE 2030 SOLID WASTE MASTER PLAN GOALS AND BOSTON IS UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO LEAD BOTH MASSACHUSETTS AND THE COUNTRY IN ADVANCING NET ZERO WASTE INITIATIVES, EXPANDING CITY COMPOSTING LIKE TO COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AND LARGER RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS WILL BE CRUCIAL IN HELPING US REACH OUR ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS, IMPROVING OUR WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND ADDRESSING BOSTON'S RODENT PROBLEM. WE KNOW THAT WASTE OUT ON OUR STREETS AND I KNOW COUNCILOR FLYNN HAS BEEN A HUGE ADVOCATE FOR THIS LET'S GET FOOD WASTE OFF OF THE SIDEWALKS. I KNOW WE'LL HAVE A HEARING SOON NEXT WEEK ABOUT THIS BUT BUT IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A HEARING ABOUT COMPOSTING AND ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO ENSURE THAT COMPOSTING IS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST OF WHAT THE CITY IS THINKING ABOUT AND AND THAT WE'RE GETTING FOOD WASTE OFF OF THE STREETS. SO THANK TO COUNCILOR PEPEN. I KNOW THIS WILL LIKELY GO INTO YOUR COMMITTEE AND TO COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE FOR SHARING IN THIS AND I ALSO WANT TO JUST COMMEND COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR ALL OF HIS WORK ON RODENT MITIGATION. I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE EVERYONE AT THE CITY WORKING ON RODENT ISSUES. SO SO THANK YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS HEARING. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR I THIS IS KIND OF A PEN CAUSE WE'RE PENNY ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU COUNCILOR DURKAN FOR HAVING ME AS A CO-SPONSOR HERE ON THIS. UM, YOU KNOW IN 2012 THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND CREATED THEIR ORGANICS ACTION PLAN AND 2030 SOLID WASTE MASTER PLAN WHICH SET A GOAL OF DIVERTING 780,000 TONNES OF FOOD WASTE ANNUALLY BY 2030 ALTHOUGH THE STATE HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS SAVING ABOUT 380,000 TONNES A YEAR, THIS FIGURE WILL HAVE A DOUBLE WE'LL HAVE TO DOUBLE IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS TO REACH THAT STATE GOAL IN AN EFFORT TO HIT THIS GOAL AS WELL AS MAKE BOSTON A MORE SUSTAINABLE CITY IT IS WORTH CONSIDERING AN EXPANSION OF BOSTON'S COMPOSTING SERVICES AS IT HAS ALREADY EXPANDED BEFORE. IN 2023 SERVICE CAPACITY INCREASED FROM 10,000 HOUSEHOLDS TO 30,000 HOUSEHOLDS WALKING AROUND MY DISTRICT ON TRASH PICKUP DAY YOU CAN SEE THE ROWS THE MINI GREEN BINS DOING THEIR PART TO MINIMIZE FOOD WASTE. THE GOAL OF THIS HEARING IS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE STATE OF THE CITIES PROGRAM IS AND WHAT CHALLENGE EXPANSION PHASES AND FEASIBILITY OF POTENTIAL PATHS FORWARD. I ALSO JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE TIMING OF INTRODUCING THIS IS ACTUALLY REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE YESTERDAY ALONGSIDE COUNCIL ZERO I WAS AT THE BOSTON NATURE CENTER AND IT WAS IT WAS A SAD SCENE TO SEE A LOT OF THE WETLANDS JUST FILLED WITH FOOD WASTE AND DIFFERENT TRASH THAT GET INTO OUR RIGHT INTO OUR ENVIRONMENT AND WE HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE IN ORDER TO KEEP OUR STREETS, OUR NATURE AND EVERYTHING JUST AS CLEAN AS POSSIBLE. IT'S NOT YOU KNOW, COMPOSTING IS GOING TO BE A PART OF THAT SOLUTION. SO JUST THANKFUL TO THIS CONVERSATION LOOKING FORWARD TO BE PART OF THE HEARING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR DURKIN FOR ADDING ME. I THINK WE'VE SEEN SUCCESS IN OUR COMPOSTING PROGRAM LIMITED SUCCESS BECAUSE WE NEED TO TRY TO SCALE IT UP MORE. IT HELPS WITH A LOT OF OUR WASTE ISSUES. THE MOTHER WERE ABLE TO HAVE A MORE ROBUST COMPOSTING PROGRAM AND I KNOW THAT I OFTEN HAVE NEIGHBORS ASKING ME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EXPANSION SO I JUST WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR THE WORK ON THIS AND LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THE HEARING TO SEE HOW WE CAN FURTHER ARE THE CITIES COMPOSTING EFFORTS. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR DURKAN AND THE OTHERS FOR BRINGING THIS IMPORTANT SUBJECT FORWARD. COMPOST IS A CRITICAL ISSUE IMPACTING EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD AND COUNCILOR DURKAN IS IS CORRECT. IT HAS A SIGNIFICANT MAJOR IMPACT ON QUALITY OF LIFE, ON PUBLIC HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY . WHEN WE DON'T DO THAT, WHEN WE DON'T HAVE COMPOSTING I ACTUALLY HAVE IT AT MY HOUSE AND IN SOUTH BOSTON BUT I'M ONE OF THE ONLY HOMES AND IN THE PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ACTUALLY HAS IT. BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE COMPOST EXPANDED SIGNIFICANTLY THROUGHOUT THE THROUGHOUT THE CITY PLACING YOUR YOUR FOOD IN THE GARBAGE BAG AND PLACING IT ON THE STREET IS REALLY A RECIPE FOR DISASTER AS IT ENCOURAGES RATS AND MICE AND OTHER ANIMALS TO GO FOR YOU GO THROUGH YOUR BAGS BUT THERE REALLY IS A THERE IS A WAY TO TAKE OUT YOUR GARBAGE AND YOU HAVE TO SEPARATE THE FOOD FROM THE GARBAGE AND PUT IT OUT SEPARATELY AND IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT SAFE CONTAINER SO WE DON'T HAVE PEST CONTROL ISSUES BUT ALSO PART OF IT IS PUBLIC AWARENESS AND PUBLIC EDUCATION ON INFORMING RESIDENTS ON EXACTLY HOW TO DO THAT WHETHER IT'S THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA OR HAVING MORE COMMUNITY MEETINGS. BUT THE OTHER ISSUE I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US WHEN WE HAVE THE HEARING AND TO EXPLORE OPTIONS IS ENSURE THAT WE EDUCATE AND WORK WITH RESIDENTS THAT DO NOT SPEAK ENGLISH TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE PART OF THE PROCESS SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING WHETHER THEY'RE SPANISH SPEAKING OR CANTONESE OR ANY ANY OTHER LANGUAGE. BUT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN CHINATOWN WE'RE MOST SPEAK CANTONESE. COMMUNICATING EFFECTIVELY IS ALSO PART OF THE PROCESS AND SOLUTION. