YEAH. YEAH, YOU JUST HEAR ABOUT THE CHRISTMAS ALMOST THIS IS THE LAST. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHAT YOU . GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ED FLYNN. I'M THE CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT. VIEWERS CAN WATCH THE COUNCIL MEETING LIVE ON YOUTUBE BY VISITING BOSTON DOT GOV CITY COUNCIL TV. I'D LIKE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES AND THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE TO PLEASE SILENCE THEIR PHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES. THANK YOU. I'D ALSO LIKE TO ASK IF WE ALL CAN BE RESPECTFUL AND DO NOT DISRUPT THE MEETING WHILE YOU ARE HERE. IF YOU ARE DISRUPTIVE YOU'LL BE ASKED TO LEAVE AND IF YOU FAIL TO COMPLY YOU'LL BE ESCORTED OUT. PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT ACCORDING TO CITY COUNCIL RULES THERE ARE NO SIGNS ALLOWED IN THE CHAMBER. MR CLARK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO ASCERTAIN THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM PLEASE? COUNCILOR ARROYO, COUNCILOR BAKER, COUNCILOR BOB COUNCILOR BREDON COUNCILOR KHALIDA, COUNCILOR TRINIAN'S SANDERSON, COUNCILOR FLAHERTY. COUNCILOR FLYNN YEAH. COUNCILOR OF COUNCIL LUZHIN COUNCIL I'M HERE COUNCILOR MURPHY AND COUNCILOR SEVEN PRESENT THANK YOU. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE CORRECT THAT THERE IS A QUORUM PRESENT. THIS WEEK'S CLERGY IS REVEREND KEVIN PIETERSEN INVITED BY CITY COUNCILOR MICHAEL FLAHERTY. COUNCILOR FLAHERTY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME TO THE PODIUM AND INTRODUCE OUR CLERGY FOR TODAY ? THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE AND HONOR OF INTRODUCING A FRIEND A LONG TIME FRIEND KNOWN EACH OTHER OVER TWENTY FIVE YEARS AND THAT'S REVEREND KEVIN PETERSON, THE FOUNDER OF THE NEW DEMOCRACY COALITION AND THE FANEUIL HALL RACE AND RECONCILIATION PROJECT. HE IS A MINISTER BASED AT THE METROPOLITAN BAPTIST CHURCH IN DORCHESTER, SENIOR FELLOW AT THE CENTER FOR COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP AT UMASS BOSTON MASTER'S DEGREE OF ARTS AND URBAN MINISTRY AT THE GOOD AND COMMONWEALTH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY HONORARY DOCTORATE AND LETTERS FROM WAYLAND BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. AS A JOURNALIST HE'S ALSO PUBLISHED NUMEROUS ARTICLES AND EDITORIALS ABOUT RACE, CULTURE AND POLITICS. MOST OF NOTE HE RECENTLY RECEIVED THE MARTIN THE KING JUNIOR AWARD AT THE ELLIOTT CHURCH IN ROXBURY. SOME OF THAT I KNOW AND APPRECIATE AND RESPECT THAT WE DON'T ALWAYS BAT A THOUSAND. WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE WE AGREE MORE THAN WE DISAGREE. BUT THE SPIRIT OF THAT AND ALSO THE FRIENDSHIP THAT HAS COME FROM THAT HE KNOWS THAT DESPITE SOME OF OUR DISAGREEMENTS IF HE NEEDS ANYTHING I'M PROBABLY ONE OF THE FIRST GUY OVER THE BOARDS AND SEE HIM IF I NEED SOMETHING. HE'S ONE OF THE FIRST THAT I CALL SO I CALL HIM A TRUE FRIEND CARES DEEPLY ABOUT OUR CITY MOVING OUR CITY FORWARD AND HAVING BOSTON BE THE BEST CITY POSSIBLE TO BE. WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, MY GUEST TODAY, REVEREND KEVIN PIETERSEN TO DELIVER TODAY'S INVOCATION. THANK YOU. THANK COUNCILOR FLAHERTY AND THANK YOU, PRESIDENT FLYNN FOR THIS THIS HOSTING MUCH APPRECIATE IT. YES, IN MY TRADITION I ASK THAT I'LL STAND AS WE BREATHE A WORD OF PRAYER. GOOD MORNING GOD OF OUR WEARY YEARS, GOD OF OUR SILENT TEARS . NOW WHO HAS BROUGHT US THUS FAR ALONG THE WAY ARE WHO HASBI THAT MIGHT LEAD US IN THE LIGHT KEEP US FOREVER IN THE PATH WE PRAY LEST OUR FEED STRAY FROM THE POLICE OUR GOD WHERE WE MET THE LEST OUR HEART DRUNK WITH THE WINE OF THE WORLD WE FORGET THE SHADOW BENEATH THAT HAND MAY WE FOREVER STAND TRUE TO OUR GOD AND TRUE TO OUR NATIVE LAND. GOOD LORD ON THIS DAY IN THIS HOUSE OF CIVIC VITALITY WHERE YOUR SERVANTS MEET WEEKLY WE RECOGNIZE YOUR GOODNESS. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR MERCY AND YOUR LOVE AND YOUR GRACE YOU HAVE TRULY BLESSED US. YOU HAVE BLESSED US ONE BY ONE AND NAME BY NAME AND THESE HERE YOUR PUBLIC SERVANTS HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH THE GIFTS AND OPPORTUNITIES OF LEADERSHIP. THEY ARE FIGHTING LORD EVERY DAY AGAINST THE ODDS FIGHTING ON BEHALF OF THOSE WHO JESUS CALLED THE LEAST OF THESE THEY ARE STRIVING ON THE BEHALF OF THOSE WHOSE BACKS ARE AGAINST THE WALL IN LIFE STRUGGLING IN PAIN. SO LORD WE THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE BLESSED OUR FAMILIES, OUR LOVED ONES, OUR KITH AND KIN. YOU HAVE BLESSED OUR COMMUNITIES. YOU HAVE BLESSED BOSTON AND HAVE EMBRACED OUR RIGHTEOUS ENDEAVORS AND SO LORD WE SAY THANK YOU. STILL SOME OF US ARE CONFUSED AND DISTRAUGHT THIS AFTERNOON DESPAIR THIS ALIGNMENT, THIS ORIENTATION THAT THE CANVAS OF OUR SPIRITUAL SKIES BUT JOY COMES IN THE MORNING. SOME OF US TODAY FACE FEAR OUR FRAUGHT IN THIS OUR FRAGILITY, OUR FEEBLENESS, OUR FINITUDE SHAPE THE FEATURES OF OUR DAYS AND WE ASK WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LIFE? WHAT PROBLEMS, WHAT MULTIPLE VEXATIONS PEOPLE OUR DAYS BUT JOY COMES IN THE MORNING AND THEN THE STORMS OF LIFE IN THE WINTER BOUND SHAPESHIFTING TEMPESTUOUS THEROUX'S OF OUR DAILY EXISTENCE. WE WONDER WHERE DO WE TURN TO WHERE DO WE GO, WHAT JOY COMES IN THE MORNING SO WE CALL OUT FOR HELP AGAINST A WILD WINDS OF STREET VIOLENCE RIGHT NOW. GIVE US YOUR WISDOM TODAY. OH LORD. WE CALL OUT FOR HELP AGAINST PARALYZING POVERTY AND PUNISHING DETAILS REPLETE WITH THRIVING IN OUR CITY. GIVE US YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND EMPATHY TODAY. OH LORD. WE CALL OUT FOR HELP AGAINST THE GRAIN OF RACISM AND THE UGLY FORMS OF XENEPHON OF HATE OF DISTRUST. GIVE US YOUR AWARENESS TODAY. OH LORD AND MAKE US TURN TOWARD EACH OTHER AND NOT AGAINST EACH OTHER KNOWING THAT LOVE IS QUESTION AND LOVE IS THE ANSWER AND THAT WE MUST EVER CHOOSE THE POWER OF LOVE OVER THE LOVE OF POWER. WE MUST NEVER CHOOSE THE POWER OF LOVE OVER THE LOVE OF POWER . GIVE US YOUR LOVE TODAY LORD WE CALL ON YOU FOR HELP. WE CALL ON YOU TO HELP US ACROSS THE BROAD STREETS, THE BYWAYS, THE BOULEVARDS THAT CHARACTERIZED THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE CITY FROM MASS AND CARS TO MATTAPAN SQUARE FROM EAST TO WEST FROM THE NORTH AND TO THE SOUTH AND FROM SEAPORT CENTER TO CENTER STREET. BE WITH US IN EVERY WAY. PROTECT US LORD. PROTECT US WITH YOUR LOVE AND NOW OH GREAT GOD. THIS AFTERNOON WE ASK FOR YOUR STRENGTH AND YOUR WISDOM FOR THE LEADERS GATHERED HERE TODAY WITH THEIR HEADS BOWED THEY SEEK A WORD FROM YOU NO LORD IS THEIR WORD FROM YOU. YES THERE IS A WORD THAT WORD IS JUSTICE. KEEP THESE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL HUMBLE AND HARD WORKING. KEEP THESE WOMEN AND MEN DEDICATED NOT TO THEMSELVES BUT TO THE MOST DESPERATE AND THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR CITY. KEEP THESE WOMEN AND MEN OPEN TO THE HOPE THAT THEIR EFFORTS CAN BE TRANSLATED INTO THE EXIGENCIES OF GOOD POLICY. KEEP THESE WOMEN AND MEN EVERYWHERE THAT THEY ARE AT THEIR BEST CONDUCTORS OF OUR BEST AND COLLECTIVE INTENTIONS AND BLESS OUR MAYOR AND BLESS OUR COMMISSIONER OF POLICE AND BLESS SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS AND AS YOU DO THIS LAW, WE WILL BE GRATEFUL. WE WILL BE GRATEFUL WHEN THE DAY IN THIS CITY OF BOSTON COMES TO A PLACE WHERE WE'LL ALL BE BOSTON STRONG, WE'LL ALL BE FLOURISHING IN YOUR GOOD WILL AND IN YOUR GLORY AND WE WILL ALL STAND ON THIS SHINING CITY ON THE HILL AND SAY HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH, AMEN. THANK SO I WOULD IF YOU DON'T MIND WITH LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS. COUNCILOR FLAHERTY AND PRESIDENT FLYNN AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL ABOUT WHERE I BELIEVE WE STAND EVEN AS WE COME TO THE FINAL SESSION OF THE YEAR. YOU KNOW IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SAID BUT SHOULD BE SAID THAT YOU MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL YOU MAY YOU MAY BE NEW MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL REPRESENT THE GOOD AND THE PROUD, THE GOOD AND THE PROUD BEATING HEART OF THIS CITY. AND THIS IS EXCELLENT AND BELOVED AS YOU REPRESENT THE PULSE AND THE VEINS AND THE THE MUSCLES IN THE SINEW AND VERY CONSCIOUSNESS OF OUR LOCAL BAATH PARTY POLITICS AND THIS AND THIS IS GOOD AND IT'S EXCELLENT AND YOU AND NOW THE DIVERSA AND THE COMPLEXITY AND THE MAJESTY OF A CITY THAT IS NOT LIKE ANY OTHER CITY AND THIS IS GOOD AND THIS IS EXCELLENT INDEED. THE NATION LOOKS TO BOSTON AS AN EXAMPLE FOR PATTERNS OF GOVERNMENT. GOOD EXAMPLE FOR CIVIC WISDOM, FOR STYLES AND INGENUITY OF POLITICAL COMPORTMENT. THE NATION LOOKS TO BOSTON FOR GOOD EXAMPLE. YOU KNOW THIS I KNOW THIS. WE ALL KNOW HOW GREAT BOSTON IS AND HOW GREAT THIS CITY COUNCIL IS EVEN IN ITS PRESENT PUCHER BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN LOST UPON SOME OF US IN THE PUBLIC THAT DESPITE THE GRANDEUR AND THE GLORIOUS PASS OF THIS BODY ,DESPITE THE INTELLIGENCE CLEARLY REPRESENTED HERE BY YOUR PRESENCE COUNCILORS AND DESPITE YOUR BEST INTENTIONS AND YOUR DEEP CARING WE AS A CITY AND THROUGH PROXY THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL FIND OURSELVES AT AN IMPASSE AND YET BEING EVEN BETTER NOW NO ONE IS PERFECT. WE ALL STAND AND WE ALL FALL SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD. NO ONE NOBODY IS PERFECT. BUT THE GREAT QUESTION OF LIFE ALWAYS IS MIGHT WE BE BETTER? IT'S NOT THAT WE MIGHT BE BETTER MEN OR BE BETTER WOMEN BETTER HUSBAND OR WIVES NOT JUST AS BETTER NEIGHBORS OR GOOD NEIGHBORS BUT SPECIFICALLY TODAY I'M TALKING ABOUT BEING BETTER CITY COUNCILORS. THE QUESTION IS MIGHT WE WE'D BE BETTER MIGHT WE PERHAPS LEARN TO REFRAIN FROM OUR BASER INCONEL ACTIONS TO MANIPULATE AND PREVARICATE AND SPIN THE TRUTH AND POLLS FOR THE PURPOSES OF ELECTORAL ADVANTAGE? MIGHT WE PERHAPS BE WISER IN TAMING WHAT MIGHT BE CALLED THE NAUGHTIER BELIEVES THAT FOCUS ON PURE CALCULATION AND PRECINCT ADVANTAGE AND VOTES? MIGHT WE BE BETTER NOW? NO ONE IS PERFECT. WE'VE ALL SINNED AND FALL SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD BUT AGAIN IN ALL SO BRIGHT AND WITH ALL THE LOVE I CAN MUSTER IN MY HEART I ASK MIGHT WE BE BETTER IF WE PREACH STRUGGLE WITH THIS EVERY DAY AND EVERY HOUR WE PREACHERS TRY TO BE BETTER AND WE STRUGGLE WITH IT EVERY HOUR OF EVERY DAY. WE LEADERS WHO JUST TRY TO BE A LITTLE BETTER AND AS I COME TO THE CLOSING REMARKS I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU BASED ON WHAT WE IN THE PUBLIC HAS SEEN THIS YEAR WE ASKED YOU OUT OF A DEEP LOVE IN OUR HEART TO BE BETTER BE A LITTLE KINDER TO EACH OTHER, BE A LITTLE MORE CAREFUL TO EACH OTHER, BE A LITTLE MORE CONSCIENTIOUS ABOUT EACH OTHER AND IF WE DO THAT WE'LL FIND OURSELVES MAKING THE THE TYPE OF CITY THE BELOVED CITY THAT DR. KING REFERENCED SO MUCH DURING HIS LIFE. I'M SO PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS CITY. I'M SO PROUD TO BE CONNECTED TO THIS BODY THROUGH FRIENDSHIPS AND DEEP AFFILIATIONS. BUT I ASK THAT WE JUST BE BETTER. I LAY MY FEW SECONDS. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THE ISSUE OF REPARATIONS WILL BE RAISED TODAY AND I'M DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS ISSUE BECAUSE MY ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN CONNECTED TO THIS MATTER FROM THE OUTSET AND WE'VE TRIED TO CONNECT REPARATIONS TO FANEUIL HALL AS ALL IN THE EFFORTS OF TRYING TO BE BETTER . SO I ASK YOU TO JUST GIVE ME I'M JUST HERE I ASK YOU REVEREND SHARPTON MEETING I DID SO I JUST ASK YOU AS I CONCLUDE TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS BILL AS WE TRY TO BE A BETTER CITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. APPRECIATE YOU. CAN YOU PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. MR CLARK, CAN YOU PLEASE LET THE RECORD BE REFLECTED THAT COUNCILOR ARROYO IS PRESIDENT COUNCILOR TO COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSEN COUNCILOR OUR COUNCILOR DIVISION. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE IN THE AUDIENCE FORMER CITY COUNCIL GARRETT SANDERS FOR BEING HERE APPROVAL OF THE MERITS. WE'RE ON TO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MIDNIGHT SEEING AND HEARING NO DISCUSSION ON THE MATTER. THE CHAIR MUST APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING SAY I AM OPPOSED SAY NAY. THANK YOU. THE THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING STAND IS APPROVED COMMUNICATIONS FROM HER ON TO THE MAYOR. MR CUOMO, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DORKING ONE FIVE TO ZERO PLEASE? NO ONE FIVE TWO ZERO MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL AND ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE OFFICE PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING AMENDING THE CITY OF BOSTON CALLED CHAPTER FIVE WITH THE INSERTION OF A NEW SECTION FIVE DASH ONE POINT ONE ONE THANK YOU. DOCKET ONE FIVE TO ZERO BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. MR CUOMO, CAN YOU PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT COUNCILOR MEJIA WAS HERE? MR CLARK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ IT ONE FIVE TO ONE PLEASE? DUCKY NUMBER ONE FIVE TWO ONE MESSAGE OF AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND A GRANT FROM THE BOSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FOUR MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY FIVE THOUSAND CALLS FOR COSTS RELATED TO THE PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS ON CANAL STREET AND THE ROAD PATH IN THE BIKE LANE CONNECTION PROJECTS BETWEEN CAUSEWAY STREET AND COMMERCIAL STREET. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BAKER, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT, TRANSPORTATION COUNCILOR BAKER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR MR PRESIDENT. THIS DOES GRANT IS MITIGATION MONEY THAT COMES THROUGH THE P.D.A FROM DEVELOPMENT THAT HAPPENED OVER IN THE GARDEN AND CANAL STREET BUT THE CROSS TO THIS IS A GRANT FROM THE BOSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR COSTS RELATED TO THE PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS ON CANAL STREET AND THROW HALF AS WELL AS BIKE LANE CONNECTION PROJECTS BETWEEN CAUSEWAY STREET AND COMMERCIAL STREET. I'VE RECEIVED EMAILS FROM THE WEST END RESIDENT SUPPORTING THIS FUNDING AND DOING THE ABOVE AND TO THE ABUNDANT AMOUNT OF CONSTRUCTION THAT'S OCCURRED OVER THE OVER THE YEARS THERAPY HAS BEEN DAMAGED AND FUNDING WILL HELP MAKE THIS SAFE A SAFER WALKING PATH FOR RESIDENTS. THIS WAS PART OF ANOTHER PACKAGE THAT INCLUDED NORTHERN APP. WE SEPARATED THEM OUT. WE VETTED THIS. SO I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND AND PASS THIS HERE TODAY. MR PRESIDENT, COUNCILOR BAKER SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND POSITIVE DOCKET ONE FIVE TO ONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSED SAY NAY TALK ONE FIVE TO ONE HAS PASSED MR CARTER CAN YOU PLEASE READ IT ONE FIVE WHO TOLD DOCKET NUMBER ONE FIVE TWO TWO MESSAGE IN AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY SEVEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY THREE STATE INFORMATION SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PASSED THROUGH THE MASS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT FOR FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY MARKED AND UNMARKED CRUISERS TO IMPLEMENT THE MOTOR VEHICLE AUTOMATED CITATION AND CRASH SYSTEM IN BOSTON. THE E CITATION TECHNOLOGY ISSUES ELECTRONIC TRAFFIC CITATIONS WHICH CAN BE PRINTED OUT IN THE POLICE CRUISERS BACK THE DOCKET ONE FIVE TWO TWO WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY CRIMINAL JUSTICE. MR CARTER, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET ONE FIVE TWO THREE TALKING NUMBER ONE FIVE TWO THREE MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWO COMPOSTING AND FOOD WASTE REDUCTION PILOT PROJECTS AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION TO BE ADMINISTERED BY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE PLANNING PROCESS FOR PERMITTED SITE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON WITH THE CAPACITY TO ACCEPT FOOD SCRAPS AND SOILED PAPER BEFORE I SIGN IT I KNOW COUNCIL PARK DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS? YES MR PRESIDENT. I WAS HOPING TO SEEK SUSPENSION OF PASSAGE. I THOUGHT AND WAS PUBLIC WORKS IT WOULD BE UNDER BUT UM I CAN SPEAK TO IT. I JUST WOULD SAY THIS IS A IT'S AN EXCITING GRANT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. I THINK FOLKS KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT A COMPOSTING PILOT RIGHT NOW GOING FOR TEN THOUSAND FAMILIES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON WITH THE GOAL BEING TO GROW THAT TO TWENTY AND THEN THIRTY AND BEYOND. THE TRICK IS THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY EVEN JUST WITH OUR TEN THOUSAND BASICALLY TAKING UP THE COMPOST PROCESSING CAPACITY OF THE REGION RIGHT NOW. AND SO FOR BOSTON TO REALLY EXPAND THIS PROGRAM TO BE A UNIVERSAL THING, WE NEED TO CREATE MORE OF THAT CAPACITY TO PROCESS FOOD WASTE. IT'S ALSO AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF THE PUZZLE WITH GETTING FOOD WASTE INTO A SEPARATE STREAM AND HELPING WITH A RAT PROBLEM THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN DISCUSSING. SO AS THE COUNCIL IS WE PUT SOME MONEY IN THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN BUDGET FOR CREATING PERMANENT COMPOSTING AND DIGESTER FACILITIES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED THAT TO SUPPLEMENT THAT THIS GRANT HAS COME IN FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NOT LEAST BECAUSE WE THINK THAT STARTING TO PARTNER WITH THE USDA AROUND THE ISSUE COULD HELP US GET FURTHER FEDERAL SUPPORT IN THE FUTURE SINCE REALLY BUILDING OUT THIS CAPACITY FOR THE CITY COULD BE QUITE A SIZABLE UNDERTAKING. SO IT WOULD BE FANTASTIC IF SO THAT PUBLIC WORKS COULD START WORKING WITH THAT MONEY. WE COULD SUSPENDED PASEK BEFORE THE END OF THE LEGISLATIVE YEAR. THANK YOU COUNCILOR BOB COUNCIL . BUT THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY SEEKS SUSPENSION OF RULES AND PASSAGE OF DORKUS ONE FIVE TWO THREE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE ANY TALK AT ONE FIVE TO THREE HAS PASSED. MR QUIRK CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET ONE FIVE TO FOUR DUFKA NUMBER ONE FIVE TO FOUR MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO FORCE THEM TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. TWENTY THREE NATIONAL VIOLENCE DEATH REPORTING SYSTEM AWARDED BY THE MASS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND DATA COLLECTION BY THE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION SERVICES AND THE DRUG CONTROL. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLAHERTY, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY CRIMINAL JUSTICE COUNCIL FOR OVER THE THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT FOR SUSPENSION OF NECESSARY TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS IN TO HELP FOSTER THE SPIRIT OF COOPERATION BETWEEN THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSIONER AND THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT PARTICULARLY AS IT PERTAINS TO WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THE NARCOTICS AREA THIS GOVERNMENT DATA COLLECTION BY THE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES AND THE DRUG CONTROL UNIT AT THIS TIME IS GIAMMO FOR SUSPENSION PASSAGE THINK MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU COUNCILOR QUARRIE, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY CRIMINAL JUSTICE SEEK SUSPENSION THE RULES POSITIVE DOCKET ONE FIVE TO FOUR. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY OPPOSED SAY NAY AT ONE FIVE TO FOUR PAST MR CLARKE CAN YOU PLEASE READ IT ONE FIVE TO FIVE PLEASE HAVE NUMBER ONE FIVE TWO THREE MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE WITHDRAWAL DOCKET NUMBER ZERO NINE TWO SEVEN MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND A GRANT FROM THE BOSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED SIX MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE COSTS RELATED TO THE PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS ON CANAL STREET AND THIRROUL PATH IN THE BIKE LANE CONNECTION PROJECTS BETWEEN CAUSEWAY STREET AND COMMERCIAL STREET AND THE PLANNING DESIGN AND RECONSTRUCTION OF THE NORTHERN AVENUE BRIDGE. THANK YOU DWARKA ONE NINE TO SEVEN IS FOUR BUT ONE FIVE TO FIVE WILL BE PLACED ON FILE REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICES AND THOSE MR CONCLUSORY DOCKET ONE FIVE TO SIX TO ONE FIVE TO EIGHT TOGETHER DUKU NUMBER ONE FIVE TO SIX WHICH WE RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER SIX OF THE ORDINANCES OF NINETEEN SEVENTY NINE RELATIVE TO ACTION TAKEN BY THE MAYOR ON PAPERS ACTED UPON BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING OF NOVEMBER 2ND. TWENTY TWENTY TWO TALKING NUMBER ONE FIVE TO SEVEN NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK IN ACCORDANCE OF CHAPTER SIX OF THE ORDINANCES OF NINETEEN SEVENTY NINE RELATIVE TO ACTION TAKEN BY THE MAYOR ON PAPERS ACTED UPON BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING OF NOVEMBER 30TH. TWENTY TWENTY TWO AND DOCKET NUMBER ONE FIVE TO EIGHT NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE CITY CLERK IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER SIX OF THE ORDINANCES OF NINETEEN SEVENTY NINE RELATIVE TO ACTION TAKEN BY THE MAYOR ON PAPERS ACTED UPON BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING OF DECEMBER 7TH. TWENTY TWENTY TWO THANK YOU. THOSE DOCKETS ONE FIVE TO SEVEN FOUR ONE FIVE TO EIGHT WILL BE PLACED ON FILE REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. MR CLARK CAN YOU PLEASE READ ORCKIT ZERO TWO THREE NINE DUKKHA NUMBER ZERO TWO THREE IN THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS TO WHICH WAS REFERRED ON FEBRUARY 2ND TWENTY TWENTY TWO DOCKET NUMBER ZERO TWO THREE NINE IN ORDINANCE CREATING A COMMISSION TO STUDY AND DEVELOP APPROPRIATION PROPOSALS FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE ORDINANCE TO PASS ANY NEW DRAFT. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR AND THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COUNCIL OF YOU OF THE FOUR YOU MR CHAIR THE COMMITTEE OF GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS HELD THE HEARING ON MARCH TWENTY TWENTY TWENTY TWO IN A WORKING SESSION ON NOVEMBER 3RD. TWENTY TWENTY TWO AND I'D LIKE TO THANK COUNCILOR JULIAN MARIA COUNCILOR TANYA FOR NANCY ANDERSON AND COUNCILOR BROWN FOR SPONSORING THIS MATTER AS WELL AS MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FOR ATTENDING COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN COUNCILOR BRUCE COUNCILORS WITH THE REGION COUNCILOR MACKENZIE BOCK COUNCILORS BREADON COUNCILOR KENDRA LARIN, COUNCILOR MURPHY AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK MEMBERS OF THIS ADMINISTRATION MARIANGELA SOLIS SABERA CHIEF OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION MARY ELLSON SENIOR ADVISOR FOR RACIAL JUSTICE IN THE CABINET FOR EQUALITY INCLUSION AND THE COMMITTEE WAS ALSO JOINED BY ADVOCATES DR JEM'HADAR KAMARA, DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER OF AFRICAN CARIBBEAN AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. YVETTE MODESTINO, COMMISSIONER OF THE NATIONAL AFRICAN-AMERICAN REPARATION COMMISSION AND DR RAYMOND WINBUSH, DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE FOR URBAN RESEARCH AT MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY. AND I'D LIKE TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION AT THESE HEARINGS AS WELL. THIS DOCKET IS AN AMENDED DRAFT FROM FROM THE ORIGINAL AND I WANT TO GET INTO SOME OF THOSE CHANGES. ONE OF THOSE CHANGES WAS TO PUT IN CLEARLY DELINEATED PHASES OF THIS TASK FORCE NOW HAS THREE CLEARLY DELINEATED PHASES OF WORK. IT WILL DO PHASE ONE BEING RESEARCH AND DOCUMENT THE CITY OF BOSTON'S ROLE IN AND HISTORICAL TIES TO THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE AND THE INSTITUTION AND LEGACIES OF SLAVERY. PHASE TWO WILL MAKE FINAL START. PHASE TWO WILL ACTUALLY ASSESS THE CITY OF BOSTON'S ACTIONS TO DATE TO ADDRESS CONTINUED IMPACT IMPACTS OF ENSLAVEMENT AND PHASE THREE WILL MAKE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY OF BOSTON FOR TRUTH RECONCILIATION REPARATIONS. ADDRESSING THE CITY OF BOSTON'S INVOLVEMENT WITH THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE AND TO ANSWER SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE COME UP. ONE OF THE REQUESTS THAT WE HAD RECEIVED BOTH IN HEARINGS AND THROUGH OUTREACH IS HOPE IN A REQUEST THAT WE MAKE IT CLEAR AND DELINEATED WITHIN THE LANGUAGE THAT THE LARGE MAJORITY OF THIS BOARD WOULD BE AFRICAN-AMERICAN BLACK SLAVE FREEDMEN IN THIS GROUP AND BECAUSE OF THE LANGUAGE REGARDING THE CREATION TASK FORCE AND COMMISSIONS THAT WE HAVE ON THE LEGALITY OF SORT OF RACE NEUTRALITY, WHAT WE DID TO TRY AND ADDRESS THAT IS MADE CLEAR WITHIN THE MEMBERSHIP THAT THE LANGUAGE WE USE HERE IS THAT THE MAYOR SHALL APPOINT NO FEWER THAN FIVE MEMBERS WHO HAVE A CONNECTION TO THE DESCENDANTS OF FORMERLY ENSLAVED BLACK PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES. AND THE HOPE IS THAT THAT LANGUAGE MAKES CLEAR THAT THE INTENT FOR THE MAKERS AND I THINK THE INTENT FOR GETTING TO A PLACE THAT WE WANT TO BE AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THIS TOO. THIS IS NOT CONCLUSIONARY. I FULLY SUPPORT REPARATIONS WHEN THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS COME FORWARD I FULLY SUPPORT AND PUSH WHAT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE. BUT THE GOAL FOR THIS TASK FORCE IS TO DEFINE NOT LIMIT THE AMOUNT OR SEVERITY OF THE HARM THAT WE ARE ABLE TO FIND DOCUMENTED WITHIN BOTH THE TIME OF CHATTEL SLAVERY. BUT ALSO IN THE AFTERMATH OF THAT CHATTEL SLAVERY AND POLICIES DIRECTLY CREATED AND RUN BY THE CITY THAT HAVE IMPACTED PEOPLE OF COLOR, SPECIFICALLY AFRICAN-AMERICAN BLACK PEOPLE ON THE BASIS OF THE AFTER EFFECTS AND AFTER IMPACTS OF A RACIAL CASTE SYSTEM THAT WAS CREATED IN THIS COUNTRY. AND SO THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS TASK FORCE IS TO BOTH ANALYZE AND MEASURE THE SEVERITY OF THAT HARM AND THEN TO ANALYZE AND MEASURE WHAT THE SEVERITY OF THE CURE FOR THAT HARM SHOULD BE AND IT IS TO DO THAT WORK AS AN INDEPENDENT BODY WHICH IS WRITTEN OUT IN THIS DOCUMENT ON A FIRMLY PRESCRIBED TIMELINE THAT DOES GIVE THE THE TASK FORCE ITSELF THE ABILITY TO EXTEND WITH A LETTER TO THE MAYOR IF THEY FEEL THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO REACH ONE OF THESE DEADLINES. ALL OF THIS IS CLEARLY DELINEATED TO TAKE NO LONGER THAN TWO YEARS MAXIMUM TO GET TO WHERE WE WANT TO GET TO ON ACTUAL PROPOSALS OF THE CITY FOR REPARATION OR REPARATIONS FOR THE HARM THAT THIS CITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR. AND IN NO WAY SHOULD THIS LIMIT IN MY OPINION ACTIONS BY THIS COUNCIL ITSELF TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE ALLEVIATION OF THOSE HARMS IN OTHER MEASURES AND IN OTHER ORDINANCES AND HEARINGS. I THINK THAT AS THEY DO THEIR WORK WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO DO OURS. AND I WANT TO JUST NOTE THAT PASSAGE OF THIS DOCKET IS A CULMINATION OF THE WORK, SACRIFICE AND VISION OF THOSE WHO BEGAN THAT WORK. NAMELY I WANT TO NAME SENATOR BILL OWENS WHO BEGAN THE CONVERSATION AROUND IMPLEMENTING REPARATIONS IN MASSACHUSETTS IN NINETEEN EIGHTY EIGHT SOME THIRTY FOUR YEARS AGO. AND SO WE KNOW THE ABILITY TO ENACT THIS LEGISLATION AT THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL HAS A DIRECT IMPACT ON RACIAL EQUITY AND RECONCILIATION OF BLACK BOSTONIANS. AND TODAY BOSTON HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN A GROWING GROUP OF CITIES ACROSS THE NATION AND ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE ON REPARATIONS AFFORDS THE PATHWAYS TOWARDS JUSTICE AND HEALING. THERE'S A NEED FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON TO RECONCILE ITS HISTORY WITH SLAVERY AND ITS CONSEQUENCES RESULTING IN SYSTEMIC RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION. AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A STRONG FIRST STEP GETTING THERE AND ENSURING THAT WE HAVE A PRODUCTIVE FULLY TASK FULLY FULLY FUNCTIONING TASK FORCE THAT HAS THE ABILITY TO INDEPENDENTLY DO THIS WORK WHILE STILL HAVING THE RESOURCES OF THE CITY TO GET THAT WORK DONE. AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO RECOMMENDING THAT THIS PASSAGE THAT IS PASSED I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THIS TASK FORCE TAKE SHAPE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE RESULTS OF THIS WORK REVERBERATE THROUGH THE CITY AND ITS IMPACT SIMILAR TO WITH MY HOPE IS THE REVERBERATIONS OF THE HARM AND THE GENERATIONAL REVERBERATIONS OF THAT HARM THAT THE CURE AND THAT THE WORK IN THAT WE ARE DOING REVERBERATES SIMILARLY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. AND SO I'M EXCITED TO PUT THIS ON THE FLOOR. THIS WAS A PROCESS THAT TOOK A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, WITH COMMUNITY, WITH THE SPONSORS AND I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN TO A PLACE WHERE THE PRODUCT WILL BE STRONG AND IT IS MY HOPE THAT FOLKS GIVE THIS PROCESS A CHANCE THAT AS WE MOVE TOWARDS APPOINTING AND DOING THAT WHICH ARE POWERS THAT LIE WITH THE MAYOR BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COMES FROM THE COUNCIL CHARTER, THE MAYOR HAS THE ABILITY TO MAKE THESE APPOINTMENTS BUT IS CLEARLY THE WISH OF MYSELF AND THE SPONSORS THAT THOSE WHO ARE PUT ON THIS HAVE A DIRECT CONNECTION TO THE DESCENDANTS OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES AND THAT THEY LEAD THAT CONVERSATION AS THEY SHOULD. AND SO WITH THAT MR CHAIR, I RECOMMEND THAT THIS DOCKET OUGHT TO PASS IN A NEW DRAFT AND I THINK THE SPONSORS AGAIN FOR THEIR WORK OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS AND I THINK THOSE WHO HAVE COME BEFORE US LIKE SENATOR BILL OWENS WHO HAVE STOOD UP AND HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS WHEN IT WAS A MUCH MORE DIFFICULT CLIMATE FRANKLY TO HAVE THEM IN AND SO I'M GRATEFUL TO THEM AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . I'M GOING TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE SPONSORS TO PROVIDE COMMENTS FOR THREE MINUTES IF IF THEY WOULD LIKE. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSEN COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSEN YOU HAVE THE FULL THANK YOU PRESIDENT FLYNN AND THANK YOU MR CHAIR. ALL RIGHT. I RISE PROUDLY AS A CO-SPONSOR IN FAVOR OF THE CREATION OF THE REPARATIONS TASK FORCE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON EARLIER IN THE YEAR THE COUNCIL AGREED TO APOLOGIZE FOR THE ROLE THAT THE CITY PLAYED IN THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE. THIS WAS A POWERFUL MOMENT AND I AM PROUD THAT THE COUNCIL VOTED THE WAY THAT WE DID. BUT AS POWERFUL THAT WAS, IT EXISTS IN THE REALM OF THE WORDS AS PROUD, AS PROFOUND AS IT IS, IT DOESN'T COST ANYONE PENNY JARGON AS WELL AND GOOD AS WE ALL KNOW IT HAS MEANING BUT IT DOESN'T PUT FOOD ON ANYONE'S TABLE OR PAY ANYONE'S RENT OR PUT A ROOF ON ANYONE'S HEAD OVER ANYONE'S HEAD. SO HERE WE ARE. THIS IS THE NEXT STEP. THE REPARATIONS TASK FORCE CAN BEGIN THE PROCESS OF TAKING US FROM WORDS TO ACTION. NO ONE ENTITY INCLUDING THE MAYOR SHOULD EXERCISE THE DOMINANT INFLUENCE OVER IT IN TERMS OF APPOINTMENT SAY SURE BUT SPECIFICALLY IT SHOULD BELONG TO THE PEOPLE THE TASK FORCE NEEDS TO REPRESENT VARIOUS ELEMENTS INCLUDING COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND CIVIC LEADERS THAT REPRESENT THE MASSES OF BOSTONIANS AND OF COURSE ALL BASED AND BEST PRACTICES. YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE RICH CITY AND ONE OF THE RICHEST IN THE COUNTRY. WE HAVE HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITIES ,MUSEUMS THAT ARE WORTH MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND THAT HAVE GROWN RICH FROM THE LABOR OF BLACK PEOPLE BOTH PAID AND UNPAID. THEY NEED TO BE PART OF THIS PROCESS AND TRULY REPARATIVE PROCESS WILL CALL FROM THE RESOURCES THAT THESE INSTITUTIONS HAVE. AND IF YOU HAVE IF YOU ARE WONDERING IF SUCH TASK FORCE IS NEEDED, I ASK YOU TO THINK OF THE CHATTEL SLAVERY THAT EXISTED IN THIS CITY. I ASK YOU TO REMEMBER OF DECADES OF LEGALIZED SEGREGATION. I REMIND YOU OF THE REDLINING THAT LIMITED WHERE WHERE BLACK PEOPLE IN OUR CITY COULD LIVE. I HUMBLY ASK THAT YOU RECALL THE EDUCATION THAT BLACK CHILDREN HAVE RECEIVED IN BOSTON HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS DEATH TO AN EARLY AGE. I ASK THAT YOU THINK OF THE FACT THAT WHILE WE HAVE SOME OF THE GREATEST HOSPITALS IN THE WORLD, THE HEALTH CARE EXPERIENCES OF THE MASSES OF BLACK PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED AS MEDICAL APARTHEID. I SUBMIT THAT PREDOMINANTLY BLACK ROXBURY HAS THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE MAKING LESS THAN FIFTEEN THOUSAND PER YEAR AND THE LOWEST PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE MAKING MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS PER YEAR IN THE CITY. I AM CALLED UPON TO MENTION THAT THE AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY PREDOMINANTLY BLACK AND WORKING CLASS ROXBURY IS 30 YEARS LESS THAN THE WEALTHIER AND THE WIDER BACK BAY MERELY A MILE AWAY. AND YES, IT'S AN OFT QUOTED STAT BUT IT REMAINS TRUE THAT THE AVERAGE BLACK FAMILY IN BOSTON HAS A NET WORTH OF JUST EIGHT BUCKS. SOME WILL ARGUE THAT STATISTIC QUITE SURE IT'S NOT FAR BEHIND COMPARED TO NEARLY A QUARTER MILLION FOR AN AVERAGE FAMILY. SO YES, WE NEED REPARATIONS FOR BLACK PEOPLE IN BOSTON FOR PEOPLE DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THESE HARMS AND BEFORE WE CAN GET THE REPARATIONS WE NEED A REPARATIONS TASK FORCE IS NECESSARY. THEREFORE I HUMBLY BUT FORCIBLY REQUEST THAT YOU VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE REPARATIONS TASK FORCE IN OUR CITY. I THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU. COUNCIL FERNANDES A.M. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE THE FULL RIGHT GIVE IT UP. YES. SO JUST WANTED TO JUST REALLY QUICKLY JUST RISE IN GRATITUDE AND TO TO THANK SENATOR OWENS FOR HAVING THE INSIGHT AND POLITICAL COURAGE TO LEAD US IN THE SPACE WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND TO DR. COMORO FOR LEANING IN AND WORKING ALONGSIDE OUR OFFICE AND EVEN MORE THIS THEME AND TANISHA SULLIVAN FROM THE NAACP WHO FIRST INTRODUCED THIS CONCEPT TO OUR OFFICE AND INVITED US TO PARTICIPATE WITH SUCH AUDACITY. AND SO FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN HELPING US GET TO THIS PLACE THANK YOU. I ALSO WANT TO THANK KING BOSTON AND D.C. AND COUNTLESS OTHER COMMUNITY ADVOCATES AND ORGANIZERS WHO HAVE BEEN SOUNDING THE ALARM FOR REPAIR AND HARM HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. I WANT TO THANK MY CO-SPONSORS FOR STANDING UP AND FIGHTING ALONGSIDE US TO GET TO THIS PLACE. THANK YOU AND TO THE ADMINISTRATION, YANNO NOT EASY TO DEAL WITH WHEN I LIKE TO FIGHT I DIG MY HEELS IN BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN YOU FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT WE ALL WIN. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION FOR GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH US SO THAT WE CAN LAND IN A PLACE THAT WAS GOING TO AFFIRM THE PEOPLE THAT WE ARE FIGHTING FOR. SO THANK YOU TO MAYOR WU FOR HAVING THE POLITICAL COURAGE TO STEP INTO THAT POWER AND CREATE SPACE FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. AND LASTLY, I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR EMBARKING ON THIS JOURNEY WITH US AND TO COUNCILOR BOK IN PARTICULAR WHO WHEN WE FIRST INTRODUCED THIS HEARING ORDER WHEN WAS IN THE ADVANTAGEOUS THING TO DO DID SO AND STOOD ALONGSIDE US. SO THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BOK FOR JOINING US ON THIS JOURNEY AS WELL IN COUNCIL . LET ME SAY WHO HELD IT DOWN DURING THE WORKING SESSIONS AND REALLY HELPED US UNDERSTAND AND DEFINE LANGUAGE THAT WAS GOING TO PASS LEGAL MUSTER IN THE EARLY STAGES. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR STANDING ALONGSIDE US AND THANK YOU. IT'S JUST REALLY ALL ABOUT THANK BECAUSE WHAT THIS MOMENT NEEDS IS FOR US TO RECOGNIZE NOT JUST THE HARM BUT THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO HEAL AND THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GOING TO HEAL IS IF WE SEEM VALIDATED AND HEARD AND ACKNOWLEDGING IT. SO I HOPE AS THIS TASK FORCE IS CREATED THAT WE DO SO WITH THE BEST INTENTIONS AND ROOTED IN WHAT THIS MOMENT CALLS FOR IS FOR US TO HAVE THE POLITICAL COURAGE AND WILL TO FINALLY RIGHT THE WRONG. SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF THOSE WHO JOINED US AND I HOPE THAT MY COLLEAGUES WILL RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF THE CONVERSATION, NOT THE CONCLUSION. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MEJIA THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL ROLE COUNCIL . WELL, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK PRESIDENT FLYNN AND THANK YOU TO MY CO-SPONSORS. COUNCILOR ME HERE. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ALL THOSE THANK YOUS THAT REALLY HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR ANDERSON AND MY OTHER CO-SPONSOR ALSO LIKE TO THANK ALL THE ADVOCATES THAT WE SEE HERE WHO ARE CONTINUOUSLY FIGHTING FOR EQUITY AND CORRECTIVE ACTION HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THE CAMERA, MR WINBUSH, MISS MODESTINO, REVEREND KEVIN PETERSON, KING BOSTON AND D.C. NAACP EMBRACED BOSTON. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK IN ADVANCING EQUITY. ALSO KNOWLEDGE AS WE'VE HEARD THE SHOWED US THAT WE ALL STAND ON AND PAY HOMAGE TO OUR SENATOR OWENS A.K.A. THE GODFATHER. I STAND IN SUPPORT OF THIS MONUMENT AND LONG OVERDUE ORDINANCE THAT WILL START THE PROCESS OF DISMANTLING SYSTEMIC OPPRESSION AND PUTTING IN PLACE OLD INVESTMENTS TO FOREVER CHANGE THE DIRECT TO DIRECTORY OF BLACK PEOPLE HERE IN BOSTON FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS AND VARIETY OF DIFFERENT FORMS SYSTEMIC OPPRESSION TAKING SHAPE IN EVERY AREA OF PUBLIC POLICY SLAVERY JIM CROW LAWS BUSSING URBAN RENEWAL, REDLINING AND BLOCK BUSTING IT'S REFLECTED WE'VE SEEN THIS PLAY OUT IN THE BUDGET FROM EVERY REPORT AND EVERY DEPARTMENT HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THIS IS NOT NEWS TO ANYONE HERE IN THIS ROOM OR IN ON THIS COUNCIL AND GENERATIONS HAVE SACRIFICED AND FOUGHT FOR A FUTURE FREE OF SYSTEMIC OPPRESSION AND IT'S PAST TIME THAT OUR GOVERNMENT ACTS TO MITIGATE PAST HARMS AND PREVENT FUTURE POLICIES BOOTING THE ROOTED IN THESE INEQUITIES REPARATION IN MY MIND IT JUST IS NOT A ONE TIME PAYMENT. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT OUR CAPITAL BUDGET ALLOCATIONS OR FUNDING THE PROGRAMS BUT IT'S A MORE HOLISTIC APPROACH TO RIGHT PAST WRONGS AND ENSURE A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR GENERATIONS OF BLACK BOSTONIANS INSTITUTE NO CHANGE THAT IS ROOTED IN DATA, CORRECTIVE ACTION, INTENTIONALITY AND URGENCY. WE OFTEN HEAR ABOUT BOSTON'S ROLE AND MAKING MAKING OF US HISTORY AND AS A BLACK MAN AND A LIFELONG BOSTONIAN WHO HAS SEEN THIS DISPARITIES PLAY OUT EVERY DAY IT IS MY DREAM TO HELP OUR CITY FULFILL THE PROMISES OF LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS FOR ALL AND TO FULFILL THIS PROMISE OF OUR CITY AND COUNTRY TO EVERY RESIDENT. SO I'M HOPING THAT EVERYONE ON THIS COUNCIL VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS INITIATIVE SINGLE TO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY THAT BOSTON WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR RACIAL EQUALITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . I'M THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR LOUISIANA COUNCIL REGION. YOU HAVE THE FULL THANK YOU AND I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP MY TIME. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK TO THE SPONSORS AND I ALSO WANT TO ECHO THE THANKS TO SENATOR BILL OWENS WHO REALLY SPEARHEADED THIS CONVERSATION HERE DECADES AGO AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS REPARATIONS JUST BOTH HERE IN THE CITY AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS A CITY COUNCILOR , I'M PROUD OF OUR CITY FOR COMING TO THIS POINT AS COUNCILOR MEJIA NOTED, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH YOU YVETTE MODESTO'S MODESTINO WITH DR. KAMARA WITH DR. WINBUSH AND REALLY THINKING ABOUT WHAT REPAIR LOOKS LIKE AS A BLACK WOMAN AS AS SOMEONE WHO COMES FROM HAITI THE FIRST COUNTRY TO REALLY THROW OFF THE YOKE OF SLAVERY AND THE ONLY COUNTRY TO BE FOUNDED OFF OF THE STAGE SLAVE REVOLT THAT REALLY INSPIRED MANY. WE KNOW THAT THE CONTINUED HARM THAT THAT CHATTEL SLAVERY HAS HAD ON SO MANY OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND HERE I'M EXCITED FOR US TO REALLY CENTER THE VOICES OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN DIRECTLY IMPACTED AS A RESULT OF CHATTEL SLAVERY HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THIS IS A DECENT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO EXAMINE THE HARM CAUSED AND TO REPAIR THROUGH DIALOG, TRUTH, RECONCILIATION, COMPASSION AND MOST IMPORTANTLY MATERIAL REPAIR. AND SO I'M EXCITED FOR THIS MOMENT FOR OUR CITY AND FOR WHAT THIS CAN MEAN. THIS IS REALLY HISTORIC AND A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY BEGIN TO EXAMINE WHAT THAT REPAIR REALLY SHOULD LOOK LIKE. AND SO MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ALREADY STATED WITH WITH SIGNIFICANT DEPTH THE WORK OF THIS TASK FORCE, WHAT THEY WILL DO AND I I CONTINUE TO BE HOPEFUL ABOUT WHAT WE CAN ACHIEVE AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING ALONGSIDE YOU THE NEW DEMOCRACY COALITION AND ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE REALLY LED THE FIGHT HERE. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M HOPING THAT THIS WILL PASS AND MY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU FOR THE WORK INVOLVED HERE. THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING WORKING ALONGSIDE ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES LARA CANCELLARA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT FLANNER. AT THE RISK OF SOUNDING REPETITIVE, I JUST WANT TO ECHO ALL OF THE SENTIMENTS THAT MY COLLEAGUES SHARE HERE ON THE FLOOR. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY PAST TIME FOR US TO BE DOING THIS WORK BUT NONETHELESS WE WELCOME IT AT WHATEVER SPEED IT IS HAPPENING. I THINK THAT THERE WAS A LOT A LOT OF BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS THAT WERE PUT INTO MAKING THIS HAPPEN NOT JUST FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON BUT FOR ALL OF THE COUNTLESS CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO HAVE ALSO TAKEN ON THIS WORK. AND SO AGAIN, ALTHOUGH WE ARE NOT LEADERS, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SAY THAT THE CITY OF BOSTON IS GOING TO TAKE THIS ON. I HAVE EVERY INTENTION OF VOTING TO SUPPORT IT AND I HOPE THAT MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WOULD DO THE SAME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BALL COUNCIL BOK YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR PRESIDENT. I'LL BE VERY BRIEF. I JUST I DO WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE FOLKS WHO HAVE WORKED FOR SO MANY YEARS SO MANY DECADES ON THIS FRONT AND I GIVE A PARTICULAR SHOUT OUT TO COUNCILOR HERE JUST BECAUSE WHEN WE DID I INTRODUCED THAT HEARING ORDER TOGETHER IT WAS FOR A CONVERSATION AND I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT THIS ABSOLUTELY HAS TO BE A CONVERSATION BUT IT NEEDS TO BE A PROCESS THAT YIELDS REAL THINGS AND AND WE NEED TO HAVE THE FOLKS WHO ARE THE DESCENDANTS OF SLAVES AT THE HEART OF IT AND THAT MEANT COMING UP WITH A PROCESS THAT WOULD GET IT OFF THE COUNCIL FLOOR AND LOOK INTO THAT REALLY ROBUST WELL-SUPPORTED COMMUNITY CONVERSATION. AND SO I'M REALLY GLAD THAT THIS WENT FROM BEING JUST A HEARING ORDER TO TO THIS FILING TODAY AND WE'LL BE PLEASED TO SUPPORT IT. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THANK THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . BUT THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BAKER COUNCILOR BAKER BECAUSE OF PRESIDENT I WILL BE VOTING IN FAVOR OF THE OF THE TASK FORCE HERE TODAY WHICH IS A COUPLE OF STATES IN 17 83 AND THIS COMES FROM AN OP ED IN THE BAY STATE 1783 THE THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS MADE SLAVERY ILLEGAL. THE CITY OF BOSTON WAS NOT INCORPORATED UNTIL EIGHTEEN TWENTY TWO AND THE 1790 CENSUS HAD NO SLAVES LIVING IN MASSACHUSETTS. SO JUST A COUPLE OF POINTS I WILL BE I WILL BE VOTING IN FAVOR OF THE TASK FORCE. SO IF IT PROVIDES HEALING FOR COMMUNITIES AND THAT'S WHAT I'M ABOUT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR BACON CALLED SO ROYAL SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE DOCKET ZERO TWO THREE NINE IN A NEW DRAFT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSED SAY NAY. MR CARR, CAN YOU DO A ROLL CALL VOTE ROLL CALL VOTE ON DOCKET NUMBER ZERO TWO THREE NINE COUNCILOR ROYAL YES COUNCILOR ARROYO YES. COUNCILOR BAKER I COUNCILOR BAKER A COUNCILOR BUT COUNCILOR LIKE COUNCILOR BREDON COUNCILOR BREED COUNCILOR ALETTA COUNCILOR COLLETTA YES COUNCILOR FERNANDA SANDERSON COUNCILOR FOR AMANDA SANDS AND YES COUNCILOR FLAHERTY COUNCILOR FLAHERTY YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. CANCELLARA COUNCILOR YES. COUNCIL LUZHIN COUNCILOR LEWIS AND YES COUNCILOR ME HERE COUNCILOR HERE. YES COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. AND COUNCILOR YES COUNCILOR YES . DOCKET NO ZERO TWO THREE NINE HAS RECEIVED A UNANIMOUS VOTE. THANK YOU MR KIRK. YOU PLEASE READ DAUPHINé ONE FIVE ONE SIX TWO ONE FIVE ONE NINE TOGETHER PLEASE CAN I HAVE A ONE FIVE ONE SIX THE COMMITTEE CITY SERVICES AND INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY TO WHICH WAS REFERRED ON DECEMBER SEVEN TWENTY TWENTY TWO DOCKET NUMBER ONE FIVE ONE SIX MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE FISCAL YEAR TWENTY THREE APPROPRIATION FOR THE RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY TWO MILLION SEVENTY TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SIXTEEN DOLLARS TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY THREE INCREASES CONTAIN WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND SEIU LOCAL 880 CITY SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THE ORDER OF THE PASS TALKING NO ONE FIVE ONE SEVEN THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES AND INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY TWO WHICH WAS REFERRED UNDER THEM TO SEVEN TWENTY TWENTY TWO DOCKET NUMBER ONE FIVE ONE SEVEN MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION ORDER FOR VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY THREE AND THE AMOUNT OF TWO MILLION SEVENTY TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SIXTEEN DOLLARS TO COVER THE FISCAL YEAR 2003 COST ITEMS CONTAINED WITHIN THE CORRECT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND SEIU LOCAL 880 CITY Y SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE ORDER HAD TO PASS AND HAVE A ONE FIVE ONE EIGHT THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES AND INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY WHICH WAS REFERRED ON DECEMBER SEVEN TWENTY TWENTY TWO TALKING ABOUT ONE FIVE ONE EIGHT MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE FISCAL YEAR TWENTY THREE APPROPRIATION FOR THE RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY THREE HUNDRED SIXTY THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY DOLLARS TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY THREE INCREASES CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND SEIU LOCAL 880 MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING YOU ARE TO PASS IN NO ONE FIVE ONE NINE THE COMMITTEE AND CITY SERVICES AND INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY WHICH WAS REFERRED ON DECEMBER SEVEN TWENTY TWENTY TWO DOCKET NUMBER ONE FIVE ONE NINE MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATE ACTION FOR VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY THREE AND THE AMOUNT OF THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED SIXTY DOLLARS TO PROVIDE TO COVER FOR THE FISCAL YEAR TWENTY THREE COST CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND SEIU LOCAL 880 YEAR OFFICE OF HOUSING SUBMITS A REPORT RECOMMENDING THAT THE ORDER HAD TO PASS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BLOCK THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL BARTóK THE OF THE FLOOR. I THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT AND THIS MATTER IS ACTUALLY REFERRED TO COMMITTEE LAST WEDNESDAY AND I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO THE CLERKS STAFF AND THE CENTRAL STAFF WHO MANAGED TO GET A NOTICE OUT FOR US MINUTES AFTER IT WAS ACCEPTED TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE FLOOR SO THAT WE COULD HAVE A HEARING ON IT ON FRIDAY AND THAT WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS REPRESENTS THE SETTLING OF CONTRACTS FOR ALMOST FIVE PERCENT OF THE CITY'S WORKFORCE. I THINK IT'S EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVENTY EMPLOYEES ACROSS THE TWO CONTRACTS SEIU EIGHTY EIGHT CITYWIDE ACROSS TWENTY ODD DEPARTMENTS AND THEN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING DIVISION SPECIFICALLY WHICH BARGAINED SEPARATELY. IT IS SORT OF CONTINUATION OF THE PATTERN OF CONTRACT THAT WE'VE SEEN. SO THE PATTERN IS IT'S A TWO PERCENT ONE POINT FIVE PERCENT TWO PERCENT INCREASES OVER THREE YEARS. THESE AS COUNCILORS WILL REMEMBER OUR CONTRACTS THAT ACTUALLY GO BACK TO TWENTY TWENTY. SO MOST OF THESE CONTRACTS WILL ACTUALLY START TO LAPSE AGAIN IN TWENTY TWENTY THREE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE COUNCILORS WHO JOINED ME AT THE HEARING, PRESIDENT FLYNN AND COUNCILOR MURPHY AND I ALL STRESSED WAS THE HOPE THAT ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONTEXT OF RAMPANT INFLATION AND REALLY HARD COST OF LIVING FOR OUR CITY WORKERS THAT AS THE CITY LOOKS TO KIND OF THE NEXT ROUND OF CONTRACTS. WELL THERE ARE THERE ARE REASONS FOR THE FOR US TO SORT OF COMPLETE THE PATTERN TO BE FAIR ACROSS ALL CITY WORKERS THAT NOW AS WE GET TO THE NEXT ROUND OF CONTRACTS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO MORE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES PAIRED WITH MORE SUBSTANTIVE REFORMS BECAUSE I THINK WE ALL SEE THAT THOSE NUMBERS IN LIGHT OF THE CURRENT INFLATION ARE BELOW THESE FOLKS WILL ALSO GET THE ONE TIME LUMP SUM OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING TO A LOT OF THE CIVILIAN UNION WORKERS AND RECOGNITION OF THEIR WORK DURING COVID-19 THERE'S AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE WAY THAT THE CITY SUPPORTS THE AMOUNT THE CITY SUPPORTS AND PASSES AND THE FREE BIKES MEMBERSHIP ALL IN THE EMPLOYEES FAVOR JUNETEENTH IS FORMALLY ADDED TO THE CONTRACT. THERE WAS JUST SOME LANGUAGE FIXES AROUND INCLUDING VETERAN STATUS, GENDER, GENDER IDENTITY, GENDER EXPRESSION, ETHNICITY IN THE NON DISCRIMINATION ARTICLE OF THE CONTRACT, A COUPLE OF WELLNESS DAYS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS THAT ARE ADDITIONAL FOR FOLKS AND THEN THIS RECOGNITION THAT SEIU WHICH IS A SEPARATE UNIT FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING SO CONTINUATION OF THE PATTERN AND OBVIOUSLY AS FOLKS KNOW THIS COUNCIL VOTE IS REQUIRED IN ORDER FOR PEOPLE TO GET THEIR RETROACTIVE PAY GOING BACK TO TWENTY TWENTY SO THE REASON THAT WE RUSHED IT THROUGH WAS THAT YOU KNOW, WE WOULD REALLY LIKE FINANCE TO BE ABLE TO BE GETTING PEOPLE THOSE CHECKS AND HAVING IT COME AS A AS A NICE THING FOR THE HOLIDAYS. SO IN RECOGNITION OF THAT, MR PRESIDENT, I WOULD ASK THAT ALL FOUR OF THESE DOCKETS BE APPROVED TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL BAUK COUNCIL BOK SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET ONE FIVE ONE SIX ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AY AY OPPOSED SAY NAY ONE FIVE ONE SIX HAS PASSED COUNCILOR BOK SIX ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT OF THE POSITIVE OF ONE FIVE ONE SEVEN . THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE ANY TALK OF ONE FIVE ONE SEVEN HAS PASSED COUNCILOR BOK SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT POSITIVE DOCKET ONE FIVE ONE EIGHT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE ANY DOG AT ONE FIVE ONE EIGHT HAS PASSED COUNCIL BARK SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND PASSAGE. I GOT ONE FIVE ONE NINE FOUR ONE FIVE ONE NINE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE ANY ONE FIVE ONE NINE HAS PASSED BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE MATTERS RECENTLY HEARD FOR POSSIBLE ACTION I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CITY OF BOSTON MUNICIPAL SECURITY OFFICERS THE INCREDIBLE ROLE THEY PLAY. IT'S THE MOST DIVERSE CITY UNION IN BOSTON. THEY'RE ALSO UP FOR CONTRACT NEGOTIATION AND THEY'RE PROBABLY ONE OF THE LOWEST PAID UNIONS AS WELL. SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE TREAT ALL OF OUR CITY WORKERS WITH RESPECT. BUT THESE CITY WORKERS ALSO AGAIN THE MOST DIVERSE UNION IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, OUR SECURITY MUNICIPAL POLICE STAFF, SECURITY STAFF DESERVE TO BE TREATED WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT. THANK YOU, MR CLARKE. CAN WE CAN YOU PLEASE ZERO THREE TO THREE KNOCKING I'M ZERO THREE TWO THREE OR FOUR A HEARING TO DISCUSS RESTORING MUNICIPAL VOTING RIGHTS IMMIGRANTS WITH LEGAL STATUS. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR LOUISIANA THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS IMMIGRATION ADVANCEMENT CONCLUSION YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, MR PRESIDENT. ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 12TH, THE COMMITTEE IN CIVIL RIGHTS AND IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT HELD A HEARING ON DOCKET NUMBER ZERO THREE TWO THREE ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS RESTORING MUNICIPAL VOTING RIGHTS TO IMMIGRANTS WITH LEGAL STATUS COMMITTEE HELD A HEARING WITH THE SPONSOR CANCELLARA AND COUNCILOR'S FLIN MURPHY COLLETTA MEDIA WORLD ARROYO FERNANDO ANDERSON. WE'RE ALL IN ATTENDANCE AND A LETTER OF ABSENCE FROM COUNCIL BOK THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATION SPECIFICALLY TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT MONIQUE TO NGUYEN SABINO PRIMANTI, THE HEAD ASSISTANT REGISTRAR OF THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT. ELIJAH MILLER, DIRECTOR OF POLICY FOR DEPARTMENT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND INCLUSION AND THANK YOU TO THE PANELISTS ALEX KASAR, THE MATTHEW W. STERLING JUNIOR PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AND SOCIAL POLICY AT THE HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL SHINNICK SPALDING, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE MASSACHUSETTS VOTER TABLE AND JACOB LOVE STAFF ATTORNEY FROM THE LAWYERS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND THANK YOU TO PUBLIC TESTIMONY FROM CAPADOCIA INTO WRITING COMMENTS REGARDING RETURNING CITIZENS VOTING RIGHTS INFORMATION GATHERED AT THE HEARING THE ADMINISTRATION SPECIFICALLY MOYAR DIRECTOR AND NGUYEN SPOKE ABOUT THE WORK OF MOYANE PROMOTING AND RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF IMMIGRANTS TO OUR CITY AND HOW THEY WOULD BE INTEGRAL IN ENSURING THAT OUR IMMIGRANTS WITH LEGAL STATUS WOULD KNOW OF THEIR VOTING RIGHTS BECAUSE OF THE DEEP PARTNERSHIPS MOYAR HAS WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN DOING THIS WORK OF ORGANIZING IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AROUND VOTING RIGHTS. ELIJAH MILLER, THE DIRECTOR OF POLICY FOR DEPARTMENT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY INCLUSION SPOKE PASSIONATELY ABOUT STRENGTHENING THE ABILITY OF IMMIGRANTS TO FULLY AND EQUITABLY PARTICIPATE IN ECONOMIC, CIVIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL LIFE IN BOSTON AND HOW THIS WOULD BE A STEP TOWARDS DOING THAT AND STUDENTS SABINO PRIMANTI, HEAD ASSISTANT REGISTRAR OF ELECTIONS, SPOKE ABOUT WHAT HIS OFFICE WOULD NEED IN TERMS OF RESOURCES FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND BROUGHT THAT MATTER TO CITY COUNCIL SHOULD CONSIDER WHEN THINKING ABOUT RESTORING ON CITIZEN VOTING AT THE ADVOCATE PANEL SPECIFICALLY JACOB LOVE STAFF ATTORNEY FOR CIVIL RIGHTS DISCUSSED WITH THE COMMITTEE THE LEGAL BARRIERS CHALLENGES AND IMPLEMENTING OF VOTING RIGHTS FOR NON-CITIZENS BUT ALSO TALKED ABOUT HOW OTHER STATES AND CITIES HAVE APPROACHED THE ISSUE OF RESTORING MUNICIPAL VOTING RIGHTS TO IMMIGRANTS LEGAL STATUS PROFESSOR HAZOR FROM THE HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL INFORMING THE COMMITTEE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF VOTING BY NONCITIZENS AND ITS RELATIVE COMPLIANCE AMONG STATES IN THE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY, INCLUDING NONCITIZEN VOTING IN SOME FEDERAL ELECTIONS UP UNTIL 1990 SIX. SO THIS IS NOT A FOREIGN IDEA BY ANY MEANS. THE COMMITTEE ALSO HEARD TESTIMONY FROM SHINNICK BALDING OF THE MASS VOTERS TABLE ON ISSUES INCLUDING THE WORK THAT THEY DO WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS ON ADVOCACY AROUND RESTORING MUNICIPAL VOTING RIGHTS AND DOING SIMULATIONS WITH IMMIGRANT GROUPS AND MEMBERS ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO VOTE IN THE PROCESS OF ACTUALLY VOTING OVERALL, THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED HOW LEGAL VOTING RIGHTS FOR NON-CITIZENS WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT BOON TO OUR COMMUNITIES WHO ARE ALREADY TAXPAYING MEMBERS WHO PARTICIPATE IN OUR CIVIC LIFE. THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED WHAT THE BEST PROCESS IS FOR PASSING NONCES AND VOTING RIGHTS BILL WOULD BE AND WHAT THE CHALLENGES WOULD BE FOR IMPLEMENTATION. WE ON THIS BODY EVERY DAY NOT EVERY DAY BUT VERY OFTEN STATE LEGISLATIVE ORDINANCE AND NON-CITIZENS HAVE NO ABILITY TO ELECT US IN MAKING THOSE LAWS. THAT EXCLUSION IS A FUNDAMENTAL DEPRIVATION OF IMMIGRANTS WITH LEGAL STATUS FROM OUR PROCESS AND THEIR OWN RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION. WE ON THIS BODY HAVE THE ABILITY TO CORRECT FOR THAT AND WE SHOULD THAT THE WORK OF EQUITY. THIS HEARING ORDER WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER ACTION . THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR . LOUISIANA DOCKET ZERO THREE TWO THREE WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE . MR CLARK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DAWKINS' ONE ONE SEVEN ONE FOUR ONE ONE SEVEN THREE ONE ONE SEVEN SIX FOUR ONE ONE SEVEN NINE AND ONE TWO ONE TWO PLEASE DOUG NO ONE ONE SEVEN ONE MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF CHERIE DONC AS A MEMBER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEAL. BUT TERM EXPIRING MAY 1ST TWENTY TWENTY THREE DOCKET NUMBER ONE ONE SEVEN TWO MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF REAPPOINTMENT PINZA THAT BARAZA AS A MEMBER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS FOR A TERM EXPIRING MAY 1ST TWENTY TWENTY FOUR ONE DOCKET NUMBER ONE ONE SEVEN THREE MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF GEOVANI VALENCIA AS A MEMBER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEAL FOR A TERM EXPIRING MAY 1ST 2024 DOCKET NUMBER ONE ONE SEVEN SIX MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR A CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF ALAN E. LANGHAM AS A MEMBER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEAL FOR A TERM EXPIRING ME FIRST TWENTY TWENTY DUCKY NUMBER ONE ONE SEVEN SEVEN MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF NORM STEMBRIDGE AS A MEMBER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEAL FOR A TERM EXPIRING MAY 1ST, 2012 FIVE TALKING ABOUT ONE ONE SEVEN EIGHT MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION THE APPOINTMENT OF CHAVEL OLLIVIER AS A MEMBER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEAL FOR A TERM EXPIRING MAY 1ST TWENTY TWENTY FIVE DOCKET NUMBER ONE ONE SEVEN NINE MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION THE APPOINTMENT OF DAVID COLLINS AS A MEMBER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS FOR A TERM EXPIRING THE FIRST TWENTY TWENTY FIVE AND DOC NO ONE TO ONE TO MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR THE CONFIRMATION THE APPOINTMENT OF KATIE WELL AS A MEMBER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEAL FOR A TERM EXPIRING MAY 1ST TWENTY TWENTY FOUR THANK MR CLARK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BAKER, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION COUNCILOR BAKER YOU OF THE FLOOR AND MR H.M.S. THE MAYOR REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION DOCKETS ONE ONE SEVEN ONE ONE ONE SEVEN TWO ONE ONE SEVEN THREE AND ONE ONE SEVEN SIX ONE ONE SEVEN SEVEN AND ONE ONE SEVEN NINE ON SEPTEMBER 28TH TWENTY TWENTY TWO AND DOCKET ONE TWO ONE TWO ON OCTOBER 5TH TWENTY TWENTY TWO THE COMMITTEE HELD A PUBLIC HEARING IN THE MR . MR PRESIDENT I'M GOING TO SPEAK ON ALL THESE AND WILL WILL WILL VOTE SEPARATELY ON THEM I ASSUME I SHOULD HAVE SAID THAT FROM THE BEGINNING TO SPEAK TO ALL OF THEM BROADLY AND YOU CAN BREAK YEAH THAT'S FINE THANK YOU. THANK. THE COMMITTEE HELD A PUBLIC HEARING IN THE IANELLO CHAMBER ON DECEMBER TWELVE TWENTY TWENTY TWO TO TAKE TESTIMONY AND CONSIDER THE SAME. I WAS JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES COUNCILOR MURPHY, PRESIDENT OF LAND COUNCIL LUZHIN COUNCIL , COLLETTA COUNCIL . WE'RE ALL IN COUNCIL BAUK IN ATTENDANCE. SINGLISH CHIEF OF STAFF AND INSPECTION SERVICE DEPARTMENT ATTENDED THE HEARING AND PRESENTED TESTIMONY ON THE MISSION COMPOSITION THE JURISDICTION OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEAL AND IN SUPPORT OF ALL THE APPOINTMENTS IN APPOINTMENTS THE ZBA TOTALS FOURTEEN MEMBERS SEVEN PRIMARY AND SEVEN ALTERNATE MEMBERS WITH A RANGE OF EXPERIENCE REQUIRED BY STATE LAW AND THEY SERVE THREE TERMS ALTERNATES SERVED IF PRIMARY MEMBERS ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND ZEBA HEARINGS AND THE MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR AND APPROVED BY THE CITY BY THE CITY COUNCIL THE IS TASKED REVIEWING THE DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THEY REQUEST REGARDING ZONING ISSUES SUCH AS CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT VARIANCE PERMISSION TO EXPAND OR CHANGES TO OR CHANGE APPROVED USES IN SIMILAR ZONING RELIEF. THE CITY COUNCIL'S COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT TRANSPORTATION REVIEW THE RESUMES AND CREDENTIALS OF ALL THE APPOINTEES AND THE APPOINTEES RESPONDED QUESTIONS FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL AS REGARDING THEIR QUALIFICATIONS RELEVANT EXPERIENCE BACKGROUND AREA OF EXPERTIZE HOW THEY WOULD HANDLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST SITUATIONS AND ON THE INDEPENDENCE RATIONALE AND CRITERIA THAT THEY WOULD EXERCISE WHEN MAKING DECISIONS BASED ON THE TESTIMONY AND INFORMATION PRESENTED AT THE HEARING AND HAVING CONSIDERED THE SAME I RESPECTFULLY I RESPECTFULLY REPORT THAT THESE APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENT OUGHT TO BE CONFIRMED. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU COUNCILOR BAKER. COUNCILOR BAKER SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE ACCEPTANCE, THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND CONFIRMATION OF CHERIE DOONG AS A MEMBER OF ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS WHICH IS DOCKET ONE ONE SEVEN ONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I OPPOSED SAY NAY. THE APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. COUNCILOR BAKER SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND CONFIRMATION OF DOCKET ONE ONE SEVEN TWO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY FIRM COUNCILOR OF BAKER SIX ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND CONFIRMATION OF DOCKET ONE ONE SEVEN THREE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY BY OPPOSING THE APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. BAKER SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT CONFIRMATION OF DOCKET ONE ONE SEVEN SIX ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY OPPOSING THE APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. COUNCILOR BAKER SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT IN CONFIRMATION OF DOCKET ONE ONE SEVEN SEVEN ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSING THE APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. ALSO BAKER ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT CONFIRMATION OF DOCKET ONE ONE SEVEN EIGHT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSED THE APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. COUNCILOR BAKER SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND CONFIRMATION AT ONE ONE SEVEN NINE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE THE APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. COUNCILOR BAKER SEEKS ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT CONFIRMATION OF DOCKET ONE TO ONE TO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE AYE AYE. OPPOSING THE APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. MR CLARK, CAN YOU READ ONE THREE TO SEVEN PLEASE? DUKKHA NUMBER ONE THREE TO SERVE SEVEN ORDER FOR A HEARING ASSESSING THE NEED FOR A AMENDMENT FOR THE BOSTON ZONING CODE RELATIVE TO SPECIAL PROTECTION ZONES. THANK YOU. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR OUT OF THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE AND HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ARE OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU PRESIDENT FLYNN. WE HELD A HEARING ON THE NEED FOR A TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE BOSTON ZONING CODE REGARDING SPECIFIC ARTICLE 91 WHERE THAT HAS BEEN IN DRAFT FORM FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW IN THIS HEARING WE SPECIFICALLY EXPLORED THE IDEA OF TRANSIT ORIENTED DISPLACEMENT ZONE OVERLAY IN THE CITY'S CODE . I LET ME SAY EXCUSE ME, LET ME PULL UP MY NOTES SO I CAN THINK THE PROPER PEOPLE I WAS JOINED YESTERDAY BY MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AND COUNCILOR GABRIELLA COLLETTA WHO WAS MY CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR BRADIN COUNCILOR MAHIGA COUNCILOR BOCK COUNCILOR RELIGION AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN WHO ATTENDED AND PARTICIPATED THIS HEARING I WANT TO THANK THE ADVOCATES FOR ACTION FOR EQUITY. THEY'RE TRYING TO TALK COMMUNITY LAND TRUST CITY LIFE AND VARIOUS OTHER ADVOCACY GROUPS WHO CAME AND SHARED FOR THE NEED FOR ANTI DISPLACEMENT SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE FAIRMONT CORRIDOR IN EAST BOSTON AND AN OVERLAY THAT WOULD PROTECT ROWHOUSES IN CHINATOWN. THANK YOU FROM MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION WHO ALSO EXPLAINED TO US THE BENEFITS OF REVISITING ARTICLE NINETY ONE BUT ALSO SOME OF THE DIFFICULTIES AND CHALLENGES TO USING ZONING VERSUS AN ORDINANCE AND WHAT WE COULD USE THE ZONING CODE FOR AND WHAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER MAKING POLICY CHANGES. ULTIMATELY WE ASKED THE ADMINISTRATION IF THERE WAS THE ADMINISTRATION SHARED WITH US IS THAT ANY ASPECT OF THE ZONING CODE CAN BE APPEALED VERSUS USING AN ORDINANCE. AND SO WE HAD SOME TECHNICAL CONVERSATION ABOUT WHERE ARTICLE ONE WOULD GO BUT ARTICLE NINETY ONE ULTIMATELY AIMS TO CREATE A SPECIAL OVERLAY DISTRICT IN TRANSIT CORRIDORS THAT WOULD HELP AND SUPPORT US IN SLOWING DOWN DISPLACED IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS. WHAT WE SEE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IS THAT WHATEVER THERE IS ANY KIND OF EXPANSION OF TRANSIT ACCESSIBILITY IN A NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASES DISPLACEMENT AND SO A TRANSIT OR TRANSIT ORIENTED OVERLAY WOULD ULTIMATELY SET PROTECTIONS FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD BUT ALSO WOULD CREATE AN INFLUX OF SERVICES AND OTHER ECONOMIC SUPPORTS THAT WOULD HELP KEEP PEOPLE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND IN THEIR HOMES. COMMUNITY ADVOCATES REALLY STRESSED THE TIME SENSITIVITY OF CREATING SPECIAL PROTECTION ZONES AND AGAIN THE MAIN AREA THAT WE DISCUSSED THE FILMON CORRIDOR WHICH IS SEEING MAJOR CHANGES DUE TO THE INVESTMENTS BY THE STATE IN PUBLIC TRANSIT THERE AND ALSO THE CHINATOWN RUHAL HOUSES AND IN EAST BOSTON AND ALSO COUNCILOR BRADIN SHARED ABOUT ALLSTON BRIGHTON COULD BENEFIT FROM THIS OVERLAY . I WANT TO GIVE TIME, PRESIDENT FLYNN, IF YOU CAN TO COUNCILOR KALITTA TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ON THIS. BUT I WOULD LIKE ASK THAT THIS DOCKET STAY IN COMMITTEE SO THAT WE CAN MOVE TOWARDS LEGISLATIVE CHANGES IN THE NEW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR . THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FOR THE COUNCIL . YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH PRESIDENT FLYNN. I WANT TO THINK THE MAKER AND MY CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR FOR FOR HER WORK IN THIS IT WAS AN INCREDIBLY INFORMATIVE HEARING AND I I I'M GOING TO USE THE WORDS OF LYDIA LOWE WHO SAID IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO KEEP FIGHTING IS BOSTON I USE THE TERM YESTERDAY HAS BEEN DECIMATED BY DISPLACEMENT DUE TO GENTRIFICATION AND SO WE REALLY SEE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAN FOR THE INCLUSION OF FOLKS ALONG TRANSIT CORRIDORS AND TO HELP THEM GROW THEIR ECONOMIC PROSPECTS AS WE DO THAT. AND SO I SEE EVERYBODY THAT KNOWS ME KNOWS THAT I LOVE ZONING AND THE ZONING BOARD. I GUESS I'LL SAY ON THE FLOOR AND I REALLY SEE THIS AS I GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROTECT FOLKS FROM BEING DISPLACED AND PROTECTING BOSTON, THE FAIR MARKET CORRIDOR CHINATOWN AS WELL AS ULCERATED. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO FUTURE CONVERSATIONS MAYBE WORKING THIS INTO OUR INTO OUR CODE THROUGH AN ORDINANCE SEEING THAT YOU CAN APPEAL AND AS WE HEARD THROUGH THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS HEARING, YOU CAN APPEAL THE ZONING CODE . SO I NEED TO UNDERSTAND AND MAKE SURE THAT IF WE DO HAVE THE SPECIAL PROTECTION ZONES WE'RE GOING TO HAVE INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPERS COMING IN AND TRYING TO APPEAL IT AT THE ZBA. SO AGAIN, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE CONVERSATION THAT I WANT TO THANK ALL THE ADVOCATES AND MY COLLEAGUES FOR JOINING US IN THAT CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL KAIRA DWARKA ONE THREE TWO SEVEN WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. MR KIRK, WE READ DOCKET ONE TWO FOUR ZERO PLEASE DUNCAN ABOUT ONE TWO FOUR ZERO ORDER FOR A HEARING ON GREEN GREEN NEW DEAL FOR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL PLANS SPECIFICALLY THE PLAN TO MERGE SIX SCHOOLS INTO THREE AND SPLIT EACH OF THEM ONTO TWO CAMPUSES. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR I'M HERE THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION COUNCILOR ME HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. AND EARLIER I WANTED TO HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT ON REGARDS TO THE REPARATIONS TASK FORCE TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR CROYLE. WE SPENT MANY NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THE ADMINISTRATION. YOUR HARD WORK IS DEEPLY APPRECIATED BUT WITH MY NERVES I FORGOT TO UPLIFT YOU AND I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU PUBLICLY. IT WAS NOT AN EASY FIGHT. YOU STOOD ALONGSIDE US TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. SO THANK YOU. SO THIS THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION HAD A HEARING YESTERDAY DECEMBER THE 13TH TWENTY TWENTY TWO AT THREE P.M. ON DOCKET TWELVE FORTY IN ORDER FOR A HEARING ON THE GREEN NEW DEAL FOR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS PLAN SPECIFICALLY THE PLAN TO MERGE SIX SCHOOLS INTO THREE AND SPLIT AND SPLIT EACH OF THEM ONTO TWO CAMPUSES. THIS MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY MYSELF AND COUNCIL ALATA PANEL. WULKAN CONSISTED PARENTS GRANDPARENTS OF STUDENTS AND ADVOCATES AS ALWAYS YOU KNOW I LIKE TO LEAD WITH THE PEOPLE FIRST SO I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE MEGAN WOLF AS A MEMBER OF QUEST WHICH STANDS FOR QUALITY EDUCATION FOR EVERY STUDENT RUBY REYES WHO'S THE DIRECTOR OF BAJOUR EDITH BAZIL WAS UNABLE TO PARTICIPATE BUT WAS DEFINITELY HER VOICE WAS HEARD. ALISON FRIEDMAN WAS A MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL PARENT COUNCIL AT THE SUMNER ELEMENTARY. BRENDA RAMSEY, A PARENT LEADER AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND JOHN MUDD, A BOARD MEMBER OF THE BOSTON NETWORK FOR BLACK STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. WE DISCUSSED AND THEY ALL DISCUSSED AND SHARED A COMMITMENT, EQUITY AND BELIEF THAT ALL STUDENTS SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY FACILITIES. WE ALSO DISCUSSED THE GREEN NEW COALITION MADE UP OF PARENTS, EDUCATORS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS WORKING TOGETHER SINCE TWENTY EIGHTEEN REGARDING FACILITY DECISIONS. TESTIMONY WAS TAKEN FROM ADMINISTRATION PANEL INCLUDING REBECCA GRANGER WHO IS THE NEW SENIOR ADVISOR FOR YOUTH AND SCHOOLS WITHIN THE NEW BOSTON'S CHILDREN'S CABINET FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND FROM BAPS WE HAD CHARLES GRANTON WHO IS THE CHIEF OF EQUITY AND STRATEGY OFFICER SAM DE PENHA, THE DEPUTY OF SUPERINTENDENT OF OPERATIONS MARIA ORTIZ, A DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ETHAN BURNS, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF INCLUSION AND EDUCATION. IT IS CLEAR FROM YESTERDAY'S HEARING THAT PARENTS WANT AUTHENTIC PUBLIC ANALYSIS OF THE GREEN NEW DEAL'S IMPACT OVERALL AND BROKEN DOWN. THEY WANT AUTHENTIC COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DECISIONS AND THEY ALSO UPLIFTED THE NEED TO SLOW DOWN THE PROCESS AND POTENTIALLY EVEN PUT A MORATORIUM ON SCHOOL CLOSURES AND MAJOR FACILITY DECISIONS UNTIL THERE IS A MAJOR FACILITY PLANNED. WHAT I WILL SAY IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE CALLED THIS HEARING TO ORDER WAS BECAUSE BARBARA FIELDS, IF THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW HER IS A FIERCE ADVOCATE IN THE EDUCATION SPACE REACHED OUT TO OUR OFFICE AND SAID WE NEED TO GET A BETTER HANDLE OF HOW BP IS MOVING AS IT RELATES TO THE GREEN NEW DEAL. AND WHILE I DO APPRECIATE THE ADMINISTRATION'S ATTEMPT IN THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL ATTEMPT TO DO REAL MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT HAVING PARTICIPATED IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FORUMS WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CREATING SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO BE HEARD. AND SO SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I HAVE MADE IS TO GET OUT OF THE ROOM AND TO GET OUT INTO SPACES WHERE WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO SHOW UP AND TO ACTUALLY GO INTO THE STREETS. WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE SITTING IN HAIR SALONS GETTING THEIR HAIR DONE AND BARBERSHOPS AND NAIL SALONS AND LAUNDROMATS. THERE ARE SPACES AND PLACES THAT ARE IMPACTED BY THE DECISIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING BUT THEY'RE NOT BEING CALLED INTO THE SPACE. SO I'M ASKING BP TO GET OUT OF THEIR COMFORT ZONE AND INTO THE STREETS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT ALL PARENTS ARE PARTICIPATE IN THESE PROCESSES AND HAVE A REAL WAY OF ENGAGING . I DO LOOK FORWARD TO KEEPING THIS IN COMMITTEE AND CREATING A SPACE FOR FOR THE COUNCIL TO REALLY LEAN INTO IT. I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE HEARING COUNCILOR LOUISIANA COUNCILOR FOR COUNCILOR BRADIN AND COUNCILOR MACKENZIE AND COUNCILOR FLYNN. I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT MY COLLEAGUE AND CO-SPONSOR CANCELLARA WAS UNABLE TO JOIN ME BUT WAS DEFINITELY THERE IN SPIRIT FIGHTING A COLD. BUT I KNOW SHE IS HOLDING IT DOWN AND REALLY LEANING INTO TO THIS WORK AND I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY JUST APOLOGIZE BECAUSE YESTERDAY WAS MY DAUGHTER'S MOCK TRIAL AT MULTICORE AND I NEEDED TO BE OUT OF HERE EXACTLY AT 5:00. SO I WAS KEEPING EVERYBODY ON TASK AND DO APPRECIATE YOUR GRACE FOR ALLOWING ME TO SIT THROUGH THE PROCESS. BUT I'M JUST REALLY GRATEFUL THAT WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HOLD SPACE AND CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BP TO SEE US AS PARTNERS NOT JUST AS PEOPLE WHO WANT TO JUST CAUSE RUCKUS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . HERE DOCKET ONE TWO FOUR ZERO WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE MOTIONS, ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS. MR CARR, CAN YOU PLEASE READ ONE FIVE TO NINE PLEASE? DOUG NO. ONE FIVE TO NINE COUNCIL KALITTA IN LARA OR FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER SIX SECTION SIX DASH ONE ONE OF THE CITY OF BOSTON CALLED ORDINANCES REGARDING GENDER INCLUSION. THANK YOU. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR GUEVARRA COUNCILOR QUADA YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU PRESIDENT FLYNN I'D LIKE TO SUSPEND RULE TWELVE IN ARKANSAS. LOUISIANA IS THE THIRD CO-SPONSOR HEARING NO OBJECTION COUNCILOR LOUISIANA IS ADDED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I LOVE THE FACT THAT THIS IS A RESTORATIVE DAY FOR MANY BOSTON RESIDENTS. WE'RE DOING DECADES AND EVEN HUNDREDS OF YEARS OF HARM AND THIS AMENDMENT TO THE GENDER AND INCLUSIVE ORDINANCE SEEKS TO UNDO THE HARM CREATED IN THIS BUILDING AND IT WAS FIRST CHAMPIONED BY THEN COUNCILOR NOW MAYOR MICHELLE WU AND COUNCILOR BRITTON. SO I WANTED TO THANK COUNCILOR BRITTON FOR HER LEADERSHIP ON THIS ON THIS ISSUE. MY AMENDMENT TO THIS ORDINANCE IS SIMPLE BUT IT'S MODIFICATION WILL ENSURE WE ARE TRULY FOSTERING A WELCOMING INCLUSIVE WORKPLACE FOR EVERYBODY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IN TWENTY TWENTY THIS BODY REQUIRES THAT ALL CITY EMPLOYEES FOR OUR CITY EMPLOYMENT FORMS GAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR TRANS SIBLINGS TO SELF IDENTIFY WHICH WAS A HUGE JUMP IN PROGRESS GIVEN THIS MOMENTOUS CHANGE AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS, THERE IS NO OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS TO CHOOSE PREFERENCE OVER THEIR CHOSEN NAME IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING THEIR LEGAL NAME OR AS IT'S CALLED IN THE TRANS COMMUNITY THEIR DEAD NAME. THIS RESULTS IN UNDIGNIFIED PROCESS WHERE A NEW CITY EMPLOYEE HAS TO CHANGE THEIR EMAIL ADDRESS AND GO THROUGH A WHOLE RIGMAROLE TO ENSURE THAT THEIR CHOSEN NAME IS UTILIZED AND IS IN THE DIRECTORY OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. IT'S A CONSTANT REMINDER THAT WE AS A CITY ARE NOT PRIORITIZING THEIR NEEDS AS WE SHOULD BE AND I WAS PLEASED IN MY CONVERSATIONS AFTER I HAD BROUGHT THIS TO THE FLOOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO IN MY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CHIEF EQUITY CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER I THINK I GOT HER TITLE RIGHT. I APOLOGIZE IF I DID NOT CHIEF OF INFORMATION AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE LGBTQ ADVANCEMENT OFFICE THAT THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED THIS AS AN ISSUE AND HAVE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY BEHIND THE SCENES TO CORRECT IT AND I DO APPRECIATE THEIR INTENTIONALITY TO GET IT RIGHT TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR TRANS COLLEAGUES AND TO ENSURE OUR TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS ARE EQUIPPED TO TAKE THIS ON THIS AMENDMENT SIMPLY CODIFIES OUR OBLIGATION TO TRULY BE INCLUSIVE ACROSS ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING IN THE COUNCIL . AND AS CANCELLARA BROUGHT UP TO ME IN GPS AND OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS BUT AGAIN THIS IS REQUIRING US TO BE BETTER IN OUR CODE AND THAT MEANS SO MUCH MORE FOLKS THAN YOU ALL WILL EVER, EVER KNOW. AND SO I WANT TO THANK MY NORTHAN LIAISON JACK WHO ALLOWED ME TO TELL HIS STORY WHOM THIS AMENDMENT IS NAMED AFTER MY CHIEF OF STAFF ALEX SANCHEZ FOR HER WORK AND OTHERS WHO OFFERED SUPPORT IMMEDIATELY AFTER I RAISED THIS AS AN ISSUE ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. AND WITH THAT I'M GOING TO RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT MY COLLEAGUES VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE TO SUSPEND AND PASS THIS ORDINANCE FOR THE BODY TO THANK YOU COUNCIL . THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR LAURA, COUNCILOR LAURA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT FLYNN. THANK YOU COUNCILOR COLLETTA FOR MOVING THIS FORWARD. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WHEN COUNCILOR CARLETTO SPOKE ON THE FLOOR ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT HER STAFFER WAS HAVING AND USING THEIR CHOSEN NAME ON THE CITY COUNCIL , I CALLED COUNCILOR CARLETTO IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE MEETING BECAUSE I WAS ACTIVELY WORKING ON A CONSTITUENT ISSUE. ONE OF MY CONSTITUENTS WAS AN INCOMING TEACHER AND WAS BEING FORCED TO USE THEIR NAME ON THE PUBLICLY THE PUBLICLY VISIBLE GRADING PROGRAM THAT BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS USE IS NOW WE WERE ABLE TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE THROUGH A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH CONVERSATION. BUT WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT THERE WAS A NECESSITY FOR REAL SYSTEMIC CHANGE BUT ALSO FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON TO BE MORE PRESCRIPTIVE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS POLICY. AND SO THE CHANGE TO THIS ORDINANCE WAS BORN. I HAVE LITTLE TO ADD TO COUNCILOR CARLETTO REMARKS AS COUNCILOR MAKIA REMARKED, I AM VERY MUCH FIGHTING A VERY STRONG FLU SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALL FOR BEING SO GRACIOUS WITH ME AS I STUMBLE THROUGH THIS MEETING. BUT I THINK THAT THIS IS JUST GETTING US ONE STEP CLOSER TO ENSURING THAT ALL OF OUR PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON BUT ALSO ALL OF OUR WORKERS HERE FEEL LIKE WE ARE AFFIRMING THEIR IDENTITIES WHATEVER THOSE IDENTITIES MAY BE. SO I ECHO COUNCILOR CARLOTTA'S REQUEST FOR ALL OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO PLEASE VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND HELP US PASS THIS AMENDMENT TO THIS ORDINANCE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR EUGENE CONCLUSION YOU HAVE THE FULL THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. I WANT TO THANK THE LEAD SPONSOR AND ALSO CO-SPONSOR COUNCILOR COLLETTA AND CANCELLARA FOR INCLUDING ME ON THIS LANGUAGE AS WE KNOW IS AN IMPORTANT AND CAN BE A POWERFUL DRIVER OF REPRESENTATION. WHAT INCLUSION LOOKS LIKE IN OUR CITY OR CAN BE A POWERFUL DRIVER OF HARM OR HARMFUL STEREOTYPES AND EXCLUSION DEPENDING ON HOW WE USE IT. AND SO WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE THINKING AS A CITY HOW DO WE INVITE MORE PEOPLE IN BOTH IF THAT'S ON OUR LEGAL FORMS AND DOCUMENTS IT'S IT THAT'S YOU PROVIDING SHELTER. WE SHOULD ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT HOW WHAT WE'RE DOING TO MAKE BOSTON FEEL AS WELCOMING AS IT SHOULD BE TO EVERYONE. THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO FACE MARGINALIZATION AND DISCRIMINATION AND VIOLENCE ESPECIALLY TOWARDS TRANSGENDER GENDER NONCONFORMING FOLKS. I WAS IN THAT CLUB. Q IN COLORADO SPRINGS WE SAW THE THREATS TO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL HERE VANDALISM AT THE PRIDE IN HYDE PARK AND SO WE HAVE TO SPEAK WITH A CLEAR AND SINGULAR VOICE ABOUT WHAT WE WILL TOLERATE AND ABOUT THE LENGTHS WE WILL GO TO MAKE EVERYONE FEEL THAT THIS IS A CITY THAT THAT LOVES AND CARES ABOUT THEM AND THAT HAPPENS. WE CAN DO THAT HERE ON THE CITY COUNCIL OUR RESEARCH SHOWS THAT GENDER INCLUSIVE PRONOUNS AND LANGUAGE REDUCES BIAS AND PROMOTES HEALTHY AND POSITIVE SOCIETAL VIEWS. WE AS A CITY HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO ENSURE THAT LANGUAGE USED ON CITY FORMS DOESN'T DISCRIMINATE BY SEX SOCIAL GENDER OR GENDER IDENTITY. WE CANNOT PERPETUATE GENDER STEREOTYPES BUT RATHER NEED TO REFLECT THE BEAUTIFUL DIVERSITY OF ALL OF THE RESIDENTS FAMILIES AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WE ARE SO LUCKY TO WORK WITH HERE ON CITY COUNCIL . SO THIS IS A SMALL BUT IMPORTANT UPDATE TO OUR CODE THAT WILL HELP ENSHRINING CODIFY THOSE PROTECTIONS. SO AGAIN I THINK THE SPONSOR AND I THINK EVERYONE HERE ON THE CITY COUNCIL WHO HOPEFULLY WILL BE VOTING WITH US TO SUSPEND AND PASS THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL LUJáN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCIL FOR THEM IS INNOCENT. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I THANK YOU PRESIDENT LIN. THANK YOU TO THE ORIGINAL SPONSORS ON THIS CASA CLAIRE LARA AND LUZHIN I OF COURSE SUPPORT THE OFFER PUT FORTH BY THE COUNCILORS AND ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO CREATE A MORE GENDER INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT IS SOMETHING THAT I WILL HEARTILY SUPPORT. I THINK THAT JUST WE'RE JUST OUTDATED AND LIFE IS A JOURNEY AND TO MOVE FORWARD AND TO GROW AND TO EVOLVE WE MUST BE MORE INCLUSIVE. I SPEAK ABOUT MY ONLY PARENT WHO WAS MY FIFTEEN YEAR OLD UNCLE AT THE TIME MY MOM LEFT WEST AFRICA AT THE AGE OF THREE AND MY UNCLE LEWIS WHO I NAMED MY SON AFTER WAS A CLOSETED GAY MAN AND HAD TO GO THROUGH A WHOLE LOT OF OPPRESSION AND ABUSE AND BULLYING AND THEN LATER MOVED TO THE NETHERLANDS AND THEN HAD TO GO THROUGH THAT ALL OVER AGAIN SYSTEMICALLY. SO EVENTUALLY WHEN HE CAME OUT I REMEMBER HIM HAVING TO EXPLAIN THAT TRAVELING COUNTRY TO COUNTRY OR JUST TO BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE SYSTEMS IN TERMS OF NOT PEOPLE NOT BEING INCLUSIVE, I WOULD CRY WITH HIM ON THE PHONE FOR HOURS UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT I COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT AT THE TIME. MY UNCLE LATER GOT KILLED BY A DRUNK DRIVER AND TO THIS DAY WHEN I STAND UP AND CELEBRATE I WILL DO THAT COURAGEOUSLY TO FIGHT FOR THE LGBTQ I PLUS COMMUNITY WITHOUT ANY APOLOGIES, WITHOUT ANY STEREOTYPES OR IGNORANCES ABOUT WHAT MY RELIGION OR MY BELIEFS BELIEVES OR STANDS FOR THAT WE SHOULD BE TOLERANT AND ALL INCLUSIVE AND NOT PRIMITIVE AND NOT ABUSIVE TOWARDS OTHERS BASICALLY WHO GIVES A LIKE JUST THAT WASN'T A CAUSE FOR THE RECORD MY BOOK IS NOT BASICALLY MIND YOUR BUSINESS AND LET PEOPLE LIVE SO I SUPPORT YOU AND I THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS FORTH. THANK YOU COUNCILOR FERNANDES A.M. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR ABRADING YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. I WANT TO THANK COLLECTIVE FOR BRINGING THIS ORDINANCE AMENDMENT FORWARD AS AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR WITH MEALWORM OF COUNCILOR LOU AS IT WAS AT THE TIME, I'M VERY HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT. IT'S REALLY, REALLY CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AND IT WAS AN OVERSIGHT AND IN THAT PREVIOUS ORDINANCE THIS ISSUE WAS NOT ADDRESSED AND ADEQUATELY CORRECTED AT THE TIME. SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS THIS AMENDMENT TO ENSURE THAT GENDER IDENTITY IS RECOGNIZED AND THAT WE SEE FOLKS IN THE TRANS COMMUNITY AND GENDER THAT THIS THIS ISSUE OF GENDER IDENTITY IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AND IT'S REALLY WANT TO SUPPORT YOU IN THIS AND HOPEFULLY AFFIRMATIVE TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BRAD IN THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BALL COUNCILOR BOK. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. I WANT TO ECHO MY COLLEAGUES IN THANKING THE SPONSORS AND COUNCILOR BRITTON FOR A PRIOR WORK AND JUST TO SAY HOW IMPORTANT I THINK THIS IS ALSO AS AN EXAMPLE THE CITY COUNCIL TO OTHER EMPLOYERS AND FOLKS IN BOSTON AND BEYOND. I THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT LIKE THIS THIS KIND SYSTEMS PROBLEM CAN BE REFERRED TO AS SORT OF LIKE THOUGHTLESS AND OVERSIGHT. IT HAS VERY CRUEL IMPACTS ON PEOPLE AND IT'S THE KIND OF SORT OF UNDERCUTTING A FALSE IDENTITY THAT WE SHOULD BE AVOIDING STAMPING OUT WHEREVER WE CAN. SO I HOPE I'M REALLY GLAD WE'RE GOING TO DO IT TODAY. I'M DEFINITELY PLANNING TO VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE BUT I ALSO HOPE THAT IT WILL BE TAKEN AS A MODEL BY OTHER FOLKS IN THE CITY AND BEYOND. SO THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ROYAL COUNCILOR ROYAL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR CHAIR. I WANT TO BEGIN BY ECHOING EVERYONE'S THANKS TO THE SPONSORS FOR THIS BUT ALSO AND MOST ESPECIALLY TO JACK FOR MAKING SURE THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT I THINK MANY FOLKS WHEN THEY WERE PRESENTED WITH IT SAID THIS HAS TO CHANGE LIKE IMMEDIATELY BUT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN PRESENTED IF NOT FOR HIS COURAGE. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AND I HOPE THAT WHEN THIS CHANGE GOES THROUGH, GENERATIONS OF FOLKS WHO WORK HERE IN THE COUNCIL WILL FEEL MORE INCLUSIVE AND MORE PART OF THIS EXPERIENCE AND HAVE LESS RESIDUAL HARMS OF THINGS THAT HOPEFULLY WE KEEP CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD IN KNOCKING DOWN THINGS THAT EITHER INTENTIONALLY OR UNINTENTIONALLY CAUSE HARM. AND SO I'M GRATEFUL TO THE SPONSOR AND TO THE INSPIRATION FOR THIS CHANGE. I ALSO WANT TO MAKE CLEAR THAT AS THE CHAIR GOVERNANCE I SUPPORT THE SUSPENSION AND PASSAGE OF THIS TODAY I THINK NORMALLY THIS WOULD COME TO MY COMMITTEE AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE A WORKING SESSION THE HEARING. BUT I THINK WHERE THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN SORT OF PRECEDENT HAS ALREADY BEEN SET THROUGH THE LEGISLATION THAT WAS PUT FORWARD BY COUNCILOR BREADON AND OTHERS IN THE PAST. I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE LIKELY BEEN INCLUDED IN THAT ORIGINAL PIECE AND I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ALL DUE SPEED TODAY. THANK YOU MR . THANK YOU. COUNCIL OR THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL MEJIA COUNCIL MEMBER HERE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU TO THE LEAD SPONSORS. I JUST WANT TO RISE TO ALSO CHIME IN AND SUPPORT WHOLEHEARTEDLY YOU KNOW MY LITTLE GIRL A FEW YEARS AGO WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THEY SHE HOW TO IDENTIFY AND SHE TAUGHT ME SO MUCH ABOUT HOW WE SHOW UP IN THIS WORLD AND HOW PEOPLE DON'T SEE PEOPLE IN THEIR FULL SELVES AND WAS SUCH A LITTLE STRONG ADVOCATE THEN NOT JUST FOR HERSELF BUT FOR HER PEERS. RIGHT. AND AS PARENTS, YOU KNOW, OUR KIDS ARE ALWAYS LOOKING TO US TO SEE HOW WE SHOW UP IN THIS WORLD AND HOW WE VALIDATE OR DON'T. AND I AND I THINK THESE LITTLE SMALL GESTURES MEAN SO MUCH TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE GONE FOR SO LONG AND SEEN IT UNHEARD. AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE THESE MOMENTS REQUIRE POLITICAL COURAGE AND OFTENTIMES PEOPLE FALL SHORT OF DOING THAT. AND SO SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND I JUST WANTED TO RISE AND SAY I'M HERE FOR ALL OF IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CONSTANTLY. COUNCILOR CALADO COUNCIL BOROUGH COUNCIL . WE SEEK SUSPENSION THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF DOCKET ONE FIVE TO NINE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY ALL RIGHT OPPOSING NAY THE AYES HAVE IT. THE DOCKET IS CAST. MR KIRK, COULD I REVISIT THAT? ASK IF ANYONE WANTS TO BE AN ORIGINAL TO I'M GOING TO GO BACK IF ANYONE LIKE TO BE A CO-SPONSOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. I APOLOGIZE TO MY COLLEAGUES MR CLARK PLEASE. THAT COUNCIL OF ARROYO COUNCILOR BAUK COUNCIL ABRADE AND COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCILOR FLAHERTY COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR WE'RE ALL PLEASED THAT THE CHAIR THANK YOU MR KIRK WILL YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET ONE FIVE THREE ZERO PLEASE DOCK NUMBER ONE FIVE THREE ZERO COUNCILOR FOR THE FOLLOWING PETITION FOR A SPECIAL LAW RELATIVE TO ENACT DIRECTING THE CITY OF BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT TO WAIVE THE MAXIMUM REQUIREMENT FOR ADMISSION INTO THE POLICE ACADEMY FOR THE LEAGUE THE DECCO THAT MR CARAFA CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL OF OUR COUNCIL WORRY OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU PRESIDENT FLYNN. I WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND IN PART THIS WHOLE NEW PETITION, THIS HOME RULE PETITION A SIMILAR TO THE OTHERS THAT WE'VE PASSED HERE ON THE CITY COUNCILOR AND IT WOULD HELP MY CONSTITUENT LOEVY THAT YA'AKOV FOR YOUR PRONUNCIATION IT WOULD HELP HIM THE ABILITY TO GET ADMISSION TO THE BOSTON POLICE ACADEMY MUJI IS FORTY FOUR YEARS OLD AND IS JUST A FEW YEARS OLDER THAN THE CURRENT ALLOWED AGE TO JOIN THE ACADEMY YEARS AGO LOYDE WAS ENROLLED IN THE ACADEMY BUT SUFFERED AN INJURY THAT TOOK A FEW YEARS TO RECOVER FROM THUS MISSING THE AGE ELIGIBILITY. HE IS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF THE CITY AND CURRENTLY IS MY CONSTITUENT IN WEST ROXBURY. HE HAS WORKED IN HIS FAMILY CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS AND HAS CURRENTLY AND FOR THE PAST DECADE BEEN A PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER AT THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION AND SO HE CURRENTLY IS A CITY OF BOSTON EMPLOYEE. HE IS DEDICATED TO DUTY, SOMETHING THAT HE PICKED UP AS A NAVAL CADET IN HIGH SCHOOL AND IT'S ONE OF THE PRIMARY DRIVERS FOR HIM WANTING TO JOIN THE POLICE ACADEMY. I WANT TO ASK THAT MY COLLEAGUE THAT WAS SUSPENDED PASS THIS FORMAL POSITION TODAY SO WE CAN GIVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURSUE HIS DREAM. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR. IS ANYONE ELSE HOPING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER OR ADD THEIR NAME? PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MR CARR. CAN YOU PLEASE COUNCILOR A ROYAL COUNCILOR BOB COUNCILOR BRIGHTON COUNCIL CALADO COUNCIL FERNANDES MSM COUNCIL OF FLORIDA CONSERVATION COUNCIL MEET HERE COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR . WE'RE ALL PLEASED THAT THE CHAIR COUNCIL COUNCILOR IS SEEKING SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF A ONE FIVE THREE ZERO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE IT. THE DOCKET HAS PASSED. MR TANNER, COULD YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET NUMBER ONE FIVE THREE ONE PLEASE? DUCK NUMBER ONE FIVE THREE ONE COUNCILOR FLYNN OFFERED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE THIRTY FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CREATION OF THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR THEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU COUNCIL BRIGHTON COUNCIL BERATED MAY I ADD COUNCILOR AS A SECOND SECOND ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR SEEING AND HEARING NO OBJECTION COUNCILOR VISION IS ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR CONSTANTLY AND PLEASE CONTINUE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL OF COUNCILOR AND THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO CELEBRATE AND RECOGNIZE THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT 35 YEARS AGO THIS THIS MONTH AND UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF MAYOR RAYMOND FLYNN THE CITY OF BOSTON'S ESTABLISHED ITS FIRST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS UNIT TO ASSIST BOSTON IMMIGRANTS. THE OFFICE WAS LAUNCHED ON IN 1980 AND PROVIDED HEALTH CARE JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS, EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND LEGAL SERVICES AT NO COST AIMING TO HELP THOSE WHO NEED SUPPORT TO NAVIGATE LIVES, THEIR NEW LIVES AND THOSE WHO LIVED IN FEAR DUE TO THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS. THIS OFFICE HAS COME A LONG WAY SINCE NINETEEN EIGHTY SEVEN TODAY THE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS UNIT HAS EXPANDED AND IT IS NOW KNOWN AS THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT. THE OFFICE CONTINUES AT THE SAME IMPORTANT WORK OF ASSISTING AND STRENGTHENING THE ABILITY OF IMMIGRANTS AND THEIR FAMILY TO FULLY AND EQUITABLY PARTICIPATE IN ASPECTS OF BOSTON'S LIFE. THIS IS AN EXCEPTIONAL OFFICE THAT DOES EXCEPTIONAL WORK AND I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES OVER OVER THE YEARS HAVE ALWAYS ADVOCATED FOR THIS DEPARTMENT DURING BUDGET SEASON TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS OFFICE HAS THE FUNDS THEY NEED TO DO THEIR JOB. SO ON BEHALF OF MY COLLEAGUES I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE CRUCIAL WORK THAT THESE CITY EMPLOYEES, THESE DEDICATED CITY EMPLOYEES PLAY AND TO CELEBRATE THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN PART OF THE CREATION IN THE CONTINUED SUCCESS OF THIS OFFICE. I HOPE WE CAN ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION TODAY AND I KNOW THERE'S A SMALL CELEBRATE ON FRIDAY EVENING AT ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED I BELIEVE IT'S AT FIVE O'CLOCK FIVE THIRTY. THANK YOU MADAM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR PRESENCE IN COUNCIL LOUISIANA. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU COUNCIL OF BRITAIN AND THANK YOU PRESIDENT FOR ADDING ME THE STATE OF CELEBRATE THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT. IT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE CITY TO FORMER MAYOR FLYNN AND THE IMMIGRANTS WHO REALLY HELPED FOUND AND ADVOCATE FOR THE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS UNIT WHAT WE NOW KNOW AS MOYAR WE KNOW THAT IMMIGRANTS THEN JUST AS NOW ARE HELPING TO BUILD OUR CITY. WE WOULDN'T HAVE BOSTON WITHOUT THE RICH DIVERSITY THAT OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES CONTRIBUTE TO THAT MOYA HAS HELPED TO BOOST THE ECONOMIC CAPACITY, THE CULTURAL VIBRANCY THAT MAKES BOSTON SO STRONG AND REALLY WE DEPEND ON MOYAR FOR THE RELATIONS THAT THEY HAVE WITH COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS TO REALLY BRING OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES THAT OFTEN LIVE IN FEAR BECAUSE OF THE STRONG HOLD THAT XENOPHOBIA HAS ON OUR SOCIETY, WE REALLY DEPEND ON MORE TO HELP BRING OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES INTO THE CITY AND LET THEM KNOW THAT WE WELCOME THEM TODAY MOYO WORKS TIRELESSLY TO HELP GIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMMIGRANTS TO LEARN ENGLISH FOR THEIR BUSINESS, FIGHT FOR STATUS AND MEANINGFULLY PARTICIPATE IN THEIR COMMUNITY. WE'VE SEEN MOYO PARTICIPATE IN SUPPORT OF THIS WEEK WHEN THE HEARING SPONSORED ABADI COMES A LOT OUT FOR RESTORING THE RIGHTS OF IMMIGRANTS WITH LEGAL STATUS TO VOTE AND WE SAW THAT LAST WEEK WHEN THEY WERE ON THE HEARING ON HELPING TO SUPPORT MIGRANT COMMUNITIES. WE KNOW THAT MOYAR IS REALLY CENTERED IN THE WORK AND I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE THEM AND REALLY DOING SO IN LIGHT OF THE AGAIN THE RAMPANT XENOPHOBIA THAT WE OFTEN SEE WHICH IS YOU KNOW, DURING THIS SEASON IS ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO DIGEST WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE HOLIDAY SEASON AND WE THINK ABOUT FOR THOSE WHO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS THINKING ABOUT JESUS'S OWN PLIGHT AS A REFUGEE SEEKING SHELTER IN SHELTER AND REFUGE IN EGYPT WITH HIS PARENTS. AND SO I JUST I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO FURTHER AND FURTHER SUPPORT THE WORK OF MOYAR DURING BUDGET SEASON BECAUSE THEY TRY TO DO SO MUCH FOR SO MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND I'M PROUD OF THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE. I WILL BE THERE WITH YOU, MR PRESIDENT. YOU KNOW, ON FRIDAY EVENING WHEN WE CELEBRATE IMMIGRANT LEADS BOSTON SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BUILDING MORE IMMIGRANT LEADERS IN OUR CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CONSUL DIVISION IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER ? OH OH. COUNCILOR FERNANDEZ ANDERSON, I WANT TO GET YOU SWITCHED ON HERE. FERNANDEZ I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I THANK YOU, MADAM. THANK YOU TO COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN AND FOUR FOR FILING THIS . AS YOU MAY KNOW I OR YOU OF COURSE YOU KNOW I AM AN IMMIGRANT AND LIVED IN THE US FOR 17 YEARS WITHOUT A GREEN CARD. I ARRIVED AT THE AGE OF TEN AND QUICKLY LEARNED HOW TO OBTAIN WHATEVER I WHATEVER I OBTAIN TO GET A JOB AND DID THAT AT THE AGE OF 13 AND SO I OFTEN TRY TO TO NOW I'M TRYING TO LIMIT HOW MUCH I SPEAK OR WHAT I GET UP TO SPEAK SO WE CAN SAVE TIME. BUT THEN I REALIZE I STARTED GETTING SOME CALLS ON THIS ISSUE AND EMAILS AND MESSAGES HEY AREN'T YOU WEREN'T YOU FORMERLY UNDOCUMENTED? WHY WEREN'T YOU AT THE HEARING? WHY AREN'T YOU SAYING ANYTHING ? AND I KNOW THAT SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES SHARE THE SAME EXPERIENCE BUT I ALSO GET MAIL GO BACK TO YOUR COUNTRY. YOU GUYS HEARD THE MESSAGE I PLAYED HERE IN THE CHAMBER A LOT OF XENOPHOBIA BUT ALSO I'M NOT ONLY THE THE PRESIDENT BUT I AM A CLIENT. NO, I'M KIDDING. BUT I I ALSO AM MUSLIM SO I HAVE SUBCATEGORIES OF SUBCATEGORIES TO MY IDENTITY AND I AND I UNDERESTIMATE SOMETIMES HOW MUCH IT MEANS FOR PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF WHO ARE SITTING AT HOME WATCHING. SO I STAND UP TO SAY THE FIRST TIME THAT I GOT UP HERE TO SPEAK CONVERTING CREOLE I DIDN'T REALIZE THE IMPACT THAT I WOULD HAVE UNTIL THE STAFF FROM CITY HALL SAID TO ME THAT IS THE FIRST TIME I HEARD IT. YOU BROUGHT ME IN TEARS SO I'M GETTING UP TO SAY IT IS HIGHLY TRAUMATIC TO LIVE IN A COUNTRY THAT YOU DON'T KNOW YOU DON'T KNOW ANYONE AND YOU'RE TRYING TO ADAPT. YOU COME FROM AFRICA FROM SEVERE POVERTY AND YOU GET TO THIS COUNTRY AND YOU'RE A KID BUT YOUR YOU BECOME SORT OF THE CARETAKER OF YOUR FAMILY BECAUSE YOUR PARENTS OR YOUR MOM HAS IS A YOUNG TEEN MOM WHO WENT THROUGH A LOT AND THEN YOU'RE AFRAID EVERY SINGLE TIME I GOT PULLED OVER I REMEMBER AND HAD TO WALK HOME WITH MY THEN ONE YEAR OLD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SNOW BECAUSE I DIDN'T BECAUSE MY LICENSE WOULD CHECK BECAUSE MY CAR GOT SUSPENDED IN MY CAR GOT TAKEN AWAY. I REMEMBER SO MANY STORIES LIKE THIS THAT I CAN SHARE THAT I KNOW THAT PEOPLE AT HOME SHARE AND THEN A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH THEIR XENOPHOBIC VIEWS WOULD SAY WELL WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING IN THIS COUNTRY? LIKE GO BACK OR WE SHOULD BE PAYING FOR THOSE SERVICES. I DIDN'T QUALIFY FOR FOOD STAMPS, FOR WELFARE, FOR HOUSING, FOR ANY AID, FOR ANY SERVICES. I DIDN'T ASK FOR A HANDOUT. I DIDN'T GO TO ANYBODY TO BEG FOR ANYTHING NOT THAT I'M ABOVE THAT THAT IF I NEEDED TO THAT GOD WILLING I WOULD HAVE TO DO WHAT I HAVE TO DO. BUT I LIVED IN THIS COUNTRY FOR ALL THOSE YEARS AS A KID ALL THE WAY GROWING UP WITH NO CHOICE TO BE HERE AND DID THAT AND SUFFERED AND YEAH, YOU'RE YOU'RE REALLY FEARFUL YOU'RE DRIVING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COLD IN THIS WHOOPTY TO GO TO WORK SO YOU CAN EARN MONEY TO PAY FOR TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR KID BUT THEN YOU'RE GETTING PULLED OVER AND YOU'RE AFRAID OF IMMIGRATION EVERY HOUR OF THE DAY. I JUST I'M GOING TO SHORTEN THAT AND JUST SAY THAT I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT BUT ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY OTHER RESOLUTIONS. AND I JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE YOU AGAIN BECAUSE I ALTHOUGH YOU'VE HIGHLY FOCUSED ON IMMIGRANT ISSUES HERE IN YOUR INTEREST IN YOUR FIRST TERM AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING MORE WORK BUT I SHARE MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE TO SAY HOPEFULLY FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING AT HOME I'M HERE. I EXPERIENCED IT. I REMEMBER YOU. I REPRESENT YOU AND I'LL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CONSUL FERNANDO SANDERSON CONSUL MEJIA YOU HAVE A FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR SO I JUST RISE TO THANK THE SPONSORS AND I TO ALWAYS WONDER HOW MUCH OXYGEN OCCUPYING THIS SPACE BUT SO I'M BEING MINDFUL OF THAT BUT I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T STAND UP. YOU KNOW I TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT MY MOM WAS UNDOCUMENTED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND I CAME TO THIS COUNTRY IN THE LATE 70S WHEN I WAS TOLD TO GO BACK TO WHERE I CAME FROM AN TO GROW UP IN A CITY LIKE BOSTON RIGHT. AND THEN BECOME THE FIRST PERSON IN MY FAMILY TO GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL AND HAVE MY NAME ON THE BALLOT AND MY MOM BECAME A US CITIZEN AND TO BE ABLE TO VOTE FOR ME AND WHAT THAT MEANT FOR HER AFTER CLEANING OFFICES AND BEING DISRESPECTED AND DISREGARDED AND BEING AFRAID I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO BE SEEN AND TO BE SUPPORTED IN THIS COUNTRY. AND SO WITH THAT I JUST REALLY AM GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THAT THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT DOES DAY IN AND OUT FOR FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND I REMEMBER MY FIRST TIME JANUARY THE FIFTEENTH AFTER FILING A HEARING ORDER ON SAFE SANCTUARY SPACES THE HATE THAT I RECEIVED BECAUSE I WAS STANDING UP TO SUPPORT OTHER PEOPLE AND IT BROUGHT ME BACK TO 20 SOMETHING YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS TOLD TO GO BACK TO WHERE I CAME FROM AND IT GOES TO SHOW HOW MUCH WORK WE STILL NEED TO DO HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON SO THAT EVERYONE NO MATTER WHAT THEIR STATUS IS, HOW THEY SHOW UP IN THIS WORLD THAT EVERYONE COULD BE FULLY EMBRACED. AND I THINK THAT WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO TO DO THAT WORK. SO WE'RE HERE AND ARE GOING NOWHERE AND WITH THAT THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT SO THAT NOBODY GETS LEFT BEHIND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TELEVISION. I WILL ALSO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY I AM AN IMMIGRANT FROM NORTHERN IRELAND I I HAVE A VERY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE FROM MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR ANDERSON FERNANDES ANDERSON, I CAME HERE I WAS HIRED TO COME OVER AND WORK AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL THEN BECAME BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER. BUT IN MY JOURNEY I'VE COME ACROSS SO MANY IMMIGRANTS IN MY WORK AS A PHYSICAL THERAPIST IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND I HAVE AN INCREDIBLE RESPECT AND APPRECIATION FOR THE WORK OF THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT IN THE CITY. IT IS A VERY, VERY SPECIAL PLACE IN OUR CITY GOVERNMENT AND IT RECOGNIZES THE IMMENSE CONTRIBUTION AND POTENTIAL OF ALL OF MANY IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES HERE IN THE CITY. THIS BOSTON IS AN IMMIGRANT CITY. WE ARE A CITY OF IMMIGRANTS AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK AND APPRECIATE THE WORK OF THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT AND ALSO TO RECOGNIZE THE WORK OF SO MANY OF OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS THAT WORK WITH THE CITY OF OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT ADVANCEMENT. THE ENGLISH FOR NEW BOSTONIANS, THE IRISH INTERNATIONAL IMMIGRATION CENTER, THE BRAZILIAN WOMEN'S CENTER, THE BRAZILIAN WORKERS, ALL OF THE ALL OF THESE GROUPS THAT WORK DAILY TO HELP WELCOME AND GET IMMIGRANTS SETTLED AND SUPPORT OUR IMMIGRANTS IN OUR CITY. SO IT'S A AN IMPORTANT MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THAT VALUABLE WORK AND COMMIT OURSELVES TO CONTINUING TO SUPPORT OUR WORK WITH IMMIGRANTS. IS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER AND AS ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME, COUNCILOR ARROYO COUNCILOR BOK COUNCILOR COLLETTA COUNCILOR ANANDA'S ANDERSON COUNCIL FLORIDLY CANCELLARA COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR WARRELL AND PLEASE ADD MY NAME COUNCILOR LINDSAY SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTION OF DOCKET THREE ONE FIVE THREE ONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ALL OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE THIS DOCKET HAS BEEN ADOPTED MR TURK PLEASE READ IT ONE FIVE THREE TWO PLEASE DUCK NUMBER ONE FIVE THREE TWO COUNCIL OFFLINE OFFER THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN SUPPORTING RENAMING THE MACKINLEY SCHOOLS TO THE MELVERN KING SELF IN THE CABINET THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FINN THEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR PUT BACK ON AGAIN THANK YOU CARDS THANK YOU CAN'T CELEBRATE AND COUNCILOR BREADON MAY I ASK PERMISSION FOR COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON TO BE AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR? I SEE NO OBJECTION COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON WILL BE ADDED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR BREADON, AS YOU MENTIONED THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSAL TO RENAME THE MCKINLAY SCHOOL WHICH IS WHICH IS IN MY DISTRICT FROM THE MCKINLAY SCHOOL TO THE MELBOURNE AGE CANG SELBORNE ACADEMY IS THERE'S A GROUP OF RESIDENTS THERE'S A GROUP OF STUDENTS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN IN SUPPORTING THIS AS WELL KING OF THE SOUTH AND THERE'S A HISTORIC FIGURE IN OUR CITY WHO GREATLY CONTRIBUTE TO OUR CITY AND TO OUR COUNTRY TO THE SOUTH ,TO ROXBURY AND RENAMING THE SCHOOL IN HIS HONOR WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE RECOGNITION FOR HIS TREMENDOUS WORK AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED IN OUR CITY IS A ONE TIME FINALIST FOR MAYOR OF BOSTON IN NINETEEN EIGHTY THREE. BUT MALCOLM HELPED UNITE A CITY DURING A VERY DIFFICULT TIMES. HE WAS A STATE LEGISLATOR FOR THE NINTH SUFFOLK DISTRICT. HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE CREATION OF TENT CITY WHICH IS WHICH IS ALSO IN MY PROUD THAT TO MY DISTRICT AS WELL. IT'S A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT THAT PROVIDES AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS IS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF THE SOUTH AND NEIGHBORHOOD AND I KNOW IT'S JUST RIGHT AT THE BORDER OF MY DISTRICT AND COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON'S DISTRICT AS WELL AS YOU MENTIONED, HE'S A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. HE FOUNDED THE SALT AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE CAN FIND RESOURCES ON TECHNOL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY BUILDING. HE'S AN EDUCATOR. HE'S HE'S AN ATHLETE. HE'S A COACH. HE TAUGHT AT THE MOUNTAIN SCHOOL OF URBAN PLANNING MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. I'M PROUD TO CALL MILKING A FRIEND OFTENTIMES I WOULD I WOULD GO TO HIS HOUSE EARLY ON A SUNDAY MORNING. HE WOULD HE WOULD HAVE KIND OF OPEN OPEN HOUSE AND ANYONE THAT WOULD WOULD WANT TO STOP I WAS ABLE TO GET BREAKFAST FOR PEOPLE AND YOU'D SIT AROUND AND LISTEN TO LISTEN TO MEL BUT ALSO KIND OF EXCHANGE IDEAS WITH HIM AND HE INVITED EVERYBODY IN AND IT WAS A GREAT LEARNING OPPORTUNITY FOR ME. BUT I KNOW OTHER PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT AS WELL. HE HAS A WONDERFUL WIFE AS WELL IN A FAMILY, WONDERFUL FAMILY. I HOPE WE CAN ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION BECAUSE NELKIN IS WHOLLY DESERVING OF HAVING THIS RECOGNITION NAMED AFTER HIM AND I ALSO THINK TONIGHT THE BOSTON SCHOOL SCHOOL COMMITTEE IS TAKING THIS MAYBE FOR A VOTE OR MAYBE IT'S A WEEK LATER THAT IDEA OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY LAST WEEK BEFORE THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE IN FAVOR OF THIS PROPOSAL AND I'LL PROBABLY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO AT LEAST SEND A DOCUMENT TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE LETTING THEM KNOW THAT MY COLLEAGUES ARE ALSO ON BOARD BUT I'M JUST ONE REPRESENTATIVE MILKING FOR HELPING BRING BOSTOM TOGETHER, ESPECIALLY DURING VERY DIFFICULT RACIAL TIMES IN THE LATE 70S AND INTO THE EIGHTIES . AND I'M PROUD OF THEM. PROUD THAT IS A CONSTITUENT THAT IS A FRIEND AND GO TO PARTNER WITH MY MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON ON THIS RECOGNITION. THANK YOU COUNCILOR . THANK YOU CONSTANTLY COUNCILOR ANDERSON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM. THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT FLYNN FOR ME AS A CO-SPONSOR MELCHING IS A TRUE TREASURE TO BOSTON. HE'S NOW 84 YEARS OLD HAVING BEEN BORN IN NINETEEN TWENTY EIGHT. TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE. NINETEEN TWENTY EIGHT IS THE YEAR BEFORE THE GREAT DEPRESSION. THIRTEEN YEARS BEFORE U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN WORLD WAR TWO AND ABOUT NINETEEN YEARS BEFORE JACKIE ROBINSON INTEGRATED MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL. SO ALONG WITH ALL THE ACCOLADES THAT PRESIDENT HAS ALREADY MENTIONED TEACHING AT MIT OR URBAN STUDIES OUT OF MIT FOUNDER OF S IN TECHNOLOGY AS WELL AS BEING THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK S AND PRESS 1981 CHAINS OF CHANGE SHORTLY AFTER THIS IN NINETEEN EIGHTY THREE KING RAN FOR MAYOR AS A CONTESTANT TO THEN MAYOR FLYNN AND A RAY FLYNN COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S FATHER THOUGH KING WOULD LOSE THE TWO OF THEM RAFE MAYOR RAY FLYNN AND MILKING THEN PARTNERED AND DID A CIVIL CAMPAIGN WHICH WAS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR AMIDST ALL OF THE RACIAL HOSTILITIES THAT HAD ARISEN IN THE CITY AFTER THE BUSSING CRISIS. SO WE DON'T REALLY HAVE TIME TO GO ON AND AS WE KNOW HE WAS A STATE REP AS WELL WINNING HIS ELECTION NINETEEN SEVENTY THREE ALL THE WAY TO AND SERVING TO NINETEEN EIGHTY TWO BEFORE RUNNING FOR MAYOR AS I DESCRIBED, TIME DOES NOT ALLOW ME TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF HIS ACCOLADES. I DEEPLY LOVE AND RESPECT MR KING AND REITERATE THE SUPPORT IN RENAMING THE ACHILLEAS SCHOOL TO MILKING OR APOLOGIES AS THE MELVIN H KING SOUTHEND ACADEMY. THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU COUNCILOR FERNANDES. AS COUNCILOR BOK YOU HOPE YOU OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAM CHAIR AND I JUST WANTED TO ADD MY SUPPORT. THE MACKINLEY SCHOOL WAS ACTUALLY SPREAD ACROSS THREE CAMPUSES AND THE ONE THAT PEOPLE MAINLY KNOW IS THE ONE IN THE SOUTH AND ITS STUDENTS ARE ALSO AT TWO CAMPUSES IN MY DISTRICT ON PETERBORO STREET AND ON ST. MARY'S STREET IN FENWAY. SO I REALLY JUST WANTED TO STATE MY STRONG SUPPORT FOR THIS MILKING AS HAS BEEN SAID REALLY IS A LIVING LEGEND OF OUR CITY. HE'S BEEN SO INSPIRING TO SO MANY. I GREW UP HEARING ABOUT HIM BECAUSE MY GRANDFATHER DID THE LEGAL WORK AND PARTNERSHIP WITH HIM ON TENT CITY AND JUST SO HE'S BEEN SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN INSPIRING NOW TO THREE GENERATIONS OF MY FAMILY SO WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS SCHOOL CALLED DEVOLVEMENT EDUCATION S AND ACADEMY AND YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAD A GREAT DEDICATION OF THE SQUARE RIGHT NEAR YAAMA STREET FOR MR KING A LOT IN THIS PAST YEAR AND I THINK THAT'S GREAT BUT I THINK HE IS A MAN WHO DESERVES MANY HONORS AND I ALSO THINK THAT OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS ARE NAMES THAT WE USE FREQUENTLY AND THAT GET PASSED DOWN THROUGH THE GENERATIONS IN OUR CITY AND SO THIS WOULD BE A VERY FITTING HONOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CONSTABLE ARROYO, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU KNOW, MEL KING IS SORT OF A GIANT TO ME, SOMEONE WHO WHEN I WAS GROWING UP IN THE CITY OF BOSTON WAS IN RAREFIED AIR IN THE WAYS IN WHICH HE HE MOVED TO MANEUVERED AND AS COUNCILOR BOX SAYS, I THINK THAT THERE'S REALLY A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS HE SHOULD BE GOING. I KNOW HE IS ON THE WALL OF MADISON PARK AS HE SHOULD BE . HE IS GOT A MURAL IN THE SOUTH IN THAT LOVE IS THE QUESTION AND LOVE IS THE ANSWER WHICH IS FITTING FOR HIM. HE HAS A NUMBER OF THINGS AND I STAND IN FULL SUPPORT OF HIM HAVING THIS SCHOOL NAMED AFTER HIM AS WELL. I'M GOING TO SHARE A COUPLE OF THINGS BEFORE I GIVE THANKS TO HIM AGAIN. ONE OF THEM IS MY MY PERSONAL WORKING MEMORY THAT HAS ALWAYS STUCK WITH ME WAS THE BREAKFAST THAT COUNCIL PRESIDENT CLINTON RAISED IS AN ONGOING TRADITION FOR HIM AND I REMEMBER BEING PRESENT AT THAT WHEN I WAS ABOUT 13 YEARS OLD AND WHILE THE ADULTS WERE WERE HAVING THIS SORT OF MEETING OF THE MINDS AROUND THE TABLE, I WAS GOING THROUGH HIS BOOKS AND HE HAD A BOOK THERE ON PICO STEVE BIKO FROM SOUTH AFRICA ONE OF THE FAMOUS FREEDOM FIGHTERS THERE AGAINST APARTHEID. AND I REMEMBER READING OR STARTING TO READ IT WHILE THEY WERE HAVING THIS MEETING AND ASKING HIM IF I COULD BORROW THIS BOOK AND I REMEMBER HIM SAYING TO ME VERY STERNLY ACTUALLY HE'S A BIG MAN, TALL MAN. AND SO HE KNEELS DOWN SORT OF LOWERED TO MY FACE AND SAYS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T USUALLY LEND MY BOOKS BECAUSE THEY DON'T COME BACK. AND I SAID, OH, I UNDERSTAND. HE SAID BECAUSE IT'S THIS BOOK AND BECAUSE IT'S YOU I'M GOING TO LEND YOU THIS BOOK. AND SO I TOOK THAT BOOK WITH ME AND WHEN I WAS THIRTEEN SO I DIDN'T HAVE A WAY TO GET BACK TO HIS HOME INDEPENDENTLY. AND SO I HAD THIS BOOK FOR YEARS. I HAD IT FOR OVER A DECADE AND I WOULDN'T I WOULD CARRY IT WITH ME EVERYWHERE I WENT AND MY MY STACK OF BOOKS BECAUSE I REMEMBERED HIM TELLING ME THAT THEY WOULDN'T COME BACK AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT I GAVE THAT BOOK BACK THIRTEEN YEARS LATER IT'S AT LEAST ONE OF HIS BOOKS MADE IT BACK HOME BUT HE IS A GIANT. HE'S A GIANT AND IDEAS IN COMPASSION AND LEADERSHIP AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION THE WAYS IN WHICH HE HAS HIS OWN COACHING TREE, HIS OWN SORT OF ROOTS THAT HE HAS PUT FORTH IN THE CITY THAT HAVE LED TO LEADERSHIP FROM FOLKS LIKE FORMER MAYOR AND FORMER COUNCILOR KIM JAYNIE CAROLYN CROCKET, NICK LAGARTO AND THAT'S JUST NAMING A FEW FOLKS WHO HAVE LEARNED AND ABSORBED HIS WAY OF BEING IN HIS WAY OF LEADERSHIP. AND I THINK THEY SHOULD BE BROUGHT INTO THIS SPACE BECAUSE HIS IMPACT HAS TRANSCENDED EVEN HIS OWN WORK BUT INTO THE WORK OF OTHERS AND HOW FOLKS MOVE THROUGH THESE SPACES INCLUDING MYSELF. AND SO I'M GRATEFUL TO HIM. I'M GRATEFUL TO THIS ACTION. I'M GLAD THAT WE ARE DOING THIS WELL, HE CAN BE HERE FOR IT. I THINK OFTEN WE NAME THINGS AFTER PEOPLE PASS ON AND I'VE ALWAYS HATED THAT TRADITION BECAUSE FOLKS SHOULD GET THOSE FLOWERS IN THAT APPRECIATION AND THAT RECOGNITION. NOW WHILE THEY ARE HERE TO APPRECIATE IT. AND SO I'M GRATEFUL THAT THIS PROCESS HAS NOT WAITED FOR HIM TO NO LONGER BE WITH US BUT HAS ACTUALLY MOVED FORWARD. WELL, HE IS STILL HERE TO SEE IT AND SO I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT AND I'M GRATEFUL TO HIS FAMILY AS WELL WHO HAVE GIVEN SO MUCH TO THE CITY INCLUDING MAL AND HIS TIME TO US AS A COMMUNITY. AND I KNOW THE IMPACT THAT I CAN HAVE ON FOLKS AND I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE DONE VERY WELL TO UNDERSTAND THAT HE'S NOT JUST THEIR FATHER AND A TREASURE TO THEM BUT A TREASURE TO THE COMMUNITY AND HAVE DONE AS MUCH AS THEY CAN TO SHARE HIM WITH US AND I THANK THEM GREATLY FOR THEIR SACRIFICE AND I'M GLAD THAT THIS BUILDING AND THESE GIRLS AND WHATEVER OTHER WAYS WE COME UP TO HONOR HIM WILL LAST THROUGHOUT TIME FOR THOSE FAMILY MEMBERS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CONSTABLE. YOU ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME? COUNCILOR ARROYO, COUNCILOR BAKER, COUNCILOR COUNCILOR COLLETTA, COUNCILOR FERNANDES, COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON, FLORIDA COUNCIL AND ARAB COUNTRY TELEVISION COUNCIL REGIONAL COMEBACK COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR WARRELL AND COUNCILOR BRITTON PLEASE COUNCILOR LOUISIANA SORRY I MISSED YOUR SIGNAL. BE QUICK. I RISE AS HAS ALREADY SAID TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GIVING OUT HIS FLOWERS OUT. IT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE HIM FOR ALL THE WORK THAT HE HAS DONE AND ALL THE FLOWERS WE CAN GIVE HIM HE DESERVES. I GREW UP AS A MOTOWN KID UNDER ACHELEN WHICH WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN BORN WITHOUT MILKINGS REALLY FOCUS ON HOW DO WE TEACH COMMUNITY HISTORY? HOW DO WE TEACH THE HISTORY OF PEOPLE FIGHTING FOR CHANGE? AND SO I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE IMPACT THAT MAO HAS HAD ON MY LIFE THROUGH MY TOWN AND THROUGH ALL THE WAYS THAT HE HAS REALLY HELPED TO SHAPE THIS CITY NOT JUST AS AN ELECTED BUT ALSO STARTING OFF AS AN ACTIVIST FIGHTING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND FIGHTING FOR EQUAL SCHOOLS BEFORE YOU KNOW, BEFORE MANY FOLKS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY GO TO THE BRANCHES AND INVITE MY FAMILY. WE'VE GONE COLLECTIVELY AND I'M JUST GRATEFUL FOR HIM AND HIS FAMILY. SO ABSOLUTELY YES TO NAMING THE SCHOOL THE SCHOOLS AFTER HIM AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT CAN BEAR HIS NAME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CONTRIBUTION COUNCILOR FLYNN SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND ADOPTED ADAPTATION OF ADOPTION OF THE DOCKET ONE FIVE THREE TWO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE ALL OPPOSING ANY THE AYES HAVE IT. THE DOCKET HAS BEEN ADOPTED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR BREADON. WE'RE ON THE PERSONNEL ORDERS. MR CLARKE, CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET FIFTEEN THIRTY THREE PLEASE. DUGIN NUMBER ONE FIVE THREE THREE COUNCILORS FOR COUNCIL ME HERE THE CHAIR SUSPENSION OF THE ROLES CAPACITIVE DOCK AT FIFTEEN THIRTY THREE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE AYE OPPOSING NAY THE AYES HAVE IT THE DOCKET HAS PASSED MR CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET FIFTEEN THIRTY FOUR PLEASE TAKE NUMBER ONE FIVE THREE FOUR COUNCILOR PLAN FOR COUNCILOR ARROYO THE SUSPENSION OF THE RULES SORT OF DOCKET FIFTEEN THIRTY FOR ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE OPPOSING THE AYES HAVE IT THE DOCKET IS PASSED MR QUIARA CAN YOU PLEASE READ DOCKET FIFTEEN THIRTY FIVE PLEASE. TALKING ONE FIVE THREE FIVE COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR COUNCILOR SHE HAS SIX SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND POSITIVE AND FIFTEEN THIRTY FIVE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE AYE OPPOSED SAY NEAR THE AYES HAVE IT THE DOCKET IS PASSED WERE UNCOLORED FILES I AM INFORMED I AM INFORMED BY THE CLERK THAT THERE ARE FOUR LATE FILE MATTERS THE LATE FILE MATTERS INCLUDE TWO PERSONAL ORDERS IN TWO APPROPRIATION ORDERS FROM THE MAIL DELAYED FILE MATTERS SHOULD BE ON EVERYONE'S DESK. I'M GOING TO TAKE A MINUTE, TAKE A FEW SECONDS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE THERE. WE WILL TAKE A VOTE TO ADD THESE FOUR LATE FILE MADAM LATE FILE MATTERS INTO THE AGENDA ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADDING THE FOUR LATE FILE MATTERS INTO THE AGENDA SAY HI. THANK YOU. THE FILE MATTERS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE AGENDA. MR CLERK, CAN YOU READ THE FIRST LATE FILE MADE IT INTO THE RECORD WHICH IS A PERSONAL ORDER PERSONNEL COUNCILOR FLYNN ON BEHALF OF COUNCILOR FINANCE STAY THE CITY SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF THIS LATE FILE MATTER ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE SAY NAY THE AYES HAVE IT THIS LATE FILE THAT HAS PASSED MR CARR CAN YOU READ THE SECOND LATE FILE MADE INTO THE RECORD WHICH IS ALSO A PERSONAL ORDER PERSONAL LETTER BY COUNCILOR FLYNN FOR THE CENTRAL STAFF OFFICE MANAGER TO SEEK SUSPENSION RULES FOR THE PASSAGE OF THIS SECOND LATE FILE MATTER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. I WOULD SAY NAY THE AYES HAVE IT THIS LATE FILE THAT HAS PASSED. MR CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE THIRD IN FOURTH GRADE FILE MATTERS INTO THE RECORD OUR APPROPRIATION ORDERS THE COUNCIL AS I TRANSMIT HERE WITH YOUR APPROVAL IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE FISCAL YEAR TWENTY THREE APPROPRIATION FOR THE RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BY SIX HUNDRED AND EIGHTY ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY SEVEN DOLLARS TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. TWENTY THREE INCREASES CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING MEANS BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY PROFESSION OR STAFF ASSOCIATION. I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR FAVORABLE ACTION ON THIS IMPORTANT MATTER THE COUNCIL'S I TRANSMEN HERE WITH A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION ON FOR THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY THREE THE AMOUNT OF SIX HUNDRED AND EIGHTY ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY SEVEN DOLLARS TO COVER THE FISCAL YEAR TWENTY THREE COSTS ITEMS CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY PROFESSIONAL STAFF ASSOCIATION . THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACTS ARE OCTOBER FIRST TWENTY TWENTY THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH TWENTY TWENTY THREE THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE CONTRACT INCLUDE BASE WAGE INCREASES OF TWO PERCENT ONE POINT FIVE PERCENT AND TWO PERCENT WILL BE GIVEN IN JANUARY OF EACH FISCAL YEAR WITH OF THE CONTRACT TERM AS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED TO YOU THE FISCAL YEAR TWENTY THREE BUDGET REQUEST INCLUDED A RESERVE FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BARGAINING A SEPARATE OPERATION TO FUND PROJECTED COLLECTIVE BARGAINING INCREASES. A SEPARATE ORDER HAS BEEN FILED TO REDUCE THE APPROPRIATION TO SUPPORT THE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST A REQUEST I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION. THANK YOU MR THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BLOCK THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON CITY SERVICES INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY COUNCILOR BOK YOU OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. I AM GOING TO BE SEEKING SUSPENSION PASSAGE OF THESE TWO DOCKETS TODAY THE OBVIOUSLY ARE JUST GETTING IN NOW SO WE DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO HAVE A HEARING ON THEM BUT BECAUSE THEY CONTINUE THE LONG ESTABLISHED PATTERN THAT WE'VE BEEN PASSING AND BECAUSE AGAIN THE FOLKS HAVE BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME ON RETRO PAY WOULD HAVE TO WAIT A WHOLE NOTHER MONTH. I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO MOVE THEM TODAY AT ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY SIX PROFESSIONAL STAFF ACROSS OUR LIBRARIES ACROSS THE CITY AGAIN THE WAGE PATTERN IS TO ONE POINT FIVE AND TWO. IT'S AGAIN THERE'S THE ONE THOUSAND DOLLAR LUMP SUM FOR IT IN RECOGNITION OF SERVICE DANKOVA NINETEEN THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER SORT OF MINOR THINGS THAT JUNETEENTH AGAIN GETS ADDED TO THE CONTRACT THE BEREAVEMENT LEAVE IS NOW GOING TO BE PROVIDED ALL MEMBERS OF THE BARGAINING UNIT AND NOT JUST THOSE WITH THE SIX MONTHS OF CONTINUOUS ACTIVE SERVICE IT CLARIFIES THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDS CAN BE USED OR APPROVED PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES, SICK LEAVE, ACCRUAL DISTRIBUTION REVERTING TO BEING DISTRIBUTED EACH JANUARY 1ST AND JULY 1ST. THE HIRING PROCESS IS BEING UPDATED SO THAT INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CANDIDATES ARE EVALUATED TOGETHER. THERE'S ONE DAY I BELIEVE BEING READY FOR CANCER SCREENING AND AND JUST CLARIFICATION AROUND THE LANGUAGE OF YEARLY COREY CHECKS FOR THE MEMBERS THOSE IF YOU LIKE SPECIFIC BARGAINING ITEMS. BUT AGAIN THE MAIN THING IS THE PATTERN. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY THE CONTRACT THAT'S BEEN NEGOTIATED AT THE TABLE AND WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A SUPPORT FOR A SUSPENSION PASSAGE OF BOTH DOCKETS TODAY. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . COUNCILOR BLOCK SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF THE THIRD FAIL MATTER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE SAME DAY THE AYES HAVE IT. THE THIRD DELAYED FILE MATTER HAS PASSED. COUNCILOR BLOCK SEEKS SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND PASSAGE OF THE FOURTH LEAVE FILE MATTER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I SAY NAY THE AYES HAVE IT. THE FOURTH LATE FAIL MATTER HAS PASSED. WE'RE ON TO GRINCHY. ANY COUNCIL WISHING TO REMOVE SOMETHING FROM THE GREEN SHOOTS MAY DO SO AT THIS TIME THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BAKER. COUNCILOR BAKER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL DOCKET ONE ON ONE ONE ON PAGE 14 OF THE GREEN SHOOTS MR KURUPPU PLEASE READ ACTUALLY MISAKA CAN YOU PULL THE COMMITTEE TO ENSURE ONE FOR ONE ONE IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE COMMITTEE PLAYING THE FIRST PAGE FOURTEEN THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION COUNCILOR BAKER YES COUNCILOR WARRELL COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR AND COUNCILOR FLETCHER TALKING ABOUT ONE FOUR ONE ONE MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF THREE HUNDRED SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN THE FORM OF A GRANT THREE YEARS OF SALARY FOR THE BTD STAFF POSITION THAT IS NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BDA PLANS AWARDED BY THE BOSTON REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE BOSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT. THANK YOU MR CLARK. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BAKER COUNCIL OF THE FOUR. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. ON NOVEMBER 3RD TWENTY TWENTY ONE THE BOSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY IN THE BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT ENTERED INTO A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH THE WITH THAT THE BDA WOULD FUND A STAFFING POSITION WITH BTD TO ASSIST IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRANSPORTATION PLANS DEVELOPED BY THE P.D.A. THESE PLANS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE ALLSTON BRIGHTON MOBILITY PLAN PLAN E BOSTON PLAN MATTAPAN PLAN NEWBY IN THE PLAN DORCHESTER AVENUE TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND PLAN GLOVERS CORNER THE BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT HAS A JOB DESCRIPTION READY POST AND NEEDS AUTHORIZATION FROM THIS PARTY TO PROCEED WITH THE HIRING FOR THE THIS IMPORTANT ROLE. THANK YOU FOR THE CONSIDERATION . THANK YOU COUNCILOR BAKER COUNCILOR COUNCILOR BAKER MOVES FOR PASSAGE OF DOCKET ONE FOUR ONE ONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSE ANY THE AYES HAVE DOCKET ONE FOR ONE ONE HAS PASSED THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WORLD COUNCIL WELL YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. CHAIR. I'M LOOKING TO PULL DOCKET ZERO EIGHT SIX SIX PAGE EIGHTEEN OF THE GREEN SCREEN SHEETS DOCKET NUMBER EIGHT SIX SIX MESSAGE NOT AUTHORIZED IN THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. TWENTY THREE LOCAL CONSUMER PROGRAM AWARDED BY THE MASS ATTORNEY GENERAL TO BE ADMINISTERED BY CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND LICENSING. THE GRANT WILL FUND STAFF COSTS AND OPERATIONAL EXPENSES. MR CORA, CAN YOU ALSO FOR THE COMMITTEE TO MAKE SURE THIS IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY THE COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE COUNCIL OF WORLD? YES. COUNCILOR BAKER YES. COUNCILOR FOR ANANDA SANDERSON COUNCILOR AND COUNCILOR ARROYO . YES. WELCOME FOR THIS STOCK OF IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR WE'RE ALL COUNCILOR WE'RE ALL YOU HAVE THE FOUR THANK YOU PRESIDENT FLYNN AND THIS IS A SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR GRANT THAT'S BOARDED BY OUR ATTORNEY GENERAL AND IT'S GRANT WILL HELP US FIND COST FOR OUR OPERATION OPERATIONAL COSTS WHICH IS FOR CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND OUTREACH COORDINATOR WHO MONITORS BUSINESSES TO TO DETER UNFAIR AND DECEPTIVE BUSINESSES PRACTICES AND TO HELP ENSURE CONSUMERS ARE ADEQUATELY PROTECTED AND COULD GET APPROPRIATE ASSISTANCE. SO I RECOMMEND THAT THIS OUGHT TO PASS. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR COUNCILOR. WE'RE ALMOST PASSIVE DOCKET ZERO EIGHT SIX SIX ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY OPPOSED SAY NAY THE IDEA OF A DAWKINS' ZERO EIGHT SIX SIX HAS PASSED. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLAHERTY COUNCILOR FLAHERTY YOU HAVE THE FULL THING MR PRESIDENT ON PAGE SIXTEEN OF NINETEEN DOCKET ZERO NINE TWO ONE BUCKENHAM A ZERO NINE TWO ONE MESSAGE IN ORDER FOR YOUR REVIEW OF THE SURVEILLANCE USE POLICIES FROM EACH CITY DEPARTMENT OR AGENCY SUBJECT TO THE ORDINANCE ON SURVEILLANCE OVERSIGHT AND INFORMATION SHARING BOSTON CITY CODE SECTION SIXTEEN SIX THREE THE ORDINANCE. MR CLARK CAN YOU PLEASE PULL THE COMMITTEE TO TO ENSURE IT'S PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY? THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE COUNCIL OF AUTHORITY. YES CANCELLARA COUNCILOR BAKER YES. COUNCILOR ARROYO AND COUNCILOR BRITTON PROPERLY BEFORE DOCKET ZERO NINE TWO ONE IS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FLAHERTY COUNCIL AUTHORITY OF THE FOURTH MR PRESIDENT I GET ZERO NINE TO ONE IS AN ORDINANCE THAT SEEKS TO PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY AND OVERSIGHT OF THE ACQUISITION AND USE OF SURVEILLANCE DATA AND TECHNOLOGY BY THE CITY OF BOSTON. ALL STAKEHOLDERS WERE BROUGHT TO THE TABLE INCLUDING THE APPROPRIATE CITY AGENCIES AND COMMUNITY ADVOCATES AND ALL WORKED TOGETHER ON THIS ORDINANCE AS YOU ALL KNOW AND I TRUST YOU'VE READ IT'S EIGHT HUNDRED PAGES IN LENGTH NOT EVERYONE IS IS COMPLETELY HAPPY. THERE WAS GIVEN THERE WAS SOME TAKE THERE WAS SOME COMPROMISE BUT WITH MY EXPERIENCE THAT TENDS TO TO MEAN THAT IT'S GOOD LEGISLATION THAT SAID IT'S A CASE OF FIRST IMPRESSION. IT'S A 60 ORDER THAT THIS BODY HAD EXTENDED. SO WE'VE GOT TIME CONSTRAINTS BEFORE WE TAKE ACTION AND IT'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY A STEPPING OFF POINT THAT WILL FIND OPPORTUNITIES TO ADJUST AND OR AMEND IF NECESSARY IN THE FUTURE. THE ORDINANCE FURTHER FURTHERS THE PROTECTION OF PRIVACY, CIVIL RIGHTS AND RACIAL AND IMMIGRANT JUSTICE WHILE ALLOWING FOR THE DELIVERY OF CITY SERVICES, PARTICULARLY PUBLIC SAFETY AND AT THIS TIME YEAR MOVING FORWARD PASSAGE OF DOCKET ZERO NINE TO ONE. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL FIHRI COUNCIL FINALLY THE PASSAGE OF DOCKET ZERO ZERO NINE TWO ONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I SPEAK TO HIM OK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR HERE COUNCILOR ATALAY FIRST CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ME HERE. OH YOU WANT ME TO GO BEFORE HEADING SEE THAT SIDE? SORRY COUNCILOR. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO FOR THE RECORD YOU REALLY CLEAR THAT MY VOTE IS NOT AN ENDORSEMENT OF SAID REPORTS DURING THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS. WE OCCUPIED A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY SO I HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO DOVE INTO IT AND I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY DOVE A LITTLE BIT DEEPER IN IN THE NEW LEGISLATIVE CYCLE. SO WHILE I APPRECIATE IT BEING BROUGHT FOR A VOTE TODAY, I WANT TO JUST MAKE NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT MY VOTE IS NOT A REFLECTION OF MY ENDORSEMENT OR PASSAGE IN SUPPORT OF IT. SO I JUST WANT IT TO BE REALLY CLEAR THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO PARTICULARLY IN THE GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE OF THE WORK. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR AND ADVOCATING STRONGLY THAT WE HAVE A SERIES OF PUBLIC HEARINGS SO THAT WE CAN DO A DEEPER DOVE. THANK YOU. THANK COUNCILOR HERE IS ANYONE ELSE HOPING TO SPEAK ON THIS FEATURE ON DOCKET 091 THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCIL FERNANDES ANDERSON YOU HAVE THE FULL COUNCIL . YOU WANT TO GO FIRST. THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. SO I JUST I DO I ALSO WANT TO GO ON RECORD. I THINK IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT WE OUTLINE THE ISSUES HERE TECHNOLOGY SUCH SHOTSPOTTER HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO BE NOTORIOUSLY INEFFECTIVE WITH INACCURACY RATES OF AROUND 70 PERCENT. SOUNDS LIKE FIRECRACKERS AND CAR BACKFIRING ARE LIKELY TO SET THE TECHNOLOGY OFF CREATING A DIVERSION OF PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER WHERE THEY ARE NEEDED AREN'T NEEDED. THIS IS COSTLY, INEFFECTIVE TECHNOLOGY. I BELIEVE WE CAN ASSUME THAT THE TECHNOLOGY IS NOT EVENLY DISTRIBUTED ACROSS OUR COMMUNITIES HENCE LIKELY ACTING AS A DRAGNET BY WHICH PREDOMINATELY BLACK AND BROWN AND WORKING CLASS PEOPLE ARE SURVEILLED UNNECESSARILY AND FORCE INTO INTERACTIONS WITH POLICE THAT DO NOT STEM FROM CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR AS DEMONSTRATED BY THE ACCURACY RATES OF THE TECHNOLOGY. LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS NOT REPORTED MUCH IN THE WAY OF THE TECHNOLOGY LEAVING US SEARCHING FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AS IT STANDS THIS IS MISUSE OF RESOURCES THAT COULD BE GOING MORE AND MORE WORTHWHILE PUBLIC SAFETY MEASURES. WE ARE ALSO STILL IN THE DARK AS TO WHO CAN ACCESS SHOTSPOTTER INFORMATION AND WHAT SPECIFIC LOCATIONS TECHNOLOGY IS BEING USED. THEY IMPACT TOO MANY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES FOR SUCH TIGHT LIPPED APPROACH FROM BP WE NEED MORE DATA, INFORMATION AND INFORMATION REGARDING THIS MATTER BEFORE WE CAN SUPPORT ITS CONTINUED IMPLEMENTATION AND FUNDING. HOWEVER, I UNDERSTAND THAT SORT OF WE TEND TO THIS TENDENCY OF DOING THINGS QUICKLY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A BOARD OR THE PLATFORM TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE WHERE MOST LIKELY AT LEAST I CAN SPEAK FOR MYSELF SUPPORTING IT BECAUSE IT'S THE SAHAM TO DO TO MOVE FORWARD. BUT I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SLOW IT DOWN ON OR THE INFORMATION WE HAVE WHICH SHOWS INADEQUACIES INADEQUACY OF THE TECHNOLOGY AND CONTINUE CONVERSATIONS BEFORE MOVING FORWARD. BUT TODAY IT FEELS DOE THAT WE OR AT LEAST WITH CONVERSATIONS WITH COMMUNITY THAT WE WILL BE IN SUPPORT IN ORDER FOR IT TO ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE WE HAVE IT AS IS. BUT I WOULD APPRECIATE IF WE CAN TAKE A LOOK SECONDING MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HERE IS POINT TO SLOW DOWN THE CONVERSATION AND DO THIS BETTER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL FOR IS INNOCENT SO MY MY MY BOARD IS A LITTLE SCREWED UP HERE SO IS ANYONE STILL WELCOME TO SPEAK ON ZERO NINE TWO ONE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BOOK COUNCILOR BLOCK YOU OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH MR PRESIDENT AND I REALLY WANT TO COUNCILOR FLAHERTY FOR HIS STEWARDSHIP OF THIS AND ALSO FOR MOVING THIS TODAY. I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT SINCE WE THE COUNCIL WRITE LEGISLATION WITH VARIOUS DEADLINES AND THEN WIN THIS CASE WE EXTENDED IT THAT WE SORT OF KEEP TO THE DEADLINES SINCE WE ALSO TRY TO HOLD THE ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE TO DEADLINES IN OUR LEGISLATION. BUT WHERE I DO WANT TO ECHO COLLEAGUES IS I FEEL LIKE WE JUST SORT OF RAN OUT OF LEGISLATIVE TIME TO DIG IN TO SOME OF THE BIGGER ISSUES HERE AND AND TO COUNCILOR FLAHERTY'S POINT ABOUT THE EIGHT HUNDRED PAGES I THINK IT'S ALSO A WEIRD SORT OF INSTANCE WHERE BECAUSE IT'S THE FIRST TIME THE POLICY'S ON IN WE GOT THE COUNCIL GOT ALL OF THE SURVEILLANCE POLICIES FOR ALL DEPARTMENTS THE CITY FILED AT THE SAME TIME WHICH MADE IT REALLY HARD TO WORK ITS WAY THROUGH. BUT TO ME THERE ARE SOME PARTICULAR TECHNOLOGIES COUNTERPRESSURE AND MENTIONED ONE I AND I CERTAINLY FEEL LIKE DRONES RAISE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT PEOPLE IN UPPER FLOOR APARTMENT BUILDINGS. YOU SORT OF ASSUME YOUR FOURTH FIFTH FLOOR WINDOW IS PRIVATE AND THEN YOU INTRODUCE NEW TECHNOLOGY AND AND SORT OF LIKE HOW IS THAT CHANGING WHAT'S PRIVATE? IT'S PUBLIC. SO I THINK THERE'S A NUMBER OF TECHNOLOGIES WHERE WE REALLY SHOULD BE HOLDING HEARINGS IN THE NEW YEAR AND DIGGING IN ON THEM AND THINKING ABOUT ARE THERE APPROPRIATE FOR THE REGULATIONS WE SHOULD BE USING. BUT I THINK IT PUSHING THAT INTO THE NEW YEAR ALLOWS US TO FOCUS ON THOSE INSTEAD OF JUST THE ENTIRE MASS OF THINGS THAT WERE FILED THIS YEAR. AND I DO JUST WANT TO NOTE FOR FOLKS THAT IN SIXTEEN SIXTY THREE POINT FIVE SO THE ORDINANCE AS WRITTEN IT SAYS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING ANNUAL SURVEILLANCE REPORTS AND THEN IT SAYS IF THE BENEFITS DO NOT COME FROM THE COUNCIL'S JUDGMENT DON'T OUTWEIGH THE COSTS OF THE TECHNOLOGY. IT SAYS THE CITY COUNCIL MAY RECOMMEND MODIFICATIONS TO THE SURVEILLANCE USE POLICY. WE MAY ALSO WITHDRAW AUTHORIZATION FOR CONTINUED USE OF SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY BY MAJORITY. THE VOTE OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND OR REQUEST A REPORT BACK FROM THE MAYOR. THE ORDINANCE ALSO SPECIAL SPECIFIES THAT NOTHING IN THIS ORDINANCE SHALL PROHIBIT THE CITY COUNCIL FROM ENACTING A SEPARATE ORDINANCE TO BAN OR OTHERWISE REGULATE ANY SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY WHETHER PREVIOUSLY APPROVED OR NOT. SO THOSE ARE SECTIONS D AND E OF SIXTY THREE POINT FIVE IN SIXTEEN AND THAT JUST I WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD JUST TO SAY FOR ANYBODY INTERESTED IN THESE ISSUES THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVING TODAY DOES NOT CONSTRAIN US FROM TAKING A DEEPER DOVE ON SOME OF THESE THINGS NEXT YEAR AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I DEFINITELY WANT TO BE PART OF BUT I WILL BE VOTING IN SUPPORT TODAY. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BOOK THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR BOROUGH COUNCIL VOHRA YOU HAVE THE FULL THANK YOU PRESIDENT FLYNN. I AM A LITTLE FRUSTRATED WITH THIS PROCESS AND I HAVE BEEN A LITTLE FRUSTRATED WITH THIS PROCESS BECAUSE I THINK WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATE TO DO AT THIS TIME WOULD HAVE BEEN TO GIVE OURSELF AN EXTENSION AND TO COUNCILOR BOX POINT ABOUT WANTING TO STAY TRUE TO OUR DEADLINES. I DON'T THINK THAT WE STAYED TRUE TO DEADLINES AT THE EFFECT OF NOT DOING OUR JOB. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IS THAT THE COUNCIL IS NOT DOING THIS JOB. WE ARE NOT NOT ONLY ARE WE NOT MEETING THIS MOMENT, WE'RE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THIS ORDINANCE. WE HAVE NOT HAD PROPER HEARINGS. WE HAVEN'T REVIEWED ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS BUT WE'RE GOING TO PASS THIS ON TODAY FOR ALL OF THE REASONS THAT FOLKS STATED THE ORDINANCE DOES STATE THAT NOTHING IN THE ORDINANCE PROHIBITS THE CITY COUNCIL FROM ENACTED FROM ENACTING A SEPARATE ORDINANCE OR BAN OR TO OTHERWISE REGULATE ANY OF THE SURVEILLANCE EQUIPMENT. AND SO I JUST WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD TO SAY THAT WE HAVE EVERY INTENTION OF CONTINUING TO HAVE HEARINGS ON EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE. WE HAVE THIS ORDINANCE ENCOMPASSES SEVEN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND WE ONLY HAD ONE HEARING THAT ONLY THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOWED UP TO COMMUNITY HAS NOT BEEN INVOLVED. WE HAVEN'T HAD ENOUGH PUBLIC INPUT AND ALTHOUGH I APPRECIATE US BEING GRACIOUS WITH OURSELVES BECAUSE OF THE LIMITATIONS THAT WE HAD DURING THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS, I DON'T WANT US TO PAT OURSELVES IN THE BACK BECAUSE WE HAVE FAILED TO REALLY MEET THE MOMENT AND REALLY WHAT IS THE POINT OF PASSING AN ORDINANCE AN IF WE'RE ULTIMATELY NOT GOING TO TAKE THE STEPS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HOLDING ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE THAT ARE IMPLEMENTING ALL OF THESE SURVEILLANCE PRACTICES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PROCESSES? AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO SAY FOR THE RECORD THAT I HAVE EVERY INTENTION OF CONTINUING TO FILE HEARING ORDERS TO REALLY SCRUTINIZE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE DEPARTMENT AND THE PROCESSES THAT THEY ARE IMPLEMENTING. AND IT IS MY HOPE AND I WILL SAY PUBLICLY THAT THE CHAIR MAKE EVERY AT EVERY ACCOMMODATION TO NOT ONLY SCHEDULE THESE HEARINGS BUT THAT THE ADMINISTRATION ALSO WORKS WITH US TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING. WE'RE GOING MOVE THIS WORK FORWARD. THE VOTE TODAY DOES NOT TAKE IT OUT OF THE COUNCIL AND I HAVE EVERY INTENTION OF CONTINUING TO SCRUTINIZE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE PRACTICES THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO US IN THESE 800 PAGES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COUNCILOR CARTER, YOU OVER THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT FLYNN. I RISE TO SIMPLY ADD MY STANCE ON THE RECORD AS WELL. WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON THIS DUE TO A TIMING ISSUE AS WE'VE EXHAUSTED OUR EXTENSION WINDOW. I'M ALSO EQUALLY AS AS FRUSTRATED BUT I'M VOTING TO MOVE THIS FORWARD WITH THE PROVISO THAT WE ACT QUICKLY HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE FIRST MONTH OR TWO MONTHS OF TWENTY TWENTY THREE AND DEVELOP AMENDMENTS WITH ADVOCACY GROUPS LIKE THE ACLU. SO I'LL ECHO MY COMMENTS OR MY COLLEAGUES COMMENT THAT THIS PATH CAUSES THE LEAST AMOUNT OF HARM AND I THINK IT'S OUR OBLIGATION TO GET THIS RIGHT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONVERSATIONS IN THE FIRST PART OF THE NEW YEAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR CARTER, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR ARROYO. COUNCILOR ROYAL, YOU OVER THE FLOOR. THANK MR CHAIR. I RISE TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS MY COLLEAGUES THAT WE REALLY DID RUN UP INTO A TIME ISSUE HERE. I THINK THE LEAST HARM IS TO DO WHAT WE ARE DOING TODAY WHICH IS THE PASSAGE OF IT. BUT THE ORDINANCE ITSELF WRITTEN INTO IT GIVES US THE ABILITY AND TO ME THE RESPONSIBILITY TO CALL SOME OF THESE THINGS BACK TO LOOK AT THEM AND TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THEY SERVE THIS CITY AND TO HAVE THE POWER IF WE COME TO THE DETERMINATION THAT THEY DO NOT SERVE THIS CITY OR TO THE BENEFIT OF THE CITY TO REVOKE THESE PERMISSIONS AS ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS AND I THINK THE APPROPRIATE THING HERE TO DO WE AS COUNCILOR BUCK HAS RAISED WE RECEIVED EIGHT HUNDRED PAGES OF DOCUMENTS THIS ISN'T SIMPLY RESTRICTED TO THE SURVEILLANCE BY THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT OR OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT ALSO HAVE DIFFERENT FORMS OF SURVEILLANCE, DIFFERENT FORMS OF TRACKING INDIVIDUALS AND I THINK IT BEHOOVES US TO PASS THIS DOCUMENT AS IT IS TODAY WHERE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT IN THE NEXT YEAR SOME OF THESE DEPARTMENTS AND SOME OF THESE FORMS OF SURVEILLANCE OR TRACKING WILL COME BEFORE THIS COUNCIL IN A HEARING OR MULTIPLE HEARINGS SO THAT WE CAN DIG INTO THE BENEFITS TO THOSE DEPARTMENTS AS THEY SEE IT AND TO HEAR FROM COMMUNITY THEMSELVES ABOUT THEIR THEIR LEVEL OF AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING AND HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THOSE SURVEILLANCE PACKAGES OR SURVEILLANCE EQUIPMENT AND HOW THAT'S BEING USED BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT THE MAJOR ISSUE THAT WE COME UPON WHEN WE COME TO THE USE OF SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY IS OFTEN THERE MANY YEARS AHEAD OF WHERE WE ARE LEGISLATIVELY AND THEY'RE CAPABLE OF ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT SURVEILLANCE THAT WE AREN'T NECESSARILY AWARE OF UNTIL THEY START TO USE IT AS AN EXAMPLE. OUR CAMERAS HAD THE ABILITY CAMERAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY HAD THE ABILITY TO THROUGH AN APP UPDATE START USING FACIAL RECOGNITION AND UNLESS WE ARE MADE AWARE OF ALL OF THOSE THINGS IN TERMS OF WHAT THE TECHNOLOGY IS ADVANCING, HOW IT IS ADVANCING, WHAT THINGS ARE AVAILABLE EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT BEING USED LIKE FOR INSTANCE THEY WEREN'T USING THAT FACE FACIAL RECOGNITION AT THAT TIME AND THEY STILL AREN'T BECAUSE WE LEGISLATED IT. BUT BEING MADE AWARE THAT THEY HAD THE OPTION TO DO THAT I THINK PUSHED US TO MOVE THAT WAY. AND SO MOVING FORWARD I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE MORE HEARINGS ON THIS IN THE COMING YEAR TO DIG INTO VERY SPECIFIC FORMS OF SURVEILLANCE FOR VERY SPECIFIC SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMS AND VERY SPECIFIC VERSIONS OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING I THINK ONE HEARING FRANKLY WASN'T ENOUGH BUT I UNDERSTAND THE TIME CONSTRAINTS IN THE WAY IN WHICH THE CHAMBER WORKS AS THE CHAIR OF GOVERNMENT WAS TRYING TO GET THINGS SCHEDULED AS WELL. WE HAVE A TWO HEARING DAY RULE AND WITH REDISTRICTING TAKING UP MUCH OF THAT TIME AND THEN TRYING TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GETS WHAT THEY NEED TO GET DONE BY THE END OF LEGISLATIVE YEAR. I UNDERSTAND THE DIFFICULTY THE CHAIR HAD IN SCHEDULING AND SO MOVING FORWARD INTO THE NEXT YEAR I WOULD HOPE WE HAVE A COMMITMENT TO MORE HEARINGS ON THIS BUT I WILL BE VOTING YESTERDAY. THANK YOU MR COUNCILOR. I KNOW COUNCILOR FLAHERTY WANTS TO RESPOND BUT LET ME GIVE COUNCILOR LOUISIANA THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO WEIGH IN CONCLUSION SORRY THAT WAS I THANK YOU PRESIDENT FLYNN I AND DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE EROSION OF JUST PRIVACY GENERALLY IN OUR SOCIETY AND I THINK THAT THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF IT. THERE ARE SOME SERIOUS CIVIL RIGHTS CONCERNS HERE WITH THE USE AND THE EXPANSION OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES CONCERNS AND WE SAW EVEN JUST FROM THE TABLE OF CONTENTS A TABLE OF CONTENTS WHICH I MENTIONED AT THE HEARING. WE LOOK AT THIS LIST IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF DEPARTMENTS AND DEPARTMENTS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR WHICH WE SHOULD HAVE SURVEILLANCE POLICY . SO I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE SINGULARITY OF THE HEARING THAT WE HELD AND EVEN IN THE LACK OF RESPONSES THAT WE GOT FROM BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ABOUT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR US. I GET TO HAVE COMMUNITY MEETINGS TO GET COMMUNITY BUY IN AND NOT JUST TALKING DOING THIS WORK AND TELLING COMMUNITY WHAT WE'RE DOING BUT REALLY WORKING ALONGSIDE COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR WHAT THESE SURVEILLANCES POLICY SHOULD LOOK LIKE. SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD THAT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD ALL BE CONCERNED ABOUT GOVERNMENT USE OF TECHNOLOGIES THAT FURTHER ERODE OUR INDIVIDUAL CIVIL LIBERTIES PRIVACY AND THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US AS A BODY TO CONTINUE TO HOLD HEARINGS TO FORCE TRANSPARENCY OUT OF THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUT OF OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS ABOUT HOW THEY'RE USING TECHNOLOGIES AND WHETHER WE'VE OK THEIR USE OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES, WHETHER OKAYED THE USE OF CITY FUNDS TO PAY FOR THESE TECHNOLOGIES AND SO I'M COMMITTED TO WORKING ALONGSIDE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STAKEHOLDERS WHO ARE ALSO INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PROTECT THE CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OF OUR RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES, OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. WE KNOW FROM RESEARCH, FROM DATA, FROM COURT DECISIONS HOW THESE TECHNOLOGIES TEND DISPROPORTIONATELY USED AGAINST COMMUNITIES THAT ALREADY HAVE THEIR BACK AGAINST THE WALL. AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUED HEARINGS ON THIS AND WILL BE YOU KNOW, LIKE EVERYONE ELSE I THAT I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS THAT WE'VE HAD BUT THE WORK DOESN'T STOP HERE AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT WE'LL DO IN THE NEW YEAR. THANK THANK YOU. CONCLUSION BEFORE I CALL ON COUNCIL AUTHORITY I'M GOING TO WEIGH IN ON THIS. I WAS I WAS PLANNING ON ON DOING IT BUT I HAD A COORDINATED MEETING YESTERDAY WITH SOME IMMIGRANT OWNED BUSINESSES, BUSINESS LEADERS IN MY DISTRICT AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME ROBBERIES IN THESE IMMIGRANT OWNED BUSINESSES AND THESE BUSINESS OWNERS ARE ASKING ME AS THEIR DISTRICT CITY COUNCILOR FOR MORE SUPPORT FOR MORE SERVICES. THEY'RE ASKING ME FOR FOUR CAMERAS. THEY'RE ASKING ME FOR A SPOT SHOT. IT PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN OUR CITY. THEY'RE ASKING ME FOR MORE POLICE PRESENCE. SO I JUST WANTED TO WEIGH IN ON THAT AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT SOME OF MY IMMIGRANT OWNED BUSINESSES ARE REPORTING TO ME AS THEIR DISTRICT DISTRICT CITY COUNCIL . LET ME ALSO ADD THE CERTAINLY COUNCIL OF FLAHERTY MAY HAVE BEEN UP AGAINST A DEADLINE BUT I KNOW IF THERE WAS MORE TIME COUNCIL AUTHORITY WOULD HAVE HAD MORE MEETINGS BECAUSE THERE'S NOT MORE PROFESSIONAL QIO THAN COUNCIL OF FLAHERTY. SO I DON'T I'M A WIDOW. I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE IMPORTANT ROLE COUNCILOR FLAHERTY HAS PLAYED I AND I'LL I'LL GIVE COUNCILOR THE THE FINAL THE FINAL COMMENT. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. DIDN'T YOU OBVIOUSLY TO TO TO CLEAR UP MAKE SURE THERE'S NO MISINFORMATION AND TO MAYBE ADDRESS SOME OF THE ASPERSIONS COMING MY WAY AS CHAIR THERE WERE SEVERAL DATES BOTH HEARING AND WORKING SESSION DATES THAT I HAD SUBMITTED TO THE PARTIES. THE ADVOCATES FRANKLY SPECIFICALLY THE ACLU REQUESTED ASKED FOR FURTHER DATES AND FURTHER DELAY. SO LET'S JUST I'M GOING TO PUT IT RIGHT ON THE TABLE. PEOPLE KNOW ME. THEY KNOW HOW I RUN MY MY MY COMMITTEES. I DON'T TOE DRAG. I DON'T SLOW DANCE. I DON'T CARE WHAT THE ISSUE IS BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE AND HOW I TREAT YOU ALL AS COLLEAGUES. WHOEVER IS THE SPONSOR OR THE AUTHOR INCLUDING THE ADMINISTRATION, I AM MORE THAN ACCOMMODATING. I SUBMIT DATES. I TRY TO FIND A WAY TO GET THE HEARING TO GET THE INFORMATION IN. SO THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE MY PRACTICE DESPITE SOME OF THE ASPERSIONS THAT SORT OF HEARING SUBTLELY HERE FOR THOSE THAT ATTENDED THE HEARING WE DID HAVE AN ADMINISTRATION PANEL THAT DID INCLUDE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE ALSO HAD AN ADVOCATE FOR THAT INCLUDED SEVERAL FOLKS PARTICULARLY AFTER THE ACLU. WE HAD PUBLIC TESTIMONY. FOLKS THAT SHOWED UP WERE ALLOWED TO TESTIFY. WE ALSO IN ADDITION I HAD REQUESTED WE HAVE SOME TESTIMONY BECAUSE WE DID HEAR FROM SOME ADVOCATES THAT WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT IN HERE AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE MADE EVERY ACCOMMODATION FOR I KNOW THAT SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES WERE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND. I KNOW THAT SOME DID REVIEW AND WATCH THE THE VIDEO. I ALSO KNOW THAT THE DOCUMENT IS A HUNDRED PAGES SO THROUGH THE CHAIR I'LL CHALLENGE MY COLLEAGUES DOVE INTO OVER THE HOLIDAYS, GET THROUGH THOSE 800 PAGES ONCE AGAIN AS CHAIR I WILL BE MORE THAN ACCOMMODATING TO EACH OF MY COLLEAGUES, TO THE ADMINISTRATION, TO ADVOCATES, TO JOE BLOW ON THE STREET. THAT'S THAT'S THE COUNCILOR THAT I AM AS A CITYWIDE STRIKE. I DO TAKE EXCEPTION. I DO APPRECIATE THAT SOME FOLKS SORT OF SAY THAT HEY, I TRIED MY BEST. I ALWAYS TRY MY BEST. I'VE BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS FOR TWENTY YEARS. I WAS TOLD DRAG AND SLOW DANCING AND SWERVING IF THAT WAS ME THAT'S HOW I RAN MY COMMITTEES I PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE THE COMMITTEE AT TO I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN REELECTED SO MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS SO I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO WITH MISINFORMATION LEAVING THIS CHAMBER TODAY AND THAT THERE'S NO ASPERSIONS THAT THIS IS A ONE SIDED LOPSIDED HEARING AND THAT ADVOCATES WEREN'T GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE PUBLIC WAS NOT GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY AND THAT I DIDN'T I WASN'T RESPONSIVE TO ADVOCATE AND I WASN'T ACCOMMODATING THEIR SCHEDULE ON MY SCHEDULE. I MADE MY ESCAPE. I WAS BENDING OVER TO TRY TO MAKE SURE WE HAD HEARINGS. IN FACT, I DIDN'T JUST SAID ONE EIGHT ONE HEARING DATE BECAUSE I KNEW HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS. I KNEW HOW MANY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS ARE INVOLVED. I KNEW HOW VOLUMINOUS THE DOCUMENT WERE. I SENT SEVERAL DAYS I SAID WE MIGHT NEED TO HAVE SEVERAL HEARINGS. I EVEN IN ADDITION TO THAT I SPENT WORKING SESSION DATES. SO JUST SO THAT EVERYONE'S CLEAR HERE THAT'S HOW I ROLL. THAT'S IN THIS PROCESS. YES, WE'RE UP AGAINST TIME CONSTRAINTS THIS BODY GOT AN EXTENSION ONE HUNDRED PERCENT WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITHIN THAT SO WE HAD TWO OPTIONS TODAY DO NOTHING WHICH WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR HIM AND PROUD OF AND THEN IT GOES ON TO THE TASK FORCE AND THEN THEY GET THE DECISIONS. IF THAT'S THE CASE PEOPLE WOULD SAY HEY, WHY DON'T WE EVEN NEED A CITY COUNCIL ? WHY DON'T WE JUST ELECT TASK FORCES AND LET THEM DO THAT? I DIDN'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN. I DIDN'T WANT MY BODY TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT AND SO I SAID NO, LET'S TAKE THIS POSITION TODAY KNOWING THAT IT'S A CASE OF FIRST IMPRESSION, KNOWING THAT IT'S 800 PAGES WHICH I BET MY HOUSE ON TWO THIRDS OF THIS BODY HAVEN'T READ BUT I'M NOT GOING THERE IN ADDITION TO THAT, I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE QUESTIONS. I KNOW THAT TECHNOLOGY IS GOING TO ADVANCE. I KNOW THIS IS A STEPPING OFF POINT THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO A SEVENTEEN F AND A CALL FOR A HEARING IN THE NEW YEAR. I FULLY EXPECT THAT TO HAPPEN. I FULLY EXPECT AS CHAIR TO SUPPORT THOSE REQUESTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES LIKE I ALWAYS HAVE OVER THE LAST TWENTY YEARS. THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYBODY. HAPPY HOLIDAYS FELICE NAVIDAD. WISH YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES ALL THE BEST IN NEW SEASON. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS. THANK YOU. BUT THANK HEAVENS PUT THEM ALL DOWN. THANK YOU. COUNCIL FLORIDA WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON IT. SO COUNCIL A COUNCIL OF PRIORITY IS MOVING FOR PASSAGE OF DOCKET 09 TO ONE ALL ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE I OPPOSED SAY NO. MR . CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL PLEASE? ROLL CALL VOTE ON DECK ZERO NINE TWO ONE COUNCILOR ARROYO YES. COUNCILOR ARROYO YES. COUNCILOR BAKER I COUNCILOR BAKER I COUNCILOR BAUK COUNCILOR BAAGHI COUNCILOR BRIGHTON COUNCILOR BRAIN COUNCILOR CARLOTTA GALL BLADDER I COUNCIL FOR END TO SANDISON COUNCILOR FLAHERTY YES. COUNCILOR FLAHERTY YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCIL FLYNN YES COUNCILOR COUNCILOR ARE PRESENT COUNCIL LUZHIN COUNCILOR LOUISIANA YES COUNCILOR ME HERE COUNCILOR ME HERE YES COUNCILOR MURPHY YES. COUNCILOR MURPHY YES COUNCILOR . OH YES COUNCIL WERE YES MAJORITY AND DO YOU WANT MR QUIRKE DO YOU WANT TO GIVE COUNCILOR FERNáNDEZ INNOCENT AN OPPORTUNITY COUNCILOR FOR ANY OF THE SANDISON. YES YES TWELVE MEAN FROM ONE THANK YOU. THE DOCKET IS PASSED. WE'RE STILL ON WE'RE STILL ON GREEN SHEETS. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCIL FERNANDES INNOCENT YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT FOR THE LUNCH I MEAN FOR CALLING OUT TO ME I WOULD LIKE TO PULL DOCKET THIRTEEN FORTY FOUR ON PAGE TWO OR ACTUALLY OR THE LAST PAGE OF THE GREEN. SHE'S CURRENTLY ASSIGNED FOR FURTHER ACTION FOR THE SECOND READING AS A REMINDER THIS DOCKET IS APPROPRIATE IS FOR AN APPROPRIATION IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED FIFTEEN DOLLARS TO COVER THE COST OF FEASIBILITY STUDY AND SCHEMATIC DESIGN WORK FOR BOILER REPAIR AT THE JEREMIAH BURKE HIGH SCHOOL WINDOW AND DOOR REPAIR AT THE ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL BOILER REPAIR AT THE CATE SCHOOL BOILER REPAIR AT THE HAILIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND ROOF REPAIR AT THE HENDERSON UPPER SCHOOL. WE TOOK OUR FIRST VOTE ON THIS DOCKET OCTOBER 19TH AND I'M ASKING YOU NOW FOR THE SECOND VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. THANK THE COUNCIL FOR IT IS INNOCENT MR THAT'S RIGHT. SO YOU'VE READ IT INTO THE RECORD AND THEN I'LL PULL THE COMMITTEE TALKING OF A ONE THREE FOUR FOUR FROM THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON FOR AN APPROPRIATION THE AMOUNT OF ONE MILLION FIVE FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING COSTS OF FEASIBILITY STUDY AND SKUMANICK DESIGN WORK ASSOCIATED WITH ROOF BOILER AND WINDOW AND DOOR REPLACEMENT PROJECTS AT THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS THE JEREMIAH BURKE HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL THE DR. WILLIAM HENDERSON UP A SCHOOL THAT DENNIS C. HALEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE CURLEE K THROUGH EIGHT SCHOOL THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS COUNCIL FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCILOR WU YES COUNCILOR MEJIA COUNCILOR LUZHIN COUNCILOR BAKER AND COUNCILOR BREADON PROPERLY BEFORE THE BOARD ITS PROPERLY BEFORE THE BODY THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON IF YOU WANT TO GIVE A BRIEF BRIEF HIGHLIGHT AND THEN WE'LL WE'LL TALK ABOUT THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. JUST TO REITERATE I'M ASKING FOR A SECOND VOTE ON THE AFFIRMATIVE ON DOCKET THIRTEEN FORTY FOUR THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR FOR AN INDIGENOUS AND COUNCIL FERNANDES A.N. MOVES TO TAKE THE SECOND READING VOTE ON DOCKET THIRTEEN FORTY FOUR MR CARR CAN YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THIRTEEN FORTY FOUR PLEASE TALK NUMBER ONE THREE FOUR FOUR SECOND READING COUNCILOR ARROYO YES COUNCILOR ARROYO YES COUNCILOR BAKER COUNCILOR BAKER I COUNCILOR BUG COUNCILOR BARKER COUNCILOR BREADON COUNCILOR COUNCILOR COLLETTA COUNCILOR COLLETTA YES COUNCILOR SANDERSON YES. COUNCILOR FLARING YES. COUNCILOR ALREADY YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR FLYNN YES. COUNCILOR COUNCILOR YES. COUNCIL LOSING COUNCIL LOUISON YES COUNCILOR ME HERE COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR MURPHY YES COUNCILOR YES COUNCILOR . WELL YES TWELVE IN THE INTERIM IT PAST WAS STILL ON GREENSHIELDS IF ANYONE HAS ANYTHING ELSE OK WE'RE ONTO THE WE'RE ONTO THE CONSENT AGENDA. YEAH I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE COURT THAT THERE ARE TWO ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I THANK YOU. THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED WITH HISCOCK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR BARRENECHEA MEMORIALS SEVERAL OF MY COLLEAGUES ASKED TO SPEAK ABOUT SOMEONE FROM THEIR FAMILY OR THEIR COMMUNITY THAT HAS PASSED ESPECIALLY DURING DURING THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. SO I THOUGHT IT WAS APPROPRIATE IF PEOPLE WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT A LOVED ONE OR A COMMUNITY MEMBER THAT HAS PASSED DURING THIS TIME AND I'M GOING TO READ READ THE NAMES INTO THE INTO THE RECORD AND THEN I'M GOING TO ASK IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ON ON THEIR LOVED ONE THE THEIR FAMILY MEMBER OR THEIR COMMUNITY MEMBER. THE THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR FERNANDES ANDERSON COUNCIL FERNANDES ANDERSON, YOU HAVE THE THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT. I'M JUST WONDERING IF I CAN JUST MAKE A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE THAT JUST IN THE SPIRIT OF NOT MEMORIALS BUT JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE HERE FOR THEIR PRAYERS. MY BROTHER IN LAW, THOSE OF YOU KNOW THAT I MADE A BOO BOO AND HIRED MY SISTER AND DID NOT HIDE IT AND TOLD EVERYBODY MY SISTER. BUT ANYWAY, DURING THAT TIME MY BROTHER IN LAW WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST AND I ASKED YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS THEN QUICKLY A MONTH A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER HE WAS ON THE LIST WAITING FOR HEART. THEY'VE NOW HE'S GOTTEN A HEART TRANSPLANT AND IS RECOVERING NICE AND STRONG AND JUST WANTED TO CELEBRATE THAT AND THANK YOU SO MUCH AND CONTINUE TO KEEP HIM AS PRAYERS TO RECOVER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FERNANDES INNOCENT. SO I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO GO FOR THESE MEMORIALS THEN I'M GOING TO ASK IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE ON THE LOVED ONE AS WELL FOR FOR COUNCILOR OF ROYAL LISA NAZARRO FOR COUNCILOR COLLETTA MI RAN BRIAN HIGGINBOTTOM FOR COUNCILOR FAMILY AND FRIEND ROBERT MCCARTHY JOSEPH HAMILTON . AT THIS TIME I WANT TO CALL ON COUNCILOR COUNCILOR COLETTA. YOU HAVE THE FULL AND THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK ON ON MY MEMORIALS AND I RISE TODAY IN MEMORIAM OF THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS BOTH SUDDEN LOSSES FOR THEIR FAMILIES AND RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES. SO MARIANNE MAEMI REN WAS A PILLAR IN CHARLESTOWN. SHE DEDICATED HER ENTIRE LIFE IN SERVICE OF HER COMMUNITY AND GAVE OVER 30 YEARS TO THE WYETH SITE IN CHARLESTOWN. SHE MENTORED AND GUIDED THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN IN HER TIME AND SAW EVERY FAMILY THAT WALKED THROUGH THE DOOR AS AN EXTENSION OF HER OWN. SHE WAS WARM, WELCOMING AND JUST A BRIGHT LIGHT EVERY SINGLE TIME THEY GOT A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO HER SHE WAS AN INTEGRAL PART IN SO MANY PEOPLE'S LIVES AND LITERALLY HELPED RAISE THOUSANDS OF KIDS IN 02 ONE TO NINE THERE WAS A HUGE HOLE IN OUR HEARTS NOW THAT SHE HAS TRANSITIONED AND MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH HER ENTIRE FAMILY IN THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY OF CHARLESTOWN DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME AND THE SECOND INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS LEFT US FAR TOO SOON I APOLOGIZE. HE WAS A FRIEND OF MINE FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND A RESIDENT OF HYDE PARK. HIS NAME IS BRIAN HIGGINBOTTOM AND WE WILL OBVIOUSLY CALLED HIM HIGGIE IS HIS LAST NAME BUT HIGGIE WAS A RISING STAR IN THE COMEDY SPACE IN BOSTON AND EVERYONE WHO KNEW HIM WOULD DESCRIBE THEM AS INCREDIBLY KIND, GENUINE AND EMPATHETIC ADJECTIVES THAT ONE USUALLY WOULDN'T ASSOCIATE WITH A COMEDIAN. HIGGIE WAS JUST 30 YEARS OLD AND I WANT TO CLOSE AS MEANING TO PUT A CALL TO ACTION IS MEMORY TO PROVIDE BETTER ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES AND ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO REACH OUT TO THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO TELL THEM THAT YOU LOVE THEM AND APPRECIATE THEM ESPECIALLY DURING THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. SO AGAIN MY HEART IS WITH HIS ENTIRE FAMILY IN THE ENTIRE HYDE PARK COMMUNITY AT THIS TIME AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK ON THIS. IT MEANS A LOT TO ME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CARTER. AND ALSO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL JAY CAMER WHILE TOWER MCQUAIN WHAT WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCILOR COUNCILOR BOOK YOU OF THE FLOOR SORRY MR PRESIDENT . THIS ISN'T IN THE SPIRIT OF MORATORIUM'S BUT I THOUGHT EVERYWHERE ELSE BUT I FELT LIKE I WOULD BE REMISS NOT TO SAY BECAUSE WE'VE MANY OF US HAVE HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO CELEBRATE A LOT OF CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING ALL OVER THE CITY IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS THAT IN ON SUNDAY AT 4:00 PM BOTH ON THE BOSTON COMMON AND ON COPLEY SQUARE THERE WILL BE A MENORAH LIGHTING THE FIRST NIGHT OF HANUKKAH. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY BECAUSE THOSE ARE BOTH THEIR SORT OF MY DISTRICT COUNCILOR FLINS DISTRICT AND COPLEY SQUARE BUT OF COURSE LIKE THE JEWISH COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT ALL OF BOSTON AND JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE ALL COLLEAGUES WERE AWARE OF THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER WITH THEM AS AS A JEWISH FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS BEGINS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR . SO A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR ALL THOSE THAT WERE MENTIONED. THE CHAIR MOVES THAT WHEN THE COUNCIL ADJOURNS TODAY IT DOES SO IN WAS MENTIONED HERE BEFORE WE ADJOURN TODAY WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO STATE THAT THERE IS A LUNCH YOU'RE CORDIALLY INVITED TO RIGHT NOW. MCCURLEY ROOM AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE QUIRK'S TEAM, THE WONDERFUL QUIRK'S TEAM CITY COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF, MY COLLEAGUES AND OUR STAFF AS WELL. THE CHAIR MOVES TO ADJOURN TODAY A SCENE A.D.A ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENT. PLEASE SAY THE COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED