GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ED FLYNN. I AM A CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT. VIEWERS CAN WATCH A CITY COUNCIL MEETING LIVE ON YOUTUBE BY VISITING BOSTON DOTCOM'S CITY COUNCIL DASHTI. I'D LIKE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES AND THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE TO PLEASE SILENCE THEIR CELL PHONES IN ELECTRONIC DEVICES. THANK YOU. PLEASE ALSO BE RESPECTFUL AND DO NOT DISRUPT THE MEETING WHILE YOU ARE HERE. IF YOU ARE DISRUPTIVE YOU'LL BE ASKED TO LEAVE. IF YOU FAIL TO COMPLY YOU WILL BE ESCORTED OUT. PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT ACCORDING TO CITY COUNCIL RULES THERE WERE NO SIGNS ALLOWED IN THE CHAMBER. MR CLARK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROAD TO ASCERTAIN THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM COUNCILOR KALITTA COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDISON COUNCIL FLAHERTY COUNCIL OFFLINE PRESS COUNCIL COUNCIL LUZHIN COUNCILOR HERE COUNCILOR MURPHY AND COUNCILOR QUORUMS. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CORRECT THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT BEFORE WE INTRODUCE THE THE CLERGY ON BEHALF OF MY COLLEAGUES IN THIS BODY I WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO THE PUBLIC AND THOSE THAT ARE THAT ARE HERE AND THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING ON TELEVISION FOR OUR LATE START UNACCEPTABLE. THIS WEEK'S CLERGY IS RABBI DESTLER FROM THE BIAS YAKOV OF BOSTON INVITED BY COUNCILOR BREADON. COUNCILOR BREADON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME TO THE PODIUM TO INTRODUCE OUR CLERGY FOR TODAY? THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. IT IS MY PLEASURE. IT'S MY PLEASURE TODAY TO INTRODUCE RABBI HAME DESTLER DESTLER ORIGINALLY FROM CLEVELAND CLEVELAND RABBI HOME DESTLER IS MARRIED TO A THIRD GENERATION BOSTONIAN AND IS PROUD TO BE RAISING A FOURTH GENERATION OF HIS FAMILY IN BOSTON. RABBI DESTLER IS ONE OF THE RABBIS WHO LEADS THE FIRST YA'AKOV SCHOOL IN BOSTON THE ONLY ALL GIRLS JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL IN THE CITY. YA'AKOV IS LOCATED IN BRIGHTON AND PROVIDES A COLLEGE PREP CURRICULUM TO GIRLS IN GRADES NINE TO 12. RABBI DESTLER SERVES AS THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AT USHAKOV. HE'S FREQUENTLY COLLABORATES WITH I DO HAVE A GOOD HOW DO I PRONOUNCE THAT I ARE TO ISRAEL AND LOCAL SYNAGOGUES TO STRENGTHEN AND GROW THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN BOSTON. IT'S MY HONOR TO WELCOME YOU HERE THIS MORNING. THIS AFTERNOON RABBI DESTLER AND THANK YOU FOR COMING TO LEAD US IN PRAYER TODAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. IT'S A TRUE HONOR AND PLEASURE TO JOIN THE DISTINGUISHED BOSTON CITY COUNCIL AND I'M APPRECIATIVE OF THE COUNCIL OF BRITAIN FOR THE INVITATION. I'D LIKE TO SHARE A BRIEF INSIGHT AND WE'LL CLOSE WITH WORDS OF PRAYER IN TWO WEEKS FROM TONIGHT. JEWISH PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD WILL BE CELEBRATING THE HOW THEY HAVE PASSOVER THE HOLIDAY OF FREEDOM AND SIT DOWN AT THEIR SEDER TABLES, JOIN TOGETHER WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. THE TABLE WILL BE SET WITH THEIR FINEST AND MOST BEAUTIFUL CHINA CRYSTAL AND SILVER AND IT WILL BE ADORNED BY THE WELL-KNOWN ITEMS OF PASSOVER TRADITION. THE MATZO, THE WINE GOBLETS FILLED TO THE TOP, THE BITTER HERBS, THE MORTAR LIKE PROCESS AND MANY MORE ITEMS EACH WITH ITS RICH SYMBOLISM. EACH PERSON AROUND THE TABLE WILL HAVE A VERY SPECIAL BOOK IN HAND CALLED THE HAGGADAH WHICH CONTAINS THE STORY OF PASSOVER THE STORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE. THE STORY BEGINS IN TRUE SADNESS A PEOPLE ENSLAVED BY AN OPPRESSIVE REGIME ONE WHICH SEEKS TO INFLICT ITS CORRUPT WILL ON AN INNOCENT AND HELPLESS PEOPLE WITH ALMIGHTY GOD PROVIDING MOSES DIRECTION AT EACH THAT MOSES CONFRONTS THE OPPRESSIVE PHARAOH AND PROCLAIMS LET MY PEOPLE GO ONLY TO BE FURIOUSLY TURNED DOWN. HE THEN BEGINS TO DISPATCH GOT SUPERNATURAL TEN PLAGUES ONE BY ONE GRADUALLY WEAKENING THE OPPRESSORS UNTIL PHARAOH CAN NO LONGER STAND UP TO GOD'S POWER AND EXPELS HIM FROM HIS LAND SLAVES NO MORE THEY HASTILY BAKE MARTYR AND SIT ON THEIR WAY EXPERIENCING COUNTLESS MIRACLES ALONG THE WAY CULMINATING IN ONE OF HISTORY'S MOST REMARKABLE MIRACLES AND EVENTS THE SPLITTING OF THE RED SEA. THE JEWISH PEOPLE CROSS THE SEA AND BEGIN TO GEL AS A NEW FOUNDATION BORN OUT OF FREEDOM ,UNITED UNDER ALMIGHTY GOD FREEDOM A SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL FREEDOM, A SOCIAL EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TO OBSERVE OUR FAITH AND TO LIVE AND TO LIVE OUR LIVES AS WE PLEASE. THIS IS THE STORY WE HAVE TOLD AND RETOLD FOR CLOSE TO 3500 YEARS. WE COME TOGETHER ON PASSOVER TO THINK ABOUT AND IMAGINE THOSE TIMES OF CHALLENGE AND OF THE GREAT SALVATION. WE DO IT EACH YEAR TO SERVE AS A REMINDER THAT EVEN WHEN WE HAVE CHALLENGES AND WHEN TIMES ARE DARK WE KNOW THAT SALVATION IS NOT TOO FAR AWAY TODAY WE ARE LIVING IN TIMES WE OUR VERY OWN SAFETY AND SECURITY IS BEING THREATENED BY THOSE AROUND. ANTI-SEMITISM IS SPIRALING OUT OF CONTROL CREATING FEAR INSTEAD OF FREEDOM. FREEDOM IS ALWAYS WITHIN OUR GRASP FREEDOM TO LIVE OUR LIVES AS WE PLEASE TO BELIEVE AS WE WISH. THIS IS A HALLMARK OF THE JEWISH NATION AND THIS IS THE HALLMARK OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THIS IS A HALLMARK OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS AND THIS IS A HALLMARK OF THIS GREAT CITY OF BOSTON, A CITY WHERE FREEDOM AND OPPORTUNITY LIVES AND THRIVES MASTER OF THE WORLD WITH YOUR INFINITE WISDOM YOU HAVE COMMANDEER THE UNIVERSE THROUGH EACH AND EVERY GENERATION THROUGH TIMES OF CHALLENGE AND TIMES OF BLESSING TIMES IN TRUTH AND JUSTICE AND JUSTICE WAS HARD TO SEE AND TIMES AND IT HAS BEEN CLEAR AND APPARENT WE BESEECH YOUR GREAT MERCY THAT WE MERIT CONTINUOUS BLESSING AND ENDLESS TRUTH. JUSTICE MAY BE STILL US WITH BLESSINGS OF CONTINUOUS FREEDOM, FREEDOM FOR ALL OF HUMANITY, FREEDOM TO LIVE, FREEDOM TO WORSHIP, FREEDOM TO EDUCATE, FREEDOM TO RAISE OUR FAMILIES WITH VALUES WE HOLD TRUE FREEDOM FROM HATE, FREEDOM FROM DIVISION, FREEDOM OF MIND AND FREEDOM OF SPIRIT. ALMIGHTY GOD, WE ASK TO BESTOW YOUR BOUNTY OF BLESSINGS ON THE DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANTS OF THIS GREAT BODY WHO HAVE STOOD UP TO CARRY OUT THE MISSION OF SERVICE. WE ASK YOU TO PROTECT AND INSPIRE THESE REMARKABLE INDIVIDUALS, ENDOW THEM WITH COURAGE, FORTITUDE AND WISDOM, CROWN THEM WITH HUMILITY AND COMPASSION AND INFUSE THEM WITH THE CONCEPTS OF GROWTH AND RENEWAL TO LEAD US ALL FORWARD . PLEASE BLESS THEM, THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR STAFF AS WELL AS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THE NEARLY 700000 BOSTON STRONG WITH GOOD HEALTH AND PROSPERITY, SAFETY AND SECURITY, HAPPINESS AND TRANQUILITY AND PERHAPS A FEW MORE SPORTS TITLES. AND TO THIS WE SAY AMEN AMEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU RABBI. PLEASE JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES. THE FACT THAT ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE JUSTICE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, RABBI. FOR THOSE INSPIRING WORDS AND WELCOME TO THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL . MR QUIRKILY. I'M SURE THE RECORD IS REFLECTED THAT COUNCILOR COLLETTA COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON AND COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE PRESENT WERE ACTUALLY THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE SEEING AND HEARING NO DISCUSSION ON THE MATTER THAT SHE MOVES TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING SAY I OPPOSED SAY THANK YOU. THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING STANDARDS APPROVED COMMUNICATIONS FROM HER ON TO THE MAYOR. MR CARR, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET 060 SIX DUKAN NUMBER ZERO SIX ZERO SIX MESSAGE AND ORDERS FOR APPROVAL IN AUDIENCE ADOPTING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY RESOURCES MUNICIPAL OPT IN SPECIALIZED STRETCH ENERGY CALLED THANK YOU. THIS STOCK AT ZERO SIX ZERO SIX WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR CARR CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO SIX ZERO SEVEN TWO ZERO SIX ONE ZERO PLEASE? EMMA ZERO SIX ZERO SEVEN MESSAGE NON AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF SEVENTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR. TWENTY THREE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING. THE GRANT WILL FUND HOUSING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL SERVICES PROGRAMS. THE AWARD AMOUNT IS ESTIMATED FROM PRIOR YEARS TALKING NUMBER ZERO SIX ZERO EIGHT MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF SIX MILLION TWO HUNDRED THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED SEVENTY SIX DOLLARS IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR. TWENTY THREE HOME INVESTMENT PARTNER GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE PRODUCTION OF NEW AFFORDABLE RENTAL AND HOME OWNERSHIP HOUSING AND ALSO PROVIDE OPERATING SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS. THE AWARD AMOUNT IS ESTIMATED FROM PRIOR YEARS DOCKET NUMBER ZERO SIX ZERO NINE MESSAGE IN AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF THREE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY THREE DOLLARS IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR TWENTY THREE HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS EACH YEAR PWI AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING. THE GRANT FUND SERVICES FOR INCOME ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AFFECTED BY AIDS. THE AWARD AMOUNT IS ESTIMATED FROM PRIOR YEARS AND DARK NUMBERS ZERO SIX ONE ZERO MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED SIXTY SIX DOLLARS IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR. TWENTY THREE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE STREET REACH EMERGENCY SHELTER HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION, RAPID REHOUSING ASSISTANCE AND SHELTER SERVICES. THE AWARD AMOUNT IS ESTIMATED FROM PRIOR YEARS. THANK YOU. THESE STOCKETT'S ZERO SIX ZERO SEVEN TWO ZERO SIX ONE ZERO WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. MR CLARK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO SIX ONE ONE TWO ZERO SIX ONE TWO POLICE DOG NUMBER ZERO SIX ON ONE MESSAGE AND ON AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE RECYCLING DIVIDEND PROGRAM AWARDED BY THE MASS MASSACHUSETTS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. THAT GRANT WILL FUND CURBSIDE RECYCLING IN OTHER PROGRAMS AND POLICIES PROVEN TO MAXIMIZE REUSE, RECYCLING AND WASTE REDUCTION. TARGET NUMBER ZERO SIX ONE TWO MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND AND INCREASING DONATION OF WINTER ACCESSORIES AND TOYS VALUED AT TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS DONATED BY RECREATION RECREATIONAL EQUIPMENT INC ARIA LOCATED AT FOUR OR ONE PARK DRIVE BOSTON MASSO TWO TWO ONE FIVE THE GRANT WILL SUPPORT PLAY SHOULD ON THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF NEW URBAN MECHANICS PLACEMAKING PILOT TO BRING TO LIGHT TO OUR PUBLIC SPACES AND EXPAND ACCESS OF RECREATIONAL TOYS AND EQUIPMENT THACKERAY'S TO OUR KIDS ZERO SIX ONE ONE TWO ZERO SIX ONE ISSUE WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. MR CLARK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO SIX ONE THREE ZERO SIX ONE THREE MESSAGE TRANSMITTING SOON INFORMATION UNDER SECTION SEVENTEEN RELATIVE TO THE BTU MEMBER OVERPAYMENT DUKAN NOVEMBER 05 06 PASSED BY THE COUNCIL ON MARCH 1ST TWENTY TWENTY THREE THANK YOU. THIS DOCKET ZERO SIX ONE FREE WILL BE PLACED ON FILE REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS. MR PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO SIX ONE FOUR TWO ZERO SIX TWO FOUR PLEASE DOCUMENT NUMBER ZERO SIX ONE FOR COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM MAUREEN JOIS CITY AUDITOR REGARDING THE CITY OF BOSTON'S FISCAL TWENTY TWENTY TWO ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT DOCKET NUMBER ZERO SIX ONE FIVE NOTICE FOUR RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR OF THE APPOINTMENT OF JOSEPH DE FEASTER JR. AS A MEMBER AND CHAIRPERSON OF THE TASK FORCE ON THE STUDY ON CITY OF BOSTON REPARATIONS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY DOCKET NUMBER ZERO SIX ONE SIX NOTICE OF RECEIVED FROM THE THE APPOINTMENT OF DENILSON FANFAN AS A MEMBER OF THE TASK FORCE ON THE STUDY ON CITY OF BOSTON REPARATIONS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY DOCKET NUMBER ZERO SIX ONE SEVEN NOTICE RECEIVED OF THE MAYOR OF THE APPOINTMENT OF THE MACHINE FRAZIER AS A MEMBER OF THE TASK FORCE ON THE STUDY ON CITY OF BOSTON REPARATIONS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY I CAN MEMBERS ZERO SIX ONE NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR. THE APPOINTMENT GEORGE GREENWICH JR. AS A MEMBER OF THE TASK FORCE ON THE STUDY ON CITY OF BOSTON REPARATIONS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY DOCKET MEMBERS ZERO SIX ONE NINE NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE ME THE APPOINTMENT OF DR. CAREY MANEGE AS A MEMBER OF THE TASK FORCE ON THE STUDY ON CITY OF BOSTON REPARATIONS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY DOCKET NUMBER ZERO SIX TWO ZERO NOTICE RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR THE APPOINTMENT OF DR. DAVID HARRIS AS A MEMBER OF THE TASK FORCE ON THE STUDY ON CITY OF BOSTON REPARATIONS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY DOCKET NUMBER ZERO SIX TWO ONE NOTICE RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR THE APPOINTMENT OF DOROTHEA JONES AS A MEMBER OF THE TASK FORCE ON THE STUDY AND CITY OF BOSTON REPARATIONS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY ZERO SIX TO TWO NOTICE RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR OF THE APPOINTMENT CAREY AS A MEMBER OF THE TASK FORCE ON THE STUDY ON CITY OF BOSTON REPARATIONS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY IN DOCKET NUMBER ZERO SIX TWO THREE NOTICE WE RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR THE APPOINTMENT LETITIA MILLS AS A MEMBER OF THE TASK FORCE ON THE STUDY OF THE CITY OF BOSTON REPARATIONS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY DOCKET NUMBER ZERO SIX TWO FOUR NOTICEBOARDS RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR THE DEPLOYMENT DOMANI WILLIAMS AS A MEMBER OF THE TASK FORCE ON THE STUDY OF CITY OF BOSTON REPARATIONS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. THANK YOU. DOCKET ZERO SIX ONE FOUR FOUR ZERO SIX TWO FOUR WILL BE PLACED ON FILE REPORTS OF COMMITTEES MR CLARK PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO ONE THREE THREE DOCKET NUMBER ZERO ONE THREE THREE THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS TO WHICH IS REFERRED ON JANUARY ELEVEN TWENTY TWENTY THREE DOCKET NUMBER ZERO ONE THREE THREE HOME RULE PETITION AUTHORIZING ADDITIONAL RESTRICTED LIQUOR LICENSES SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDS THAT THE WHOLE ROOM PETITION TO PASS AND A NEW DRAFT THANK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR OF THE CHAIR OF GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COUNCIL RIOU OF THE FOURTH. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS HAD A WORKING SESSION ON MARCH NINE TWENTY TWENTY THREE ON DOCKET ZERO ONE THREE THREE PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW REGARDING AUTHORIZING ADDITIONAL RESTRICTED LIQUOR LICENSES SPONSORED BY COUNCILOR BRIAN RUSSI. JAN AND MYSELF I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FOR ATTENDING COUNCIL PRESIDENT ED FLYNN COUNCILORS ERINN MURPHY, BRIAN WIRRAL, LUCY LUJáN COUNCIL , MY FLAHERTY COUNCIL AND GABRIELLA COLLETTA . I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION SHOULD GOING TO DO CHIEF OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND INCLUSION FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON AND DANNY GREEN, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY FOR THE LICENSING BOARD FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON AS WELL AS LESLIE HAWKINS PARTNER FOR PRINCE ABOUT FOR HER INPUT AND LEGAL ANALYSIS. LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE BOSTON GLOBE HOSPITALITY COALITION AND ACORN PRESIDENT OF SORRY PRINCIPAL OF OFF SITE FOR THEIR WORK AND ADVOCACY ON THIS MATTER. THIS HOME RULE PETITION HAS FILED WOULD AUTHORIZE THE LICENSING BOARD FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON TO GRANT UP TO THREE ALL ALCOHOL LIQUOR LICENSES AND TWO MALT AND WINE LICENSES FOR SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS BY ZIP CODE . THESE LICENSES WOULD BE ROLLED OUT OVER A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS. THE LICENSES WOULD BE NONTRANSFERABLE AND RESTRICTED TO THOSE ZIP CODES. DURING THE WORKING SESSION THE COMMITTEE MADE LANGUAGE CHANGES TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY WITH STATE LAW AND WE ALSO DISCUSSED LANGUAGE CHANGES TO CLARIFY WHEN THE LICENSES WILL START TO BE GIVEN OUT AND THE INTENT OF THIS LIKE THE AND THE INTENT OF THIS LEGISLATION SO THAT ALL OF THE LICENSES WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AND CARRIED OVER AND NOT LOST IF NOT GRANTED IN A PARTICULAR YEAR. IN OTHER WORDS, THE LICENSES ROLL OVER IF THERE'S FIVE ISSUED IN ONE YEAR BUT ONLY THREE ARE SELECTED AND THEN NEXT YEAR THAT ZIP CODE WOULD HAVE SEVEN AVAILABLE TO IT. DURING THE WORKING SESSION THE COMMITTEE MADE LANGUAGE CHANGES TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY WITH STATE LAW AND WE ALSO DISCUSSED LANGUAGE CHANGES TO CLARIFY WHEN THE LICENSES WILL START TO BE GIVEN OUT AND THE INTENT OF THIS LEGISLATION SO THAT ALL LICENSES WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AND CARRIED OVER AND NOT LOST IF NOT GRANTED IN THE PARTICULAR YEAR PASSAGE OF THIS LEGISLATION IT'S AMENDED DRAFT PROVIDES FLAHERTY AND WILL ENSURE THAT THE INTENT OF THE LEGISLATION IS MET AND WILL PROVIDE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY TO POTENTIAL RESTAURANT OWNERS IN EQUITY NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE LACKING ESTABLISHMENTS WITH ALCOHOL OR BEER AND WINE LICENSES BY TYING THE LICENSES TO SPECIFIC ZIP CODES. HAVING SUCH ESTABLISHMENTS IS IMPORTANT TO THE ECONOMIC VITALITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND CONTRIBUTES UP TO A POSITIVE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS BY PROVIDING PROVIDING PLACES TO GATHER AND SOCIALIZE WITH FAMILY AND NEIGHBORS. THE TWENTY SEVENTEEN BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION STUDY ON THE HEALTH OF BOSTON ACTUALLY SAW THAT ONE OF THE BUTTERFLY EFFECTS TO POOR HEALTH WAS THE LACK OF LIQUOR LICENSES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADING TO A LACK OF SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD AND IN A DIFFERENT QUALITY AND LEVEL OF FOOD AVAILABLE TO THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AS THE BUSINESSES IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS CATER TO A FAST FOOD SORT OF FARE RATHER THAN A SIT DOWN RESTAURANT ATMOSPHERE . AND SO THERE'S AN ACTUAL BUTTERFLY EFFECT TO LIQUOR LICENSES AND COMMUNITY HEALTH AND AS CHAIR FOR THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS I RECOMMEND THAT THIS DOCKET OUGHT TO PASS IN THIS NEW DRAFT. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL ROYAL COUNCILOR SEEKS ACCEPTANCE. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES ALSO A REAL COUNCIL ROLE YOU HAVE BEFORE. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT LYNN AND I WANT TO THANK MY CO-SPONSORS COUNCILOR RIDGEN, COUNCILOR ARROYO AND ADVOCATES LIKE THE BOSTON BLACK HOSPITALITY COALITION NICK AND FROM OFF SITE LESLIE HAWKINS, STEVE MILLER AND DENNIS QUILTY AND ADMINISTRATIVE REPRESENTATIVES LIKE DANNY GREEN, KATHLEEN JOYCE AND I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS WORK BUILDS OFF OF THE LEGACY OF OUR CONGRESSWOMEN AYANNA PRESSLEY AND HER LEADERSHIP LIQUOR LICENSES DURING A TIME ON THE COUNCIL . AND I KNOW COUNCILOR BAKER ALSO DID SOME WORK ON LIQUOR LICENSE AS WELL. WE ARE WORKING WITHIN THE GABRIELE'S OF ANTIQUATED SYSTEM THAT IS SYSTEMICALLY LIMITED BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES TO ACCUMULATE ASSETS AND WEALTH. AND THIS IS WHY THIS WHOLE PETITION IS SO CRUCIAL AS IT WILL START PROVIDING THE TOOLS OUR BLACK AND BROWN RESTAURANT OWNERS NEED TO CREATE VIBRANT BUSINESS DISTRICTS AND NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE BEEN LEFT OUT TOO FOR FAR TOO LONG. MATTAPAN HAS ONLY EIGHT OUT OF THE TOTAL 1090 PREMISS LIQUOR LICENSES AND BLUE HALAB WANTS A THRIVING COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND HISTORIC HOME OF BOSTON'S BLACK COMMUNITY AND IMMIGRANT POPULATION HAS ONLY SIX AND WE COMPARE THAT TO OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE 80 LIKE THAT BAY THE DISPARITY SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE AND WE LOOK AT THE PROFIT GENERATED BY THOSE LIQUOR LICENSES TO TIME THE PROFIT FURTHER DEEPEN THE GAPS AND OPPORTUNITIES AND WEALTH COMMUNITIES ALREADY FEEL. ALTHOUGH THIS ISN'T THE OVERALL WE ARE ALL LOOKING FOR THIS HOME REPETITION IS A FIRST STEP AS MR EDDIE WHO HAS ONLY DON'T TAKE OUT ENDOSTATIN HYDE PARK FOR 19 YEARS THE OPPORTUNITY TO START TO PROVIDE SIT DOWN SERVICES AND GET US OUT WITH SOME OXTAIL AND CURRY GOAT. IT GIVES DAD'S RESTAURANT IN HYDE PARK WHO IS LOVED BY SO MANY IN BOSTON TO NOW BE ABLE TO SERVE THAT DON JULIO ASADO NEED MY FAVORITE AND THEIR ESTABLISHMENT AND ALSO GIVES ME AND MY NEIGHBORS THE ABILITY TO NOT SPEND MORE MONEY IN OUR COMMUNITY CREATING A PIPELINE OPERATORS WHO WILL START REINVESTING IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS. BOSTON LONG ADVERTISE ITSELF AS A CITY OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND IT'S TIME THAT WE BREAK DOWN THE BARRIERS THAT PREVENT RESIDENTS FROM EGO TO BLUE HELP FROM DEVELOPING INTO DESTINATIONS FOR TOURISTS AND RESIDENTS ALIKE. THIS IS A STEP IN ENSURING WE HAVE MORE LIQUOR LICENSES IN THE HANDS OF BLACK BROWN BUSINESSES AND I ASKED MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR VOTE. THANK YOU. THANK COUNCIL . WELL THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL LOUISIANA COUNCIL , LOUISIANA. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. AND I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR HIS LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE AS HE SAID A LOT. BUT MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AS WE KNOW TOO OFTEN OUR BLACK AND BROWN NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE SUFFERED FROM DECADES OF STRUCTURAL DISINVESTMENT. WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE CITY OF BOSTON HOLDS THE POWER TO GIVE LICENSES FOR CERTAIN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SUCH AS RUNNING A RESTAURANT OR BAR AND YOU CAN HAVE A SUCCESSFUL RESTAURANT OR BAR HAS LARGELY DEPENDENT ON WHO HAS POLITICAL CONNECTIONS OF SOCIAL CAPITAL FINANCIAL CAPITAL TO GET A LIQUOR LICENSE. LAST YEAR WE FILED A FORMAL PETITION THAT WAS SUCCESSFUL TO GET LIQUOR LICENSES FOR THE BOWLING BUILDING AT THE STRAND THEATER. AND THIS IS ANOTHER PIECE OF THE PUZZLE THIS HOMEO PETITION IS ABOUT CREATING MORE BUSINESSES OF COLOR. IT'S ABOUT CREATING A LOCAL THRIVING ECONOMY IN NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE MY COLLEAGUE WHERE MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE CASIMIRA COULD GET HIS DON JULIO ROBERT ASADO NE AND WITHOUT HAVING TO GO DOWNTOWN IT'S ABOUT ONE PIECE OF THE PUZZLE TO FIX HISTORIC INJUSTICE. THE ABILITY TO SERVE ALCOHOL CAN BE A SPUR TO ECONOMIC SUCCESS OF NOT ONLY A RESTAURANT BUT ALSO FOR AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY. WE SEE HOW THAT'S HAPPENED IN HYDE PARK PARK FIFTY FOR ONE COFFEE SHOP CAN TURN INTO ONE MORE RESTAURANT CAN TURN INTO ONE MORE BAR AND TURN TO A THRIVING MAIN STREET CAN TURN INTO A HUB OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AN ATTRACTIVE PLACE FOR BUSINESSES TO INVEST FOR MATTAPAN TO EAST BOSTON AND EVERYWHERE IN BETWEEN. SO I ALSO ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME IN PASSING STRONG REPETITION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CONSERVATION COUNCIL ROYALLE SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT PASSAGE OF DOCKET 01 PHRATRY IN A NEW DRAFT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSED SAY NO. THE AYES HAVE IT MR CAN WE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE ROLL ROLL CALL VOTE AND A ZERO ONE THREE THREE CONSOLO ROYAL YES COUNSELOR ROYAL YES. COUNCILOR BAKER. COUNCILOR BOK YES. COUNCILOR BOK YES. COUNCILOR BRIGHTON. COUNCILOR BREADON YES. COUNCILOR CARLOTA COUNCILOR COLLETTA YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON COUNCILOR FOR ANALYSIS. COUNCILOR FLAHERTY COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR CANCELLARA YES. COUNCILOR LOUISE ERM COUNCILOR LUZERNE YES COUNCILOR ME HERE COUNCIL ME HERE YES COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES AND COUNCILOR WU COUNCILOR OH YES DOCTOR NO ZERO ONE THREE THREE HAS RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE THANK YOU THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED AND A NEW DRAFT MATTER'S RECENTLY HEARD FOR POSSIBLE ACTION. MR CLARK PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO FOUR FIVE THREE AND ZERO FIVE ONE SIX PLEASE. DOCKET NUMBER ZERO FOUR FIVE THREE ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF BOSTON CODE ORDINANCES SECTION SEVEN DASH THREE BAY VILLAGE HISTORIC DISTRICT AND INTO ZERO FIVE ONE SIX PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LIBRARY REGARDING INACT TO MAKE CERTAIN CHANGES IN THE LAW RELATIVE TO THE HISTORIC BEACON DISTRICT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ARROYO, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COUNCILOR RIOU OF THE FOUR THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS HOW THE MEETING OR A HEARING RATHER ON MONDAY MARCH 20TH ON DOCKET ZERO FOUR OR FIVE THREE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF BOSTON CODE ORDINANCES SECTION SEVEN THREE BAY VILLAGE HISTORIC DISTRICT AND DOCKET ZERO FIVE ONE SIX PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW REGARDING AN ACT TO MAKE CERTAIN CHANGES IN THE LAW RELATIVE TO RELATIVE TO THE HISTORIC BEACON HILL DISTRICT SPONSORED BY COUNCILORS BOK AND FLYNN. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FOR ATTENDING COUNCILOR ROUSINGLY JANNING COUNCILOR ERIN MURPHY. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION FOR ATTENDING CHIEF REVEREND MARIAMNE WHITE HAMMOND CHIEF OF ENVIRONMENT ENERGY AND OPEN SPACE FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON AND NICHOLAS ARMADA, SENIOR PRESERVATION PLANNER AT LANDMARKS COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON. DOCKET NUMBER ZERO FOUR FIVE THREE IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE BABYLAND HISTORIC DISTRICT AND MAKES TWO MINOR UPDATES TO EXEMPTIONS FROM THE AUTHORITY OF THE DISTRICT COMMISSION BASED ON RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IN ORDER TO ENSURE A MORE COHESIVE REVIEW OF MATTERS REGARDING HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL DEVELOPMENTS AND THE DISTRICT DOCKET NUMBER ZERO FIVE ONE SIX IS A HOME RULE PETITION THAT RELATES TO PROVIDING AN EXTENSION OF THE BEACON HILL DISTRICT TO INCLUDE SEVERAL AREAS NOT INITIALLY INCLUDED IN THE ENABLING ACT SPECIFICALLY EXTENDING THE BEACON HILL DISTRICT DOWN TO THE DOWN THE NORTH OF BEACON HILL TO CAMBRIDGE STREET. THIS EXTENSION WOULD BRING THE HISTORIC BUILDINGS TO ON THE NORTH UNDER THE ARCHITECTURAL PROTECTIONS AFFORDED BY THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. THE PETITION WOULD ALSO GIVE THE BEACON HILL ARCHITECTURAL COMMISSION THE SPECIFIC AUTHORITY TO LEVY FINES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION RULES AND CLOSES A LOOPHOLE EXEMPTING ADDITIONAL RECONSTRUCTION AFTER EXEMPTED RECONSTRUCTION DUE TO A PUBLIC SAFETY NEED. FOLLOWING THE DISCUSSION AT THE HEARING, THE COMMITTEE MADE THE FOLLOWING CHANGES TO DOCKET NUMBER ZERO FIVE ONE SIX WHICH EXPANDS THE AMENDMENT AND SECTION THREE BY STRIKING REPLACE IN SECTION NINE OF CHAPTER SIX ONE SIXTH OF THE ACTS OF NINETEEN FIFTY FIVE IN FULL IN ORDER TO INCLUDE AN EXEMPTION FOR THE SIDEWALKS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CAMBRIDGE STREET, THIS AMENDMENT WOULD REMOVE ANY UNINTENTIONAL BARRIERS FOR THE CITY IN THE CASE OF THE NECESSARY STREET REDESIGN THESE TWO PIECES OF LEGISLATION WILL UPDATE THE AUTHORITY OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSIONS AND BAY VILLAGE AND BEACON HILL TO ADDRESS CONCERNS AND SUGGESTIONS OF THE COMMISSION MEMBERS, CITY OFFICIALS AND RESIDENTS THAT REFLECT THE BALANCE AND THE NEED FOR ONGOING PRESERVATION, CITY PLANNING AND PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS. AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, I RECOMMEND A DOCKET ZERO FOUR OR FIVE THREE OUGHT TO PASS AND RECOMMEND THAT DOCKET 051 SIX OUGHT TO PASS IN AN AMENDED DRAFT. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU COUNCILOR . THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BALL COUNCILOR BOK YOU OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH MR PRESIDENT AND I'LL BE BRIEF I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR ARROYO FOR HOLDING THIS HEARING AND FOR HIS RECOMMENDATIONS TODAY AND THANK FOLKS FROM BEACON HILL AND BAY VILLAGE BOTH ON THE COMMITTEE ON THE COMMISSION SIDE, ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION SIDE AND EVERYBODY WHO SHOWED UP AND TESTIFIED AT THE HEARING ON MONDAY. I THINK THAT AS MENTIONED THE BABBELAS CHANGES ARE VERY SMALL RELATED TO THE DESIGN AUTHORITY AND THEN THE BEACON HILL ONES. IF YOU LOOK AT THE CURRENT MAP AS I DISCUSSED WITH THE CHAIR, IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE AN ERROR THE WAY THAT IT CUTS OFF TO NOT COVER THE LAST FORTY FEET OF THE BLOCK UP TO CAMBRIDGE STREET. AND SO I THINK THE MODIFICATION THAT WAS MADE BY THE CHAIR JUST TO ENSURE THAT IN GETTING US DOWN TO THAT CAMBRIDGE STREET LINE WE DON'T CREATE AN ISSUE WITH YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GET THE RED BLUE CONNECTOR AND KIND OF THINKING ABOUT HOW TO HAVE THE STREET B MAXIMALLY WELL REDESIGN AND COHESIVE AND ACCESSIBLE IS A IS A GOOD EXCLUSION. I GOT ADDED IN SO REALLY CHEERFUL ABOUT BOTH THESE I'M MOVING TODAY AND THANK YOU ALSO MR PRESIDENT TO YOU FOR COSPONSORING THIS WITH ME. THANKS. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BOK THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR IMPORTANT LEADERSHIP. BOTH OF THESE DAWKINS'S AS WELL AS COUNCILOR ARYO AS WELL. THE ONLY THING I'LL ADD TO WHAT YOU SAID, COUNCILOR , IS I'M PROUD TO REPRESENT THE BAY VILLAGE AND PARTS OF THE BEACON HILL NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL. WONDERFUL PEOPLE, WONDERFUL CONSTITUENTS, COUNCILOR ARROYOS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT PASSAGE OF DOCKET ZERO FOUR FIVE THREE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I AM TO ANY THE AYES HAVE IT DOCKET ZERO FOUR OR FIVE THREE IS PAST COUNCIL ARROYO SIX ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT POSITIVE DOCKET ZERO FIVE ONE SIX AND A NEW DRAFT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSED SAY NAY MR. CLERK CAN YOU DO A ROLL-CALL VOTE ROLL-CALL VOTE ON DOCKET FIVE ZERO FIVE ONE SIX COUNCILOR ARROYO YES. COUNCILOR ARROYO YES. COUNCILOR BAKER. COUNCILOR BURKE YES. COUNCILOR BOK YES. SUBMARINE COUNCILOR BREADON YES. CANCER COUNCILOR CHOLERA YES. COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON YES. COUNCILOR FLAHERTY. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR COUNCILOR YES. COUNCILOR WHO IS COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE YES COUNCILOR ME HERE COUNCILOR HERE. YES COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES IN COUNCILOR YES COUNCILOR . WELL YES TALKING OF A ZERO FIVE ONE SEAT SIX HAS RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU MR CLERK. THIS DOCKET HAS PASSED IN A NEW NO DRAFT ZERO FIVE ONE SIX COUNCILOR BOK. DID YOU WANT TO REVISIT DWARKA ZERO FOUR OR FIVE THREE FOR A VOICE? NO, IT'S FINE MR PRESIDENT BECAUSE ZERO FOUR OR FIVE THREE IS NOT A HOME RULE PETITION. IT'S JUST A CHANGE TO A CITY ORDINANCE. SO WE'RE FINE. THANK YOU. THANK THANK YOU COUNCILOR BOEKEN AGAIN. THANK YOU COUNCILOR ARROYO. MR CLARK PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO ONE THREE EIGHT ZERO ONE THREE NINE TOGETHER DUQUAN NUMBER ZERO ONE THREE EIGHT ORDINANCE REGULATION ENFORCEMENT OF KEEPING HONEYBEES AND DOCKET NUMBER ZERO ONE THREE NINE TICKS AMENDMENT TO THE BOSTON ZONING CODE WITH RESPECT TO HONEY BEES THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ROYAL CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THE NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE REALLY BEEN BUZZING ABOUT THIS ONE SO I'M GLAD TO GET THIS ON THE FLOOR TODAY THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS HELD THE HEARING ON MONDAY, MARCH 20TH ON DOCKET NUMBER ZERO ONE THREE EIGHT ORDINANCE REGULATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF KEEPING HONEYBEES AND DOCKET ZERO ONE THREE NINE TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE BOSTON ZONING CODE RESPECT TO HONEYBEES SPONSORED BY COUNCILORS LOUIS GENBANK AND MYSELF. I'D LIKE TO THANK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FOR ATTENDING COUNCILOR ERIN MURPHY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ED FLYNN AND COUNCILOR GABRIELLA COLLETTA. I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THEIR ATTENDANCE. CHRIS ENGLISH, WHO IS THE CHIEF OF STAFF AT THE INSPECTION SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON AND SHINY SHINY FLETCHER DIRECTOR OF GRO BOSTON FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE ADVOCATES FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION AS WELL. VALMEYER ABOUT MAY OR RATHER VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BOSTON AREA BEEKEEPERS BILL PERKINS, OWNER OF THE AGRICULTURAL HALL NOEL WILSON RICH PRESIDENT OF BISBEE'S AND LARRY BANDE VENTOR BOARD MEMBER OF THE BOSTON AREA BEEKEEPERS AND JIM KIRKER, A BEEKEEPER IN MY DISTRICT. DOCKET NUMBER ZERO ONE THREE EIGHT SEEKS TO CREATE A NEW ORDINANCE UNDER CHAPTER SIXTEEN SECTION ONE TO SEVEN OF THE CITY OF BOSTON CODE FOR THE REGULATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF KEEPING HONEYBEES. THIS ORDINANCE SPECIFIES THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF HIVES ON A GIVEN LIGHT OR ROOF FOR PERSONAL CONSUMPTION OF HONEY PRODUCTS OR HONEY BEE PRODUCTS RATHER AND DETAILS THE AMOUNT OF FEET A HIVE CAN BE PLACED FROM A BUTTER SIDEWALK AND OR ROOF. THIS ORDINANCE ALSO GIVES AUTHORITY TO THE INSPECTION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND ANIMAL IN CONTROL TO ENFORCE ALL VIOLATIONS OR EXCEPTIONS. DOCKET ZERO ONE THREE NINE IS A TEXT AMENDMENT AND ACTS AS A COUNTERPART TO DOCKET ZERO ONE THREE EIGHT. THIS MATTER WOULD REMOVE BEE REGULATIONS FROM THE CITY OF BOSTON ZONING CODE AND PLACE THEM IN A MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE. BOTH OF THESE MATTERS WOULD GRANT THE CITY OF BOSTON THE AUTHORITY TO LIVE BEEKEEPING BANS IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD WHILE MAINTAINING RULES FOR BEEKEEPERS TO ABIDE BY THIS HEARING WAS PRODUCTIVE. IT GAVE THE COMMUNITY AN OPPORTUNITY HERE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION ON THE FEASIBILITY OF THIS ORDINANCE AS WELL AS THE STEPS FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION. THE COMMITTEE ALSO HEARD FROM ADVOCATES ON THEIR INVALUABLE EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH BEES AND THEIR WORKING TO MOVE THIS AND THEIR WORK IN MOVING THIS POLICY FORWARD IN PREVIOUS YEARS AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, I RECOMMEND KEEPING THIS MATTER COMMITTEE AS WE AWAIT FURTHER LANGUAGE SUGGESTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM BOTH THE ADMINISTRATION ADVOCATES. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. WE THANK YOUR COUNCIL ROYALLE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR AND COUNCILOR CONSOLATION. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR JUST QUICKLY BECAUSE COUNCILOR ARROYO SUMMED IT UP. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE CREDIT TO THE REASON HOW THIS ISSUE CAME BEFORE US WAS BECAUSE A STATE REPRESENTATIVE ROB CONSALVO, A FORMER MEMBER OF THIS BODY WANT TO GIVE HIM A HEADS UP. I THINK YOU ALONGSIDE THE HYPERCAR ADVOCATES BECAUSE THIS WOULD NOT THIS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR STATE REPUBLICANS. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR ILLUSION. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR ROYAL DOCKET ZERO THREE ONE EIGHT ZERO THREE ONE NINE WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. MR CLARK PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO THREE THREE FOUR DUQUAN NUMBER ZERO THREE THREE FOUR FOUR A HEARING REGARDING WINTER PLACEMAKING IN BOSTON AS A WINTER CITY. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR PROVIDED THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON ARTS CULTURE SPECIAL EVENTS COUNCIL COLLETTA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU PRESIDENT FLYNN. WE HELD A PUBLIC HEARING JUST YESTERDAY THAT WAS FIRST SPONSORED BY COUNCILOR KENDRA LAURA AND REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON FEBRUARY 1ST. TWENTY TWENTY THREE I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE COUNCILORS IN ATTENDANCE LEAD SPONSOR COUNCILOR LAURA COUNCIL PRESIDENT ED FLYNN, COUNCILOR AT LARGE ERINN MURPHY AND COUNCILOR MACKENZIE. WE WERE JOINED BY MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION INCLUDING AMY MOELLER WHO IS AN APPLIED POLICY FELLOW FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF NEW URBAN MECHANICS COMMISSIONER RYAN WOODS FROM PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR ALICIA PESSINA FROM THE SMALL BUSINESS OFFICE DIRECTOR JOHN WATERS THE FOURTH FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF TOURISM SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT. WE HAD A ROBUST DISCUSSION ON ON HOW WE CAN MAKE BOSTON A BEAUTIFUL, VIBRANT CITY EVEN IN THE WINTER MONTHS AND WE IDENTIFIED A FEW A FEW AVENUES TO MOVE FORWARD AND RESIDENTS DEFINITELY MENTIONED THAT THEY WERE INTERESTED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES POST HOLIDAY PRE SPRING. SO LOOKING AT THE MONTH OF JANUARY, FEBRUARY AND MARCH, COMMISSIONER WOODS MENTIONED THE IDEAS OF HOLIDAY LIGHTS WITH CLIMATE CHANGE, THE WEATHER BEING COMPLETELY UNPREDICTABLE AND NOT REALLY KNOWING WHETHER OR NOT WE'LL HAVE OR WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE AN ICE RINK THAT WON'T MELT OR WE WON'T BE ABLE TO HAVE ACTIVITIES DIRECTLY DEALING WITH SNOW BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE'VE IN DEALING WITH SUCH MILD BUT MUCH MILD WEATHER. THERE WAS ALSO A CONVERSATION ABOUT LEVERAGING COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AND EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE TO CREATE ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT ALL THE SEASONS, PRIORITIZING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO OUR INDOOR ACTIVITIES THAT SUPPORT COMMUNITIES AND REALLY CONNECT FOLKS ACROSS ALL RACIAL AND SOCIOECONOMIC GROUPS . I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MY TIME TO THE LEAD SPONSOR. SHE WOULD LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE BUT AS CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE OF ARTS AND CULTURE I RECOMMEND THAT AT THIS TIME THIS MATTER REMAIN IN COMMITTEE FOR FUTURE CONVERSATION WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND THE ARTS AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT AND TRANSPORTATION PRESENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL AQUATA THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR IRA COUNCILOR IRA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU PRESIDENT FLYNN AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO COUNCILOR COLLETTA FOR CHAIRING THAT HEARING AND TO ALL OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FOR ATTENDING. I THINK WHAT WAS MADE VERY CLEAR TO ME DURING THE HEARING IS THAT WE HAVE GOOD BONDS AND A GOOD FOUNDATION TO REALLY BE ABLE TO TAKE THE STEPS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE BOSTON A WINTER CITY. I'M DEFINITELY LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING A COUPLE OF MORE HEARINGS WITH OTHER STAKEHOLDERS AT THE ADMINISTRATION AND SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO MOVE FORWARD. BUT I THINK THAT WE AS A NORTHEASTERN CITY CAN REALLY TAKE LEADERSHIP FROM OTHER CITIES NOT JUST IN THIS COUNTRY BUT IN CANADA WHO HAVE REALLY TAKING WINTER PLACEMAKING BY THE HORNS AND MADE IT HAPPEN FOR THEIR CONSTITUENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . THIS STOCK AT ZERO THREE THREE FOUR WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCILOR CLARA COUNCIL . IT WAS AN EXCELLENT MEETING YESTERDAY AND VERY, VERY INFORMATIVE. THANK YOU MR QUIRK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO TWO FOUR FOUR PLEASE DULKANINNA ZERO TWO FOUR FORD ORDER FOR A HEARING ON ESTABLISHING A MENTAL HEALTH CURRICULUM IN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION COUNCIL . I'M HERE YOU HAVE THE FOUR. I THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. AND YESTERDAY THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON DOCKET ZERO TWO FOUR FOUR IN ORDER FOR A HEARING ON ESTABLISHING A MENTAL HEALTH CURRICULUM IN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THIS MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY ME COUNCILOR HERE AND WAS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION ON JANUARY 25TH. TWENTY TWENTY THREE I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCILORS WHO PARTICIPATED COUNCILOR MURPHY, COUNCILOR COLLETTA COUNCILOR PRESIDENT ED FLYNN, COUNCILOR ANDERSON AND COUNCILOR IN THE REGION. I WANT TO ALSO THINK THE ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS JOE CARTER WHO IS THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS, CHERYL TEDESCO, THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH EDUCATION, THE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS, PART OF BHARAT ZUK WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SUPPORT AND THE DIVISION OF STUDENT SUPPORT AND DR SIMON IS THE CHIEF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH OFFICER FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION FOR ATTENDING THE HEARING AND MAKING A PRESENTATION AND RESPONDING TO QUESTIONS FROM COUNCILORS. I WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY AND INSTITUTIONAL ADVOCATES THAT PRESENTED US PANELISTS DR GAIL SWABI, PRESIDENT OF NEW GENERATION AND ASSOCIATE DR JACKMAN FOUNDER OF ENO SIKE INC. AND JOHN WHO IS WITH THE BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND CARLA HAYNES WHO IS THE COORDINATOR FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH AMBASSADORS PROGRAM AT THE BOSTON PROJECT MINISTRIES. I ALSO WANT TO UPLIFT AND THANK OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE HEARING. MAIA AMAIA MCNEILL, WESLEY GONZALES AND CHERYL DEPINHO. WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS HOW SCHOOLS AND CAN IMPLEMENT MENTAL HEALTH PRACTICES THAT ARE FREE OF COST TO BAPS AS WELL AS THE NEED FOR EXPANDING ACCESS TO COUNSELORS IN OUR SCHOOLS. WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF UNDERSTANDING THAT WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE CHANGE HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON CHANGE IS DIFFICULT TO MAKE AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO CONTEND WITH AND OTHER BUREAUCRACY AREAS OF POINT OF TENSION FOR US TO MOVE THE WORK FORWARD. HOWEVER, GIVEN THE FACT THAT SO MANY OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING IN SILENCE, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO BE ABLE TO SEIZE THIS MOMENT AND MAKE SOME DEEP INVESTMENTS IN MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS. I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD JUST BE IN SOME SCHOOLS OR IN SOME CLASSROOMS OR AT SOME TIMES I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE MAKE OUR COMMITMENT K THROUGH 12 NO MATTER WHERE OUR STUDENTS ARE AT THAT THERE IS AN INVESTMENT IN THE MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF OUR CHILDREN. YOU WE TEND TO SLIDE WITH THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING. I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT IS ALSO PART OF THE CONVERSATION BUT IF WE'RE REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO NAME IT AS SUCH MENTAL HEALTH AND CREATE A CULTURE THAT IT IS OK TO NOT BE OK. AND SO WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO KEEP THIS HEARING IN A COMMITTEE AND LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THE GOOD WORK. THE LAST THING THAT I'D LIKE TO JUST UPLIFT IS THAT THE WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR OFFICE HAS CREATED A MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS AMBASSADORS PROGRAM AND THROUGH THAT WORK WE ARE LEARNING A LOT FROM OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT ONLY IDENTIFYING THEIR OWN TRIGGERS BUT ALSO HELPING TO SUPPORT THEIR PEERS TO THE SUPPORTS THAT THEY NEED. AND IN DOING THAT WE'RE ALSO BUILDING A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE YOUNG PEOPLE PURSUING THIS AS A CAREER OPTION. SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO NOT JUST LOOK AT THIS CONVERSATION THROUGH THE LENS OF EDUCATION BUT ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. THANK THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MEJIA DOCKET ZERO TWO FOR FOUR WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE MOTIONS OR AS RESOLUTIONS. MR CLARK, PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO SIX TWO FIVE PLEASE GIVE THEM A ZERO SIX TWO FIVE COUNCILORS BRAIN IN LOUISIANA FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A SCOFFLAW PROPERTY OWNERS LIST. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR AND YOU OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. I MOVED TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO ADD COUNCILOR BARCUS AND CO-SPONSOR PLEASE HEARING NO OBJECTION COUNCILOR BORCHERS, HE ADDED THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL ABRADED THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE BUILDS AFTER HEARING I SPONSORED WITH COUNCILOR AND THEN COUNCILOR EDWARDS IN NOVEMBER OF TWENTY TWENTY ONE TO REVIEW RENTAL UNIT CONDITIONS, STANDARDS AND INSPECTIONS. AT THAT TIME WE DISCUSSED PROCESSES FOR TENANTS TO REPORT THEIR LIVING CONDITIONS THAT ARE OUT OF COMPLIANCE AND SYSTEMS TO TRACK OWNERS WHO SIMPLY CHOOSE TO PAY FINES CHRONICALLY NEGLECTING TO IMPROVE LIVING CONDITIONS FOR THEIR TENANTS ARE INVENT ARE INVITED PANELISTS AT THAT TIME INCLUDED THE DEPUTY BUILDING COMMISSIONER FOR THE CITY OF CHICAGO WHO DISCUSSED THEIR BUILDING CODE SCOFFLAW LIST. THE PUBLIC ADVOCATE FOR NEW YORK CITY WHO REVIEWED THEIR WORST LANDLORD WATCH LIST AND A TORONTO CITY COUNCILOR WHO INTRODUCED THEIR CITY'S RENT SAVE TORONTO PROGRAM. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR LARA AS A CHAIR OF THE HOUSING COMMITTEE IN RAISING THE ISSUE OF HOUSING CODE ENFORCEMENT AND THE NEED FOR A MORE PROACTIVE RENTAL INSPECTIONS AND AT LAST HEARING PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO HIGHER RATES OF ASTHMA AND BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES, ALL TENANTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO A DECENT SAFE AND SOUND FREE HOUSING CONDITIONS AND IT IS NOT ONLY OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A CITY TO ENSURE PROPERTY OWNERS REGULARLY DEMONSTRATE COMPLIANCE BUT TO TAKE TO TASK THOSE WHO OPENLY AND WILLINGLY SLIDE REGULATION SIMPLY BECAUSE THEIR BUSINESS MODEL MAY VIEW FINES AS THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS IN OUR CITY IN ORDER TO STRENGTHEN PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES. THE CITY MUST CALL ATTENTION TO A SCOFFLAW PROPERTY OWNERS RECORD AND COMPEL COMPLIANCE. THIS ORDINANCE WOULD ADD WEIGHT TO OUR ENFORCEMENT OF THE SOUND COURTS DID SOMETHING CALLED THE BUILDING CODE AND FIRE CODE BY PUBLISHING AN ANNUAL LIST OF SCOFFLAW PROPERTY OWNERS WHO ARE INVOLVED WITH ACTIVE CODE ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSING COURT HAVE RACKED UP SIX OR MORE CODE VIOLATIONS IN A YEAR AND HAVE THEIR PROPERTIES DESIGNATED AS PROBLEM PROPERTIES UNDER THE EXISTING CITY PROGRAM. A MINOR AMENDMENT TO THE RENTAL REGISTRATION ORDINANCE WOULD ALSO REQUIRE DISCLOSURE OF PROPERTY OWNERSHIP INTEREST OWNERS ON THE LIST WOULD BE BANNED FROM DOING BUSINESS WITH THE CITY SUCH AS BEING AWARDED A CONTRACT, RECEIVING A GRANT OR HAVING AN APPLICATION FOR ZONING RELIEF APPROVED. THEY WOULD STILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR ASSISTANCE TO REHAB A RENTAL UNIT TO FIX OUTSTANDING VIOLATIONS AND THE EXEMPTIONS FROM THE RENTAL INSPECTION ORDINANCE WOULD ALSO APPLY. I LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING THE CITY BRINGING THE CITY TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE IN OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF SCHAUFFLER PROPERTY OWNERS. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU COUNCILOR . THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COUNCIL REGION YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR BRITTON FOR HER LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE. NEGLIGENT LANDLORDS AND OWNERS WHO REFUSE TO CLEAN UP THEIR PROPERTIES HAVE GETTING NOTHING MORE THAN A SLAP ON THE WRIST FOR TOO LONG. MY OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING A LOT ON DUMPSTER ISSUES THROUGHOUT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEY'RE REALLY HARD TO WORK ON BECAUSE LANDLORDS DO NOT FEEL THE PRESSURE FROM THE CITY TO HAVE TO DO TO TO REALLY HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE DUMPSTERS AND ARE NOT AFRAID OF THE FINES THAT THEY'RE GIVEN HOUSING CODES, BUILDING CODES, SANITATION CODES WERE ALL CREATED TO KEEP RESIDENTS HEALTHY AND SAFE. IF YOU VIOLATE ONE OF THOSE CODES YOU MIGHT GET A TICKET SIMILAR TO ONE SOMEONE'S DRIVING. IF A DRIVER IS GOING TOO FAST, THAT DRIVER GETS A TICKET. HOWEVER, THAT DRIVER KEEPS ON GETTING THOSE SPEEDING TICKETS SPECIFICALLY THREE WITHIN THREE MONTHS THE RMV WILL TAKE AWAY THAT LICENSE THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ROUTINELY AND HABITUALLY RECEIVE CODE VIOLATIONS THEIR PROPERTIES MIGHT NEED TO HAVE THEIR LICENSE OR ABILITY TO DO BUSINESS THE CITY TAKEN AWAY AT LEAST UNTIL THEY FIX THE PROBLEMS. WE KNOW THAT MOST PROPERTY OWNERS ARE GOOD OWNERS AND DO THE RIGHT. IT'S A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF BAD PROPERTY OWNERS WHO HAVE AN OUTSIZED NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD FROM MADDE TO BEACON HILL HIGH PARK TO BACK BAY TO DRIVE STRONG COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT OF THESE CODES BECAUSE IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT ALL RESIDENTS ESPECIALLY OUR BLACK AND BROWN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE OFTEN BEEN IGNORED IS IMPORTANT THAT THEY HAVE A SAFE, SANITARY AND HEALTHY PLACE TO LIVE. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES IN PUSHING THIS ORDINANCE FORWARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BARTóK. COUNCILOR BARTóK, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR BRITTON AND LOOG AND MY CO-SPONSORS ON THIS VERY EXCITED FOR US TO BE MOVING THE NEXT STEP TOWARD AN ORDINANCE BECAUSE COUNCILOR BREADON MENTIONED WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS SINCE TWENTY TWENTY ONE AND BEFORE AND REALLY YOU KNOW, I THINK THE KEY THING HERE IS THAT WHAT WE LEARNED WHENEVER WE'VE TALKED TO IT IS LIKE YES, ENFORCEMENT IS CRITICAL AND WE NEED TO INCREASE RESOURCES FOR ENFORCEMENT AND EVENNESS OF ENFORCEMENT, ET CETERA. BUT THE REALITY IS THAT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO AS COUNCILOR REGIONS THAT ARE ALLOWING THEIR PROPERTIES TO BE BLIGHTS ON OUR NEIGHBORHOOD NEGATIVELY AFFECTING ALL THE GOOD PROPERTY OWNERS, WE NEED TO PUT THE LEVER OF REPUTATIONAL RISK INTO THE MIX AS WELL BECAUSE IT'S JUST NOT ACCEPTABLE WHAT FOLKS ARE DOING AND THE REALITY IS THAT PEOPLE ON THE GROUND KNOW WHO THESE BAD ACTORS ARE AND WE ALL KNOW I THINK IN OUR OFFICES WHO THESE BAD ACTORS ARE. BUT IT NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS PART OF PUBLIC CONVERSATION AND IS SOMETHING THAT FOLKS ARE SEEING WHEN THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT WHERE TO RENT AND AND WHO TO DO BUSINESS WITH AND THE REALITY IS THAT WE HAVE LOTS OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND HYGIENE STANDARDS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT RESTAURANTS AND A WHOLE HOST OF OTHER THINGS AND YOUR RENT IS THE BIGGEST EXPENSE FOR ALMOST EVERY BOSTONIAN. AND SO THE IDEA THAT THERE'S AN IMPORTANT GOVERNMENT ROLE IN MAKING SURE THAT THERE ARE MINIMUM QUALITY STANDARDS FOR THAT THING THAT YOU'RE SPENDING WE HOPE ONLY A THIRD BUT MAYBE 50 PERCENT MAYBE MORE THAN HALF YOUR INCOME EVERY MONTH ON IS A KEY ROLE FOR GOVERNMENT AND AND THE THING IS THAT THE REALITY RIGHT NOW AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN OTHER CONTEXTS HERE IN THIS CHAMBER RECENTLY IS THAT BECAUSE VACANCY RATES ARE SO LOW IT SHIFTS ALL THE POWER INTO THE HANDS OF THESE BAD ACTORS BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT PEOPLE CAN'T THERE CAN'T BE A FLIGHT TO QUALITY WHICH IS THE OTHER WAY THAT YOU SOLVE BAD QUALITY PROPERTIES. RIGHT WOULD BE PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO VOTE WITH THEIR FEET AND GO SOMEWHERE ELSE EXCEPT THAT THERE'S NO VACANCIES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. SO IN THAT CONTEXT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE SAYING AS A CITY HEY, THERE ARE MINIMUM STANDARDS AND WHEN YOU VIOLATE YOU DON'T JUST CONTINUE TO BUILD UP AN ENDLESS PILE OF UNPAID TICKETS AND THEN AS COUNCILOR BRITTON SAID AT SOME POINT PAY THEM IS SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE FOR. AND I'LL SAY THAT IN MY IN MY DISTRICT WE SEE THIS IN PARTICULAR WITH SOME OF THE LARGE LANDLORDS OVER TO RENT TO STUDENTS IN PLACES LIKE FENWAY AND MISSION HILL. YOU KNOW, RECENTLY WE HAD A CITIZEN VERSION OF THIS IN MISSION HILL WHERE SOMEBODY CAME WITH A NEW PROJECT THAT THEY WANTED TO DO AND THEY WENT TO MEET WITH THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION AND IN THE FIRST THING THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION SAID WAS HEY, WHAT ABOUT THESE FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS OF TICKETS FROM THE EXISTING PROPERTIES THAT YOU OWN RIGHT NOW? RIGHT. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? THOSE FOLKS WENT AND PAID THOSE TICKETS AND CLEANED IT UP BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP THE NEXT PROPERTY. I THINK THAT'S THE KIND OF CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE AND THAT'S WHAT I MEAN WHEN I SAY YOU FOLKS ARE A BAD ACTOR SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET AWAY WITH IT. THERE SHOULD BE A REAL REPUTATIONAL RISK AND OTHER PLACES AS ARE REFERENCED IN THAT ORDINANCE. YOU KNOW, BOTH CHICAGO BUT ALSO ACTUALLY TORONTO CAME IN IN TWENTY TWENTY ONE AND THEY HAVE A REALLY GREAT RATING SYSTEM AND IT REALLY IS HELPING TO INFORM RENTERS AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW, ONCE ONCE YOU MEASURE LANDLORDS ON REACHING THESE STANDARDS, PEOPLE WILL WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY MEASURE UP AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE GOT TO BE AIMING TO DO. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BLOCK, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER WHAT ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME MR CLARK PLEASE AT COUNCIL ARROYO COUNCIL CALADO COUNCIL FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCIL BOROUGH COUNCIL I'M HERE COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCIL . WE'RE ALL PLEASED THAT THE CHAIR DOCKET ZERO SIX FIVE WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO SIX TWO SIX DOCKET NUMBER ZERO SIX TWO SIX COUNCILOR BRAINER FOR THE FOLLOWING IN ORDER AMENDING CITY OF BOSTON CALLED ORDINANCE SECTION SIXTEEN DASH ONE POINT NINE G TO PROHIBIT THE SALE OF GUINEA PIGS IN PET SHOPS. THANKS MR CORRUPTER CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BRIGHTON COUNCILOR BREAD AND YOU OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT BEFORE I MAKE MY REMARKS I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE MSPS AND THE ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE FOR THEIR ADVOCACY AND WELCOME KARAHAN CHRIS AND ALISON BLOO HERE THIS AFTERNOON. THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR OFFICE TO BRING THIS ISSUE TO LIGHT AND HELPING US WITH IS BRINGING IT TO LIGHT AND WORKING ON US TO DEVELOP ITS ORDINANCE AMENDMENT TODAY AT THE REQUEST OF THE MS PCM SPCA. I AM PLEASED TO INTRODUCE AN AMENDMENT TO AN EXISTING ORDINANCE RELATED TO THE SALE OF ANIMALS WHICH WAS SPONSORED BY A COUNCILOR MARLEY AND PASSED UNANIMOUSLY SEVEN YEARS AGO IN MARCH OF 2016 THE ORDINANCE PROHIBITED THE SALE OF DOGS, CATS AND RABBITS FROM PET STOCK PET SHOPS IN THE CITY DOCKET ZERO SIX TO SIX WOULD ADD GUINEA PIGS. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT BOSTON WAS THE FIRST MUNICIPALITY TO PASS A PET SHOP BAN IN MASSACHUSETTS. SINCE THEN, 11 OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS HAVE FOLLOWED OUR LEAD AND SEVERAL MORE LOCAL ORDINANCES AND BYLAWS HAVE BEEN TAKEN UP WILL BE TAKING UP THIS SPRING. THE RMS BCA RECENTLY BROUGHT BORTOLOTTI THAT SHELTERS RESCUE ORGANIZATIONS AND ANIMAL CONTROL AGENCIES ARE SEEING AN UPTICK IN THE NUMBER OF GUINEA PIGS BEING SURRENDERED, BEING SURRENDERED OR UNDER STRESS. THE MSC, FOR EXAMPLE, HAS SEEN A SHARP INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF GUINEA PIGS SURRENDERED AND THEIR ADOPTION CENTER IN J-P A 37 PERCENT INCREASE SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN. GUINEA PIGS REMAIN IN THEIR SHELTERS NEARLY TWICE AS LONG AS CATS AND DOGS AND THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY AT SPCA FOR GUINEA PIG IN 2022 WAS TWENTY NINE DAYS COMPARED TO JUST THIRTEEN DAYS FOR CATS AS A RESULT, CAGES OF THE SPCA AND OTHER LOCAL SHELTERS ARE CONSISTENTLY MAKING A CHALLENGING CHALLENGING TO READILY ACCEPT ADDITIONAL GUINEA PIGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THE MUSKER INFORMED OUR OFFICE THAT OVER 60 PERCENT OF THE GUINEA PIGS SURRENDERED WERE ORIGINALLY PURCHASED IN PET SHOPS THREE ONE ONE DATA PUBLISHED BY THE CITY CITIES ANALYZED BOSTON ALSO DEMONSTRATED GROWING CASES OF STRAY GUINEA PIGS COMPARED TO BEFORE TO THE LEVEL BEFORE 2020 WITH REPORTS COMING IN FROM ALL ACROSS THE CITY INCLUDING AUSTEN, FENWAY, DORCHESTER AND ROXBURY, MATTAPAN, MISSION HILL. MY OFFICE REACHED OUT TO THE BOSTON ANIMAL CONTROL AND CONTROL AND THEIR TEAM SHARED INTAKE STATISTICS CONFIRMING SIGNIFICANT INCREASES YEAR OVER YEAR SINCE TWENTY TWENTY IN THE FALL OF TWENTY TWENTY TWO THE NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL ALSO CONSIDERED A PROPOSED BAN ON GUINEA PIG SALES AND PET SHOPS WITH MEDIA OUTLETS REFERRING TO A PANDEMIC ERA GUINEA PIG CRISIS. NEW YORK WAS UNABLE TO TAKE AUSTIN WILL AGAIN LEAD THE WAY ON THIS ISSUE. LASTLY, I THINK THE TIMING IS APPROPRIATE AS MARCH IS ADOPT A RESCUED GUINEA PIG MONTH AND I LOOK FORWARD TO REVIEWING THIS ORDINANCE SO WE CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS GROWING ISSUE AND DO OUR PART TO IMPROVE THE ANIMAL WELFARE BY ADDRESSING THE RISE AND SURRENDERED GUINEA PIGS PURCHASED FROM PET SHOPS. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WHAT ANYONE LIKE TO ADD A NAME PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND MR KIRKLEES. THAT COUNCILOR ARROYO COUNCILOR COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCIL OF OUR COUNCIL LOUISIANA COUNCIL OF MHERE. COUNCILOR MURPHY, PLEASE HAVE THE CHAIR PLEASE. COUNCILOR , WE'RE ALL PLEASED THAT COUNCILOR BOCK DOCKET ZERO SIX TWO SIX WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR CARR, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO SIX TO SEVEN PLEASE DOG NUMBER ZERO SIX TO SEVEN IN COUNCIL OPINION THIS IS AN OFFER THE FOLLOWING AN ORDINANCE TO MAKE THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL'S WEB PAGE ON THE BOSTON CITY WEBSITE MORE RESOURCEFUL AND ACCESSIBLE. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. I FILED THIS ORDINANCE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO MAKE OUR WEBSITE WEB PAGES ON THE CITY WEBSITE MORE ACCESSIBLE AND ALSO ENCOURAGE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AS WELL AS UPDATING OUR CONSTITUENTS OF HOW WE'RE FILING, WHAT WE'RE FILING, HOW WE'RE FILING AND OF COURSE HOW WE'RE VOTING. JUST I DID HAVE A MEETING WITH ONE OF THE MEMBERS FROM OUR DUART DEPARTMENT AND DISCUSSED SEVERAL TOOLS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE. DID YOU GUYS KNOW THAT THERE ARE ACTUALLY TOOLS THAT YOU CAN ADD DROPDOWN MENUS TO THE WEBSITE TO THE CURRENT WEB PAGE AS WELL AS MULTIPLE A VARIETY OF FEATURES THAT YOU CAN ADD TO YOUR WEB PAGE? SO I I AND ALSO WE HAVE A VOTE WHICH WE'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF SO IT WOULD RECORD OUR VOTES HERE AND ALSO GIVE SORT OF VISUALIZATION DATA ON THE WEBSITE AS TO RECORDING EXACTLY HOW PROGRESSIVE ARE WE REALLY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON CITY COUNCIL . SO I'M PROPOSING OF COURSE A LIST OF DIFFERENT SUGGESTIONS OF COURSE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CHAIR TO HOLD A HEARING, HAVE A CONVERSATION AND DISCUSS WHAT WOULD BE REASONABLE TO BE ABLE TO RECORD. OBVIOUSLY THIS MAY TAKE POSSIBLE ADDING AN FTE IN ORDER TO KEEP THIS TO FOUR FOR FOR MAINTENANCE THAT IS AND I THINK THAT THAT'S ALSO A CONVERSATION THAT WE SHOULD BE OPEN TO. SO JUST TO LIST A FEW OF OUR PAGE LIST CITY COUNCILORS THERE BOSTON EMAIL ADDRESS OF COURSE WHATEVER THEY ARE ALREADY YOUR NAME YOUR GENERAL BIOGRAPHY MAY BE SHORTENED SO IT DOESN'T TAKE UP THE WHOLE PAGE YOU CAN DROPDOWN ALSO YOUR STAFF AND THEIR ROLE IN THE FUTURE TO BE ABLE TO CLICK ON YOUR STAFF'S EMAIL IN ORDER TO ACCESS SERVICES FOR YOUR OFFICE AS WELL AS CITY COUNCILORS FILINGS COUNCIL ORGANIZED BY FILING TYPE VOTE OUR VOTE AS I MENTIONED ALREADY OUR COMMITTEES BUT ALSO THE SCHEDULE FOR HEARINGS OR WORKING SESSIONS OR PUBLIC TESTIMONY AHEAD OF TIME SINCE WE HAVE THEM WE SHOULD POST THEM AS WELL AS ANY PROJECTS, ANY TYPES OF RELATED COUNCIL WORK THAT WE BELIEVE THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS SHOULD BE PRIVY TO TO HAVE PRIVY TO. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION IN AND I HOPE THAT MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WILL AGREE THAT TRANSPARENCY IS BEST THE BEST WAY TO PERFORM THIS POLITICAL WORK AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE HEARING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCIL FERNANDES INNOCENT WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK IN THIS MATTER? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE CHAMBER AND I JUST WANT TO UPLIFT THAT. PLEASE ADD MY NAME AND AS WE CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY HERE THE CITY OF BOSTON AND WEBSITE AND ALL THINGS THAT DEAL WITH MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE BEING ACCOUNTABLE TO FOLKS I JUST WANT TO UPLIFT THAT. YOU KNOW AND I WANT TO REITERATE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW TO READ AND WRITE EVEN IN THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE. AND AS WE CONTINUE TO DO THIS WORK, LET'S CHECK OUR OWN PRIVILEGE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE REALLY THINKING ABOUT FOLKS WHO WHO MAY NEED AUDIO VISUAL AS A WAY TO TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESSIBILITY TO CITY GOVERNMENT SERVICES AND ISSUES LIKE THAT. SO I JUST WANT TO UPLIFT THAT AND ADVOCATE THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION. ACCESSIBILITY IS KEY AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP IN MIND THOSE FOLKS WHO MAY NOT KNOW HOW TO READ WRITE EVEN IN THEIR OWN NATIVE LANGUAGE. SO I REALLY DO APPLAUD COUNCILOR ANDERSON FOR HER RELENTLESS EFFORTS TO MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE MEETING THIS MOMENT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION AND TO SUPPORTING YOU IN THIS EFFORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MEJIA WHAT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THEIR NAME. MR KIRKLEES THAT COUNCILOR ROYAL COUNCIL CONSULATE CONSULATE COUNCIL COUNCILOR CONSERVATION COUNCIL . I'M HERE COUNCILOR RALPH DOCKET ZERO SIX TO SEVEN WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE. OK COUNCILOR BRIGHTON DELEGATE ZERO SIX TO SEVEN WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION MR COROT PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO SIX A NUMBER ZERO SIX TO EIGHT COUNCILORS WERE WELL AWARE OF THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXPLORE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT VIA SCHOLARSHIPS FOR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO ALL FORMS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR L COUNCILOR WU YOU HAVE THE FLOOR I THINK AND I LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES IN OUR COUNCIL HERE HAS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR ME HERE IS ADDED THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ONE OF MY PRIORITIES IS TO HAVE OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ON A PATH AIMED TOWARDS SUCCESS WITH SUPPORT FROM CRADLE TO CAREER. SIMPLY PUT ACCESS TO HIGHLY HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION AS ONE OF THE BEST INVESTMENTS WE CAN MAKE IN HELPING TO SUPPORT BETTER INCOMES AND HOW STRONGER FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES AND A SAFER MORE COMPETITIVE CITY RIGHT NOW EDUCATIONAL ACCESS AND COMPLETION IS DIRECTLY LINKED TO RACE AND SKIN COLOR AMONG STUDENTS FOR ROAD AND FOUR YEAR PUBLIC INSTITUTION ONLY FORTY FIVE POINT NINE PERCENT OF BLACK STUDENTS COMPLETE THEIR DEGREE IN SIX YEARS THE LOWEST RATE COMPARED TO OTHER RACES AND ETHNICITIES . BLACK MEN IN PARTICULAR HAVE THE LOWEST RATE OF COMPLETION AT FORTY PERCENT. THIS HIGH DROPOUT RATE IS PARTIALLY DUE TO THE FACT THAT SIXTY FIVE PERCENT OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE INDEPENDENT BALANCING PURSUING THEIR DEGREE WITH FULL TIME WORK AND FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES. HIGH COST AND LOW FUNDS DON'T JUST DELAY EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS AND REDUCE GRADUATION RATES THEY LEAD TO REAL HARM TO LONG TERM HEALTH AND WELL-BEING ACCORDING TO THE GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK, HALF OF OUR BLACK BROWN LGBTQ STUDENTS ARE FOOD INSECURE COMPARED TO AN ALREADY FAR TOO HIGH AVERAGE OF THIRTY THIRTY SEVEN PERCENT OF ALL STUDENTS. THESE ARE NOT JUST STATISTICS. THERE ARE LIMITATIONS AT BEST AND OUTRIGHT WALLS OUR WORST. WHAT MADE MY COLLEGE A REALITY FOR ME WAS THE TUITION BASED SCHOLARSHIP FROM BALFOUR ACADEMY OTHER STUDENTS A SIMILAR SITUATION HAVE TO STRING TOGETHER FUNDS FROM A MIX OF SCHOLARSHIP JOBS AND LOANS. ALL TOO OFTEN THESE PRESSURES BECOME TOO MUCH FACED WITH TUITION, TUITION FEES, COMPLEX WORK SCHEDULES, FOOD AND HOUSING INSECURE, MANY STUDENTS DROP OUT OF FOR 40 PERCENT OF PEOPLE WITH STUDENT LOANS DO NOT HAVE THE DEGREE THAT WOULD JUSTIFY THE INVESTMENT. MOST OF THESE PEOPLE ARE BLACK, BLACK, BROWN AND LOW INCOME. THESE STUDENTS TRY TO DO THE RIGHT THINGS WERE NOT ADEQUATELY SUPPORTED. I LEFT SIGNIFICANTLY IN A WORSE POSITION. OTHER CITIES, STATES AND COUNTRIES ARE RECOGNIZING THE VALUE OF A COMPLETE EDUCATION FOR ALL RESIDENTS UNTIL OUR STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROVIDE THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO PROVIDE UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO ADVANCED EDUCATION. BOTTOMMOST WORK TO ENSURE THAT OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE THEIR PATH WHETHER THAT IS AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE, A BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR CAREER IN THE CRAFTS AND TRADES, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE CITY CORPORATE PARTNERS, PHILANTHROPIES AND ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS TO BUILD A PROGRAM JUST TO DO THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNSELOR. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ME HERE COUNCILOR ME HERE YOU. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT AND I WANT TO THANK OUR COUNCIL OVERALL FOR HIS LEADERSHIP IN THIS SPACE AND ADDING ME AS A CO-SPONSOR I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS FILE AS A FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENT AND THE FIRST PERSON IN MY FAMILY TO GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL. I WASN'T EVEN THINKING ABOUT GOING TO COLLEGE. IT JUST FELT LIKE IT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT I WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO. IN FACT, I WORKED THREE JOBS. I WAS AN R.A. I DIDN'T WORK STUDY AND I WORKED IN RETAIL ALL THROUGHOUT COLLEGE AND MATSUSAKA PRICE THAT I MADE BECAUSE I BELIEVED THAT AT THAT MOMENT IN TIME THAT THE BEST WAY FOR ME TO DISRUPT MY CYCLE OF POVERTY WAS THROUGH EDUCATION. AND SO THERE ARE A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE RIGHT NOW WHO ARE DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THEIR STUDIES OR DROP OUT AND I THINK THAT AS A CITY BECAUSE WE ARE SO RICH IN RESOURCES WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AND A RESPONSIBILITY WITH ALL OF THESE HIGHER ED INSTITUTIONS WHO ARE LITERALLY PROFITING OFF OF THE BACKS OF THE KIDS WHO LIVE HERE. I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEAN INTO THAT CONVERSATION IN TERMS OF ACCOUNTABILITY. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT CONVERSATION. AND THEN THE LAST PIECE THAT I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT OUR OFFICE THROUGHOUT TAPPING INTO OUR OWN PERSONAL NETWORK HAVE HAD TO WORK WITH SO MANY STUDENTS WHO WERE SHORT A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS HERE AND THERE TO BE ABLE TO REREGISTER FOR A SECOND SEMESTER. SO I THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE AS A CITY NOT ONLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY BUT WE ALSO HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY AND AS THE CHAIR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT REALLY LOOKING TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AND THAT LOOKS AT NOT JUST IN TERMS OF EDUCATION BUT ALSO HOW WE HOLD OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS AND HOW DO WE NOW SO MUCH CALL THEM OUT BUT HOW DO WE INVITE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN WAYS THAT ARE GOING TO HELP US TO FINALLY ADDRESS THE WEALTH GAP THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. SO THANK YOU, COUNCILOR AND THANK YOU PRESIDENT FLYNN FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN . I WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BY COUNCILOR BOK YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR PRESIDENT. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR WORLD AND ME HERE FOR FILING THIS AND ESPECIALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. I HAVE A LOT OF THE UNIVERSITIES, THE MAJOR UNIVERSITIES IN THE CITY IN MY DISTRICT AND YOU KNOW, I HAVE OFTEN SAID THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GIVES ME THE MOST ENCOURAGEMENT IS WHEN WE ACTUALLY SEE OUR BOSTON BPS GRADUATE KIDS GOING TO THESE UNIVERSITIES AND GETTING SCHOLARSHIPS AND A NUMBER OF TIMES I'VE BEEN AT EVENTS IN PARTICULAR THERE'S A SET OF SCHOLARSHIPS THE MENINO AND THE COMMUNITY SERVICE SCHOLARSHIPS AT BU THAT ARE SERVING HUNDREDS OF OUR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS GRADUATES AND THAT'S REALLY EXCITING. BUT I'VE ALSO HAD LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR UNIVERSITIES ABOUT SCHOLARSHIPS THAT EXIST ON PAPER BUT OUR STUDENTS ARE NOT ACTUALLY GETTING THEM AND SO IT'S IT'S GREAT IF WE IN THEORY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY. BUT WHAT WE REALLY WANT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS LIKE COUNCILOR ALL SAYING, YOU KNOW, IF THEY IF THEY CLEAR A CERTAIN BAR THAT THEY ARE GOING TO ACTUALLY GET THESE OPPORTUNITY AND THAT THEY'RE NOT SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF STAYING ON PAPER. SO TO ME THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST SUBSTANTIAL WAYS IN WHICH THE UNIVERSITIES AND THE CITY CAN WORK TOGETHER FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND I THINK ONE THING AND AN IMPORTANT PIECE FOR US TO KIND OF PURSUE THIS CONVERSATION WITH EACH OF OUR INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS IN THE PILOT CONVERSATIONS AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS IN THE INSTITUTIONAL MASTERPLAN CONVERSATIONS. BUT IT REALLY MAKES SENSE FOR US TO HAVE A KIND OF OVERALL CITYWIDE STRATEGY ON THIS AND IT'S CERTAINLY ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT REMAINS DISAPPOINTING AND SHAMEFUL IN SOME SENSE THAT BOSTON IS LITERALLY RECOGNIZED GLOBALLY AS A HIGHER EDUCATION HUB FOR THE WORLD AND WE CAN'T MATCH ENOUGH OF OUR STUDENTS WITH THESE OPPORTUNITIES. SO REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS BE FILED AND LOOKING FORWARD TO POSITION PLEASE AT MINUTE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DON'T WANT ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD MY NAME PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND MR CLARK PLEASE. COUNCILOR ARROYO COUNCILOR BALL COUNCILOR BRIGHTON COUNCIL QUITE A COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCIL OUR CONSULTATION COUNCILOR MURPHY PLEASE AT THE CHAIR ORIGINALLY THIS WAS GOING TO BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION BUT AFTER LISTENING TO COUNCILOR HERE WE'RE GOING TO PLACE IT IN THE LABOR WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. YOUR REQUEST, MR CARR WE PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO SIX TO NINE DOCKET NUMBER ZERO SIX TO NINE COUNCILOR WE'RE OFFERED THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING REGARDING PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WE'RE ALL COUNCILOR . WELL, YOU HAVE FOUR THANK YOU. PRESIDENT FLYNN AND I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD COUNCILOR VIJAYAN AND COUNCILOR COLLETTA AS ORIGINAL CO-SPONSORS. NO OBJECTION COUNCILOR LOUISIANIAN COUNCILOR QUEDA ARE ADDED THAT SHE RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR THANK YOU PRESIDENT FOR IT AND WE RELY UPON OUR CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS TO ORGANIZE NEIGHBORHOODS, DRIVE OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT AND HELP SHAPE OUR CITY'S FUTURE. THESE ARE ORGANIZATIONS ARE OFTEN OUR VOLUNTEER NONPROFIT WORKING WITHIN BUDGET AND LIMITED TECHNICAL TECHNICAL RESOURCES AND WE KNOW THAT THEY WORK 24/7 AROUND THE CLOCK THE MANY THINGS THAT WE HAVE COME TO RELY UPON OUR CIVIC ASSOCIATION FOR REQUIRE COSTLY SUPPORT SERVICES WEBDESIGN TRANSLATION SERVICES AND LOGISTICS THAT ARE EITHER OUT OF REACH OR INHIBIT SPENDING ON OTHER ACTIVITIES. OUR OFFICE WAS ABLE TO HIRE CHRISTINA GLOVER, A LOCAL GRAPHIC DESIGNER WHO PROVIDED THESE EXACT SUPPORT TO OUR CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS. SHE BUILT OUR CIVIC WEBSITE ASSISTED IN GRAPHIC DESIGN WORK ,HELPED DEVELOP SOCIAL MEDIA AND OUTREACH STRATEGIES AND TRAINED OUR MEMBERS, TRAINED OUR CIVIC MEMBERS TO USE AND MAINTAIN THESE SYSTEMS INDEPENDENTLY. THIS MALL MOVED HELP CIVICS OPERATE MORE EFFECTIVELY AND DONE AT SCALE. WE BELIEVE THIS CAN HELP OUR CIVIC TO MEANINGFULLY ACCESS AND ENGAGE WITH MORE OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN OUR CITY. THE CITY BENEFITS FROM THE EXISTENCE OF OUR CITY, OUR CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS AND WE WILL BENEFIT BY STRENGTHENING THEM. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE CITY TO IDENTIFY WHAT WAYS WE CAN DO TO SCALE THIS THIS INITIATIVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR . THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR VISION COUNCIL VISION. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. I WANT TO THANK MR FOR LEADING ON THIS ISSUE. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT A LOT OF MY OFFICE AND MY STAFF WHEN WE'RE INTERACTING WITH CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS WE REALIZE HOW MUCH MORE WORK AND HOW MUCH MORE INTEGRATED IN OUR COMMUNITIES THEY COULD BE IF THEY HAD MORE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND WERE MORE KEYED INTO THINGS HAPPENING HERE. THEY'RE OFTEN THE LIFEBLOOD OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR RESIDENTS WHERE THEY'RE ABLE TO VOICE CONCERNS THEIR VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS RUN BY PEOPLE WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. BUT IT TAKES REALLY HARD WORK TO RUN THEM AND THEY DESERVE AND NEED OUR SUPPORT. WE DO TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR BUSINESSES WITH TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR FOR HOUSING THE THING THAT OFTEN CONNECTS OUR BUSINESSES, OUR HOUSES, OUR SENIORS IS OFTEN CIVIC ASSOCIATION. SO IT'S ABOUT TIME THAT WE THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT WHAT SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE WITH THE CITY CAN PROVIDE TO THESE IMPORTANT COMMUNITIES AND ESPECIALLY AS WE CONTINUE TO EXIST IN THIS HYBRID HEARING ERA TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE BECOME MORE AND MORE ESSENTIAL FOR OUR BUSINESSES, FOR OUR CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS AS WE BECOME MORE AND MORE RELIANT ON TECHNOLOGY WE CAN HELP EACH OTHER AND GIVE OUR CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS HELP WITH WHAT THEY NEED. AND SO I'M EXCITED TO WORK WITH MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES ON THIS AND SEEING HOW WE AS A CITY CAN SHOW UP FOR OUR CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS WHICH WILL ALSO HELP TO FURTHER DEMOCRATIZE CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS AND MAKE THEM MORE OPEN TO YOUNGER GENERATIONS PEOPLE WHO TRADITIONALLY AREN'T, YOU KNOW, PRESENT FOR CIVIC ASSOCIATION MEETING. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL AND THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CARTER COUNCIL CARTER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT FLYNN. I'M PROUD DELIGHTED TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FROM THE LEAD SPONSOR MY ESTEEMED COLLEAGUE FROM DISTRICT FOUR AS WELL AS COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE THROUGHOUT MY TIME AS WELL. FIRST EVEN BEFORE I WAS AN AIDE I WAS A YOUNG GIRL GOING TO A LOT OF THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION CIVIC ASSOCIATION MEETINGS WITH MY MOTHER AND HAVE FOND MEMORIES OF UNDERSTANDING EXACTLY WHAT GRASSROOTS WAS AND COMMUNITY WAS BY ATTENDING A LOT OF THESE MEETINGS. AND THEN SINCE 2015 I'VE BEEN A STATE REP AND THEN MY PREDECESSOR AND HAVE SAT SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH MY NEIGHBORS FOR HUNDREDS OF THESE MEETINGS AND SO I HAVE DEEP ADMIRATION AND RESPECT FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO. IT REALLY IS A PART TIME JOB WITH THE ADDED EMPHASIS FROM OFFICE OF NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES FOR FORMALIZED PROCESS FOR DEVELOPMENT REVIEW THROUGH THE ZBA NIST AND EVEN EPA PROCESSES. SO A LOT OF OUR FOLKS HAVE TURNED VOLUNTEERS TO PART TIME COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS AND LEADERS WHICH THEY DO HAPPILY AS YOU POINTED OUT, THEY'RE PASSIONATE DO IT BUT THEY'VE ALSO BECOME ZONING ATTORNEYS AND TECH EXPERTS AND HAVE TRIED TO GET LANGUAGE ACCESS EQUIPMENT WHICH IS SO DIFFICULT TO SECURE DESPITE THE EXPANSION THROUGH THE CITY OF BOSTON. SO I DO LOOK FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION. I KNOW THAT SOME NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS IN MY DISTRICT HAVE BEEN CALLING FOR THIS AND I REALLY SEE IT AS A WAY TO EXPAND PARTICIPATION, EXPAND DEMOCRACY ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO TRANSLATION SERVICES WHERE A LARGE PART OF THE FOLKS WHO DO ATTEND OUR CIVIC ASSOCIATION MEETINGS COME FROM ONE SPECIFIC SOCIOECONOMIC CLASS OR IS A HOMOGENOUS CLASS USUALLY HOMEOWNERS. SO I REALLY SEE THIS AS A WAY TO TO EXPAND ACCESS AT THE END OF THE DAY. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR PUTTING FORWARD THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR . THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCILOR HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU TO A COUNCILOR . I JUST WANT TO UPLIFT COUNCILOR THEN CAMPBELL WAS SO INCREDIBLY ADAMANT ABOUT SUPPORTING CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS AND SO I REALLY WANT TO JUST BRING HER NAME INTO THIS CHAMBER BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS HER CONSTITUENT IN TWENTY SIXTEEN TWENTY SEVENTEEN AROUND MY NEIGHBORHOOD THERE WAS AN ILLEGAL BOARDING HOUSE WITH THIRTEEN LEVEL THREE SEX OFFENDERS AND AS A RESULT OF THAT WORK MYSELF AND ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS DECIDED TO CREATE A CIVIC ASSOCIATION AND WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE WERE GETTING INTO. ALL WE KNEW IS THAT WE WANTED TO STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING AND WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THIS WORK AND YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. IT IS WORK THAT WE DO BECAUSE IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES WHEN WE THINK THAT GOVERNMENT IS SUPPOSED TO DO THAT FOR US AND CIVIC ASSOCIATION LEADERS ARE THE ONES WHO ARE STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE ORGANIZING PRINTING OUT MATERIALS, DOORKNOCKING, TRYING TO GET PEOPLE ACTIVATED AND OFTENTIMES THEY GO UNSEEN AND UNHEARD. SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE SETTING UP OUR CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS UP FOR SUCCESS. I ALSO WANT TO SAY WHEN YOU SNOOZE YOU LOSE BECAUSE I WILL HIT YOU UP TO PUT ME ON THIS AS ONE OF YOUR ORIGINAL CO-SPONSORS BECAUSE WE SINCE A FEW YEARS AGO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING IN MUTUAL AID GROUPS TO HELP BUILD THEIR CAPACITY AND IN FACT SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING RIGHT NOW WITH OUR MUTUAL AID GROUPS IS AROUND TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT AND EVEN PROVIDING THEM WITH WAYS FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO FUNDING SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO DO THEIR WORK. SO I WOULD LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH YOU ALL TO HELP YOU MAKE THIS HAPPEN BECAUSE I'M DEEPLY COMMITTED TO TO THIS WORK. AND THEN THE OTHER PIECES THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A CIVIC ASSOCIATION IS JUST THE HEADS OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP SUPPORT THEM. SO I'M GOING TO LET THEM KNOW THAT IF YOU HAVE BEEN DOING THIS IN DISTRICT FOUR AND I HAVE I MENTIONED THIS TO THEM IN ONE OF OUR MEETINGS BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS AS A CITYWIDE EFFORT BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO LEAN AND I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLY I DON'T KNOW THE RIGHT WORDS. I JUST THINK IT'S I THINK WHEN I HEAR FROM CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS THAT THEY'RE COMING OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKET TO PRINT WHEN WE HAVE A CITY PRINTER DOWNSTAIRS I THINK THAT WE ALREADY HAVE ACCESS SO MANY TOOLS AND WE NEED TO DO IS OPEN UP THE SHOP SO THAT WE CAN MAKE IT EASIER FOR THESE CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS TO ACTUALLY DO THEIR WORK. AND I ALSO KNOW THAT MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR ANDERSON WAY BEFORE SHE EVEN CAME ON HERE WAS WORKING IN DEEP COMMUNITY. SO I AM SURE THAT AS THE WAYS THE CHAIR THE WAYS AND MEANS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BRING A LOT OF RESOURCES TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN FOR THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN ADVANCE. I'M JUST PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT ON THAT ONE. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN . THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON, COUNCILOR FERNANDES, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. YEAH, NO PRESSURE AT ALL. I WANTED THINK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR WU THIS IS A BRILLIANT IDEA. OF COURSE I WAS LIKE WHY DIDN'T YOU PUT ME ON IT SAME AS COUNCILOR HERE. BUT I REALLY I WANT TO OFFER OUR MODEL IN DISTRICT SEVEN OF COURSE TO ALLUDE TO KOSMA HE HAS A POINT ABOUT CONSOLIDATING COMMUNITY AND WORKING WITH THE LEADERS THAT SOME SORT OF ROUNDTABLE OR SOME SORT OF COUNCIL OR COALITION OF ALL THESE CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS WOULD REALLY CONSOLIDATE THE EFFORTS AS WELL AS WE UNDERSTAND WE WE THE COUNCILORS HAVE A LOT ON OUR SCHEDULES AS IS BUT TO BE ABLE TO MEET ALL OF THE CHAIRS OR ALL OF THE LEADERS IN ONE PLATFORM MAYBE ON A MONTHLY BASIS WOULD REALLY STREAMLINE PROCESSES. SO ADDING THIS COMPONENT OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IS CRUCIAL BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS THAT AGAIN ARE INUNDATED WITH A LOT OF COMMUNITY EFFORTS BUT THEN THEY GO INTO CAMPAIGNING ON ISSUES THAT THEY CARE ABOUT. THEY MAY NEED TO MY SISTER LAURA WHO'S GIVEN ME A LOT OF INPUT IN TERMS OF GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING AND TEACHING CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS THAT NEED IT HOW TO PROPERLY ORGANIZE AND EXECUTE OR IMPLEMENTING IMPLEMENT SERVICES OR THEY'RE PROGRAMS THAT THEY MAY BE WORKING ON. SO I WOULD SAY ONE THAT MODEL I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION AND LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN BRING THAT AS A AS A SOLUTION OR POSSIBLE SOLUTION BUT ALSO IN TERMS OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IF WE'RE LOOKING INTO BUDGETS TO SUPPORTING WHAT I'VE DONE IN DISTRICT SEVEN IS ACTUALLY CONSOLIDATE OR PARTNER UNIVERSITIES, RESOURCES AND FELLOWS OR IN TERMS WITH DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON OF COURSE THE INTEREST OR THE GOAL WITH DIFFERENT CLASSROOMS FROM DIFFERENT UNIVERSITIES IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO EXECUTE SOME OF THIS WORK. SO WE HAVE A DATA VISUALIZATION ,WE HAVE ONE ON WEBSITE. WE HAVE ONE FOR DEVELOPING THE DISTRICT. WE HAVE AN APP SO THAT ALL DISTRICT SEVEN CONSTITUENTS WILL BECOME MEMBERS ON ONE APP. RIGHT. BUILDING MORE TRANSPARENCY OF COURSE CREATING MORE ACCESS BUT ALSO CONSOLIDATING THE ENTIRE DISTRICTS CALENDAR IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. I CAN COORDINATE THAT. I KNOW THAT THERE'S A DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING SAY ON HUMBLE DEV AND I KNOW TO AVOID THAT TO GO A DIFFERENT DIRECTION OR AT LEAST I KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH NATIONAL GRID ON THIS STREET OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT ALSO THIS SHOULD BE A CONNECTION BETWEEN THREE ONE ONE AND THIS APP AS WELL SO THAT THERE'S CLEAR TRANSPARENCY AND FOLLOW THROUGH IN TERMS OF CONSTITUENT SERVICE. SO I'M VERY INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT DATA AS YOU ARE. I KNOW THAT OUR MINDS WORK A LOT LIKE KHOSRO AND HOW I CAN OFFER ANY OF MY THOUGHTS OR WORK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FERNANDES INNOCENT WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND MR EKKLESIA COUNCILOR ROYALLE COUNCILOR BOOK COUNCIL BRIGHTON COUNCIL COUNCILOR FERNANDES INNOCENT COUNCIL BOROUGH COUNCIL MEMBER HERE COUNCILOR MURPHY PLEASE THE CHAIR THIS STALKER 069 WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES INNOVATION TO INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY. MR CLARK PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO SIX THREE ZERO DAGENHAM ZERO SIX THREE ZERO COUNCILOR ARROYO FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE BAND OF MINIATURE ALCOHOL BOTTLES ALSO KNOWN AS NIPS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. AND PER THE REQUEST OF THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT WE WILL USE THE TERM MINIATURE ALCOHOL BOTTLES THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR OF ROYAL COUNCILOR THE ROYAL YOU OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT OR SINGLES? WELL THERE IS SOME HISTORICAL ISSUES WITH THE WORD NIPS AT SO EVERYONE HAS SEEN ON DAY TO DAY BASIS IF YOU'RE WALKING AROUND YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD IF YOU'RE DRIVING INTO WORK I SAW IT TODAY ON MY DRIVE INTO WORK THE MINIATURES OR THE SINGLES STROLLING ON THE ROADWAY STRONG ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I DIDN'T REALIZE IMMEDIATELY JUST HOW MAJOR OF AN ISSUE THAT WAS. I TOOK OFFICE IN TWENTY TWENTY AND ABOUT A YEAR AFTER THAT A NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP KEEP HYDE PARK BEAUTIFUL A GROUP THAT I HAVE VOLUNTEERED WITH AND MY STAFF HAS VOLUNTEERED WITH WHICH IS LARGELY MADE UP OF ABOUT TWELVE PEOPLE GIVE OR TAKE AT ANY GIVEN TIME WHO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME TO CLEAN UP OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE GLOBE COVERED IT BECAUSE IT WAS SO SIGNIFICANT AND WHAT ENDED UP COMING OUT OF IT WAS GARDNER ,MASSACHUSETTS. THERE WAS A LIQUOR STORE THAT OFFERED FIVE CENTS BACK FOR EVERY BOTTLE THAT WAS BROUGHT TO THEM. AND SO IN GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS IN TWO YEARS THEY COLLECTED A HUNDRED THOUSAND MINIATURES OR SINGLES OFF THE STREETS OF GARDNER AND SO INSPIRED BY THAT KEEP HYDE PARK BEAUTIFUL. DID A SIMILAR REQUEST OF A LOCAL LIQUOR STORE AND THEY WERE OFFERED FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS BY THAT LIQUOR STORE AND ANOTHER FIVE HUNDRED BY AN ANONYMOUS DONOR IF THEY COULD GET TO TEN THOUSAND SINGLES OR MINIATURES THEY THOUGHT THAT WOULD TAKE THEM A YEAR THERE ONLY A GROUP OF ABOUT TWELVE PEOPLE IT TOOK THEM TWO MONTHS AND SO TWELVE PEOPLE HYDE PARK TWO MONTHS TEN THOUSAND OF THESE JUST OFF OF THE STREET. AND SO THAT WAS MY FIRST SORT OF ON MY RADAR THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE I MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT WHEN I WAS WHEN I WAS RUNNING FOR OFFICE I HAD CONVERSATIONS CHELSEA AND CHELSEA SPECIFICALLY CHELSEA CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ROBERT DANETTA WHO HAD MOVED FOR THIS IN TWENTY EIGHTEEN AND WHAT HE HAD TOLD ME WAS THEY HAD HAD A HEARING AT THE CHELSEA CITY COUNCIL ABOUT OPIATED BECAUSE OPIATE ADDICTION IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE AND OVERDOSES AT THAT TIME THEY WANTED TO GET A SENSE OF HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE OVERDOSING AND AT THAT TIME WAS BROUGHT TO HIS ATTENTION THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAD RECEIVED ABOUT FOUR TIMES THE AMOUNT OF CALLS FOR ALCOHOL RELATED EMERGENCIES. ALMOST A THOUSAND OF THOSE. AND SO CHELSEA MOVE FORWARD IN TWENTY EIGHTEEN WITH A CITYWIDE BAN OF THE MINIATURES OR THE SINGLES AND IN A YEAR'S TIME THAT NUMBER HAD DROPPED BY MORE THAN HALF. AND SO YOU GET TWO SORT OF PRONGS TO THIS ISSUE. THERE'S AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE I'LL DRIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO THAT. THERE'S A MEDICAL SORT OF RELATED ISSUE. I DRIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO THAT. BUT IN CHELSEA WHICH DID THIS IN TWENTY EIGHTEEN THEY WERE RECENTLY ASKED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I PRESENTED THIS AND THE POLICE CHIEF THEIR CHIEF HOW HOLDEN CALLED IT A GAME CHANGER SAID THAT THE IMPACT IN CHELSEA WAS NOTICEABLE SIGNIFICANT AND THAT MEDICAL EMERGENCIES HAD DROPPED BY ALMOST HALF IN THAT TIME NEVER MIND JUST THE BEAUTIFICATION OF CHELSEA AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE STREETS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THESE LITTERED EVERYWHERE IN THE SAME WAY IN BOSTON. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT HAS COME UP BEFORE I ACTUALLY HAD MY STAFF LOOK IT UP SO WE HAVE A TWENTY FIFTEEN LICENSING BOARD DECISION FOR ROXBURY IN TWENTY FIFTEEN THEY HAD DETERMINED THAT A TRANSFER OF A LICENSE THERE WAS A LIQUOR STORE IN ROXBURY THAT HAD A POOR REPUTATION. THEY SOLD THE LICENSE TO SOMEONE ELSE WHEN THAT PERSON WAS COMING IN FOR THE TRANSFER OF LICENSE THE COMMISSION RESPONSIBLY AND I THINK DOING THEIR JOB LISTENING TO CONSTITUENTS IMPOSED A SINGLES OR MINIATURES BAN I WAS IN TWENTY FIFTEEN. THIS WAS A NEW OWNER HAD IT ON THE PROPERTY AND SO THEY CHALLENGED THAT DECISION AND SAID LOOK, THIS WASN'T THIS WAS THE OWNER BEFORE US. THAT CHALLENGE WAS DENIED ESSENTIALLY THEY CAME BACK THAT THE CITY HAS THE POWER TO CHANGE AND EXCLUDE THE PURCHASE AND SALE OF MINIATURES, THE SINGLES AND IN FACT WE LOOK THAT UP THROUGH ANALISE BOSTON AND WE GOT BACK THESE NUMBERS ANALYZE BOSTON IS NOT A PERFECT SYSTEM AND SO THIS IS MORE OF A FLOOR THAN A CEILING. THERE'S LIKELY MORE PLACES THAT HAVE HAD THESE BANNED OR TOLD THAT THEY COULD NOT SELL THESE THAN ANALYZED BOSTON HAS CAUGHT BUT WE HAVE AT LEAST SEVENTY BUSINESSES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON THAT ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SELL SINGLES OR MINIATURES. ALSTON HAS THREE BACK BAY HAS THREE. CHINATOWN HAS FOUR. DOWNTOWN HAS SEVEN. FENWAY HAS SEVEN. HYDE PARK HAS ONE THE NORTH AND HAS WON. THE SEAPORT HAS FIVE. BRIGHTON HAS TWO. CHARLESTOWN HAS TWO. DORCHESTER HAS SIX IS BOSTON HAS SEVEN. JAMAICA PLAIN HAS TWO. MATTAPAN HAS JUST ONE. MISSION HILL HAS JUST ONE. ROSLINDALE HAS FOUR. ROXBORO HAS TEN IN SOUTH BOSTON IT'S THREE SO THOSE ARE OVER 70 BUSINESSES THAT CAN'T SELL SINGLES OR MINIATURES TODAY ALREADY THEY JUST CAN'T DO IT AND THE REASONING FOR THAT WHICH WAS ILLUMINATED THIS 2015 DECISION IS BECAUSE THE HARMS OF SINGLES MINIATURES ARE WELL KNOWN. THEY END UP ON THE STREETS. THEY ARE OFTEN IN PASSING THIS. IT HAS BEEN I HAVE BEEN OPEN AND PUBLIC ABOUT ISSUES IN MY OWN FAMILY WITH ADDICTION AND SO I WAS AWARE OF THIS FROM AN INCIDENT STANDPOINT BUT I'VE RECEIVED PHONE CALLS FROM OTHERS SINCE I CAME FORWARD THAT IN THEIR EXPERIENCE AS RECOVERING ALCOHOLICS MINIATURES ARE A PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY ARE USED BY PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH ALCOHOL ADDICTION AS A WAY TO MODERATE THEIR DRINKING BUT THEY OFTEN CONSUME MORE OF THE MINIATURES ARE SINGLES BECAUSE IT'S SORT OF AN ILLUSION OF YOUR DRINKING LESS BUT YOU'RE ACTUALLY DRINKING MORE BECAUSE THEY THEY PILE UP AND SO PART OF THAT MEDICAL EMERGENCY NO, WE HAD SOME FOLKS WHO SAID, YOU KNOW, IF YOU BAN SIGNALS OR MINIATURES, PEOPLE JUST PURCHASED LARGER CONTAINERS OF ALCOHOL. BUT THE EMERGENCY NUMBERS FROM CHELSEA DON'T BEAR THAT OUT IF INDIVIDUALS WERE ACTUALLY BUYING LARGER CONTAINERS OF ALCOHOL AND CONSUMING BOTTLES OF ALCOHOL AT THE SAME LEVEL OR MORE YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN MORE EMERGENCY CALLS. YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN MORE MEDICAL EMERGENCIES AND WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT NEWTON DID THIS LAST YEAR ONE OF THEIR CITY COUNCILORS WAS ASKED ABOUT IT AND THEY REMARKED THAT THEY HAVE NOTICED A SIGNIFICANT AND NOTICEABLE CHANGE THERE. WHAT NEITHER OF THESE CITIES HAVE NOTICED IS ANY OF THEIR LIQUOR STORES GOING OUT OF BUSINESS. AND SO THE ONLY ARGUMENT THAT HAS BEEN MADE TO ME ABOUT WHY WE NEED TO NOT DO THIS IS THAT WOULD HARM LIQUOR STORE PROFIT MARGINS AND THAT IT MIGHT DRIVE THEM OUT OF BUSINESS. HOWEVER, IN CHELSEA AND NEWTON AND THE OTHER INSTANCES IN PLACES WHERE THIS HAS HAPPENED THAT HAS NOT ACTUALLY OCCURRED WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON 70 AT LEAST LIQUOR STORES THAT CAN'T SELL MINIATURES AND SINGLES AS WE SPEAK. AND SO THIS IS NOT A SITUATION THAT I TOOK LIGHTLY. I THINK BANNING THINGS IS SORT OF A LAST RESORT ISSUE. HOWEVER, MINIATURE BOTTLES BACK TO THAT ENVIRONMENTAL WRONG THEY'RE NOT PART OF THE BOTTLE BILL. YOU DON'T GET ANY CHANGE BACK WHEN YOU RETURN THEM AND EVEN IF THEY WERE PART OF THE BOTTLE BILL WHICH THERE'S A BILL THAT HAS STALLED, I THINK THERE'S TWO BILLS THAT HAVE STALLED OUT AT THE STATE HOUSE ON ADDING THEM TO THE BOTTLE BILL EVEN IF THEY WERE PART OF THE BOTTLE BILL, THE BOTTLES ARE SO SMALL THAT THEY ACTUALLY DON'T FUNCTION IN THE RECYCLING MACHINES THEY WOULD ACTUALLY BREAK AND CLOG THOSE MACHINES UP. SO EVEN IF YOU ADDED A FIVE CENT RETURN, THE MACHINES WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN THE STATE COULD NOT HANDLE THEM. AND SO THIS IS THIS INSTANCE WHERE FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD I THINK WE SHOULD BE BANNING THESE UNIVERSALLY JUST ALL ACROSS THE CITY LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD THERE'S 70 PLUS LICENSES OUT THERE RIGHT NOW THAT ALREADY HAVE THIS RESTRICTION. WE SHOULD LEVEL IT OUT. EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE THAT RESTRICTION. THE BOARD HAS THE ABILITY TO DO THAT RESTRICTION IMMEDIATELY. THE WAY THAT WOULD WORK IS LIQUOR LICENSES GET RENEWED ANNUALLY AND SO AS PEOPLE COME FORWARD FOR THE RENEWAL THEY WOULD HAVE THIS RESTRICTION ADDED TO THEM AND ALL NEW ALL NEW LIQUOR LICENSES FOR RETAIL STORE A PACKAGE STORE SALES WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND WOULD HAVE THIS ALREADY AS PART OF THAT THERE HAS BEEN SORT OF OVERWHELMING SUPPORT TO MY OFFICE ON THIS FROM BOTH ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS ACROSS THE STATE. IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT IN RHODE ISLAND THEY'VE ACTUALLY TRIED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A BAN IN MAINE UNDER GOVERNOR THE PAGE THERE WAS AN ATTEMPT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A BAN INSTEAD THEY ADDED IT TO THE BOTTLE BILL. THIS IS NOT A NEW IDEA. IT HAS BEEN DONE IN OTHER PLACES. I THINK WE WOULD BE ONE OF THE MORE SIGNIFICANT CITIES IN NEW ENGLAND TO DO IT. HOWEVER, CHICAGO WHICH IS ACTUALLY ABOUT THREE TIMES THE SIZE OF BOSTON HAS ALSO ALREADY DONE THIS. SO THIS IS NOT A NEW CONCEPT. IT'S NOT A NEW IDEA. IT'S NOT GOING TO CLOSE YOUR LOCAL LIQUOR STORE OR YOUR MOM AND POP PACKAGE STORE. IT IS SIMPLY GOING TO PROTECT RESIDENTS FROM AN OVERABUNDANCE OF LITTER THAT THEY SEE EVERY DAY WHEN THEY GO ABOUT THEIR STREETS. THESE ARE STREWN AROUND PLAYGROUNDS. THEY'RE STREWN AROUND PARKS. MOST CONCERNINGLY THEY'RE STREWN ACROSS ROADWAYS WHICH WOULD SUGGEST THAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY CONSUMED WHILE DRIVING. AND SO THESE ARE THE KINDS OF INSTANCES THAT I THINK WE CAN PREVENT WITH A SIMPLE ACT HERE IN THE COUNCIL . WE DON'T HAVE THE POWER IN THE COUNCIL TO DO THIS. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE THROUGH THE LICENSING BOARD AND THE ADMINISTRATION. SO THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A HEARING TO MAKE CLEAR TO THE ADMINISTRATION THAT I PERSONALLY BELIEVE AND HOPEFULLY THE MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AGREE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD DO MOVING FORWARD, THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS IMPLEMENTED IN THE CITY AS A WHOLE AND WE WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW THE LEAD OF OTHER COMMUNITIES IN THE CITY AND COUNTRY AND STATE OR RATHER FOLLOW THE LEAD OF OTHER STATES AND OTHER CITIES WITHIN THIS STATE THAT HAVE MADE THIS IN THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF THEIR RESIDENTS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES A PRIORITY. AND SO THIS IS WHY I'M MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS. IT'S MY HOPE THAT MY COLLEAGUE SINON AND SHOW ABBAD SUPPORT. I KNOW THAT ALL OF US AS COUNCILORS HAVE HEARD ABOUT THIS. I KNOW AS A DISTRICT COUNCILOR I KNEW ABOUT THAT TWENTY FIFTEEN DECISION BECAUSE I'D HAD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS WHENEVER A NEW LICENSE COMES UP IN MY DISTRICT PETITION MY OFFICE TO ASK FOR THIS THIS TYPE OF SINGLES OR A MINIATURE BOTTLE BAND. SO NOW WE ARE DOING IT FOR THE CITY WIDE SO THAT IT'S UNIVERSAL SO THAT EVERYBODY HAS IT AND SO THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS CAN THRIVE AND BE CLEAN AND HEALTHY PLACES TO LIVE. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU COUNCILOR ROYAL. WE NEED A MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE THE LANGUAGE MOTION TO THE LANGUAGE SIMPLY CHANGING THE WORD DISCRIMINATORY ALCOHOL BOTTLES AND SINCE SPLIT SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR THERE'S ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COUNCIL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. I JUST WANTED TO RISE TO SAY THAT IN MY DISTRICT AND PARTICULARLY IN BACK BAY AND THE FENWAY THIS HAS BECOME AN ACTUALLY ALSO HILL. THIS HAS BECOME A KIND OF STANDARD THING THAT RESIDENTS HAVE ASKED OF NEW LIQUOR STORES MOVING IN. AND SO COUNCILOR ARROYO MENTIONED A NUMBER OF THE ESTABLISHMENTS IN MY DISTRICT THAT ALREADY HAVE THIS RESTRICTION ON THEM AND I WOULD SAY IT SOUNDS LIKE AN UNDERCOUNT JUST BASED ON THE NUMBER THAT I KNOW OF . SO YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS TO ME AND HONESTLY THAT'S COME OUT OF LONG COMMUNITY CONVERSATION ABOUT EXACTLY THE IMPACTS THAT COUNCILOR I SO IT DOES SEEM TO ME THAT THIS IS ALREADY SORT OF HAPPENING IN PRACTICE IN CONVERSATION BETWEEN OUR RESIDENTS AND THE LIQUOR STORES. BUT ONLY THE NEW ONES. AND SO IT IS CREATING A KIND OF LIKE UNEVEN PLAYING FIELD. AND I THINK GIVEN I THINK THAT GIVEN THE COMMUNITY CONSENSUS ABOUT A LOT OF THE DOWNSIDES OF PROVIDING THIS THAT IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO HAVE A CONSISTENT RULE ACROSS THE BOARD. SO JUST WANTED TO SAY PLEASE ADD MY NAME AND IT DEFINITELY MAKES SENSE TO ME BASED ON THE CONVERSATIONS WE ARE HAVING IN MY DISTRICT. THANK YOU COUNCILOR BOOK WOULDN'T EVEN LET THEIR NAME PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND MR KURUP PLEASE THAT COUNCILOR BALL COUNCILOR BRIGHTON COUNCIL CALADO COUNCIL CONSERVATION COUNCIL MAY COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR WE'RE ALL PLEASED THAT THE CHAIR DOCKET 06 FRESIA WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE. MR CLARK PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO SIX THREE ONE CAN HAVE A ZERO SIX THREE ONE COUNCILOR FOR ANY A.S.A. AND OFFERED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION TO EXTEND BEST WISHES TO MUSLIMS IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, THE UNITED STATES AND WORLDWIDE FOR A JOYOUS AND MEANINGFUL OBSERVANCE OF RAMADAN HOLY MONTH OF PRAYER, FASTING, CHARITY AND REFLECTION. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON, COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR PRESIDENT. I TODAY HOPE WELL THIS EVENING WE PROJECT THAT IT MAY BE THE COMMENCEMENT OF RAMADAN AND TOMORROW BEING THE FIRST DAY THAT WE BEGIN OUR FASTING JOURNEY FOR THE MONTH OF RAMADAN. I'D LIKE TO ASK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO EXTEND BEST WISHES TO MUSLIMS IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS AND THE UNITED STATES AND WORLDWIDE FOR A JOYOUS, MEANINGFUL OBSERVANCE OF RAMADAN AND A HOLY MONTH OF PRAYER, FASTING AND CHARITY ISLAM IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S MAJOR RELIGIONS IS IN PART OF OUR SHARED FAITH TRADITIONS. RAMADAN IS THE HOLY MONTH OF FASTING AND SPIRITUAL RENEWAL FOR MUSLIMS WORLDWIDE AND THE NINTH MONTH OF MUSLIM CALENDAR YEAR ONE OF OUR PURPOSES FOR FASTING DURING THE HOLY MONTH OF RAMADAN IS FOR MUSLIMS TO GAIN BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE OF THE PLIGHT FACED BY PEOPLE LIVING WITH POVERTY AND RAMADAN IS A TIME TO REFLECT SPIRITUALLY BUILD COMMUNITY AND AID THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY A REASON TO CELEBRATE AND EXPRESS GRATITUDE IN A MONTH JUST TO KEEP IT SIMPLE, THERE IS A LOT OF RESEARCH THAT PROVES THAT FASTING SPECIFICALLY FASTING BY FASTING HAS PROVEN OVER WELL IF YOU DO IT OVER I THINK FORTY FIVE DAYS TO 90 DAYS YOU YOUR CELLS BEGIN TO REGENERATE THEREFORE REPAIRING ILLNESSES IN THE BODY. SO WE FEEL THAT WHEN YOU ARE FASTING SO I WILL PROBABLY NOT BE SAYING BREAK INTO QUORUMS OR BACKWORDS RESTRAINING FROM FOOD AND WATER OR ANY TYPE OF PLEASURABLE ACTIVITIES. IT'S TIME FOR ME TO BASICALLY REGENERATE AND RE INNOVATE MY SPIRIT, MIND, BODY AND SOUL. BUT AGAIN REMEMBERING THOSE THAT GO WITHOUT. SO IN RAMADAN THE WAY WE PRACTICE IS BY GIVING TO CHARITY AND THERE WAS A PERIOD OF TIME. SO IF YOU ARE SICK OR IF YOU ARE PREGNANT OR BREASTFEEDING OF COURSE YOU ARE EXEMPT OR FEEL MUCH OLDER AND AGE AND YOU NEED NOURISHMENT OF COURSE YOU ALSO EXEMPT. SO I ASK THOSE OF YOU TO JOIN ME AND THERE ARE OVER ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE THOUSAND MUSLIMS IN BOSTON AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY. BUT IN DISTRICT SEVEN ALONE THERE ARE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LEARN ABOUT ISLAMIC TRADITIONS AND SUPPORT OUR MUSLIMS BROTHERS AND SISTERS TRADITIONALLY MUSLIM. WE TRY TO PRACTICE NOT THAT WE ARE CLAIMING OR PRETENTIOUSLY SAYING THAT WE ARE HUMBLE BUT THE PRACTICE IS TO ATTEMPT TO BUILD UP HUMILITY AND SELF SO YOU WILL FIND THAT A LOT OF MUSLIMS ARE JUST GETTING ACCUSTOMED TO ADVOCATING OR CLAIMING A POSITION IN CIVIC GOVERNMENT. SO I ASK ALL MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES YOU ASK FOR OUR MUSLIM VOTE, YOU ASK FOR OUR MUSLIM SUPPORT, YOU KNOCK ON OUR DOORS, YOU COME TO OUR EVENTS, YOU COME TO OUR AID WHEN WE SAY AS ALEIKUM THE LINE BUT AGAIN DO YOU RESPOND OUT OF RESPECT? SO TODAY I ASK YOU TO CONTINUE TO REMEMBER US DO NOT NEGLECT THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY. STAND UP FOR US AS YOU STAND FOR THE OTHER COMMUNITIES EVEN IF WE'RE NOT LOUD ENOUGH AND WISH US A HAPPY RAMADAN AND WHO WANTS TO JOIN FASTING? NO, NO. OK, WELL I THOUGHT MY ONE OR TWO COLLEAGUES MAY JOIN SO THANK YOU AND A VERY RAMADAN MUBARAK. OH SORRY I'M ASKING FOR A SUSPENSION AND FASTING. THANK YOU COUNCILOR FERNANDES INNOCENT. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ORA COUNCILOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU PRESIDENT FLYNN. I'M JUST HAPPY TO STAND IN SUPPORT OF IT. MY BEST FRIEND MY LONGEST BEST FRIEND IS A PRACTICING MUSLIM AND FOR THE LAST YEAR I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF GETTING TO KNOW COUNCILOR ANANDA'S ANDERSON AND SO DURING RAMADAN I TYPICALLY LIKE TO JOIN IN ON THE FASTING IN SOLIDARITY WHICH IS I THINK WHAT MY COLLEAGUE WAS REFERENCING AND SO I'M EXCITED TO REALLY JOIN AND STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH OUR MUSLIM SIBLINGS DURING THIS HOLY MONTH OF FASTING AND PRAYER AND COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON IS GOING TO HELP ME FIGURE OUT WHAT MY PRAYER SHOULD BE THIS MONTH. SO I'LL BE JOINING IN ON THE FASTING DAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WHAT ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? MR CLARK, PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR ROYAL COUNCILOR BOOK COUNCILOR BRIGHTON COUNCIL COLLETTA COUNCIL OUR COUNCIL LOUISIANA COUNCILOR I'M HERE COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCIL . WE'RE ALL PLEASED THAT THE CHAIR COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES IN ADOPTION DOCKET ZERO SIX THREE ONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE IT. THE DOCKET HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MR CLARK PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO THREE. I'M SORRY PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO SIX THREE TWO PLEASE DUCKING THEM A ZERO SIX THREE TWO COUNCILOR FROM THE EMBASSY IN THE CENTER FOR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE BY WAY OF ACTIVATING SPACE CREATING GREEN OPEN SPACES IN PLACEMAKING AND KEEPING FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES IN DISTRICT SEVEN. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCIL FERNANDES ANDERSON YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. I WHEN I STAND UP I SHOULD REALLY SAY THANK YOU MR CLARK BUT WE'LL DO THAT TOO NEXT TIME . I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE NOT AS EXCITED AS I WILL BE ABOUT THE NEXT ONE BUT REALLY EXCITED ABOUT READING THIS ONE SO WE ALL KNOW THE DATA WE KNOW THAT DISTRICT SEVEN IS HISTORICALLY THE MOST DISENFRANCHIZED DISTRICT ROXBURY BEING THE MOST DISENFRANCHIZED NEIGHBORHOOD WITH NOW COUNCILOR BROWN'S DISTRICT BEING THE MOST DISENFRANCHIZED. YEAH AND SO I WANTED TO WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK AROUND THIS AND BY WE I MEAN THE CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS SHOUT OUT TO I'M NOT GOING TO START NAMING ONE BECAUSE THEN I'LL FORGET THE OTHER BUT SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS AND NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS AND ADVOCACY AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, BOSTON UNIVERSITY, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, MIT OF COURSE WHO ALL HAVE SUPPORTED OUR UMASS BOSTON AND ROXBURY COMMUNITY COLLEGE WHO HAVE SUPPORTED IN THIS ENDEAVOR SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE ARTISTS THAT THIS DISTRICT SEVEN ARTISTS COALITION ALSO THE DISTRICT SEVEN PLACE KEEPERS COAL CO-OP WE HAVE BASICALLY FIGURED OUT A WAY TO COME TOGETHER AND WORK ON AN ANTI DISPLACEMENT PROJECT MASSIVE PROJECT IN ROXBURY. ESSENTIALLY WE WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND WE HAVE BEEN THANK YOU SO MUCH TO CHIEF DYLAN AND OF COURSE ARTHUR JIMERSON FROM AFAR FROM PPTA WHO HAVE BEEN OPEN AND COLLABORATIVE IN THIS EFFORT TO CREATING OPEN SPACES AND AS WELL AS DEVELOPING OR TEMPORARILY DEVELOPING OR ACTIVATING OR PLACEMAKING IN EMPTY PARCELS IN ROXBURY. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SHOWING YOU SOME OF THESE IDEAS. WE HAVE GONE AS FAR AS CREATED WITH ARCHITECT STUDENTS CREATED ALL OUR DESIGNS BASED ON SURVEY. WE SURVEYED ROXBURY, WE SURVEYED OUR ARTISTS. WE'VE TALKED TO AGAIN ADVOCATES AND PLANNERS AND ORGANIZERS AND WE'VE COME UP WITH DESIGNS AND RENDERINGS FOR THESE PARCELS AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO MEET WITH THE MAYOR TO BE ABLE TO SHOW WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING. IT'S ALL MOVING AHEAD AND IT'S HAPPENING. HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE MORE DIVERSE, MORE ROBUST DISTRICT SEVEN AND BY ACTIVATING THESE PARCELS OF COURSE WE ARE BEAUTIFYING ROXBURY. WE ARE ADDING OR BUILDING QUALITY OF LIFE IN ROXBURY SO THAT OUR CHILDREN CAN STEP OUTSIDE AND HAVE A PLACE A SAFE PLACE TO PLAY MORE OTHER THAN PARKS. YES, I AM AN ADVOCATE DOG PARKS I KNOW THAT'S AN ISSUE OF CONTENTION BUT ALSO SPACES TO ACTIVATE ART ALSO SPACES TO DO OUTDOOR THEATER AND SO MANY MORE WONDERFUL IDEAS. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO ASKING FOR SUSPENSION AND PASS THE RESOLUTION JUST TO SUPPORT ME IN RECORDING THAT WE HAVE DONE THIS WORK IN ORDER TO AGAIN REVITALIZE OUR BUSINESS DISTRICT BY WAY OF ACTIVATING PARCELS AND ALSO TO CREATING OPEN SPACES AND BEAUTIFYING ROXBURY. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOTE IN ADVANCE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL FERNANDES INNOCENT. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER OR WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND MR CLARK PLEASE ADD COUNCILOR ARROYO COUNCILOR BALL COUNCIL BREADON COUNCIL COLLETTA COUNCIL ARE A COUNCILOR HERE. COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR WU PLEASE HAVE A CHAIR. COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON IS SEEKING SUSPENSION THE ROLES IN ADOPTION OF DOCKET 063 CHOA ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE SAY NAY THE AYES HAVE IT. THE DOCKET HAS BEEN ADOPTED. WE'RE ON THE PERSONNEL ORDERS. MR CLARK PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO SIX THREE THREE DUKAN ZERO SIX THREE THREE COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR THE COUNCIL FOR THE SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND POSITIVE DOCKET ZERO SIX THREE THREE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALSO SAY NEIGHBORS HAVE AT THE DOCK AT HIS PAST MR CLARK PLEASE READ DOCKET ZERO SIX THREE FOUR ZERO SIX FOR COUNCIL CALLING FOR COUNCILOR FOR THE SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE DOCKET ZERO SIX THREE FOR ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE THE AYES HAVE IT. THE DOCKET HAS PASSED MR KIRKLEES READ DOCKET ZERO SIX THREE FIVE ZERO SIX THREE FIVE COUNCILOR FLYNN THE SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND COUNCILOR ZERO SIX THREE FIVE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE SENIOR THE AYES HAVE IT. THE DOCUMENTS ASKED FOR UNTIL EIGHT FILES. I AM INFORMED I AM INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT THERE ARE SIX ADDITIONAL EIGHT FILE MATTERS. THESE INCLUDE THE ABSENCE OF ITEMS, PERSONNEL ORDERS, A RESOLUTION. THE RIGHT FILE MATTER SHOULD BE ON EVERYONE'S DESK. I'M GOING TO TAKE A MINUTE JUST TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE ON EVERYONE'S DESK THREE NOVEMBER WE WILL TAKE A VOTE AT VEASLEY FILE MATTERS INTO THE AGENDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADDING THESE LIFESTYLE MATTERS INTO THE AGENDA SAY I THANK YOU THESE FIVE MATTERS HAD BEEN ADDED INTO THE AGENDA. MR CLARK PLEASE READ THE FIRST SLATE MADE IT INTO THE AGENDA WHICH IS AN ABSENCE OF LETTER FROM CITY COUNCILOR FRANK BAKER. DEAR PRESIDENT FLYNN PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT I WILL NOT BE IN ATTENDANCE AT THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON WEDNESDAY MARCH 22ND. TWENTY TWENTY THREE PLEASE ASK THE CITY CLERK TO READ THIS MATTER INTO THE PUBLIC RECORD. THANK YOU COUNCILOR FRANK BAKER . THIS FIRE MATTER WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. MR BROCK THE SECOND LATE FINAL MATTER IS ALSO ABSENCE OF LETTER FROM BOSTON CITY COUNCILOR MICHAEL FLAHERTY, MR CLARK AND COUNCILOR COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN. I WRITE TO INFORM YOU THAT I UNFORTUNATELY ARE UNABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE MEETING OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL TODAY MARCH 22ND. TWENTY TWENTY THREE A MEMBER OF MY STAFF WILL BE PRESENT TO TAKE NOTES AND TO REVIEW THE RECORDING OF THE MEETING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I LOOK FORWARD TO FOLLOWING UP WITH COLLEAGUES AND STAFF AFTER THE MEETING SINCERELY COUNCILOR MIKE FLAHERTY, THANK YOU. THIS LATE FAIL MATTER WILL BE PLACED ON FILE. MR CLARK. THE NEXT DELAYED FILE MATTER IS A PERSON OUR PERSONNEL ORDER COUNCIL FOR COUNCILOR THE CHIEFS. THE CHAIR SEEKS SUSPENSION OF ROLES AND PASSAGE OF THIS LATE FAIL MATTER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE THE AYES HAVE IT. THE DOCKET HAS PASSED MR CLARK THE THE NEXT SLATE FILE MATTER IS ALSO A PERSONAL ORDER PERSONNEL ORDER COUNCIL OF FOUR COUNCIL AGREED THE SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF THIS FILE MATTER ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE OPPOSED SAY THE AYES HAVE ON THE DOCKET HAS PASSED MR CLARK THE NEXT SLAVOPHILE MATTER IS ALSO A PERSONAL ORDER PERSONAL ORDER COUNCIL FLYNN FOR COUNCILOR THAT SHE HAS A SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF THIS LATE FAIL MATTER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE THE AYES HAVE IT THIS LATE FILE MADAM HAS PASSED MR CLARK THE GLASS PLATE FILE INTO THE RECORD IS A RESOLUTION FROM COUNCIL FERNANDES INNOCENT RESOLUTION OFFERED BY COUNCILOR FOR NANOSCIENCE AND RESOLUTION TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND CELEBRATE MARCH 27 IS CRAYOLAS INTERNATIONAL DATE WHEREAS WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION CAPE VERDE OR MKB WAS FOUNDED IN 1981 AND IN 1983 THEY PROPOSED THE DATE OF MARCH 27 TO BE CRAYOLAS INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR INTERNATIONAL CAPE VERDE VERDEAN WOMEN'S DAY AND WHEREAS BE RESOLVED THIS BOSTON CITY COUNCIL CELEBRATES MARCH 27 AS CAPE VERDE AND WOMEN'S DAY AND RECOGNIZES THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF CAPE VERDE AND WOMEN IN OUR CITY AND AROUND THE WORLD AND ENCOURAGES ALL RESIDENTS TO CELEBRATE THE RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE OF CAPE VERDE AND BOSTONIANS AND TO WORK TOWARDS CREATING A MORE EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTS THE PROGRESS AND EMPOWERMENT OF CAPE VERDEAN WOMEN. THANK YOU MR CLARK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCIL FERNANDES ANDERSON YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. I WANTED TO TAKE THE TIME TO THANK AND THAT'S OK. SCHEELE PUT ME IN A CHOKEHOLD LATER TO THANK OUR VERY OWN SHANTELLE BARBOZA WHO BROUGHT THIS TO MY ATTENTION TO RECOGNIZE AND UPLIFT ALL THE CREATORS IN BOSTON AS MR CLARK HAS RED CAPE VERDE WOMEN DAY IS CELEBRATED ANNUALLY MARCH TWENTY SEVEN TO RECOGNIZE CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF CAPE VERDE WOMEN AROUND THE WORLD. LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY. AT FIRST I WAS GOING TO STAND UP AND ACTUALLY DO A LITTLE LIKE BUT TULKU SONG FOR YOU BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS ARE READY FOR THAT FIRST OF ALL I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF LIKE A TOWEL TO TIE AROUND MY HIPS. IT'S SORT OF LIKE HULA DANCE A LITTLE BIT I GUESS FASTER MORE HIPPIE. BUT ANYWAY YOU GET THE PICTURE IN CAPE VERDE NO EMILY THAT WE WERE DISCOVERED BEFORE COLOMBUS CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS TIME AND THAT OUR COUNTRY OF AN ARCHIPELAGO OF 10 ISLANDS WAS USED AS A PORT A TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE PORT AND IT WAS THE ISLAND THAT I COME FROM SANTIAGO THAT WAS USED ACTUALLY FOR THIS SORT OF TRADE AND AS MY PEOPLE THE AFRICAN PEOPLE FROM THE CONTINENT WOULD GET KIDNAPED AND THEN STOLEN AND THEN A GENOCIDE A JOURNEY OF GENOCIDE WOULD BEGIN ONE OF THE ONE OF THE LARGEST I WOULDN'T SAY THE LARGEST BECAUSE OF COURSE WE HAVE THE INDIGENOUS AND THE NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. BUT THIS WOULD THEN TURN INTO ABOUT TWENTY MILLION PEOPLE AS A HOLOCAUST FOR THE AFRICAN HOLOCAUST. CAPE VERDE THEN SUFFERED FAMINES EVERY DECADE. IF YOU CAN IMAGINE THERE ARE DIFFERENT ISLANDS IN LIKE IN JAMAICA WHERE THE REBELS WOULD GO INTO THE MOUNTAINS TO FIGHT THEIR COLONIZERS AND OPPRESSORS THAT CAPE VERDE CAMBODIANS WOULD DO THE SAME SO THE AFRICANS WOULD GO INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND ORGANIZE TO FIGHT THE COLONIZERS. AND SO WE BEGAN THIS CULTURE OF JUST MAKING WAY MAKING DO OF EVERYTHING SO THESE STRONG DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE, DIFFERENT COUNTRIES WOULD COME TO CAPE VERDE SUCH AS AS YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE CONTINENTS. SO THE ENGLISH, THE SPANIARDS, THE EVEN THE ITALIANS AT SOME POINT THE PORTUGUESE, THE GERMANS, THE DUTCH THEY WOULD ALL COME TO QUAVERED TO LAND THEIR SHIPS AND THEN THEY WOULD BEGIN PIRACY LATER IN THE LATER