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE MAKERS FOR BRINGING THIS UP. IT IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY ISSUE AND SO ALWAYS JUST THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS AT THE FOREFRONT. I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT UPON ALL OF US TO CONTINUE TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE ARE MEETING OUR ZERO WASTE GOALS AS A CITY MASSACHUSETTS. I THINK THE LAST FIGURE THAT I SAW THAT WAS THE MOST ACCURATE IS THAT MASSACHUSETTS PRODUCES A MILLION TONS OF FOOD WASTE PER YEAR AND SO IT IS A LONG TERM CRISIS, A LONG TERM PROBLEM. I LOVE THE FACT THAT IN THIS HEARING WATER YOU TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT IT DOESN'T SERVICE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS OR HOUSEHOLDS WITH SEVEN OR GREATER UNITS AND SO THAT IS A PROBLEM THAT'S GAP THAT WE ALL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT TOGETHER THAT I LOOK FORWARD TO FIGURING OUT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU AND CITY. I WILL JUST SAY THAT ON ON THE FLIP SIDE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS LIMIT ZERO WASTE AND SO IT'S STILL ON THE TABLE STILL UP FOR CONSIDERATION. THIS COUNCIL IS THE FOOD RECOVERY ORDINANCE WHERE IT'S MORE OF AN UPSTREAM APPROACH WHERE WE'RE CAUSE WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE ROOT CAUSE AND TRY TO INTERVENE AT A SYSTEMIC LEVEL AND SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT AS PART OF THAT CONSIDER THAT THIS CONVERSATION WE CAN TIE THEM IN TOGETHER THE MORE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOOD RECOVERY FOR SOME OF OUR OUR FOOD PANTRIES AND GETTING THAT INTO THE THEIR HANDS AND HAVING IT BE SAFE TO CONSUME AND ALL OF THAT THERE'S ALREADY SOME GREAT WORK THAT'S HAPPENING WITH LOVE AND SPOONFULS AND BLESS SENIORS WHO ARE INCREDIBLE. I CAN'T WAIT FOR EVERYBODY TO MEET THEM ONE DAY BUT IF WE CAN BE TALKING ABOUT THAT THAT WOULD BE GREAT. BUT JUST OVERALL JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH AND REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES FROM HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO THE MAKERS. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, YOU KNOW, AS THIS WAS PART OF OUR DAILY THIS IS WHAT WE DO ANYWAYS IN OUR HOMELANDS. AND SO I THINK THERE'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY TALK ABOUT THAT FROM UNDERSTANDING IT FROM WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND HOW WE USED TO DO THINGS ANYWAYS. NOW WE'RE JUST LIVING IN AMERICA AND JUST GETTING BACK TO BE PART OF YOUR DAILY LIVES. WE DON'T HAVE OURSELVES SET UP FOR COMPOST ON MY I A FEW NEIGHBORS OF MINE HAVE A LITTLE COMPOST LITTLE BUCKET AND THEN THEY PUT THEIR FOOD THERE SO IT'S PICKING UP STEAM. BUT I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE RIGHT THAT IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN PARTICULAR YOU KNOW THIS IS NOT THIS IS NOT PART OF OUR EVERYDAY CONVERSATION. SO AS WE CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THIS, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR BOTH AN AWARENESS STANDPOINT AND ALSO UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE SHOULD BE LEANING INTO AND AND I DON'T THINK THAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS REALLY SEE THIS AS A CONVERSATION THAT IMPACTS THEM RIGHT? SO I THINK THAT THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE SUCH AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY FROM AN EDUCATIONAL STANDPOINT TO MAKE COMPOSTING SEXY AGAIN, RIGHT? LIKE CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE THE THE IMPACT THAT IT WILL HAVE NOT JUST ON THE ENVIRONMENT BUT JUST OVERALL IN OUR QUALITY OF LIFE. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THE CONVERSATION AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT TO THE COUNCIL. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BRITTANY OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THIS IS A GREAT HEARING ORDER. I AM VERY EXCITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS AND I'M INCREDIBLY ENCOURAGED BY THE FACT THAT WE'VE INCREASED FROM 10000 TO 30000 OF THE GREEN COMPOST IN BUCKETS ON THE STREETS AND A SUCCESS BEGETS SUCCESS BECAUSE FOLKS SEE A GREEN BUCKET AND SAY WHAT'S THAT? AND THEN THEY GET ONE SO THE WHOLE STREET ENDS UP WITH A WHAT'S A GREEN BUCKET? PART OF THE LIMITATIONS OF THE PROGRAM IS CONSUMER COUNCILOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA HAS ALREADY MENTIONED IT'S SORT OF LIMITED TO BUILDINGS THAT ARE UNDER SIX UNITS AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A WAY THAT WE COULD IMPROVE THAT. ONE WAY WOULD BE TO INCREASE THE AVAILABILITY OF PROJECT OSCAR. THE OTHER THOUGHT THOUGHT WE SHOULD HAVE IS THINKING ABOUT WORKING WITH OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO THINK ABOUT NEW BUILDINGS AND HOW WE CAN SEE IF WE CAN INCORPORATE COMPOSTING FOR NEW BUILDINGS SO THAT THAT THAT THAT FOOD WASTE DOESN'T END UP IN TRASH BINS. THE ONE THING I JUST LOOKED UP AT PROJECT OSCAR WE HAVE THREE PROJECT OSCARS IN BAR IN BRIGHTON BUT WE HAVE NONE IN ALLSTON AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING I'M GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK INTO BECAUSE ALLISON HAS THE DUBIOUS HONOR OF BEING CALLED RAD CITY AND PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE RODENTS HAVE SUCH AN EASY ACCESS TO A LOT OF FOOD IN TRASH BINS AND AND IN THE IN THE TRASH. SO I THINK THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY, MANY STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE TO TRY AND REDUCE OUR OWN POPULATION. BUT IT ALSO MAKES GOOD ENVIRONMENTAL SENSE AND AND SAVES A LOT OF EXTRA ORGANIC MATTER BEING PUT INTO THE LANDFILL. SO IT'S A WIN WIN ALL ROUND. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION AND THANK THE SPONSORS ONCE AGAIN FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP IN THIS SPACE. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME TO THIS DOCKET? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS BREADON CLAUDIA ZAPATA, FITZGERALD MCGWIRE, MURPHY SANTANA WEBER ORAL THIS DOCKET DOCKET NUMBER 1748 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES AND INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY. MR. CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER 1749 DUCK NUMBER 1749 COUNCIL LOUISIANA FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION CELEBRATING THE 102ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECLARATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY IN THE 30TH ANNUAL BOSTON TURKISH ARTS AND CULTURE FESTIVAL. THANK YOU THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE COUNCIL PRESIDENT YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR CHAIR. THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO CELEBRATE OUR TURKISH COMMUNITY HERE IN RAISING THE FLAG IN CELEBRATION OF THE 102ND ANNIVERSARY AND TO CELEBRATE THE 30TH ANNUAL BLOSSOM TURKISH ARTS AND CULTURAL CULTURE FESTIVAL. MANY OF US HERE ARE FAMILIAR WITH OUR COOKHAM BLUE AND ALL THE WORK THAT HE DOES ON BEHALF OF THE TURKISH COMMUNITIES. I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR THE PARTNERSHIP, FOR HIS PARTNERSHIP AND FOR ALWAYS CENTERING THE TURKISH COMMUNITY. WHEN WE HAD THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY OR TURKEY TWO YEARS AGO IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL SHOWING OF COMMUNITY AND I WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN DO THAT THIS YEAR FOR THE 102ND ANNIVERSARY. AND SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS FLAG RAISING AND CONTINUING TO STAND WITH ITS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER WHEN ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK, YOU PLEASE. I CAN'T CELEBRATE IN CASA COLETTE AS A PARTNER COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR FLYNN CAST MEJIA COUNCILOR MURPHY, COUNCILOR PEPE AND COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCILOR WEBER AND PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR COUNCILOR PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSES THE DOCKET NUMBER 1749 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO. THE AYES HAVE IT. DARCIE NUMBER 1749 HAS BEEN PASSED. MR. CLERK, PLEASE BE DARK IN NUMBER 1750 DUCK NUMBER 1750 COUNCILORS STANDING MURPHY OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF PRIORITIZING A RECOVERY CAMPAIGN FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON. THE CHAIR AGONIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, I MADE A A BRIEF CHANGE TO THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION. I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT EVERYBODY HAS IT AND I WANT TO ASK FOR A SUBSTITUTION A MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE. YES. IS THAT SECONDED? SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. I AM OPPOSED TO ANY MOTION. A SUBSTITUTE IS ALLOWED. DOES ANYONE HAVE A COPY OF THE UPDATED OF THE UPDATED HEARING ORDER? OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ADD I KNOW COUNCILOR MURPHY IS AN ORIGINAL SPONSOR MAY I ADD COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR FLYNN TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO ADD COUNCILOR FOR DROUGHT AS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS COMES OFF AS STRATEGY SO ADDED YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. COUNCILOR FLYNN. THANK YOU. I FILED THIS RESOLUTION RESOLUTIONS I CONTINUE TO BELIEVE OUR FOCUS MUST BE ON RECOVERY AND TREATMENT TO ADDRESS THE ONGOING CRISIS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY AFTER LAST WEEK'S VOTE MANY PEOPLE CALLED ME AND ASKED ME IF WE COULD CONTINUE THIS IMPORTANT DISCUSSION. CERTAINLY THEY WEREN'T IN SUPPORT OF SAFE INJECTION SITES BUT THEY DO THEY DO SUPPORT THEY ALSO SUPPORT A RECOVERY CAMPUS IN BOSTON OR IN GREATER BOSTON. LONG ISLAND IS IN BOSTON EVEN THOUGH IT'S EVEN THOUGH IT'S CONNECTED TO QUINCY. THAT WAS THAT WAS THE REASON FOR THE SUBSTITUTION IS WHETHER THE RECOVERY CAMPUS WOULD BE IN BOSTON OR POSSIBLY OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS. BUT I DO THINK WE AS A CITY NEED A STRUCTURED ENVIRONMENT SUCH AS LONG ISLAND OR ANOTHER LOCATION IF LONG ISLAND IS NOT GOING FORWARD. BUT WE DO NEED ANOTHER LOCATION WHERE PEOPLE DEALING WITH SUBSTANCE USE CHALLENGES HAVE THE RESOURCES, THE TREATMENT RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS THAT THEY NEED AND DESERVE SO THAT THEY CAN GET INTO DETOX SO THAT THEY CAN GET INTO RECOVERY, DEVELOP THE PROGRAM TO ADDRESS SHORT TERM HOUSING CHALLENGES AND LONG TERM HOUSING NEEDS WHEN WHEN LONG ISLAND WAS OPENED I WAS A PROBATION OFFICER AT SUFFOLK SUPERIOR COURT AND I WAS REQUIRED TO VISIT LONG ISLAND ONCE A WEEK ON WEDNESDAY NIGHTS AND TALKED TO AND WITH MY MY PROBATIONERS AND IN MANY OF THEM MOST OF THEM REALLY WERE IN A RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM. AND AT THAT RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM ON LONG ISLAND THEY WERE ENGAGED IN MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING. THEY WERE ENGAGED IN RECOVERY SERVICES. MANY OF THEM ALMOST ALL OF THEM ON PROBATION ALSO RECEIVED RANDOM RANDOM DRUG URINALYSIS TESTING. BUT IT WAS A STRUCTURED PROGRAM WHERE THEY COULD STAY THERE FOR FOUR SIX MONTHS OR 12 MONTHS AND BEGIN THE PROCESS OF HEALING AND START THE PROCESS OF RECOVERY. AND IT WAS JUST AN EXCEPTIONAL PROGRAM THAT LONG ISLAND. BUT WE DO NEED ANOTHER PROGRAM A RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM IN THE CITY OF BOSTON OR POSSIBLY OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF BOSTON THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE DEALING WITH SUBSTANCE USE CHALLENGES AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT THEY CAN GO TO THIS PLACE TO RECEIVE ALL OF THE SERVICE SERVICES IN A STRUCTURED CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MURPHY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. WE TALK ABOUT THIS NEED A LOT BUT I DO BELIEVE WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD AND REALLY PRIORITIZE THAT SOMETHING HAPPENS. IT'S BEEN 11 YEARS NOW IN OCTOBER OF 2014 THE BRIDGE WENT DOWN. I TELL THE STORY OFTEN. MY SON WAS ON LONG ISLAND THAT NIGHT WHEN THE BRIDGE WAS SHUT DOWN AND THEY HAD TO EVACUATE EVERYONE OUT THERE AND THE SERVICES THERE RANGED LIKE COUNCIL OF FLYNN SAID HOMELESS SHELTER, DETOX HOLDING MENTAL HEALTH, MEDICAL CARE AND SO MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS AND RESIDENTS ACROSS THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS WERE RECEIVING SERVICES LIFE SAVING SERVICES WHICH CAME TO A CRASHING HALT. AND OVER THE LAST 11 YEARS EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE LOTS OF SERVICES WE'RE PROVIDING, WE DEFINITELY SEE A NEED THAT WE NEED ANOTHER RECOVERY CAMPUS. WE KNOW THAT REBUILDING IT IS GOING TO BE IT'S LIKE THE MADISON PARK CONVERSATION. IT'S NEEDED. EVERYONE SAYS WE SHOULD DO IT BUT IT'S GOING TO COST A LOT OF MONEY AND IT COULD BE A DECADE AWAY AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT TIME TO WAIT. SO I DO HOPE OUR COLLEAGUES WILL BE IN SUPPORT OF PRIORITIZING IN WHATEVER THAT MEANS. I THINK IT MEANS THAT WE WORK TOGETHER MAKING SURE THAT WE DO BETTER AND WE LISTEN TO THE RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY AND THOSE EXPERTS AND VOLUNTEERS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT THERE EVERY DAY WORKING ALONGSIDE THOSE WHO ARE IN RECOVERY, WHO AREN'T IN RECOVERY BUT NEED RECOVERY, WHO ARE DYING ON OUR STREETS EVERY DAY THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING EVERYONE THAT NEEDS OUR SUPPORT AND WE REALLY PUT A FOCUS ON PRIORITIZING THAT CAMPUS AND IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE HERE IN BOSTON. SO THANK YOU. I KNOW COUNCIL FLYNN WORDS MATTER AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE ARE LEANING ON THE STATE IN MORE FEDERAL FUNDING THAT IT MAY BE SOMEWHERE ELSE. BUT OUR OUR RESIDENTS AND THOSE WHO COME INTO OUR CITY NEED TO BE SUPPORTED IN ANY WAY WE CAN. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CONTINUED SUPPORT ON THIS COUNCIL. THANK YOU THANK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILORS GERARDI ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU TO CARTER FLYNN FOR HAVING ME AS THE THIRD COAST SPONSOR. OBVIOUSLY WE'VE BEEN WORKING EXTREMELY HARD OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS TO TAKE CARE OF THE ISSUE DOWN IN THE SOUTH AND IN MASSACHUSETTS WHERE THE LARGE MAJORITY OF THESE ISSUES IS CONGREGATED. HOWEVER, THE CAMPUS IS SO IMPORTANT I WANT FOLKS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CAMPUS LOOKS LIKE. IT DOESN'T MEAN IT NEEDS TO BE IN ONE SPOT EITHER. IT DOESN'T GET IT. WE HAVE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER IT'S IN THE CITY OR OUTSIDE THE CITY THAT IS UP FOR DIFFERENCE. HOWEVER, IT'S ALSO HOW IT LOOKS SITING THIS IS A DIFFICULT THING BECAUSE INTO ANY PLACE YOU GO PEOPLE ARE SAYING I'D RATHER NOT HAVE THAT CAMPUS HERE. SOME PEOPLE HAVE THE ARGUMENTS IDEALLY IN ONE SPOT FOR FOLKS TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS WOULD BE THE BEST WAY BUT I'D LIKE TO YOU KNOW FOR US ALL TO THINK ABOUT IT IT'S NOT JUST A SOUTH END PROBLEM. WE KNOW IT'S NOT JUST A DORCHESTER. IT'S NOT JUST A IT'S NOT JUST A SOUTH BOSTON, NOT JUST A ROXBURY ISSUE. THIS ISSUE EXISTS IN ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY AND THIS CAMPUS. THE IDEA OF THIS QUOTE UNQUOTE CAMPUS IS TO HELP PLUG THE GAPS THAT ARE IN THE CONTINUUM OF CARE THAT WE HAVE NOW. THE SYSTEM WE HAVE NOW IS NOT PERFECT. THERE ARE HOLES. THE IDEA IS THAT THIS CAN HELP OUT. I KNOW FOLKS GET CALLS ABOUT THESE TYPE OF ISSUES IN ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS ACROSS THE CITY AND THIS IS OPEN FOR ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE. SO WHETHER IT'S ON LONG ISLAND WHICH IS ALSO IN MY DISTRICT, WE'D LOVE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN. BUT I THINK THAT IS A LITTLE BIT FAR AWAY. IT NEEDS QUITE A BIT OF FINANCIAL INVESTMENT. THERE COULD BE A SHORTER TERM MORE DECENTRALIZED APPROACH. I KNOW WE WANT TO DECENTRALIZE THE SERVICES BUT ALSO A DECENTRALIZED RECOVERY CAMPUS THAT HELPS FILL THE GAPS OF THIS CONTINUUM OF CARE AND IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT I THINK BECAUSE IT DOES AFFECT ALL OF US AND THIS IS ABOUT GETTING PEOPLE HEALTHIER. IT'S NOT ABOUT SORT OF THE CONVERSATION OF LAST WEEK. RIGHT. THIS IS SOMETHING I THINK THAT WE CAN ALL GET BEHIND BECAUSE WE KNOW IT HELPS EVERYBODY. SO THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR SANTINI ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR FLYNN ,COUNCILOR MURPHY AND COUNCILOR FITZGERALD FOR FIGHTING THIS IMPORTANT MATTER . MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER DESERVE COMPASSIONATE CARE AND ACCESS TO TREATMENT WITH A SHOUT SHOUT OUT OF THE LONG ISLAND RECOVERY CAMPUS HAS INTERRUPTED THIS ACCESS OUR COMMUNITY URGENTLY NEEDS THE RESOURCES RECOVERY CAMPUSES PROVIDE BUT IT'S BEEN OVER A DECADE SINCE THE LONG ISLAND BRIDGE HAS SHUT DOWN AND WITH IT THE ISLAND'S RECOVERY CAMPUS WHICH HAD OVER 700 SHELTER BEDS AND OVER 200 RECOVERY BEDS AT THE TIME OF ITS CLOSING THE PROCESS TO RESTORE BOTH THE BRIDGE TO LONG ISLAND AND THE BUILDING AND THE BUILDING ON IT IS LONG AND EXPENSIVE BUT MEMBERS OF THE AFFECTED COMMUNITY CAN'T AFFORD TO WAIT BECAUSE OF THIS AND BECAUSE OF ACCESS TO A CARE IS ESSENTIAL. I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT PRIORITIZING THE CREATION OF A RECOVERY CAMPUS EITHER HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON OR OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. WE WANT TO THANK THE LEAD SPONSORS AGAIN. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR AGAIN, IT IS CONCENTRATED. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND I ALSO STAND IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION. I REALLY FEEL MAYBE WE NEED TO HAVE A DEEP DIVE INTO DISCUSSING LIBYA HEARING ON THE RECORD ON THE RECOVERY CAMPUS ITSELF LIKE THE LONG ISLAND PROCESS AND WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT ONE BIG QUESTION I HAVE IN RELATION TO I SEE THE PRICE TAG HERE TO REOPEN REBUILD THE BRIDGE AND OPEN A RECOVERY CAMPUS WITH NEW BUILDINGS, NEW FACILITIES UP TO CODE OUT ON LONG ISLAND WOULD BE $550 MILLION. THE BIG QUESTION I HAVE AND WITH THE PROJECTED INCREASE DUE TO INFLATION AND TARIFFS ETC. AND THE BIG QUESTION I HAVE IS THE MANY OF THE FOLKS WHO WE FIND ON THE STREETS AND IN THE THROES OF DEPENDANCE ON OPIOIDS AND AND DRUGS FIND THEMSELVES IN THIS POSITION BECAUSE OF THEY WERE PRESCRIBED OPIOIDS THAT THEY BECAME DEPENDENT ON WHEN THEY HAD A BACK SURGERY OR SOME MEDICAL AND MEDICAL SITUATION AND THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT WITH THE WITH PURDUE AND WAS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. SO I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THIS ISSUE IS NOT JUST A BOSTON ISSUE. FOLKS COME HERE FROM RHODE ISLAND, FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE, COME FROM CONNECTICUT TO COME FROM ALL OVER AND WE'RE LIKE A MAGNET IN BOSTON. SO IT'S A REGIONAL PROBLEM. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT IN TERMS OF ADEQUATELY MEETING THE NEEDS WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE GET STATE AND FEDERAL MONEY TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE TO STAND UP A NEW RECOVERY CAMPUS WHETHER IT'S IN BOSTON OR IN THE REGION. BUT YOU KNOW, THE REALITY IS WHEN YOU HAVE A CALL FROM SOMEBODY SAYING I NEED SOMEBODY IN A CRISIS, THEY NEED TO GET A RESIDENTIAL REHAB A REHAB BED FOR TWO DETOX, THERE'S NO BEDS AVAILABLE AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, A SHORT TERM DETOX PROGRAM FOR THREE OR FOUR DAYS IS NOT GOING TO CUT IT. WE NEED MORE TIME. RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS LIKE THE ONE THAT USED TO BE AT THE SHATTUCK WHICH WAS THE KENNEDY TO CAUCUS CENTER FOR WOMEN AND I THINK OKAY, WE CAN TALK AND TALK AND TALK BUT I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO REALLY PUSH THE STATE TO STEP UP AND SEE IF WE CAN AND I'M SURE WE'RE DOING IT ALREADY BUT SEE IF WE CAN ACTUALLY MAKE PROGRESS THAT IT ALSO FOR THE LONG ISLAND CAMPUS IN 2014 WAS A HUGE LOSS AND IN ORDER PARTICULARLY PAINFUL AND DIFFICULT FOR MAYOR WALSH AT THE TIME BECAUSE HE WAS HE WAS A PERSON WHO WAS OPEN ABOUT HIS HAS BEEN IN RECOVERY AND WAS A GREAT ADVOCATE FOR SUPPORT FOR THOSE WITH ADDICTION. SO I FEEL IN THIS MOMENT IT'S TIME TO SEE WHERE WE CAN REALLY UP THE ANTE AND GET MORE MONEY TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CAN CELEBRATE IN THE CHAIR AGAIN I'VE JUST COME TO WHERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU TO THE FILERS FOR THIS. YOU KNOW I'VE VISITED LONG ISLAND I BELIEVE WITH COUNCILOR FITZGERALD COUNCILOR DURKIN I CAN'T REMEMBER IF ANYONE ELSE IS THERE BUT I KNOW MANY OF US HAVE VISITED AND RECOGNIZED THE NEED FOR FOR THAT CAMPUS. I JUST I'D LIKE TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT IN TERMS OF THE BRIDGE AT LEAST I THINK THE CITY IS PRIORITIZING THAT AND THAT YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF ADVOCACY AROUND GETTING THAT DONE, THEY REALLY PEOPLE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THE CITY OF QUINCY AND ASKING THEM WHAT THEY'RE DOING. IF YOU IF YOU LOOK AT THE THEY THEY THEY THEY DELAYED THE ACTION WE GOT STATE APPROVAL WITH THE CITY COUNCIL. THEY FILED AN APPEAL. THEY LOST THAT APPEAL. WHAT DID THEY DO? THEY THEN FILED A SECOND APPEAL TO SUPERIOR COURT AND MOST RECENTLY AS LIKE TWO WEEKS AGO OR TO SEPTEMBER 22ND THEY FILED A MOTION TO ADD NEW EVIDENCE AND WHAT THAT WOULD DO IF THE IF THE COURT AGREES TO THAT AND THIS IS ADDITIONAL TESTIMONY BY SOMEBODY WHO ACTUALLY TESTIFIED IN THE WAS SUPPLIED TESTIMONY IN FRONT OF THE MASTER P IF THE SUPERIOR COURT SAYS OH YEAH WE NEED TO ADD THIS EVIDENCE THE WHOLE THING GETS SENT BACK TO DP FOR MORE PROCEEDINGS. SO YOU KNOW MY REQUEST WOULD BE FOR THE CITY OF QUINCY TO TO ADMIT WHEN THEY'VE LOST AND ALLOW US TO BUILD THIS BRIDGE AND HELP PEOPLE INSTEAD OF WASTING THEIR RESOURCES AND HOURS ON THIS, YOU KNOW, LITIGATION. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKIN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE AT A MOMENT IN THE CITY OF BOSTON WHERE WHEN YOU'RE INTERESTED IN RECOVERY AND THERE'S THAT MOMENT OF I WANT TO GET BETTER, I WANT TO GET HELP, YOU CAN'T FIND THE BED THAT YOU NEED AND AS SOMEONE WHO FAMILY HAS DEALT WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, I THINK THAT'S TRAGIC AND AND I KNOW THAT ON THIS COUNCIL THIS YEAR WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO SOME OF THESE ISSUES. BUT I THINK WE CAN ALL STAND UP TODAY AND SAY WHEN YOU NEED A BED, WHEN YOU NEED HELP, WHEN YOU'RE A FAMILY MEMBER IS READY TO GO TO REHAB, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE RICH TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN AND THAT'S NOT WHERE WE ARE TODAY. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR ALL OF THEIR INTEREST. I THINK SOMETIMES WE HAVE DIFFERENT APPROACHES BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN'T ALL WORK TOGETHER ON SOMETHING AND WE KNOW HOW LONG TERM PROJECT IS THIS IS COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AND COUNCILOR WEBER AND I TOOK THAT BOAT TO LONG ISLAND. WE KNOW HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST. I THINK THE FIRST I THINK COUNCILOR WEBER HAD SOME GREAT POINTS ABOUT THE BRIDGE ALSO I THINK OUR FIRST ORDER OF PRIORITY IS REALLY MAKING THE ISLAND FIRE SAFE RIGHT NOW. LIKE RIGHT NOW IT'S WE HAVE THINGS THAT WE NEED. WE HAVE MONEY THAT WE NEED TO SPEND IMMEDIATELY TO SORT OF STOP THE BLEEDING ON THAT CAMPUS. THERE ARE MULTIPLE WELL THERE ARE MULTIPLE BUILDINGS THAT ARE GOING TO COLLAPSE. SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WE KNOW THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE CAN SNAP OUR FINGERS AND FIX. WE KNOW WE NEED STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING BUT WE ALSO NEED THE PLANNING SO THAT WHEN THAT STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING AND PARTNERSHIP IS THERE, WE'RE READY TO GO. SO I FULLY SUPPORT MY COLLEAGUES IN THIS MATTER AND I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR FLYNN, COUNCILOR MURPHY AND COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. WE DON'T HAVE TO AGREE ON EVERYTHING TO KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT FAMILY MEMBER. WHEN A COMMUNITY MEMBER NEEDS HELP THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO ACCESS IT AND WITHOUT THIS THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WORRELL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR MURPHY AND COUNCILOR FITZGERALD FOR YOUR CONTINUE WORK AND ADVOCACY AROUND RECOVERY CAMPUSES AND AROUND MASS AND CLASS. WE KNOW THAT MANY RESIDENTS ACROSS THE STATE ARE BEING SERVICED DOWN AT MASS AND CLASS AND YOU KNOW, IT'S EXTREMELY HARD FOR ONE CITY TO SOLVE FOR AN ISSUE THAT PLAGUES SO MANY OF OUR FAMILIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SO I DO WELCOME THE SUBSTITUTION OF THE LANGUAGE BECAUSE WE WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO TALK TO ABOUT THIS ISSUE AS A REGIONAL ISSUE IN ORDER TO GET WHAT I BELIEVE THAT THE MONEY THE NECESSARY ATTENTION TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A RECOVERY CAMPUS SO AND FULL SUPPORT OF THIS AND ALSO JUST IN FULL SUPPORT OF MAKING SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THIS IN A REGIONAL AND STATE WIDE APPROACH THANK YOU THANK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COME FROM HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR FIERCE ADVOCACY AND LEADERSHIP ON BEHALF OF THOSE WHO ARE ALWAYS REACHING OUT TO OUR OFFICE ASKING US TO DO MORE. THIS IS WHAT IT REALLY LOOKS LIKE WHEN WE ARE ALL RISING UP IN SUPPORT OF SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW THAT WILL BENEFIT THE ENTIRE CITY OF BOSTON NOT JUST CERTAIN PARTS. SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THIS COUNCIL I'VE BEEN SAYING THAT MASS AND GAS ISN'T JUST ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IT IS OCCUPYING SPACE IN BUT THAT IT'S TRICKLING IN TO THE ENTIRE CITY AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF EVERYONE IS AT RISK AND SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND I ALSO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSCORE THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE HARM THAT'S BEING CAUSED TO COUNCIL REGIONS POINT I ALWAYS YOU KNOW, POINT TO THE DOCTORS THAT ARE CAUSING THE HARM AND IF WE REALLY WANT TO GET AHEAD OF THIS ISSUE WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT THE ROOT CAUSE AND I ALWAYS GOT TO BE A LITTLE PETTY WITH THE PURPOSE HERE REAL QUICK. BUT YOU KNOW, IF WE REALLY WANT SOME MONEY, YOU KNOW THERE'S 150 OR $200 MILLION BEING SPENT ON WHITE STADIUMS THAT WE CAN EASILY TRANSFER OVER TO THIS RECOVERY CENTER IF WE'RE REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT MEETING THE MOMENT, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT THERE IS MONEY OUT THERE TO DO JUST THAT. SO IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR DOLLARS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN WE KNOW WHERE WHERE IT IS. SO WE JUST GOT TO GO OUT AND SAY WE HAVE THE POLITICAL WILL TO TRANSFER SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS INTO THE RECOVERY CENTER BECAUSE IT IS A PRIORITY. RIGHT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'LL BE VERY BRIEF. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR COMMENTS. I HAD A CONVERSATION YESTERDAY WITH COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AND TALKING ABOUT THE VISIT THE EXCELLENT VISIT HE HAD WITH SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES TO LONG ISLAND A WHILE BACK I ASKED MAYBE ANOTHER POSSIBILITY OF HAVING ANOTHER VISIT MAYBE OVER THE NEXT 30 DAYS OR SO. SO ALL COUNCILORS THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ON THAT TRIP MAYBE GIVE US AN GIVE GIVEN GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND. SO I'M GOING TO WORK WITH COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR FITZGERALD FOR AGREEING TO WORK WITH US AND THE CITY ADMINISTRATION MAYBE TO HAVE ANOTHER VISIT TO LONG ISLAND MAYBE SOMETIME SOMETIME IN OCTOBER BEFORE THE THE WATER REALLY GETS CHOPPY UP THERE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES. I ALSO WANT TO LAST TERM WE WENT ON I THINK ALL COLLEAGUES WENT ON NOT THIS ITERATION OF THE BODY THE PRIOR ITERATION TO LONG ISLAND. I WAS REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT TRIP AND VERY ENTHUSIASTICALLY WROTE A LETTER IN SUPPORT OF FUNDING WHICH I THINK IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE OUR SYSTEMS ARE SO BROKEN AND PEOPLE FILES OF THE GAPS, MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH REASONS THE DISEASE OF ADDICTION AND SO ENSURING THAT PEOPLE HAVE PATHWAYS TO RECOVERY IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. I KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION HAS BEEN WORKING ON AND BELIEVES IN A CONFERENCE WITH DR. OJUKWU TO ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS FOR US TO HAVE LIKE A FULL AND ROBUST CONTINUUM OF CARE SO THAT PEOPLE AREN'T JUST HAVING DETOX WHERE THEY'RE IN AND OUT AND GOING RIGHT BACK INTO INTO USING OR PEOPLE ARE ENTERING OUR CARCERAL SYSTEM AND THEN LEAVING AND THEN GOING RIGHT BACK INTO INTO USING. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE FULL CONTINUUM OF CARE INCLUDES A RECOVERY CAMPUS OR CAMPUSES THAT ADDRESSES THIS REGIONAL ISSUE AND ALSO CONTINUES TO HOLD PEOPLE'S HAND AS THEY NEED TO AFTERWARDS WITH TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, WITH EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. THESE ARE ALL IMPORTANT THINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO TO TO SURVIVE AND THRIVE OFF OF A DEPENDENCY OF OUT OF A DEPENDENCY OF DRUG ADDICTION. SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE WHETHER IT'S LONG ISLAND WHICH IS VERY EXPENSIVE AND COUNSELOR WEBER LAID OUT THE LEGAL ISSUES INVOLVED AND HOW HARD IT IS FOR US TO ADDRESS A REGIONAL ISSUE AS AN INDIVIDUAL CITY AND WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE STATES AND OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE FOLKS WHO ARE DYING IN MASS AND CATS ARE ALSO DOING THEIR PART AS WELL. SO THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR. CLERK PLEASE ADD COUNCILORS BREADON DURKIN HERE BUT BEN SANTANA WEBER WORLD BECAUSE THAT AS A PARTNER PLEASE OUT OF THE CHAIR COUNCILORS FLYNN MURPHY AND FITZGERALD SEEKS A SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET NUMBER 1750 ALL IN FAVOR SAY I AM MR. CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON 1750. COUNCILOR BREADON YES, COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR COLETTE AS A PARTNER COUNCILOR COLLETTE WAS A PART OF YES. COUNCILOR DURKAN COUNCILOR DURKAN YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES. COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE YES. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE. CONCILOR MEJIA HERE YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR PIPPIN COUNCILOR PIN YES COUNCILOR SANTANA COUNCILOR SANTANA YES. COUNCILOR WEBER COUNCILOR WEBER YES. AND COUNCILOR WORRELL COUNCILOR WORRELL YES TALKING ABOUT 1750 HAS RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. DOCKET NUMBER 1750 HAS BEEN ADOPTED BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO GREEN SHEETS WITH ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME TO A DOCKET OR MOTION TO RECONSIDER A VOTE IF THEY WERE OUT OF CHAMBERS NOW OKAY. WE'RE NOW MOVING ONTO GREEN SHEETS. UM, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO PUT ANYTHING FROM THE GREEN SHEETS? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BUT THEN COMES WITH A PEN. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MADAM PRESIDENT, I LIKE TO PULL DOCKET NUMBER 1664 OUT OF CITY SERVICES INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE ON PAGE FOUR OF THE GREEN SHEETS. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. DO YOU HAVE A DOCKET BEFORE YOU MR. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THAT DOCKET INTO THE RECORD FROM THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES AND INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY TALKING NUMBER 1664 MESSAGING ON AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND THE AMOUNT OF $10,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT. THE A I RESEARCHED GRANT AWARDED BY THE SCHMIDT SCIENCES APPROVAL TRAFFIC ORGANIZATION RUN BY THE SCHMIDT FAMILY TO BE A MINISTER BY THE DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY. THE GRANT WILL FUND A PROJECT THAT WILL DELIVER THE FIRST RANDOMIZED EVIDENCE ON HOW GENERATIVE AI TOOLS AFFECT DAY TO DAY WORK IN A LARGE US CITY GOVERNMENT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES BY BEN CARSON PAYNE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THERE IS NO DENYING THAT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS HERE AND BEING USED IN EVERYDAY LIFE. WE ARE A SOCIETY WE AS A SOCIETY ARE AT A FUNDAMENTAL POINT OF HOW TO USE A.I. FOR EFFICIENT SUPPORT RATHER THAN TOTAL CONTROL. THIS SMALL GRANT WILL START THE PROCESS FOR DO IT TO RESEARCH HOW OUR MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES CAN USE A.I. TO BETTER OUR CITY SERVICES AND ESTABLISH FUTURE PROCESSES WITH THIS TECHNOLOGY ACTUALLY SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULE OF LAW IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTING THIS GRANT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I THINK I DIDN'T DO THE ABSENT OBJECTION PART THAT DOES GET THAT. YES. OKAY. BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE GREEN SHEETS FOR OKAY SO THE DOCKET THE MOTION IN THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS EXCEPT IN THE DOCK IS PROBABLY BEFORE THE BODY COMES PREPARED SPOKE ON THE DOCKET BUT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE DOCKET BECAUSE WITHIN THE CHAIR THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY MOVES FOR PASSAGE OF DOCKET NUMBER 1664 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL THOSE OPPOSING EYES OUT OF THIS DOCKET IS PAST WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO PULL ANYTHING FROM THE GREEN SHEETS. WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO LEAD FILES. I'M INFORMED BY THE COURT THAT THERE ARE FOUR VITAL MATTERS THREE PERSONNEL MATTERS AND ONE HEARING ORDER. WE WILL FIRST TAKE A VOTE AT THE THREE LATE VITAL PERSONNEL MATTERS ONTO THE RECORD ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL THOSE OPPOSED NAY THE AYES HAVE IT. THESE THEY FILE PERSONNEL MATTERS ARE ADDED TO THE RECORD. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE FILE PERSONNEL MATTERS TO THE RECORD? FIRSTLY FILE AMOUNT OF PERSONNEL ORDER COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR S.A. SECOND PERSONNEL ORDER COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR SANTANA AND THIRD PERSONNEL ORDER COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE FOR COUNCILOR ON MEJIA THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW TAKE A VOTE TO ADD WE WILL NOT TAKE A VOTE ON THESE LATE FILE MATTERS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I ALL THOSE OPPOSING THE AYES HAVE IT . THESE FILE MATTERS HAVE PASSED. MR CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE FOURTH LATE FILE HEARING ORDER INTO THE RECORD? NO, WE HAVE ANOTHER MR QUOTE COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE NEXT LATE FILE HEARING ORDER INTO THE RECORD ORDERED BY COUNCILOR ED FLYNN EMERGENCY ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE IMPACT OF THE ONGOING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN ON BOSTON'S VETERANS MILITARY MEMBERS AND MILITARY FAMILIES ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADDING DELAY FILE MATTER UNDER THE RECORD SAY I I ALL OPPOSE OPPOSING THE AYES HAVE IT THIS MATTER HAS BEEN ADAMANTLY RECORD COUNSELOR FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. MADAM CHAIR MAY I ADD COUNSELOR MURPHY AND COUNCILOR ME HERE AS THE ORIGINAL CO-SPONSORS COUNSELOR MURPHY SO ADDED COUNTER-OFFENSIVE SUSPEND THE RULES AT TIMES MEAN HE IS A THIRD ORIGINAL CO-SPONSORS ARE YOU HEARING NO OBJECTIONS TO ME IS SO OUT OF TOUCH WITH WHEN YOU ARE ON THE FLOOR? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THIS MORNING AT 12 ZERO ONE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALLY ENTERED A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN THIS IS AN EMERGENCY HEARING ORDER TO DISCUSS THE IMPACT THIS SHUTDOWN WILL HAVE ON BOSTON'S VETERANS MILITARY MEMBERS AND MILITARY FAMILIES AS WELL. HERE IT IS UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME WHICH VETERANS BENEFITS ARE IMPACTED BY A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. HOWEVER, PAY FOR MILITARY MEMBERS COULD BE HALTED DURING THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IN AGENCIES SUCH AS THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR THAT DO EXCEPTIONAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE UNITED STATES VETERANS AFFAIRS COULD BE AFFECTED POSSIBLY DELAYING NEEDED BENEFITS FOR OUR VETERANS IN MILITARY FAMILIES FOR EXAMPLE, THE NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR VETERANS ON QUIET STREET ACROSS THE STREET RECEIVES FEDERAL FUNDING FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR FOR THEIR JOB TRAINING PROGRAM. VETERANS AND MILITARY FAMILIES HAVE PROUDLY SERVED OUR COUNTRY AND EARN THEIR BENEFITS FROM OUR CITY, STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS MANY VETERANS MILITARY MEMBERS, MILITARY FAMILIES HAVE ALREADY EXPRESSED CONCERN TO ME THAT SOME OF THEIR BENEFITS AND PAY WOULD BE DELAYED DUE TO A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. THIS INCLUDES SERVICES SPECIFICALLY TO WOMEN, VETERANS, HOMELESS VETERANS, VETERANS WITH DISABILITIES AND AS WE KNOW THAT THE FASTEST GROWING GROUP OF HOMELESS VETERANS IN THE COUNTRY ARE WOMEN VETERANS THE CITY OF BOSTON OFFICE OF VETERANS SERVICES IN THE MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF VETERANS SERVICES HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH ME AND MORE IMPORTANTLY WITH VETERANS AND WITH THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES IN THE PAST TO EMPOWER OUR VETERANS AND MILITARY FAMILIES AND PROVIDE THEM WITH INFORMATION ON THE SERVICES AND BENEFITS THAT THEY HAVE EARNED. IT IS CRITICAL THAT OUR VETERANS, MILITARY MEMBERS AND MILITARY FAMILIES ARE GUARANTEED SERVICES ON TIME AND THAT THEY HAVE FLAHERTY AND INFORMATION ON THE IMPACT OF THE ONGOING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN AND WHAT I PLAN TO DO IF THIS IS ENACTED AND PASSED I PLAN TO IMMEDIATELY SUNDAY EMAIL TO COMMISSIONER SANTIAGO AT THE CITY OF BOSTON IS A FRIEND OF MINE AND TO THE STATE VETERANS TO THE STATE SECRETARY WHO IS ALSO A FRIEND OF MINE SECRETARY SANTIAGO TO ASK THEM IF THEY WOULD APPEAR BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL SOMETIME NEXT WEEK ON HOW WE'RE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER ON ON THE IMPACT THIS GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN HAS ON VETERANS BUT EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY LISTEN TO VETERANS GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY ABOUT THIS POSSIBLE ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN AND THE IMPACTS IT'S HAVING ON THEM AND THEIR FAMILY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES MURPHY. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR FILING THIS AND BEING A LEAD SPONSOR, MAKING SURE OUR VETERANS WHO EARNED THEIR BENEFITS ARE NOT GETTING ANY DELAY OR INTERRUPTIONS IN THE SERVICES THAT THEY RECEIVE. WE KNOW MANY VETERANS MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON DEFINITELY WE HAVE THE BEST VETERAN BENEFITS IN THE COUNTRY BUT STILL MANY OF OUR VETERANS DON'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. SO THOSE WHO ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF WHAT THEY DESERVE ARE ARE NERVOUS AND UNDERSTANDABLY SO. SO IT'S OUR JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON TOP OF THIS THAT MAKING SURE THAT NOTHING IS INTERRUPTED. MY 91 YEAR OLD STEPDAD IS GETTING HOSPICE HOME CARE THROUGH THE VA AND MY MOM WAS ON THE PHONE THIS MORNING WITH SOMEONE AT THE VA SO I KNOW DIRECTLY THAT THESE SERVICES ARE LIFE SAVING AND IF THERE'S ANY CHANCE THAT THEY CAN BE INTERRUPTED WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING OUR VETERANS SO LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING LIKE YOU MENTIONED COUNSELOR FLYNN, THE CONVERSATIONS WITH BOTH COMMISSIONER SANTIAGO AND SECRETARY SANTIAGO AND MAKING SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE OUR VETERANS WITH WHAT THEY DESERVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU TO COLLEAGUES FOR THIS HEARING. ALL RIGHT. TO LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THE CONVERSATION AND I THINK GIVEN WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE NATIONAL LANDSCAPE, THIS REALLY OFFERS US AN OPPORTUNITY TO UTILIZE OUR BULLY PULPIT AND OUR VOICE AND OUR MICROPHONE TO FIGHT FOR THOSE WHO ARE GOING TO BE MOST IMPACTED BY ANY DECISION THAT WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE GRAPPLING WITH IN THE YEARS TO COME. THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF IT. SO I THINK THAT WE'RE REALLY DEFINITELY MEETING THE MOMENT AND STANDING UP FOR OUR VETERANS WHO LITERALLY DIE TO SO THAT WE CAN HAVE FREEDOM LIKE THIS IS THIS IS THE MOMENT FOR US TO SHOW UP AND SHOW OUT AND UTILIZE EVERY TOOL THAT WE HAVE IN OUR TOOL KIT TO FIGHT FOR THEM AND LET THEM KNOW THAT WE HAVE THEIR BACK SO THANK YOU COUNSELOR FLYNN FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR FIERCE ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF OUR VETERANS HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND BEYOND. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THE MATTER? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO THEIR NAME MR CLARE PLEASE? THAT COMES AS BREADON AND CLUB AS A PARTNER DURKIN FITZGERALD THE SANTANA WEBER WORLD PLEASE EITHER CHAIR THIS DOCKET THIS LATE FILE MATTER WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON MILITARY VETERANS, MILITARY FAMILIES AND MILITARY AFFAIRS. OKAY WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE COURT THAT THERE IS ONE ADDITION TO THE CONSENT AGENDA ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE QUESTION NOW COME ON APPROVAL OF THE VARIOUS MATTERS CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONSENT AGENDA ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I THANK YOU. THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED. WE ARE NOW ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. PLEASE REMEMBER THESE ARE UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS. WE HAVE SOME UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS I BELIEVE THIS SATURDAY THE TODAY'S THE FIRST CARLOS SANTANA HAPPY BIRTHDAY. I ALSO DO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY NEXT WEEK THIS WEEKEND IS THE ROSLINDALE PARADE ALSO GO RED SOX BEAT THE YANKEES DO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT YOU RECOGNIZE AS CONSTRUCTIVE AS A BATTER? THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. JUST REMINDING FOLKS THAT TOMORROW IS THE ITALIAN FLAG RAISING AT 12 NOON. LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL. THERE IS GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL DAY AND THEN NEXT WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE NEXT COUNCIL HEARING WE HAVE AT 1030 A BRUNCH AND LEARN ABOUT WATER TRANSPORTATION WITH THE SEA PORT TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION WHO WILL DISCUSS THE EVOLUTION OF THE FERRY NETWORK HERE IN BOSTON AND THE INFLUENCES THAT ARE FUELING ITS RAPID TRANSFORMATION. I APPRECIATE THIS ORGANIZATION. THEY PARTNER WITH THE MASS CONVENTION CENTER TO PROVIDE A FERRY FROM EAST BOSTON TO THE SEAPORT AND BACK. IT IS LIMITED BECAUSE WE HAVE LIMITED FUNDING AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TACKLED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR STATE COLLEAGUES. AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO TO HAVING THEM HERE AND HOPE TO SEE EVERYBODY THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMES FROM HERE COMES MEJIA AGAIN FLOOR YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND I JUST WANTED TO PULL OUT A CALL FOR SUPPORT. OUR OFFICE IS HOSTING OUR SCHOOL VIBES ANNUAL TO RESTORE BOUTIQUE COMING UP IN OCTOBER THE 27TH AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR GENTLY USED DONATED CLOTHES THE LAST DAY TO DONATE IS OCTOBER THE 10TH. SO IF YOU'RE TUNING IN OR YOU'RE HERE AND YOU GOT A FIT THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO WEAR ANYMORE, PLEASE BRING IT TO OUR OFFICE. WE WHAT WE DO IS WE TAKE ALL OF THE CLOTHES THAT'S DONATED AND WE TREAT IT AND WE PREP IT AND WE OPEN UP LIKE A LITTLE THRIFT STORE, A BOUTIQUE EXPERIENCE FOR FAMILIES TO BE ABLE TO SHOP BUT THEY GET EVERYTHING FOR FREE SO IT DOESN'T REALLY FEEL YOU'RE YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SPENDING MONEY BUT IT'S A GOOD WAY FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE NICE THINGS WITH DIGNITY AND SO IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT DOESN'T FIT THAT YOU DON'T WANT OR YOU DON'T LIKE OR WHATEVER THAT'S GENERALLY USED NEXT WEEK'S FOR THE COUNCIL MEETING IF YOU COULD BRING IT IN WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT. AND IF YOU WANT TO VOLUNTEER ON THE DAY OF THE EVENT IT'S OCTOBER THE 27TH BUT YOU KNOW THIS REALLY IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GIVE BACK. WE'VE BEEN PARTNERING WITH BOSTON LATIN ACADEMY SCHOOL AND VARIOUS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS ACROSS THE CITY AND FAMILIES AND CHURCHES AND EVERYONE WHO CAN GIVE WE'RE JUST ASKING YOU ALL TO BRING YOUR GENTLY USED DONATED ITEMS HERE NEXT WEDNESDAY TO THE COUNCIL MEETING. AND IF YOU'RE LISTENING IN FOR THOSE WHO ARE PAYING ATTENTION YOU CAN DROP IT OFF AT THE FRONT DESK AND WE'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO COLLECT GENTLY USED ITEMS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR MY COLLEAGUES? ALSO JUST A REMINDER THAT WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15TH WHEN WE DON'T HAVE A COUNCIL MEETING THAT'S OUR SPANISH LINE THAT'S HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATION HERE IN CHAMBERS AT 12:00 I SAID IN THE EMAIL WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO ABBREVIATE AND TO HAVE 12 TO 1 HERE IN CHAMBERS AND HAVE 1 TO 2 IN THE MONTY TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO FELLOWSHIP AND FOLKS ARE OFTEN REALLY HUNGRY. SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE GETS THEIR DUE TIME. MOSTLY THE HONOREES UP HERE AND SPEAKING BUT JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE SOMEONE FROM YOUR DISTRICT THAT YOU'LL BE HONORING WHO FROM THE LAND THAT'S HISPANIC COMMUNITY DOING THE WORK OF UNITING AND FIGHTING SO THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES AND THANK YOU TO JULIAN AND MY OFFICE AND ANA AND HENRY YOUR COUNCILORS, INDIANA'S OFFICE AND FOLKS IN CUSTOM HIS OFFICE FOR THEIR WORK IN HELPING TO PUT THIS TOGETHER AND ALSO CONSIDER PAM'S OFFICE. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? OKAY. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO MEMORIALS. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO UPLIFT A NAME ON BEHALF OF ANYONE WHO HAS PASSED AWAY? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR DURKAN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN TODAY'S MEETING IN HONOR OF KATHERINE K GALLAGHER, A BELOVED MISSION HALL LEADER WHO PASSED AWAY THIS WEEK. SHE WAS ALMOST 97. K WAS THE FOUNDER OF BOTH THE MISSION HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES AND THE BACK OF THE HILL CDC WHERE SHE SERVED FOR MANY YEARS AS PRESIDENT SHE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN CREATING AFFORDABLE HOUSING INCLUDING BACK OF THE HILL APARTMENTS, THE KATHERINE H. GALLAGHER CO-OPS AND THE MARIA SANCHEZ HOUSE AND IN SUSTAINING SPECIAL NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES TRADITIONS LIKE THE LINK BUS AND THE MISSION HILL ROAD RACE. KAY WAS THE KIND OF PASSIONATE AND SPIRITED LEADER WE ALL ASPIRE TO BE. HER LEADERSHIP LEFT A MARK THE MISSION HALL COMMUNITY AND IT WILL NOT BE THE SAME WITHOUT HER. I SEND MY CONDOLENCES TO HER FAMILY, FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS TOO AND ALL WHO ARE MOURNING HER LOSS. THE FUNERAL WILL BE HELD THIS FRIDAY AT MISSION AND THE WAKE WILL TAKE PLACE AT MAN AND MAN IN JAMAICA PLAIN FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS. I DIDN'T HAVE THE CHANCE TO REALLY GET TO KNOW HER BUT PAT FLAHERTY WHO WE ALL KNOW DESCRIBED HER INFECTIOUS LAUGH AND HOW EVERYONE WANTED TO BE HER IN OLD AGE SO ON BEHALF OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HONOR HER AND THIS MISSION HALL LATER TODAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DURKIN, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADJOURN ON BEHALF OF ANYONE WHO HAS PASSED AWAY? OKAY. TODAY RELIGION ARE MEETING IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING ON BEHALF OF MYSELF MARY CURRY, THE SISTER OF MICHAEL CURRY ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR PIPPIN, JOHN PIERCE ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR WEBER, CAMERON CAM PETERS FATHER OF CAROLINE PETERS IN OWN ASKS ON BEHALF OF COUNCILORS DURKIN FITZGERALD LOUIJEUNE AND THE ENTIRE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL CATHERINE GAY A KATHRYN KAY GALLAGHER. A MOMENT OF SILENCE. THE CHAIR MOVES THAT WHEN THE COUNCIL ADJOURN TODAY IT DOES SO IN MEMORY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED INDIVIDUALS. THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO MEET AGAIN IN THE DIANELLA CHAMBER NEXT WEEK NEXT WEDNESDAY ON OCTOBER EIGHT, 2025 AT 12 NOON. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES, CENTRAL STAFF, THE PARK AND THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE COUNCIL STENOGRAPHER ALL IN FAVOR OF THE JUDGMENT AND SAY I I THE CASUALTIES ADJOURNED