EIGHTEEN HUNDREDS BECAUSE WHO CONTROLLED WHOEVER CONTROLLED THE PORT FOR SLAVE TO THE SLAVE TRADE WOULD CONTROL THE WORLD SLAVE TRADE. SO WE AS REBELS IN THE MOUNTAINS BEGAN TO SURVIVE BUT ALSO SUFFERING FAMINES BECAUSE THERE WAS THERE WASN'T MUCH TO DO. QUAVERED IS A VERY DRY LAND SOMETIMES VERY TROPICAL AND SOMETIMES VERY DRY MONTHS WITHOUT RAIN. EVEN SO EVENTUALLY WE GAINED OUR INDEPENDENCE AFTER AMILCAR CABRAL END UP FIGHTING YOU SAY IN DIFFERENT AFRICAN COUNTRIES TO BE ABLE TO UNITE AND FIGHT THE PORTUGUESE AND ONE AFTER HIS ASSASSINATION OF COURSE WE CELEBRATE HIS INDEPENDENCE OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY NINETEEN SEVENTY FIVE. BUT WHO WAS THERE BUT SILAT OH CAPE VERDEAN WOMAN FROM FROM MAY ORIGINALLY WHO FOUGHT ALONGSIDE AMILCAR CABRAL TODAY I WANTED TO PAY RESPECTS TO ALL OF MY CRIOLLO AND OF COURSE THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK, YOUR TENACITY, YOUR BRILLIANCE AND YOUR BEAUTY AND OF COURSE OUR WARM HEART. I WOULDN'T DO A JUSTICE IF I DIDN'T SAY IT IN CREOLE RIGHT. SO BEFORE I GET BACK I JUST TAKE A DEEP RIGHT. BUT THROUGH THE MUJIB'S COVER OF THE ANARCHIST AND CAZADOR JEFF EPPER KISHKES IN A COMMUNE YOU CAN SET THAT ASIDE CAMARDA MUSIC VIDEO SAFADI AND CLEARFELLING NOSMO OJI INDICA COULD BE A LEAP YEAR FOR MARDI GRAS CRICHLOW AND YET MONSIGNORE SHANTELL LABASA DOES COULD WANT TO GET SONG NO CELEBRA PANDORA BATTUTA MUJER SCOPPETTA WILL THE COMFORT OF THE ISLANDS DE VINCENT DE GRAY APPRECIATE YOUR US INTRODUCING OUR ETHEM BOURBON WE DIGNIDAD BUT NEWCOMERS TO THE OF JUSTICE EAPPEN FORGOTTEN CONSIDERATELY JUST AMANTI SIMMI PAGA KISSEL'S SILICO MATEMWE NOT CAPABLE OF LEARNING CREOLE ON THE FLAMING LIPS NOR THE POLARIZER NOR THE INTELLIGENTSIA NOR THE NEW CONTRIBUTED ENTREKIN BY NEWS LIMITED TO THE COOSA NOR THE POLICE MUSLEM PU MOONDUST PIOUS MUSLIM PUDDING MONDO GENERAL MUNDOO GENERAL COUNCILOR CELLE DAZY MILKER COVERED PORGIE YOUR FRIEND YACHTSMEN THE PRECEDING YOURS I MEAN A KINKI ME MARTINUS INTERRING TONY ABBOTT AND INTO AMINALS DURING THE CLINTON I MAKE CRIOLLA BUDERUS AND SEE ELSE KUCHU THANK COUNCIL FERNANDES ANDERSON AFTER YOU WOULD ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR CANCELLARA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR THANK YOU PRESIDENT FLINDT I JUST WANT TO EXTEND ONE MY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE CAPE VERDEAN WOMEN AT CITY HALL INTO COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON, MY YOUNGEST BROTHER EMMANUEL IS HALF CAPE VERDE AND HIS DAD IS CAPE VERDEAN AND HE IS THE ONLY BOY IN THE FAMILY. SO I INHERITED SIX CAPE VERDE AND HALF SISTER AND A GRANDMOTHER, MISS NATALIA WHO UNFORTUNATELY TAUGHT MY MOTHER HOW TO SAY CALABAZA AND THAT'S ALL AND THAT MY MOM USED TO YELL AT MY LITTLE BROTHER IN THE HOUSE ALL OF THE TIME AND AND I SAY THAT TO SAY THAT I HAVE IN MY LIFE BEEN BLESSED TO REALLY HAVE THAT WARM HEART AND THEN THAT CARE AND THAT LOVE FROM CAPE VERDEAN WOMEN THROUGH THROUGH MY FAMILY AND MY LITTLE BROTHER AND SO I'M HAPPY TO CELEBRATE AND I PLEASE HAVE MY NAME TO THE RESOLUTION. THANK CANCELLARA THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ME HERE, COUNCILOR ME HERE YOU THEREFORE THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. I YOU KNOW EVERY TIME I HEAR COUNCILOR ANDERSON'S SPEAK IT ALWAYS MAKES ME ALSO GET CHOKED UP BECAUSE I SEE HOW MUCH YOU JUST HOW MUCH LOVE YOU HAVE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT YOU SERVE AND THE PEOPLE THAT YOU REPRESENT. AND I THINK THAT SOMETIMES WE LEAVE SO MUCH OF OURSELVES AT THE DOOR SO THAT WE COULD BE IN THIS CHAMBER. SO I JUST JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR VULNERABILITY AND FOR YOUR HUMILITY BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY TO YOU OR US IN ANY OF THESE FACES. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE IT TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE TO SHOW UP. AND I ALSO JUST WANTED TO UPLIFT THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVING GROWN UP HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IN THE EARLY 80S, I USED TO WORK AT AND SHOE STORE AND I HAD A LOT OF CAPE VERDE AND ROLL UP THROUGH THERE AND YOU ARE CLAPPING BECAUSE YOU PROBABLY ARE WEARING THE SHOES THAT I SOLD YOU GIRL YES. AND I ALWAYS USED TO SAY THAT I WAS FROM FORGO HAVING NOT KNOWING WHERE THE PHOTO WAS BUT THE CAPE VERDE ADOPTED ME AND TAUGHT ME HOW TO SAY A FEW THINGS AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LEARNED HOW TO SAY IS WALKING UP AMELIA I DON'T KNOW WHY BUT IT WAS DO YOU WANT TO BUY SOCKS IN OBRIGADO. AND JUST LIKE UNDERSTANDING THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE, UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A WOMAN, A WOMAN OF IMMIGRANT DESCENT AND HAVING TO LEARN HOW TO BE IN A COUNTRY THAT OFTENTIMES DID NOT SEE YOU OR VALUE YOU OR ACCEPT YOU AND IT WAS IN THAT RIGHT VEIN AND BEING AN IMMIGRANT MYSELF IT WAS MY IMMIGRANT GUERILLA SISTERS THAT TAUGHT ME THAT WE ARE ALL ONE AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, COUNCILOR ANDERSON AND FOR HOW HARD YOU WORK TO MAKING SURE THAT ALL PEOPLE HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON ARE SEEN, HEARD AND FELT AND SO HAPPY CLEARLY A DAY PLEASE ADD MY NAME AND KEEP BRINGING ALL OF THAT SPICY SAUCE INTO THIS CHAMBER. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . HERE THE CHAIR IS GOING BACK TO COUNCIL FERNANDEZ ANDERSON COUNCIL FERNANDES ANDERSON, YOU OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. I JUST WANTED TO RISE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SENATOR LUIS MIRANDA WAS IS ON HER WAY. UNFORTUNATELY THIS WAS A SHORT NOTICE FOR HER BUT SHE OF COURSE IS ACCOMMODATING OUR SCHEDULE. I WANTED TO ALSO ASK EVERYONE TO JOIN US IN THE PIEMONTE ROOM FOR SOME GOOD DELICIOUS CAPE VERDE FOOD AFTER THIS. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU. THANK YOU EVERYONE. AND I ALSO WANTED TO UPLIFT SENATOR MIRANDA FOR BEING THE FIRST CAPE VERDEAN STATE REP IN THE FIRST CAPE VERDE AND STATE SENATOR, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CONSOLATION CONSOLATION. THANK YOU. JUST RISING AS WELL TO JUST SAY HAPPY CREOLA INTERNATIONAL DAY TO KEEP WRITING WOMAN CAPE VERDE ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR CITY. IT'S ALWAYS WEIRD TO GO TO OTHER PLACES. WE WILL NOT KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO BE CAPE VERDEAN OR LIKE WHERE IT CAME FROM LIKE CAPE VERDE OR SO IN THE ROAD TO BOSTON. I LIVED IN SENEGAL WITH A FAMILY THAT WAS CAPE VERDE AND SO I DON'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE DANCE BUT I KNOW THAT LIKE IT WAS PART OF THE RITUAL WHEN FAMILIES WERE GETTING MARRIED WHEN MY SISTER WAS GETTING MARRIED. SO JUST I'M JUST GRATEFUL TO CAPE WRITING COMMUNITY STATION PERSON. THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH IN COMMON CULTURALLY AND I JUST AND GRATEFUL FOR WHAT I LEARNED FROM YOU FROM THE CULTURE THAT YOU BRING TO THE CITY FOR THE FOR THE FOOD FOR THE PASTA IS SO THANK YOU ALL TOGETHER AND HAPPY CREOLA INTERNATIONAL THANK YOU. THANK YOU CONSUL WHICH I'M IF YOU'D LIKE TO ADD YOUR NAME PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND MR KIRKLEES THAT COUNCILOR BALL COUNCILOR ARROYO COUNCILOR BRIGHTON COUNCIL CHOLERA COUNCIL A COUNCIL REGION REGIONAL COUNCIL MAYOR HERE COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR PLEASE ADD THE CHAIR COUNCILOR FERNANDES AND COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON SEEK SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF THIS LATE FILE MATYA ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE AND ADVISE TO HAVE AT THE DOCK IT HAS BEEN ADOPTED YEAH WE'LL DO ONE AFTER THE AFTER THE SESSIONS OF WE'RE ON TO GREENSHIELDS WE'RE ONTO THE CONCERNS AGENDA. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY CORRECT THAT THERE ARE ZERO ADDITIONS TO THE CONCEPT AGENDA MOVES FOR ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED THOSE IN FAVOR SAY THANK YOU. THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED. WE'RE GOING TO DO A COMBINATION OF ANNOUNCEMENTS AND MEMORIALS AT THIS TIME IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT A LOVED ONE OR A CONSTITUENT OR A FAMILY MEMBER THAT HAS PASSED AWAY, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A BRIEF ANNOUNCEMENT AS WELL PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. I'LL GO AROUND THE ROUND THE ROOM STARTING WITH COUNCILOR ROYAL. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ROYAL. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO SHINE SOME LIGHT ON KROOS MIGUEL ORTIZ QUADRO WHO I HAVE SUBMITTED AS A NAME OF CLOSE MEMORY OF HE'S A FOOD HISTORIAN WHO'S KNOWN AS A ONE OF PUERTO RICO'S LEADING GASTRONOMY EXPERTS AND HE SOUGHT TO DEFINE THE ISLAND'S CUISINE AND EDUCATE THE WORLD ABOUT IT. HE DIED THIS MONTH IN PUERTO RICO. HIS BOOKS AND RESEARCH HAVE BEEN USED TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO PUERTO RICO'S GENERALLY ACKNOWLEDGED FOOD INSECURITY PROBLEMS WHICH STEM FROM THE ISLAND'S RELIANCE ON IMPORTED PRODUCTS. HE WORKED ON A PROJECT TO HELP IDENTIFY NATIVE AND NATURALIZED INGREDIENTS IN ORDER TO PRESERVE AND PROPAGATE THEM. CHEFS USE HIS WORK IN ON PUERTO RICAN INGREDIENTS TODAY TO CURATE THEIR MENUS AND TO HAVE THEIR STAFFS EXPLAIN THE DISHES THAT ARE SORT PUERTO RICO'S NATIONAL DISHES. HE NOT ONLY TAUGHT AS A PUERTO RICAN CULINARY HISTORY CERTIFICATION PROGRAM, HE ALSO HELPED FORMER STUDENTS CREATE PROJECTS THAT WOULD HELP LEAD THE ISLAND TO FOOD INDEPENDENCE. AND HE'S HAD STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH RESTAURANTEURS, CHEFS, MOM AND POP SHOPS, FARMERS AND HOME COOKS BOTH HERE ON THE MAINLAND AND IN PUERTO RICO. AND SO HE IS PASSING LEAVES A VOID AND HE WILL BE MISSED. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR ARROYO. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR OF OUR COUNCIL BOOK YOU HAVE THE FULL THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR PRESIDENT. AND I ACTUALLY RISE ON A CHEERFUL OCCASION TODAY IT IS MY YOUNGER SISTER ABBI'S THIRTY SECOND BIRTHDAY SO I WANTED TO YOUR HAPPY BIRTHDAY. SHE IS ONE YEAR NINE MONTHS YOUNGER THAN ME. SO THIS IS WHERE IN THE THREE MONTH PERIOD WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE ONLY A YEAR APART EVEN THOUGH I'VE ALWAYS BEEN OLDER AND WISER SHE'S BUT JUST LIKE SOMEONE WHO'S UNBELIEVABLY CLOSE TO ME REALLY AN AMAZING PERSON. I'M VERY PROUD OF HER. SHE'S ABOUT TO GRADUATE WITH HER MBA IN A MONTH LIVING DOWN IN PHILADELPHIA THESE DAYS SHE STILL KEEPS UP WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON IN BOSTON AND YEAH, JUST YOU KNOW THE I LOVE HER A LOT AND I WANTED TO WISH YOU A HAPPY BIRTHDAY SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCIL . BUT THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BRADIN COUNCILOR BREADON YOU OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. LAST YEAR I HAD THE PLEASURE OF CELEBRATING CORRINE GILBERT ONE HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY WE RECOGNIZED HER IN CITY COUNCIL LAST YEAR SHE WAS SURROUNDED BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND WAS ELEGANT ENGAGED AS ALWAYS 100 YEARS OLD. SHE LIVED INDEPENDENTLY AND TOOK CARE OF HERSELF AN INCREDIBLE BAKER AND AND AND COOK IN THE IN HOME WITH IN BRIGHTON AND THEN HER HEALTH DECLINED RAPIDLY IN MAY OF LAST YEAR AND SHE PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK ONE HUNDRED YEARS AN INCREDIBLE PRESENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. SHE WAS A VERY SPECIAL WOMAN, MUSICALLY TALENTED, ACTIVE IN A LOCAL SYNAGOGUE AND AT THE LOCAL PTA WHEN SHE HAD CHILDREN SHE RECORDED HER STORYCORPS INTERVIEW WITH HER GRANDSON JONAH THAT IS PRESERVED IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AND IT'S A REALLY INTERESTING CONVERSATION THAT THEY HAVE AND IT'S A TREASURE TO HAVE THAT MEMORY PRESERVED. SHE WAS A BRIGHT LIGHT IN THE BRIGHTON COMMUNITY AND WILL BE DEARLY MISSED BY ALL WHO YOU ARE. AND I WANT TO REMEMBER TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BREADON THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR OF OUR COUNCILOR . ARE YOU OF THE FLOOR? THANK YOU PRESIDENT FLYNN. I HAVE TWO THINGS. ONE JUST WANTED TO SEND MY CONDOLENCES TO ST. THERESA'S IN WEST ROXBURY JUST LAST WEEK WE LOST REVEREND PETER NOLAN AND WE WILL BE SENDING HIM HOME THIS WEEK. FATHER NOLAN WAS INCREDIBLY DEDICATED TO THE COMMUNITY MANY, MANY DECADES OF WORK NOT JUST HERE IN BOSTON AND IN WEST ROXBURY BUT ALL ACROSS THE WORLD REALLY WITH HIS MISSIONARY WORK. SO I JUST WANT TO EXTEND MY CONDOLENCES TO SAINT THERESA'S AND HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY. AND I ALSO JUST WANTED TO WELCOME I HAVE TWO OF MY FRIENDS VISITING HERE, COUNCILOR WILLIE BIRNLEY, JUNIOR COUNCILOR FROM SOMERVILLE AND COUNCILOR O'BRIEN AS A COUNCILOR DON'T MIND FROM CAMBRIDGE WE'RE HERE WITH US TODAY. JUST WANTED TO JUMP SOMETHING THAT THANK YOU COUNCIL LAURA AND WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL COUNCILORS. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR AND COUNCIL REGION. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. MR PRESIDENT, I JUST WANTED TO REMIND MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES ABOUT THE LUNCH AND LEARN IN THE ROOM BY BOSTON COMMUNITY LAND TRUSTS M. MCMANN DIALLO AND A FEW OTHERS WERE HERE FOLLOWING UP ON THE CONVERSATION WE HAD DURING HEARING A FEW WEEKS AGO SO I HOPE EVERYONE CAN JOIN. THERE'LL BE HAITIAN FOOD SO YOU CAN JUMP FROM THE ROOM TO GET ASIAN FOOD AND THEN FOR MANDARIN TO GET CAPE VERDEAN FOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CONSUL LOUISIANA YOUR CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR HERE COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE MY DAUGHTER ELISE A SHOUT OUT. SHE MADE THE J.V. SOFTBALL TEAM AND SHE ALSO MADE THE J.V. LAST SESSION THE BASKETBALL TEAM. AND SO YOU KNOW, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE COUNCILOR MURPHY AND HER STEADFAST ADVOCACY AROUND ATHLETICS. YOU KNOW, I REALLY THINK IT'S SUCH A GREAT SOURCE OF PROVIDING YOUNG PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS THAT THEY NEED TO. SO I JUST WANTED TO UPLIFT UNLEASED AND YOU I WORK 13, 14 HOURS A DAY AND THIS CHILD IN MANY WAYS FEELS NEGLECTED BY ME BUT I'M GLAD SHE'S AT LEAST THRIVING IN SCHOOL DESPITE IT ALL. SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE HER A SHOT. I WOULD UPLIFT AND AND SHE'S ALSO MADE THE HONOR ROLL EVERY SEMESTER SO I JUST WANTED TO SING THE PRAISES WHILE I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO DO SO. THANK THANK YOU. THANK COUNCILOR MEJIA AND I'M JUST GOING TO RUN THROUGH SOME OF THE NAMES THAT ARE MENTIONED FOR COUNCIL AS WELL. AS YOU MENTIONED, CRUZ THE GIRL WHAT IS COUNCILOR BREADON AND KAREEM GILB COUNCIL BREADON KAREEM GILBERTE COUNCIL COOL-HEADED COLLETTA JAMELE GRASSA BOUCHER FOR COUNCIL FERNANDES INNOCENT CAROL AND HERSTON COUNCILOR'S FLYNN FIRING BACK KEVIN TO FOR COUNCIL FLYNN AND FLAHERTY MONSIGNOR ALBERT QUARANTINE'S FROM THE ST. PETER'S LITHUANIAN CHURCH IN SOUTH BOSTON FOR CANCELLARA AND FOR MYSELF I ALSO KNOW FATHER PETER NORMAN VERY WELL FOR COUNCIL LOUISIANA BILAD TREMENDO ADONIS ROLLAN MAYNARD FREEMAN FOR COUNCILOR'S MURPHY BAKER FLYNN IN FLORIDA JAMES WALL JIMMY DRISCOLL AND BEFORE WE ADJOURN I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE ROBERT FRANCIS AND CYNTHIA AS THE LAST WEEK MENTIONED BY COUNCILOR ARROYO, ROBERT WAS A LONG TIME CITY HALL STAFFER WHO SERVED IN THE CITY COUNCIL UNDER THE THREE MAYOR'S. HE WAS A BOSTON CITY COUNCIL BOSTON CITY HALL BEAT REPORTER FOR THE HERALD COVERING MAYORS HINES COLLINS AND WAIT BEFORE MOVING TO THE NOW STATE HOUSE TO COVER STATEWIDE POLITICS. ROBERT WAS THE RESEARCH DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY COUNCIL AND RETIRED IN THAT ROLE. HE WAS ACTIVE IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD AS AS COUNCILOR ROYAL MENTIONED IN HYDE PARK AND HAS CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH TO THE COMMUNITY. I WAS ASKED TO INFORM THE PUBLIC THAT TONIGHT ROBERT SUAPE ACTUALLY ROBERT'S WORK WILL BE ON FRIDAY MARCH TWENTY FOURTH FROM FOUR P.M. TO EIGHT P.M. AT THE MCDONNEL COHEN FUNERAL HOME IN NORTH WEYMOUTH. FOR ALL OF THESE A MOMENT OF SILENCE PLEASE. THE CHAIR MOVES THAT WHEN WE ADJOURN TODAY WE DO SO AND THE MEMORY OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WE MENTIONED HERE TODAY WE ARE SCHEDULED TO MEET AGAIN IN ANOTHER CHAMBER ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29TH AT 12:00 NOON. BEFORE WE ADJOURN I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CLERK IN THE CLERK'S TEAM. I SAY THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES AND THEIR STAFF. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF AND SAY THANK YOU TO THE COURT STENOGRAPHER AS WELL. OH, IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENT ADJOURNMENT PLEASE SAY I THE COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. YUP. COULD COULD WE ALL COME TO THE PODIUM FOR A PHOTOGRAPH PLEASE . I KNOW THAT SAW HIM THE OTHER NIGHT I KNOW IT'S JUST I THINK